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The other man’s attitude certainly was not earning him any sort of good points with Damien. Nevertheless he did not comment further than what could interpreted as a look of disappointment. He already hadn’t expected much given this was...well you know, Gotham, but for such a well reputable man, Edward wasn’t really much was he?

Though as his current hostage continued speaking, eventually landing upon another question, his lips twitched into an eerie smile. “Quite the observation,” The man mused, “Though perhaps it is best to leave that one for you to determine on your own.” He stated simply, “You love a good game do you not?” Damien added with ease, watching Edward as if to gauge any sort of reaction he had.

The question was not necessarily one that could be answered in the way it had been asked, given Damien was a man who indulged in all those kinds of power. They furthered his rather particular plans after all, and therefore were seen as beneficial in his eyes. A more appropriate question would have been; Is there any sort of power he did not want?

[noxmoris]

‘  no motive other than pleasure,  my dear.  ’

It was something he was well familiar with yet a concept he was never able to imagine himself. It was a lesser form of motivation to him, a messier one that led to detrimental mishaps. When one did things simply for the pleasure of it, there were no strings, nothing to keep them in check. He had worked with a man of similar motivations once. And we’ll just say that ended poorly for the particular anarchist’s face and schemes. 

“How unfortunate.” Damien spoke coldly, “And here I had thought our partnership would turn out at least a tad better than previous ones.” The being spoke almost as if he was disappointed in Edward. “Though I can’t say I am entirely surprised. All humans are flawed after all, our minds too impure to be otherwise.” Damien spoke almost as though he were simply thinking aloud now, having stopped talking directly to the other man. Ah, if only his allies could last. Though he supposed it was often better that they did not. 

“Simply pleasure, hm?” He inquired smoothly, quirking a brow in another mannerism of disappointment, “Nothing else at all?” He added, his pale gaze returning to peer at Edward. 

[dovingmemes]

send a ‘👄 + character name’ and my muse will talk about that character

[noxmoris]

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honesty hour ! anon or not, send me a character name and my muse(s) will describe what they feel about that character in three words or less. they cannot lie !

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[persephonememes]

* (  LEGACIES 2X04 /  SENTENCE PROMPTS.

These may have been edited for clarity or length or to better apply for roleplaying.

❛ It’s a little dramatic, don’t you think? ❜

❛ Anything you want to share? ❜

❛ And you didn’t think that that’s something I should know? ❜

❛ Look, I will take care of it, but from a distance. ❜

❛ You told me the truth, and everything worked out fine. ❜

❛ I’m pretty sure that was your fault. ❜

❛ I’ve had enough of your help. ❜

❛ I cast that spell, and I’m gonna deal with the consequences. ❜

❛ But I’m never doing black magic again. ❜

❛ If you ever have need to talk my door is always open. ❜

❛ I said Renaissance era, not Renaissance festival. ❜

❛ I mean, I’m great, but everyone else, terrible. ❜

❛ I need to carpe the diem. ❜

❛ Besides, friends should support each other. ❜

❛ If I’m happy, you’re happy. ❜

❛ Are you even listening to me? ❜

❛ Ever since you got back to school, your sentences have averaged three words each. ❜

❛ I need to know you’re not gonna go stabbing. ❜

❛ Since when do you speak Japanese? ❜

❛ I shouldn’t have asked you to come with me. ❜

❛ How are you always in the right place at the right time? ❜

❛ Are you seriously using black magic again? ❜

❛ Allow me to remind you that whenever you do, whatever happens to you happens to me too. ❜

❛ I’m so sorry. It won’t happen again. ❜

❛ Who the hell is that? ❜

❛ My mental health is the most precious thing that I have. ❜

❛ A rash I can deal with, but I cannot risk crazy. ❜

❛ I guess that means you’re doing something right. ❜

❛ What were you even doing here? ❜

❛ What the hell’s going on? ❜

❛ This is not what I signed up for. ❜

❛ Look, I need to help a friend with a project. ❜

❛ Just because she’s supernatural doesn’t mean we can trust her. ❜

❛ Look, I will take all the help I can get. ❜

❛ How do we kill the the demon? ❜

❛ There’s a student that needs your help. ❜

❛ I wasn’t in control back there. ❜

❛ It’s okay. I-I can help you. ❜

❛ I don’t remember any of it. ❜

❛ Barrier spell. Means that no one can get in or out without me saying so. ❜

❛ We have other options here. ❜

❛ No, landfills are an unsustainable solution. Keeping you alive is not. ❜

❛ W-Wait, where are you going? ❜

❛ We can’t give the monster what it wants. ❜

❛ I feel that we are not as close as we could be. ❜

❛ I’m gonna kick your ass. ❜

❛ What the hell is this? ❜

❛ Shut up. Just shut up. ❜

❛ You and me we’re not friends. We never were, and we never will be. ❜

❛ So see this: you don’t exist to me. ❜

❛ We have to get you to somewhere safe. ❜

❛ There is nowhere safe. ❜

❛ Even though you might have the best intentions, not every sacrifice is worth it. ❜

❛ You said this isn’t my fault? ❜

❛ Why would you want to save me? ❜

❛ Come on, there had to be more to it than that. ❜

❛ I know that it doesn’t make any sense. ❜

❛ I can’t let you risk your life because I tried to give up mine to save it. ❜

❛ We have to find another solution. ❜

❛ You said you were gonna help.

❛ No real guy ever likes you, ‘cause you’re messed up inside. ❜

❛ Because you are a stupid, crazy person who talks to herself. ❜

❛ Why are you carrying a sword? ❜

❛ I thought I was losing my mind. ❜

❛ I was honest with you. The least you can do is be honest with me. ❜

❛ This is a huge misunderstanding. ❜

❛ Are you okay? ❜

❛ I’m sorry. I’ve got trust issues. ❜

❛ I have a long history of bad luck when it comes to relationships. ❜

❛ Really screwed this up, didn’t we? ❜

❛ I don’t know, but I-I can feel it in my head, trying to take over. ❜

❛ I already know I’m crazy, okay? You don’t have to rub it in. ❜

❛ I can’t live like this anymore. ❜

❛ There’s no fixing me. I am just shattered. The pieces are too small to put back together. ❜

❛ We weren’t gonna talk about that until we had real solutions. ❜

❛ There’s so much black magic in it, it hurts to hold. ❜

❛ You did it. I love you. ❜

❛ That’s not what I’m talking about. ❜

❛ What’s wrong? ❜

❛ I did black magic. ❜

❛ I feel really sick. ❜

❛ You said you had something that could help. ❜

❛ This is a mora miserium, a tool used by certain sects of witches to withhold the ill effects of using such magic. ❜

❛ I should have been there tonight. ❜

❛ What’s really holding you back? ❜

❛ But this time, I’m gonna get it right. ❜

❛ I kind of blasted her with enough black magic to exorcise an army out of her head. ❜

❛ Wait. You did black magic? ❜

❛ You saved my life today. ❜

[musingmeme-blog]

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[persephonememes]

* (  REIGN /  SENTENCE PROMPTS. 

These may have been edited for clarity or length or to better apply for roleplaying.

❛ How many people have you killed? ❜

❛ History is a strong word. It was more of a… dalliance. ❜

❛ Have you ever wanted something so much that the fear of not getting it makes you wonder if you ever should have wanted it at all? ❜

❛ I don’t want to live without you and after this I won’t have to.  ❜

❛ No one will ever keep us apart again. ❜

❛ Men in general like to win. ❜

❛ Well, your taste in men always did leave something to be desired. ❜

❛ In the darkest of times you were my conscience. ❜

❛ The more we try to help each other, the more harm we do. ❜

❛ I lose everyone I love. ❜

❛ What odd turns our lives have taken. ❜

❛ I don’t give my heart or give up easily. ❜

❛ You have to admit, your fate does have a sense of humor. ❜

❛ I need to forget a ridiculous, childish idea that I could love someone, they could love me, and nothing else mattered. ❜

❛ There is always risk. At least when you love someone it’s worth taking. ❜

❛ I never said I was a good man, but one can receive good advice from a bad person.❜

❛ Love is never simple. Not that I’m any expert. ❜

❛ Are you wearing mink-lined boots? ❜

❛ Well if I have to run I want to look good doing it. ❜

❛ We were supposed to dance under the stars. ❜

❛ Maybe there is no magic but what we make for ourselves. ❜

❛ If the price is my life, I will give it. ❜

❛ I can’t bear to think about a future anymore, not without you. ❜

❛ What good is right or wrong if you’re dead? ❜

❛ Men don’t like taking orders from women. ❜

❛ And real love never fades, not truly. ❜

❛ Just know whatever happens, this is not the end I dreamed for us. ❜

❛ Do not test my power and do not tempt my fury. ❜

❛ If I’m as responsible as you say, I will never forgive myself. ❜

❛ I will spill blood to defend what’s mine. ❜

❛ Men forget, that woman have ears. ❜

❛ Duels only lead to dead men, not respect. ❜

❛ I am trying to be better! ❜

❛ You’re a monster. ❜

❛ You are a necessary evil whose orbit I can’t seem to escape. ❜

❛ I opened my heart to a liar. ❜

[vaememes]

                   𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄  𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒  .

❛   what  are  you  doing?   ❜

❛   what ,  you’re  going  to  kill  me?  ❜

❛   fuck !  put  the  gun  down !  please , come on !  it’s  me ,  alright ?  ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing  with  that ?   ❜

❛   please ..  don’t  do  this  anymore !   ❜

❛   let  her/them/him  go  or  i’ll  blow  you  away !  ❜

❛   wait ! okay …  okay !  okay , i’ll  tell  you ,  whatever  you  want  to  know  ..   ❜

❛   you  point  that  thing  at  me  you  better  pull  the  trigger .  ❜

❛   alright , alright , alright  ..  i’ll talk !   ❜

❛   please ,  just  let  me  go ,  i  won’t  tell  anyone …  i  promise  .  ❜

❛   let  me  out  of  here !   let  me  go !   ❜

❛   you’re  not  getting  away  this  time  …  ❜

❛   actually ,  i  think  i  better  get  going  …   it’s  late  and  …   ❜

❛   come  on !  fight  back !  fight  back !  fight  back  you  coward !   ❜

❛   come  on ,  hit  me !   ❜

❛   do  it !  pull  the  trigger !  do  it  ,  do  it  ,  do  it !   ❜

❛   come  and  find  me  …  polo !  ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  hide  anymore ,  i  don’t  want  to  be  afraid  anymore  …   ❜

❛   you   keep   saying   you’re   going   to   stop   but   you   don’t !  ❜

❛   how   many   more   people   need   to   die   before   you’re   satisfied ?  ❜

❛   why   are   you   doing   this ?   ❜

❛   don’t   come   any   closer  ,   that’s   far   enough  .   ❜

❛   if   you  don’t   pull   the   trigger   i’ll   pull   it   for   you  !   ❜

❛   i  thought  that  you  were  in  danger  …   ❜

❛   you’re  dangerous  …  i ,   i  just  don’t  want  to  end  up  dead ..   ❜

❛   i  promise  i  won’t  hurt  you  …    ❜

❛   can  you  please  stop  screwing  with  my  mind ,  god  !   ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  be  here  anymore ,  please ,  can  we  go  back ?   ❜

❛   um  ….  i’m  not  sure  i  want  to  go ,   thanks   anyway  ..   ❜

❛   that  sounds  dangerous  ….   i’m  in .   ❜

❛   i  don’t  know ,  it  sounds  awfully  dangerous  …  ❜

❛   stay  back  or  i  will  rip  your  head  off  !  ❜

❛   i  think  …   this   is   wrong ,  no .  i  can’t  just  stand  by   and   watch   it  .   ❜

❛   do  you  think  you  would  ever  hurt  me  like  that ?   ❜

❛   i  can’t  be  with  someone  who  could  hurt  me  like  that  …  ❜

❛   this  is  not  love  !   it   is   obsession  !   a   sick  one  at   that  !  ❜

❛   are  you  following  me  ?   what  …   what  do  you  want  ?   money  ?   ❜

❛   please  …  i  have  money ,   just  let  me  go  .  ❜

❛   i  don’t  think  you  realize  how  the  dangerous  this  game  is  ..   ❜

❛   it’s  not  just  a  game  !   ❜

❛   if  you’re  in  some  kind  of  trouble ,  you  can  tell  me  .   ❜

❛   come  on  ,   it’s  just  a  game ,  what  could  go  so  wrong  ?   ❜

❛   are  you  the  one  that’s  been  watching  me  ?   stalking  me  ?  ❜

❛   actually ,  do  you  mind  if  we  just  stop/pull  over  here  ?   ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing ?   you  missed  the  stop  back  there ?   ❜

❛   hello ?   is   someone  there  ?   ❜

❛   you’re  scaring  me  …   ❜

❛   okay ,  you’re  really  starting  to  scare  me  …  ❜

[rp-helpdesk]

anonymous impressions

☁︎  I was intimidated by your disposition/afraid to follow/send an ask to

♨︎  you seem really chill and I can’t wait to start writing with you!

♕  I’m impressed with your writing! 

✘  I don’t like your writing

✁  we used to write together, but we don’t anymore.

♋︎  I feel like we’re really similar and would get along well.

♡  I have a tumblr crush on you

☯︎  you’ve helped me improve my writing 

₪  I still haven’t had the courage to send you an ask/reach out to you

℥  I envy you for _____ reason

∞  I hope we write for a really long time!

∅  you annoy me

☛  I have something I need to tell you in IMs

❤︎  you are my favorite writer of your muse

❉  I’ve followed you for a long time

▼ I’ve heard bad things about you

▲ I’ve heard good things about you

[noxmoris]

Starter Call

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This place. The people here. It was all absolutely vile to Damien. He considered it beneath him. Even with the state that Star City had originally been in when he had arrived back there, Gotham made that seem like a fantasy land. Jerome was the current prime example of the illness of this city. Not because of his disfigurement nor his fiendish schemes. More so his attitude towards things and his utter lack of fear as well as discipline. He wanted chaos and nothing more it seemed. And though Damien could never come to respect such a crazed notion, such a mindset was useful in specific situations. A few of which, Damien was encountering during his stay. 

The man seems to scoff slightly at Jerome’s scrambling of words, still lingering amongst the darker side of the balcony. “You know the ins and outs of this city.” He spoke at last, taking a few steps as though he may take the offered seat, but he instead stood beside it. “ You have followers willing to comply to your acts of chaos, which is impressive I suppose.” He continued, piercing blue eyes simply watching the male once more. “But I already have rats,” Damien coins the word Jerome used in an ever slightly venomous manner, “Of my own.” he informs. 

Flattery was never Damien’s style. “My stories come with a price, as I am sure you know. A price far greater than a bottle of wine or some scuttering followers.” He spoke simply, steadily moving to, at last, take a seat. He folded his hands neatly, placing them in his lap. A sign of good faith towards the other. “So tell me, what exactly is there that you can offer me?” Damien inquired, watching the other’s reactions closely. 

Chaos was needed. In the end there would, in fact, be chaos. But right now he needed order and discipline. He’d make Jerome comply to such ways of working. He figured the clown at least held an understanding of survival. Perhaps had some instincts fluttering around that head of his somewhere that could lead him in the correct direction. 

[spctlessminds]

this ask meme is based on the blog gravesuggestion.  i’ve divided it up into two categories  ( light  &  dark )  based on the themes.  some of these can be somewhat triggering seeing that the darker ones deal with a lot of death mentions.  please be cautious before continuing on!!

L I G H T

‘  at night i dream of you.  ’ ‘  don’t give up yet.  you still have time to fix things.  ’ ‘  falling in love with someone else is not a personal attack.  ’ ‘  i am still so weak when it comes to you.  ’ ‘  i can’t believe i let myself let you down.  ’ ‘  i don’t care where we go when we die,  as long as i’m with you.  ’ ‘  i dream of saying to you all the words i held inside until it was too late.  ’ ‘  i feel so warm  &  safe when you talk to me.  maybe i could love you if you’d let me.  ’ ‘  i finally let the right people in  &  i have never felt so loved.  ’ ‘  i like the way your nails paint red stripes along my spine days after you’re gone.  ’ ‘  i lived in your permafrost for twenty years  &  then you looked at me  &  i felt the warmth of spring.  ’ ‘  i once wished you’d leave me alone,  but i take it back.  ’ ‘  i want to be able to love someone else,  but you stretch your arms  &  spread your legs inside my heart so that there is no room for anyone or anything else.  ’ ‘  i want to believe that we got it right this time.  ’ ‘  i wonder how much longer i can cling to your light before it expires completely.  ’ ‘  i would travel across the world to be by your side,  because as long as you are with me,  anywhere is a perfect place to me.  ’ ‘  it took me awhile to realize it myself,  but you are not what other people say you are.  ’ ‘  it’s not that i really need you,  but life would be pretty boring without you around.  there’s no one i would rather be with.  ’ ‘  i’d like to stay like this for awhile.  ’ ‘  life  &  death don’t have to be so boring,  let’s make both an adventure.  ’ ‘  life imitates art,  they say.  i didn’t believe it until i started to notice the way your eyelashes look so much like tiny ink stroke.  ’ ‘  live your life so that when you die,  souls will come for miles just to hear your historic tales.  ’ ‘  make your exes jealous  &  your past self proud.  ’ ‘  maybe you’re what i needed to find in order to move on.  ’ ‘  never get caught falling harder.  they’ll never let you back up.  ’ ‘  please don’t go.  ’ ‘  some days it’s easier to just stop fighting it  &  succumb.  ’ ‘  sometimes,  you’ll find it hard to keep going,  but you always will.  ’ ‘  the desire i feel for you is that same itching,  insidious hunger that an addict has for their addiction.  ’ ‘  the worst thing about you is that you weren’t all bad.  ’ ‘  there is absolutely nothing  &  no one who can stop me.  ’ ‘  there is no route of losing you that is without pain.  ’ ‘  there’s still room for adventure  &  there is no one i’d rather have by my side.  ’ ‘  things didn’t turn out the way i planned,  but i’m alright with that.  ’ ‘  we could be really incredible together,  you know?  ’ ‘  you are beautiful  &  vibrant  &  confident.  you are light  &  laughter incarnate  &  every fiber of your being screams freedom  &  joy.  when i am with you,  i am truly happy.  ’ ‘  you are starlight incarnate,  from the grand way you sway your hips to the wide mysterious way you think.  blessed are any to be loved by you.  ’ ‘  you are too afraid of the future to let go of a past that was never kind to you.  ’ ‘  you call me yours  &  i have no idea what that even means to you.  ’ ‘  you remind me of bubblegum  &  sweets;  soft  &  pink  &  warm.  you are strong in the gentlest way.  you are so stubbornly kind.  i wish i could be like that.  ’ ‘  you still visit me while i sleep sometimes.  your fingers trace my spine  &  i listen to you breathe.  please stop haunting me.  ’ ‘  ‘morbid curiosity’ is a wonderful way to describe how i feel about you.  ’

D A R K

‘  a thousand empty bottles  &  fist fights will never return to us what we lost that day.  ’ ‘  everyone else has moved on,  but i am still here.  ’ ‘  everything about you screams danger.  ’ ‘  everything is worthless to you  &  you,  in turn,  became worthless.  ’ ‘  for once in my life i want to be surrounded by people that i don’t feel like i need to impress.  ’ ‘  freedom is really hard to get used to.  ’ ‘  how could you do this to me?  how fucking could you?  ’ ‘  i am becoming everything we always dreamed of  &  i am leaving you behind.  ’ ‘  i buried you so well that you might as well have died.  ’ ‘  i can rest easy knowing that the person i love is dead  &  not the monster you became.  ’ ‘  i can’t look at you.  not now,  not ever.  ’ ‘  i don’t ask how you’ve been.  what’s the point?  you’d lie anyways.  ’ ‘  i dream of hearing the words i so desperately needed to lay your memory to rest.  ’ ‘  i haunted this house first.  there is no room for you here.  ’ ‘  i have a right to be upset.  i loved them too, you know.  ’ ‘  i just want it to end.  i want it to all go away.  i want to go away.  ’ ‘  i may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing,  but a snake hiding in the skin of a mouse is far more dangerous.  ’ ‘  i saw your face today  &  didn’t feel anything.  i am free.  ’ ‘  i tried to save you,  but you didn’t want to be saved.  you just wanted someone to suffer with you.  ’ ‘  it’s almost as if you were never here.  ’ ‘  it’s unhealthy to do these things,  you tell me.  you say it’s time to stop smoking,  time to stop gambling,  &  dammit,  i f you don’t stop drinking it’ll kill you.  i sure hope you’re right,  darling.  ’ ‘  i’m always pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to kill you in my mind  ’ ‘  i’m not really scared to die.  i’m more afraid that no one will miss me when i’m gone.  ’ ‘  i’m not the person you left behind anymore.  there’s no one here to miss.  ’ ‘  i’ve been dead far longer than i’ve been alive.  ’ ‘  i’ve eaten nothing but flower petals  &  ivy for weeks because i want to be beautiful inside like you.  ’ ‘  i’ve never been completely satisfied.  i most likely will still be unsatisfied long after my death.  ’ ‘  no motive other than pleasure,  my dear.  ’ ‘  one day i’ll go or you will.  either way,  it will be as if i’m losing a piece of myself.  ’ ‘  our dreams  &  promises decay along with you.  ’ ‘  the leaves change,  but nothing else does.  ’ ‘  the only difference between avoiding  &  leaving is that now i’m not waiting up for you.  ’ ‘  there is no such thing as a person who is required to love you.  ’ ‘  there’s only so much that can be done to repair old damage.  ’ ‘  things aren’t going as i hoped.  maybe if i die,  i can start over again?  better luck next time.  ’ ‘  this is not something to be proud of.  this is a tragedy.  ’ ‘  trying to get rid of me?  oh honey,  you’ll have to try much harder than that.  ’ ‘  trying to get under my skin?  you’re nothing more than a pesky itch.  ’ ‘  unlike you,  i can’t hide my identity when it becomes an inconvenience or a danger.  ’ ‘  weeping is for gods  &  martyrs,  we cannot afford such luxuries.  ’ ‘  would you even miss me?  ’ ‘  you are not important enough to earn an eternal place in my heart.  ’ ‘  you complain nonstop about being unloved  &  alone,  i can’t imagine what you’d be like if that were actually true.  ’ ‘  you don’t know what it’s like.  ’ ‘  you made this so fucking easy for me.  ’ ‘  you should see me as a threat.  i will tear down everything you know until there is nothing left of you.  i am a walking threat.  ’ ‘  you think i’m already gone,  but i’m still fighting.  ’ ‘  you think i’m dead,  but i’m just dying.  ’ ‘  you were never an addiction,  you were a fucking disease.  ’ ‘  you wouldn’t dare cross me.  i am god  &  you are the soil beneath my feet.  ’ ‘  your existence takes up so much more space in mine that we might as well be one entity.  ’ ‘  your fingers are so cold  &  bruised,  but you’re still slamming your fists again the barricade as if it makes a difference.  ’ ‘  your hair is tied in a noose  &  your fingernails are razor blades,  your lips are poison  &  i will gratefully kiss them.  ’ ‘  your hatred has a body count  &  we will not forget.  ’ ‘  your loss,  not mine.  ’ ‘  you’re a sick fuck.  you know that?  ’ ‘  you’re not gentle with me  &  i would never ask you to be.  ’ ‘  you’ve trapped yourself so thoroughly in your own mind that it’s not even a rut anymore,  it’s a pit.   ’

[parismemes]

SENTENCE STARTERS FROM ALICE ISN’T DEAD (6/?).

“the threshold for being that is just being a human being that isn’t a danger to anyone.” “that’s a lot when i say it all out loud like that.” “i should go home. but i can’t.” “___ isn’t dead. and neither am i.” “maybe i’m below their worry. or even below their notice.” “i don’t think they were flirting.” “i will be late on delivery. i will be in a great deal of trouble.” “that sounds pretty good.” “oh god. oh shit. oh god.” “i’ll leave the radio on. just in case.” “how can i help you.” “how fast was i going?” “like to give up control?” “life is so complicated, anything to make it more simple.” “what’s your name?” “what is happening right now?” “the beaches are made of fish bone here.” “i’ve gotten more used to the dark.” “i would have thought you’d be proud of me.” “that’s an interesting theory.” “i could take off both your arms with my own hands. i’ve done it before.” “i’m just here to talk.” “what do you want?” “i don’t know what i want.” “we don’t like people who have seen things.” “that was a rhetorical question.” “fear is living. and i’ve lived this long, haven’t i?” “i like you. you’re the most interesting one yet.” “i could dismantle you with just my teeth.” “isn’t it so nice, y’know, when you love your job?” “i just have to wait.” “i think i should lay low a bit.” “there’s bad trouble coming.” “first, the dogs will bark. they’ll know before any of us.” “i’ve been taking long walks on this coast.” “i’m the only one here to see it.” “sixteen minutes after the dogs started barking, i would die.” “when what’s coming for me finally comes, there will be no warning.” “maybe it had been a long time since i talked to anyone but myself.” “aren’t you supposed to be watching the boats?” “they have different eyes about safety.” “it had been so long since i had flirted.” “i’m not supposed to talk while on duty.” “progress destroys jobs.” “the easier things get, the less of us die.” “the water, for all its tropical appearance, was freezing.” “i think it’s an actual corpse’s head stuck on the body of an alligator.” “i bought pina colada flavored saltwater taffy.” “why don’t locals talk about it?” “i can’t live forever in funland. i can’t live forever period.” “hell, maybe every choice was correct.” “anyone can become an old person with a little luck.” “i lost my ability to judge strangeness somewhere around texas.” “never found any kind of body.” “this is a country of the vanished. of the missing.” “the answer to his pain is in that boat.” “how long has he been missing?” “you seem like a nice woman.” “never ask about it again. it’s not a mystery to solve. it’s a depth to drown in.” “i would have to stop them.” “it seemed truly abandoned.” “this is some other horror.” “i have enough terror in my life.” “we need that. we need some people to be better than others.” “i don’t know, but together we’re finding out.” “i feel the anxiety.” “the world will stay the same.” “not visible to me and not in existence are not the same.” “oh my god. hold on!” “we all might have stood there a long while.” “i don’t suspect they’ll look too hard.” “it’s a simple story. a story with no ending.” “back to asking my own dangerous questions.”

[noxmoris]

A game was afoot it seemed. The almost playfulness of Edward’s actions was a heavy contrast to Damien’s seriousness, despite the ghost of a smile that lingered on the man’s lips. His fingers swiped over the paper that rested underneath his hand, pressing it closer to his sleeve. Though his fingers continued to trace circles over it in almost a thoughtful manner. Pale blue eyes watched him a moment or two, and the corners of his lips twitched. An instinctive manner that made the man seem about to smile, but rather it was a mannerism signaling annoyance. 

“Me?” Damien responded in feigned shock, peering at the other sharply. He seemed to pause, though only ever briefly. Edward wanted the truth and he had agreed to such. He had no problem with complying to such, but the truth, of course, could be stretched to immense distances without the listener being aware. “Power.” Damien spoke once more in almost an amused manner, “I have to inform you that the display you just saw was not my only ability.” He informed simply, keeping his gaze on Edward. It was unsettling, unwavering. Most would flinch underneath such a stare, but he knew this criminal would not. There was good reason he had approached him after all.

“I travelled here from Star City. Large city, lots of chaos rampant.” Damien chuckled breathily, “Though I must say, it certainly doesn’t compare to this place.” He motioned around them briefly, “Quite the city you got here.”