#*palimpsest

[macabrewhims]

my life is but a palimpsest—story over story, a new me superimposed over the old. why run from your sins when you can rewrite them?

— a new era, a new story. coming soon.

hello! this is a continuation (kinda?) of my old simsta story, which has since been deleted. for anyone new here: you don't need to have read the old story to understand this one; for anyone who has read the old one: welcome back! many elements of jia's story have changed (mainly that this is no longer an nsb story), and she is no longer the girl we knew. i am excited to introduce this new jia to you all and explore a new format :) i can't promise i will be particularly regular with posting but so long as the spark to write is alive in me, so is jia.

[macabrewhims]

PALIMPSEST, PROLOGUE.

NULL / NEXT

transcript:

there is something dark and foul that lives within all of us, the choice between embracing it or running from it is what makes us human—so-called "free will"

most will deny embracing it, but that darkness—that cruelty—isn't always so overt.

truthfully, it's not that hard to bear.

humans are cruel in a million little ways, a million little times, every single day. some just wield that cruelty differently.

i think i wield mine well, all things considered.

in any case, at least i have the sense to recognise that darkness without the frantic need to suppress it. i can control it.

most of the time, anyway.