something something guest player anjali purposefully expressing fy’ra rai’s real and true conflict about not knowing which way to go, being torn about going to see her sister (who is alive! who she can hug and hold onto! who she can begin to recover from that grave regret that has driven her for some time alongside!) or staying with the party (her friends! people the gift sent her to protect and lead! who she knows are headed down a dark and dangerous road which may not leave some of them alone!) while knowing that functionally above the table she has to leave them because her time as a player is a moment in their full story and so fy’ra rai’s must be as well, at least for now, and aabria as the dm giving everyone at the table, character and player, but specifically fy’ra rai and anjali with the wisdom of the gift the hope that, while they know this next bit must be done without her, fate will cross their paths again <3
the circlet of barbed vision // an exu corruption arc playlist // listen on spotify
noise warning: many of these songs are intense rock, leaning metal, or simply contain strange, heavily edited sounds. the more intense ones (in my opinion) are starred in the tracklist below the cut. there are also mentions of spiders in some song’s lyrics but they pass quickly, and there are no related sounds. proceed with caution if you’re sensitive to noise!
[ID: three square images. the first is a lavendar tinted picture of thorns with capitlized bold white text reading “the circlet of barbed vision” repeated three times. the middle is a lowercase bold white text reading “an exu corruption arc playlist” over a background of lavendar glitter. the third is a picture of a purple, overcast sky with the same text and style from the first image overlayed. /end id]
tracklist, lyric quotes, and starred songs under the cut:
1. i come with knives (acoustic) - iamx
“the monotony and the rising tide, is under my skin, is crawling inside, adrenaline to rewire my mind, i’m only human, i come with knives.”
2. into the spin - dessa
“so here we go back again, slow climb but quick to descend”
3. million years - nico vega*
“i've been around for a million years. no matter how hard you try, you can't fuck with this. a spider bite is a natural wound, but a dagger in the back is a plastic tomb. ain't nobody knows the trouble i've seen, but they know the sound of their own damn scream, well”
4. home - aliceband
“and it's cold. flicker. candle. sweating. thoughts come of fire burning. everything you made will end up broken.”
5. steady, steady - the crane wives
“steady, steady, you know when you're ready. it's a long road walking into the sun. the heat can make you lose your head. your sense of direction. oh steady, steady i am ready to be the one”
6. diggers - bitter ruin
“i’ve been waiting for you. waiting for you to go. i’ve been waiting for you. waiting for you to go.”
7. athena - nova twins*
“i see you. do you see me? i'm creeping in your sweetest dreams. i just want you all to myself. i don't want nobody else. do you feel my body crawling? in the dark you hear my calling.”
8. i’m not calling you a liar - florence and the machine
“i'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me. i'm not calling you a thief, just don't steal from me. i'm not calling you a ghost, just stop haunting me, and i love you so much, i'm gonna let you kill me.”
9. grenadine - dreadlight
“i'll be the king of it, the queen of it, the god of it, all of it, eat your heart after i lick it clean, tastes like blood and grenadine.”
10. black wave - k.flay*
“waiting on a black wave, living under bad days, shaking in my own cage. what do i believe? stumbling down the street i swear to god you don't wanna test me”
11. you should see me in a crown - billie eilish*
“you should see me in a crown. your silence is my favorite sound. watch me make 'em bow, one by one by one, one by one by one.”
12. control - verite
“i know i like the idea of providence, so i voice my head. though i always spill my blood on the table, though i like the idea of confidence. i'm in love with control.”
13. pleanty - aeseas
“what's your story? what's the refund policy? we want violence, we want blood. we want superhero love. we want all the answers that you promised us. we want laughter, we want pain. everyone will know our name. did you know that no two missteps are the same?”
14. dangerous - son lux
“how does it feel to be your own deceiver? signals raised, then lost to the aether. but rest assured the dead are true believers. rest assured. we are all believers.”
15. hollow - cloudeater
“i stay empty, i feel the hunger, so simple when i was younger, i awaken with the thunder, a bold statement to end my slumber.”
16. bad dreams - joywave
“yeah, they caught me in the night down on my knees, and every word i'm screaming is another going unreceived. don't you worry about your bad dreams cause i'm not in them. don't you worry about what change brings cause you can't stop it.”
wait wait wait I haven't seen the finale but exu season ONE could we 👀 have a.... ✨season TWO✨.....where the party reunites with beloved fy'ra rai perhaps? 👉👈
ladies is it gay to kill the assailant that tried to kidnap your girl best friend as a dire wolf while she rides on your back before she brutalizes him with her dagger out of rage and you drag him, bloodied full speed all the way across a plaza?
