i just did one of these but i’m going to do another one since @rhyaxxyn tagged me in one!!! this is also probably my favorite tag game. her words were: CRUEL, OPPOSITE, ICE, and SILENCE, and i’m gonna do all three parts of give and take (well, as much as part 3 that i’ve written already)!!
cruel only shows up twice so far which is kinda wack, i thought it would show up a lot more. here’s where it pops up in part 3:
She squeezes me tight and holds me, and I feel like a child again, before all of this, before they were taken away from me and before I was married and before Ava’s mother had twisted us all up into this cruel game that no one could win.
opposite only shows up twice too, both in part 2. here’s one from chapter 21:
Ava’s the one who’s quiet and angry and always deep in thought, and Penny is usually the complete opposite, but now I see her in him.
ice shows up exactly once, in part 2 chapter 19, when ava is talking to the boys about her stint in the hospital:
“And, you know, they had cut me open to take stuff out and put stuff in, and so that hurt for a really long time and right after I woke up they knocked me out again so I could just sleep, and my brain hurt, inside my head. The next time I woke up Bayan was rubbing ice over the stitches.”
and finally, silence shows up 19 times throughout the whole thing because there are quite a few awkward silences throughout the series. here’s one from part one, chapter 3:
“There’s still Miss Lilly to worry about.”
I don’t answer, staring up at the ceiling. All the doors are closed. I wonder where Nua gets his books.
“Nice ring, by the way,” he says after a few minutes of silence. I sigh, looking down at my finger, and don’t answer.
thank you kennedy i love this game so much. i’m gonna tag @rhikasa @linariouswrites @butchersmiles @andiwriteunderthemoon @rose-goldings @lexiewriter and anyone else who wants to of course!!!!!
