The Weight of Expectation
Freya Marske’s The Last Binding - Part 2
a collection of rp prompts from the first two books in the series ; change pronouns as necessary ; contains references to dysfunctional relationships .
“ Let’s at least be civil. ”
“ Who are you related to that I’d know? ”
“ What’s he done now? ”
“ There are still plenty of things we can sell. ”
“ Come in, close the door. Oh, wait, no—it doesn’t do that anymore. ”
“ I haven’t found anything with the slightest whiff of a legal flavour to it. ”
“ Not one word of this is making a single bloody ounce of sense ”
“ I . . . would not characterise us as friends. ”
“ You’re a damned traitor, NAME. ”
“ You could have been done helping us in the time it’s taken you to explain exactly how unhelpful you delight in being. ”
“ Strong. Is that what I am? ”
“ Don’t give my regards to your family. I never liked any of them. ”
“ Remind me not to make an enemy of you, NAME. ”
“ You’re trying to get rid of me. ”
“ Some people were born without a social bone in their body. ”
“ It’s most likely a coincidence. This is just a story. ”
“ Got sick of facing up to his own uselessness, did he? ”
“ I think you should leave. I cannot help you. ”
“ You’re far too dressed for this. ”
“ Five pounds says they didn’t even notice we were gone. ”
“ Do remember, won’t you, that you’re one of us? ”
“ I am—trying very hard not to speak ill of the dead. ”
“ Do you think I would just—accept something like that? Go blindly along? ”
“ I certainly went along with it when you kissed me. ”
“ Do you even like me at all?” / “If I ever did, I can’t remember why. ”
“ It’s kinder than the alternative. You know it is. ”
“ Another use I could be to you— his replacement because you couldn’t have him. ”
“ How many of the others knew? ”
“ Oh. Would it help if I raised my voice? ”
“ Please believe I would feel very bad about burning it all to the ground. ”
“ You always were a paranoid creature, NAME. ”
“ You must think me awfully callous. ”
“ This children’s story has killed several people already. ”
“ I don’t respond well to blackmail. ”
“ Why do you insist on being so outrageous? ”
“ Hello, shut up. ”
“ Have I hurt your pride? I thought you were here because you had none.”
“ Flatter, if they’d respond to it, and lie if they wouldn’t. ”
“ You’re completely lovely and someone should have taught you it’s rude to fish for compliments. ”
“ They probably died happy. They didn’t deserve to. ”
“ And you couldn’t think of a single good lie? ”
“ No need to get bloodthirsty over a bit of fun, is there? ”
“ I’m going to introduce you to some Americans. ”
“ I suppose I really should sleep in the same room as you. For safety. ”
“ You knew that would hurt me, what you said. You didn’t care. ”
“ Do you know who keeps telling you that you can trust them, over and over again? People who are going to screw you over. ”
“ Quite the radical you’ve recruited here. ”
“ You’re an heiress, provide your own bribes. ”
“ I do a lot of things because my mother would have hated them. ”
“This is what happens when you show people your weaknesses, They take advantage.”