#trinketsfcrged

[orphanedshadow]

“   We are made of all those who have built and broken us. ” Hannibal

"Thought people made of food? Are who they ate?" At least she thinks that was how the saying went, or close enough to it to count for something.

[byeshield]

Stop being brave for five minutes and let me help you.

the quinjet banked through another layer of cloud, the engines filling the cabin with a constant drone while loose straps swayed from the racks overhead. discarded magazines, spare gear, and an open medical kit had shifted across the floor during takeoff, collecting near the rear ramp where neither of them had bothered to put anything back in its place. steve sat against the bulkhead with one knee drawn up, his shield resting beside his boot instead of strapped to his forearm for what felt like the first time all day. the tear along his sleeve had long since soaked through, leaving little room to pretend the injury wasn't there. he'd spent the entire extraction insisting everyone else get aboard first, and now there wasn't anyone left to hide behind.

he turned his head when natasha spoke, crystalline blue eyes meeting hers for a long moment before the corner of his mouth lifted with tired amusement.

"i'm not trying to be brave." the words came almost automatically, the excuse sounding thinner the moment it left his mouth. "i'm trying to make sure you're not worrying about the wrong guy."

he held her gaze for another second before glancing down at the blood staining his sleeve, letting out a slow breath through his nose.

"...yeah, i know. that's not gonna work on you."

another faint smile appeared as he shifted enough to offer her his arm.

"you get five minutes." @trinketsfcrged

[orphanedshadow]

@compoundfcrged asked: “   We can simultaneously be both human and monster. ”

"Was never human. Do not know how." Hell, she couldn't even fake it, people always seemed to be able to tell that there was something off about her. Her abilities couldn't be hidden, there was nothing that would take the fangs out of her mouth or permanently dull the claws on her fingertips. "Being a monster is not bad. Can hurt people more than they can hurt you. Is safer."

[orphanedshadow]

❛ violence is a craft. so is compassion. ❜ / kramer

"Why must I practice both? They would never show me compassion, or mercy… They should not expect it in return."

[orphanedshadow]

❛ i don’t need your violence today, i ain’t in the mood. ❜ / joel

Kara had been having a good day, until Joel had decided to open his mouth. Who did he think he was, forbidding her from her favourite pastime? This was the apocalypse, the world was full of violence, why would anyone try to hold her back.

"Did not ask. Do not have to listen. May do violence anyway. Have not decided yet."

[spokewar]

“ I do trust you, but you know as well as I do that no one else will believe me. ” redeemed/resurrected! Ben Solo (maybe force ghost obi w/ him idk literally anything, if 'somehow palpatine returned' so can we i guess)

"Who would you have to tell?" Obi-Wan Kenobi blinks, his gaze is empty and he feels himself floating, distracted by daylight he hasn't seen in so long(?). It reminds him how he's not meant to be here. He's wrong and unnatural, a disruption in spacetime and any emotions he once held are now long trapped in the past and he has to extend his awareness to find any new ones (though he finds the current selection is rather lacking). He doesn't remember being alive too clearly—it must have been some time(?) ago—but he has the distinct impression he was just rude.

He knows this young man, he thinks. Ben, after his namesake, or at least its Common equivalent. His mother had named him in the time after his death, but they're still connected. Still family, and he doesn't need to think it, the Force has simply willed it. Connected them through threadbare strings, all rotting and tangled, but there.

"And what would it matter? I'm not here for anyone else, I'm here for you." The words feel hollow on his tongue and there's a strange lilt to his tone. It's what he's meant to say, yet he doesn't know why, he can't know why. He's just a fragment of a soul waiting for a latent mind to catch up with it. He's not meant to be here. Wrong place, wrong time. it's either too early or too late, though it could also easily be both. Time doesn't exist nor pass in the veil (or rather it can't because death doesn't allow for it) and readjusting to it feels no easier than gripping onto a comet as it breaks atmosphere.

"Don't be sorry." A moment passes as he waits for a response before realizing he won't get one. Ben hadn't apologized, the Force had. It'd clouded his vision with wisps of Darkness, bloodied hands, empty eyes, and the ever suffocating presence of Sith as it twisted and morphed into the shape before him. Obi-Wan shouldn't know what it means, but its message is clear: this is not his first time handling a Fallen Jedi. Though the churning in his newly formed gut hints it might be his first time with Fallen Sith.

It takes effort, but Obi-Wan stops staring directly into the sun and straight into Ben. His grandchild, his mind supplies as it floods his sense of self.

"Why do you know who I am?"

[orphanedshadow]

i've had about all the close calls i can stand for one day. / ellie

“Food time? Have cans at camp.”

While some might have found it stressful, Kara had had a wonderful day. Lots of excitement, tasty snacks, and the shipping crate had worked, blocking off the pathway and keeping the zombies from continuing to spill out of the old quarry. There were of course still some stragglers wandering through the town, and they would have to start dealing with those, but it was at least safer. And with the tree-fort they had found there was even a safe place to sleep, one where the infected couldn’t find them. “Weapon store tomorrow?”

[orphanedshadow]

❛ somethin’ bout the rain that calms me. ❜ / ghost!possessing a body claudia

"Perhaps it is the echoes of living instinct. Many creatures seek shelter and rest during the rain, tucking themselves away until the sky is once again clear."