#with hope

[yet-how-they-creep]

Whumper needs money, as quick as possible, they're in a tough spot, if they don't pay, the authorities may discover their less than legal hobbies/hustles/projects.

Their latest captive had only been with them for a few weeks, not long enough to break, there's not really a market for such an untrained thing, but they find a seller.

The captive, having memorised Whumper's schedule, aware of their approximate location, at least the city they're kept in and having got used to their situation, is brought to a real second location, with a stranger, new expectations and no way out. The car ride to the handover, after they wake up from sedation, breaks them.

They kneel quietly by Whumper's side as they discuss details with the buyer. They don't take advantage of the empty parking lot, the chance to run, the chance to convince the buyer they're a bad investment.

The buyer? Wants an aggressive, defiant captive to train, one just like Whumpee was for Whumper for the past few weeks.

When Whumper makes them stand and pushes them towards the trunk of the buyer's car, they whisper in the captive's ear:

"Do you want to get out? Keep fighting."

[the-starless-one]

No matter the result of this championship, Max Verstappen will always be THE world championship. There is no one like him.

[oysters-aint-for-me]

I can't do this, Sam.

I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

What are we holding onto, Sam?

That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for.

[retrokid616]

NAT 20 FROM IMOGEN!

GET THAT DARK PHIONX IN YOU GIRL!

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

Aldulting has been really weighing on me you guys. It's a helluva time to be alive anyway, and even harder to be in your late teens-early 20's right now.

Our world is falling apart and it feels like there isn't anything we can do about it. For the last 10 months now, we've been watching things fall deeper and deeper away from the norm. Our mental health, which for some of us was already not stellar, is spiralling, justifiably.

"So no one told you life was gonna be this way" holds so much more meaning than it did as a "haha a sitcom a lot of people can relate to" now. No. No one told us that we would have to deal with this. No one knew. And ya know what it is totally ok to he terrified right now. Absolutely. We all are. But I want to try to help, in whatever small way I can.

With Hope.

Look. It's hard. Its difficult to look past all of the darkness in the world right now to see any glimmer of light and i get that. But please look for those sparks. Look for them and share them. I'm going to try to post one thing a day under the tag "with hope" that is that light for me. No light is too small, no hope is too insignificant. Maybe there were no clouds in the sky today and it was wonderfully blue. With hope. Maybe you got some writing done and feel really proud of yourself. With hope. And if you dont want to put it in the tag yourself? Thats fine. Send me an ask and I'll do it. I just really really think we could all use a little more hope right now.

[highhopeslowrolls]

You mentioned having some "original" party members dying in the past, what were they like?

Honorable, decent people who laid their lives down for those who needed protection, and a voice… Excusing a few moments I will abstain from mentioning.

[zombiesheadcanonsplease]

Poly Primis Headcanons (Saturday)

Today’s Theme: Angst with a glimmer of hope!

There are some stuff that they face together. Trigger warnings--just to be safe.

Edward Richtofen

He rambles a lot and he’s worried that he may be annoying the other three. He’ll distance himself for hours to recollect himself and think about what he wants to say to them. That process takes even longer and he missed a few dates with the others because of it.

Now that he’s in a safer environment, he’s at risk at having panic attacks more freely. He’s paranoid that everything that he has now will soon be taken away and his lovers may still be resenting him because of his past actions. 

Hope: He’s comforted by the others, whether it’s one by one or altogether. They’ll seek him out, bring a warm breakfast to him when he finally wakes up, and try their best to assure him that everything will be okay. He has them and they’ll have him, flaws and all.

Tank Dempsey

He lets his anger take over him at times. There’s been moments when he snapped at the others when they tried to get close. He regrets it, but he doesn’t know if they could forgive and forget those words that he yelled at them.

He has PTSD. It takes him a while to calm down from those episodes; he isolates himself from the others so they don’t see how vulnerable he can get. He’s very certain that Richtofen will call him out on his weakness, Takeo will look in disappointment, and Nikolai will push him away.

Hope: They’re reading up on how to help him with the episodes: Richtofen’s making sure that he’s getting the right medication, Nikolai’s making sure that he doesn’t get the episodes frequently, and Takeo’s finding other ways to relieve him if he does become anxious.

Nikolai Belinski

He has PTSD. He will also avoid the others so they won’t see how upset he can get. He doesn’t worry about vulnerability, he’s worried about what he may do.

He mourns his wife every now and then. He loves the others, but he hasn’t forgotten her and how much he meant to her.

Hope: Richtofen and Takeo are helping him out on his episodes. Dempsey told him that losing loved ones is going to be difficult and that even they would be sad if their family member was mourning deeply for so many years. Nikolai’s doing his best to move on for them, himself, and her; it’s what she would’ve wanted for him. It’s what the others want.

Takeo Masaki

He’s always thinking about the path he was supposed to follow and how his ancestors are frowning down on him for choosing a more simple life instead of seeking honor and glory.

He’s not always sure about whether or not he can make his own choices. He has trouble about accepting his individualism as a whole.

Hope: They tell him that it will take time to adjust to a foreign belief, but it would be in his best interest to embrace it. He’s told that he can and has done so much that wasn’t for the Emperor. He has worth that cannot be measured and that as an individual, he can follow his own path without the overbearing influence that he grew up in.