dark rise - c.s pacat  sentence starters
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! Â some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplayingÂ
tw :  death , murder
âkill me. (name), please. if you ever felt anything for me.â
âyouâve never really lived at all.â
âyou think I felt something for you? youâve forgotten who I am.â
âyou shouldnât have come back here.â
ânone of us are safe. but I think you know that better than any of us. donât you?â
ânot all that is written has passed, and not all that has passed is written.â
âeveryone who had ever helped me is dead. I didnât want that to happen to you.â
âI couldnât run from what was part of me. neither can you.â
âno one knows what you are except you.â
âit feels familiar to you, doesnât it? as if youâve been here before.â
âyou may come to wish you had never sought the truth.â
âdark times lie ahead. but even in the darkest night, there is a star.â
âkindness is never a mistake. somewhere in the heart it is always remembered.â
âoutside, the world sleeps like an innocent who is not afraid of the dark. but in here we remember. what has come before will come again.â
âyouâre not ready. but which of us is ready for what life asks us to face?â
âwe donât choose the moment. the moment comes whether we will it or no, and we must make ourselves ready.â
âiâm just walking. or isnât that allowed?â
âwhatever youâre hiding, iâm going to find it out.â
âeven those that think themselves powerless can fight with small acts. kindness. compassion.â
âwhen the past is forgotten, then it can return. only those who remember have the chance to stave it off.â
âthe dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise again.â
âwill you fight with strength, or compassion? will you kill, or show mercy?â
âI will watch for you, and you for me, and we will fight the darkness for each other.â
âthereâs something youâre not telling me.â
âtime is short. enjoy these moments of high spirits while you can.â
âyou have a habit of being in places that you donât belong.â
âwe didnât have much, but we had each other. we were family.â
âwould you go back to that? to not knowing?â
âbetter a lion than a lamb to the slaughter.â
âyouâve been kind. kinder than I thought. you shouldnât be part of this.â
âitâs all right. youâre safe. youâre home.â
âI thought youâd died. I kept replaying the attack, trying to imagine a way that youâd survived.â
âthe only good thing you ever did was leave. but you were too selfish to stay away.â
âyouâve got a head full of intrigue. you think thereâs a spy behind every curtain and a dagger in every sleeve.â
âthey think that Iâve got bad blood. that Iâm destined to serve the dark.â
âI donât care what they say. youâre good and youâre true. whatever happens, I wonât let them hurt you.â
âif youâre lying, I suppose youâll kill me. but for even the smallest chance that youâre telling the truth, Iâll take that risk.â
âit has to be me. you know that.â
âI think he wants you because you were the jewel in another manâs crown.â
âI think what people were is less important than what they are. and what people are is less important than what they could be.â
âyouâre not what I expected.â
âfathers hold a lot of sway over their sons.â
âno one else has ever asked me that.â
âwe pay a terrible price. we do it because we must. itâs the only way we can fight.â
âyou show me the kind of compassion that I did not show to you.â
â(name) was never afraid to die. itâs the half life he feared.â
âI came for you. maybe at first I thoughtâ- but the moment I saw you, it was like nothing else mattered.â
âyou canât stay here. if (name) learns what happenedâ- if he thinks youâre connected to meâ-â
âat the first sign that something is wrong, run. donât stay as the warnings pile up, telling yourself that (name) is a good man.â
âlet me go. I have toâ- have to help them. let me goâ-â
âlisten to me. listen. we donât know who did this. they might still be here. weâre in danger.â
âI donât know what Iâm supposed to do.â
âI told you that there was more than one way to fight. I hope you remember that, when you make your choice. I hope you remember me.â
âI wish I could give you comfort ⊠instead I must ask one more thing of you.â
âyou didnât do this. you donât carry the blame.â
âyouâre not alone.â
âthis is not our darkest hour. that is still yet to come.â
âtheyâre not like that. you twist everything.â
âyouâre like me. weâre the same. youâre more like me than youâre like them. itâs in your blood.â
âyouâll betray every person you love to serve him.â
âyou were there. did you hear them die? did you watch?â
âheâs been in love with me since we were eleven. donât tell me you didnât know that.â
âwell heâs dead. theyâre all dead. because of you.â
âI keep my promises. iâm loyal to my friends. I told you.â
âthatâs how his objects work. you think youâre using it, when itâs the one using you.â
âI couldnât do this without you.â
âmy mother spent her whole life running.â
âiâm sorry. if it werenât for me, youâd still have that life.â
âI wouldnât want it. not knowing that it wasnât real.â
âyouâre lying. youâre lying to me. youâre lying to everyone.â
âyou might have fooled the others. you havenât fooled me.â
âI know you do it all the time but Iâd never killed anyone before.â
âI was tired of running.â
âyou know, weâre similar, you and I.â
âmagic is our inheritance, yet it has been taken from us.â
âyou think that itâs yours. that itâs owed to you.â
âmy god, what is this? some pitiful boyâs revenge?â
âI wonât leave you here.â
âiâm the only one who can buy you the time that you need.â
âso you know who you are.â
âI should have killed you.â
âiâd know you anywhere. after ten thousand years, iâd know you.â
âhe would have hurt you. he would have hurt the people I care about.â
âitâs not here for me. itâs here for you.â
âit was never me, (name).â
âyou shouldnât have come here.â
âI donât think youâll hurt me.â
âI didnât think youâd stop (name). I didnât think anyone would.â
âbelieving he still controlled me would have given him pleasure.â
âmy whole life, all anyoneâs ever wanted was to possess me. the only one who ever set me free was you.â
âI lived a half life. itâs like this world was a blur. no one else was in focus. until you.â
âI didnât think youâd save me.â
âI never thought Iâd be free to choose my future. but I am.â
âI donât want to follow them. iâm here to follow you.â