EPIC: THE ITHACA SAGA
PROMPTS & STARTERS.
of course, go ahead and change names/pronouns/words/etc as necessary to fit your muse or the situation! please do not add more lines/prompts to this post!
"I'm supposed to choose a suitor."
"They don't know that every night I unthread all the work I've done."
"I'd rather lie than allow them to think they've won."
"I never thought that I'd resort to this."
"I don't know much longer I'll last"
"Could it be some kind of sign that my world is all about to change?"
"Is it finally time for the challenge I arranged?"
"Though I never thought that it would come to this, just know I'll be here buying you time."
"Time is fleeting, it's running out."
"Time to be the man of the house."
"Let the arrow fly once you know that your aim is true."
"I'd rather die than grow old without the best of you."
"Though I never thought that this would be the lengths we go for love, I would not have it any other way."
"Though I never thought that it would end like this, just know I'll be here waiting."
"Screw this competition. We've been here for hours."
"Can't you guys see we're being played?"
"This is how they hold us down while we slowly age."
"Where in the hell is our pride and our rage?"
"Here and now there's a chance for action."
"Channel the fire inside your soul!"
"Haven't you noticed who's missing?"
"I heard today he comes back to town."
"I say we wait 'till he arrives."
"When he docks his ship we can breach it."
"Let us leave now, today we can strike"
"Hold him down while I slowly break his pride, his trust, his faith, and his bones."
"Cut him down into tiny pieces."
"When the crown wonders where the prince is, only the ocean and I will know."
"For twenty years I've suffered every punishment and pain."
"I come back and find my palace desecrated, sacked like Troy!"
"I... have had... enough."
"Somewhere in the shadows lurks an agile, deadly foe"
"We have the advantage! We've the numbers and the might."
"You don't understand it, this man plans for every fight!"
"Keep your head down! He's aiming for the torches!"
"Our weapons... they're missing!"
"He's using the darkness to hide his approaches."
"We're empty-handed, up against an archer."
"Our only chance is to strike him in the darkness."
"We know these halls! The odds can be tilted!"
"You think I don't know my own palace? I built it!"
"You've destroyed the serpent's head. Now the rest of us are no longer a threat!"
"Forgive us instead so that no more blood is shed."
"Let's have open arms instead!"
"Damn, he's more cunning than I assumed."
"While we were busy plotting, he hid our weapons inside this room."
"I find it hard to believe that the sharpest of kings left his armory unlocked."
"Now that we have armed ourselves, let's make the bastard rot."
"Throw down those weapons and I ensure you'll be spared."
"After seeing what the King will do to us? We wouldn't dare."
"I don't want to hurt you, but trust me, I've come prepared."
"Your very presence has doomed the king, young prince. We don't fight fair."
"We've got company, and he's made a grave mistake!"
"There's a chance for us to win."
"We can still defeat the King if we all attack the Prince!"
"Capture him! He's our greatest chance."
"Make the King obey our command, and if he won't I'll break the kid's hands."
"My mercy has long since drowned. It died to bring me home."
"As long as you're around, my family's fate is left unknown."
"You plotted to kill my son!"
"All of you are going to die!"
"You have filled my heart with hate."
"All of you who have done me wrong? This will be your fate!"
"All my life, I'd have died to meet you."
"I thought about your name so much it hurts."
"For twenty years, I dreamt of how I'd greet you."
"Now you're here, and I can't find the words."
"All my life, I'd have died to know you."
"I never could outgrow you."
"I can't help but wonder what your world must be."
"All this time I've wondered if you'd embrace me as your own."
"For so long I've felt alone."
"Look how much you've grown!"
"Oh, my boy, sweetest joy I've known"
"Twenty years ago, I held you in my arms."
"Oh, how time has flown."
"I used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you."
"I held you in my arms, prepared to die for you."
"I can only wonder what your world has been."
"All I've ever wanted was to reunite with my own."
"For twenty years we've wandered, but today you're not alone."
"You were never one for hellos."
"I can't help but wonder what this world could be if we all held each other with a bit more empathy."
"I can't help but feel like I led you astray."
"What if there's a world where we don't have to live this way?"
"If that world exists it's far away from here. It's one I'll have to miss."
"I've got one endeavor: there's a girl I have to see"
Would You Fall in Love with Me Again?
"Is it you? Have my prayers been answered?"
"Is it really you standing there, or am I dreaming once more?"
"You look different... your eyes look tired."
"Your frame is lighter, and your smile torn."
"Is it really you, my love?"
"I am not the man you fell in love with."
"I am not your kind and gentle husband, and I am not the love you knew before."
"Would you fall in love with me again if you knew all I've done?"
"Would you love me all the same?"
"I know that you've been waiting for love."
"What kind of things did you do?"
"I hurt more lives than I can count on my hands, but all of that was to bring me back to you."
"I had built that wedding bed with my blood and sweat."
"Do you realize what you have asked me?"
"Only my husband knew that, so I guess that makes him you!"
"I will fall in love with you over and over again."
"I don't care how, where, or when. No matter how long it's been, you're mine."
"Don't tell me you're not the same person!"
"You're always my husband, and I've been waiting for you."
