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@wingwept
Oh my actual god.
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Team D[iana probably gives the best hugs]
deartwin
phi’s the one who sighs when she gets one of those bizarre late night question texts… but she legitimately can’t sleep until she answers it
and the explaining bg music starts to play while she types like a paragraph in response adlskJSK
oh god that’s so real... she’ll take it so seriously when sigma asks something so ridiculous and diana’s here like Can you Stop Texting in the Group Chat at 3 AM
❛ –geez, mom. it's fine. ❜ cue a stubborn puff of air, ❛ i'm fine. ❜
‘ it is most certainly not fine ! ’
A stern look hides Diana’s worry as she returns to bandaging the bleeding wound upon Phi’s hand, applying pressure as she finishes. How did she even manage to cut herself? I asked her to chop up some of the vegetables and start the oven, and I come home to this... She shook her head. It was easy to make this sort of mistake, she supposed. She simply did not expect it from Phi. Sigma, definitely, but Phi always seemed much more... capable, in a lot of ways. Sigma’s idea of a homemade dinner is instant ramen and a monster energy drink. ...Sometimes he mixes them.
‘ even the smallest nick could get infected, and this is very deep. you might need to get stitches – ’
She trails off as she registered what, exactly, Phi had said. Mom. A sudden warmth spread across her face, and a small smile accompanied it. Be it a slip of the tongue or purposeful, it was the first time she’d ever addressed her as such. It felt... nice.
‘ o-oh ! um... well, what i’m saying is, you need to be more careful... honey ! ’
deartwin
xD and :3c
you’re so right....
happy birthday honey!! =) ❤️
thanks mom ❤️
diana exclusively uses the =) or =3 faces in texts
BOOK STARTERS VOL.23 ( HOUSE OF LEAVES ) ( MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI )
❛ It may be the wrong decision, but fuck it, it’s mine. ❜
❛ Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer. ❜
❛ No one ever really gets used to nightmares. ❜
❛ I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I’m not. ❜
❛ Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila. ❜
❛ Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it. ❜
❛ Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful. ❜
❛ The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours. ❜
❛ You will fulfil a promise I made years ago but failed to keep. ❜
❛ Darkness never satisfies. Especially if it takes something away which it almost always invariably does. ❜
❛ I want something else. I’m not even sure what to call it anymore. ❜
❛ What can I say, I’m a sucker for abandoned stuff, misplaced stuff, forgotten stuff, any old stuff. ❜
❛ Is it possible to love something so much, you imagine it wants to destroy you only because it has denied you? ❜
❛ It’s just silent, no sound at all. It’s like something’s waiting. ❜
❛ I guess I’m hoping the weapons will make me feel better, grant me some kind of fucking control. ❜
❛ Oh and something else: – Fuck you. ❜
❛ God I’ve never been afraid like this. ❜
❛ I miss you. I love you. There’s no second I’ve lived that you can’t call your own. ❜
❛ I’m so tired. Sleep’s been stalking me for too long to remember. Inevitable I suppose. ❜
❛ Not seeing the rip doesn’t mean you automatically get to keep clear of the Hey-I’m-Bleeding part. ❜
❛ These days fantasies flourish and die like summer flies. ❜
❛ Yeah I know, I know. This shit’s getting ridiculous. ❜
❛ ‘Fuck’ and ‘fall for’ have very different meanings. The first one you do as much as you can. The second one you never ever, ever do. ❜
❛ It’s a nice idea but it reeks of hope. False hope. ❜
❛ It’s, well…one thing in two words: fucked up…very fucked up. Okay three words, four words, who the hell cares…very very fucked up. ❜
❛ Do you think I could spend the night at your place? ❜
❛ Any fool can pray. ❜
❛ I feel like I haven’t slept in months. My neighbours are scared of me. ❜
❛ I’ve lost my mind? Maybe, maybe, maybe. Maybe I’m just really drunk. ❜
❛ Perhaps by cleaning out my system I’ll come to a clearing where I can ease myself into peace. ❜
❛ I should be dead. Why am I still here? ❜
❛ Fuck if I know. Your guess is as good as mine. ❜
❛ You are my flesh. You are my bones. I know you too well. I read you too perfectly. ❜
❛ Not all complex problems have easy solutions. ❜
❛ Do you believe in God? I don’t think I ever asked you that one. ❜
❛ We all create stories to protect ourselves. ❜
❛ Are you kidding me? This place is scary. ❜
❛ These days the only thing that gets me outside is when I say: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck you. Fuck me. Fuck this. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. ❜
❛ You like that crap because it reminds you of you. ❜
❛ You may suddenly realise things are not how you perceived them to be at all. ❜
Studio Ghibli Sentence Meme
“Now I have something I want to protect. It’s you.”
“I’m not afraid to die!”
“You cannot change fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you so choose.”
“They say that the best blaze brightest when circumstances are at their worst.”
“Fear and anger only make it grow faster.”
“I think I can handle it.”
“Here’s another curse for you - may all your bacon burn.”
“Don’t worry! Stay right where you are, I’m coming to get you! You’re gonna be fine, I won’t let him hurt you.”
“I need something of yours. How ‘bout your eyes?”
“We gotta get out of here! We’re gonna get in trouble!”
“You, you sabotaged me! Look! Look at what you’ve done to my hair! Look!”
“No more killing. It has to stop!”
“You sound ghastly, like some 90-year-old woman.”
“Guys, don’t take that food! We’re gonna get in trouble!”
“Fight ‘em! C’mon!”
“Smile so we can make a good impression.”
“We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it’s not easy”
“I finally get a bouquet and it’s a goodbye present. That’s depressing.”
“Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.”
“Sorry, it looks like you’re involved.”
“Oh, my baby! Are you all right? Are you emotionally traumatized?”
“Now I’m trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it.”
“Leave before it gets dark.”
“Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can’t remember.”
“Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.”
“It’s all so familiar yet I know I’ve never been here before. I feel so at home.”
“Now I’m trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it.”
“I suggest you surrender. There is no ship coming to rescue you.”
“I had no idea that my rage could drive me to kill.”
“These days, there are angry ghosts all around us - dead from wars, sickness, starvation - and nobody cares.”
“A heart’s a heavy burden.”
“Please! You must stop!”
“Well, well, well… hello kitty.” “You can’t be busy - you’re five!”
“So you say you’re under a curse? So what? So’s the whole damn world.”
“ I have really had enough of your incredible stupidity.”
“Lamebrain! They made an escape! Now step on it!”
“I didn’t want them to kill you.”
“It’s fun to move to a new place. It’s an adventure.”
“Welcome the rich man, he’s hard for you to miss. His butt keeps getting bigger, so there’s plenty there to kiss!”
“You shouldn’t be here! Get out!”
“He said Mom was ugly, now go get him!”
“Kill him and you’ll be famous.”
“I’ve seen him do this once before when a girl dumped him.”
“S/He’s alive. There goes that dream.”
“That was the night I died.”
“I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.”
“You don’t remember your name?”
“Don’t be afraid, I just want to help you.”
“Poor kids. I’ll really miss them.”
“I don’t fight for honor. I fight for a paycheck.”
“ No, No, No! Don’t do this! Help! Help! Crazy lady with the shovel!”
“She was once quite beautiful, so I decided to pursue her, then I realized she wasn’t, so then, as usual, I ran away.”
“You’re in love. Don’t deny it, you’ve been sighing all day”
“She never woke up again.”
“You blubber heads! I’m not runnin’ a luxury cruise! Now get to work!”
“Why does everything that’s good for you have to taste so bad?”
“Whatever you don’t want me to clean, better hide it now!”
“This is our little secret. You tell anyone and I’ll rip your mouth off.”
“I give up. I see no point in living if I can’t be beautiful.”
“If I lose my magic, that means I’ve lost absolutely everything.”
“ It’s… you’re scaring me. I have this weird feeling you’re going to leave. ”
“There’s a demon inside you.”
“Don’t get alarmed but I’m being followed. Act normal.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve got four-wheel drive.”
“This is what hatred looks like! This is what it does when it catches hold of you! It’s eating me alive, and very soon it will kill me!”
“Smooth. Very smooth. You definitely know how to make a good first impression.”
“Everyone fears their own mortality.”
“Play with me or I’ll break your arm!”
“I gotta get out of this place. Someday I’m getting on that train.”
“Wait give us a minute! This is clearly harassment.”
“Why do fireflies have to die so soon?”
“There you are, sweetheart. Sorry I’m late. I was looking everywhere for you.”
“When you’re going to kill a god, let someone else do your dirty work.”
“Why did you stop me from killing her?”
“When I saw you, I just wanted to find a way to protect you.”
“One thing you can always count on is that hearts change.”
“Tell me while you’re still alive!”
“This is a tomb for the both of us.”
“If nobody comes in, I’m gonna have to eat pancakes forever and be fat, fat, fat! And what am I supposed to do about that?”
“Even if you were a woman, you’d still be an idiot!”
“What do you say we give ‘em a little demonstration of how fast we can run, huh?”
“HAM!”
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PHI USES EVERY ounce of control she’s ever had over her emotions to push past the excruciating pain in her heart, to look logically at what had just happened. Diana’s sobbing over Sigma’s corpse. His blood is… everywhere. Pooling out and staining the rim of Phi’s boots. She seems to float from the scene at a distance, amidst a sea of grief she holds inside, and alleviates herself of mourning by allowing Diana to cry for them both. Because it’s up to Phi to swim before she and Diana drown. It’s crucial to stay calm. Calm. Collected. Like the many times they had discovered Alice’s body– it becomes important to garner key information from a history before she abandons it. It might prove to be useful later… and no way in hell is she going to accept this as reality.
Thing is, there aren’t any known suspects aside from Diana and herself. She also knows that neither of them had any part in this. Therefore, there must be someone else. So, what happened? Had Zero gotten bored because they hadn’t snapped and killed each other off yet? Death forges the key to their escape in this decision game, after all. But who could have–
Ugh– what is she doing? There’s obviously a killer loose in their ward. Phi doesn’t know why it happened– but so long as they’re out in the open like this, they’re in danger. And if they lose their lives here, they’d never find the answers they needed. Sparks light up in the soles of her feet, her heart starts pumping again, and she wills herself to speak. We need to move. Now.
The prospect of working together collapses all around them when Diana accuses her of murdering Sigma. In her grief, it makes sense for her to think that way– even when it’s the farthest thing from the truth. Phi doesn’t blame her. There shouldn’t be anyone else in their ward. In her place, Phi would have been suspicious, too. Not only that, but she had just forced herself to swallow her own sorrow… on the outside, she must have seemed pretty heartless.
Maybe she should have shown more compassion. Softening herself to accommodate and comfort others is a skill Phi hasn’t mastered yet– she figures that she has to actually give a damn to accomplish something like that. It’s only as she watches Diana run off that she’s aware of just how much she gives a damn. Whether she’s going to jump from this history or not– Diana’s in danger if she’s alone.
❛ Hey, wait! Diana! ❜ Phi calls after her. Before following she casts one last, forlorn glance at Sigma’s body on the floor. I’m sorry. She’s closing her eyes before they can well up– holding it all inside makes them burn and pain prickles at the back of her throat. I’m sorry. Then she takes off at a run, the sound of her footsteps trampling over the rest of her apologies.
Now’s not the time to dwell on what she could have done to fix what was broken. Now’s the time to make sure that things don’t get any worse then they already have. Elapsam semel occasionem non ipse potest Iuppiter reprehendere.
In the midst of her search, Phi hears something… rustling. Unable to ignore the possibility that it could be Diana– she follows the sound. Going forward, she was already prepared for the worst… so it probably doesn’t surprise her as much as it should when the killer pounces on her from behind… sinking a knife deep into her back, the point tearing into her with practiced efficiency. Whoever this is, they have the hands of someone who has killed many times before. Contrarily, Phi reacts numbly, like someone who has faced death many times before. Cold unresponsiveness is the only way she can think to spite this person– this person who has Sigma’s blood on their hands as well.
The killer holds her there until she becomes limp and shoves her away– taking off before she could get a glimpse. As if the killer might have known in advance that had she seen them from the front, she may have unearthed something incriminating.
Who…? Gasping for breath, the desire to know overwhelms even the pain, and she turns on wobbly feet in time to see a dark cloak rippling behind the killer’s retreating figure… long, similarly dark fingernails and the glint of a knife. Phi dully confronts the realization that it isn’t enough information to identify the killer. Not with the time she has left, anyway.
Still, Phi shuffles forward, dragging her feet across the floor to cover as much ground as possible with what whittled energy she has left. When she dies, another password will be revealed and Diana will have the means to escape– to leave the killer and this horrible game behind. If Phi could tell her that– or even if she falls in a place where Diana find her body fast enough– then surely she would know to get out of there. Before the killer could take her, too.
Sigma’s death… her death… they might as well have been to save Diana’s life. That’s the only thing that’d make any of this okay.
Phi collapses in the one place she hadn’t searched. But it’s all right, because as she deduced– Diana’s near. To keep herself from losing consciousness, she focuses on answering questions… and on asking Diana to escape. Then she vaguely recognizes a slightest tickling, red hair brushing against her cheek. They’re close. Diana’s hugging her. Of all the ways to die, Phi realizes that she prefers it this way. It isn’t normal to ‘prefer death’ a certain way– but then again, she isn’t a normal girl. She and Sigma had hugged kind of like this… before that explosion…
It’s calming and suddenly she’s unafraid of what’s coming. Safe and warm, like a child being rocked gently to sleep. A strange analogy, isn’t it? But somehow, it isn’t so strange either. Like one of her hunches, seldom incorrect, a theory that could be proven somehow. But that’s…
–No. It doesn’t make any sense. What the hell is she thinking?
❛ Oh… this feels… nice. ❜ Phi supposes things don’t have to make much sense when she’s a breath away from death. Diana’s asking why and Phi doesn’t have any more answers to give. Her eyes are drifting shut. ❛ Such a… familiar… smell… ❜
@wingwept
[Diana walks in on Phi and Sigma arguing] Diana: Sorry. Is this something we all should be discussing? Phi: No. Diana: It just sounds a little serious. Sigma: It was mostly theoretical. We… Phi: We were just working out a - look, if cavemen and astronauts got into a fight, who would win? Diana: You’ve been yelling at each other for 40 minutes about this? [pause] Diana: Do the astronauts have weapons? Sigma & Phi [together]: No.
-hugs her softly-
‘ oh, phi... ! ’
Perhaps not expected, but welcomed nonetheless; she returns the hug, arms wrapping lightly around her. She holds the embrace for a second longer, until Phi pulls away. Diana offers her a small smile. Such a sweet sentiment... it was not the first time she had done so, but all the same, it was not so common Phi unguarded her heart -- if only for a moment.
‘ hehe, i never took you for an affectionate type! ’
You make me feel so nostalgic,“ she said. "Sitting next to you, I feel like I’ve known you for a hundred years. But I feel as though I’ve forgotten all the memories we had together.
Sue Zhao (via blossomfully)
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