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stranger things s4 starters
❝ how are you feeling today? ❞ ❝ what have you done? ❞ ❝ you speak of monsters, superheroes. that’s the stuff of myth and fairytales. ❞ ❝ are you stalking me or something? ❞ ❝ i know it’s a lot of blood, but you’re going to be okay. ❞ ❝ it’s like you’re not even here anymore. it’s like you’re a ghost. ❞ ❝ i can only help you if you’re truthful. if you open up to me. ❞ ❝ it’s okay to not be okay. ❞ ❝ even with it staring you in the face, you can’t admit it. can’t admit you’re wrong. ❞ ❝ it’s just scary to open up like that. to say how you really feel. especially to people you care about the most. ❞ ❝ i think maybe a part of me died that day too. ❞ ❝ it looks like a fairytale. a dream. ❞ ❝ everyone looks at me like…like i’m a monster. ❞ ❝ you start to believe all the things they say. that this place is cursed. ❞ ❝ do you ever feel like you’re losing your mind? ❞ ❝ look, i’m just trying to turn that frown upside down. ❞ ❝ this year is my year. i can feel it. ❞ ❝ i’m afraid you can become lost in the darkness. ❞ ❝ why do you keep pushing me away? ❞ ❝ i want today to be about me and you. ❞ ❝ if they wanna find out who you are, they will. ❞ ❝ please, just go away. ❞ ❝ only by facing all of ourselves, the good and the bad, can we become whole. ❞ ❝ i play that moment back in my head all the time. ❞ ❝ so much has happened since you left. ❞ ❝ did i survive? no, i assure you, i am still very much in hell. ❞ ❝ you are scared. you’re tired. you are injured. ❞ ❝ you’re not what i thought you’d be like. ❞ ❝ i just want to say thanks for saving my ass back there. ❞ ❝ hey, we don’t need to do this. ❞ ❝ you think because you demonstrate some talent that you’re somehow immune to the rules? ❞ ❝ why is this on me? why am i the bad guy? ❞ ❝ never tell me the odds. ❞ ❝ i don’t even know how to describe it. i’ve never seen anything like it. ❞ ❝ there’s nothing to worry about. okay? ❞ ❝ sorry. didn’t mean to scare you. ❞ ❝ now, where does it hurt? ❞ ❝ this place and the people here are not what you think. ❞ ❝ i am different. i do not belong. ❞ ❝ so, um, are we just not gonna talk about it? ❞ ❝ just try to take some deep breaths. ❞ ❝ if i show you something, you wouldn’t tell anyone, right? ❞ ❝ people just change, okay? that’s it. ❞ ❝ you gotta stop pretending to be someone else. ❞ ❝ i was so excited to see you, it was hard to breathe. ❞ ❝ i’ll smile as i watch them die a slow, agonizing death. ❞ ❝ thirty seconds or i leave without you, okay? ❞ ❝ well, well. aren’t you a sight for sore eyes? ❞ ❝ i…i didn’t mean to scare you. ❞ ❝ looks like it’s gonna be up to us again. ❞ ❝ i’m sorry. i’m having trouble understanding any of this. ❞ ❝ i believe you are our best hope. our only hope. ❞ ❝ you’re bright red in the face right now. ❞ ❝ i think it’ll be easier if we’re a team. ❞ ❝ you can’t run from me. ❞ ❝ we’re running out of time here. the world is running out of time. ❞ ❝ everyone i love, i hurt. ❞ ❝ you don’t even seem nervous. i’m impressed. ❞ ❝ what if i’m not good? what if i’m the monster? ❞ ❝ do you flee or stand your ground and fight? ❞ ❝ in dark days like this, we need something to believe in. ❞ ❝ what you’ve been through, what you’re still going through…it’s a lot for anyone. ❞ ❝ i’m not moping. ❞ ❝ there’s not that many. we can take ‘em. ❞ ❝ you remind me of someone. someone i used to know very well. ❞ ❝ we have a big fight ahead of us. ❞ ❝ so, that is it? you give up, then? ❞ ❝ did you get some rest? i have a feeling you’re gonna need it. ❞ ❝ it’s okay. you can admit it. no more lies. ❞ ❝ sounds too good to be true, yes? ❞ ❝ you’ll have to excuse the staring. you’re a bit of a celebrity. ❞ ❝ do you really expect me to believe anything you have to say? ❞ ❝ the way you looked at me. you…you were scared of me. ❞ ❝ small world, isn’t it? it’s a small world. ❞ ❝ i promise i’m gonna stop asking this, but…you’re seeing that too, right? ❞ ❝ i’ve really missed that. your laugh. ❞ ❝ i will do anything for you. ❞ ❝ you have demons in your past. ❞ ❝ you have more important things to worry about. ❞ ❝ i actually thought you’d be kinda mean and scary. ❞ ❝ i don’t want you to go. ❞ ❝ i’ve given you everything you asked for. i’ve compromised my principles. i’ve risked my life. ❞ ❝ you didn’t think it would be that easy, did you? ❞ ❝ or what? are you gonna shoot me? ❞ ❝ they’re laughing. at you. they think you’re weak. ❞ ❝ i know. you’re frightened of me. ❞ ❝ like i said…we’re alike, you and i. ❞ ❝ who knew something so small could cause so much trouble? ❞ ❝ you know, i think there’s a part of you, buried somewhere deep, that wanted me to die that day. ❞ ❝ if you want to make it out of here alive, you must do exactly as i say. ❞ ❝ i understand the stakes quite well. ❞ ❝ you can’t hurt me more than they already have. ❞ ❝ whatever comes out of there…hold your ground. ❞ ❝ you…you’re not supposed to be here. ❞ ❝ you know you can talk to me. ❞ ❝ i know what it’s like to be different. ❞ ❝ you helped me. now i help you. ❞ ❝ i don’t believe in all that supernatural crap, all right? ❞ ❝ why are you staring at me? ❞ ❝ imagine what we could do together. ❞ ❝ the more you move, the more this is gonna hurt. ❞ ❝ no one ever comes out here. we’re safe. ❞ ❝ i’m going to try to forget you said any of that. ❞ ❝ my heart can’t take it anymore. ❞ ❝ for a while i tried to be happy. normal. ❞
You know what, fuck it
Domnos verse
I actually need to make a verse for Domnos but I’m too much of a coward.
Oh but also, I’m doing other stuff simultaneously but 🔫 hi, come plot with me
𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃𝐒
“ ……. ”
“ i will carry you out myself. ”
"𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐒 as weapons in the past and will not hesitate to do so again.” Completely straight-faced, it’s... likely the truth, to some degree. “I have interacted with my fair share of corpses cursed or otherwise, and so you’ll have to do more than glower and glare at me. Besides, telling a scientist to not indulge in their own curiosity, you may as well tell a fish not to swim.”
Tbh... Veric needs........ spite friends
Friends who will talk shit about him to his face and trade barbs while sitting and enjoying tea together and finding ways to check on each other while also refusing to acknowledge they like each other
“Dangerous men turning into malewives around their SOs” solidarity
as always feel free to change pronouns/alter to fit etc!
“ i’m not running away from things, i am running to them, before they flare and fade forever. ”
“ you are seared onto my heart. ”
“ i’m running to you, before you fade from me. ”
“ that’s the trouble with hope. it’s hard to resist. ”
“ never be cruel, never be cowardly. ”
“ wait, he’s your arch-enemy now? i’ll scratch his eye out. ”
“ we’re all stories in the end. ”
“ don’t play games with me. don’t ever, ever think you’re capable of that. ”
“ who said you’re not important? ”
“ all of time and space, i’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before. ”
“ everybody is important to somebody, somewhere. ”
“ hold tight and pretend it’s a plan. ”
“ the way i see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. the good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. ”
“ have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away. ”
“ some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. it’s not the time that matters, it’s the person. ”
“ you know the thing you need most of all? you need a hand to hold. ”
“ good men don’t need rules. today is not a good day to find out why i have so many. ”
“ one may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. ”
“ if we’re going to die, let’s die looking like a peruvian folk band. ”
“ it isn’t rocket science, it’s just quantum physics. ”
“ courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. it’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway. ”
“ there’s something that doesn’t make sense… let’s go and poke it with a stick. ”
As someone who had my art taken for graphics and icons back in the ye olde days of Soul Eater, people who use the works of artists without obtaining permission will go to a special kind of hell
Imagine being adopted into the family of the only person to ever see worth in you in your 20 years of life, only to outlive him and his family and descendants several times over. Like... the Noor family is still alive and going, but it’s been some roughly twenty or so generations since Veric’s adoptive parents died. And while such long lives are commonplace for mages and scientists, the Noors were not scientists despite dabbling in arcane science. They lived normal lifespans. They died when they died and that was that.
@misfortuneds : "why should i trust you?" / from yen :-) | x
𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 to stop the sigh before it slipped from his lips. Veric was a stranger in a land foreign to him, and knew better than to let slip such useless hostility over nothing. It wasn’t the first time his trustworthiness or motivations were questioned and wouldn’t be the last, but what was more...
“You have little reason to, regardless of what I say.” What was this person’s connection to this place? It figured his rotten luck would have him stumbling upon a stranger without having even found his footing in this odd corner of the world. “All I can say is that I’m merely a traveler passing through, and whether you choose to believe me or not, well...” Dark hands smoothed down the front of his robes, oddly spared of grime or disarray for a supposed wanderer, but if it was his intent to look out of place, he more than managed it. But he couldn’t allow himself to be chased away, if there may have been a reason this newfound vessel of his had been placed here, of all places.
Veric straightened. “Regardless, I have no intention of staying here. Just as soon as I... discover where it is that I’m going.”
Might as well go ahead and put this out, so that I can reblog it from time to time—feel free to like this for something in your inbox, anywhere from a couple of sentences to a paragraph?
* 400 RANDOM DIALOGUE PROMPTS (READ MORE) ,
"i never noticed your eyes were this pretty."
"i'll stay in tonight, thanks."
"i can't even trust myself anymore."
"anything to eat around here?"
"i hope to repay your kindness someday."
"you're a terrible flirt you know."
"the only time you talk to me is when you need something."
"how did you find me?"
"how can i possibly trust you? after all you've done."
"i take orders from your father, not you."
"you're not a very convincing liar."
"i thought i'd never see you again."
"why can't i come with you?"
"it was my fault. it was all my fault."
"all this anger and hate, it's not good for you."
"this is the part where you apologize."
"is being drunk an excuse?"
"let me out of here! let me go!"
"aren't we in a good mood today?"
"i was making sure you weren't dead, since you never called."
"there's nothing left for me here."
"i know i lied to you. you can hate me and it's all right."
"i've been waiting for you for a long time."
"what happened? i heard a crash."
"was it you? did you do all this?"
"don't come any closer!"
"looking for something?"
"you're too scared to do it, aren't you?"
"i thought you'd like this."
"you came back!"
"i like seeing you smile."
"i must warn you, i won't go easy on you this time."
"it's better to expect disappointment."
"sorry to put you through that. i guess i owe you one now."
"no way, i'm not doing that."
"it's you! you came for me."
"could you be happy here with me?"
"let me buy you another drink."
"why should i trust you?"
"he's only mostly dead."
"knowledge is power."
"i screwed up. i know."
"we're going to have to stay here tonight."
"help me choose something to wear?"
"i do care."
"i'm sorry, i'm not what you think i am."
"how many more people need to die before you're satisfied?"
"you scared me."
"just try to hang on."
"i risked my life for you!"
"two years later and you haven't changed."
"we're not so different after all."
"i need you to trust me."
"why are you being so stubborn?"
"you don't scare me."
"i'm scared of what you're becoming."
"you look like you just saw a ghost."
"that's quite a scratch you've got there."
"i've always hated it."
"this is the part where you leave."
"don't treat me like a child."
"you were talking in your sleep."
"what are you doing out here by yourself?"
"wait. i've heard that sound before."
"would it be alright if i borrowed this?"
"i think i have a bit more experience with this thing than you do."
"it's not stealing if it was mine to begin with."
"it's nothing personal."
"you were going to leave without saying goodbye?"
"i'll still be here when you wake up."
"don't you fucking dare!"
"you're lucky you're cute."
"it's too dark, i can't see anything."
"i swear it wasn't me."
"that is not an appropriate question to ask a lady you've just met."
"i've got your back, okay?"
"how long have i been asleep?"
"just who do you think you are?"
"i think i might've broken something..."
"i wish you'd take better care of yourself."
"is this what you wanted?"
"what do you want in exchange for it?"
"did you miss me?"
"i'm trying my best and it's not good enough."
"it's not safe for people to see us together."
"don't lie to me."
"i see a lot of myself in you."
"take a seat, we're gonna be here a while."
"i won't hate you. i know you think that's what you deserve but it's not."
"who do you fight for?"
"it's rare to see your kind around here."
"walk with me?"
"i know you better than you think."
"why did you bring me here?"
"what did you want to tell me?"
"you don't even know my name."
"it's nothing, i'm just tired."
"of course i care. you're my family."
"i didn't tell you because i was afraid... of losing you."
"where is my candy, you son of a bitch?"
"you want me to punch him in the face?"
"please... say something."
"who the hell invited you?"
"we need to be careful."
"i just wanted to say i'm sorry."
"we're locked in!"
"don't be naked. i'm coming in."
"do you ever get afraid?"
"you wouldn't understand."
"promise you'll say something if you need help?"
"where have you been?"
"there was blood everywhere."
"i just need to step away for a bit, get some fresh air."
"we're safe, aren't we?"
"how about a little midnight snack?"
"how many people have you killed? how many?"
"whatever you're going to ask, the answer is no."
"you look... amazing."
"this isn't just about you. it's about what's best for all of us."
"you owe me a dinner. a very nice dinner."
"in about a minute, you'll be sorry you didn't listen to me."
"i wish we never met."
"you're late."
"we all have secrets, don't we?"
"i know i have a right to be angry, but i don't want to be."
"i see you don't recognize me. well, it was a long time ago."
"you showing up here must be fate."
"some risks are worth taking."
"you've been so quiet. what's on your mind?"
"you must be lonesome over here by yourself."
"you're very kind. some day it'll get you killed."
"this seems... dangerous."
"snap out of it!"
"have you been following me?"
"you can't or you won't?"
"how long have you been standing there?"
"i'm sorry i didn't come sooner."
"we can't keep going on like this."
"i don't need your help."
"i think i'm getting sick."
"i know who you are. i know what you've done."
"please tell me you have a plan."
"i just wanted to see you smile again."
"can i ask... what happened?"
"tell me it's not true. please."
"would you run away with me?"
"don't look at me like that."
"wow, look who remembered my existence."
"why are you really here?"
"have a drink with me."
"life is about more than just surviving."
"treat me like the princess that i am!"
"it's a gift. i had it made for you."
"thank me after we get out of this alive."
"you're not human, are you?"
"are you kidding me? we're not 'fine'!"
"they're better off without me. but i guess that's their choice."
"are you lost too?"
"come on. it can't be that bad."
"i don't like this. it feels... wrong."
"will you stay with me? just for tonight."
"can i help you?"
"you don't need to protect me."
"you can't leave me here alone!"
"you can stay with me."
"quick, this way. before they see you."
"i think the power is out."
"did you ever care about me?"
"did you hear that? it sounded like a scream."
"being strong doesn't mean never asking for help or admitting you're in pain."
"i'm here to drink alone."
"i did warn you not to trust me."
"you could've just used the door."
"you know, i really hoped i'd never see this place again."
"nobody tells me what to do."
"why can't you tell me what's wrong?"
"i'm really not one for crowds."
"don't be so dramatic."
"something's coming."
"i just wanted to do something good for once."
"you don't have to shout at me!"
"forget about me. just save them."
"it's fine. nothing i haven't dealt with before."
"i guess it runs in the family, huh?"
"this isn't our fight. it's my fight."
"do you ever stop being so serious and dull?"
"i heard you were dead."
"i'm going to get you out of here."
"that's a terrible story."
"here, take this. you'll catch a cold."
"you slept with her, didn't you?"
"i had my suspicions, but until now i wasn't sure."
"evacuate the civilians, i'll buy you some time!"
"he was unconscious when i found him."
"you don't have to hold my hand."
"i'm not leaving you."
"you're not getting away this time."
"you're clearly not okay so stop bullshitting me."
"i would give my life to keep you safe."
"do you want me to go?"
"trust me, these people are not your friends."
"i guess it's my turn to thank you."
"i bought two. here."
"i need to go. i can't be here."
"it's four in the morning. what are you doing?"
"do you ever stop talking?"
"it's not going to be easy, you know."
"well, how do i look?"
"are you threatening me?"
"you can never admit when you're wrong!"
"may i have this dance?"
"he knows more than what he's telling us. much more."
"we can't fix this. can we?"
"count me out."
"i don't know. shut up. i'm not blushing."
"let go of me! i have to help them!"
"i won't let anyone hurt you."
"do you ever hear yourself?"
"i've never had any sort of family before."
"you look better in my clothes than i do."
"i'm still learning."
"oh, i get it. you're trying to weasel your way out of having to practice."
"death is a part of life. i accepted that a long time ago."
"you see everyone so clearly except yourself."
"is this seat taken? sorry, it's a bit crowded here."
"what are you smiling at?"
"we're in completely different leagues."
"what if i never see you again?"
"we should get a pet."
"don't touch me. get away from me."
"i want to be there when you get what's coming to you."
"i'll believe it when i see it."
"you're lucky that i found you when i did."
"you're not dating anyone, are you?"
"you're not alone. i'm here."
"i never want to see you again."
"we can just sit here, you don't have to talk."
"i could show you the way."
"do i frighten you?"
"i didn't realize you were in so much pain."
"well, this is where i live."
"i'll be here. when you're ready to talk."
"you refuse to tell me where you're going?"
"i've seen you before, walking by."
"was that a friend of yours?"
"i'll make you bleed."
"wait. did you hear that?"
"i'm not even going to pretend to understand what you're talking about."
"i made a mistake."
"why don't you just kill me?"
"it's a lullaby. would you like me to sing it to you? would that help you fall asleep?"
"i already made my decision, you're not going to change that."
"i thought you... i saw you get shot."
"take me with you."
"you look awful. what happened?"
"you knew and you didn't tell me?"
"you shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."
"how about you let me show you around?"
"i'm just saying, murder is an option."
"what's that smug look for? you think you can do any better?"
"for some reason, i'm attracted to you."
"you defeated it? alone?"
"i didn't want you to see me like this."
"don't go. please."
"how do i know you're real?"
"rough day today?"
"seriously, what is that thing over there?!"
"i'm not sober enough to talk about this."
"you should've thought about that before you got into a fight."
"you like this, don't you? i remember you saying that."
"what now? i'm tired."
"it won't be easy, that's for sure."
"watch what you say. the trees have ears."
"can you forgive me?"
"just let me do this for you."
"why were they coming after you?"
"why are you talking like we'll never see each other again?"
"why did you help me?"
"would you like something for the pain?"
"why did you come?"
"you snore in your sleep. it's adorable."
"i'm glad i could share this with you."
"just admit it. we're lost."
"well, don't stand there in the rain. come on."
"i really thought you were gone this time."
"if you tell me yours, i'll tell you mine."
"are you... smelling me?"
"i have a spare bed."
"your plan's gonna get us all killed, and you know it."
"find someone else to listen to your problems."
"i promise i'll never hurt you again."
"where do you think you're going?"
"it appears my trusting nature got the better of me. it's happened before."
"how did you get this scar?"
"you stepped on my foot!"
"i'm not sorry."
"i don't know how you do this every day..."
"what did you wish for?"
"there's no turning back now."
"see? i'm not just a pretty face."
"i'm on your side."
"do you remember anything? at all?"
"you don't know who i am, do you?"
"please don't do this, don't act like you care."
"i just want to take it all back."
"am i not good enough?"
"i won't let them hurt you."
"i'm fine, let me see your arm."
"why can't you let me in? what are you so afraid of?"
"this is wrong."
"none of this would’ve happened if you had just listened to me!"
"don't run away from this."
"you wanna know what your problem is?"
"so why's it so important anyway?"
"i'm not here to talk about my feelings."
"close your eyes and hold out your hands."
"seems like i'm always saving your ass."
"let me help with that."
"you know you aren't allowed in here, right?"
"don't shut me out. please."
"fine. i'll help you but you have to help me."
"i don't need you to understand, i just need you to help me."
"i have to do this alone."
"i'm not talking to you when you're like this."
"i don't need you anymore."
"why did you wake me?"
"how many times have i told you? you can't visit me here."
"jealous? i'm not jealous!"
"this place is cursed... i can feel it."
"you need to stay still."
"i've been to many strange places... but this is a new one."
"dangerous to be out so late."
"don't make me go by myself."
"i can't leave you alone for one minute, can i?"
"we're wasting time."
"you... don't like me very much, do you?"
"i would never lie to you."
"give me one good reason why i should believe you."
"i'm not sure what i'm supposed to feel."
"you're about as intimidating as a butterfly."
"no more lies, no more secrets."
"do you wanna get out of here?"
"what did they do to you?"
"i don't go away if you ignore me."
"you don't know when to give up, do you?"
"i can't help you unless you talk to me."
"what was that for?"
"you can't just come into my life and go right out of it. i won't let you."
"think of it as a compliment."
"did you want to be alone?"
"who did you piss off this time?"
"you'll be no help to anyone if you run yourself into the ground."
"stop trying to figure everything out. just focus on now."
"are you saying you care about me?"
"i did what i had to do."
"what? no witty remark? nothing clever to say?"
"i don't think we're supposed to be in here."
"they have us surrounded!"
"i've come for you."
"promise me?"
"why are you looking at me like that?"
"you'll always have a home with me."
"i never meant to hurt you."
"i believe you."
"let me see that."
"you can relax. we're safe here."
"you have to go somewhere safe."
"we've been through a lot. i think we should just lay low and take it easy."
"when was the last time you ate something?"
"we have to leave, now!"
"i need your help... and you need mine."
"i wasn't flirting, i was being friendly."
"change isn't easy."
"there has to be another way."
"i don't care what they say about me."
"you've lost a lot of blood."
"you don't give a shit about me."
"you want me? here i am."
"i never wanted to hurt you."
"it's very rude to stare."
"i don't often get the chance to talk to someone like you."
"if you have something to say, spit it out."
"when was the last time you slept?"
"i can't do this without you."
"you're such a fucking coward."
"i'm not drunk enough for this."
"i hope you haven't been standing out in the cold this whole time."
"i wish i could hate you."
"why are you still here?"
"you're hot when you're angry."
"are you going to kill me?"
"i don't have a plan, but we'll figure it out."
"we can stop them. i can help you."
"i don't feel so good."
"promise me you won't overreact."
"is... that my shirt you're wearing?"
"you look like you need a hug."
"what do these symbols mean?"
"you can't decide what's best for someone else."
"i guess i should've told you."
Late-night Veric thoughts:
During the war, the majority of Veric’s “fighting” was done by proxy with arcana machina, but by the end, just before they were able to reassert the boundary along the Mirror Basin and the fighting turned desperate... the way that Veric got his hands dirty, fought very brutally and personally, is something he’d probably be loathe to admit to. Nowadays, if he were to be dragged into conflict, his first instincts are to defend and to disarm/neutralize his opponent, but if he were desperate enough, he’s capable of pretty intimate cruelty in a fight. His refusal to confront it, though, tends to lead him to disregard even direct violence until or unless he can’t for whatever reason.
Am I the only one that occasionally imagines my muses/ocs in like, mockumentary-style sit downs
Complaining about their life or the people around them or making fools out of themselves
I have no self control so I also added a Witcher higher vampire verse for Veric
by min seub Jung
* QUOTES ABOUT DEATH PROMPTS ,
i'm not afraid of death; i just don't want to be there when it happens.
i'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way i want to.
don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.
what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?
someone who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
i don't want to die without any scars.
death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
i had been dead for billions and billions of years before i was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
even death has a heart.
death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.
it is a curious thing, the death of a loved one.
no one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
everybody is going to be dead one day, just give them time.
we all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up.
delaying death is one of my favourite hobbies
life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
we're born, we live a little while, we die.
the first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
i was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.
life is pleasant, death is peaceful: it's the transition that's troublesome.
if there are no dogs in heaven, then when i die i want to go where they went.
we are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones.
a thing is not necessarily true because someone dies for it.
i do not fear death.
when i look at my life and its secret colours, i feel like bursting into tears.
don't feel bad, i'm usually about to die.
they died that day because their body had served its purpose.
many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life.
why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? it isn't.
no one here gets out alive.
promise to give me a kiss on my brow when i am dead, i shall feel it.
the dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.
one lives in the hope of becoming a memory.
when he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
kill me, if you’ve ever been my friend, kill me.
to me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.
i like grit, i like love and death, i'm tired of irony.
how shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?
fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
if by my life or death i can protect you, i will.
i know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow.
much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.
people living deeply have no fear of death.
if you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right
we who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
belief is the death of intelligence.
what could i become if i stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything?
you never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone.
if i die, i will wait for you.
if you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them?
grief can destroy you, or it can focus you.
death is a strange thing.
cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
older men declare war, but it is youth that must fight and die.
i could die for you, but i couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.
whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar.
personally, i'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!
the funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
the truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
yeah, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.
it is not death that you should fear, but you should fear never beginning to live.
you can not die of grief, though it feels as if you can.
people leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.
death is a stripping away of all that is not you.
we may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
it doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.
enjoy life, there's plenty of time to be dead.
death is the only god who comes when you call.
to live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how i would like to live.
The most NSFW Veric will usually ever get is the unspeakable violence he causes on occasion
I'm pretty sure I forgot to mention it elsewhere, but Veric and the Noor family as well are intended to be/based loosely off of his primary world's equivalent of Persians, and it's the same for pretty much every subsequent verse, i.e being Ofiri in his Witcher verse.
Since I’m thinking about it—a little more on Veric’s prostheses.
Normally, when he’s back home in his atelier or, recently, tutoring only his most recent apprentice, he’ll use his wheelchair instead of his prosthetics, which is... just a practical thing, really, because the workshop is already equipped with a lift operated by arcana machina, so he just needs something really basic but sturdy that will get him around the place when he’s low-energy and doesn’t have to expend a bunch of effort to maintain it. There are maybe a handful of people who’ve even seen the wheelchair or know that he uses it, and that list includes his current apprentice Iseult, his old Army Mage™ friends Vallareo and Isonandra, and his field-of-study peer/rival Elian.
Outside of that, though, even though they’re pretty much always concealed by his clothes when he wears them, his prosthetics are well known and even something of a legend because of the circumstances surrounding them. A lot of the mages that fought in the war have stories that were spread around in the aftermath, and Veric’s in particular is about the rough-hewn legs of diamond he made for himself in a desperate attempt to fight beside his friends, which... is more accurate than he’ll acknowledge, admittedly. Before then, arcana machina that served as prosthetics only tended to work as short-term replacements for smaller limbs like fingers and such, just because it was difficult to find reliable and sturdy materials that possessed types of arcane power that easily mesh with the natural power of a human body, meaning that the cost of even cheaper materials meant it usually wasn’t worth bothering at all if they couldn’t reliably work long-term. What Veric did was nothing short of a miracle, but after the war he had plenty of time to actually refine the prosthetics into something more resembling actual limbs in both shape and operation, outside of the colors and runes and the like, and though it’s still not a widespread use of machina, the incident did contribute to legitimizing machina prosthetics as a concept. Appearance-wise, they actually have a quite elegant form, lined with shallow veins and runes inlaid with aquamarine and hemimorphite, white and light blue stonework that glows faintly in darker atmospheres.
He usually tends to wear or at least carry shoes with him so that he doesn’t damage “finer” floors like tile and whatnot, but if he’s traveling out in the wilds? He will quite literally go barefoot. Black diamond is a powerful and now somewhat rare resource in arcane science and here he is literally trampling prosthetics made of the stuff through the dirt and mud because it’s convenient and he can do what he want.
Hawk is gonna kill me for not remembering anything about Dragon Age to be able to make a verse for it but I went ahead and put up a really basic verse page, including his WIP main Witc.her verse. Since his world is already fantasy and can be integrated pretty easily into most universes regardless, the second verse will likely be his default for muses from other fantasy franchises that I don’t give him a specific verse for. I also added a link on the pinned to this blog’s lore tag, so that as it fills up with things about Veric and his primary verses, it’ll be much easier to find information on the off chance someone wants to interact there.
witcher: the last wish starters
❝ oh, what’s the point of explaining? you wouldn’t understand anyway. ❞ ❝ don’t grin like an idiot. there’s nothing funny about it. ❞ ❝ you’re losing your reflexes. ❞ ❝ they say the wisdom of ages is to be found in fairy tales. ❞ ❝ this sword can always be drawn again, faster than you can imagine. ❞ ❝ if i’m to choose between one evil and another, then i prefer not to choose at all. ❞ ❝ i don’t have anywhere else to run. i don’t know where i could hide. ❞ ❝ i’ll fill your evenings with tales of ever more astounding events from the past few years. ❞ ❝ i killed to avoid being killed myself. ❞ ❝ the world is changing. something’s coming to an end. ❞ ❝ are you really not frightened of me? ❞ ❝ talking and regretting won’t get you anywhere. ❞ ❝ don’t come back. never come back. ❞ ❝ how much of the rumours about you are true? ❞ ❝ people like to invent monsters and monstrosities. then they seem less monstrous themselves. ❞ ❝ it’s got nothing to do with you and that’s that. ❞ ❝ you need more than words to frighten me. ❞ ❝ what’s going on here? can’t i leave you alone for a minute? ❞ ❝ there’s something not quite right with you. i can sense that. ❞ ❝ am i supposed to give you advice and teach you how to live? am i your mother or something? ❞ ❝ evil is evil. lesser, greater, middling, it’s all the same. ❞ ❝ i’m not surrounded by any vortex or fate. ❞ ❝ i was beginning to worry. you didn’t regain consciousness for so long. ❞ ❝ the forest isn’t the safest of places at night. ugly things are heard and seen. ❞ ❝ there’s a grain of truth in every fairy tale. ❞ ❝ yes, i deceived you. i’ll deceive anyone if i have to, why should you be special? ❞ ❝ you’ve made your choice. are you sure it’s the right one? ❞ ❝ for some time now i’ve had hideous dreams. ❞ ❝ virtue is rarer today than a rock dragon. ❞ ❝ i haven’t got anything sharp on me. have a look for yourself. ❞ ❝ the day will come when people will learn, and get the better of you. ❞ ❝ it would be great if the cruelty of rulers could be explained away by mutations or curses. ❞ ❝ and to think that there are people who don’t believe in destiny. ❞ ❝ if you think i feel sorry for them, then you’re wrong. ❞ ❝ you’re talking nonsense while making wise and meaningful faces. ❞ ❝ i’ll confide in you, if you like. ❞ ❝ look at you — ethics, codes of practice, morality. who are you to talk? ❞ ❝ now, that, should really be of damn little concern to you. ❞ ❝ you look as if you are already a corpse. ❞ ❝ there’s no shame in fear. ❞ ❝ what do you desire? immortality? riches? fame? power? ❞ ❝ you underestimate my strength. ❞ ❝ do you want to burden your conscience with blood and death? ❞ ❝ now it’s as quiet as a grave. ❞ ❝ i know that, deep down, you like me. ❞ ❝ don’t leave yet. stay. a few more days. ❞ ❝ don’t do unto others what you would not have them do to you. ❞ ❝ i know my fate whirls about me like water. it’s hard on my heels, following my tracks. ❞ ❝ i’d prefer you not to make any sudden movements. ❞ ❝ help me up, please. ❞ ❝ i’ve never run away from anyone and i’m not about to change my ways. ❞ ❝ it’s my problem. my life and my punishment. ❞ ❝ the fact that you’ve arrived here exactly at this time can’t be a coincidence. it’s fate. ❞ ❝ slaughter and bloodshed can be avoided. ❞ ❝ you’ve got the devil in your eyes too. ❞ ❝ nobody’s ever called me that. say it again. ❞ ❝ humanity. that’s what you want. that’s what you dream of. ❞ ❝ what’s it to you what happens to me? ❞ ❝ you do realise that a sword alone will not defeat destiny? ❞ ❝ no, nothing’s wrong. i’m fine. quite fine. ❞ ❝ stories, well, i’ve heard them too. half are either made up or exaggerated. ❞ ❝ i could go where you’re going. i could keep you company. ❞ ❝ mistakes? of course i’ve made them. ❞ ❝ enough of this, we should go. it’s already dusk. ❞ ❝ maybe it’s customary, wherever you come from, to threaten people with swords? ❞ ❝ if it goes badly, i will defend my life. ❞ ❝ go on, thrust the sword into me. ❞ ❝ has loneliness got the better of you after all? ❞ ❝ everything can be dealt with. it’s only a question of price. ❞ ❝ you know my principle: duty then pleasure. ❞ ❝ i’ve never killed people for money, regardless whether it’s for a good or bad cause. and i never will. ❞ ❝ love and blood. they both possess a mighty power. ❞ ❝ i’ve got some medicine. we both need it. ❞ ❝ you’re embittered, hungry for revenge and conscious of your own powerlessness. ❞ ❝ what’s happening to you? i don’t recognise you. ❞ ❝ do you take me for a fool? ❞ ❝ i always get what i want. ❞ ❝ i manage because i have to. because i’ve no other way out. ❞ ❝ you can’t stand in the way of my happiness. ❞ ❝ to hell with destiny, oaths and irony. ❞ ❝ they hunted me like a wild animal as long as they could. until i became the hunter. ❞ ❝ i understand your hesitation, but i need an answer now. ❞ ❝ there are offers you can’t refuse, that the consequences are so terrible, and this is one of them. ❞ ❝ true evil is something you can barely imagine, even if you believe nothing can still surprise you. ❞ ❝ i’ve seen too much to laugh at things like that. ❞ ❝ maybe i’ve not had enough to drink. ❞ ❝ you may kiss my hand. ❞ ❝ don’t pull that face. it doesn’t suit either your good looks or your complexion. ❞ ❝ if i want something, i don’t dream of it. i act. ❞ ❝ are you in pain? what’s the matter? ❞ ❝ i prefer to look after others. it turns out better in the long run. ❞ ❝ you haven’t got enough strength left. ❞ ❝ bravery isn’t going to be of much use to you. ❞ ❝ it doesn’t rhyme. all decent predictions rhyme. ❞ ❝ listen. you’re starting to get on my nerves. ❞ ❝ don’t do this. i want to help you. ❞ ❝ you’re a very interesting dinner companion. ❞ ❝ i’ll avoid that place like the plague. i’ll never go back there. ❞ ❝ you’ll soon see what i’m capable of. ❞ ❝ i do like you, although i don’t know why myself. ❞ ❝ it’s got nothing to do with me. i’m just asking out of curiosity. ❞ ❝ have you never heard of a sense of responsibility and plain honesty? ❞ ❝ you’re going there because you have to, aren’t you? ❞ ❝ we are what we are, you and i. ❞ ❝ did you see…did you see that? ❞
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚; 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬.
So I’ve been trying and failing these past couple days to find the first writeups I did for some of Veric and his world lore so... I may be playing some of those concepts fast and loose, not that it’ll make much of a difference to you guys, but it does mean I might be a little less talkative in-character about certain things until I decide for sure where I want to go with specific parts of his lore, haha.
See, the difficult part is that... outside of the apprentices he’s had over the years (and their families, for those who’ve stayed in contact with him) and some of his colleagues, Veric is an antisocial asshole who has to be dragged out of the house or else he’ll just sit inside all day in the company of his automatons.
