your teeth are bared, as they have been, your jaw aching for so long as growls slip free. you always have to defend yourself. you lash out in fear. you need someone who does not shrink back... a hand falling slowly to your shoulder, however briefly, in a reminder that you do not have to lunge. there is no danger here, now.
tagged by: @dryadalismagicae
tagging: @fromgallowsandgraves and whoever else wants to do the quiz
PROMPTS FOR THE ROMANCE OF BANTER, PLAYFUL SARCASM, AND USING JOKES TO HIDE HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT THEM * assorted dialogue, some of which have some implied sarcasm built in (so just feel free to specify with "/s" at the end of each line), adjust as necessary
admit it. you're in love with me.
if only i had someone to go out with...
a date would be really nice right about now.
i might reconsider if you bring me flowers.
were you being serious back there?
did you just try to impress me?
was that another joke, or were you telling the truth?
we agreed that if no one asked us, we'd go together.
keep telling yourself that!
here it comes! the big love confession i've been waiting for!
you've been in love with me since the day we met.
you visited me in my dreams last night.
i know you're in love with me. you just won't say it outloud.
we can't hide this forever.
don't make me beg.
if you weren't so cute, you'd be annoying.
you're not very good at hiding how you feel.
you've been staring at me for a long time now.
is that what you really think of me?
you have feelings for me. admit it.
so what if i've been lying this whole time? for good reason!
you don't make this whole love thing any easier.
you make life difficult.
you're a piece of work.
is that how you really feel?
you're lucky you're so cute.
you're not really going out with them, are you?
i thought we... nevermind.
consider me impressed.
am i annoying you right now?
you didn't like that comment, huh.
i was only kidding!
you wish we were kissing right now.
oh, you'd just love to hear me beg.
i love our little back and forth.
sooner or later we'll have to come clean about how we feel.
i'm not good at hiding my emotions.
when were you going to tell me you were in love with me?
i actually hate your guts.
keep talking like that and you'll see how i really feel.
can your head get any bigger?
was that a joke?
were you just playing with me?
you didn't actually mean that, right?
hang on. you didn't just say that.
that was a joke, right?
this is just how we are when we're together.
i tease you, you tease me.
you and i have always been like this.
if i'm not annoying you, what's the point?
i'm allergic to tickling.
they said we'd make a cute couple. can you believe that?
are you always this annoying?
if i kiss you, will you turn into a prince? yes, i'm implying you're a frog.
you're lucky i love you so much.
you take that back!
that was uncalled for!
this means war!
this calls for a duel!
i'm challenging you to an arm wrestle.
last one there is a rotten egg!
i'm not racing you!
stop looking at me like that.
you stare at me a lot.
i know, i know. i'm irresistable.
something on my face?
a little bird told me you're in love with me.
prove me wrong.
change pronouns, tenses and other details as deemed necessary. & please specify muse when sending to a mumu.
“It’s said the white warrior will be able to manipulate fire.”
“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
“In order to create light, you must first live in light.”
“On the quarter moon when you hear the third owl's call, remember, only a sacrifice of blood may save you.”
“The words were: "what you dream, what you darkly desire, find it by trial or by fire".”
“I saw Doom... but of the most beautiful kind.”
“In a rain of fire and from the ashes of destruction, an heir shall ascend.”
“One to be a murderer, the other to be martyred, one to be a monarch, the other to go mad.”
“Wisdom's daughter walks alone.”
“Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation.”
“Either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.”
“Until something is prophesied, it cannot be built.”
“The sky will fall, a star will rise.”
“Mother of many, Mother of none, a Queen will fall and a Warrior will come.”
“Run from it all you like, it's pointless. Your future is, and always will, be as it was written... from your first heartbeat to your last, neither you nor I can escape.”
“Beware the darkness of dragons, beware the stalker of dreams, beware the talons of power and fire, beware one who is not what she seems.”
❛ i’ve met scarecrows with more spine than you ❜ // @starlyht { kyran }
"Twice over would you have been gutted in Menzoberranzan for such assumptions. The first: that you assume a lack of interest in these petty conflicts and squabbles indicates a lack of spine. The second: that you assume you might speak to me in such a manner unanswered."
The drow corners a look of warning at the other, though he makes no move yet to rise from his place at the campfire.
"I have deigned to bestow upon you this first and only warning; know that I will not give another."
bites him. >:( // @veilblade
"Release me at once, you utterly wretched creature! I will not tell you again!"
"You are no vampire---spawn or otherwise---to require any consideration be given in pardoning such barbaric behaviors, and they will not be tolerated!"
"I have no quarrel with any of her mercenary pets so long as they do not overstep their bounds—or presume to think that, because they are many and I am one, I would be easy prey that they might further their standing in the camp."
Of course, even as Nere stares across to where the drow mercenaries sit together within their own space, two of them glance his way as they whisper amongst themselves. He has no doubt that they are having a similar discussion about what they might do if he should try anything against them.
Such is the way of the Underdark.
Not that it matters to him now...
Whatever the mercenaries might choose when all is said and done, he may never return to the Underdark, no matter how his light-sensitive eyes might strenuously protest the damnable sunlight of the Above.
"... If it is an agreement of non-hostility that you seek from me, I give you my word that I shall not be the aggressor. However, if any should intend me harm, I shall not hesitate to put a permanent end to such ill-conceived endeavors."
{@neredoesnotfail liked for a short starter}
"If we cannot trust each other, we're dead, no matter what we choose." Their little group's most recent additions all seemed terribly suspicious of each other, but surely none of them were foolish enough to play the traitor's part, dooming themselves along with everyone else.
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various things spoken in an adventuring party pt.3
a little assortment of quotes and sayings i've found doom scrolling through pinterest that i think an adventuring party would say during their never ending perilous adventures . please do not copy/repost or add to this list, thank you!
Affectionate ❛ how terrible it is to love something that death can touch ❜ ❛ i never craved attention until i tasted yours ❜ ❛ i don’t want to have the world’s attention. Yours is enough. ❜ ❛ you cant just touch my soul and leave ❜ ❛ your hands are scarred from murder, and yet I trust them completely ❜
Questions ❛ you seem somewhat familiar. have i threatened you before? ❜ ❛ why am I so fascinated by you? ❜ ❛ you risked so much for me. why would you do such a thing? ❜ ❛ it’s time you start talking! what did you do?! ❜ ❛ do you really think they were a tender flower you could trample upon? ❜
Banter ❛ i just like to argue with you cause it’s funny. ❜ ❛ unfortunately for everyone, i will keep doing whatever i want. ❜ ❛ i think god is gonna have to kill me twice. ❜ ❛ the next time i open up to someone is my autopsy ❜ ❛ you walk a fine line between beautifully macabre and uncharacteristically psychotic, you know that? ❜
Tragedy ❛ i thought we’d have more time ❜ ❛ if i disappear, will you look for me? ❜ ❛ let us live, since we must die ❜ ❛ i cant live in a world where you dont exist ❜ ❛ i talk to the gods, but the sky is empty. ❜
Fierce ❛ do not forget what i am. ❜ ❛ this destruction will be your rebirth. ❜ ❛ you are filled with poison but blessed with beauty and rage ❜ ❛ when you are not fed love on a silver spoon, you learn to lick it off knives ❜ ❛ you have no power over me. ❜
Antagonistic ❛ leave them at the bottom of the grave they dug for you. ❜ ❛ and you call me a monster ❜ ❛ being against evil doesn’t make you good. ❜ ❛ so, tell me little one, do you want to punish those that have wronged you? ❜ ❛ i’m the friendliest evil person you will ever meet. ❜
BONUS
FROM THE HERO TO THE VILLAIN ❛ running doesn’t matter. I’ll hunt you down if i have to ❜ ❛ no one wearing a crown comes in the name of peace ❜ ❛ our bones are stained with sin, scorched from fire, broken by betrayal, soaked with blood, and yet we still keep fighting! ❜ ❛ you want to kill me? fine. get in line. ❜
FROM THE VILLAIN TO THE HERO ❛ i’ve met scarecrows with more spine than you ❜ ❛ can you hear the screams of the people? can you hear them serenading me as i ascend? their pain is my pleasure in the heavens. they worship me with their grief. and now so will you. ❜ ❛ if bravery had a face, it certainly wouldn’t look like yours ❜ ❛ my power knows no bounds, and your efforts to defy me are like whispers lost in a hurricane ❜ ❛ oh, look at you, attempting greatness! pity it’s just an attempt. ❜
The question… now that I'm back on BG3 again… do I also bring back my Gortash. 🤔
“You’re not… how I thought you’d be.”
“Is this what you’re really like, or was that an act?”
“I need to know this is for real. If you’re not genuine, tell me right now.”
“You’re… good at that.”
“I didn’t realize you were - maybe we should start again. I’m [name].”
“So this is what the (in)famous [Name] is like behind closed doors.”
“You have a lot of experience with this.”
“Do you know what people say about you?”
“You’re just like they said.”
“Why don’t you correct them? When people talk about you, and they’re wrong?”
“I thought they were exaggerating about you.”
“I’ve wanted to meet you for a long time.”
“Am I safe with you?”
“Do you mean that?”
“I’m just trying to figure out why you’re here.”
“What made you get into this/that line of work?”
“Look, you’re either going to help, or you aren’t. Which one is it going to be?”
“You … you chose me.”
“I… no, nothing. I just didn’t realize you were brave.”
“You’re going to get yourself killed/fired, you know.”
“Have you always been like that?”
“That was kind.”
“That was good of you.”
“That was stupid.”
“You didn’t have to do that. But you did.”
“You were there. You didn’t have to be.”
“I think .. I have you to thank, for this.”
“I wouldn’t be here without you.”
“I wouldn’t have been there if it weren’t for you.”
You are a White Rook. As a piece that can move inwards and outwards, you're a master of self-reflection. You know what needs to be done and when to do it. You're a protector, and would willingly take someone's place in danger in a heartbeat because you know you can handle the pressure. But even castle walls crumble. For all your chivalry and fortitude, everything must come to an end. Will you be there to see the final stages of the war? Or will you have already been discarded in the battle?
tagged by: stolen from the dash tagging: whoever!
To clarify, I answered this one as though it was after being freed from the Absolute and that had been traveling with a good-inclined group of adventurers for the events of the game. And all of this would absolutely apply, though one wouldn't think so, at first, but that will be for another post. I had started explaining here and it turned into a mini-essay.