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ooc: 😂 well I just made the mistake of looking at my email after being away for a month… It’s great to have projects again but… holy SHIT

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"I don't know what that is," the little girl informed him bluntly, still chewing on her braid. Her dark eyes lit up, and she stared at him curiously. "Does that mean you're a mermaid or something? Mermaids have fins. But your hair's too short, and you were in the sky, so maybe you're not I guess... Plus, you're a loooooong way away from the ocean. My auntie says we got one, but it's over by Queens, or sometimes even Brooklyn, and nobody goes over there cause the subway takes FOREVER. We got a river though! I can show you! You just gotta be careful crossing the highway, cause the cars go real fast..."

She nodded enthusiastically, and let out a whistle, like a bomb falling out of the air, followed by a miniature explosion, blinking at him expectantly. "How come you fell out of the sky? Were you in a plane crash or something?"

The girl wrinkled up her nose. “Did you bust your brain or something? Cause that didn’t sound like English. Or even Spanish or nothin’,” she informed him, watching curiously as he spit out dirt and rubbed at his bleeding nose. “We got bandaids at my house, but my auntie said don’t bring nothin’ home no more after the thing with the frog, so if you want one, I gotta go get it and come back.”

She gripped the braid between her teeth, giggling as she shook her head, the other braid whipping back and forth with the motion. “You didn’t trip. I SAW you. You fell outta the sky. Like… like…” She twisted her fingers into the fabric of her shirt. The black tshirt was just a little too small for her, even though she couldn’t have been more than six or seven years old, and the image on it was so faded it looked more like a rusty smear than any sort of logo. Her jeans were long, and frayed, and streaked with mud, and her socks peeking out from beneath them were covered in purple and orange flowers. Her sneakers, which had seemingly been discarded, lay underneath the swingset several feet away. “Like a dead bird!” she decided. “It’s okay though. It only looked stupid to me, cause I’m the only one who saw.”

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She's not.

She knows she isn't, and never will be. She is all too familiar with the steps of this particular three-way tango. Gene has been dancing it all her life. Her mother and father. The Master and The Doctor. Jonathan and Rebecca. And Gene. Always a touch to the side -- a tangential partner stealing steps between the couple whirling at the center of the spotlight.

"... are you in love with her?" It comes out quiet, uncharacteristically fragile. But she has the luxury of fragility with Jon. He has so thoroughly stripped her of her masks, her games -- has twisted the intense heat of this very same spotlight on her, so why shouldn't she ask him in return? "If you could have her, you would, wouldn't you?"

“Upset? No! Why should I be upset?” She doesn’t look at him, letting him squirm under the frost of her cold shoulder. Manipulation at its finest. Well. Alright, maybe not its finest, but she’s sulky, and trying not to let it boil over into genuine anger. Mostly at herself. She really does have a type. What had she wished for? Something for herself? Oh, the Universe did love its little jokes… She can’t get depressed about this — not now, she’s managed a perfect smoky eye and having the good jealous cry she deserves will only ruin it. She opts for pouting.

“I just have to accept that, when it comes to us, I’ll always be second in your affections to this little Crow-ette. Like Superman and Wonder Woman. The Scarecrow and the Side Chick. Honestly, if I had a nickel for every man in my life who was obsessed with his so-called nemesis…”

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「   RP MEME :     ARKHAM CITY .   」   * change pronouns as needed . 

then, beloved, you will have to die. 

you should have joined us.

you’re not safe here. 

i will kill the only person you have ever loved.

you should have killed me.

i thought you loved me. 

where the hell have you been? i thought you were dead.

all i had to do was turn a blind eye.

please, ___. for me? 

if you can hear this, please help!

i did what you said. 

and then she said, “not even with yours.”

what? you mean she’s telling the truth?

do we have a deal?

well in that case it seems we can strike a deal. 

i should kill you. 

no kiss? i’m kind of disappointed. 

you’ll never forgive yourself.

is a girl’s work never done?

well, what do we have here?

you stick to the brooding. i’ll handle the wisecracks.

you need to think this through. 

have you considered that all of this is your fault?

get your hands off me!

look at what you’ve done.

he’s already dead to me.

i don’t do second chances. 

you’ve become what you’ve always fought against.

i will stop you.

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ooc: [pokes head up from the abyss] Hello! Not dead... Gonna drop some memes on the dash and then dive into drafts here and on @tempusxrosa...

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They are terrible. I love them. :3

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i’m free on thursday if you wanna start a toxic codependent thing

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ooc: I have the whole house to myself tonight and I have never known such peace 😭

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Interaction Roulette

FINALLY feeling like a person again post-travel! Come and take advantage! Like this post and I’ll either send you a starter, drop something in your inbox, or a mysterious third thing that I have yet to figure out!

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"Close your eyes. I don't want you to see me do this."//sclfmastery

[protective starters || accepting]

“I want to watch.”

Tears streamed down her face, slow and thick. Oh. That was new. Crying was new. Death wasn’t something to cry about — not the way he did it. She never cried when they killed someone. Not since the beginning, anyway. Certainly not over a couple of strangers.

And that’s all they were, really.

Strangers.

Gene stared at the couple forced to kneeling on the ground before her. She could hardly see them for the tears. Everything felt… disjointed. Disconnected. Strangely out of body. Like a damaged film reel jump skipping and stuttering back and forth through scenes. Images burning themselves into her brain in scattered pieces.

The ropes cutting into their wrists.

Rumpled clothes. They might have been nice once, but that had been a long time ago. Now they were wrinkled… dirty… out of date and trying too hard…

The start of wrinkles, and the gaunt, haunted look about the eyes — like they could see their youth passing them by and it scared them half to death…

Blood she had put in her father’s mouth when she hit him, the side of his face weltering into a dark, livid bruise…

She looked so much like her mother, it hurt.

Strangers. Kneeling in the dark.

They’d killed plenty of strangers before.

“I w-… w-want to watch.” She stepped closer, her expression oddly blank, tears still streaming. “I want to see the look on their faces. I want them to see how much you love me.”

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"Am I allowed to ask who you're protecting me from?" //fearsewn

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“My Timelord.”

She practically purred the phrase, a sly smirk crossing her face. Gene sauntered over to the door to the laboratory — locked it — and turned to press her back against it, grinning at the doctor.

“We have plans for this city, Dr. Crane. Big plans. For which we would be very grateful for your assistance. But you must admit, you have something of a reputation… and my Timelord can be quite… protective. I’m doing all three of us the favor of not giving him the opportunity to Send A Message.”

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ooc: Home at last. So… so tired…

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Protective Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences for muses that are protective of another. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Am I allowed to ask who you're protecting me from?"

"Someday you'll thank me, or you won't. I don't care; you'll be alive."

"I know you want answers, and we'll find them, but just leave things with me for now."

"I only wanted to protect you."

"Stop it. This is your subconscious desperately trying to protect you, but there's no need. You are protected."

"If you hurt her, you know I'll kill you."

"I only want what's best for you."

"I was trying to protect you. The less you know, the better."

"Close your eyes. I don't want you to see me do this."

"It's my job to keep you alive, and you're making it damn difficult!"

"I'm not leaving you like that again. I don't care what you say; you're stuck with me."

"Just go outside and enjoy yourself, and forget about all this nonsense. I want you to leave it all to me."

"I would burn in hell to keep you safe."

"I did what I could to protect you from the horrors of this world."

"I know you'll always look after me. Right?"

"What if I harmed the ones who have harmed you? What if I made them scream apologies?"

"Do you promise that I'm going to be okay?"

"Don't be upset. What I've done is the right thing to protect you."

"I hope you understand if I ask you to sit this one out."

"You're not alone. I'm standing right beside you."

"Everything's going to be okay. I'm not going anywhere."

"If I had to choose someone to save, it would have been you."

"I've always looked out for you, and I always will. Don't lose faith in me now."

"I'm not concerned about me. I know exactly how I will navigate myself out of whatever it is I have gotten myself into."

"I can help you, if you ask me to, at great risk to my career and my life."

"What did you come here for if not to be protected?"

"Everything I do is for you. To please you. To protect you."

"I need you to know that whatever happens, wherever you go, you're not going to do it alone."

"It's my job to protect you, and I didn't."

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ooc: Conference was AMAZING and definitely worth the hassle of yesterday but JEEEEEEESUS I am wiped out… more planes tomorrow… hopefully with less nonsense… keep your fingers crossed for me

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ooc: Sitting in the middle of the airport, crying into a Burger King bag cause it’s the ONLY food available. Two hour flight turned into a seven hour nightmare, it’s still an hour to the hotel and I have to be up at 7am for this fucking conference. I’m losing it

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Doctor Who — Death in Heaven  {Sentence Starters}

“Guard the graveyards.“

“Stop! You can’t kill me.”

“You didn’t notice, did you?“

“You will sleep safe tonight.“

“You just have to let it take you.“

“What kind of a way is that to die?“

“From now on, you’re a moving target.“

“Oh, she was really scared. It’s classic.“

“Are you the one that brought me here?“

“Oh, don’t be so slow, it’s embarrassing.”

“Sweet planet, this. I think I might keep it.“

“I wasn’t very good at it, but I did love you.“

“Either you help me, or you leave me alone.“

“What are you doing? Explain. Tell me, now.”

“You’d go to hell if she asked. And she would.“

“This information is not proof. We require proof.“

“Turns out the afterlife is real, and it’s emptying.“

“You don’t smell half as bad as you think you do.“

“She’s not all right, you know. And neither are you.“

“Never trust a hug. It’s just a way to hide your face.”

“There’s always collateral damage with you and me.“

“Oh, my God! Is it supposed to do that? Is that new?“

“I’m going to kill you in a minute. I’m not even kidding.“

“Because love, it’s not an emotion… Love is a promise.“

“It’s happening everywhere, all over the world, right now.“

“Why would you bother killing me? I’m not even important.“

“Look, ask anybody who knows me. I am an incredible liar.“

“Thank you for that. Thank you for making me feel special.“

“Human beings are born dying.Your life spans are hilarious.“

“Sorry, you left this behind on one of your previous attempts.“

“How long has the human race had a concept of an afterlife?“

“Alive, I’m a tactical advantage. Dead, I’m your biggest mistake.“

“Look, are you going to help me..? Because I can’t do this alone.”

“That is what you’re supposed to think. That is what everybody thinks.“

“Well, to cut a long story short, it looks like we might all be going home.“

“All I’m doing is not letting you kill her. I never said I was letting her live.“

“But, unlike the accounts we have on file, they now have the ability to fly.”

“Because you’re pretty. You should have a bit more confidence in yourself.“

“Pain is a gift. Without the capacity for pain, we can’t feel the hurt we inflict.“

“Remember all those years when all you wanted to do was to rule the world?“

“Your co-operation is to be ensured and your unreliability assumed. You have a history.“

“He is the man I will always forgive, always trust. The one man I would never, ever lie to.”

“Armies are for people who think they’re right. And nobody thinks they’re righter than you.”

“You’re going to be as dead as a fish on a slab any second now, all floppy and making smells.“

“And didn’t all of those beautiful speeches just disappear in the face of a tactical advantage?“

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ooc: I’m heading to a conference for the weekend… LOTS of planes! Come and distract me?