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Mare with Drew in Mare of Easttown

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ruinaa​:

          this is the closest josephine has come to the georgia state line since she left all those years ago. it brings about a certain visceral level of discomfort, like even with so many miles still between them, the possibility of running into someone she used to know could actually become reality. she pictures annabel rounding the corner and spotting her; she imagines sam catching her elbow as she turns to leave. it’s what leads her to nona, all this pent-up, nervous energy making her talk and talk and talk without much point to it, just to fill the quiet. 

          and nona, to her credit, does not particularly look like she wants to be spoken to but stands there anyway, both of them awkward, josephine rattling off questions until she has a moment of clarity and realizes how she must look. she stops, embarrassed and pink-faced, and wonders if it would be worse to simply shut up and leave or try to stumble through an apology. 

          “oh, no, that’s not –– i’m sure you’re good. at that. i mean, when you want to be ––” jesus. someone please put them both out of their shared misery. “–– sorry. i’ve just been –– i haven’t been this close to home in a long time and it’s not even that close to home, really. i don’t know why i’m acting like this.” 

     people rarely mistake nona as someone with one of those faces that you could just strike up some kind of random,   meaningful conversation with and expect to get very far.   the skill of initiating that kind of talk isn’t something she’s acquired much of,  even in her many years of working hospitality.  making friends isn’t something that really comes naturally to her.   over time she’s grown into that lacking the best she could and started to wear it in a way that suits her,   her lifestyle.   you get along with what you have at hand. 

     it doesn’t feel all that uncomfortable until she’s faced with a situation where it might’ve done her well to have practiced at that warmth a little more.  sympathy is what she wrestles with so clumsily,  not discomfort,   but the expressions are so similar on her face that it’s no wonder to her why josephine gets embarrassed.

     “  none of us like havin’ to get too close to our past lives.   just soundin’ like nerves to me,  nothin’ to be ashamed of.  “   she tries to recall if somewhere in their wandering conversation josephine might mentioned where home was,  exactly,  but nothing comes to mind quick enough to fill the silence.  “  how long of a long time are we talkin’?  “ 

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Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan in Mare Of Easttown (2021)

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Mare Sheehan and her awesome people skills 

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     "     𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 .     “      she’s gifted one of the cigarettes he shouldn’t have     —     it smells salty out here , not the smell of brine or sea sand , something soured like the vegetation that congeals together on the brim of here and there lakesides , the clumps of algae , the underbelly of industrial rubber . the boys have finally succumbed to the vying of their dream - worlds     —     curled together on the armrest of the couch or splayed across the floor , a pillow bound taut in the winding of a tiny child’s arms . he’s not worried . there’s not a thing heugh can’t spy through the screen meshing of the nearby window .        a few waves of his hand puts the matchstick out , heugh tossing out a pinched glance over the lulling water face . he can’t find his damn lighter anywhere .     “     you got a nice view out here .     “ 

     "  thanks.  “  this could get her in trouble,   but she takes it anyway.  she’s quit four times this year,  and jonah has his granddaddy’s backbone,  a bulldog spirit that makes her forget that between them,  she’s the one that calls the shots.  

     “  mhm.  y’all’re welcome to it anytime you like.  “   the marina does well enough with tourism to keep her books full,  bills paid with something put towards a nicer christmas than the year before.   that said,  she always keeps a spare cabin open for anyone who might find themselves in need of a roof over their head on short notice,   or friends who just felt like passing by.    “  jonah said he wants to show ezra the cave before y’all leave,  “  she ashes into the grass.  “  if you’ll have time for it.  “

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𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫.   original character,  wynonna lamb,  written by mikel.   21+.

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* 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."

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* FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE PROMPTS ,

"something cannot emerge from nothing."

"any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere."

"the mind commands the body and it obeys."

"desperate people are the most dangerous."

"the concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future."

"hard tasks need hard ways."

"you must teach me someday how you do that, the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters."

"i cause pain out of necessity."

"you must learn to rule. it's something none of your ancestors learned."

"people need hard times to develop psychic muscles."

"what is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader."

"the people who can destroy a thing, they control it."

"be prepared to appreciate what you meet."

"take your time and be sure."

"it is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future."

"survival is the ability to swim in strange water."

"you fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood!"

"even occasional greatness will destroy a man."

"humans are almost always lonely."

"my father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality."

"greatness is a transitory experience. it is never consistent."

"from the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain."

"climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain."

"knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it."

"may this place give you as much pleasure as it has given me."

"paradise on my right, hell on my left and the angel of death behind."

"try looking into that place where you dare not look! you'll find me there, staring out at you!"

"it's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult."

"i often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed."

"the storm passed through us and around us, it's gone, but we remain."

"the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."

"mood's a thing for cattle or making love, it's not for fighting."

"fear is the mind-killer, fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration."

"when you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense."

"hope clouds observation."

"one should never presume one is the sole object of a hunt."

"if you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken."

"science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained."

"what senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?"

"the power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it."

"highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new."

"i should like friendship with you ... and trust."

"a killer with the manners of a rabbit—this is the most dangerous kind."

"once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject."

"prophets have a way of dying by violence."

"do as she says, you wormfaced, crawling, sand-brained piece of lizard turd!"

"this world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life."

"a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel."

"the mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off.

"the human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive."

"a stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."

"greatness is a transitory experience, it is never consistent."

"do not count a human dead until you’ve seen his body, and even then you can make a mistake."

"but it’s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems."

"but it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish."

"the person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in."

"i am not the kind of person i want to be."

"there was no mercy where there could be no stopping."

"your life is stolen."

"the hunter does not seek dead game."

"are you already training my replacement?"

"we tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that’s really chewing on us."

"where the fear has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain."

"what do you despise? by this are you truly known."

"i should've suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive."

"sad? nonsense! parting with friends is a sadness. a place is only a place."

"who asks for justice? we make our own justice."

"behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go i forth to my work."

"in such perfection, all things move towards death."

"there is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man—with human flesh."

"i never could bring myself to trust a traitor."

"i must not fear."

"a plan depends as much upon execution as it does upon concept."

"what is the son but an extension of the father?"

"you have eyes, yet cannot see without light."

"proper teaching is recognized with ease, you can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known."

"it's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire."

"fear is the mind-killer."

"the way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training."

"to accept a little death is worse than death itself."

"life produces a different taste each time you take it."

"it's what we were meant to do."

"i see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms."

"a popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful."

"don't sit with your back to any doors."

"there's steel in this man that no one has taken the temper out of..."

"any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die."

"we went soft, we lost our edge."

"you can’t buy security."

"we faced it and did not resist."

"thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

"there is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."

"it is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult."

"what has mood to do with it?"

"the day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you."

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𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐚.   independent,  private,  original character fit for the walking dead universe.   21+.   potentially triggering themes particular to the walking dead present in blog content and storyline elements,  all of which will be tagged accordingly.  written by mikel.   𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜.

𝐰𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛.   nona.  born in north georgia in august of 1975.   moored to a dock in a lake facing floating cabin,  keeping her head down in elkhorn,  tennessee until the outbreak happened.   just making it,   day by day. 

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