Falloutober 2023 - Day 26
"Ink Spots"
Prompt by @falloutober
Word Count - 473
The living room was quiet, bar MacCready sat on the sofa, cleaning his gun while he listened to the radio. Shaun had settled down for the night.
Calling the space a living room never felt strange to Phea, it had been her living room two hundred years ago and it felt wrong to change it. The wallpaper might have faded and peeled off, and the walls might be patched up with wood and the guts of the old neighbourhood. But the building was still standing and despite everything it was still her home.
From her perch at the old kitchen island, she watched as MacCready meticulously checked over his gun. He was checking for any unseen damages that might cause a risk to the mechanism. It was the same way he’d looked over her when she’d gotten into a fight with a deathclaw. Careful and gentle. Phea didn’t know how to feel about her mental comparison to a gun.
Striding round to the sofa, confident MacCready had finished his inspection of the gun, she turned the main lights off. The soft glow from the small light in the corner allowed for a gentle atmosphere to fall over the room.
Travis stuttered something over the radio, introducing the next song. Phea hadn’t really been paying attention to the radio, too consumed by her own thoughts.
“I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start
A flame in your heart”
MacCready noticeably grimaced at the song. A lifetime in the wasteland with such a small collection of music available must steadily remove any joy that could be gained from those songs. Phea, cuddling up beside MacCready, started to sing along.
“In my heart, I have but one desire
And that one is you
No other will do”
MacCready looked down at her, confused, “You like this stuff?”
She smiled at him, “Yeah, Nate used to have this album on holotape. He used to play it all the time.”
MacCready smiled back at her, her eyes brimming with tears.
“Believe me
I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start
A flame in your heart” Phea kept singing. She pushed herself up, her cheeks damp.
MacCready watched her as she began to sway to the music. Slowly, he stood with her, wrapping his hands around her waist. Her back to his chest. Together they swayed, Phea continued to sing along. She turned to face him. A gentle smile filled her face.
The song began to draw to its close.
“I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start
A flame in your heart.”
As Phea sang the last lyric, MacCready drew her in till their noses met. She closed the last few centimetres between them, closed her eyes and kissed him.
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Guess the Build Doubles Quotes Part One
“We love a good twist ‘round here” Joel
“I am notoriously good at this” Skizz
“It’s a real flood of vom” Martyn
“[the lizards] he loves-they’re like children to him” Joel
“He’s WIIIIIDE!” Joel
“Otherwise it looks like he’s a bit of a contortionist” Joel
“It’s not gone…well” Grian
“There’s a lotta noise in this melon buddy” Skizz
“A pizza…ITS A PIZZA!!” Jim
“What the great googly moogly is this?” Grian
“Right, this is as far as we can get without things getting weird.” Grian
“Long…philangies coming out the top” Grian
“You’ve forgot eleventeen!” Martyn
“SABOTAGE HIS VIDEO JOEL!” Grian
“We’re best buds! We will not sabotage!” Joel
“When someone says: ‘there’s no such thing as perfect’ you just say: ‘the other side of the pillow’” Grian
“Su-phea what’s a su-phea?” Joel
“They’re stupid” Joel
“Yeah, yeah, um. Listen. Do your best. Lateral thinking here Jim!” Grian
“I just saw it-it jus-IT HAPPENED OK?!?” Skizz
“He looks absolutely baffled. He’s never seen that block in his life.” Jim
“He’s like ‘what is this dude? What is this man? I’ve never seen this block man before man! Grian what are you giving me man?’” Joel
“QUICK QUICK QUICK QUICK QUICK QUICK QUICK!!! YELLOW, BIG, DONE!!!” Grian
“I am all busted up here.” Skizz
“Skizz doesn’t process information as fast as the rest of us” Grian
“Right so this is a bit of a puzzle” Grian
“You-you made us do equations!” Jim
“HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND HE LET ME BUILD THIS!” Grian
“Let’s agree. That was a disaster.” Jim
“No but genuinely what the heck is this thing?” Joel
“Oh! What are you doing back here???” Joel
“It’s far better than wizard pig” Grian
“Oh my god” Grian
“Gravity is a bit stronger and that Jim” Grian
“It’s not really important I’m just teaching you a lesson” Grian
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Npd/Narcissus theme
[npd/narcissus theme]
including narcissus from greek myth as well as anything related to the narcissus flower and npd.
tagging @clusterrune, @narcissist-hoarding
(nick)names:
narc, narci, narcis/narciss, narcisse, narcissa/narcisa, narcisso/narciso, narcet/narcett/narcette, narcetta, narcetto, narcel/narcell/narcelle, narcella, narcello, narcin/narcine, narcina, narcino, narcissus, narcissi, narcissist, narcissisa, narca, narcisset/narcissett/narcissette, narcissetta, narcissetto, narcissel/narcissell/narcisselle, narcissella, narcissello, narcissin/narcissine, narcissina, narcissino, narcissisti, narcissista, NP, ND, nargis, narkissos, narciso, narcyz, narkas, nargiza, narges, narcaf, narcas, narce, narcel, narcie, narcia, narciz, narco, narzy
mirror, mirra/miraa/mira, mirrora, mirrorer, Major
reflect, reflector, reflecta, reflection, Royal
daf/daff, daffy/daffi/daffie, daffo, daffodil
jon/john, jonqui, jonquil
po/poe, poet, poeti, poetic, poeticus, phea, phae, pheasant, pink, pinki/pinkie/pinky, pinks, pinkster, Prince, Princess, Princex, Prinze
eye
fin/finn, find, finder, findern
lil, lili/lilli/lily/lilly/lillie/lilie, Liriope
taz, taze, tazet/tazett/tazette, tazeta/tazetta, thespiae
King
Cephissus
queen, queeny/queenie
surnames:
Narcisse, Narcissa, Narcissi/Narcisi, Narcissist, Narcett, Narcissisa, Narciso/Narcizo, Narci, Narca, Narcis, Narcy
Myrror/Mirror, Mirrored
Reflector/Reflecter
Daffodil
Jonquil
Poet, Poeticus, Pheasant, Pink, Pinkster
Eye(s)
Find/Finde, Finder, Findern
Lily, Liriope
Tazetta
Cephissus
1st p prns: i/me/my/mine/myself
ni/nar/narci/narcine/narcself
ni/narc/narcs/narcself
ni/nar/nargi/nargine/nargisself
mi/mirr/mirro/mirrine/mirrorself
ri/re/reflec/reflectine/reflectionself
di/daff/daffi/daffine/daffodilself
ji/jo/jon/jonquine/jonquilself
pi/poe/poet/poetine/poetself
phi/phea/pheas/pheasine/pheasantself
pi/pink/pinks/pinkine/pinkself
eye/ee/ey/eyine/eyeself
fi/fe/find/fine/findself
li/lil/lily/liline/lilyself
ti/taz/tazets/tazine/tazettaself
2nd p prns: you/your/yours/yourself
no/narc/narcs/narcself
no/nar/nargis/nargiself
mo/mirror/mirrors/mirrorself
ro/reflector/reflectors/reflectorself
do/daffor/daffors/daffodilself
jo/jonquir/jonquirs/jonquirself
po/poeter/poeters/poeterself
pho/pheasar/pheasars/pheasantself
po/pinkster/pinksters/pinksterself
eyo/eyer/eyers/eyerself
fo/finder/finders/findernself
lo/liler/lilers/lilyself
to/tazer/tazers/tazerself
3rd p prns: they/them/theirs/themself
narc/narcs, np/npd, npd/npds, np/d, n/pd, narc/narcissist, narcissist/narcissists, narcissist/narcissistic, narci/ssist, narci/ssistic, narcissus/poeticus, nar/nargis, narg/nargis, nargi/nargis, nargis/nargis', narcissus/tazetta, narcissus/jonquil
mir/mirror, mirr/or, mir/ror, mirror/mirrors, mirror/mirrored, mirror/mirroring
reflect/reflects, reflect/reflection, reflect/reflector, reflect/reflected, reflect/reflecting, re/flect
daff/daffodil, daffodil/daffodils, daffo/dil
jon/quil, jon/jonquil, jonquil/jonquils
po/et, poet/poets, poeti/cus, poet/poeticus, poeticus/poeticus, phea/sant, pheasant/pheasants, pheasant/eye, pink/ster, pink/pinkster, pink/pinks, pinkster/pinksters, pinkster/lily
fi/findern, find/ern, finder/findern, findern/findernself, findern/flower
lil/lily, lily/lilys, lil/y, li/ly
taz/tazetta, taze/tazetta, tazetta/tazettas, taz/etta
titles:
the narc, the narcissist, the narcissistic, the one with npd, the npd haver, the one who adores themself/their reflection, the mirror gazer, the one who gazes into the mirror/their reflection, the self-admirer, the flower, the daffodil, the jonquil, the poet, the peots daffodil, the poets jonquil, the poets narcissus, the nargis, the pheasant, the pheasants eye, the findern, the findern(s) flower, the pinkster, the pinkster(s) lily, the lily, the tazetta, the narcissus tazetta, the narcissus jonquil, the (x) of Cephissus, the (x) of Liriope
(prn) who is narcissistic, (prn) who has npd, (prn) who has grandiose delusions/delusions of grandeur, (prn) who loves their reflection, (prn) who loves daffodils, (prn) who loves jonquils, (prn) who loves the nargis, (prn) who loves the pheasants eye, (prn) who loves the findern flower, (prn) who loves the pinkster lily, (prn) who was born to Cephissus, (prn) who was born to Liriope
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