#suffer with me!!!!!!

[sleepymoonlady]

Roevember Day 28: Memory

Rose felt something within her tremble as she approached it--the chasm carved into Coerthas like a festering, maggot-eaten wound. In all her adventures, she did her best to give this place a wide berth. It was a year ago that she made an exception in the case of saving Lord Francel, dire as his situation was. She had considered making this stop after that, actually, but the timing... just wasn't right. The threat of Garuda (how quaint the "mightiest of all primals" seemed to her now) loomed heavy, and coming to pay her respects, knowing that tomorrow may bring another innocent soul tumbling into Witchdrop's greedy maw just felt insincere. To them, at least.

But today was different. The recent storms had died down, as a mercy. That left her with a clear view of Witchdrop. Maybe that wasn't a mercy after all, but still. As she stood upon the precipice, unsure of what to say, her gauntleted fist tightened around the bouquet she had brought. White and Blue--ironically, those were her favorite colors. Ishgard's colors. Did she ever suspect that soldiers wearing those very colors would be the ones to...

Rose sighed. This wasn't why they were here. Not to wonder--not to torture themself. No. She was here to put her at ease. And so, after what felt like an eternity, they spoke.

"Hey, mom."

Two words. Just two words in, and she already felt the tears welling up. Was she really ready for this after all? To confront the place where... where...

The memories came flooding back, more vivid than the Echo and twice as disorienting. She remembered her mother's face--the terror etched onto it as she saw Rose for the last time. The inquisitors and their Temple Knight lackeys weren't confident that Rosette would come quietly, of course. They must have feared that, defiant to the last, she would try to fight her way out. Even unarmed, that was a possibility--Rose remembered how strong her mother had always seemed. An invincible and gallant knight. So, the Temple Knights had raided their home for "leverage." As a blessing, Ruby and mum were out at the time. So it was only Rose, a fearsome and dangerous child of six whole years, who was being held at swordpoint, as a message: submit to Halone's judgment, or watch us kill your child. A message that even the fearless Dame Rosette Duimuste could not ignore. Rose had never seen her mother scared before then--they didn't even know she could be scared.

Staring at the spot where her mother had stood that horrible day, she still remembered the last words she ever spoke. She remembered how brief that fearful look had been. A split second, quickly replaced by an impassive, grim look of determination. "You've made your point," was all she said to the inquisitor's threats. Then she turned to Rose, that grim look just as quickly being replaced by a sad smile. "I love you, M̷̧͎̰͉̉̎̄̕a̶͓̟̞̠͕͗p̷̛̖̓͋̑l̴̡̨̻̬̤̄͐̚͠e̷̠̭̊́͑̕. I'm so sorry."

Rose still remembered the confusion and the terror of it all, the pit in her stomach when she saw her mother turn to face the chasm. She remembered how she screamed as she watched her mother take a step, then another, then another, until she stepped only on air and--

Rose shook her head, dispelling the reverie. Finally, she continued. "You didn't have to be sorry, you know. I never should have seen that, but... I never blamed you. How could I have?"

"But that's not why I'm here. Gods know I've enough memories of that day. I'm here because... we never did get to do this properly, with all of the chaos. Gods, there's so much you've missed," Rose chuckled somewhat grimly.

"Ruby got into the Studium. The bloody Studium! Gods, if you could have seen how happy she was when she got that letter. And I..."

Rose continued, as she felt tears begin to well up again.

"I never did get to tell you who I really was. When I came out to her, Mum said you'd have been so proud of me. Told me that you and I... had a lot in common. I wish I could have told you while you were here. I wish I could have asked you for advice about my transition. You never even got to hear my real name."

Rose smiled, as she felt a tear roll down her cheek, already half-frozen in the Coerthan winter.

"Vermilion Rose. Heh. I thought you'd appreciate it. I... I guess what I really came here to say, mom, was this though:

You haven't been forgotten. We still love you. We think of you every day. Gods know you've been my inspiration--if I've ever been any sort of 'Warrior of Light,' just know that that's because of you. Your memory... we're all keeping it alive. The best way we know how to. In my case, that's... just thinking of what you would do when the going gets tough. You were my hero. Still are."

Rose bent down as she continued, lowering the bouquet to the spot her mother had stood all those years ago.

"It's over, you know. The War. After all these years. After every drop of blood spilled, we... we did it. We did it! Ishgard is at peace. What those bastards made you do... nobody will ever, ever have to do that again. I promise. So..."

Rose smiled, wider this time--true joy creeping in through the despair as she said it: "you can rest now. Please. Gods know you deserve it."

Rose stood, and turned to walk away. Before she did, she noticed--the sun was up, finally. Its gentle rays shining upon the flowers left for the kindest woman she had ever known.

"I love you, mom. I promise, I won't take so long to visit again."

[solreefs]

“oh I’m too old for stuffed animals” skill issue. sorry you can’t appreciate little creatures made to hang out with you, I on the other hand am full of joyous whimsy and therefore vastly superior.

[secondbeatsongs]

hey. what the fuck does this mean

[sailermoon]

i stay up late to be happy for a few more hours

[stazvlt]

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[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

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[gongyussy]

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[butchniqabi]

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[peanutseagle]

Yeah. so. episode three

[esistkeinponyhof]

percy being told that you burn what you'll miss the most and immediately burning his blue jelly beans to talk to his mom. i don't think anyone understands how much of a big deal this is to me

[chronicpaingirlie]

hey if something about your environment or body is bothering you right now & if you’re able to, please take a moment to adjust that thing. turn off the lights if theyre hurting your eyes, grab a pair of socks if you’re cold, move into a better position if you’re in an uncomfortable one.

it’s easy to get stuck in a “this isn’t good but I’ll survive” mindset, especially with executive dysfunction, but you deserve to feel more okay in the spaces & body you’re in.

[bogkeep]

ok so i think that my favourite fantasy subgenre is The Inherent Tragedy Of Being Born Into Royalty. which mostly means that i like to read about gay princes but with some nuance

[maeamian]

Part of the reason that Republicans are so desperately acting like they will never lose again is because they are deeply terrified that this is their last real chance to win. The big orange dipshit came in and gutted the party of everyone who wasn't a loyalist, which left it full of nasty little gremlins who have gaping voids where charisma and human decency is supposed to go.

They still hold a lot of power, but if we stop them this year the next presidential election may not be the Most Important One Of Your Life™, that's not a guarantee or anything, but if they don't win here and now their future looks grim, this dipshit is the only guy they have left and he's extremely diminished and has his brains leaking out of his ears at this point. We can beat him into the ground.

So that's what we're gonna fucking do. We're gonna break these fucking fash. They will crash upon us and we're gonna break their fucking necks. When they come for us they will lose because they're fucking losers and we have each other's backs which is something they fundamentally are incapable of comprehending.

[ghostedbunnie]

older bf!simon who is trying to keep you alive during your exam season in uni. he has to wrestle the caffeinated drink out of your hands as it makes your anxiety so much worse.

older bf!simon who has to force you to take breaks and he is not nice about it either. he'll throw you over his shoulder if he has to, doesn't matter if you hid in the library on campus, he will embody the caveman he is on the inside.

older bf!simon who helps you revise. honestly it feels more like a military drill than revision at some points, you fear he'll tell you to drop down and give him twenty when you mess up a definition, he never does but he definitely thought about it once or twice.

older bf!simon who doesn't go overboard with the praise when you succeed just a plain ol' "that's my girl." and a smooch on the side of the head is all you need to feel like you've won at life. and if it doesn't work out, he'll let you cry it out if you need to, doesn't grumble about the snot on his hoodie and then simply helps you out so you ace the next try because he hates to see you cry.

older bf!simon who was holding back on his urges the entire exam season so you can focus but once you're done with the last one he is going to town on you. i'm talking order some food for the weekend, lock the door and hold on because he is going to ravage you on any and every surface inside your home.

[raconteur-wanpi]

See it's funny because he's bulletproof now.

[notsolonedesert]

siren ctimene…

Beeswax or not, what if Eury didn't take that encounter with the sirens very well