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While I'm not 100% back yet, I am working on coming back from hiatus. Mostly in the fact that I'm trying to get caught up on the 'end of the year maintenance' stuff from 2023 that I didn't get to do with everything going on irl, so here is what's been updated and what I'm still working on.

All forms are new, so unless you've filled it out in the last few weeks, then you will need to fill out the respective interest tracking forms in order as soon as possible.

RULES & GUIDELINES - UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 - Please note that there are new rules regarding things such as the forms, a couple banned fandoms, and other important changes. If you have any questions, please reach out to me via the inbox or on discord.

NEW FOLLOWER INTEREST CHECK (FORM) - If we're not mutuals, and you want to write together, this brief questionnaire covers the basics of which muse(s) you're interested in interacting with, among other factors that will help determine compatibility. Required for all new followers/non-mutuals who are interested in writing together - I will not follow your blog(s) back until this form is filled out.

INTEREST TRACKER - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we are mutuals, this form is required in order to interact, as it covers everything from which muses you want to interact with, the verses you want to interact with them in, and other roleplay preferences. All mutuals are required to fill out this form.

SHIPS & DYNAMICS - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we're mutuals, and you're interested in writing more in-depth dynamics between our muses, including but not limited to romantic and/or sexual dynamics, you should fill out this form.

BEST FRIENDS CALL - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we're mutuals, we've already been writing together, and you're looking for the 'permanent starter call' (with bonus features), this is the form you'll need to fill out.

REQUEST INTERACTIONS - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - The all-in-one call for interactions, be it requesting I send you memes, respond to your open starters, write you starters, etc. This form is available at any time - you don't have to wait for me to make a post about it to fill it out - but please understand that I won't always be able to provide an immediate turn around.

I think I got all instances of the links to these forms updated on all the pages, but since I'm also going to be reworking a lot of the muse info (ie the dossiers and verse pages), I'll be doublechecking while also handling those updates.

Some muses (including NPCs attached to a few muses that are written occasionally as part of larger threads but not as independent muses in their own right) will also have their info moved to new Irregulars pages that I will be setting up in the near future, in addition to the new guidelines regarding the selectivity with which they'll be handled.

Regardless, this blog will remain low to medium activity for a while longer. I will return here eventually, but I want to do a total overhaul of the dossier and verse pages here before doing so, so please don't expect too much out of this blog for the time being.

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While I'm not 100% back yet, I am working on coming back from hiatus. Mostly in the fact that I'm trying to get caught up on the 'end of the year maintenance' stuff from 2023 that I didn't get to do with everything going on irl, so here is what's been updated and what I'm still working on.

All forms are new, so unless you've filled it out in the last few weeks, then you will need to fill out the respective interest tracking forms in order as soon as possible.

RULES & GUIDELINES - UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 - Please note that there are new rules regarding things such as the forms, a couple banned fandoms, and other important changes. If you have any questions, please reach out to me via the inbox or on discord.

NEW FOLLOWER INTEREST CHECK (FORM) - If we're not mutuals, and you want to write together, this brief questionnaire covers the basics of which muse(s) you're interested in interacting with, among other factors that will help determine compatibility. Required for all new followers/non-mutuals who are interested in writing together - I will not follow your blog(s) back until this form is filled out.

INTEREST TRACKER - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we are mutuals, this form is required in order to interact, as it covers everything from which muses you want to interact with, the verses you want to interact with them in, and other roleplay preferences. All mutuals are required to fill out this form.

SHIPS & DYNAMICS - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we're mutuals, and you're interested in writing more in-depth dynamics between our muses, including but not limited to romantic and/or sexual dynamics, you should fill out this form.

BEST FRIENDS CALL - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - If we're mutuals, we've already been writing together, and you're looking for the 'permanent starter call' (with bonus features), this is the form you'll need to fill out.

REQUEST INTERACTIONS - MUTUALS ONLY (FORM) - The all-in-one call for interactions, be it requesting I send you memes, respond to your open starters, write you starters, etc. This form is available at any time - you don't have to wait for me to make a post about it to fill it out - but please understand that I won't always be able to provide an immediate turn around.

I think I got all instances of the links to these forms updated on all the pages, but since I'm also going to be reworking a lot of the muse info (ie the dossiers and verse pages), I'll be doublechecking while also handling those updates.

Some muses (including NPCs attached to a few muses that are written occasionally as part of larger threads but not as independent muses in their own right) will also have their info moved to new Irregulars pages that I will be setting up in the near future, in addition to the new guidelines regarding the selectivity with which they'll be handled.

Regardless, this blog will remain low to medium activity for a while longer. I will return here eventually, but I want to do a total overhaul of the dossier and verse pages here before doing so, so please don't expect too much out of this blog for the time being.

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@smokedanced asked: i'm not ready to let go of you. +reverse / martha and ten? mass effect

"Joker, we've got to go," Martha pleas with her stubborn pilot, her hand resting on his shoulder in reassurance. They've both done everything they can - she has to trust that the rest of her officers - her friends - got the rest of the surviving crew into the escape pods and away from the wreckage that was, until just minutes ago, their home. If Joker hadn't been so bloody stubborn, she doubts they'd have had time to get as many out alive as they had, but now...

Now, time was running out and the two of them were the last to leave. There was no way she was abandoning Joker, no matter how stubborn the man may be - no one gets left behind, and she shifts her grip on him to start tugging him insistently from his chair. "The Normandy's lost. You've done everything you can. I can't lose you too."

"Yeah," Joker sighs wearily, starting to help push himself from his chair. "Yeah, alright. Shit!" Without thought, his hands fly back to the control, trying to squeeze even a few more seconds of burn out of the sputtering engines. "They're coming around for another attack!"

Unable to wait any longer, Martha hauls him to his feet, wincing when she feels the crack of his brittle bones under her hands even as she half-drags, half-carries him to the escape pod, all but shoving him in just as another blast from the enemy ship causes her magboots to loose their connection to the deck plating.

Without gravity, she floats back further from the pod, and unable to reach anything to propel her towards it... As she reaches the emergency launch buttons on the bulkhead, she punches the button, closing her eyes against the sight of Joker finally righting himself, just in time for the pod door to shut and eject the pod away from the remains of the ship at the same time the destructive beam from the enemy ship tears through the space she'd occupied just moments before.

As the ship continues to fall to pieces around her, Martha finds herself floating in free space, a chill settling over her as she knows... the Doctor had had to run to her cabin where they'd stored the TARDIS to ensure its safety within the Normandy. The crew deck had been hit just as hard as the CIC, and she had no way of knowing if he'd made it in time, only...

Something was wrong... Very wrong... as her hands fly up to the hoses at the back of her helmet, dark eyes widening in horror as she realises... her air is leaking from her suit, the VI alerting her of rapidly failing life support systems.

She can't even bring herself to scream, tears falling silently as dawning horror takes hold when the weightlessness seems to fade away even as her consciousness starts to fade with the lack of air. She's falling... caught in the gravitational pull of the planet below...

Only to suddenly find herself landing much sooner than expected, with a far less traumatic impact as she feels hands frantically unlatching her helmet, blinking at the suddenly too bright light of the TARDIS console room.

Frantic hands clutch at the Doctor's coat, pulling herself flush against him, desperate to get away from the still open doors, a choked sob escaping her as the shock of the attack hits her all at once, knowing she's safer in the TARDIS than she ever has been on any other ship in the galaxy, yet not being able to fully come to terms with what she'd just experienced.

It's several minutes before anything the Doctor says even begins to filter through her panic - something about getting her to the medbay - but even then she just shakes her head, clinging to him tighter as she hides her face against his shoulder, her voice barely a quiet whimper as she manages, "I'm not ready to let go of you. Not yet."

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Her small, somewhat strained smile belies the sudden wave of weary dread as she thinks to herself, 'Blimey, another one?!' even as she shakes his hand.

"You too, Doctor," she offers politely, though there's a slight twitch to her expression with her exasperation. It's not as though she's not used to people knowing who she is - between her family's military history and her grandfather's involvement in the Relay 314 Incident when he and a turian soldier kept each other alive while trapped in a bad situation, only to manage to free themselves on the day that the cease fire was announced, and her own accomplishments within her career, though much of the details of such were often considered classified - but she's never been particularly comfortable with having 'fans'. Particularly with her mother's reaction to such, using those same fans against her as a reason to resign from the Alliance - as if they'd let her go so easily, with her being biotic...

Her brow furrows as she struggles to figure out how to handle this fan. At least his approach is different than Verner's, but as she eyes him, she's not yet sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Taking her hand back, she bites back a sigh as she asks, "Is there something I can do for you? I'm afraid this isn't a leisure leave - I'm currently on a mission."

@smokedanced asked: ❝Sorry, but I’m not who you think I am.❞ + reverse / donna & ten, ME!verse?

With her fiery red hair, and even more fiery personality, Donna is more than used to being recognised, even by the various other species on the Citadel as news of the attack on Eden Prime spread. She's already encountered a handful of people calling out for her attention with shouts of 'Major Noble!' as she tracks down leads in search of evidence against Saren.

But to hear someone call out to her with an overtly familiar 'Donna! Donna Noble!!' certainly brings her up short. The encounter with the tall, thin stick of a man quickly jumps near to the top of the list of weird things that have happened to her in the last 24 hours, just under the… everything on Eden Prime.

"Oy, mate. Sorry, but I'm not who you think I am," she offers, her brow furrowing as she looks up at the strange man, for a moment wondering if perhaps she had been wrong in sending her squad in search of more of the keepers to scan while she wraps up in the market after her strange encounter with her 'fan', Conrad Verner. "I don't know you from Adam."

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Looking up from where she was messaging her pilot via her omnitool, mirth sparkles in the warm brown depths of her gaze as she laughs softly. "That's a title that's going to take some getting used to," she admits with a small grin. "Especially since the one I've been aiming for is doctor, but then Elysium happened, and... well... I'm sure you can put the pieces together from my service history."

A thoughtful look passes over her features at that, as she murmurs, "I should probably talk to Chakwas to get an updated field medical guide to look over. Multispecies first aid is standard training in the Alliance, sure, but the kind of stuff we're likely to be facing, I don't trust 'throw some medigel on it, and don't get the dextro and levo mixed up' for the groundwork of emergency trauma treatment..."

Shaking her head, she pauses to look at Joker's reply, smiling at the slightly disgruntled response - not because of the new crew's species, but because he's the one who will have to pass on the message so there's no surprises when they step out of the airlock onto the bridge. She should probably make sure to pick up a few things for him as well while shopping, and see about getting his flight chair and bunk upgraded - stars know the Alliance didn't put his disability into consideration for the design of the ship, considering what she's heard about how he got the job in the first place.

"As for how I managed all that, well... Let's just say there's stuff that isn't covered by my service record, and this isn't the first time I've found myself having to take on an impossible task," she offers vaguely with a sly smile.

"And you don't have to thank me, Garrus. Even if you weren't one of the best sharpshooters I've ever seen, I wouldn't have turned you away if you'd asked. I doubt just anyone could become a C-Sec detective and get asked to head the investigation into a Spectre. I should be the one thanking you for being willing to help."

@smokedanced || semiplotted starter.

Martha pauses outside the Citadel Tower, looking out over the Presidium, still a bit in shock that that actually worked. Her impromptu speech to the Council to get them to induct her into the Spectres in order to chase after Saren wasn't what she had expected how things would go, but fortunately travelling with the Doctor had given her plenty of inspiration for such things.

Turning to look at her companions, she's also still a bit shocked at the new crew she's managed to pick up within just the last few hours, and none of them human to boot. She just hopes the Normandy crew doesn't give any of them any trouble, because she sure as hell isn't going to turn away invaluable help from someone more qualified than anyone currently on the ship for dealing with some of the situations that are bound to come up in this mission simply because that person doesn't happen to be human.

Though they certainly seem to be drawing a number of questioning looks with their group consisting of a human, turian, quarian, and krogan. Huffing slightly in amusement, she smiles at the others. "Thanks for being there with me through that. I need to stop by C-Sec Requisitions, and then stop somewhere to order dextro supplies to be delivered to the Normandy. If you have any last minute business to take care of, now's the time, or you're welcome to head on to the ship. I'll message Joker so he knows to let you onboard."

"I'll head on," Wrex notes with a nod, which Martha returns before glancing at Tali.

"I'll be sure to pick up a sterilization unit and plenty of antibiotics and antihistamines for you, Tali, if you want to go ahead and go check out Engineering," she offers with a knowing smile. "I'm sure our chief engineer will be more than happy to give you a tour."

"Thank you, Shepard," Tali says, nearly bouncing in her excitement before she takes off to catch up with Wrex as they head back to the docking area, Martha watching them almost fondly as she sees Wrex slow down just a little to let the quarian catch up with him.

Turning her focus on Garrus, her smile turns a touch wry as she looks up at him. "You're welcome to come along if you want," she offers. "I'm pretty sure I saw a cafe earlier that serves both dextro and levo that we could stop at for lunch. I don't know about you, but I haven't had a chance to eat since Eden Prime, and I'm starving."

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Semi-hiatus continues...

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

So while I can't really reply to things, you ARE welcome to send things to my inbox and/or request interactions through the form (linked in the pinned post). It'll at least give me things to think about and daydream over, maybe do some plotting via discord (albeit very slowly between difficulty typing & random interruptions from mom and such). In other words, I'm bored as hell and I miss being here, but I can't handle writing on a tablet for long enough to actually rp via mobile (not to mention my tags are a bitch to handle on mobile).

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Semi-hiatus continues...

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

So while I can't really reply to things, you ARE welcome to send things to my inbox and/or request interactions through the form (linked in the pinned post). It'll at least give me things to think about and daydream over, maybe do some plotting via discord (albeit very slowly between difficulty typing & random interruptions from mom and such). In other words, I'm bored as hell and I miss being here, but I can't handle writing on a tablet for long enough to actually rp via mobile (not to mention my tags are a bitch to handle on mobile).

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Semi-hiatus continues...

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

So while I can't really reply to things, you ARE welcome to send things to my inbox and/or request interactions through the form (linked in the pinned post). It'll at least give me things to think about and daydream over, maybe do some plotting via discord (albeit very slowly between difficulty typing & random interruptions from mom and such). In other words, I'm bored as hell and I miss being here, but I can't handle writing on a tablet for long enough to actually rp via mobile (not to mention my tags are a bitch to handle on mobile).

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Semi-hiatus continues...

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

So while I can't really reply to things, you ARE welcome to send things to my inbox and/or request interactions through the form (linked in the pinned post). It'll at least give me things to think about and daydream over, maybe do some plotting via discord (albeit very slowly between difficulty typing & random interruptions from mom and such). In other words, I'm bored as hell and I miss being here, but I can't handle writing on a tablet for long enough to actually rp via mobile (not to mention my tags are a bitch to handle on mobile).

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A couple quick things:

Mom broke her ankle last weekend, badly enough to need surgery & several days in the hospital, so I've been mostly at her house helping her because she's non-weight bearing. It'll be probably another week until I can go home for any real length of time, so don't expect much, if anything, from this or any of my rp blogs during this time.

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**Regarding Doctor Who Specials + the future of Donna's verses**

I haven't been able to watch *any* of the specials yet, and I won't make a decision of if and/or how I'm going to use the new canon until I know the outcome of it all. So in the meantime, I will be ignoring new canon and won't be incorporating it until I know what it even is.

As usual, please tag any and all spoilers for the currently airing season. I can't watch the new episodes right now because I simply don't have access to them at all right now, so anyone who posts untagged spoilers and I come across them *will* be unfollowed without notice, as this *is* the warning of such.

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Questioning Sentences, Vol. 10

(Questioning sentences from various sources to ask all kinds of muses. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Do you think I'm spooky?"

"Do I seem capable of that kind of aggression?"

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Am I your boyfriend?"

"Is there a woman alive that hasn't been hurt by a man before?"

"So, how's your cooking?"

"If you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust?"

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Psychologists make you angry, don't they? Why is that?"

"I'm not going to tell you what to do. You'd probably hate that, right?"

"What is your type? For the record."

"What are you going to do? Shoot me?"

"You question my ability?"

"What do you spend your money on?"

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

"It's all about sex with men, isn't it?"

"It happened just the way you said it would. How did you know?"

"If this is the truth that you've been looking for, then what is left to believe in?"

"Have you ever entertained the idea of trying to find life on this planet?"

"Have you got a girl in there?"

"So you'll risk the consequences even though there may be nothing here?"

"So, do you want in on this opportunity or not?"

"Can we talk about this over dinner? Please?"

"Would it soften your opinion of me if I confessed that I've always had a particular affection for you?"

"How could you possibly understand what it's like to lose everything that you've ever loved?"

"You just jump at whatever explanation is the wildest and most far-fetched, don't you?"

"When did you get a waterbed?"

"Do you ever think about dinosaurs?"

"What are you even after out there? Do you ever even think about that?"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"Don't you ever sleep?"

"Am I the love of your life?"

"Were you watching me sleep?"

"Why am I letting you do this to me?"

"With all due respect, what the fuck are you talking about?"

"What is it you want me to understand? The secrets or the lies?"

"I did do the right thing, didn't I?"

"What would you do if you were a werewolf?"

"Is that good news or bad news?"

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Angry & Irritated Sentences, Vol. 6

(Angry and irritated sentences from various sources. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I don't take orders from you."

"You just wait for me to make a mistake, don't you?"

"Please don't cry in front of me. We're not in that stage of our friendship yet."

"I'll thank you not to test my intelligence or credulity with your ridiculous fabrications of truth and fictions."

"Flattery will get you nowhere."

"Not everything can be reduced to psychology."

"I may be petty, but I'm not that petty."

"I'm delusional? Did you just hear yourself?"

"Did you hear a word of what I just said? No? Well, maybe you didn't want to hear it."

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"What the hell are you doing? Why can't you stay out of this?"

"Please tell me you're not saying that love is the answer."

"Be honest; you're angry because you're jealous."

"I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact."

"You just calm the hell down, before we both get pissed off."

"You question my ability?"

"Why am I even talking to you?"

"I find your attitude rather disappointing, if I may say."

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Have you considered that something else might be going on here?"

"It's time to start telling me the truth!"

"No one understands because you won't let anyone understand!"

"Look, I was just living my life. Can't a person just live?"

"If you're going to stab me, stab me in the front."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"Your eye is twitching. When people aren't being honest, their eye twitches."

"Accept who you are, however repulsive that may be!"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"What about my face says 'let's share our secrets'?"

"You really are an oaf. You know that?"

"I don't like to share."

"You have no shame."

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

"You're a bully, and all bullies are cowards."

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Detective Sentences, Vol. 9

(Sentences from various sources for detectives and/or muses that like to solve mysteries. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"He can't tell you anything if he's dead."

"I've always believed that evil is born in a cold heart and a weak mind."

"I've seen some violent crimes, I mean, some seriously screwed up stuff, but this is extreme."

"You should trust your instincts more."

"The closer we get, the less it makes sense."

"Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later."

"We need you here on this one. We need your abilities."

"Whoever did this is capable of terrible violence."

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"How do you know these things?"

"If we ever go undercover again, I get to choose the names, okay?"

"Time had a way of shedding light on injustices."

"I worry about killers, victims, their families. That's my curse; I worry about everybody."

"If he was murdered, there would have to be a reason for it. Maybe he knew something?"

"How did we get to this place where the only thing we're good for is notifying the loved ones?"

"I'm sorry, but this is like good cop, insane cop!"

"You want to go to Heaven? Then get another job."

"If you make every one of these personal, you'll go insane."

"This is a pro job. They made it in and out of here without a sound."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"You come off so rational, but maybe you know less than you think."

"The elaborate nature of the murder shows that he's performing for us."

"I'd like to prove that I'm capable of something more."

"Am I the only one with reservations about this suspect?"

"You blame yourself for what happened to him, don't you?"

"Now, what I want is facts."

"You know I hate to ruin your beautiful theory with ugly facts, but stop to examine the incident. "

"Don't panic but there's a dead person there!"

"If you could prove anything, you wouldn't be here."

"You know everything that goes on around here, don't you?"

"If I wanted to harm somebody, I'd do something to someone they care for."

"The FBI isn't a place for personal crusades."

"So I'm the bad guy because I'm trying to do what's right?"

"The killer doesn't see the world like everybody else."

"I never believe a word the police tell me."

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Oblivious Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for characters that have a habit of missing the obvious. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Why would I make them so uncomfortable?"

"How do you know when someone likes you? You know, like that."

"You thought this was a romantic engagement?"

"Why would I need your private number?"

"Maybe you'd better start paying a little less attention to the heart of the mystery, and a little more attention to the mystery of the heart. "

"You're wearing lipstick. You weren't wearing lipstick before."

"For a genius, you can be remarkably thick."

"He quite likes you, you know. Do you like him?"

"You can't tell what's going on in somebody's head just by looking at them."

"You can connect to people. It just frightens you."

"You still don't get it, do you?"

"Are you making conversation?"

"Do you remember that conversation we had about personal space?"

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"On the contrary, I think I've been exceedingly polite."

"I don't understand. I said I'm sorry - isn't that what you're supposed to do?"

"Is this your idea of seduction?"

"You seem angrier than I'd expected. May I ask why?"

"Reputation? I have a reputation?"

"It really bothers you? What people say?"

"That really wasn't very good, was it?"

"You're not very observant, are you?"

"I'm an expert in many things, but love is not one of them."

"Couldn't you see I was in love with you?"

"That was very rude. You know better than to stare at people."

"I'm way too old to feel sexy."

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Your expression. What does it mean?"

"You don't think I'm interfering, do you?"

"You don't know anything about human nature, do you?"

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Caring & Reassuring Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences from various sources for muses that care for each other. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"We all need to be touched."

"Things don't always work out the way you want."

"This has been going on for almost a week. You want to talk about it?"

"I get the feeling you're not used to anyone taking care of you."

"You've got a choice. You can spend the rest of your life trying to make up for one mistake, or you can live with it and do your job. You can't do both."

"Sometimes, bad things just happen."

"We stay with the hurt we know rather than risk being hurt again."

"Accidents happen. That's life."

"Whatever you do, don't worry."

"I see myself in you."

"Don’t forget that some people will love you no matter what."

"Believe me, we all fuck up."

"I won't let you go alone."

"You know, you could do with loosening up a bit."

"I know what you're afraid of."

"If you ask me, I think that if a relationship can break you, then sometimes a relationship can also heal you."

"Something will happen. It always does."

"You say that you've failed, but you only fail if you give up."

"You can't help me. No one can help me."

"Never give up on a miracle."

"Would it soften your opinion of me if I confessed that I've always had a particular affection for you?"

"We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. We can just sit here in silence."

"When you're in contact with something evil, the people closest to you are going to find that difficult."

"We've all been hurt, some more than others."

"You should trust your instincts more."

"I see now that you've got something I never had."

"You don't have to lie. Not to me. I understand."

"I know what it's like to be abandoned - how you think you're worthless and unlovable, and your heart hardens to the person who did it to you."

"If I could take the slightest bit of your pain away, I would."

"There's nothing wrong with being alone."

"We make the bad things that happen to us our fault. It's a way to imagine we have some control, which we don't."

"One should never be ashamed to cry."

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Secrets & Lies Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for those that lie, conceal, and seek the truth. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Sometimes when people tell you they're your friend, they're not telling the truth."

"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."

"What you want to confirm, they will deny. What you want to find, they will hide."

"You feel you can lie as freely to me as to yourself."

"You damn me for my secrets, but you're afraid to speak the truth."

"I don't understand the need for secrecy."

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

"It's time to start telling me the truth!"

"I'll thank you not to test my intelligence or credulity with your ridiculous fabrications of truth and fictions."

"I obviously know how it looks, but I am telling you the truth."

"I can handle imposition. What I can't handle is secrecy."

"Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss."

"What about my face says 'let's share our secrets'?"

"Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies."

"I came here to put a bullet in you."

"Sometimes you have to keep a secret, even if it means hurting someone."

"There are truths you wouldn't understand even if I attempted to explain."

"What are you talking about? I don't have any secrets!"

"There's a truth even you're afraid to speak."

"Your eye is twitching. When people aren't being honest, their eye twitches."

"Whatever they told you, it's not true."

"What is it you want me to understand? The secrets or the lies?"

"I'll ask you no questions, and you'll tell me no lies."

"There's no such thing as a single truth. Everything must be seen from its own point of view."

"You hear nothing but truth from me."

"Look, we've all done things we're not proud of. We all have secrets."

"Truth is fluid and alterable."

"If you want to kill someone, just choose your victims carefully."

"I don't keep secrets. I'll tell you anything you want."

"You should just give up. This will all end really badly if you don't."

"People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons."

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Politician Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences from various sources for politicians and/or muses in political spaces. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I sincerely hope you are not suggesting that I have something to do with this."

"He was a good man. He had a conscience. Sometimes, that's a problem in our line of work."

"Truth is fluid and alterable."

"They never question it, do they? Your power and authority? When you're really such a coward."

"I can handle imposition. What I can't handle is secrecy."

"I can feel you thinking."

"I don't care what you do, or who you do, or who you have to grease - I need that information, and I need it now. Are we clear on that?"

"Is that good news or bad news?"

"Do you really think I'm that controlling?"

"I did do the right thing, didn't I?"

"Flattery will get you nowhere."

"Most people believe they're on the side of angels, but are they?"

"You always gave me the impression that this place was beneath you."

"I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact."

"Don't you love democracy?"

"They're trying to discredit you."

"Haven't you ever used someone for commercial gain?"

"In our age, there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.'"

"I'm not a bad man - more, a practical man."

"I find I have no real legacy."

"I have not yet expressed my opinion."

"Well, that was uniquely humiliating."

"I has come to our attention that you have been engaged in an independent project."

"Sleep is a luxury - a self-indulgence we have no time for."

"Paranoia must go with the job. You're starting to sound just like your predecessor."

"I'm not suggesting anything. I think the facts speak for themselves."

"What do you know about fair or right? You're a coward."

"Have you ever been lucky?"

"You brought embarrassment to me, to yourself, and to this country."

"You question my sincerity. You think I'm heartless."

"No sacrifice is purely altruistic. We give expecting to receive."

"Apologies for dragging you from your bed, but this is a matter of some urgency."

"They don't want the truth. You give them the truth, and they'll hang you with it."

"I have neither the authority nor the will to allow your continued inquiry into this matter."

"I expected someone more formidable."

"You want to go to Heaven? Then get another job."