Six Sentence Someday

Tagged by @lookbluesoup to share six sentences of a WIP, thanks! ^-^

I'll tag @sasslett, @bnuuywol, @irisopranta, and anyone else who wants to! No pressure if you don't want to or don't have a WIP of course. :3

Putting under a break because it is from a ShB bad ending fic, nothing too terrible happens though:

The lights were dim, the darkness soothing against her skin that felt as if scorched under the sun. Akira adjusted pillows against the back of the sofa, trying desperately to get comfortable as the itching beneath her skin started back up again. It wasn’t long though before she was curled forward, her arms wrapped tightly around her middle as glowing tears slipped free. She desperately, so desperately, didn’t want to cry. She made her choice and had to live with it, and it stung to think of showing any weakness to her enemy. But where else could she go?

Shadowbringers is about learning how to live.

Your enemy is stasis- everything and everyone is stagnant, they wait and wait for something to happen, but don't do anything to make it so (because the ones who tried before failed, because they don't know what to do/how to do it). People don't change, they don't try, not really. The crystarium is doing well, it's independent and sustainable, but it doesn't have the reach or power to do much outside of Lakeland. The Exarch is more-or-less confined to the city (because of the tower, because he's waiting for you), so even if he had power elsewhere, he'd be limited with how much he, personally, can do.

Eulemore is filled with mindless indulgence, there's no hardships or labour or anything but luxury for the free citizens, and the bonded only have to worry about fulfilling the task(s) they were brought for. The outside world doesn't matter, hard work doesn't matter, personal fulfillment beyond indulgence doesn't matter, everything exist solely in the moment. The people out in Kholusia have pretty much given up, they stay close to the city in the hopes that this time they will be picked, this time they will be saved. They wait and wait and do nothing but wait. The ones who try to live on are dying out or eventually give up and join the rest in waiting.

Ahm Areang, Rak'tika, even Il Mheg are all just waiting for something, anything to happen. They go day to day, surviving simply because it's all they can. Nothing changes.

Until, of course, you should up. You, who causes a ripple of change simply by existing, who can move the immovable by sheer will. You showed them that things can change, that things can, and will happen, if they just try. You show them that they can make things better, that there is an option besides waiting for a slow death, if they'd just grab fate by the neck and tell it "No. We are doing this my way".

And they do. They rally up together and do what they thought impossible. Not all their efforts succeed(not immediately), but they tried. They tried, they failed, and they got up and tried again and again until it did work. They take the chances, not knowing how it'll turn out (because it's not about whether it fails or succeeds, it's about having tried).

They learn how to try, little by little, and every step they learn what it means to really live.

Endwalker is about learning how to love life.

Your enemy is nihilism- the idea that nothing matters, that there is no real joy to be found that isn't snuffed out by misery. A concept that denounces greys in favor of a black-and-white view where black is all encompassing. Everywhere you go, people are doing what they can to survive, but refuses (or maybe are afraid to, or maybe never knew they could) try to actually save themselves. The Forum plans for escape, to leave their homeworld behind and take whatever they can afford. They will live on, but they won't be saved, no one is saved(and even with escape they aren't safe, Despair is everywhere and She will not stop until all has become Nothing).

The Loporrits love Etheirys, but in the way Winter loves Spring. They know about it, they are so close to it, but they are distant. They're strangers, they've never met. It's love, and it's pure and true, but it's also just love. It's surface-level(because the surface is all they had). Their love is pure but it's instinctual. Programmed. They love because they don't know how to not love. They want to save it's people, save us, but they don't know what it really means to save, so they create refuge instead(because that's what She told them to, because this is how love works for them).

The people of Garlemald are terrified, they are victims of extreme indoctrination, the (deserved) push-back their army got proved them "right"(that we are savage beasts to fear, that they are but prey in the maws of rabid dogs). They want to be build-up again, but what's left for them now? The world hates them(and it's all their fault, the ones who see past the propaganda know this, but who will listen to them?) and they are dying. It's so cold and the fuel is running out. They won't accept help, because they've been filled with the idea that there is no such thing as pure kindness from "savages"(and they are too prideful to question it, to break apart from the illusion that they are surperior, because they're terrified to face the truth).

The sky screams, the earth wheeps and the foundation of existence is overtaken by Despair, misery is around every corner and who knows what will happen now? Where do we go? What do we do? We live and live but for what?

What's the point of it all?

That's the question, and the answer is everything. We live because there is joy to be found. Because there is beauty in the world. Because there are stars in the sky. Because flowers bloom in spring. Because cats purr. Because waves crash against the shore. Because of every single little thing we can see, hear or feel. Because we love and are loved. Because there are things to do and discover. Because why not?

And you tell them this, by letting them see that there is more to life than the little they have seen. The Forum has closed it's eyes to anything but it's own kith and kin, everything outside of Old Sharlayan is irrelevant(non-intervention, always non-intervention) and it takes the entire world coming and telling them "We are here. We are alive, and we will make tomorrow happen." for them to realize they have slowly been killing themselves and what they stand for(you pride yourself on knowledge, but where is your wisdom? What do you truly know of things outside your own bubble? You do not know that which is lived because you refuse to aknowledge anything but the written word).

The Loporrits see Etheirys itself, they experience it's corners and valleys and learn what love can really be. They want to save it, truly save it, because they love and this time it's informed, it's personal(I love you, I love you, and I want you to know I love your loves too).

In Garlemald everything is slow, unsteady and complicated, but it's changing. They're changing. With every person who accepts help the illusion of supremacy and "purity" melts away just a bit, and the wall standing between them and us breaks a little(it will never vanish completely, years upon years of oppression and subjugation and conquest don't disappear like that, but it's a start).

Shadobringers is about learning how to live, but Endwalker is about learning how to love life.

FAERIE KING

When all doesn’t go as planned, Osseus takes up Feo Ul’s offer and accepts the crown and scepter of the fae folk. They were never seen again by mortal eyes.

For @hotflamingmess

Forgiven Burdens

"They were adventurers like us once... until the bastard turned and killed the warrior of darkness..."

the fae king and his lover monster

⌘ where you always were

{ a fanmix following the Crystal Exarch’s journey across eon and instant, one song at a time }

     listen on... { Youtube }  >>  { Spotify }

-------------------------------------- just a mix of EN and JP songs that fit well lyrically, arranged in some semblance of a chronological order. heavily inspired by lesalia and fivebright’s own fantastic playlists -- go give them a listen!

this is an updated version of the playlist I made back in 2019 after Shadowbringers early access, now with 10 new tracks to cover up through Endwalker!

Youtube is the recommended way of listening as it contains all 47 songs in the correct versions (I had to make some cover substitutions with Spotify and it's missing one song, but it's otherwise intact). --------------------------------------

tracklist

     ⌘ = incl. links to a specific translation

- DAYBREAK - ○ 01.  Us — Jenna Raine  >>  We were younger then, we didn't know / Time would tell a story of its own ⌘ 02.  Crystal mic — Tourai (cover)  >>  Just once more, for the sake of "being together with just us two," / I sing a poem for that faraway dream / at the end of the transparent despair ⌘ 03.  Bokura ga Tsunaideiku — Arashi  >>  The eras change and time passes / Even if we chase after a different tomorrow / We'll surely come back to this road again someday ⌘ 04.  Sight for Sore Eyes — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  What I want is simple - there's a future with you in it / And for me to just see what future that would be / That'd be a sight for sore eyes... ○ 05.  Laughter Lines — Bastille  >>  I'll see you in the future when we're older / And we are full of stories to be told / Cross my heart and hope to die / I'll see you with your laughter lines ○ 06.  Wake Me Up — Avicii  >>  So wake me up when it's all over / When I'm wiser and I'm older ⌘ 07.  Seventeen — YOASOBI  >>  This can't be the happy ending / In that case, I'll go to your world and save you / Forgive my recklessness / because I'm sure I'll carry it out

- SUNDOWN - ⌘ 08.  Thousand-Year Solo — Jack (cover)  >>  Although we can no longer meet under this moon / Facing this sky, I'll continue to sing ○ 09.  Vanilla Twilight — Owl City  >>  And I'll forget the world that I knew / But I swear I won't forget you / "Oh darling, I wish you were here" ⌘ 10.  Encore — YOASOBI  >>  In a place I don't recognise, I wake up / This is a world with no night / A world that ends with today ⌘ 11.  Cradle of destiny — MEIKO  >>  I firmly believed that it would one day come true / A future where you and I could stay together / was the only thing that I wanted and needed ○ 12.  Young — Vallis Alps  >>  In the end / Time forever favors the young ⌘ 13.  Kimi wo Sagasu Sora — Kagamine Len  >>  My fate twists, far far away, forever / Aimlessly I wander to find the pieces of my heart / Until the day I see your smile... ⌘ 14.  Halzion — YOASOBI  >>  Even now, I find myself searching for fragments of the days which I can't return to, and your presence / I'm still reaching my hand out towards the pair of us on that day ⌘ 15.  VOiCE — Valshe (cover)  >>  You’re not here anymore, I can't accept it / It's no use, would you listen to this song? ⌘ 16.  Campanella — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  Blown by the tailwind, surely I'll still be living / Until the day it ends, so as to get closer / I want to remember you... ○ 17.  If You Only Knew — Shinedown  >>  If you only knew / How I refuse to let you go / even when you're gone

- BEFORE DUSK - ○ 18.  East — Vallis Alps  >>  I've been waiting on tonight / Crystallize, crystallize / I've been looking in your eyes / We're on the rise, on the rise ⌘ 19.  together, forever — Arashi  >>  Overtaking a flowing wave of light towards freedom / What we were aiming for was a memory that would repaint the night ○ 20.  Counting Stars — OneRepublic  >>  Lately I been, I been losing sleep / Dreamin’ about the things that we could be / Baby I been, I been prayin' hard / Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars ⌘ 21.  Nighthawks — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  If there were only one thing left that these empty hands could grab / I think I'd want it to be your outstretched hand / Ahh, that's all I'd need; that's our future I wish for... ⌘ 22.  Ai wo Utaou — Arashi  >>  A sorrowful sky above a battlefield, I can hear it, Something will change on this night / Wanting to heal you, I'm by your side / You being here is my courage ○ 23.  Giants — ONE OK ROCK  >>  In the pieces, we found ourselves / So fight for me, I’ll fight as well ⌘ 24.  Tsugai Kogarashi — Fumi & Nagao Kei (cover)  >>  To become the rustling wind / To become the solace for many / We want to become the tailwind for the people / who are doing their best to live in this world

- NIGHTFALL - ⌘ 25.  Kimi no Yume wo Miteita — Arashi  >>  Because it won't change, I want to give you the truth / What's important is to tell my true feelings without any lies ⌘ 26.  Fluorite — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  It must be better proof than any / How precious you are to me... ⌘ 27.  Although A Song Is Formless — Pokota (cover)  >>  I will sing / When you, who gave me smiles, are crying / I, even for just a tiny little bit / wish to become your comfort and support ○ 28.  Crash and Burn — Savage Garden  >>  If you need to crash, then crash and burn / You're not alone ○ 29.  Everybody’s Changing — Keane  >>  You're gone from here, soon you will disappear / Fading into beautiful light / 'Cause everybody's changing and I don't feel right ○ 30.  Broken Open — Adam Lambert  >>  It doesn't matter, go on and shatter / I'm all you need ○ 31.  Everything, All You See — Vallis Alps  >>  I thought I'd be okay to play my part like I promised / Ooh, but I want to be honest / My balance in the air, I'm caught off guard again ⌘ 32.  Mirage Song — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  Have I mourned anything? / In a place with such bright sunlight as this… / Have I doubted anything? / Even though you're always beside me... ⌘ 33.  Tsuki Yuki Hana — KAITO  >>  The days forever gone, my wish unanswered / I take in all the grief, and my devotion is beyond my control... ⌘ 34.  REVIVER — MY FIRST STORY  >>  Until the day my last dream comes true / This is my only way

- MIDNIGHT HOUR - ○ 35.  Windswept Day — Revo  >>  - instrumental - ⌘ 36.  I'm Sorry — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  I'm not able to say goodbye, it's just too terrifying / Though my hands tremble in the flood of light / If I'm with you, I can be stronger, that's all... ○ 37.  The Soft Goodbye — Celtic Woman  >>  There's a dream that will not sleep / A burning hope that will not die / So I must go now with the wind / And leave you waiting on the tide ○ 38.  I Found Love — Owl City  >>  So take my hand, and shed a tear / Before I'm gone, it's now or never / I'll hold you close, the end is near / But love goes on, and on forever ⌘ 39.  Eine Kleine — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  To have everlasting sorrows and open seams, but also you / How happy I would be to smile and say, "It was for the best"... / Everything before me seems to blur and melt / A flood of miracles wouldn't be enough / Because you called my name... ○ 40.  Take It All Away — Owl City  >>  There was a shot in the dark, I was caught by surprise / There was a hole in my heart, there were tears in your eyes ⌘ 41.  Yasashii Suisei — YOASOBI  >>  The ring of a gunshot cruelly tears into the night / As the breath of farewell rushes onward / The falling stars, without mercy, shine for just an instant / And disappear before my wishes can reach

- DAWN - ⌘ 42.  Starcrew — Rib (cover)  >>  Denying my memories, scattering them to the stars / As night returned once more / Looking at you, with the loneliest eyes in the world / Knowing the most painful separation of all... ○ 43.  Nothing Left To Lose — Mat Kearney  >>  Come on, and we'll sing, like we were free / Push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us ○ 44.  Stay — Eyeshine  >>  I've seen the worst this life will throw and I can take it / And I'll push it all away / If at the end of the day you are standing with me, who can break us? ⌘ 45.  Blue Jasmine — Kenshi Yonezu  >>  Now, where should we go? Listen, darling, wherever it may be / I'm sure that just having you beside me will make it special... ⌘ 46.  Sangenshoku — YOASOBI  >>  Even if we separate again, ahead of our continuing paths / No matter how many times / If we strongly tie our bonds back together / We can meet again ⌘ 47. Shukufuku — YOASOBI  >>  The fact that you were born in this star / The fact that you will continue living in this world / So that you can love it all, ah- / I give my fullest blessing to you....

ooooooooooo i just thought of a notoriously evil vallite king possessed!gunter idea

florian belanger - gothic literature edition (bold what applies to your character) tagged by @nabaath-areng, tyty! 🖤

strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde

cobblestone streets / lamps shining out of the fog / the warmth of a fireplace / unopened bottles of wine / the tension between what things seem to be and what they truly are / the heady thrill of freedom / panic of losing control / blood on the pavement / guilty vices / top hats and walking sticks / self-destruction / old documents tucked away in safes.

frankenstein, or the modern prometheus

rain hitting a windowpane / candles burning low / mountain ranges with white, snowy tops / frenzied obsession / a cemetery at dusk / slaughterhouses / all-consuming thirst for revenge / compassion turned to bitterness and hatred / a sense of duty weighing on your shoulders / inescapable guilt / the frozen wastes of the arctic circle / the feeling of someone breathing down your neck / lightning sparking through the sky.

the picture of dorian gray

erotic longing / paint on a palette / golden curls and rosy cheeks / the desperation to cling to youth / bees lazily drifting through the grass / hedonism / the blackness of a soul / a dusty attic / hiding secrets / blood pooling on the floorboards / gut-wrenching jealousy / a dimly-lit stage / temptation into corruption.

the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner

cliffs rising up into the clouds / someone ambiguously supernatural always lurking / edinburgh's winding streets / religious zealotry / careful manipulation / family rivalry / a bible written in an indistinguishable language / a face that's always changing and shifting / scottish lairds / something demonic masquerading as something pure.

dracula

letters and diaries / suitors courting a lady / castles nestled deep within forests and mountains / terror of the unknown / the howling of wolves / aristocrats from olden times / a consuming hunger / the dead rising / horses' hooves thundering along a path / blood staining the snow / crucifixes warding off evil.

wuthering heights

fog over the moors / embracing one who is already dead / a cycle of abuse / vicious, snarling dogs / a house left to ruin / a thorn among the roses / toxic love / ghosts / the howling wind / flowers that have died and begun to rot / wasting away / a voice you can't identify.

tagging: uhhh gosh i don't know who's done this so - anyone who wants to! consider yourself tagged. yes that means you. this is a threat. 🖤

thinking about my wol urianger au while i was at work and making myself sad

Broken Pieces Shine: Chapter 1

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV

Relationship: Emet-Selch/Warrior of Light, Azem/Emet-Selch

Tags: Named Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Au Ra Xaela, Suicide, Character Death, Bad Ending, Shadowbringers Spoilers, Lightwarden AU, Depression, Soulmates, Reincarnation, Possession, Body Horror

Summary: The Warrior of Light is out of options, and ventures to the Tempest alone to bargain for her friends' safety.

new outfits for the whole family! (thats batu n thancreds makeshift wedding outfits, n then i just thought i’d give ryne something that fit her personality better + a dataqi poncho because shes adopted into the family)

sticks eyrie in a jar and shakes them

big fan of zenos tbh

OUR SONG OF HOPE, SHE DANCES ON THE WIND, HIGHER OH HIGHER / E'ER OUR VOWS ENDURE, AND REMAIN FOREVER STRONG / STANDING TALL IN THE DARK DO WE CARRY ON

ON WINGS OF HOPE, YOU RISE UP THROUGH THE NIGHT HIGHER, OH HIGHER / CARRYING OUR SONG, CRADLED FAST WITHIN YOUR ARMS / THAT ITS CHORUS MIGHT RING FOR ALL

The sensation of being pushed backwards, weight looming above, hands pawing at clothes trying to reach what lay underneath, sounds of panting and growling, and teeth sinking into his neck. It was just like then, except instead of a dear friend, it was a slavering abomination wearing their face.

an old thing i remembered. idk. idkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

finally wrote a fic about my catgirl and posted it so ffxiv now lives on my ao3