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didderd · 7 months

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i had a sleep paralysis nightmare this morning.

so i decided to make content out of it 👍

but really, sometimes if i'm not feeling well, i daydream about one of the characters i simp really like helping/comforting me.

n this time i started daydreaming about Nightmare comforting me. bc this was the worst sleep paralysis i ever had, and it left me feeling on edge for a bit after waking up. (i don't usually get nightmare-ish sleep paralysis)

n so i decided to make it into a little Nightmare x reader drabble where reader has a sleep paralysis nightmare, based on the one i had this morning.

this goes from horror to fluff real quick lmao. hope yall like it! :>

if you want to skip the sleep paralysis, go straight to the pink sentence!

(tw: sleep paralysis. sleep paralysis demon.)

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You're laying in bed, with half of your vision blocked by the hood of your jacket. All you can see is your bed.

You go to lift your hood.

But you can't move.

But you feel your arms move.

You feel yourself move to grab your hood. As heavy as it may feel, you're sure you did it.

But your hood is still there.

You don't see your hand.

Panic wells up in your stomach. You can't move. You can't see.

Gathering the little strength you have in your groggy state, you try to push yourself into a sitting position.

Again, you feel yourself scoot up the wall behind you.

But you don't see anything change.

Your vision feels frozen.

Closing your eyes, you try again to push your hood up.

When you open them, you can see your hand grabbing your hood.

But your hood is still there. and your hand is frozen in place. even though you feel it at your side again.

It's like your vision is broken.

But closing your eyes helped?

You close your eyes, and attempt to push yourself up again.

Opening your eyes, you think you're sitting up now. at least a little bit.

You close your eyes again and attempt once more to push your hood off your head.

It's off your head. You feel it on your neck.

When you open your eyes, you're laying down and your hood is blocking half your vision.

You try again.

You're sitting up. You can see your room.

You can see your window.

Something passes by your window. A shadowy figure. It looked humanoid, but were those antlers?

You're scared.

It happens again.

Your mother is in the room now. You're trying to ask for help, but she seems confused, and you can't get the words out.

She's standing near the window. Not too close, but you're scared.

Something. someone. appears at the window. but not outside it. They're inside.

Their eyes are wide, and they have an unsettling smile. Something about them seems deeply wrong.

You try to scream, and point at them to alert your mother.

Nothing but air comes out.

When your mother turns around, she only seems more confused. She doesn't see them.

Are you hallucinating?

You see something else in the corner of your eye. A dark figure.

You turn your head to look at it.

... Nightmare?

It's Nightmare. He's standing at the foot of your bed. Looking at you with a calm, yet concerned expression.

You remember you'd been living in his castle for a while now. This is your room in the castle... So why is your mother here?

Looking back, your mother and the unsettling person is gone.

Everything seems clearer. You feel like you can move better.

You look back at Nightmare as he walks closer. "Nightmare?" You spoke. You can speak again.

He stops next to you and places a hand on your head, comfortingly petting your hair. "You are safe. It is only sleep paralysis." His tone is soft, made to comfort you, and it works. You feel some of the fear melt away. You feel protected.

"Sleep paralysis?" You remember what it is, and it makes sense, but you ask anyways.

"Yes." He leans down and places the hand not petting your hair on your chest, just below your collar bones. "You should wake up now."

Everything fades out.

And you open your eyes.

Nightmare is sitting in a chair next to your bed, with a hand on your forehead. He'd pushed the hood off your eyes while you were asleep.

He opens his eye a second after you, and smiles warmly. "There you are."

You blink up at him, but immediately decide not to do that again, as the fear of falling back in runs through you. Instead, you decide to sit up, and Nightmare retreats his hand as you do, looking slightly more concerned, as he likely noticed your fear.

He places the same hand on your back to rub soothingly, and leans a bit closer, using the other to gently guide your chin to look at him. "Don't worry. You are safe.. I'm here." His words are firm, but so gentle.

Your face is warm at how intimate his hand on your chin feels, and his very smooth and handsome voice in your ears, yet it also helps so much to relax you and make you feel safe.

Half to distract from the warmth in your face, even though he's definitely noticed, judging by how his expression turns more smug than concerned, and half out of genuine curiosity, you finally speak. "Um... was that- was that really you in my dream?"

It seems to work to distract him as he answers. Moving his hand from your chin to tuck some hair out of your face as he does so.

"Darling, that wasn't a dream, that was a nightmare." His expression regains a bit of concern for a moment as he pauses, but it's gone before he speaks again. "But yes, that was me. I'd felt your fear as I was passing by your room, and when I came in, I saw that you were having a nightmare, so I decided to lend my aid." His hand had moved from your hair once he was done righting it, and is now resting on the bed, next to your thigh.

"I'm sure you know of my ability to enter and control dreams and nightmares. Sleep paralysis is no different. I was happy to help you out of yours, little shadow." His smile is fond as he raises his hand once more to cup your cheek, and rub his thumb over it, leaning a little closer as he does.

Your cheeks feel warm again, at how close he is, and how gentle his hand is on your cheek. You can't help the urge to lean into his touch, and so you don't even try to fight it, placing your hand over his as you lean into it.

Even though you know you weren't in any real danger, you still feel like he saved you. You're grateful to him. You're not sure how to repay him, but you do know what you so badly want to do in this moment.

Placing your free hand over his collar bone and lightly grip at his sweater, you lean a bit closer to his face, and look down at his mouth. but you stop there and look to the side.

You retreat that bit you'd just leaned in, your face feeling much warmer now. You don't know what you're doing. Maybe your lack of good sleep gave you too much confidence. As if The Guardian of Negativity would want to kiss you. What were you thinkin-

Nightmare chuckles. You look back at him with widened eyes.

His smug expression is mixed with that of fondness... You sometimes forget that he can basically read your mind... Fuck.

You look away again. Your face feels like it's burning.

But you quickly look back when he gets much. much closer. His hand moving from your cheek to the side of your neck, and brushing into the hair on the back of your head, while his other hand slides down your back to the lower half.

He chuckles again, no doubt at how red your face is, and your shocked expression. "Darling, if you thought I wouldn't want to kiss you just as bad as you want to kiss me right now, you'd be sorely mistaken.~" He just about purrs, inches from your mouth.

The hairs on your neck and arms stand as he speaks, and both your hands ball into his sweater over his chest. You didn't think you could get warmer, but you do.

His cheeks are looking a little flushed too as the lid over his socket lowers, and he looks down at your lips, before slowly, and gently closing the gap.

It's a very tender and loving kiss. Not what you were expecting coming from him, but it's amazing.

You lean into it the moment the shock melts away. You feel like you're melting in his arms.

After another long, blissful moment, he pulls away, before picking you up to move you over and make room for him on your bed, and climbs in next to you.

Once he's laid down, he pulls you close again, and combs through your hair, nuzzling your face, before sighing into your cheek, and then kissing it. "You make me soft..."

You're so full of warm feelings right now, it's almost overwhelming, and you hope it's not overwhelming for him. It's all so hard to believe, but seems so genuine. More genuine than you'd ever seen Nightmare. To think he'd let his guard down so much with you.

You almost let out a giddy giggle as you bury your warm face in his sweater, just under his chin, and he wraps his arm tighter around you, using one of his tentacles to pull your blanket over both of you.

As you lay comfortable and warm in his arms, feeling his chest rise and fall against you with his breath, you start to feel yourself falling back to sleep. You forget you even had that nightmare before all this.

The last thing you hear and feel before you're asleep again is Nightmare placing a kiss on the top of your head and speaking, almost in a whisper.

"Goodnight, little shadow."

#had to hold myself back from turning this suggestive lmao #wanted it to jus b fluff so ppl who don't like suggestive can enjoy it to :>#nightmare feels a bit out of character here #but that could just be bc out of context. him being super soft to someone seems vry out of character lmao #reader makes him feel soft and mushy inside #n he's finally letting that out wif cuddles :3 #i thought abt making it rice bc this feels more in character for him #but yall barley know rice lmao if at all #don't even have his design out. so ye #nightmare x reader #i rly like the 'little shadow' nickname for nightmare's reader -v-)#nightmare sans #dreamtale #undertale #undertale au #sleep paralysis #didderd writes #the person in the nightmare with the unsettling smile actually looked kinda like chucky the doll but with like. an adults body #i was gonna kinda describe that. but this felt like it kept the pacing better :p

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unsat-and-strange · 6 months

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jonny d'villes heart ticks audibly. the crew can hear it during the few and far between quiet moments on board the aurora. it's so steady, tick tick tick, a reminder that he is there and they are all alive together, never speeding up or slowing down. sometimes they joke about using it as a metronome during practice.

jonnys heart ticks. he can hear it every waking moment. tick tick tick. it never slows down, even in the deepest sleep according to the rest of the crew. it never speeds up even when his blood is more adrenaline then actual blood, times when normal peoples hearts would be racing. whether he's laughing his ass off or terrified for his life (I guess old habits die hard?) it. never. speeds. up. sometimes it's fine, he can ignore it but there are days when the constant tick tick tick tick tick tick tick is too much. the days when he has to drown out the sound with gunfire and screams or music loud enough to make his ears bleed. some days even that barely cuts it and he debates putting a bullet in his head just to make it quiet for a few hours. the rest of the crew has gotten pretty good at recognizing those days, and they know how to help him get through them, just like he knows how to help his crew through their bad days. nastya will bring him into the near deafening engine room and theyll play with power tools until their hands are covered in grease and grit, or Tim will sit him down on a speaker and play the bass so loud the whole ship can feel it, or Marius and raphaella will tell him about unethical medical practices they've witnessed/performed or Brian will just hold him close until the rhythms of the metal man's body distract from the tick tick tick tick of his own heart. the constant tick of immortality is loud. jonny can't deny his luck in finding a crew that is almost always louder.

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ponkersworld · 2 months

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Wow dreams suck actually you people do this shit every night???? Fr???

#either they scary as fuck and you wake up feeling unsettled #or they're better than your actial life and you wake up feeling even more miserable #fuck my subconscious fr

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carpisuns · 11 months

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i cant believe I used to be so scared of the depths lol. I was like ok well I don’t like it down there on account of the Heebie Jeebies so I will only do what’s required to finish the main story and no more!! I am not interested in activating all the light roots bc I’m not gonna spend any more time in Creeptopia than i have too!! omg why is the underside of korok forest so scary I’m gonna cry. ughhh do i really I have to follow master kohga everywhere?? the statue lines are so long and also I have to pass so many easily avoidable enemies 😓😓😓

But now I’m like oooHh imma go to the depths!!! and have a funky little time down there! How many more lightroots can I get today?? Maybe I’ll fight a silver gloom lynel!! oh check it that enemy camp has tons of zonaite let’s gooo! Bruh there’s queen gibdo lets fight her again that would be fun! oh silly yiga hehehe thanks for the new schema<3 hey I haven’t fought a blue white frox yet let’s get him! I don’t feel like walking around this gloom so eh I’ll just heal at the next lightroot. this stalhorse is my new best friend. Hey Sidon do I look sexy in this depths armor

#totk #loz #idk maybe it’s bc I already fought the demon king and nothing can be scarier than that lol #or maybe it’s bc I have a lot more hearts now than when i first came to the depths #and much better weapons and armors #maybe it’s just bc I am used to it so the music is cool now instead of unsettling #tbh it’s probably all of it lol #mine

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irkendogma · 4 months

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couple of wettening dibs grabbed during a server watchparty

#iz dib #i have a weird fondness for the more understated off-kilter ways characters emote in the early eps #particularly because it makes dib feel a lot more unsettling than he comes off later and imo matches zim's energies better

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un-re-pression · 8 months

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why the hell would Miss Minutes program "love Kang" into herself 😭??? why does she, as a talking microwave, have the capacity for feelings. I KNOW they're not gonna get into it but

someone is fucjing pranking Kang by leaving a "yandere" setting on his and Renslayer's literal third wheel

perfect circle coming soon to your DMs

#loki #loki spoilers #did she study unsettling cartoon expressions bitch this is intentional #...#ok honestly. i can see perfectly well how 'love' might be something she explored to get better at assisting #and she'd eventually want a body so he could get just as attached to her #hfhjfjd #im just barking around coz i love explanations and i know I'm not getting any MORE

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fairyroses · 9 months

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did you watch the Shattered/Asylum Talkville episodes? 👀

Yes I did! I'm really sorry, I've been meaning to send you all my notes/highlights from the Shattered pod ep like I promised I would, but my last semester of grad school started like 2.5 weeks ago and I've just been massively overwhelmed since then. 😭

Tbh, you could probably watch the full Shattered pod if you wanted, it was a pretty good ep for Talkville standards. The biggest highlight was probably Michael saying that the moment where Lex sees Clark use his powers for the first time is his favorite Lex moment in the series (especially in terms of his own performance)—he's clearly really proud of this episode and I think that made the pod better in general. Also Lionel gets called an evil bastard a couple of times, Tom points out how we all feel bad for Lex by the end of the episode, and Al Gough calls the Clex relationship "the focal point of the series." Other stuff happens too ofc, but I'd say those were my top moments.

The Asylum pod was... less good, IMO—like, it wasn't bad I guess, but some stuff def left me feeling kinda frustrated, so I wouldn't really recommend that you watch that one askldfsk (I could probably skim through it again and collect some highlights from it if you want, though)

#this is like a quick and dirty summary of my 'shattered' notes but hopefully it's better than nothing??#(also I hope it's okay posting this ask publicly but I know that at least one other person was interested in these pod highlights)#anyway the only thing in the 'shattered' pod that made me a bit frustrated was that none of the guys really seemed to 'get' the scene #where lex sings to the blanket while thinking that it's julian #like rather than being emotionally impacted by it they mostly just thought it was odd and unsettling #which makes me wonder if the rest of us are influenced by the retroactive context provided by 'memoria' when we rewatch 3x08 #because once you know the full backstory that 3x08 scene is soooo haunting and devastating #but maybe without that context it just feels kinda jarring and out of place?? idk #oh and I wish the guys would've talked way more about clark and lex's dynamic in both of these eps #they spent more time dissecting the lex and lionel stuff which like... valid I guess #but these are some of THEE clex eps and yet you wouldn't really know it from listening to the pods. sigh.#asks #lexkent #should I tag this?? ehhh I guess...#smallville #talkville

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leomonae · 6 months

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Cool, I'm getting pissed off about Sarevok's portrayal in BG3 again, thanks to having been reminded of Tamoko. In particular, of Sarevok going to bury her in the epilogue as the one who'd been the love of his life, after his ambition and thirst for godhood led to her leaving him and him getting her killed in response. If you trace back that bloodlust and overwhelming anger to Bhaal's influence, considering how in his second life where he's no longer such a slave to his nature he regrets what he did and grieves for her, the idea that he'd ever go and choose to worship Bhaal after that just becomes absolutely infuriating.

#baldur's gate 3 #hyperfixation ahoy #sarevok anchev #tamoko bg1 #my poor maligned murderbaby deserved better #yes there are some distinctly unsettling implications here re intimate partner violence #but bhaal #so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt in this ONE instance #the treatment of the topic could really have been done more carefully and sensitively though #twenty years ago or not

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13eyond13 · 1 year

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how would dn be if misa misa was light's celebrity crush?

Super hard for me to picture this, hahaha. But I THINK that Light would stop having a crush on Misa once she kinda started stalking him, maybe? At least in the manga. I think the way she approached him was a huge red flag and a turn-off for Light. He gets uncomfortable when people are that forward in a super bold way that makes a ton of overly friendly assumptions with him. I think he honestly could've been much warmer to and better friends with Misa in canon if she had been a little less desperate and pushy with the way she introduced herself to him.

#i think for example he liked how L approached him much better because it was way more #push and pull and unsettling and ambiguous?#not just like HI I LOVE YOU AND WILL KILL ANYONE ELSE YOU DATE WILL YOU BE MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR #light's like a house cat you have to let him sort of come to you #ask #anon #misa amane #light yagami #p

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neverendingford · 3 months

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#tag talk #watching/listening to criminal minds while patching a pair of jeans.#and idk. I really hate sounding like a quirky special not like other girls snowflake lock tumbler #but like. idk when you've learned to hide all the weird things about you that unsettle other people it's weird to see them called out #learning what parts of yourself to hide to appear normal. learning how to create your mask to blend in with society.#idk. having a not-unintelligent someone tell me recently I sound like a sociopath and that they're a little worried about being around me?#that kind of fucks me up. having my roommate tell me he locks his door at night because he's afraid of me at night.#idk. I'm on new mood stabilizers and I do feel the chemical restraint part of it. the suppression of a part of myself.#it's just that the part it's suppressing is a part I've tried to kill for a very long time.#the harm isn't about pain it's about suppressing energy. it's about shutting down the uncontrollable part #idk we'll see how the meds pan out long term. Hopefully I feel more normal on it.#I don't feel like the suppression is shutting down something that is myself. I feel like it's shutting down an intrusive parasite.#this isn't a part of me I've ever wanted to be. I hate being the clown. I hate being the goof. the quirky idiot #I feel better when I'm more calm. I'm more controlled. I can control the part of me that feels compelled to do weird shit.#idk. I don't like being a freak. I don't like being a nutjob. I can handle having a part of me being cold as long as it's controlled.#we'll see.

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witchblade · 8 months

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i hate that bioshock infinite isn't scary :( like atmospherically

#i can barely remember bs2 but there are so many nauseatingly tense parts in 1 #and the lighting was better but infinite isnt awful. the zealot area in particular was disappointing #though i think it will get more unsettling after you lose elizabeth again.. in the future zone

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solarisgod · 5 months

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Re : Prev reblogged post - As an amnesic, seeing those extreme details squeezed in a singular journal page is genuinely so nauseating for me to look at as I have done something similar for different cases ( study notes for open book tests; it's crazy I could fit so much info in a page or even half of it ), but by the stars, if it's not one of the most Micahcore ever.

#ASK TO TAG CW #AMNESIA CW #///#//#/#𓁹 ༑ ࿐ྂ ⩇⩇ : ⩇⩇ ⚠︎ [ 𝙴𝚇𝙸(𝚂)𝚃 : 𝙶𝙾𝙳 ] * ‹ THOUGHTS . ›#𓁹 ༑ ࿐ྂ ⩇⩇ : ⩇⩇ ⚠︎ [ 𝙴𝚇𝙸(𝚂)𝚃 : 𝙶𝙾𝙳 ] * ‹ MICAH . ›#[ Micah being so stressed out about and frustrated with their amnesia when xe was around eleven and ]#[ xe started journaling EVERY single thing that would happen in xyr life down ]#[ to have that connection with xemself and xyr life despite the blackouts and time blindness ]#[ as well as to have some sense of understanding with what did happen ]#[ when xe ' wasn't there ' ( doesn't remember those events via amnesia itself or because a different Starwaker fronted ) ]#[ and there's a point when xe was fourteen - fifteen ]#[ where xyr entries became more unsettling and upsetting to read ( for others ) and doing more self harm than good ]#[ before xyr adoptive parents had to guide xem to journal in a healthier way ]#[ and xe continues memory journalling until university graduation at twenty one ; xe does scrapbooks rather than just writing itself ]#[ I have. so many thoughts on xyr fears in the lack of self control and of the knowing in xemself ]#[ of having little to no free will ]#[ but what I'm trying to say is Micah used to journal xyr days in ways that were intense and self-consuming before now xe's better at how ]#[ xe processes xyr day and write it down with a clear and opening mind ]#[ while being more forgiving to xemself with xyr memories and memory capabilities ]

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caramel-mousse · 2 years

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This is completely brought on by the last post but it really bugs me when people are so insistent that a story needs Monsters or Extra Terrestrial Beings to be scary.

The two examples used were Infinite Ikea and the Backrooms but like. At very least to me the addition of monsters just makes the story go from really good to fucking boring so quickly.

The horror is being stuck in an overly familiar place that you would expect to have an exit and being unable to find one. It's being seemingly infinitely lost in a place you would normally be able to traverse with no issues. It's like... weaponizing the familiarity of places you know and making what was once thought to be safe, possibly dangerous.

You put a monster in it and you just turn that whole idea into just "What if you were in the Minotaurs labyrinth would that be fucked up or what"

#unnecessary hill to die on #yadda yadda yadda #i think when a monster in a setting like this works vs doesnt work is when it ADDS to the mystery versus possibly provides an explanation #like the type of backrooms monster that doesnt work is one thats visible. at all really #like idk if it was a part of the original post or i saw elsewhere but a concept i saw for a backrooms monster i liked was #one where you only heard whatever monster it was chasing/stalking you. you did not sed it you dont know what it is. but you know to run #because it ADDS questions! 'what the fuck is that' 'where am i' 'why is it here' 'why am *I* here' - fantastic! unsettling! uneasy!#monster is [killer office worker/killer hotel staff/aliens] - oh its [haunted office/haunted hotel/some alien experiment or something]#<- while not DIRECTLY giving an answer as to why you could make up reasons to explain it. which makes it known which isnt as scary #but like. the questions have to kinda coherent to? like 'killer santa in infinite ikea' just sounds ridiculous. youre just thinking 'huh??'#i think if you wanted to make the employee monsters in infinite ikea more interesting theyd work better if they seemed normal until night #bc having them always be monsterous kind of immediately sets the tone to horror instead of a buid up?#like you go into the establishment. see this Too Tall guy with no face and go ''welp. im fucked''#instead of the build up of what you thought was normal to be not normal #im getting tired thinking too much imma quit now

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stories-by-rie · 1 year

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127 try once more like you did before

it is time for another thing for @flashfictionfridayofficial, minor warning for mentioned smoking, other than that it's actually very lighthearted i think, 780 words, hope you have fun <3

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Someone too close was smoking too much. Usually Rabea was not that deep in someone else’s business--if they want to smoke, they can smoke! But this had to be the fiftieth cigar this evening because the smoke was actually clouding the tavern’s room and the whole atmosphere got a kind of mysterious that was too dramatic even for her tastes. Which really meant something, considering she sat in the darkest corner, the hood of her cloak covering half her face in shadows.

All she wanted to do was to get a tiny break before setting out into The Forest again, but perhaps journeying to the sea was a better idea, to get her lungs cleaned out by the salty ocean air. Actually, it seemed like a better idea the more she thought about it. A change in scenery had never hurt anyone and, sure, she had that one hire to venture into The Forest and destroy the wall’s gate and obtain a book from the library behind it that may or may not be cursed, but her client was immortal so a little vacation should be in it. Right?

Rabea just got ready to leave when the door opened and a group of young travellers came in. It was impossible not to overhear their conversation and who was Rabea to deny her ears.

“I followed the manual to the T”, one of them proclaimed. “My sword is polished, the tinctures are correctly labelled and my water bottles filled. There is nothing that could go wrong.”

“Did you also work through the chapter “Waterfalls and Other Sopping Escapades”? I mean, we’re going into The Forest, how many bodies of water could we possibly encounter?” another wondered.

“Well, I mean I skimmed it and I know the gist, so I consider myself well prepared, still”, the first one said.

Rabea took a deep breath and instantly lapsed into a coughing fit. Those younglings were about to see the last of their days.

“Very reasonable”, another mumbled, “I also skipped the chapter about fighting fire witches. Everyone knows those live near volcanoes, there’s no way we’re going to encounter one.”

The rest of the group agreed in different tones of mumbles and Rabea felt herself nearly cringe to death. It would be an embarrassing end, but surely everyone would see its inevitability. Fate truly was the cruellest of all.

“If I may be so bold to interrupt”, Rabea boldly interrupted with a raspy voice that made her sound at least another 430 years older, “but I happen to have ventured into The Forest before and I cannot recommend the chapter about fighting fire witches enough.”

The group turned towards her, eyeing her with suspicious gazes and one or two blanching faces.

“Oh shit, are there truly fire witches in The Forest?”, one of them asked with a thin voice.

“Well, not exactly, but there definitely are burning bog snakes and handling them roughly works the same way as handling fire witches”, Rabea replied. Not that anyone had given her that advice when she had walked into The Forest the first time, but she was a great supporter of shared and free knowledge. So.

Suddenly each and every one of them had burning questions (well, not that kind of burning) about The Forest and Rabea found herself answering them all with enormous professionalism backed by her own experiences.

“Who even are you?” one of them asked with an impressed spark in her eyes.

“Me? I am Rabea.”

“Rabea the Ruthless?” one cried and suddenly, the whole group looked again as if they were ready to bolt out of the tavern.

“I? Don’t know?” Had she gained a moniker while she had been trying to conquer The Forest? Why had no one told her about this?

“Rabea the Ruthless who is known for slaying even the greatest beast, who has ventured into The Forest countless times and remained victorious no matter how many times she tried? Who ruthlessly goes against anyone in her way? That Rabea?”

Well. That sounded somewhat more dramatic than she had expected. With great flourish, she pulled back her cloak’s hood.

“Maybe? I sure have been in The Forest quite a lot. But only because I keep failing at my mission? So I am really not certain if that holds up to anyone’s expectations.”

The group stared at her now with a mixture of wonder and fear.

“If even Rabea the Ruthless keeps failing, how are we supposed to even make it behind the first line of trees?” the biggest of the group cried pitifully.

Rabea took a coughing sigh. It seemed like the ocean would have to wait.

#writeblr #my writing #writing community #flash fiction #the fact that i wrote again is weird after such a long break #the fact that it is already friday again is actually deeply unsettling who allowed time to pass and may i have a word #i find myself absolutely hilarous i cannot stress it enough #but i sure as hell can stress myself more and go through my 500+ memory cards #this text has been brought to you by the inspiration i gained from the group chat convo i was part of an hour ago #(title stolen from abba's chiquitita because some of us have songs stuck in their heads okay)#(the title has nothing to do with the story but it's better than no title)#i actually think this is the best thing i wrote since brunhilde #probably exists in the same universe actually i see now that it would fit #*gasp*#what if the wall rabea wants to break through is bruno's tomb #wait no i have to study for uni aaaah #127 #try once more like you did before

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