It’s quiet for once. Very few members of the Resistance are awake at this hour, mostly limited to the night watch and a single man alone in the lab. He has papers spread across the desk, and seems to have dozed off sitting there.
[Askbox is now open]
New future!AU Gip reference!
If anyone’s interested I’ve started a Half Life related ask blog featuring an AU version of Gip over at @observational-study! Not much up there yet but I’ll hopefully get things rolling soon :) I’ve also got a related prequel fic on ao3!
If anyone’s interested I’ve started a Half Life related ask blog featuring an AU version of Gip over at @observational-study! Not much up there yet but I’ll hopefully get things rolling soon :) I’ve also got a related prequel fic on ao3!
If anyone’s interested I’ve started a Half Life related ask blog featuring an AU version of Gip over at @observational-study! Not much up there yet but I’ll hopefully get things rolling soon :) I’ve also got a related prequel fic on ao3!
navigating murky waters.
for muses who have drawn lines, and are trying to figure out where those lines exactly are. (or just for people who see a line they think could start something fun!)
- “Can I play with your hair?”
- “Is this okay?”
- “I don’t want to hurt you.”
- “Can we stay like this?”
- “Please. Just for tonight.”
- “Are we… breaking the rules?”
- “No, no, no, no. Hey. To hell with the rules.”
- “Come home.”
- “Hey, [petname].”
- “Is this enough?”
- “Stay.”
- “Don’t… don’t do that.”
- “You think this doesn’t hurt me, too?”
- “You deserve more than this.”
- “You didn’t sign up for this. For me.”
- “When… uh, when did you get a boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other?”
- “I didn’t realise we still weren’t…”
- “I screwed up. I’m sorry.”
- “The– I – I shouldn’t have kissed you.”
- “I hate this.”
- “You feel so far away. Just ‘cause we decided you are.”
- “This is always a place you can come to.”
- “I am always going to want you here.”
- “Don’t tell [name].”
- “Hey… c'mere.”
- “You are someone I care about.”
- “In another life, do you think… we could have…?”
- “You are safe with me.”
spot-the-muse starter prompts
muses being able (or forced) to see/watch each other is a great way to start or set up interactions. these are a set of visible prompts that might work as premises for starters. feel free to specify which muse is watching and which muse is experiencing the prompt!
send a number for a starter where one muse watches the other….
- being strangled
- being hit on by someone they’re uninterested in
- crawling out of an alley somewhere
- getting soaked as a passing car drives through a puddle
- dancing/standing in the rain
- defending the other muse physically or verbally
- talking about the other muse with someone else (and they don’t think the other muse is listening)
- sleeping in the grass in a park
- returning the last copy of a library book the other muse wanted to borrow
- trying and failing to eat a messy meal without making a mess
- tripping up a staircase
- doing their job particularly well
- realising they can’t pay for their coffee at a cafe
- missing their stop on public transport
- sighing as their phone runs out of charge when they really needed it to get home
- defending themselves physically or verbally
- needing help
- asking someone else for help and not getting it
- wrapping up (or trying to hide) a wound
- passing out (or about to pass out)
- interacting with a scared animal
- sacrificing/giving up something they wanted, so that someone else can have it
- having a nightmare
- drowning
- attempting to escape a disastrous blind date
trauma (part 2)
trigger warnings apply for … well, trauma. no specific trauma listed but post includes mentions of: reporting trauma, PTSD, self-blaming, and self-doubt.
- “It wasn’t your fault.”
- “You didn’t do anything to provoke them.”
- “You should have been believed the first time.”
- “I don’t think it matters how you reacted.”
- “Did you report it?”
- “You’re the expert about it. It was your experience.”
- “What aren’t you telling me?”
- “Something’s hurting you. Talk to me.”
- “Do you want me to help you make a report?”
- “It can take years for PTSD symptoms to develop. A few months isn’t abnormal.”
- “And you did that… alone?”
- “’I survived it’ isn’t usually what you say about positive experiences.”
- “How long has it been a problem?”
- “Do you want me to come to the hospital/psychologist/etc with you?”
- “… Well. Fuck them.”
- “That wasn’t fair.”
- “You’re a good person, you know.”
- “What you did before or during or after it doesn’t matter. It still shouldn’t have happened.”
- “I’m not here to judge you. I just want to help.”
my muse has been missing for three days, and has just escaped/been found/etc. send “Hello?” for what my muse says in their first phonecall to yours, when they finally get access to a phone.
𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒
❛ all the sudden i got a random burst of energy, and i think it’s my body’s last hurrah before it completely shut down. ❜
❛ i’m not superstitious… but i am a little stitious. ❜
❛ when someone points at your black clothes and asks whose funeral it is, having a look around the room and saying ‘haven’t decided yet’ is typically a good response. ❜
❛ not trying to brag or anything, but i can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so… ❜
❛ i came out here to attack people and i’m honestly having such a good time right now. ❜
❛ fool me once, i’m gonna kill you. ❜
❛ i feel confident in my ability to continue not knowing what is going on.
❛ died and came back as a cowboy, i call that reintarnation. ❜
❛ you can’t wake up if you never got to sleep. ❜
❛ you can de-escalate any situation by simply saying, ‘are we about to kiss?’ ❜
❛ you seem familiar, have i threatened you before? ❜
❛ some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice i’m willing to make. ❜
❛ if i can’t cause tiny bits of chaos every day, i think my body will shut down. ❜
❛ theater kids are just choir kids who joined forces with the band and strings kids. ❜
❛ i am very small and i have no money, so you can imagine the kind of stress that i’m under. ❜
❛ maybe the true treasure was friendship all along. but i hope not, because i can’t spend friendship on new clothes. ❜
❛ okay stop asking me if i’m straight, gay, bi, whatever. i identify as a fucking threat. ❜
❛ i’m usually that person who has no idea what’s going on. ❜
❛ what doesn’t kill me should run, because now i’m fucking pissed. ❜
❛ my life isn’t as glamorous as my wanted poster makes it look like. ❜
❛ i’m sick and tired of being called 'mortal’ like, you don’t know that. neither do i. i have never died even once. nothing has been proven yet. stop making assumptions. ❜
❛ if you can’t beat them, dress better than them. ❜
❛ 'person of interest’ is almost too flattering. ❜
❛ drink your school, stay in drugs, and get 8 hours of drugs. ❜
❛ physically, yes, i could fight a bird. but emotionally? imagine the toll. ❜
❛ you’ll have a hard time believing this because it never happens but i made a mistake. ❜
❛ my expectations were low but holy fuck. ❜
❛ well, well, well… if it isn’t my old friend: the dawning realization that i fucked up bad. ❜
❛ dear friend, your gift this year… is me. that’s right, another year of friendship. your membership has been renewed. ❜
❛ i’ve come to a point in my life where i need a stronger word than fuck. ❜
❛ i have met some of the most insufferable people. but they also met me. ❜
❛ new year, same me. because i’m perfect. ❜
❛ just because i’m too short to reach the lowest self in the cabinet doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch out for your kneecaps. ❜
❛ forgive me father, for i have sinny-sin-sinned. ❜
❛ so apparently the 'bad vibes’ i’ve been feeling are actually severe psychological distress. ❜
❛ with great power comes great need to take a nap. wake me up later. ❜
❛ behold, the field in which i grow my fucks! lay thine eyes upon it, and thou shalt see that it is barren! ❜
❛ sometimes i’ll start a sentence and i don’t even know where it’s going. i just hope i find it along the way. ❜
❛ i was born for politics. i have great hair and i love lying. ❜
❛ schrödinger’s cat is overrated. if you wanna see something that’s ❛ both dead and alive you can talk to me any time of the day. ❜