HER HEART FEELS HEAVY, : EMPATHIC HEART SWALLOWING HIS PAIN WITHOUT A WARNING. it is not everyday either would see the other like this : their time shared together filled with laughter &. genuine smiles, ... yet, 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐋𝐔𝐗𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒, TO BE VULNERABLE WITH SOMEONE. ( &. especially someone who understands. ) bella knows his secrets, just like lewis knows hers. she allows him to brew the words, gaze remaining entirely on him, SORROW GLISTENING WITHIN OCEAN HUES.
SHE WANTS TO BE HASTY WITH HER RESPONSE : TO ALMOST ANGIRLY CLAIM WHAT HE THINKS IS NOT THE TRUTH! ... but, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐃 contains herself, ❝ i understand. ❞ she speaks her truth, though they varied from his experience, countless times had bella felt like SHE BROUGHT NOTHING BUT RUIN, whether it was by speaking up, or not saying anything at all.
( the new girl who ruins what used to be. ) ... SHE DOES NOT DIVE INTO THIS, instead, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. ❝ i can count far more times that you've saved me, saved us. ... you always do. ❞ she holds a pause, ❝ and bad things do happen, despite how careful we are. ❞ slowly, did she turn to him, GENUINE LOOK DECORATING HER FEATURES, LACED THE FOLLOWING WORDS, ❝ you can't be blamed for what happened. ❞
like what? he bites back a dry laugh ------ where should he start? trusting dr. linda denman? trusting himself to stay objective in her presence? she'd blown into his life like a tropical storm and soaked him to the skin in her brilliant, radical ideas; already a pioneer in the marine biology and oceanography fields at twenty four, she'd knocked the breath from him with her innovative mind and luminescent beauty, shook him down to the marrow with each piece of genuine praise she gave him ------ then she'd taken an ideological sharp right after discovering the existence of mermaids ( because of him and his lovestruck ignorance ) and left nothing but destruction in her wake. the nightmares she gave him have mostly settled into the occasional unpleasant dream; but the scent of her vanilla - sandalwood body wash still often lingers in his nose before he fully wakes, reminding him of too - soft hands and too - sharp eyes. his wrists occasionally burn with the memory of the rope she used to restrain him against his will. ------and what about introducing charlotte to the girls? he isn't going to touch the memory of that summer with a five kilometer pole. the list goes on and on. silence stretches out between him and bella like a desolate highway. he's unsure how to give word to all that he's feeling.
“ it just feels like, no matter how good my intentions are, i keep making one mistake after another. sometimes it feels like i can't do anything right ... like i can't stop hurting the people i love. ”
he doesn't mention cleo by name, but she is deeply woven into most of his regrets ------ he knows that it's her he's hurt the most.
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𝐁𝐆𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
a selection of lines from the various companions' banter quotes (not cut scene dialogues!) from baldur's gate 3. these are generally spoiler free and non context specific so they can apply to different settings and dynamics! feel free to change names and the like to customize the prompts.
“Death can't have me. Not yet…”
“Calm yourself. There is plenty of me to go around.”
“Realmspace is vast. Countless worlds to be mapped, kingdoms to be conquered.”
“I have missed this. The adventure. The danger. The kicking of butts!
“Let me guess - you need something.”
“Such attention.. I never realised I was so popular.”
“Let's cook with fire, baby.”
“Do you intend to vocalise every thought?. Or just the most obvious ones?”
“Wherever we go, ye gods let there be something green.”
“Careful, or I will take your toy away from you.”
“Watch your elders and learn.”
“Perhaps try attacking the enemy?”
“So much we don't know, lingering in the furthest reaches of existence.”
“All the world's my stage and you're just a player in it.”
“The shadows are my friend.”
“Yes, yes, have your fun. It isn't you they're trying to kill.”
“Feet planted firmly on Faerûn, please.”
“Admirable stamina, yet terrible priorities.”
“Well you certainly have the 'omnipresent' part down, don't you?”
“I am ready, whatever may come.”
“My faith protects me.”
“Need a throat slitting?”
“Death greets us all - but not today.”
“You need my expertise?”
“Can you feel death's cold grip?”
“So many stars, so many mysteries yet to be discovered.”
“Death comes quietly.”
“And I thought we were going to be friends.”
“Locked tight, but there must be some way to open it.”
“No, you can't die. Get up, damn you!
“You had my attention, now you have my fury.”
“From silence to suffering.”
“So many worlds out there. You'd need a thousand lifetimes to see them all - more.”
“I hope this is important. For your sake.”
“Let them gaze deep into their own abyss, and wonder just what it is they are trying to achieve.”
“I ought to just burn this whole thing down.”
“We have slightly more pressing matters to attend to.”
“You have still have time to surrender.”
“Every kicked buttock, another step on the path.”
“Weave save me. I can't take much more…
“You are right to fear me.”
“Let me look around. Might be something that'll help me crack this thing.”
“Incredible, to think how many worlds exist beyond this tiny speck within a speck I call home.”
“I really wish I could cast a Hold spell on you.”
“I can fawn over my face later.”
“Ready for another round?”
“Keep your blade close.”
“I can't unlock it from here, but there must be a switch or a button somewhere…”
“No, that's not moving. There must be a way to open it somewhere.”
“Battle favours the fearless.”
“Sleep with one eye open, evil. Maybe both.”
“Gotta be something around here to unlock this thing.”
“Why do beautiful people taste better?. It hardly seems fair on the ugly - they have such wonderful personalities.”
“Oh, calm down. I'm happy to see you too.”
“Just go for the Magic Missile and fire away. Never fails.”
“Still standing, no matter what you heard.”
“Enough waiting. I crave blood.”
“Hang on - I won't allow this. You aren't dead, go it?”
“GODS, it's HOT in here!”
“No rest for the wicked, I see.”
“Better to hide than fight, sometimes.”
“Would that I could hide from you, too.”
“Are you feeling lonely, perhaps?”
“There is no right or wrong, only truth.”
“Battle is afoot - you can poke me once we are safe.”
“What good all this ethereal eladrin blood if I can still get pimples?”
“I should've been a drow. They have such stylish armour.”
“I am armed! Armoured! And entirely sick of your foolishness.”
“Let's have some fun.”
“War is an old woman's game.”
“No rest, be you wicked or wise.”
“I'm getting too old for this nonsense.”
“I would poke you back, but I fear that's what you want.”
“You have my attention - now do something with it.”
“You are insistent, are you not?”
“Do what must be done.”
“Your suffering will be spectacular.”
“Lest I sit down for a rest and not rise again.”
“Better to look evil in the eye. Even if it be very small.”
“I'm not built to crouch.”
“I think I could go another round.”
“Always the same old song.”
“Is perfection too much to ask?”
“Eyes on victory, tummy on dinner.”
“So many places to be.. and I chose Baldur's Gate.”
“I'm not opening that. Not from here, at any rate.”
“What is the point, if not victory?”
“Won't last much longer like this.”
“Let's hope the locals are friendly.”
“Let us show them how it's done.”
“Weapons high. Standards higher.”
“Must everyone be so exhausting?”
“What I would not give for a chunk of fresh honeycomb…”
“Which way to the nearest library?”
“Now this is my happy place.”
“Who shall I silence?”
“Stop, or die.”
“Wear your scars proudly.”
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IT IS THE SMALL MOMENTS LIKE THESE, THAT SHOULD BE TREASURED, : &. WITH ALL HER HEART, SHE DOES! it is easy to take such things for granted, when one can live forever, when one is able to choose at when to flow into the aetherial sea. ... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐌? it was easy to say she, very much like her predecessor, were different. ( THE VERY REASON THE TITLE OF AZEM SHOULD FALL UPON THEM. ) ❝ i doubt that as well. ❞ &. SHE AS HER DUTY HAS TRAVELED FAR BEYOND MANY REALMS ... she believes she would have crossed paths with such person. not even she, nor her colleagues can withstand everything alone, 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓.
( countless times had she used her ability to summon, to call upon her friends, who always answered. ) she only hoped wil would feel this way too ... for should she call, sarastus would answer. NO MATTER HER STRUGGLE!
BUT CLOUDS ARE ALLOWED TO PASS, : THE SUN'S RADIANCE FULLY VISIBLE. every darkened thought cast away, 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓. radiant gaze follows their figure, smile stretching just a bit further, ... ❝ you're correct, we must be due for a different topic. ❞ AN ANGELIC LAUGH OF HER OWN, azem's cloak settles smoothly as she stands up.
❝ how about you show me around the farm? i would love to see how everything has progressed. it has been quite some time after my last visit, after all. ❞
their companion's words bring wil back in time , back to when they were fighting and felt that they were alone ——— surrounded by those they still call friends , but crying interally , wilting without notice. sometimes they still wonder how these friends let so many petals fall from them. how nobody ever noticed they were withering until someone else took them away , watered and nutured them back to life. until a god herself reached out and took wil into her arms. they shouldn't have felt that alone in a group. they shouldn't have felt that alone at all ——— they understand that now. and yet: they can't bear to hold their friends to hard feelings. they're too bonded , been through too much together for wil to disregard it in defense of their sadness.
anyways , there are other friends to be made , friends who will see them. friends like sarastus , who brings an extra beam of sunlight to the farm with every visit , who seems to understand them better than anyone has. ❛❛ i don't think such a person exists , who is strong enough to fight on their own. if they do , they're certainly not me. ❜❜ a quiet giggle , and wil pats the hand their's rests atop of before pulling it away , looking ready to spring to their feet. ❛❛ now then ——— what would you like to do today ? besides sit here and talk about the burdens of life , that is. i feel like im being a very gloomy host. ❜❜
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