𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢... 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎.
"𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎... 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔..."
There was a cost. Something not upfront, she knew a salesman when she saw one.
She shivered and hugged herself. "Sounds very generous but I know better than to sign contracts without reading them."
𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛.
"𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎... 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢..."
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜.
"𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍... 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖... 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗... 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝... 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎..."
𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢... 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎.
"𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎... 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔..."
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢... 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 HELP..."
𝙸𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋, 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎...
"LISTEN!"
Silvia hardly moved from her spot, shifting her head to take a quick glance amongst those in the makeshift bunker she found herself in. It wasn't often that the Spartan experienced the joy associated with being a direct member of a frontline.
No, she wasn't used to being present in ongoing +
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢... 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 HELP..."
𝙸𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋, 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎...
"LISTEN!"
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖𝚒𝚌, 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎...
𝙰 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖? 𝙽𝙾! 𝙰 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛, 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛...
"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚎... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚎..."
She sighs into the empty room. Exorbitant reaches out a little less tersely than usual.
>> It will be difficult to avoid detection indefinitely.
A nod in affirmation as she leans over a console that now displays the whole of Erde-Tyrene. They did not have long until they -
"𝙳𝚘... 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢..."
𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚔, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖𝚒𝚌, 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎...
𝙰 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖? 𝙽𝙾! 𝙰 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛, 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛...
"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚎... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚎..."
𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛.
"𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎... 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢..."
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜.
"𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍... 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖... 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗... 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝... 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎..."
"He was my other half the father of my children his loss leaves a gaping void that will never fully heal."
She drained the glass way faster than was healthy.
"Are you just my mind playing tricks on me too?"
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎.
𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛.
"𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎... 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢..."
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜.
"𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍... 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖... 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗... 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝... 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎..."
And also Shelby from adventure time is a vibe
What’s the story behind your tag?
And also Shelby from adventure time is a vibe
𝙰𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕.
𝙰𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕.
“ How does a black hole have a social media account? And why follow me of all people?
Oh well! Hello Existential Dread! ”
Since this muse is the only one from anything with actual art, I have to go with this loading screen from Stellaris.
It doesn't have anything to do with the muse, but it's always been one of my favorites in how it captures the sheer scale of the universe you play in in the game.
Since this muse is the only one from anything with actual art, I have to go with this loading screen from Stellaris.
It doesn't have anything to do with the muse, but it's always been one of my favorites in how it captures the sheer scale of the universe you play in in the game.
"𝙰 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕..."
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎..."
"𝙰 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕..."
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎..."
“We get that a lot! Leave the children out of this and choose an adult to sacrifice like a real man, or woman, or whatever you identify as.”
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐..."
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎..."
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐..."
He’s playing dumb, on purpose.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐..."