Shadow Wings

the gifted

❝  i don’t know how much longer i can keep this up.  ❞

❝  just wait—  i can do this.  ❞

❝  it has to be me.  no one else can do this.  ❞

❝  i dunno why i can do these things.  i figure i might as well do something with them that matters.  ❞

❝  i must have these abilities for a reason right?  ❞

❝  i don’t believe in that destiny bullshit.  but i do know i shouldn’t waste what i’ve been given.  ❞

❝  why does everyone expect me to be a hero just because i have some powers i didn’t ask for?  ❞

❝  they’re mine.  i get to decide what to do with them.  ❞

❝  i’m still a person!  they all look at me like i’m some intangible being who will save them.  i’m just one person.  ❞

❝  i can’t do this on my own.  i need help.  ❞

❝  i’m okay—  it just tires me out sometimes.  ❞

❝  get back!  i could hurt you.  ❞

❝  i could’ve killed you!  ❞

❝  i’m sorry…i didn’t mean for any of this to happen. ❞

❝  i was only trying to help.  ❞

❝  i tried to stay out of it but…you don’t understand what it’s like to have the ability to make things different.  it’s impossible to sit back and do nothing.  ❞

❝  i did nothing before and people died.  ❞

❝  last time i tried to help i just made shit worse.  ❞

❝  i thought this was a gift but all i do is hurt people.  ❞

❝  i can help—  let me help.  ❞

❝  i don’t want this anymore.  i just wanna be normal.  ❞

❝  everyone always wants something from me.  ❞

❝  everyone wants things from me and i don’t mind—  i want to help.  but i’m just so tired.  ❞

❝  i know what i can do is special.  i just wish people would see more than what i can do for them. i wish they would see me. ❞

❝  this is really cool,  watch this!  ❞

❝  please don’t freak out.  ❞

❝  please say something if you keep staring at me like i grew a second head i’m gonna throw up.  ❞

❝  i don’t know what or who i am without this.  ❞

❝  if i didn’t have my gifts,  no one would care about me.  ❞

❝  i’m not a hero.  i can just do things and sometimes i wish i couldn’t.  ❞

❝  i know to other people it’s like,  comic book type shit.  to me it’s just normal.  it’s like being able to smell and hear.  it’s just part of me and i just want other people to see it like that too.  ❞

the observer

❝  you have to stop,  you’re killing yourself!  ❞

❝  that’s enough.  ❞

❝  you’re only making things worse.  ❞

❝  you need to rest.  you’ve done more than enough.  ❞

❝  we can take it from here.  ❞

❝  you did good.  now you need to recuperate.   ❞

❝  i hate to ask…but we could really use your help.  ❞

❝  i don’t need your help.  i don’t want it—  not from someone like you.  ❞

❝  you almost got yourself killed.  ❞

❝  you were out of control.  you almost killed me.  ❞

❝  no one else can do what you do.  we need you.  i need you.  ❞

❝  you’re not the only one here with power.  it doesn’t always have to be you.  ❞

❝  it’s okay,  you don’t have to do this alone.  ❞

❝  no,  sit back down.  you need to rest.  ❞

❝  you pushed yourself too hard.  you passed out,  i thought you were dead.  ❞

❝  holy shit— that was amazing?!  ❞

❝  it must be an awful burden to bear such gifts.  ❞

❝  just because you can,  doesn’t mean it should have to be you.  ❞

❝  look—  i get it.  it’s a lot of responsibility and everyone always wants something from you.  but you have these gifts.  and we don’t.  and it’s real shitty to hear you complaining about it while the rest of us are powerless every time someone we love gets hurt.  ❞

❝  i’m not here to ask you for anything.  i just wanted to make sure you’re okay.  ❞

❝  you’re always trying to save everyone.  who takes care of you?  ❞

❝  i’m taking care of you because no one else does.  ❞

❝  you have to slow down and take care of yourself too.  if you run yourself into the ground then you’re not gonna be helping anyone.  ❞

❝  don’t be a fucking martyr.  the world can function without you for a day.  ❞

❝  stop showing off.  ❞

❝  that was really stupid of you.  but thanks for helping.  ❞

❝  i care about you.  not your abilities.  ❞

scenarios

[ ONE ]  for sender’s overuse of their abilities to give them a nosebleed,  causing receiver to show concern. 

[ TWO ]  for receiver’s overuse of their abilities to give them a nosebleed,  causing sender to show concern. 

[ THREE ]  for sender’s overuse of their abilities to make blood stream from their eyes,  causing receiver to show concern. 

[ FOUR ]  for receiver’s overuse of their abilities to make blood stream from their eyes,  causing sender to show concern. 

[ FIVE ]  for sender to have overexerted their abilities,  causing them to pass out in front of receiver. 

[ SIX ]  for receiver to have overexerted their abilities,  causing them to pass out in front of sender. 

[ SEVEN ]  for sender to have passed out from overusing their abilities and receiver stays at their side until they wake. 

[ EIGHT ]  for receiver to have passed out from overusing their abilities and wakes up to sender at their side. 

[ NINE ]  for sender to collapse in receiver’s arms after using their abilities. 

[ TEN ]  for receiver to collapse in sender’s arms after using their abilities. 

[ ELEVEN ]  for sender to have a super powered meltdown which receiver talks them down from. 

[ TWELVE ]  for receiver to have a super powered meltdown which sender pulls them out of by caressing their face/taking their hands/etc.  (feel free to add dialogue) 

[ THIRTEEN ]  for sender to reveal their abilities to receiver by protecting them. 

[ FOURTEEN ]  for receiver to reveal their abilities to sender by protecting them.  

[ FIFTEEN ]  for sender to carry a fatigued receiver away after a battle.

[ SIXTEEN ]  for receiver to carry a fatigued sender away after a battle. 

[ SEVENTEEN ]  for sender to carry receiver away after saving them. 

[ EIGHTEEN ]  for receiver to carry sender away after saving them. 

[ NINETEEN ]  for two muses with abilities to explore what they can do together. 

[ TWENTY ]  for sender to accidentally hurt receiver while using their abilities. 

what did they mean when they said ‘i can’t trust you’?

for months? you’ve been putting me through this for months?

how can you come back and even look me in the eye after all you’ve done

you didn’t mean that, right? please tell me you didn’t mean that

you swore you wouldn’t leave, you promised

after everything we’ve been through? seriously?

did i ever even know you?

please don’t do this, you’re all i’ve left

it wasn’t like that, it was us against you from the beginning

i was never on your side to begin with, don’t you get that?

but i’m doing this for you, for us, doesn’t that count for anything?

i know what you did, don’t even try

wait, how do you know about that

was it you? did you tell them? did you tell them the one thing i begged you not to?

i trusted you with my life, i trusted you with everything i had!

fuck, i regret ever having even met you

so, it was all a lie? nothing of what we went through mattered to you?

you could have stabbed me at least a thousand times before this, why now?

why didn’t you just kill me when you had the chance, huh?

did you have fun? did you enjoy yourself, pretending to be my friend?

i don’t want to hear it, i don’t care why you did it

we took you in, we cared for you, and this is what you were after the entire time?

i should have listened when they told me to stay away from you

the people i cared about… gone, all because of you and some stupid plan

you don’t get it, this is the only way, okay?

maybe if you learnt how to prioritise better, you would actually understand why i had to do this

i never meant to hurt you, it may have been a lie at first, but please, you have to believe me

tell me i imagined you leaving, tell me none of this happened and i’ll believe you

i’d rather die than be stuck with a traitor any moment longer

we all depended on you, how could you do this to us?

is it my fault you trust so foolishly and willingly?

i’m sorry, i know it’s meaningless now, but please, know i’m sorry

you’ll understand one day, you’ll understand i never actually meant to hurt you

you don’t even look dejected, do you enjoy playing with other people’s lives?

you took everything from me, you fucking bastard

i wish i’d have killed you when they told me to

you’re meant for so much more, why cry when you could join me?

i had to make you trust me, you would have never come this far, otherwise

there are far bigger things at stake here than your broken heart

why do you even care so much? you were using me just the same!

so i was right about you after all, i’m glad i never fully trusted you

you know what? you’re nothing more than a lesson to me now, so fuck off

His night time wanders were empty and barren, and any he had encountered usually wish they didn’t. Night wandering was one of the best ways to find lost and sin heavy souls that would do better consumed than left to roam this world. So this being was Death, then? Interesting… if mundane.

“… And I am no stranger to Death.”

"You may one of these nights perhaps, even if he is an odd human who harbored Death in himself for a few years when only a child at the time. A tragic one he is... not that it matter to a stranger’s ears I suppose.” moving to the part of this boy being no stranger to Death and can’t help but laugh at this just a little, “I see, heh. Ah well, must be busy at times aren’t you now? Not that I can say humanity is... ‘nice’ given what I seen and nearly ended the world once but... in the end human emotions and all that other stuff does odd things to an outsider of a being.” letting himself float in the air with his wings moving at times despite there being no need for it. Low voice spoken from elsewhere after Ryoji spoke and making the feathers fluff up at hearing this being that spoke, “That be correct of what you say, especially of the tragic part considering you both ‘died’ together, battle of souls as I’d say when fighting on the tower during a forsaken hour.” a low growling noise is heard from the shadows along with the rattle of coffins and chains before a figure peered out finally.