.&&(Low AP) Heir of the Covenant

“There’s no tomorrow.”

“Life is but an echo.”

“Scars become mementos.”

“This is war.”

“Extinction.”

“Ashes on your pale skin.”

“Love becomes a symptom of the cure.”

“Initiate cyberhex.”

“Eliminate threat.”

“I’d pull the sun from the sky to freeze the future of time.”

“And drift as one through the infinite.”

“Hold on!”

“I found asylum inside your Armageddon eyes.”

“I’d kill to kiss your apocalypse.”

“Cold and corrosive.”

“Fatal diagnosis.”

“Ring around the roses.”

“Say goodbye.”

“We broke it down to build it up.”

“‘Cause analog life’s digital enough.”

“Initiate the cyberhex.”

“The only way to win is to reconnect.”

“Stay alive, stay alive!”

“Do you wanna live?”

“Yeah!”

“Are you willing to die?”

“When heaven falls, I will be your light.”

“Love will survive.”

“In this hell, you are my paradise.”

“Walk with me to the edge.”

“Take my hand!”

“My heart is yours till we meet again.”

“I’ll see you in oblivion.”

“And though our fates synchronized.”

“I wasn’t willing to die.”

“Until I kissed your apocalypse.”

“Pick it up.”

“Annihilate our end of days.”

“Love will find a way.”

“Death shatters.”

“And after a thousand suns, hope has not rust.”

“Love has found a way.”

E01 - ❛ Book I: Genesis ❜ and E02 - ❛ Book II: Psalms ❜ // 79 starters. CW: alcoholism, cussing, religion (general, bigotry, trauma). Feel free to change words and pronouns as needed!

“Is she okay? She’s gonna be okay?”

“You didn’t invite _____, did you?”

“Fine, fuck him. Fuck ‘em all. Fuck the sheriff.”

“You’re not gonna tell, right?”

“Uh… I thought I saw something.”

“Let’s get you fed. You gotta eat.”

“What did you do to me, _____?”

“You said you were being followed by a giant albatross.”

“Hey, what’s that, _____? You wanna speak up?”

“You just ignore her, buddy. She’s just mean.”

“I’m sorry for the hassle. I mean it.”

“It might bother me, if I gave you much thought.”

“You don’t know what it’s like these days.”

“This isn’t a community anymore, _____. It’s a ghost.”

“Things have changed for me, _____. I’m not… That’s not me anymore.”

“People have been seeing him wandering around at night. Late at night. Like, midnight.”

“It’s not funny. It’s not funny at all.”

“I don’t care if your heart’s not in it or the mood doesn’t strike you.”

“I’m so relieved you’re okay. I waited for you this morning.”

“Don’t be scared, _____. It’s just me.”

“I know I’m not who you expected to see this morning.”

“That got rather quiet, didn’t it?”

“You’re the prodigal one. I’m just the black sheep.”

“Look at us, back where we started. The one place we swore we’d never end up.”

“I’m supposed to be the godless heathen, and you the altar boy.”

“Honestly, I didn’t expect that anyone would notice.”

“Well, in the future, let me know if there’s an issue. That’s what I’m here for.”

“So, I mean, you came back… here. Like, you came back here on purpose. Why?”

“Here… I have nothing.”

“I just exist now. That’s it. I have… absolutely no purpose at all.”

“I’m sorry. For what you’ve been through. I’m really, really sorry.”

“You should stay back till I know more, _____.”

“You said some kind of disease or infection? You think so?”

“I don’t think the folks are gonna much like that. That seems a little drastic.”

“A place like this, someone tries to stay separate or isolated, it just hurts the whole.”

“Wowsers, you ever seen something like this, huh?”

“I don’t… I don’t know what I saw.”

“Hey, sorry about last night. I just wanted to apologize.”

“It all worked out. You found your purpose.”

“Don’t tell me what to do.”

“Where were you before this?”

“That’s the thing about where we’ve been. It’s important, sure. But it’s not as important as where we’re going. And every place I was before I am now, well, they were just leading me here.”

“Are you really walking by without saying hi?”

“Wow. It’s been a long time since anyone’s asked me that.”

“See, for those reasons, I am out.”

“I feel like I need you again.”

“Time used to move softly when I was at home.”

“Even out of blackness, love rises again.”

“It’s great you’re here today, but please keep coming back.”

“That’s what it means to have faith. That in the darkness, in the worst of it, in the absence of light and hope, we sing.”

“That same hand that dealt you your hardship, that same hand will make you whole.”

“Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”

“This used to be quite the event.”

“Well, don’t look now, but I think we’re upsetting your clergy.”

“I’ve always preferred Easter, even to Christmas, if I’m honest. This is my favorite time of year. Renewal, resurrection.”

“Everything has its season.”

“Well, I appreciate your time, _____. But I bet there’s a lot of other people around here who’d like your company too. I don’t wanna hold you up with the town pariah.”

“Can you imagine that? Just the good you could do?’

“What happened? Who did this? Who did it? Who did this? Which one of you?”

“You don’t like me? That’s fine! Shit I done, I don’t care about me so much either.”

“I just want to be of use, _____.”

“My goodness, you startled me. What on earth brings you here?”

“Well, I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive myself.”

“Not his fault he was born woefully fuckin’ unfunny.”

“Now that changes everything. Why didn’t you just fucking say so?”

“You’re a smart man, _____, but in this case, you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. So let’s just leave it there.”

“I gotta say, to be honest, I hadn’t really considered how awkward this would be with just two people.”

“Yeah, I’d rather not go too far down that road tonight.”

“I mean, you seem like a nice guy. You’re doin’ me a favor. I just would not want to offend you.”

“Being your own higher power, how is that working out for you?”

“God can take that pain and turn it into something good. Something with purpose.”

“Suffering can be a gift. It just depends on us. What we do with it, how we react to it.”

“Alcohol isn’t good or bad. But the version of me that would come out when I had enough to drink, he was bad. He was selfish and careless, and he ruined my life.”

“And God? He just kind of let it happen, didn’t he?”

“The only thing, the only fucking thing that lets people stand by, watching all this suffering, doing nothing, doing fucking nothing, is the idea that suffering can be a gift from God.”

“I believe God can take our work, even our awful works, and turn them into something else. I know He can find the good in them, and find the love in them, whether we see it or not.”

“I’m sorry I woke you up.”

“No, stop it. That’s cruel.”

MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, 1x07-1x08

starters from episodes 7 & 8 of season 1 of the show motherland: fort salem.

“you bound us to people who hate us. who hate you.”

“tell us what you know. while there’s still time left to right your wrongs.”

“this will only be as hard as you make it.”

“ignore it. none of them would have had the guts to do what we did.”

“everywhere i look, there they are.”

“you made it out safe. that’s definitely cause for cereal.”

“can i eat my breakfast before you start planning my wedding?”

“you can blast clean through a mountain and know the whisper of an oncoming gale. but without a healer, you’ll likely end up in the ground just the same.”

“right now, you’re a slave to your emotions. and in combat, that’s disastrous.”

“master your feelings and you will be free.”

“everywhere we went, the way the civilians looked at us - the pitchforks were almost out, if you get my meaning.”

“i never needed their approval for my actions. i simply extend the invitation to accept my rulings.”

“can we at least still be friends?”

“i’ve been looking for the grumpiest girl/guy in the room.”

“i was wondering where that annoying ray of sunshine was.”

“impressive, isn’t it? soon i’ll be as good as them.”

“i don’t mind the hiding. it’s when the elders cry… when my friends are taken from me forever…”

“coming here was a mistake.”

“you’re weird, and reckless, and have put us all in danger several times.”

“what i’m trying to say is, you’re powerful. you can do things that no one else can.”

“seriously, why have you been avoiding me?”

“whatever this thing is that’s afflicting them, it won’t let go without a fight.”

“how do you know my name?”

“there are no such things as miracles.”

“you can tell me everything or nothing, it doesn’t matter. i’m here for you.”

“right now… you are everything.”

“this can’t be real… you’re dead.”

“they’re gonna tell you horrible things about me. please don’t believe everything they tell you.”

“i love you, (name), and i would never do anything to hurt you. please believe me.”

“i’ve been expecting you, (name).”

“that, my darling, is the sound of suffering.”

“now is the moment you stop being complicit in their evil.”

“they hide in plain sight and live among their prey.”

“you always had a soft spot for orphans.”

“after they died, every nightmare felt real to me too.”

“pull it together, (name). we’re wheels up at 0500.”

“okay. it’s okay, i’ve got you.”

“you watched me suffer! you knew they were alive this entire time!”

“i didn’t know what happened to them, i swear it!”

“focus! do you have any idea what’s at stake here?”

“it’s no fun to beat you if you aren’t at your best.”

“i did it to protect you. please believe me.”

“hate me all you want, but don’t lie to yourself.”

“you realize if this were a real combat zone, we’d all be dead right now.”

“they were going to turn you over to them, that’s all i needed to know. i was protecting you, (name).”

“i don’t need your protection. i need them back.”

“hey, (name)! look at me! look at me. you’re okay.”

“please tell me it isn’t true.”

“they said they loved me.”

“they are capable of a lot more than you know.”

“i hope you know what you’re doing.”

“gracious as a hagfish, (name), but with half the brains.”

“everything about you is a lie.”

“we need to destroy it completely.”

“there are civilians inside. they have hostages.”

“what are you doing? there are innocent people inside!”

“easy, (name). you took a nasty hit to the head.”

“not everybody made it.”

“get up. get up, (name). come on, get up! (name)!”

“are you okay? ….dumb question. none of us are okay.”

“at least we’re still together. we’re still here.”

“we’ll figure this out. together.”

“the world is a safer place for what you did today.”

“none of it should have happened like that. no one should die like they died.”

“someone once told me i was ignorant of the world. i’m a little less so now.”