*// Black Cat \\*

“It barely seems worth it. No matter the riches, they will always be after me.”

“You stomped the fire out?”

“Shut the radio down.”

“If you start doubting it now you will never stop.”

“Let’s approach the situation with little less flare the next time.”

“I will deal with this with dignity and grace - now stop reminding me that I have none.”

“I’ll tell you what it is after we are done running from it!”

“Was the added snark at the end necessary?”

“I have never pointlessly patronized anybody!”

“I’m a wrong asset to pick for a team like this, to be honest.”

“First you allow me to pick what I wanted and then you decided to just fucking ignore it.”

“How far could have he even gotten?”

“This is just a pointless tirade.”

“You look at me like I’m at all aware what I have just done.”

“ hate? isn’t that a strong word to use just because you don’t agree with someone? ”

“ i guess it gets to be a little lonely, worrisome. ”

“ don’t disobey me, too. ”

“ did i miss you? well, let me put it this way. i love you more than anything else in the world. ”

“ the place for you is in bed. ”

“ can feel the heat pouring right through you. ”

“ hard things happen to people all the time. we never really know why. ”  

“ it’s way past your bedtime. ”

“ we’re going home. ”

“ the older you get, the more questions there are without answers. ” 

“ you see, sometimes it’s easier to give advice than to take it. ”

“ why so glum? ” 

“ such a wicked thing, to hate. ”

“ it shouldn’t be that way. ” 

“ come on, slowpoke. ”

“ a man doesn’t run from a fight. but that doesn’t mean you should go running to one, either. ”

“ well, it just seems to me that dish washing is always getting in the way of eating. ”

“ everything you learn comes in handy some day. one way or another. ” 

“ never mind. just do as i say. ”

“ come on, i’ll race you. ”

“ name calling’s a handy thing for some. they smack a label on somebody or something and that’s it as far as they’re concerned. it’s kind of a special way of hating because they don’t take the trouble to understand. ”

“ no hard feelings? ”

“ hush. ”

“ every book has a soul. ” 

“ the time a town or even a country is really lost is when the people who live in it get careless and stop paying attention to how it’s being run. ”

“ i’ll try to remember that. ”

“ a man who wears a badge has a heavy responsibility. ”

“ just remember: sit easy and think straight. ”

“ now wait a minute. don’t you ever think that way. ”

They both know it’s not true though. There’s no way out. They’ve tried every single way. They’re completely trapped and it doesn’t matter how well the human has been taken care of. 

The vampire hasn’t been given a single drop to drink. Their eyes are already turning dark. They’re looking like more and more like a monster every day as they become more desperate for blood.

Eventually, they don’t cuddle anymore. The vampire sits, hugging themselves on the other side of the room, trying not to breath in a single breath of their human’s scent. 

I went scouting through the internet for words to describe a character’s voice. Here’s a handy list for all you writers:

Adenoidal/Nasal - Some of the sound seems to come through the nose.

Appealing - Shows that you want help, approval, or agreement.

Breathy - With loud breathing noises.

Brittle - You sound as if you are about to cry.

Croaky - Sounds as if they have a sore throat.

Dead - They feel or show no emotion.

Disembodied - Voice comes from someone who you cannot see.

Flat - Spoken in a voice that does not go up and down.

Fruity - Deep and strong in a pleasant way.

Grating - Unpleasant and annoying.

Gravelly -  Low and rough.

Gruff - Has a rough low sound.

Guttural - Deep and made at the back of your throat.

High-Pitched - Very high and shrill.

Hoarse -  Low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore.

Honeyed -  Falsely sweet voice.

Husky - A husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse often in an attractive way.

Low - Quiet and difficult to hear / in a deep voice.

Matter-of-fact - Used about someone’s behavior or voice.

Modulated - Controlled and pleasant to listen to.

Monotonous -  Boring because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower.

Orotund - Loud and clear.

Penetrating - So high or loud that it makes you uncomfortable.

Plummy - This word shows that you dislike people who speak like this.

Quietly - In a quiet voice.

Raucous -  Loud and sounds rough.

Ringing -  very loud and clear.

Rough - Not soft and is unpleasant to listen to.

Shrill -  Very loud, high, and unpleasant.

Silvery - Clear, light, and pleasant.

Singsong - Rises and falls in a musical way.

Small - A small voice or sound is quiet.

Smoky - Sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way.

Softly Spoken - A quiet gentle voice.

Sotto Voce - A very quiet voice.

Stentorian - Loud and severe.

Strangulated - One that someone stops before they finish making it.

Strident -  Loud and unpleasant.

Taut - Shows someone is nervous or angry.

Thick - Voice sounds less clear because of an emotion.

Thin -  High and unpleasant to listen to.

Throaty - Low and seems to come from deep in your throat.

Tight - Shows that you are nervous or annoyed.

Toneless - Does not express any emotion.

Tremulous - It is not steady because you are afraid or excited.

Wheezy - Has difficulty breathing.

“Great,” X grinned, “I think we’re really getting somewhere!”

“Uh-huh,” they glanced pointedly at the cell, “is that why they’re having a panic attack in there?”

Y e s! Sibling relationships are the best!

- Whumpee A noticing how panicky and upset Caretaker B is as they’re treating them and weakly trying to reassure them by using one of their childhood nicknames, one they haven’t heard in years. 

- B trying to distract A from their pain as they’re being treated by recounting a story: “Hey, A, remember when we were kids…?”

- A having to reassure their enraged, protective sibling B that their injuries aren’t that bad, the person responsible is long gone, revenge won’t help anything, etc., but their pain is making it hard to be convincing.

- B giving A the frustrated/dismayed sibling rant post-injury: “What were you thinking, you idiot?! You could have been killed! You gave me a heart attack, I thought I was gonna lose you!, etc.”

- When B, the older sibling and/or usual caretaker, gets hurt, A has to use everything they’ve learned from being cared for to become a caretaker for them. B is upset and embarrassed that they have to be the one cared for but A reassures them. “I got you, don’t worry. I learned this from a pro.”

- A and B have been estranged but when A gets hurt and hospitalized, it turns out that they never bothered to change their emergency contact number. B is called to take care of them. (Bonus if they immediately drop everything and rush over despite the estrangement because damn it, this is their sibling and they’re hurt and they need them)

- The rest of the team are their best friends, people that they’ve always trusted, but in a traumatized state A won’t let anyone but B near them. They trust their sibling more than anyone else.

OH BOY.

- Whumpee A is contacted by their sibling, Whumper B, who they haven’t heard from in ages, suggesting they get together and chat. A is expecting a happy reunion. B is preparing a sedative and clearing the trunk of their car to make room for A when they arrive. 

- B becomes an unwilling whumper; they’re under duress by higher powers and, to their anguish, they have to hurt A in order to be released from whatever debt/blackmail they have on them. Are they desperate enough to do it?

- B blackmailing A with secrets that they shared from youth.

- B knowing all of the ways/places that A is vulnerable – they’ll re-injure that arm A broke by falling out of the tree when they were ten, they’ll reopen that scar A got from the cat, they’ll expose A to that one phobia they’ve had all their life…

- “Family?” B scoffs as A sobs and begs. “Since when did being family ever matter? Family doesn’t mean anything.” 

- “Smile for me, [bro/sis],” B sneers as they turn the camera on. “This one’s going to Mom and Dad.”

- “You have no idea how much I hated you growing up. Now…I get to show you.”

Wrists, pinned by a larger hand to a rough brick wall above the whumpee’s head, squeezed tight in warning and in promise of future pain

Wrists, pinched by narrow bands of steel cinched quick and tight by careless brutality

Wrists, hung in tearing, bleeding suspension by thick, pitiless metal, bearing the whumpee’s entire weight

Wrists, bent and bent and bent until they snap

Wrists, bound to the arms of a chair, pinned and helpless

Wrists, scored raw by coarse rope, trickling bright red down the whumpee’s fingers as they tug and pull against their restraints in mindless, desperate fear

Wrists, cupped by shaking fingers and whispered reassurances as their bonds are broken with horrified care by the rescuer

Wrists, held in gentle, unconditional support during the throes of a nightmare or panic attack

Wrists, stroked by a cool cloth to bring relief

I got some for ya!

- The whumper stripping the whumpee to wash them and clean their wounds so they’ll be ready for more later (they may or may not ever give their clothes back)

- Starving the whumpee until they’re desperate enough to eat rotten food, animal food or even things that can’t be considered “food” at all – insects, rodents, etc.

- Forcing them to “entertain” their captors (this works especially well for whumpees with special powers or abilities that exhaust them)

- Degradation: “You’re not even a person anymore, you’re a toy, a plaything, you’re weak, you’re worthless, you can’t even stand up”

- Filming them as they break under torture and sending it to their loved ones

- Putting the whumpee on a collar and chain and dragging them around

- Muzzling or blindfolding them and leaving them alone to find their way

- Animalistic nicknames like “pet”, “mutt”, “mongrel”, “thing”, “dog”, etc.

- Making them beg to be hurt or thank the whumper for hurting them

Some days, there’s a golden edge of hope to the whumpee’s smile. Some days, they take three steps forward for every step back, and the world is a softer, gentler place.

One day, the caretaker drops a glass, and curses heartily as it slices open their foot. The whumpee freezes at the shattering sound and the caretaker’s noises of upset, and falls to their knees in the kitchen doorway, already pulling off their shirt to bare the scars of a whip’s savage anger. The caretaker leaves bloody footprints across the kitchen floor in their haste to reach the whumpee, to reassure them - again - that no, never, they’ll never be struck like that, not by anyone ever. The whumpee listens with glassy, distant eyes, and the caretaker knows that words will never say as much as actions do. So they pull the whumpee’s shirt back down with gentle fingers, careful not to touch their back. The whumpee shivers at even the light brush of the fabric against their damaged, scarred skin. The caretaker takes their hands, cupping tense, trembling digits between their own.

“C'mon,” they say softly. “Let’s get up off the floor, hm?”

Mugwort is a great poison for whump to be honest. Often used in absinthe or tinctures, it causes a high and relaxes the person who’s taken it. In higher doses however, the affects are less pleasant.

- Foxglove is fairly simple, the digitalis it contains can mess up heartbeat and cause heart attack or stuff. (Which is why in small, controlled doses it has been used as medication for heart problems since forever)

- Water hemlock: Really lethal (a bite can lead to death) and death can occur as early as fifteen minutes after ingestion. The roots are what’s lethal. Some common symptoms are muscle twitching, violent and painful convulsions, abdominal cramps, and nausea. If someone survives they can have amnesia or laying tremors.

- Castor bean: The ricin, a white powder that’s extracted from it, is what’s lethal in these. It kills by preventing cells from making protein, so they die. Symptoms appear after several hours and some are burning pain in the mouth, throat, and esophagus, nausea, difficulty swallowing, vomiting (blood too), excessive thirst, abdominal pains, drowsiness, disorientation, weakness, and convulsions

- Poison hemlock: Actually this was used by Greeks and Romans for suicides (could be wrong on this, like I said you should probably do more research on these if you intend to use them) The stems, leaves, and fruits are the poisonous parts and the plant contains alkaloids that affects nerve transmissions to muscles, killing by respiratory failure. The symptoms appear from thirty minutes up to even hours after ingestion and some of those are vomiting, dilation of pupils, unconsciousness or coma, weakness, and convulsions

- Rosary pea: They contain abrin, which is what’s lethal. While intact the seeds aren’t poisonous, but if they’re scratched, broken, or chewed, only three micrograms (less than the amount in a single seed) is enough to kill somebody. It’s like ricin and prevents protein synthesis, causing organ failure. Symptoms are stomach cramping, diarrhea, vomiting that can be bloody, fast heart rate, and the symptoms can happen within hours or up to days later.

- Death cap: It’s a mushroom and apparently it tastes good?… Idk but it’s highly lethal, eating one can kill somebody. Symptoms appear between six and twenty four hours after ingestion and include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration, delirium, seizures, and coma. Oh the person can seem fine but the symptoms are just delayed and internal organs are being damaged in the meantime. Oh death happens anywhere from six to sixteen days, like most it depends on the amount and stuff.

What you do with the remains of your spell (wax, photos, ashes, etc.) is just as important as the spell itself. The spellwork does not end when the candles and the incense extinguish. The spellwork is not complete until you return the remnants back to the Earth. The Earth and the universal energy carry and propel your magick and your spellwork to its full completion. Make sure your disposal method does not contradict your desired outcome by completing your spellwork following the disposal methods outlined below: 

– Burying in your Backyard – To maintain a desired circumstance, finances, a person, or a possession in your life.

Marriage

Prosperity

Protection

Harmonious relationships

– Burying in your Front Yard – To welcome something new into your life.

Attract new love

New career/life path spells

Attract a new experience, such as travel

Health

Marriage proposal

– Burying in the Cemetery – To curse or harm a person, or to end undesirable circumstance or habits in your life. Leave a few coins, pieces of candy and/or an apple at the cemetery gate as you leave. Take a different route home. Do not look back as you leave.

Curses

Banishments

– Burying in a Target’s Yard – To curse, bless, or to influence a specific person or family.

Curse the target

Love

Protection

Influence/manipulation spells

– Burying at a Business Property – To curse, bless, or to influence a specific business or an employee of the business.

Curse the business or employee of the business

Protection

Influence/manipulation spells

Prosperity

– Releasing Into Running Bodies of Water – To release negative circumstances or emotions. To deliver a curse or influence a person in a distant or unknown location.

Curses

Banishments

Spells to release emotional pain

Love

Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving On Active Railroad Tracks – To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse or influence a person in the direction of the running train. If cursing, take a different route home, do not look back. Avoid the train and railroad tracks for at least 3 nights.

Curses

Banishments

Spells to release emotional pain

Love

Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving On Abandoned Railroad Tracks – To separate yourself or other people from each other or a situation.

Banishments

Break-up spells

– Leaving at an Intersection – To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse, or influence a person in an unknown location.

Curses

Banishments

Release emotional pain

Love

Influence/manipulation spells

– Leaving on a Road in the Lane of the Direction of Your Target – To deliver a curse or influence a person in the direction of  the traffic lane.

Curses

Influence/manipulation spells

Love spells on a specific person

– Leaving at a Target’s Front Door/Driveway – The most direct way to curse or to influence. Remnants must be inconspicuous and discreet, such as ashes mixed with dirt. If cursing, take a different route home and do not look back.

Curses

Love

Influence/manipulation spells

Protection

– Blowing/Throwing Ashes – (only when you only have ashes, without any wax) General all-purpose release of spellwork energy into the universe.

Blow in the direction of the target to curse or influence

Love

Prosperity

Protection

Healing

– Throwing Into A Fire – To release negative circumstances. To deliver a curse or influence a person in an unknown location.   If cursing, it is recommended the fire is not on your property grounds.

Curses

Banishments

Spells to release emotional pain

- Notes:

*Banishment spells refer to any spellwork where the desired goal is to remove or end undesirable conditions, circumstances, people, or habits. 

*After performing a curse, it is best to completely disconnect from your magickal working. Not because of karma or anything external, but because you cannot thrive while being attached to the energy of destruction. You can do this by not looking back when you walk away. By walking away without looking back, you consciously (and physically) disconnect and move on with your life. 

UMBRELLA

“  you have my heart ”

“ i’ll always be your friend ”

“ together we’ll mend your heart ”

“ you’re part of my entity ”

“ i’ll be all you’ll need and more ”

WE FOUND LOVE

“ i’ve gotta let it go ”

“ we found love in a hopeless place ”

“ i need you more ”

“ we’re standing side by side ”

DIAMONDS

“ i choose to be happy ”

“ when you hold me, i’m alive ”

“ we’re beautiful ”

“ we’ll never die ”

DISTURBIA

“ feels like i’m going insane ”

“  it can control you ”

“ it’s too close for comfort ”

“ am i scaring you tonight? ”

TAKE A BOW

“ you look so dumb right now”

“ you’re so ugly when you cry ”

“ don’t tell me you’re sorry—‘cause you’re not ”

“ you put on quite a show ”

“ go on and take a bow ”

“ you’re only sorry you got caught ”

ONLY GIRL ( IN THE WORLD )

“ forget about the world ”

“ it’s gonna be me and you tonight ”

“ make me feel like i’m the only girl in the world ”

“ i’m the only one who knows your heart ”

“ i’ll tell you all my secrets that i’m keeping ”

CHEERS ( DRINK TO THAT )

“ i drink to that ”

“ don’t let the bastards get you down ”

“ people are gonna talk whether you doing bad or good ”

“ cheers to the freaking weekend ”

“ put it all on my card ”

       …  (  ❝  @forseenfatale | melinda halliwell  )   ———   blogs first ever starter call.

                                            “DO YOU SEE THIS?” HE SHOUTED. AND one thing Henry Mitchell Junior never did was yell. But he’d been working on this thesis for months! And now… now it was smouldering bits and pieces ( with some added demon flesh ) that cascaded down to the wooden floor of the Halliwell Manor. The same floor that Henry then slid down on to.

Great, she didn’t know why she was here and the fact neither of them told the other just who they were wasn’t going to help solve this little puzzle. “Alright then.” He spoke up, moving out of the doorway to let her in. “You’re a witch.” Cole decided to point out, seeing as being straight forward might be the only way either of them could figure this out. But he wasn’t sure if she knew who was, the best thing he could do was say his name and see if any reaction would occur.  “I’m Cole Turner, now you are?”

So he did know about magic. Melinda gave a nod of acknowledgement ❝Yes, I am.❞ There was no point in hiding it. He already acknowledged it. Admitting it was the only way she would find out why The Elders had sent her here. Besides, she knew how to get herself out of a jam if needed. Turner? Melinda bit the inside of her cheek. That name rang a bell she just couldn’t place from where. She took one step forward, left hand flat by her side. ❝Melinda Halliwell.❞