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hi friends!! basically, i watched the teaser trailer for season 2 of shadow and bone, got excited, began to reread the soc duology, and then these happened! or rather, i found an ancient unpublished fic i wrote after the first time i read the duology, and decided to make that a problem for everyone else! i hope you all enjoy these, you donāt need to have seen the show nor read the books, i actually think many of these are fairly fandomless! i just wanted to explain my inspiration! DONāT ADD TO THIS LIST! iāll make more lists like this one! ily all, bon appetit, go forth and write or read or nap or watch tv or something!
ā my goodness, youāre not nearly as stupid as you look! ā
ā you have all the answers right in front of you. you just need to look at it differently. ā
ā donāt presume that you know me just because youāve heard a few rumors and read a few articles. ā
ā thereās certainly more to you than meets the eye, isnāt there? ā
ā i urge you to remember exactly who it is youāre talking to. because while others might appreciate your tone, i assure you, i do not. ā
ā iām concerned that you mightnāt understand what discreet means. because the path of chaos youāve just created is exactly the opposite of discreet. ā
ā you owe me a favour. iām here to collect. ā
ā i thought it was a good time to pay you a visit. itās been so long, after all; and we have so much to catch up on. ā
ā you are not your father/mother/parentās child. not by anything other than blood, and thatās not even on the spectrum of importance. ā
ā i was wrong about you. ā
ā you know, i was warned not to get involved with you. people insisted it was a foolās decision. but i held out hope that youād prove them wrong. nowās your chance. ā
ā iām not the sort of person to fuss over hurt feelings. youāre either of value to me, or youāre worthless. so prove to me that youāre not the latter. ā
ā you honestly think i donāt know where you go each night? iām not blind nor an idiot. i just trust your ability to return home unharmed. ā
ā have you told anyone else about this? ā
ā there are no children anymore. only survivors. childhood and innocence are luxuries afforded to the privileged. not us. ā
ā i offered you an opportunity once. to build a better world together. we both know how that turned out. and now, you come crawling back, begging for⦠what? mercy? forgiveness? ā
ā iām with you. always. no matter what happens, i will be right by your side. do you understand? ā
ā weāre a team, arenāt we? teams stick together. even when the leader is being a prick. ā
ā ā¦i was really worried about you, you know. you scared me earlier. and iām not saying it to make you feel bad, itās just⦠promise me youāll tell me if things get bad again? ā
ā i canāt pretend to understand all this stuff youāve got going on. but i do promise that iāll be here to help you through it all. alright? ā
ā thereās a job that needs to be done before we get to work on the big task. thatās why iām here. youāll be helping me/us to complete both jobs. payment upon completion. ā
ā you and i arenāt as different as you want to believe. that must be why youāre so angry. because looking at me, all that iāve done⦠itās like looking in a mirror. isnāt it? ā
ā people are scared. they need a leader. and right now, like it or not, theyāre looking to you. so go on. lead us. ā
ā youāve come up with some really insane plans over the years, but this is just defying any amount of belief. ā
ā look. i donāt care if people underestimate me. i actually enjoy it. they see me as an idiot, they drop their guard, the end. but i need you to know that iām not an idiot. okay? ā
ā people have died. we canāt let that go unpunished. ā
ā the world is changing. and if we donāt get ahead of it, then theyāll be the ones to decide what it changes into. ā
ā right! whatās the plan, then? and god help the lot of us if you donāt have one. ā
ā not all of us can afford the luxury of a conscience. ā
ā donāt make the deadly mistake of presuming my actions reflect weakness. too many have made that same presumption. and not a single one of them lived to tell the tale. ā
ā youāre scared. i can tell. the shaking, the look in your eye⦠you want to run. donāt. youāll waste precious time and energy, and youāll need it all if you want to live. ā
ā everything is gone. itās all smoke, ruin, obliterated. is that our legacy now? our reputation? destruction, devastation, death? is that who we are? ā
ā weāve fought against powerful enemies before, but this is beyond that. if we want to get out of this alive, we need to be smarter, stronger, better than weāve ever been before. ā
ā donāt forget why weāre here. thereās far more at stake than our lives if this goes wrong. ā
ā youāre the only person here i trust. we need to stick together, watch each otherās backs. just because everythingās changed, doesnāt mean we have to, too. ā
ā i canāt think of anyone iād rather be doing this crazy, ridiculous, nearly definitely lethal mission with. letās go out with a bang, eh? ā
ā you people are completely insane. but youāre also insufferably good at this sort of thing. so letās go save the world, shall we? ā
ā why are we fighting so hard to save the lives of people who hate us, anyway? ā
ā youāre the best there is at this sort of thing. iād hate to see the one who got the better of you⦠ā
ā look at them all. going around, fussing over money, clothes, land⦠do they ever realize whatās going on around them? do they ever see the bigger picture as we do? ā
ā youāre clever. good. itās nice to have a challenge. but you should know now, youāll want to be a hell of a lot smarter than that if you want to go up against me. ā
ā you and i both know the risks. we both know what people like them are capable of. tell me itās all okay, and i wonāt question you. but if it isnāt⦠we need to be ready. ā
ā itās lonely and vicious at the top. i can handle that. but you⦠you wouldnāt survive five minutes of this life. ā
ā you canāt survive in this world without growing a thicker skin, and erasing that naive belief that you can trust anyone you meet. least of all me. ā
ā if youāre knocking on my door, i can only imagine it means youāre here to collect. and by your demeanour, itās one hell of a favor youāll be asking, too. ā
ā i understand your anger. iāve lived with that sort of rage for many years of my life. but you need to set it aside, understand? we need you calm if we want to get out of here. ā
ā oh, donāt get all sentimental. i saved your life because youāre worth more to me alive than dead. it doesnāt signify any degree of care or affection. ā
ā you have one hell of an inflated ego, you know that? we were told this job was impossible. thatās not a challenge. thatās a fact. it is not possible. even for you. ā
ā iāve heard it all before. one more job. one more mission. one last heist. but thereās always more. itās like some sort of obsession for you. searching for another thrill. ā
ā enough! this is it! donāt you see that?! we almost died! you almost got killed! if the saints are kind enough to save us today, itās only so we can quit while weāre ahead! ā