Between the Paths of Night and Life

My muse is poor and wants to go to the ball, but your muse won’t let them.

Your muse is poor and wants to go to the ball, but my muse won’t let them.

My muse is locked in a tower guarded by a fire breathing dragon

We’re wolves being hunted by farmers.

Our muses are sheep herders that are trying to protect the flock from wolves.

Your muse has been turned into a mouse! How does mine react?

My muse has stumbled upon your muse’s hermit home in the middle of the forest

Our muses are locked in a dungeon/oubliette together.

My muse has traveled through a mirror to a fairy tale world and your muse is the first fairy tale creature they’ve met

My muse is disguised as a witch and has come to visit yours.

You muse is disguised as a witch and has come to visit yours.

Our muses are poor and have traded their last item of any worth for magic beans.

My muse is traveling through the forest and is lost only to come upon a gingerbread house where your muse is being held captive by an evil witch.

Your muse is traveling through the forest and is lost only to come upon a gingerbread house where your muse is being held captive by an evil witch.

We’ve been turned into frogs!

Your muse is the size of a man’s thumb and mine has to carry you around in their pocket.

My muse is the size of a man’s thumb and yours has to mine around in their pocket.

My muse was on their way to an important event when stopped in the forest by your muse who is secretly a wolf.

Your muse was on their way to an important event when stopped in the forest by my muse who is secretly a wolf.

Your muse is my muse’s loyal guard.

My muse is your muse’s loyal guard.

Our muses are royal siblings.

Our muses meet at a masquerade ball. Your muse is my muse’s kingdom’s rival.

My muse is being kept in a castle by your muse who is described as “heartless” and “wild”

Your muse is being kept in a castle by my muse who is described as “heartless” and “wild”

Our muses are in a fairy tale prison surrounded by dangerous hardened criminals.

My muse wished your muse away to the Goblin Kingdom.

Your muse wished my muse away to the Goblin Kingdom

My muse has been abducted by trolls.

“Don’t make me laugh,  I’m trying to be mad at you”

“I’m not stalking you,  I’m following you without your knowledge. It’s completely different”  

“I guess I’ll go alone then, without you. Alone.  By myself.  Like a friendless loser.”

“Let me see that pretty smile”  

“It’s you and me against the world”

“Don’t worry, everyone makes mistakes.  Like me I was my parents greatest mistake”

“When I look at you all I feel is rage”

“Are you always this happy go lucky? Don’t you ever feel UNHAPPY?”

“I will dance anywhere I please”

“What’s it like being brighter than the sun?”

“C’mon, we’re too cool for this”

“Would it be weird if we held hands.  Not like a couple, just as a friends or maybe as a couple. I just want to hold your hand”  

“I need you to do me a favor,  hit me as hard as you can” 

“It’s okay,  I know it’s difficult being short so I’ll just lift you whenever you’re trying to reach something up high”

“I’m sorry if I hugged you for an unreasonable amount of time”

“Hurry,  HOP on my back. There’s no time for explanation”

“You know me better than I know me. What should I do?”

“I wouldn’t be staring at you if you weren’t so pretty. I’m not to blame for this”

“We’re friends even if you disagree”

“Now listen here, I love you but you suck”

“I couldn’t think of a way to end my story so I just made annoying noises” 

“Look into my eyes. Do they look infected to you?”

“That’s it. I give up on life”

“I’m friendship breaking up with you.  Don’t worry,  I’ll find someone better”

“No, I wasn’t thinking of kissing you. How awkward would that be. I mean unless you wanted to?”

“Believe in the me that believes in you”

“You’re too tall. It frightens me”

“Wanna spin in circles until we’re too dizzy to stand?”

“We make the perfect duo. Me, the smart one and you the dumb one.”

“Your destiny is to hangout with me. No one else,  ever.  I get jealous”  

“Well if you think I can do it then obviously I cannot”

“I’d say listen to your heart but I highly doubt you have one”

“I’m crying because your face is cute”

“Why are you so hideous?”  

“Oh look it’s you,  the embodiment of an actual angel here to bless me”

“You kissed my face,  I can die happy now”

“You look huggable,  may I confirm?” 

“I think I’m having a fake heart attack”

“Don’t touch me with your weird fingers”

“I had a dream about you,  you died”

“I’m gonna snowplow your whole family”

“You were the one that got away but I’ll get you next time. Oh yes I will”

“I’m gonna keep you forever”

“Don’t look at me with those big sad eyes. I can’t take it”

“You think I’ll do it, but I’ll tell you right now there’s no way- okay I’ll do it”

“I saw a baby deer and it reminded me of you”

“I didn’t miss you,  I REALLY missed you there’s a difference”

“Did you know you’re fantastic?”  

“You disgust me in the best kinds of ways”

“If I had to pick a friend to marry, I’d pick you”

“And they all lived happily ever after or I hope they did. I didn’t even read the book.”

KIERNAN SHIPKA