The Alchemist

𝐓𝐖𝐎-𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄; 𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙-𝖆𝖕𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖞𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖈 𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊.

change pronouns, tenses and other details as deemed necessary. & please specify muse when sending to a mumu.

PLEASE INDICATE WHICH LINE OF DIALOGUE YOUR MUSE SPEAKS.

“You  smell  that?”  /  “Yeah.  Death,  rain,  or  dinner.  Hard  to  tell  anymore.”

“How  many  bullets  you  got?”  /  “Enough  to  die  loud,  not  enough  to  live  quiet.”

“You  trust  him?”  /  “I  don’t  even  trust  my  own  shadow  after  dark.”

“You  think  there’s  anyone  left  out  west?”  /  “If  there  is,  they’re  smarter  than  us  for  staying  there.”

“Don’t  look  back.”  /  “Ain’t  shit  worth  looking  at  back  there  anyway.”

“What  was  that  noise?”  /  “Hope  dying.  Or  maybe  a  raccoon.  Either  way,  keep  moving.”

“You  still  believe  in  God?”  /  “I  believe  in  bullets,  knives,  and  running  fast.  Everything  else  stopped  showing  up.”

“She  didn’t  scream.”  /  “She  learned  fast.”

“You  ever  think  about  settling  down?”  /  “Every  time  I  find  somewhere  nice,  it  burns  down  or  bites  back.”

“You  ever  get  used  to  the  smell?”  /  “Only  when  I  stop  breathing.”

“Don’t  fall  asleep  on  watch  again.”  /  “If  I  do,  I  won’t  wake  up.  Problem  solves  itself.”

“You’re  bleeding.”  /  “We  all  are,  just  some  of  us  leak  slower.”

“What’s  the  plan?”  /  “Same  as  yesterday: don’t  die  stupid.”

“You  used  to  be  funny.”  /  “Yeah,  the  apocalypse  killed  my  sense  of  humor.  Right  after  it  killed  my  brother.”

“You  hear  that?”  /  “If  I  say  no,  will  it  go  away?”

“How  long  you  been  out  here?”  /  “Long  enough  to  forget  what  a  calendar  looks  like.”

“You  believe  in  happy  endings?”  /  “Sure.  Just  not  for  people  like  us.”

“You  think  the  dead  feel  pain?”  /  “If  they  do,  they  got  company.”

“You  eat  today?”  /  “Define  ‘eat.’”

“That’s  a  bad  idea.”  /  “Yeah,  but  it’s  the  only  one  I’ve  got.”

“How  far  to  the  next  town?”  /  “Depends  how  many  bullets  we’ve  got  left.”

“You  look  tired.”  /  “That’s  just  my  face  now.”

“Why’d  you  save  me?”  /  “Didn’t.  Just  didn’t  wanna  watch  another  idiot  die.”

“You  ever  miss  it?  The  old  world?”  /  “Miss  it?  I  still  smell  the  gas  stations  when  it  rains.”

“You  think  anyone’s  rebuilding?”  /  “Sure.  But  it’ll  fall  apart  again.  Everything  does.”

“You  hear  the  wind?”  /  “Yeah.  Sounds  like  it’s  laughing.”

“She  was  bit,  wasn’t  she?”  /  “She  was  brave.  Same  thing  now.”

“You  sure  this  place  is  safe?”  /  “You’re  asking  that  out  loud,  so  I’m  guessing  no.”

“You  okay?”  /  “What  the  fuck  does  that  even  mean  anymore?”

“You  ever  get  lonely?”  /  “Only  when  I  stop  talking  to  myself.”

“What  if  we  make  it?”  /  “Then  what?”

“You  think  we’re  the  last  ones?”  /  “Nah.  The  last  ones  never  know  they’re  the  last.”

“Why  do  you  keep  going?”  /  “Because  stopping  feels  like  giving  it  what  it  wants.”

“That’s  your  plan?  Seriously?”  /  “Hey,  the  last  one  got  us  here,  didn’t  it?”

“Don’t  get  attached.”  /  “Already  did.  Too  late.”

“You  cold?”  /  “Only  on  the  outside.”

“How  many  have  you  killed?”  /  “You  mean  people  or  corpses?”

“You  hear  music?”  /  “No. That's not music...  that’s  screaming.”

“You  look  like  hell.”  /  “Good.  Means  I’ll  blend  in.”

“You  ever  think  about  the  cure?”  /  “Yeah.  Then  I  laugh,  and  I  keep  walking.”

“You  still  got  that  picture  of  her?”  /  “It  burned.  Everything  burns.”

“How  bad’s  the  wound?”  /  “Bad  enough  I  don’t  care.”

“You  ever  kill  someone  you  knew?”  /  “Not  lately.”

“What’re  we  gonna  do  when  the  gas  runs  out?”  /  “Walk  quieter.”

“You’re  bleeding  on  my  map.”  /  “Map’s  outdated  anyway.”

“You  think  the  world  remembers  us?”  /  “The  world’s  been  trying  to  forget  since  day  one.”

“That  thing’s  wearing  a  wedding  ring.”  /  “Guess  love  really  does  last  forever.”

“You  still  dream?”  /  “Only  when  I’m  stupid.”

“You  look  different.”  /  “You’d  look  different  too  if  you’d  watched  everything  die.”

“You  think  we’ll  make  it?”  /  “Don’t  jinx  it,  dumbass.  Keep  moving.”

𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒; 𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖖𝖚𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉

change pronouns, tenses and other details as deemed necessary. & please specify muse when sending to a mumu.

“We  tell  ourselves  that  we  are  the  walking  dead.”

“Fight  it.  Don’t  give  up.  You  don’t  get  to  give  up.”

“You  can  breathe.  You  can  blink.  You  can  cry.  Hell,  you’re  all  gonna  be  doing  that.”

“If  you  don’t  protect  what  belongs  to  you,  sooner  or  later  it  belongs  to  someone  else.”

“Look  at  the  flowers.”

“We  don’t  bury  the  dead,  we  burn  them.”

“It’s  not  about  what  we’ve  lost.  It’s  about  what  we  have  left.”

“You  kill  and  you  kill,  and  you  kill  ───  and  still  it’s  not  enough.”

“We  can  make  it  together,  but  we  can’t  do  it  alone.”

“I’m  not  saving  you  anymore.”

“The  world’s  changed.  People  are  dangerous  when  they’re  scared.”

“A  man’s  word  used  to  mean  something.  Now  it’s  just  noise.”

“People  die.  It’s  what  people  do.”

“I  didn’t  ask  for  this.  None  of  us  did.  But  it’s  what  we’ve  got.”

“You’re  either  the  butcher  or  the  cattle.”

“You  don’t  just  kill  to  survive.  You  kill  to  protect  what’s  worth  surviving  for.”

“We’re  not  too  far  gone.”

“You  don’t  get  to  come  back  from  things  like  that.”

“I  ain’t  no  good  guy,  and  I’m  damn  sure  not  the  bad  one.”

“Anger  makes  you  stupid.  Stupid  gets  you  killed.”

“This  world  is  dead.  But  it’s  still  trying  to  eat  you.”

“Ain’t  nobody’s  hands  clean  anymore.”

“You  can’t  think  about  it  too  much,  or  you’ll  never  stop  crying.”

“We  do  what  we  need  to  do,  and  then  we  live  with  it.”

“It’s  all  about  survival  now.  Nothing  else  matters.”

“Some  people  can’t  be  saved.”

“You’re  alive  because  of  the  choices  you  make.”

“There’s  always  hope.  You  just  have  to  look  hard  enough  to  see  it.”

“Killing’s  the  easy  part.  The  hard  part’s  living  with  it.”

“We  fight  for  the  ones  we  love.  Even  if  they’re  already  gone.”

“I  lost  people.  You  lost  people.  It  never  stops.”

“You  still  think  you  get  to  have  a  life?”

“You  can’t  save  everyone.  Sometimes  you  can  barely  save  yourself.”

“Every  direction  is  death.  You  just  pick  one  and  walk  it.”

“The  only  way  this  world’s  gonna  change  is  if  we  change  with  it.”

“You  don’t  trust  people  because  they’re  good.  You  trust  them  because  they’re  still  here.”

“You  keep  going  until  you  can’t.  Then  you  keep  going  anyway.”

“We’re  the  ones  who  live.”

“I  dream  of  the  dead.  They  whisper  louder  than  the  living.”

“They’re  not  the  monsters.  We  are.”

“If  I  die,  I  die.  But  I’m  not  giving  up.”

“You  kill  or  you  die.  Or  you  die  and  you  kill.”

“I’m  still  me.  But  I’m  also  everything  I  had  to  become.”

“You  think  you’re  broken?  We’re  all  broken.  That’s  how  we  fit  together.”

“You  live  with  it,  or  you  die  from  it.”

“You  don’t  need  a  map  to  find  your  way  back  to  pain.”

“I  believe  in  redemption.  I  just  don’t  believe  it’s  free.”

“Fear  the  living.”

“No  one’s  hands  stay  clean  in  this  world.”

“We  keep  fighting.  Not  because  we’re  sure  we’ll  win…  but  because  we’re  still  here.”

(starters inspired by too many drinks, city lights, and the kind of honesty that only comes after midnight)

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆

“You look like you could use another drink… or a bad decision.”

“Don’t tell me you came here alone.”

“I’m not drunk, I’m just—emotionally flexible right now.”

“One more round, and I might actually tell you what I’m thinking.”

“I didn’t plan on running into you here.”

“You’ve got that look—like you’re either about to confess something or start a fight.”

“You’re staring again. Should I take that as an invitation?”

“You ever think about how many bad ideas start with a shot glass?”

“You dance like you’re trying to forget something.”

“It’s way past decent hours—what are you still doing out?”

𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆, 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓

“You can stop pretending you’re fine. Nobody believes it after their third drink.”

“I thought you didn’t drink anymore.”

“It’s funny—liquor makes you honest, but you still can’t say what you really want, can you?”

“You shouldn’t walk home alone. I’ll come with you.”

“You always talk like this when you’ve had too much.”

“You smell like smoke and regret. It suits you.”

“Let’s make a pact—we don’t talk about this in the morning.”

“You shouldn’t have kissed me. But I’m not asking you to stop.”

“You ever get drunk enough to think the world might love you back?”

“We’re both going to regret this tomorrow, aren’t we?”

𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑, 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐏

“What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? I’ll go first.”

“Tell me a truth—just one. The kind you’d never say sober.”

“You’re going to forget this conversation in the morning, right?”

“If I told you I missed you, would you blame the alcohol?”

“You keep drinking like you’re trying to forget something. Or someone.”

“I didn’t mean to call you. My hands just remembered your number.”

“Why are you crying? Don’t tell me it’s just the gin.”

“You said you don’t love me anymore, but you’re still here.”

“Do you ever wonder how we got this lost?”

“Sometimes, I think the night listens better than people do.”

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 — quiet streets, unspoken things

“I’ll walk you home. You can pretend you don’t need me to.”

“It’s too late for goodbyes, isn’t it?”

“We shouldn’t have let it get this far.”

“You can hold my hand. Just for tonight.”

“Do you ever wish you’d met me sober?”

“Don’t fall asleep yet. The world feels softer when it’s still spinning.”

“Stay until the city forgets our names.”

“You look different under the streetlights.”

“Promise me you won’t vanish when morning comes.”

“I don’t know what I’ll remember most — the taste of the drink, or you.”

“  Flowers and Plants   ”

Photo by Ishikoro. Japan.

hey, [name]? hello, anybody home?

thank god i found you.

what's going on? where have you been all week?

y'know, this time it wasn't my fault.

you got a real attitude problem, [name].

why even bother? you haven't got a chance.

yeah, well. history is gonna change.

one rejection isn't the end of the world.

if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

i'll call you tonight.

what are you looking at, butthead?

say hi to your mom for me.

do you have any idea how important this was? do you have any clue?

we're gonna have to eat this cake by ourselves.

we all make mistakes in life.

you didn't fall asleep, did you?

welcome to my latest experiment!

all of your questions will be answered.

when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.

where the hell are they?

i don't get what happened.

things have certainly changed around here.

oh my god, they found me. i don't know how but they found me.

run for it, [name]!

this has gotta be a dream.

i just wanna use the phone.

you wouldn't want that to happen, would you?

i don't wanna see you in here again.

i'm gonna make something out of myself.

you've been asleep for almost nine hours.

do you mind if i sit here?

that's a big bruise you have there.

what were you doing in the middle of the street?

i think you should spend the night.

i don't wanna know your name. i don't wanna know anything about you.

i'm sorry, but i'm afraid you're stuck here.

maybe you were adopted.

what have you been doing all day?

nothing's coming to mind.

i'm writing this down. this is good stuff.

hey, don't i know you from somewhere?

i'm your density. i mean... i'm your destiny.

i'm gonna get that son-of-a-bitch.

how did you know i was here?

i think a man should be strong... so he could stand up for himself and protect the woman he loves.

i never picked a fight in my entire life.

i'm really gonna miss you, [name].

you got a permit for that?

you might regret it later in life.

you're beginning to sound just like my mother.

leave her alone, you bastard.

this is for all you lovers out there.

will we ever see you again?

i have to tell you about the future!

i figured... what the hell.

look me up when you get there.

i can't keep up with all your boyfriends.

i think we need a rematch.

why am i always the last one to know about these things?

like i always told you, if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything.

you're acting like you haven't seen me in a week.

they say you can get anything here. i once got pick-pocketed.

i don't know if i should take you seriously... but you scare me sometimes.

i locked myself in a cage once when i was a child. for an entire day. ahh... good times.

why do they call it a brothel? there's no broth. or is there?

couldn't you crawl into a bush somewhere and die? that would be great, thanks.

leave me alone.

i know where babies come from!

what would you do if someone told you that they loved you?

food shouldn't be frilly and pretentious like that.

we take our ingredients, throw them into the largest pot we can find, and cook them for as long as possible until everything is a uniform grey color. as soon as it looks completely bland and unappetizing, that's when i know it's done.

we're not going to be mobbed, right? that's not something they do here? mob people?

do you get the feeling things are just getting worse as we go up?

now that's just unnecessary.

i don't think we're alone. i really don't think we're alone.

is it just me, or did i do really badly back there?

excuse me while i begin projectile vomiting.

maybe she was ugly. maybe she had buck teeth. how would we know?

what is that smell? fish? and something else. oh... more fish.

uh-oh. i'm terrible at puzzles.

let's try not to get lost here. places like this can get you turned around.

i think there's something ahead. something big.

i don't even want to imagine where that leads.

you could be an utter moron, for all we know.

it used to get so quiet that i would start screaming until someone came running. i would tell them that i was just checking. you never know, right?

there's a certain allure to danger, isn't there?

i will never get over how quietly you are able to move.

i heard you often seduce your targets.

don't you wish you could have stayed there? to help more people, i mean?

i've never been very good at that. the steeling myself part. i find it better sometimes to just be a little weak. i'm all right with that, really.

i just wanted some advice.

what should i do if... if i think a woman is special...

i am not lost.

do i have a choice?

you find that curious, do you?

that's directed at me, i take it?

have you really been thinking about that all this time?

so let's talk about your mother for a moment.

why do you always go on about how stupid i am? i'm not stupid, am i?

it hurts my manly feelings, you know. all one of them.

you're not even listening to me.

you're joking, right? a five year old could answer that question.

so what's the deal with you and him, anyway? dare i ask?

that... is a ridiculous question.

i figure you'd be the sort who knows all about deception.

it's moments like this when i truly appreciate the difference between you and me.

you're... you're drunk, aren't you?

how do you manage to be constantly drunk? are we even carrying that much alcohol with us?

i guess a romance between you and i is completely out of the question.

you know a lot of big words.

you wouldn't understand.

don't you ever talk? you know, make polite conversation just to put people at ease?

i spy with my little eye... something that begins with... "G"

are you talking to me?

are we under attack?

i don't have to prove anything to you.

we're not exactly traveling in the lap of luxury here.

can you mend it? when we get back to camp?

i might catch a cold.

that's... one way of looking at it.

i have a hard time believing that.

it's not an outlandish question.

you know, of all the mages i've met you have to be the first one i can honestly say i've really liked.

why are you smiling like that?

i wasn't looking at... you know her... hind-quarters... i gazed. glanced... in that direction, maybe, but i wasn't staring... or really seeing anything even.

i hate you. you're a bad person.

i'm not an idiot. well, not most of the time.

you didn't answer my question.

if you aren't telling me, there must be a reason.

do you mind if i ask you a personal question?

have you... had many women in your time?

how do you... woo them? is there a technique?

i like my hair the way it is, thank you.

we aren't talking about this, are we? did i hit my head?

is that a smirk? are you smirking at me?

well aren't you just chock full of useless trivia today.

i suppose you don't care.

Im not exactly satisfied with this one but well it’s my limit I guess 😭 I’ll remake this maybe someday