★ MAGICAL MIRACLE MUSES !

“ in my restless dreams, i see that town. “

“ you promised you’d take me there some day, but you never did. “

“ i’m alone there now. “

“ a dead person can’t write a letter. “

“ i didn’t mean to scare you. “

“ i’m kind of lost. “

“ i didn’t do it. “

“ i didn’t do anything, i swear. “

“ oh, it’s you. “

“ i don’t know what you’re planning, but there’s always another way. “

“ you’re the same as me. “

“ it’s easier just to run. “

“ no, i’m not like you. “

“ are you afraid? “

“ i’m so tired. “

“ did you find the person you’re looking for? “

“ i don’t know why i think he’s / she’s / they’re here. “

“ i’m not crazy. at least, i don’t think so. “

“ this town’s dangerous. “

“ it was you, wasn’t it? “

“ you didn’t love ____, anyway. “

“ do i look like your girlfriend / boyfriend ? “

“ i don’t look like a ghost, do i? “

“ you’re coming with me? “

“ you were gonna just leave me? “

“ i’m all alone here. “

“ everyone else is gone. “

“ i thought you said the cops were after you. “

“ nobody will ever forgive me. “

“ how can you sit there and eat pizza? “

“ it’s just a hangover. “

“ what if you can’t find ____? what will you do? “

“ i haven’t thought about that. “

“ you don’t sound very happy to see me. “

“ i was almost killed back there! “

“ why didn’t you try to save me? “

“ i’ve never been so scared in my whole life! “

“ you couldn’t care less about me, could you? “

“ you’re alive! “

“ i thought that thing killed you! “

“ it stabbed you; there was blood everywhere! “

“ did something happen to you? “

“ are you confusing me with someone else? “

“ you always were so forgetful. “

“ you said you took everything. “

“ how do you know about that? “

“ all i want from you is an answer. “

“ it doesn’t matter who i am. “

“ i’m here for you, ____. “

“ see? i’m real. “

“ don’t order me around! “

“ oh, i see. you’re trying to be nice to me, right? “

“ you don’t have to lie. go ahead and say it. “

“ don’t touch me! “

𝙸   𝙶𝙴𝚃   𝙸𝚃   𝙽𝙾𝚆 .    why   i’m   still   alive ,    though   everyone    else  is  dead .    i’m   not   the   only   one   who’s   still   walking   around .    i’m   the   same   as   them …   𝐈   𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓   𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐍'𝐓   𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐃  𝐈𝐓   𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 .  

“ tonight was supposed to be different. “

“ i messed up… i did this… i ruined everything. “

“ yes, i’m ____! i am she! “

“ fish aren’t even cute! this is off-brand. “

“ my life is pretty much perfect… except my friends are all horrible people. “

“ i can’t believe you’d have anything in common with someone like me… “

“ i feel like we’re destined to be friends, ____. “

“ so much pain in your eyes. you’re a flower afraid of the sun. “

“ ____… haven’t you suffered enough? “

“ the past is gone. nothing but blue skies ahead. “

“ i’m an old soul. “

“ i really thought i would feel more together by now. i thought i’d be an adult. “

“ you can’t see me this way. no one ever has. “

“ i’m a monster that knows it’s a monster. “

“ yay, it’s ____! ____ makes all my problems go away! “

“ listen! nobody cares about your stupid made-up boyfriend! “

“ i know something you dont?! this feels amazing! “

“ hey, ____? remember when i said we should try to dress, like, incognito? “

“ ____… i saw you die… “

“ everyone’s so fake! even faker than me! “

“ i know what you did. “

“ there’s only one me, and it’s me! not you—me! “

“ honestly, ____. you think you’re gonna get rid of me that easily? “

“ how about we get out of here and never come back? “

“ i already told you, didn’t i…? i’ve had my eye on you for a while. “

“ this is exactly who i am. it’s who i was born to be. “

“ wow, that was soooo embarrassing for you! “

“ you guys actually pay attention to me? “

“ just because they aren’t you doesn’t make them a bad person, ____. “

“ we’re all connected. i mean in a cosmic sense. “

“ yeah, i know, it looks bad, but this time… i swear it wasn’t my fault! “

“ i dreamt about you again. “

“ your entire life is a lie… just like mine! “

“ look at my face! it’s better. it’s just a better face. “

“ i missed you. so much it hurt. it tore me apart. it nearly destroyed me. “

“ they’re watching us right now, you know. they’re always watching. “

“ they can’t trust me to be on my own. “

“ i feel like, just maybe, things are going to be okay. you know, in a cosmic sense. “

“ did you guys talk about me? “

“ it’s a party, right? that’s it, we’re going. “

“ soon they’ll all know what a fraud i am. a part of me can’t wait… “

“ i’m in hell. this is a weekend in hell. “

“ i just need time, okay? it’s an infp thing! “

“ i just want someone to hold me tight and never let go. is that crazy? “

“ all this trouble for one night? you’re obsessed with me. “

“ …is that what you’re calling me? that’s messed up. “

“ man, ____. you really wish i was your girlfriend, huh? “

“ are you yelling at me or are we just yelling?! “

“ i feel so small. so insignificant. everything i do is stupid. my whole stupid life… “

“ you’re changing, you’re growing, you’re trying new things… it’s not a crime. never apologize for being alive, ____. “

“ i’ve been lying to everyone for so long. “

“ i know everything. everything about you. i’ve had my eye on you for a while. “

“ i’m literally going crazy, huh? “

there was a dread that came with the night-time hour , the sort that settled  beneath tenuous bone and festered to rot . it was something birthed by death , by its lingering presence and the pledge of its eternal influence . she felt it , it often throbbed to a dull ache behind somnolent eyes , wakefulness felt - at its most - almost safe .

to gaze upon him as he slumbered , it felt akin to repose , as for a moment all muscles , purposefully taut , were allowed to relax. prudent to the shifting of her weight kirigiri allows herself a moment of comfort , naegi's head resting upon her shoulder , her head upon his . she allows sleep to take her hand ; for in this moment , as transiently lived as it may be - she felt able to.

“ fun is for suckers, ____. “

“ staring down the barrel of my own mortality beats fun. “

“ do ladies have midlife crises? “

“ however old you feel, ____, you definitely sound twenty-two. “

“ it’s my bad attitude that keeps me young. “

“ nothing in this world is easy. “

“ the universe is trying to fuck with me, and i refuse to engage. “

“ you can eat anything, take anything do anything. it’s impossible to destroy you, you’ll never die! “

“ ____, if it’s any consolation, i promise that you will get divorced someday. “

“ i would tell you but i think explaining it might give us both an aneurysm. “

“ you know, your friends can’t help you if you don’t let them. “

“ i need you to help me. you’re not helping me. you’re not helping me at all, you’re sabotaging me. “

“ it’s a long story involving multiple deaths. “

“ embracing the abyss is the only way to go forward. “

“ buildings aren’t haunted. people are. “

“ angels are all around us. “

“ no, i did not kill somebody. if i killed somebody, i’d play it cool, move to mexico, start a band. “

“ i think we have something really, really good and it’s worth pursuing. “

“ no, ____, we are not getting back together. especially not when your best argument is a warm body. “

“ i wouldn’t tell me anything, if i were you, because i’m not the kind of person that you tell secrets to. “

“ i think i finally found out a little something about how this world works. “

“ didn’t you get the news? we’re about to die. “

“ it doesn’t matter. i die all the time. “

“ you seem nervous. almost as if it’s occurring to you in this moment, maybe, possibly that this is going to be harder than you thought. “

“ you just blew up your whole life and you are serial-killer calm about it. “

“ do you think it’s possible to correct your life? “

“ i find myself in this position of finally being able to do things the right way. “

“ it happened. and it kept happening. and it got harder and harder for me to tell you anything. “

“ there was never going to be a right time for me to tell you anything. “

“ i can do it by myself. i can. “

“ no one can do anything by themselves. “

“ there is no way out of this situation. “

“ i can tell that you’re really bent out of shape about this ____ character, but we literally just met so none of this is on me. “

“ from what i gather, we are in this together. “

“ why do you think this is happening to us? “

“ i’m pretty sure that this is purgatorial punishment for being a bad person. “

“ this isn’t going to be very fun if you keep rejecting my theories. “

“ have i ever done anything, you know, memorably bad to you? “

“ i love that you’re a cunt, it makes me feel morally superior. “

“ you’re basically a child that the universe tasked me with babysitting. would you say that’s a fair assessment? “

“ if you were going to die today, would you be ready for it? “

“ holding two incompatible ideas in your head at the same time and accepting both of them… that’s the best of being human. “

“ listen, i know you think i’m a moral narcissist, but there are good guys and bad guys. and i am definitely a good guy. “

“ ____ chose you, and you don’t love him/her. you’re not faithful. “

“ nobody chooses me. i’m the hole where a choice should be. “

“ i’ve got to be honest with you. if i was inventing hell, it would look like this. “

“ i don’t want to be attached to anyone. “

“ i want to just at least maintain the illusion of free will. “

“ we are very unreliable narrators of our own stories. “

“ there’s so much i want to do and you just want to stay exactly the same. “

“ i prefer casual acquaintances over closer relations, and strangers above everybody else. “

“ how do you know that you’re real? “

“ we need each other. i need you. you need me. “

“ i do not want to do this alone. “

“ i love you so much. i cannot be the reason that you stop existing. i would never forgive myself. “

“ don’t ever let them tear us apart, okay? “

“ i am the party. “

“ that might be the last thing you ever say to me. “

“ thank you for changing my life. lives are hard to change. “

“ no matter how much we think we’re fooling people, our bodies… they can’t keep lying the way our minds can. “

“ i thought if i worked hard enough, if i kept putting the time in, and if i kept my head down, did everything right, i… this aching, gnawing feeling of being an absolute failure would go away. “

“ you were this… tiny seed buried in the darkness fighting your way to the light. you wanted to live. it’s the most beautiful thing in the world. do you still have that in you? “

“ i look at you, chasing down death at every corner and… where is that gorgeous piece of you pushing to be a part of this world? “

“ this is the day we get free. “

“ ____, you seriously don’t remember me? “

“ i need you to remember me. i need you to. “

“ i told you i know you. “