the horror & the wild

dialogue prompts from the last séance: tales of the supernatural by agatha christie.

are you not well?

do not be too ready to see the devil in everything you do not understand.

you are a good, faithful creature.

something terrible is going to happen to me.

all you need is rest. rest, and quiet.

with your arms around me, i feel safe. i forget my life.

there is danger, i tell you. i can feel it. great danger.

promise me. never again.

there are things that matter more than money.

a mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

i hold you to your promise.

i do not break my word.

what has been happening here?

it's just a thing that happened.

i convinced myself i had had some kind of hallucination.

what would you have done, in my place?

i knew, but i couldn't change.

i wouldn't sleep alone here for anything.

miracles don't happen.

shut the door. don't stand there half the night.

your clothes will be dry by morning.

you couldn't turn out a dog in this weather.

something is wrong in this house.

you seem preoccupied.

i had to see you.

i'm a practical person. i don't imagine things.

i prayed for a miracle, and you knocked on the door.

what are your views on the supernatural?

you must not underrate the force of superstition.

it can't be anything but coincidence.

violence will be of no avail.

are you in favor of talking or sleeping?

you make me positively uncomfortable.

i have time to tell you the story, if you care to hear it.

one most keep strong and well. it is everything to keep strong and well.

i recognized you at once.

i shall not permit myself to die.

it is the will to live that matters. all of the great doctors say that, nowadays.

you hate me. you have always hated me.

you look quite different.

life was made for laughter.

i am not as stupid as i pretend to be, perhaps.

i can play many parts, and play them very well.

you are laughing at me.

there are strange things going on in this house.

there is such a thing as atmosphere.

you give me the creeps. you really do.

anything might happen to us here.

i shouldn't go in, if i were you.

tell me what you came to tell me.

i always know when bad things are coming.

my nerves are in a rotten state.

my pretty lamb. so sweet and gentle.

there's only one life one can be sure about: this one.

i'm not the 'falling in love' kind.

i thought i knew ____ so well.

you've been up to your tricks again.

what have they been doing to you?

how do i know you're ______?

'possible'? that is not a word i care to meddle with.

who is it you suspect of wanting to kill you?

have you ever been hypnotized?

i notice you're not overcome with surprise.

you are very gloomy these days.

your eyes are like pansies: velvety and soft and dark.

you've been watching me. why?

got everything you want?

i have never felt so helpless.

don't try to think. be content to forget.

you would jeer and laugh if i were dying.

i don't like killing. not even wasps.

money can't buy everything, but it can buy everything i want.

i don't believe in anything i can't see and hear and touch.

i have let myself get fond of you.

why tell me now, when it's too late?

we're pretty safe here, for the time being.

dialogue prompts from breasts and eggs by mieko kawakami.

you only know what it means to be poor, or have the right to talk about it, if you’ve been there yourself.

you reminded me of myself, as a kid.

i never had the kind of windows you could see out of.

i feel like i'm the only one around who doesn't know all the rules.

my life was like a dusty shelf in an old bookstore, where every volume was exactly where it had been for ages.

writing is the best. you can do it anywhere, as long as you have a pen and paper. it’s free, too. and you can write whatever you want.

they only say that in the movies.

kids blame everything on their parents. it's a phase.

i can't tell you how many times i almost asked you.

i can stay tonight and tomorrow.

it's kinda crazy we're related.

i can tell something really bad happened.

age is just a number. it can't tell you everything about a person.

if anyone tries to talk to you, run.

you were never that bad.

i was hoping _____ would talk to you.

things will have to change, and soon.

what's the government for, if not to help you out in time of need?

it feels like i'm trapped inside my body.

we'll worry about tomorrow when it comes.

i don't know what to do with myself.

we may as well just do our own thing.

what are we dealing with here?

i was young, once, but i was never pretty.

beauty means that you're good, and being good means being happy.

i wish i didn't care, but i do care.

i don't want to keep my eyes open. i don't want to see.

just let me take you to the hospital.

show me your smile.

i didn't even realize it was you.

i want to become an adult right now.

it's been a long time since we drank together.

no one ever drops in on me.

i tried calling, but you didn't pick up.

how do you get over something like that?

what are you reading?

luck, effort, and ability are often indistinguishable.

hey, what's this song? it's nice.

the good songs are never long enough.

you literally hold this place together.

i didn't know you had it so hard.

i'm gonna be your big sister. come to me with anything, okay?

you never looked away, no matter what.

we really were sweet kids.

you said you'd come back.

you're going to get better.

we're strong. stronger than this.

it took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get us here.

i'm losing track of what's real.

you've gotta be more careful. you can't die. what am i supposed to do without you?

honestly, i've never been much of anywhere.

you're still a kid. kids gotta eat breakfast.

blood only washes out under cold water.

i like the fastest rides the most.

you must be a natural.

you're okay? honestly?

why do grownups get drunk?

i'll never put myself through that again.

are you in pain? are you alright?

did you get to see everything you wanted?

i owe _____ the world.

why was i telling you all that, again?

is there anything you're craving?

where were you? what the hell is going on?

i can't even imagine what's going through your head right now.

don't worry. i'm not going anywhere.

you knew i was waiting up for you.

take a shower. you'll feel better.

don't want to talk to me, huh?

how long do you think you can keep this up?

i love you, but i never want to be like you.

i want to help so bad. with money. with everything.

do you have any idea how scared i am?

why does everything change?

what did you want to know the truth about?

who doesn't want to believe there's some kind of a truth to life?

it feels like all of this is already a memory.

everything's gonna be okay. we'll get there.

how was that ten years ago?

we need to do the right thing. for _____.

i'd rather give a kidney to a stranger than my _____.

everybody's just so stupid.

i feel like i don't even know you anymore.

your voice has incredible personality.

we can share our words, but not our thoughts.

no one's ever talked to me like that.

can you really be alone like this? forever?

it's amazing how the human body never stops changing.

i thought for sure you'd change your number.

i can't even imagine what my life would be like.

what do you do after something like that?

sorry, too much information. i probably sound crazy.

where were you? i didn't see you.

𝙷𝙰𝙻𝚃 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝙴 ( 𝙷𝙲𝙵 ) : 𝙰𝙽 𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙻𝚈 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚄𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙲𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙾 𝙰 𝚁𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙳𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽, 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙸𝙽𝚂𝚃𝚁𝚄𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙴𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙰𝚃 𝙾𝙽𝙲𝙴. 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙻 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚄𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙲𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙱𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽𝙴𝙳._

joe : nathan's making a mistake selling off so soon. company's worth at least 20% more than this valuation. gordon : well, i think it was a mistake to burn a truck full of our computers & then go running off into the woods.

“ this is your cut minus the first shipment that you burned. you get nothing. not one red cent. now, you go ahead & you sue my ass if you want to because i'd love nothing better than to tell a jury what you did here. you destroy lives. & for what ? a doorstop of a computer with a fancy screen . . .

                     & no legacy. ”

i feel like there's a lot of goodness in me, a lot of greatness, but i can't get it out of me. i can't give it to the world. i have ideas. i'm not an echo. i make things in my mind, but i can't get them into the world. ... online could be more ... the future is bearing down on us like a freight train and nobody sees it.

        security splash magazine, pg 14 :          macmillan utility nets 10 million         dollar backing for new 'anti-virus'            software venture.

ryan : you're ruining the product. joe : i am the product. ryan : i know.

Bitter pragmatism and bleeding heart are actually in agreement as far as sheltering the guy goes, but he doesn't need to know that just yet. She looks tired — the smile etched into her features is bitter. He's not that much younger than she was when Fisk nearly made her a casualty of his will.

"Sure. That's what this is -- cleaning up a mess I tried to prevent a decade ago." The Kingpin should not have been able to do this — it's a personal failure she can't relinquish. "But I gotta hand it to you, Daniel... even by my standards, you're fucked. I mean, Fisk's whole track record was in plain view, and you still fell for the rhetoric? I don't know if I can look out for somebody that stupid."

She crosses her arms, jaw set because she knows she's about to let him have it ; it'll serve him in the end, if he's being earnest about all this.

"Except you weren't some citizen watching skewed news reports, you were a hungry campaign aide who weaseled his way into the Mayor's cabinet. Stupid is too generous of a word. I wonder, how much shit did you turn a blind eye to in that office? How much did you refuse to care about because it didn't affect you?" Karen stands from where she's been leaned against a desk and approaches Daniel where he sits.

❝ you're right. ❞ he says aloud, rubbing his palms together until his hands are clasped tight. ❝ about everything, you are ... you're right. ❞ i'm gonna run like hell until [ ... ] somebody tells me to stop. that line has never been more evident, that word never more resolute. ❝ what i saw, what i did – there's no excuse. for any of that. and i'm sure as hell not gonna try to find one now. ❞

he swallows thickly, nods his head. ❝ i wanna make amends. start fresh. clean slate. i don't deserve it. hell, you've got every right to laugh in my face, but – ❞ second chances don't come around often. is that what buck had handed him? some ticket to a new life? did he know? ❝ in some other version of this, i'm dead for what i did. and now that i'm not? i want to do right by the people i've failed. i want to take everythin' i've learned and i wanna fuckin' do somethin' with it, you know? use it for somethin' ... good. somethin' decent. ❞

daniel pauses, considers what he's saying. how he's saying it. wonders if he's two seconds away from an all - out slap to the face. ❝ i'm willin' to take that chance, miss page. to make an enemy out of myself for the sake of turnin' things around again. ❞ he thinks of his mother, of the pride she'd bestowed upon him on behalf of his father. could he still be seen that way? does a light still shine somewhere for daniel blake? ❝ i was, what'd you call me, a hungry campaign aide? i was in the thick of it. i know how this works. ❞

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

starters from the first episode of the first season of el rey’s “from dusk till dawn: the series”! feel free to change names/pronouns/etc.! 1x02

“Today we will rise, and the world will be ours.”

“I don’t believe in that voodoo shit.”

“You keep looking at that thing like it’s the damn Holy Book.”

“Come on, Earl. I need a real answer, yes or no?”

“Sometimes you just get up and you know it’s gonna be one of them days.”

“Alright, I guess I’ll be on my way.”

“You think that I can’t get us out of this situation, like I’m some kinda amateur. I brought you into the profession.”

“They teach you that in prison?”

“It’s just you and me now. We are it.”

“We did it. We made history, you son of a bitch.”

“You shouldn’t call people stuff, you know? It’s rude.”

“That guy, he practically drooled all over me.”

“Listen, I’m telling you something, and you’re not listening to me.”

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“Alright, now everybody be cool.”

“You… be cool.”

“What the hell did you do!?”

“It’s a figure of speech!”

“Surrender and nobody gets hurt!”

“Afraid somebody’s already hurt, Sheriff.”

“Put down your gun, let us go, and we’ll call it a day.”

“It’s gonna be a long day.”

“Haven’t I taught you better than that?”

“You ready to give up now?”

“I know you’re trying to mess with my head. It’s not gonna work.”

“There’s nothing wrong with me, and I won’t for a second make you think there is.”

“Alright, that’s what I like to hear.”

“I didn’t realize you had a secretary.”

“We ran into some complications.”

“I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”

“Stay where you are, I’ll make arrangements.”

“Here’s how it’s gonna be: everyone’s gonna live, unless you don’t surrender right now.”

“You’re not gonna make me count to three, are you?”

“So, are we even gonna talk about this?”

“Baby, I’m not kidding around.”

“We’ve never had a talk like this before.”

“What the hell’d you do that for?”

“You can’t save me or anyone else in here.”

“I didn’t get shot so those sons of bitches could ride off into the sunset.”

“I got a plan, but we do this my way.”

“What I’m telling you is I can clear you a path.”

“Just let me save this man’s life…!”

“I’m okay, why wouldn’t I be okay?”

“What we did was make us all a hell of a lot of money.”

“The boss shut me down.”

“Boss? What boss? I thought you were the boss.”

“That’s a real nice thing that you’ll never get to do.”

“If I could, the answer would be yes.”

“I’m all out of days, but you’ve still got yours. Make ‘em good ones.”

“Do you know what you’re asking us to do?”

“I knew it. He’s your guy, this is on you.”

“We are not killing any more people today, you got that?”

“You promise me something. You kill these bastards, no matter what it takes. Even if you have to follow them to the gates of hell, you kill them for me.”

“Well, now, looks like it’s just you, hero.”

“We finish what we started…”

“This is where I draw the line.”

“These people need to die.”

“Listen to me, I’m not going to waste my bullets, time, or energy arguing with you about this anymore.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“Can I please just shoot him now?”

“I’ll be waiting for you.”

“Something’s coming, Richard.”

“I’m the only one who can protect you.”

“There’s something really wrong with your brother.”

“Richie, Richie, it’s gonna be alright.”

“It’s just you and me, buddy.”

my father taught me many things.

keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

i saw a strange thing today.

i know it was you.

you broke my heart. you broke my heart!

you’ll have to speak up. i can’t hear you.

if anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.

i despise your masquerade.

we’re both part of the same hypocrisy.

i can handle things! i’m smart!

don’t you contact me again, ever.

do me this favor. i won’t forget it.

you heard what happened in my home?

i’ve always taken care of you.

did you ever think about that? huh?

i hated you for so many years.

you need me. i want to take care of you now.

keep them alive.

that was a good break. a nice deal.

you’re nothing to me now.

i don’t want to know you or what you do.

don’t you know that i would use all my power to prevent something like that from happening?

why do you hurt me? i’ve always been loyal to you.

why can’t you give me a straight answer?

i’m going in to take a nap.

i hear you and your friends are stealing goods.

you and your friends should show me some respect.

i’m going to be leaving very early tomorrow.

i could help you.

i know. i’m trying, darling.

why are the drapes open?

oh, this is too violent for me.

he was stupid. i was lucky.

i’ve learned that i have the strength to change.

And through all this Hagen felt his grief. Sonny had been his true brother, his savior; his hero when they had been boys together. Sonny had never been mean or bullying with him, had always treated him with affection, had taken him in his arms when Sollozzo had turned him loose. Sonny’s joy at that reunion had been real. That he had grown up to be a cruel and violent and bloody man was, for Hagen, not relevant.

– THE GODFATHER, Mario Puzo

Vito raised a hand to Clemenza, silencing him. To Sonny he said, “We’ll take care of him.” He asked, “Is he your friend?” Sonny thought about it a second and then said, “Yeah, Pop. He’s like a brother to me.” Then or now, he had no idea why he said it.