SCAWWY 😱 nina

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These flowers have been symbolic of a hard won success, particularly in artistic endeavors. Giving an artist a bunch of amaryllis flowers is said to encourage both their creative muse and their achievements and strength in the arts. According to scientists, their leaves and bulb contain an alkaloid, a chemical known to exhibit antitumoral, antiviral, antiparasitic, and other healing properties.

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[concoctive]

Here we are, anyhow. I'm glad that we didn't get anythin' worse than bruised up, though.

[ he'll mush his cheek into her hair and stare at the pyre with her, frowning for a very long moment. maybe forever, at this point, as he thinks about it. ]

Godsdamned idiot. Monster spend its time tryin' to get a rise out of me, but... I know it's not him. I know he's in there.

Cam and Erin were, when I talked to 'em. Iwa was himself again before he died.

[fanfictional]

[ nods at that first bit.

but man. that second bit? makes her eyes sting. ]

The moments of lucidity... they're almost cruel....

[ probably how marina ended up laid to rest in a more peaceful manner, if she had to guess.

her eyes start to leak tears and she curls in on herself more. ]

I don't want to see him die tomorrow... [ scrunches her little face. ] He better put up a good fight or I'll follow him to the grave and kick his butt myself.

[ resurrect him, just to kill him again. ]

[concoctive]

... I dunno what's worse. The moments where they shine through, or the ones where they don't. Suppose it depends on which side you're on.

[ to see this cruel moment of your friend showing through the monster. to be trapped inside your own mind, unable to say goodbye to your loved ones.

his arm squeezes a little more firmly around her, holding her close as she curls up, his breath a slow, wet shudder for a moment. ]

... I don't, either. But I know he'll be upset with himself if he hurts whoever goes in there with him.