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i just played the stanley parable for the first time recently and this ending absolutely destroyed me, so iβm making a meme about it to cope. a few lines might have been altered just a little bit to fit a more vague setting, but most remain unchanged. feel free to alter further should you need to!
trigger warnings: suicide ( or at least a mention of it )
β i think perhaps weβve gotten off on the wrong foot here. β
β iβm not your enemy here. really, iβm not. β
β wha- REALLY? i was in the middle of something! β
β do you have zero consideration for others? β
β are you that convinced that i want something bad to happen to you?
β i really do want to help you. β
β let me prove that iβm on your side. β
β give me a chance. β
β oh, thank god, you are willing to listen to me. β
β do you see that i have really wanted you to be happy all this time? β
β donβt you see that itβs killing us? β
β i justβ¦ i want it to stop. β
β we would both be so much happier if we just stopped. β
β i think i have a solution. β
β what are we looking for? β
β itβs beautiful, isnβt it? β
β i think i feelβ¦happy. β
β no, wait, where are you going? β
β please, no, let me stay here! β
β donβt take this from me! β
β this is where we can both be happy. β
β promise me you wonβt go back there. β
β youβre risking everything we achieved here! β
β are youβ¦ you are going to stay here, arenβt you? β
β you. will. die. what about this isnβt getting through to you?! β
β thank god you lived. β
β you had me worried there for a moment. β
β i canβt go back to what i was before! β
β why are you doing this? β
β see? this is what you want. β
β go back. thereβs nothing good that can come from this. β
β do you just not believe me? β
β what can i say to convince you? β
β can you do that for me? β
β perhaps you finally see what iβm talking about. β
β my godβ¦ is this really how much you dislike me? β
β you are literally willing to kill yourself to keep me from being happy? β
β am i reading the situation correctly? β
β maybe youβre just getting a kick out of it. i donβt know anymore. β
β i just wanted us to get along.Β i guess that was too much to ask. β
β is it over? β
emotional? angsty? fighty? yep. check, check, and check again. bon appetit!
β go. β
β stop this. β
β let go of me. β
β youβre gonna have to make me. β
β please donβt do this. β
β donβt make me do this. β
β you have no idea what iβm capable of. β
β donβt you dare. β
β i wouldnβt do that if i were you. β
β i canβt do this. β
β i wonβt let you do this. β
β iβm not gonna let that happen. β
β go! get out of here! run! β
β iβm not what you think i am. β
β donβt get in my way. β
β revenge wonβt bring peace for you. β
β you always knew this would happen, didnβt you? β
β whatβs going on in that head of yours? β
β you do not turn against your family. β
β i will kill you if i have to. β
β we need you. β
β itβs okay. i got this. β
β you were chosen for a reason. β
β get up. β
β itβs too late. β
β you canβt do this. β
β i thought i might find you here. β
β youβve never had to fight me. β
β itβs over. β
β itβs over. we won/lost. β
β itβs over. you lost. β
β enough! β
β you canβt protect any of them. β
β stay here! β
β give me your hand. β
β i canβt help you. β
β you canβt help me! β
β i canβt do this anymoreβ¦ β
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Β Β Β Β Β βΒ β¦β¦.Β β
Β Β Β βΒ i will carry you out myself.Β β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β "π ππππ ππππ ππ πππ ππππ as weapons in the past and will not hesitate to do so again.β Completely straight-faced, itβs... likely the truth, to some degree. βI have interacted with my fair share of corpses cursed or otherwise, and so youβll have to do more than glower and glare at me. Besides, telling a scientist to not indulge in their own curiosity, you may as well tell a fish not to swim.β
* QUOTES ABOUT DEATH PROMPTS ,
i'm not afraid of death; i just don't want to be there when it happens.
i'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way i want to.
don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.
what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?
someone who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
i don't want to die without any scars.
death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
i had been dead for billions and billions of years before i was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
even death has a heart.
death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.
it is a curious thing, the death of a loved one.
no one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
everybody is going to be dead one day, just give them time.
we all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up.
delaying death is one of my favourite hobbies
life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
we're born, we live a little while, we die.
the first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
i was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.
life is pleasant, death is peaceful: it's the transition that's troublesome.
if there are no dogs in heaven, then when i die i want to go where they went.
we are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones.
a thing is not necessarily true because someone dies for it.
i do not fear death.
when i look at my life and its secret colours, i feel like bursting into tears.
don't feel bad, i'm usually about to die.
they died that day because their body had served its purpose.
many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life.
why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? it isn't.
no one here gets out alive.
promise to give me a kiss on my brow when i am dead, i shall feel it.
the dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.
one lives in the hope of becoming a memory.
when he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
kill me, if youβve ever been my friend, kill me.
to me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.
i like grit, i like love and death, i'm tired of irony.
how shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?
fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
if by my life or death i can protect you, i will.
i know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow.
much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.
people living deeply have no fear of death.
if you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right
we who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
belief is the death of intelligence.
what could i become if i stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything?
you never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone.
if i die, i will wait for you.
if you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them?
grief can destroy you, or it can focus you.
death is a strange thing.
cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
older men declare war, but it is youth that must fight and die.
i could die for you, but i couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.
whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar.
personally, i'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!
the funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
the truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
yeah, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.
it is not death that you should fear, but you should fear never beginning to live.
you can not die of grief, though it feels as if you can.
people leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.
death is a stripping away of all that is not you.
we may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
it doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.
enjoy life, there's plenty of time to be dead.
death is the only god who comes when you call.
to live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how i would like to live.
As Iβll be spotty here while working, mutuals can feel free to hit me up on either~
as always feel free to change pronouns/alter to fit etc!
β iβm not running away from things, i am running to them, before they flare and fade forever. β
β you are seared onto my heart. β
β iβm running to you, before you fade from me. β
β thatβs the trouble with hope. itβs hard to resist. β
β never be cruel, never be cowardly. β
β wait, heβs your arch-enemy now? iβll scratch his eye out. β
β weβre all stories in the end. β
β donβt play games with me. donβt ever, ever think youβre capable of that. β
β who said youβre not important? β
β all of time and space, iβve never met anyone who wasnβt important before. β
β everybody is important to somebody, somewhere. β
β hold tight and pretend itβs a plan. β
β the way i see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. the good things donβt always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things donβt always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. β
β have the guts to do whatβs right, even when everyone else just runs away. β
β some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. itβs not the time that matters, itβs the person. β
β you know the thing you need most of all? you need a hand to hold. β
β good men donβt need rules. today is not a good day to find out why i have so many. β
β one may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. β
β if weβre going to die, letβs die looking like a peruvian folk band. β
β it isnβt rocket science, itβs just quantum physics. β
β courage isnβt just a matter of not being frightened, you know. itβs being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway. β
β thereβs something that doesnβt make senseβ¦ letβs go and poke it with a stick. β
feel free to change pronouns as you please! ____ signifies a place where you can insert a name.
β Youβve got that look in your eyesβ¦Youβve killed people. Or you will. β β No remorse, no mercyβ¦Yes, you have the eyes of a killer! β β I know that you can kill. Now show me that you can obey. βΒ Β β The lives of the innocent and the guilty alike are ours for the taking. β β I appreciate you finding a safe place for our meeting. β β Your people deserve so much greater than you. β β Despite your holy station, you have the same needs and desires as any other. β β Obey me without question and Iβm sure weβll get along just fine. β β Youβre one of the family nowβ¦You might as well look the part. β β Iβm blessed with good looks and a sense of humour. Just play along, dear, and enjoy~! β β I find life to be a complicated mess of pranks and pitfalls. β β Stay sharp. Weβre not alone in the shadows anymore. β β I suggest you get used to this face, because youβre gonna be seeing a lot of me. β β It seems Iβll need to use something harsher than words to deal with you. β β It seems weβre at war with an unknown adversaryβ¦ β β Your mead tastes like bee vomitβ¦Think Iβll pass. β β Youβre hunting the hunters, and thatβs a game I have no desire to play. β β I protect my customers and their secrets. Iβve nothing more to say to you. β β Iβll tear your head off and mount it on my wall! β β I didnβt mean to cause so much troubleβ¦or to put you in harmβs wayβ¦ β β Make ____ feel pain before you kill him/her, alright? β β I assume you have a reason for approaching me while Iβm working. What is it? β β Iβm not quite sure I really want to know your trade secrets. β β Life is fleeting, an illusion, and everything in the end belongs to death. β β Youβve demonstrated skills and abilities that weβll definitely need in the battles to come. β β Iβm going to be a part of this mission whether you give the command or not. β β Iβm getting a little tired of sticking to the shadows all the timeβ¦ β β Whatβs a few more minutes when I get to spend it with such a deadly assassinβ¦ β β Iβm unarmed. May we speak before you kill me? β β Weβll meet again, and next time Iβll be ready to deal with you! β β One day, your recklessness is going to get you killed. β β If I have to confront my past to shed light on the present, then so be it. β β This place may be abandoned, but such areas never stay quiet for longβ¦ β β What? Are those tears? Executioners arenβt supposed to cry. β β Were all these deaths truly what you wanted? β β Put away your weapon, child. We have much to discuss. β β You have no idea how glad I am to see a friendly faceβ¦ β β Honestly, Iβm extremely overqualified, but Iβll take whatever employment you can get. β β You canβt blame me for breaking a few fingersβ¦You were touching myΒ body, after all. βΒ Β β Have you lifted anything heavier than a book in your entire life? β β If you falter in the slightest, itβll be your blood that stains the ground. β β Hehβ¦You always were a step faster than me. β β Iβm ready to die. Letβs see if youβre good enough to kill me. β β You remind me of who I was. Thatβs why Iβm going to kill you. β β ____ failed. Why mourn the loss of weakness? β β We have a certain connection, you and Iβ¦Donβt you find it to be intense? β β I have the kind of face everyone remembers β beautiful. β β Wakey wakey, darling! You can sleep when youβre dead, which will be sooner than you think! β β One of these nights, Iβll sneak into your room andβ purely for a social visit, I assure you! β β A murder here, an assassination there, a girl needs to stay active! β β You have a way of making me act unprofessionally, you know that? β β That wasβ¦intense. Iβm glad you showed up when you did. β β Youβve meddled in my affairs for the last time! β β I will not beg for mercy from the likes of you! βΒ Β β Perhaps we could share a murder spree sometime soon, yes? β β I see your sense of humour is still in a state of disrepair. β β I need to ask a favour, and gold isnβt the only reward Iβm willing to provide. β β Would you go away and leave me alone? I donβt want any trouble. β β Donβt you dare follow me! Iβve got some apples and I know how to use βem! β β When I said βbe discreetβ, this was notΒ what I meantβ¦ β β Iβm thinking this spy business just might not work out for you. β β These arenβt the mostβ¦luxuriousΒ headquarters, but Iβve had worse. β β Who am I to suppose I can avoid the fate that so clearly awaits me? β β I thought youβd realise by now that I donβt take kindly to threats. β β This is your fault. I never should have hired you. β β This place is too quietβ¦Almost too perfect for an ambush. β β One minute youβre flirting, the next minute youβre stabbing. Itβs very confusing. β β Look whoβs here! Afraid Iβd leave without giving you a goodbye kiss? β β Donβt get all sentimental on me, hero. β β Step away from me or weβll need a broom to clean up your remains. β β Forward? Believe me, this is my shy and unimposing side. β β Think youβll find a better deal elsewhere? Youβd be dead wrong. β β Why not take a load off? You look like youβve been working yourself to the bone. β
See, the difficult part is that... outside of the apprentices heβs had over the years (and their families, for those whoβve stayed in contact with him) and some of his colleagues, Veric is an antisocial asshole who has to be dragged out of the house or else heβll just sit inside all day in the company of his automatons.
You know what, fuck it
Domnos verse
Tentative thoughts of a low-activity canon muse... one I actually havenβt ever written before π€
Trying to maintain a consistent work schedule with a workplace thatβs βset your own scheduleβ is hard, yβall
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