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thinking about a star trek au and realizing i got it all wrong, then remember how the federation feels about genetically modified individuals, and you know what arthur would be part of the "section 31" "unofficially" by way of albrecht entrai, whom absolutely fucked around with a pocket dimension and modified the genetics of individuals like arthur, when a federation ship goes missing (ends up in a wormhole/pocket dimension and contracts a virus and thus entrai offers the cure-) and there goes arthur's good standing with starfleet and federation because of that (thinking about star trek prodigy and dal for example and voyager and the marquis crew). i will need to rewatch some star treks (actually continue discovery im so bad im still in s1 and just go back and rewatch the same seasons of voyager and prodigy and never finish) and think on this, but that could be so juicy and good. god especially with how noble/heroic arthur is? like yeah, okay, he's military, but he'd absolutely have been like security or even command (he was a lieutenant with his own command in his canon before being discharged for refusing to kill civilians (blackmailed the army to honorably discharge instead of him whistleblowing on them) but like i could see him having dedicated his life to starfleet command/security, possibly captain track, and then the one bad mission, and now he was genetically modified to save his life and well ... the federation has Opinions about that.

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dumb question, but how are you doing?

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A cold, bitter part of something in his chest hates that question. Once glance around the Mall, despite Aoi and Amir's better efforts to reclaim the space and make it home could answer that question. Just down the street, buildings are missing walls and windows and the strange growths are regularly cut away to try to fend off the spread of Techrot over the country. How was anyone doing was a dumb question, because how was any of this alright?

However, such is the Britannic way to keep a stiff upper lip, and that's what he is doing. That's what he has to do, because there's no other option besides lay down and die. Let everything that's happening happen. That's not in his genes, the hero virus, he's heard Eleanor say that once to him. A heated moment, not unlike the one he and his sister had after today's excursions. He and her use to never fight, another small part of his chest aches for those days when she and him never fought, for when Eleanor would braid his hair and they'd be each other's defenders.

As the leader of this ragtag troupe, he tried as he might to temper himself, control the desire to snap back for where his sister had him hit. Arthur went off alone to lick his wounds, because he'll be fine, he has to be. Yet he isn't as alone as he thinks, because Drifter, not-so-interloper anymore, finds him in the defunct bar.

Tired is the singular word to describe him, nursing a headache that he prays Eleanor isn't watching because a small part of him does THINK she's causing them. Some sort of punishment, probably earned. ❝ Hmm... ❞ At least, it's not are you okay? ❝ It's one of those days. ❞ All the answer he has to give without being a total asshat for the day. ❝ Did you go check on Eleanor or is that why you're here, she send you? ❞ The tension is still boiling hot however. This is Arthur cooling down because the Nightingale siblings will need to carry on one way or another, apology or forget.

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🐝  *  ―  𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑼𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑷𝑻. 𝑰.

❛  it was wrong of me to assume you're ever gonna change.  ❜ ❛  that's it? it was all just a lie?  ❜ ❛  shame on me for thinking you were a good person.  ❜ ❛  you're gonna pay for what you did to me.  ❜ ❛  you didn't hear a word of what i just said, did you?  ❜ ❛  believe me, you weren't my first choice either.  ❜ ❛  if you've got a problem with the way i handle things, just say so.  ❜ ❛  do you think we're gonna survive this?  ❜ ❛  what's your problem?!  ❜ ❛  will you please slow down a little?  ❜ ❛  i can't believe you would do something like that.  ❜ ❛  did it mean anything to you?  ❜ ❛  i'm never gonna be good enough for you.  ❜ ❛  we were just fooling ourselves this whole time.  ❜ ❛  i'm sorry, i didn't know where else to go.  ❜ ❛  i don't want to argue with you anymore.  ❜ ❛  fine. you were right, and i was wrong. happy now?  ❜ ❛  this day feels like it's never gonna end.  ❜ ❛  i didn't think you'd care so much.  ❜ ❛  this must be like the first time you were nice to me.  ❜ ❛  out of all the people here, why do i have to be stuck with you?  ❜ ❛  do you want to go on a date with me?  ❜ ❛  honestly, i don't think i wanna leave the house today.  ❜ ❛  were you ever planning on telling me about all of this?  ❜ ❛  i wish i had another choice.  ❜ ❛  don't flatter yourself, a fifth-grader could've done this as well.  ❜ ❛  you're the most insufferable person i have ever met.  ❜ ❛  here, you look like you need this more than me right now.  ❜ ❛  oh, just so you know, i don't ever lose this game.  ❜ ❛  just let me sleep for five more minutes.  ❜ ❛  alright, is there anything else we have to do before they arrive?  ❜ ❛  do you believe in ghosts?  ❜ ❛  i wish we had more time together.  ❜ ❛  you don't have to leave just yet ... you could stay the night if you wanted to.  ❜ ❛  where are you taking me?  ❜ ❛  trust me, this is the last thing i want to do.  ❜ ❛  i need more time to think about what i want.  ❜ ❛  why didn't you say anything earlier? we could've avoided this whole mess.  ❜ ❛  i don't feel so good, i think i may be getting sick.  ❜ ❛  help me! please!  ❜

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night owl.

dialogue prompts from night owl by andrew mayne.

i can tell there's something special about you.

i don't like it. things don't feel right.

you're not exactly seeing me at my best.

i'm a bastard, but only professionally.

you'd be amazed by what 'good' people are capable of.

i don't need anyone lecturing me on how to do my job.

'unfortunate' and 'suspicious' are the same thing, in my book.

burglars don't generally bring groceries.

sometimes the absence of ego is the best camouflage.

no need for bribes. any chance to screw over that prick.

if you're going after someone, make sure you know what they're afraid of.

i don't really respond to threats. i just kind of tune it out.

that look in your eyes. you're visualizing how you'd kill me right now.

you're so old school. i love it.

you can hide great evil in the shadow of avoidance.

whoa. you're more direct than i am.

i ran out of polite ways to tell people to go fuck themselves. pardon my language.

firm questions get firm responses.

i still haven't processed it all. i don't know that i will.

if i'd never existed, ____ would still be alive.

i had no idea you'd been watching me so closely.

i want to be several steps ahead. like you.

i think i should be learning from you.

you want the bad news, or the worse news?

routine breeds laziness.

dumb question, but how are you doing?

they're dead because of me.

it's a perpetual miracle that you're still alive.

you want pity? call a therapist.

you play too fair. you have to fight dirty.

you always have to be somebody's hero.

this isn't a game for heroes.

i imagine everyone has something they're hiding.

you've been chasing shadows for too long. you can't even see the light.

you did the right thing, even when it was difficult.

remind me to never cross you.

you do live up to your reputation.

i want you to tell me about ____, when you have a chance.

i don't think two steps ahead. i created the fucking game.

do you even know what a conscience is?

when will you stop being the puppet and control your own strings?

if there's anyone i'm convinced completely about, it's you.

if all you know are strings, you're helpless without puppets.

if you push your mind too much, it will fill in the gaps with false information.

i can smell your fear.

i had a bad feeling, that's all.

you can't live your life worrying that the people close to you will betray you at some point. you have to be vulnerable sometimes.

the only direction is forward.

if i wanted a shrink, i'd hire one.

i can't watch the news without seeing you come up.

i used to keep a lower profile.

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(Add "+🔁" or "+ reverse" for the reverse)

“Don’t panic, but I may have accidentally joined a cult.”

“Good news: I found a sword. Bad news: It’s haunted.”

“How many chickens are too many chickens?”

“The raccoon is not our pet. Put it down.”

“I need you to distract the cops for… reasons.”

“The good couch is on fire.”

“Do you think we could fight God? Hypothetically.”

“I replaced all your mugs with skulls.”

“There’s no law that says we can’t rob the mayor.”

“The plan is flawless. Step one: chaos. Step two: profit.”

“That’s not my blood, and that’s all I’m willing to say.”

“I bought a cannon.”

“Quick—pick a crime!”

“You can’t prove I’m the one who summoned it.”

“This is fine. I’m fine. Everything’s fine. (It’s not fine.)”

“Why is there a medieval knight in our kitchen?”

“I think the fridge is possessed.”

“You said you wanted excitement!”

“They can’t arrest both of us.”

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&. 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  dialogue prompts taken from the silent hill 2 remake, developed by bloober team. trigger warning for dark themes. feel free to change as you seem fit. )

❛ in my restless dreams, i see that town. ❜

❛ hey, it's okay. i didn't mean to scare you. ❜

❛ i'm kind of lost. ❜

❛ i guess i don't really care if it's dangerous or not. i'm going either way. ❜

❛ what happened to this town? ❜

❛ whatever it is, it's not human. ❜

❛ i didn't do anything! he was like that when i got here. ❜

❛ you wanna come with? maybe together we can find a way out of this town. ❜

❛ sorry, but i can't leave. not yet. ❜

❛ are you afraid? ❜

❛ did you find the person that you were looking for? ❜

❛ don't worry, i'm not crazy. least, i don't think so. ❜

❛ should i go with you? this town really is dangerous. ❜

❛ what's a big dumb-dumb like you doing here anyway? ❜

❛ hey, that's not very nice. didn't your parents teach you any manners? ❜

❛ do i look like your girlfriend? ❜

❛ i can't believe it. your face, your voice... you could be— ❜

❛ i don't look like a ghost, do i? see? warm. ❜

❛ i can show you if you want. unless you have somewhere else to be? something else to do? ❜

❛ hey, easy there. i'm just messing with you. ❜

❛ you're coming with me? can't you just tell me where it is? ❜

❛ what, you were just gonna leave me here? alone? with all these monsters around? ❜

❛ is it because i remind you of... her? ❜

❛ this place we're going to, what is it, exactly? ❜

❛ you ever stay in a place like this? the walls are so thin you can hear everything. love, hate, jealousy... ❜

❛ i think you just saved my life back there. ❜

❛ hey. you think i'd look good in this one? ❜

❛ this room... there's something wrong with it. i think we should leave. ❜

❛ oh, loosen up. it sure beats running around with those monsters out there. ❜

❛ what will you tell her if... when you find her? ❜

❛ oh, c'mon. don't give me that look. i was just kidding. ❜

❛ can we stay? just for a little while? ❜

❛ this place, this whole thing, it's like a nightmare. i just wanted to get away from it, even for a second. ❜

❛ here. something to take the edge off. ❜

❛ we should probably get going. ❜

❛ we could come back later, if you want. you know, in case we need a break. ❜

❛ i wanted to ask you... what if you can't find [ name ]? what will you do? ❜

❛ thanks for checking up on me. it's very sweet of you. ❜

❛ how do you know my name? ❜

❛ i'm sorry, but i can't let you just run around this place. you might get hurt. ❜

❛ please open the door. there's something in here. ❜

❛ i was almost killed back there! i've never been so scared in my whole life! ❜

❛ all you care about is that dead wife of yours. ❜

❛ you couldn't care less about me, could you? ❜

❛ stay with me. don't leave me alone again. you're supposed to take care of me. ❜

❛ i don't know, for some reason i feel like it's up to me to protect her. ❜

❛ well, whaddaya know... a stroll in the rain. how romantic. ❜

❛ i'm trying to keep things light. just humor me, okay? ❜

❛ you think you could give me a hand? ❜

❛ you're supposed to be the big man around here. how's a little girl like me supposed to help? ❜

❛ what's wrong? i thought you wanted to get out of here. ❜

❛ this place is different from what i remember. i guess... things never really stay the same, do they? ❜

❛ you... still don't want me to go with you? if we stick together, we just might make it out of here. ❜

❛ ain't no big deal. just put the gun to their head and... pow! ❜

❛ you can't just kill someone 'cause of the way they looked at you. ❜

❛ please. i'll be good. i promise. ❜

❛ it's always the same with you. you're only after one thing. ❜

❛ i don't know who you think i am, but i don't want to hurt you. ❜

❛ i thought that thing killed you...! are you hurt? ❜

❛ but that thing... it stabbed you. there was blood everywhere. ❜

❛ stabbed me? what do you mean? ❜

❛ honey... did something happen to you? ❜

❛ are you confusing me with someone else? ❜

❛ you said you took everything. but you forgot the videotape we made. ❜

❛ it doesn't matter who i am. i'm here for you. ❜

❛ see? i'm real. ❜

❛ don't you want to touch me? ❜

❛ i'll come back, i promise. ❜

❛ how many times do i have to kill you? ❜

❛ it doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, ugly, pretty... it's all the same once you're dead! ❜

❛ you wanna talk down to me some more? tell me to relax? ❜

❛ you know i'll find you! ❜

❛ guess i deserved it, huh? the fartface that i am. ❜

❛ you got any other things planned? i think i saw a dark room back there you could lock me up in. ❜

❛ where are you? i'm waiting for you. please, come to me. ❜

❛ i think you were right. what we're looking for... it's not here. ❜

❛ thank you for helping me earlier... but i wish you hadn't. ❜

❛ i know what you are. i know why i needed you. but it's all over now. i don't need you anymore. ❜

❛ it'd be easier if they just killed me. ❜

❛ why are you still here? i told you to go. ❜

❛ wait! please don't go. don't leave me alone. i didn't mean what i said. ❜

❛ please... tell me i'll be okay. ❜

❛ i'm here for you. so what if i'm not her? ❜

❛ i can give you what she never could. i can be better than her. ❜

❛ what else do you want me to be? ❜

❛ i won't let you do this to me. i won't let you go. ❜

❛ the truth is, i hated you. ❜

❛ i wanted my life back. ❜

❛ i tried. i really did. but... i just... can't go on without you. ❜

❛ i can't forgive myself for what i've done. ❜

❛ i want you to go on. i want you to live. for yourself and for others. ❜

❛ you made me happy. ❜

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this ain't even any kind of fancy thought post. i just love him.

my live reaction. i really need to finish the posts i have about his growth cause GOD. i also need to use the kimulacrum to see all this chats non-romanced arthur because god this stupid asshat man.

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i need to finish one of the hcs post i am making, and do some screen capture of arthur, but i will never be over the way arthur grows throughout his story and softens up. now i have him romanced, and i'm too much of a baby to make him forget (even if i want to restart his romance)

I just love him, crunchy on the outside, squishy in the middle. The way he goes from stoic soldier to the depth of his person, opening up and joking with The Hex and Drifter.

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vision from me to me specifically. yeah.

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The Hex as Gray Wardens

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It's not in his intentions to walk them into a conversation where Drifter's lack of knowledge came into play. Drifter was knowledgeable on many things that no one else was. After spending most of the year with Drifter around, there are times where he almost forgets that he wasn't originally part of the Hex, that he wasn't an extension but already imbedded with them. However, any moment he's about to forget that Drifter didn't come from here, the man makes sure to remind him that was silly to forget. What's a pegasus, and if he was a weaker man, he'd resolve to laughing because the myths and legends he read as a kid felt so ingrained into his being. He can can recall looking at old Britannic family regalia with pegasus symbology. Always wished as a child that the Nightingale crest had one instead of a stag.

It's adorable, the way he can't stop the question from slipping out and the blank expression. Tip of Arthur's tongue to say anything, a whispered ❝ Sol ❞ and nothing else as Drifter cuts him off. Probably for the best.

Durviri, a landscape of Drifter's making, and he could launch them into another conversation about that place. There's so much there but Arthur doesn't want to derail the topic about Kaithes and riding. ❝ Really? ❞ Would that really work here? Then again, Drifter is here with their Warframes and every oddity the Hex has to question the Drifter about having in the Backrooms; so it's possible. ❝ Hmm, only after a patrol and street's gone dead. Don't need extra noise on you. Scare the locals. ❞

he's in the middle of nibbling some other scrap of pilfered food when arthur mentions another animal. trying to draw comparison between duviri and the real world was usually a fifty/fifty shot of actually coming up with a good analogue. for this, though, he draws a blank, head tilting. ❝ what's a ‘pegasus’? y'know---- ❞ and he waves his hand abruptly, banishing the question before a reaction can be given. ❝ don't answer. ❞ he'd rather not repeat another fumble like he had with ‘sheep’; he wouldn't be able to handle being called adorable in person. 

he stands with a small huff, spurred boots clacking lightly on the hard floors. ❝ wings, yes. feathers, no. most creatures in duviri don't really have fur or feathers. ❞ and he turns about in the space, gesturing vaguely to their surrounds. ❝ i could summon her, ❞ a snap of his fingers for emphasis. ❝ like that. ❞ it wasn't something he did terribly often, and it only occurs to him then that he hasn't summoned much from duviri beyond his personal arsenal. 

❝ well, maybe not here. ❞ and he points to the floor beneath his feet. spacious as his little living space was, he wouldn't call it kaithe friendly. ❝ but, y'know, outside. ❞

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Arthur Umbra - because scarves make everything cooler.

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Finding out that Lancelot was apparently the invention of a french writer is absolutely hysterical to me. 12th century french poet sitting around reading arthurian romances and thinking "yeah these stories are pretty good but I think what they really need is a french guy who shows up and fucks arthurs wife"

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shows up in the dead of night thinking about this wet man, because been playing warframe again since my sister got into it (she's a baby tenno its so cute her mag looks so naked)

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The future and tales of Duviri more often than not leave the soldier in a state of bewilderment that he's never known. While aware of the horrifying truths behind them, the Drifter had to cut Arthur some slack now that he's seen what 1999 is working with. The describes of the flora were more conceivable than the fauna, considering how the techrot has grown and spread, warping cities with its insidious bio-technical flora. It's the fauna that has his stumped, even if Entrai has taught him a few things about evolution. The sheer thought of the doctor rots like bile in his stomach.

Kubrows, dogs more or less, laid eggs?! How was that suppose to work, and not a question he was going to ask. As conversation veers back to Duviri, the topic of his interest, once again Arthur has to remind himself that Drifter called it a place of stories, impressions of a child. Yet after a swig of his beer, he has to stop him from speaking. He has to be sure that Drifter isn't bullshitting him, because it would ever be so easy to tell him anything and Arthur has limited options. Take Drifter at their word or never build a sense of trust between each other.

Lips go agap, and the first thought in his skull is that he'd like to see Stomper try. ❝ Heh. I'd take that challenge. ❞ Despite what war has killed in side of him, eaten away until he thought he was never left but the soldier with sorrow and regret; the little boy still lived. Up for the challenges, and he would love to test his atomicycle against a kaithe. . . . or he'd love to ride a kaithe, it's been ages since he's seen a horse.

❝ A flying horse? So, like a pegasus, feathered wings? From fairytales. ❞ Just to see if there was any of that resonates to the Drifter, the chances are minuscule its ringing any bells.

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❝ uuh---- ❞ for the first time since he started talking he actually pauses and considers the words coming out of his mouth. or really, considers just how insane a good majority of what he says sounds. granted time travel is already up there, and the HEX already have to contend with his existence, which is insane enough. getting into the various flora and fauna of duviri seemed like a perfectly innocuous subject, until arthur interjected with naked disbelief coloring his words. plus, talking to actual flesh and blood human people — protoframe or not — is still kind of novel to drifter and his exceptional social skills. 

it started with eggs, of all things. arthur was cooking, drifter was lurking ( and snacking, eating anything that wasn't nailed down ), and was baffled by the size of the eggs. and the creature they came out of. so he started talking about how his kubrow laid eggs, got into the various pets he kept, the conservation work he did for a number of factions, and then into duviri and his kaithe.

❝ yeah. ❞ he gestures to the automocycle parked nearby. ❝ stomper could outpace your bike any day. ❞ and maybe that was a bit smug, or because drifter himself wasn't used to the automocycles and... well frankly he just didn't much care for riding them. he perches on the counter, trying to steal another morsel from arthur's recipe. ❝ but she can fly so ---- i guess it's not a totally fair comparison. ❞

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Arthur on the Technocyte Coda

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this is how Arthur enjoyers sound to me

art is from the 1999 comic by tbgkaru