falkarph

[falkarph]

CLAIR OBSCUR STARTERS

rp prompts from clair obscur: expedition 33 by sandfall interactive

why‘d you wait until today to say something? it’s a bit late, isn’t it…

i never faulted you for wanting to believe.

we’re the only ones left. you don’t get to die.

i didn’t take you for a coward.

fuck the mission!

there was a time when thirty was young, you know…

been a long time since i’ve seen you play.

you seem to know me.

the more information we get, the more questions i have.

i haven’t seen a human in so long!

we are but a fragile dream, a singular weed, resisting, ever resisting.

i wish we could have spent more time in … less hopeless contexts.

legacy can take many forms, right? you taught me that.

when you’re at the mercy of a power you don’t understand, you might try anything.

this is a kindness, not a cruelty.

you only care when things are right in front of you.

stay out of this. you chose to walk away. you don’t get to involve yourself now.

i‘m not gonna get much sleep tonight, am i?

i‘m really sorry i didn’t arrive sooner.

see you… in the next life.

did i die again?

what are the stars whispering to you?

you know, it meant a lot to me. the comfort we shared that day.

i use the pain. i use the shame, the guilt, the anger. i use it all to keep going.

i can almost feel them beside me. everyone we’ve lost… walking with me.

how do you always know what to do…

i‘m not fine.

how many times must you hurt our family…

family is not my favourite topic.

because it’s personal and it’s painful. and it’s none of your business.

i love the way you see the world.

you’re always so calm about everything.

death is a friend who will welcome me home.

masks are not just to obscure. they are also to illuminate.

are you planning to die anytime soon?

i want rage to consume me, anything to fill the hollow. but rage won’t come. i just float in an endless nothingness…

you lost me years ago. and I lost you.

family is … complicated.

if saving you means losing you, then so be it.

remember who your real family is.

you’re too drunk on your own illusion to understand.

at least this will keep you out of trouble until i get back.

they’re counting on me. i won’t abandon them.

i refuse to abandon you.

which is worse? to die, or to be the one who survives? to grieve? or to be grieved?

even when i sleep, it’s still there. like a breath i can never release.

you didn’t give me a chance to say goodbye.

life keeps forcing cruel choices.

grief often blinds us. until we make choices we can never take back.

you can hate me, but that’s a choice i must make.

you treat me as if i‘m still five…

i‘ll keep the light on for you.

see things as they are, not how you want them to be.

this is not worth your life.

don’t do this. don’t leave me again…

[falkarph]

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD STARTERS

rp prompts taken from the video game dragon age: the veilguard by bioware.

all i can offer is what i know.

well, look who’s still with us.

a moment of pain does not undo a lifetime of hope.

i‘ve ignored greater men.

try not to get yourself run out of the city again.

so you're going to be insufferable about it?

no more, not after this …

many would have died, i know. but after that … flowers would have grown again.

i am as i have always been. a man, all too aware of his failings.

you seem to have a knack for gaining the cooperation of your adversaries.

hey, let’s not get stuck in our regrets, alright?

restlessness catches. get one person nervous, the whole place twitches.

it’s hard not to be lonely when you hold yourself above everyone else.

i’ve heard some people have their shit together.

sometimes you’re lucky, but the tables always turn. it’s better if you know what’s coming.

all that i am belongs to the pursuit of creation.

i am so sorry i failed you.

there is only one way i can help you now…

what good are you as an assassin without a mark to hunt?

there is no need for you to witness what i must do.

my blade‘s yours, until the end.

think i need to rest for a bit.

after all we have seen, i still don’t know who, if anyone, hears our cries.

you simply ask the wrong questions. a common affliction of the weak-minded.

you don’t get to tell me who i am.

this is madness. you must know that.

i will always follow where you go.

you mistake discipline for cruelty.

there’s comfort to be found in the dark.

you should know, all the people who’ve tried to kill me are dead.

wants are fleeting; needs have deeper roots.

do you think titles and blusters scare me?

you call that 'nice and quiet'?!

you want to die? i‘ll do the job for free.

it should have been my knife that finished this.

why couldn’t you stay a memory?

never hunt something you don’t understand.

your pride is going to get you killed, or worse.

i‘m sorry, i couldn’t bear it.

vengeance is all we have.

about what i said before ...

the best way to the heart is between the fourth and fifth rib.

all this is missing is some heavily armed, unexpected guests.

you’re lucky they didn’t cut your throat.

you were my anchor. you kept me grounded.

trust your heart. it’s a good heart and it’ll never lie to you.

there are few things that frustrate me as much as ignorance.

i’m impressed you got that out without choking on it.

i couldn’t see a way past it. and all i wanted was for the rest of the world to suffer, too.

you know i won’t make your life easy. i don’t make anything easy.

don’t use your charm all in one.

sometimes the only wrong choice is not choosing at all.

if you want to blow off some energy i can think of more pleasant ways to do it…

we survived in spite of them, not because of them.

it’s time we let the ghosts of the past rest.

i‘m glad to see you took the road less traveled.

i‘d absolutely back you up on that. if you were right. which you aren’t.

you knew and you still kissed me?

i will be their shield against the pain.

death‘s abyss always recedes with someone to brave it for.

you want me to say that i care about you? why, so it hurts more when one of us gets killed?

i don’t know how to carry this weight.

you are as surprising as ever.

it always ends with someone else paying for your mistakes.

the cost of mercy is too high when others might die in its wake.

[falkarph]

UNAIRED. an assortment of prompts from Hozier's latest ep.

Working my miracles.

Holding my world together with a boot string.

If I tell you this is drowning, you tell me I'm walking on water.

I could bring fire from the mountain, you tell me it feels a little colder.

I don't wanna choose between being a salesman or a soldier.

Just let me look a little older.

Choose between being a butcher or a pauper.

Honey, I'm taking no orders.

Sick to my skin watching the news again.

Whatever you choosе, you lose out in the long run.

The goal I was aiming for was the wrong one.

Let me step a little bolder.

I'm gonna be Nobody's Soldier.

You can keep a dream in your mind, only to find it's the hope that was killing you.

But you arrived like sunlight in the gloom.

Keeping me going how you show up like July.

It's made real by the things that you do.

Just knowing that's getting me through.

Build your temple to sound and stone.

Put in all of that time, only to find by the end that your god has flown.

All alone he sank like a stone, took root where he fell and started to grow.

It's the sound of it that brings me there.

This city locked into the song of prayer.

The prayer is all of me.

That I'd be anywhere that you are.

Maybe I have yet to venture out, see the places that I hear about.

All I get to are mistakes half-made.

Leave the door ajar.

[falkarph]

hi druid! i am *obsessed* with the noise filter you shared! i don't know if you're familiar with photopea, but if so do you think you could share how the noise filter could be used in this app since there's no video timeline mode. xo

hey there ! hope you're staying cool in this heat nonnie ! this was TRICKY since i haven't used photopea in literal ages , but i figured out a way to make it work ! i've made a noise filter specifically for photopea , as well as included a tutorial on how to make your own below ! i hope this helps , love !

HERE is the link to the photopea - compatible noise ! ♡

what i've done is: - created FIVE blank layers above my image - paint filled them all to mid - grey - individually added noise via filtering ( be sure they are all monochromatic & the same % of noise for consistency , i used 20% . either make sure the layers are all on ' soft light ' or put them in a folder set to ' soft light ' ! ) - IMPORTANT : renamed the noise layers to: _a_frm0,30 ( change the 'frm0' to 'frm1 , frm2 , frm3' as you go up ) . you can also adjust the '30' , which pertains to frame speed . this will either quicken or slow your noise effect . - then export it as a gif to make sure it works !

[falkarph]

SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE STARTERS

rp prompts taken from the dlc shadow of the erdtree to the video game elden ring by fromsoftware. some have been edited.

❛ while my devotion remains unchanged, by my troth, i am unsure about the others. ❜

❛ i can wield my sword to cull the undeserving. ❜

❛ i'm feeling rather lost. haunted by memories. ❜

❛ my fighting days are far behind me. ❜

❛ vengeance changes a man. ❜

❛ for your sins you will have your recompense. ❜

❛ is there no hope for redemption? ❜

❛ mark my words, you too shall know fear. ❜

❛ how glorious it would have been, had we met in battle as sworn enemies. ❜

❛ i will never forgive you. ❜

❛ my purpose stands unchanged. ❜

❛ a brazen fellow you must surely be, to loose your tongue to a stranger such as i. ❜

❛ you shall haunt me no longer. ❜

❛ i have spoken far too freely. ❜

❛ they must've recognised something. the scent of the killer that slept within me. the stench of crusted blood. ❜

❛ i am loath to admit it, but even at this very instant i wish to run very far away indeed. ❜

❛ we're not gods, you and i. ❜

❛ all this time, i held in my heart only you! ❜

❛ this evening is a sign, of a greater night to come. ❜

❛ you are a wretched soul, a nightmare come to plague me. ❜

❛ embrace your oblivion, as shall i. ❜

❛ there is life in me yet! ❜

❛ revenge alone assures me peace of mind. ❜

❛ don’t get the wrong idea. we are neither friends nor confidantes. ❜

❛ i'll thank you not to lie to me. ❜

❛ i am the chosen, not you. ❜

❛ perhaps you have yet to feel true want. i am patient. there will come a day when hunger knocks. ❜

❛ the night is ever dark. i need the stars ... give me light. ❜

❛ i'm weak as a kitten and thick as two planks. ❜

❛ do you think me in need of alms? i desire not to be in your debt. ❜

❛ think not to hinder me upon my path. lest you too wish to face the reckoning. ❜

❛ no matter our efforts, if the roots are rotten … then we have little recourse. ❜

❛ i ask, why would you think to purloin from me? ❜

❛ how could you inflict such cruelty? ❜

[falkarph]

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 STARTERS

rp prompts taken from the video game dragon's dogma 2 by capcom. some have been edited.

❛ a good sleep will ensure we’re prepared for the morrow. ❜

❛ i shall go to the grave with a smile on my lips, for i have no regrets. ❜

❛ this is the second time i’ve watched over you like this, isn’t it? ❜

❛ as i understand it, 'tis boorish to speak when you’ve naught to say, so i shall hold my tongue. ❜

❛ we‘ll see each other again, you can count on that. and when we do, you’d best be ready for the fight of your life. ❜

❛ i had nearly given up on myself, yet 'twould seem i am not without talent after all! ❜

❛ i learned the words but this is the first i use them. ❜

❛ don't bring trouble to my door, you hear? ❜

❛ 'twas never my intent to deceive you. i simply feared that if i spoke the truth, none would wish to involve themselves with me. ❜

❛ i dare not enter the palace. but i would fain escort you to the castle entrance. ❜

❛ pray visit me if you’ve the time or inclination. ❜

❛ all is preordained. even my death at thy hands. ❜

❛ there’s no shortage of ne'er-do-wells out there, willing to claim their medicine the only cure that they might inflate its price. ❜

❛ what are you doing? unhand me this instant! ❜

❛ love is as twin to madness, they say. they are bound fast, as night is to day. ❜

❛ oh, unwring your hands, you fool. as if anyone in this palace would dare say a word against me. ❜

❛ i find myself on edge when you stray from my line of sight. ❜

❛ save your honeyed words, traitor! ❜

❛ you would leave one of your own to die? ❜

❛ my efforts led only to my own ruin. ❜

❛ i believe i cautioned you to keep your drunken revelry in check. ❜

❛ they say you should be thankful for your life, but simply being alive isn’t the same as living, eh? ❜

❛ 'tisn‘t the first time i’ve taught an unseasoned whelp the meaning of betrayal. ❜

❛ my vision’s growing worse by the day i fear. ❜

❛ if i had but better known your heart, i could have shared in your burdens. ❜

❛ 'tis not my conscience that called me here, oh no. i simply cannot stomach acts of cowardice. ❜

❛ doesn’t seem like you and i are going to share a drink anytime soon. a shame, really. ❜

❛ and what business have you here, in the nobles' playground? ❜

❛ we’re lost, plain and simple. ❜

❛ 'twould seem my time here has reached its end. can’t say i‘m happy about it. ❜

❛ i possess no ill intent, i assure you! i merely wished for a closer look. ❜

❛ alas, though he was a just and goodly ruler, there is not a single person alive who remembers his name. ❜

❛ it can be a blessing to forget—and to be forgotten. ❜

❛ the flesh may rot, the soul, fragment. yet power—power endures. ❜

❛ no one has any care for me beyond my title. ❜

❛ another dogged adventurer, come to take my life? many have tried, and, as you can plainly see, all have failed. ❜

❛ naught can be achieved without sacrifice. ❜

❛ follow me. and, pray, take care not to fall behind. one can easily lose their way here. ❜

❛ if e'er you’re in need of a hearth to return to … then let it be mine. ❜

❛ i may be past my prime as a fighter—but i can still teach. ❜

❛ s‘pose it must make you feel a hero, seeing the person you caught yourself sitting behind bars. ❜

❛ do you think you can exact change in this world through good will alone? ❜

❛ reckon your road‘s been a long one. ❜

❛ i so hoped you’d visit. is that strange? ❜

❛ such knowledge has been known to cost a man his head. ❜

❛ shall we hunt a few monsters to start the day off? ❜

❛ the world shall not change with my death. ❜

❛ wilt thou slay me, or be slain? ❜

❛ 'twas all a farce and i the fool, exulting in my wooden crown. ❜

❛ do as you will. i care not what befalls me now. ❜

❛ i never knew how vast the sky was ere i left home. ❜

[falkarph]

ELDEN RING STARTERS

rp prompts taken from the video game elden ring by fromsoftware. some have been edited.

❛ death has left its mark once again. ❜ ❛ the talk, i surmise, is of you. ❜ ❛ i feel as if i've been in your debt from beginning to end. ❜ ❛ don't you dare. unless you want to die like a dog. ❜ ❛ not only are you incompetent, but shameless to boot. ❜ ❛ i apologise for any offence given by my bearing, but i'm quite unable to move, you see. ❜ ❛ i just wanted to get the apology out of the way, beforehand. since you're so scary and all. ❜ ❛ oh, my dear... had a change of heart already? ❜ ❛ i see. then you must kill me. ❜ ❛ beautifully fought. my thanks, 'twas more of a challenge than i envisioned. ❜ ❛ i want to be like everyone else, but i'm just too scared. ❜ ❛ are you so far out of your mind with fear... you've divested yourself of all reason? ❜ ❛ it is safe here. you may let down your guard. ❜ ❛ you are fated, it seems, to die in obscurity. ❜ ❛ someone must extinguish your flame. ❜ ❛ i suppose you'd like to know then? what awaits you on the path ahead? ❜ ❛ you will witness true horror. ❜ ❛ forgive me, i've been ... testing you. ❜ ❛ no secrets lie with me, not a one. ❜ ❛ you, yeah, you there! stop pretending you can't see me. ❜ ❛ you bloody halfwit. picking a fight with a dragon? ❜ ❛ a man cannot kill a god. ❜ ❛ perhaps it is foolish to say this to you of all people, but i am sure of my skill with the sword. ❜ ❛ if it's on the cards, i'd be glad to meet again. ❜ ❛ though the suffering cannot be undone, i can still mete out justice. ❜ ❛ never met someone with a taste for crab i couldn't trust. ❜ ❛ and when the fighting is done, then you may lay me to rest. ❜ ❛ honestly, i don't know what's going on anymore ... ❜ ❛ i know... i'm asking you to commit a cardinal sin. ❜ ❛ the depths of wickedness never fail to surprise me. ❜ ❛ perhaps before my departure, i needed someone to say farewell to. ❜ ❛ i always resented these hands. their pale complexion, a far cry from any warrior's. ❜ ❛ tell me a story... about the big, wide world... ❜ ❛ kill me, please... ❜ ❛ i hope you understand the weight of my words. ❜ ❛ what are you waiting for? a kiss goodbye? ❜

[falkarph]

ASSASSIN'S CREED: MIRAGE PROMPTS

rp starters from ubisoft's assassin's creed: mirage. some may be edited. possible spoilers ahead!

❛ ugh, how the stench of pride seeps from your pores … ❜ ❛ you need something stolen? then i am your man. ❜ ❛ i’ve had a clever thought. if your mind is absent of one, you should perhaps follow mine. ❜ ❛ do you have any idea what they will do to me? ❜ ❛ anyone can wield a sword. but how will you use it? ❜ ❛ true learning requires action and stillness in equal parts. you have made the action. now seek the stillness. ❜ ❛ we are messengers of justice and not the final judges. ❜ ❛ you killed them… ❜ ❛ anyone who works from the shadows does so only because they must. ❜ ❛ we have a similar spirit, you know? ❜ ❛ i am grateful to you for leading the way before me. ❜ ❛ i cannot imagine you being afraid. ❜ ❛ to have courage means to act in the midst of great fear. ❜ ❛ i am not worthy of your prayers. ❜ ❛ you even leave like they do. ❜ ❛ few things are more dangerous than the wounded pride of a powerful man. ❜ ❛ poetry is like music to my ears. especially when i am the subject. ❜ ❛ i know such pain. and i am sorry for yours. ❜ ❛ turn your hate inward. it is your own wickedness that brought you here. ❜ ❛ how am i to guide you if you will not speak openly? ❜ ❛ i … i have struggled with nightmares. ❜ ❛ we are only as weak as we allow ourselves to be. ❜ ❛ ohhh secret stuff, what are you doing this time? stabbing? stealing? stabbing and then stealing? ❜ ❛ what was it like, the first time you took a life? ❜ ❛ if we do not quell the storm within us while awake, it will haunt us in our sleep. ❜ ❛ i‘m grateful for our bond. you are a true friend. ❜ ❛ i know it in my ripe old bones, he wants me to die of starvation. or worse, go out of business! ❜ ❛ how shameful it is that knowledge always ends up in the wrong hands. ❜ ❛ i will walk behind you, every single step, to remind you not to forget who you are. ❜ ❛ how did you find this place? you should not be here. ❜ ❛ unlike you, i keep the past in the past. ❜ ❛ i am your past. tell me … will you leave me there? in the dark corners of your memory? ❜ ❛ words are weapons enough for me. ❜ ❛ my only fear is that we become like them. ❜ ❛ sometimes it is best to leave the thorn in, lest you bleed dry. ❜ ❛ no matter what others say, you only have yourself. ❜ ❛ family? the word has no meaning. ❜ ❛ does where you stand not awaken fond memories? ❜ ❛ rumors of my villainy were greatly exaggerated. ❜ ❛ do not overthink it. you simply need to have faith. ❜ ❛ how can you hunt when you are hounded? ❜ ❛ i wait for no man. ❜ ❛ should we not seek to know our enemies better, to better defeat them? ❜ ❛ come, i rarely bite and i never leave a mark. ❜ ❛ i work in the dark to serve the light. ❜ ❛ i have heard many men say that. ❜ ❛ yours is the tongue that will not still itself, even when i beg for silence. ❜ ❛ how can i leave you to wolves such as these? ❜ ❛ my face is quite forgettable, unlike yours. ❜ ❛ my father once said, to know the measure of a man ask those who work beneath him. ❜ ❛ you spy on me now? ❜ ❛ you know where to find me when your "duty" is done. ❜ ❛ each trail of blood leads back to you. ❜ ❛ will you not stop until all of us are dead? ❜ ❛ that is forbidden ground. there is nothing there for you. ❜ ❛ you let me struggle alone! ❜ ❛ follow this path and i will kill you myself. ❜ ❛ where you go, there i will go. where you rest, there i will rest. i will walk behind you every step of the way. ❜ ❛ i will make every last one of them pay. ❜ ❛ you do not have to look to the past to know who you are. who you can be. ❜ ❛ i know you now. i see you for what you are. ❜

[falkarph]

COMPANION QUOTES: GALE OF WATERDEEP

rp prompts taken from the game baldur's gate 3 by larian studios. some may be slightly edited. subtle spoilers may be present. inspired by @mcflymemes 'as said by' series.

❛ a hand? anyone? ❜ ❛ you don’t happen to be a cleric by any chance, do you? a doctor? surgeon? uncannily adroit with a knitting needle? ❜ ❛ i understand i ask a lot of you with few answers in return, but in time all will be told. ❜ ❛ what is youth if not a time to be forgiven for one's transgressions? ❜ ❛ i do enjoy our conversations. ❜ ❛ all of this … it must feel like a betrayal. say the word, and we’ll part ways. ❜ ❛ a little privacy, please. ❜ ❛ you showed me just how much i have to live for. ❜ ❛ all the world's my stage and you're just a player in it. ❜ ❛ i promise i will not betray your trust. ❜ ❛ i was hoping you‘d spare me a moment. there was something rather magical i wished to show you. ❜ ❛ i said exactly what i meant. i love you. and you should never, ever doubt that. ❜ ❛ the tighter the security, the juicer the prize. ❜ ❛ you put the stars to shame. ❜ ❛ time seems so infinite when you're young … a month is an age, a year is a lifetime … it is a strange feeling, to realise how little of it one might have left. ❜ ❛ you must not deny your heart’s desire. i would not want you to. ❜ ❛ i’m not quite sure i'd consider myself parent material, plus our current lifestyle isn’t exactly what i'd call settled … ❜ ❛ i will not let you down. ❜ ❛ let’s not throw the murderous baby out with the bathwater. ❜ ❛ it’s not alright, but it’s what i’m willing to do. for you. ❜ ❛ whatever these dark powers of yours may be, they serve no purpose if you cannot control them, or yourself! ❜ ❛ i’m not sure i like the look in your eyes. what’s wrong? ❜ ❛ dangerous secrets are best shared with those who depend on you. ❜ ❛ gratitude can wait. you’re not out of the woods yet. stay focused. ❜ ❛ if the mood takes me, i’m known to try my hand at poetry. ❜ ❛ i love this time of night. there’s an almost reverent silence that accompanies the peak of darkness, when you’d almost believe the dawn will never break. ❜ ❛ i thought this place might bring me peace. i thought it might make the weight of what i must do a little lighter. now i’m not so sure. ❜ ❛ i am terrified - i will not claim otherwise. my face could scarcely conceal it even if my words sought to deny it. ❜ ❛ you must know that … you’re very special to me. ❜