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dialogue starters from LITTLE FISH (2021). feel free to change pronouns/context/etc. as appropriate.

“I was so sad the day I met you.”

“Just stop listening, stop thinking. Tune it out.”

“All these little pieces. There’s so much to remember.”

“Focus on the important things.”

“I should be writing this down.”

“Are you calling me? Cowards like me only text.”

“Can I kiss you?”

“So, do you love him?”

“We’re just what’s happening right now.”

“It feels wrong to make this about us.”

“Where the hell have you been? You were supposed to be here an hour ago!”

“You let me do the worrying over here.”

“Please, let’s not get into that again.”

“Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t think you’d take that so seriously!”

“Did you know this was happening?”

“I don’t care about anybody else! I’m talking about me!”

“Roses felt too easy but I didn’t know what you liked, so I got you daisies.”

“That’s a pretty intense second date question.”

“Sorry. I’m just being nosy. Just tell me to shut up.”

“I’m just not very good at this.”

“I’m not going anywhere.”

“Sorry I haven’t called.”

“You must think I’m the biggest asshole on the planet.”

“So you’ve made up your mind, then?”

“Do I get a say in this?”

“I’m not fucking upset!”

“You don’t sound very not fucking upset!”

“This is fucking scary for me too! I’m scared! I’m fucking scared.”

“That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.”

“I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. I wanna fucking marry you.”

“Do you know there’s a type of memory exclusively tied to touch?”

“I haven’t forgotten how you feel.”

“Will you touch me?”

“They say you can’t forget feelings.”

“Can I come in? I’m coming in, alright?”

“Hey, it’s not your fault. Relax, it’s not your fault.”

“Do you know what they’re talking about? You can’t lie to me about this stuff.”

“This is going to get worse.”

“I love him. I love him so much. But it’s a sinking ship.”

“Our first kiss can’t be in line for the loo.”

“I just know that after I saw you, I wasn’t sad anymore.”

“I haven’t forgotten how I feel.”

“Life goes forward. Not backwards.”

“What were we even trying to save?”

“Is that all I love about him?”

“I have to ask you something. I’m not sure how.”

“I trust you.”

“I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know what else there is.”

“Close your eyes. Just close them.”

“How long was I out for?”

“Did I hurt you?”

“Oh, fuck off. Fuck off! For fuck’s sake! That’s so annoying!”

“I could see your stupid lip and your stupid smile, you stupid twat.”

“Hey, can we just get in the car and go on a road trip or something?”

“It’s a good job you’re handsome.”

“I have something that I need to say to you… but it doesn’t feel like the right time. But I don’t think I can wait.”

“You make me laugh every day, and you make my life worth living, and you make me feel like I’m not alone.”

“You’re the person who makes it okay that I’ve gotta grow old and die someday. Because at least I got to spend it with you.”

“I was so sad the day I met you. I can’t remember why.”

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eyes follow the sound, the oh so interesting passing comment tucked away at the back of her mind for another day. she wouldn't forget it. no, sir. perhaps another day, she could get some answers out of him, a story or two for the right price, but now, her attention goes to a field on the other side of the lake which is on the path to a human village.

❛⠀⠀it was lovely talking to you, ⠀ ❜ ⠀ she says, jumping from the rock, a careless grace to her movements. ⠀❛⠀⠀but i should be going.⠀ ❜

“Well, you do not want to know how old I am then, my lady.” He pushed himself out of the lake and shook himself out, wings out visible and flapping to get rid of water before returning to their disguise of a cloak. The dragon raised his head, looking around for a moment. “Did you hear that?”

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❛⠀⠀ i have no idea what you are talking about, ⠀ ❜ ⠀ she says, words smooth as butter, her innocence so hard-pressed, it would almost seem truthful if she didn't turn around and wink and the last moment. giving the patient a little privacy, she checked in with buck to see if there was anything left to do, before returning, another cup of water perspirating in her hand. ⠀ ❛⠀⠀gotcha another one. ⠀ ❜ ⠀

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Finally lifting the cup to her lips, Ortegas slowly took a bit of a sip, then a bit more. She could feel some of the water dribbling down her face, but the feeling of drinking water was so refreshing. "Nah, but I appreciate the compliment."

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What if this is the end? Then, we went down fighting.

BEN STONE & SAANVI BAHL ✧ Manifest | 4x18: Lift/Drag

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she is so baby

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a metallic taste fills her mouth at her phyrric victory.

was it worth it to argue with him? to waste the time he carved out for rest in an argument they've had before. she wants to take him by the hand and force him to look outside, to the world that looks nothing like their own and remind him that he has nothing to apologize for. it would be like her apologizing for the humid weather; it is not in her power to change the current of the wind, and spock can't hold himself to this impossible standard.

but she tables that argument for tomorrow. cripsy sunny side up fried eggs with creamed mustard and fresh bread and a dose of reality on the side. tonight, she lets it go, padding over to the kitchen to dig out the ice cream she splurged on after a bad day at work and two spoons.

taking a detour, she heads over to her bedroom and grabs the soft comforter out of her bed, balancing two pillows on her hand with the spoons and soft-lidded container, a prayer hovering on her lips.

❛ ⠀ a few hours is just enough time for a movie marathon. scooch over,⠀ ❜ ⠀christine orders with a huff. she is a completely different creature than the one who left the living room. gone is the painful impression of worry from her eyes, the knot between her brows softened as she grins down at him, covering his legs with the blanket, curling on the other corner of the couch. ⠀ ❛ ⠀ so what are we feeling? hitchhock, musicals? i am not watching another silent movie, i'm sorry, i draw the line there. ⠀ ❜ ⠀

working with such limited technology was always a challenge , but one that spock took to with ease . but this was not just limited technology . this was primitive . it was akin to building a warp core from sticks && stones . && spock was losing all hope that he would get them home , day by day . if he could find the right technology , find the right pattern , the right codes , he might stand a chance , but , it was not looking as such . he was nothing if not grateful that he was with christine . he worried that had he been with anyone else , they would push him harder , demand that he find a solution quicker .

christine was not like that . she was patient , && she had adjusted them both to this situation . her own ingenuity had stopped them from going hungry , && her knowledge , though limited through what she had learned from her mother , was enough that their DISGUISES had not been met with any raised eyebrows .

christine had seen the humanity , && had adapted accordingly . it was another part of her that spock deeply ADMIRED . her ability to cut through the feeling of worry && be firm in the need for care . a trait that despite all she had been through , she had not lost .

his skin continues to itch at her very touch but he does not withdraw immediately . he misses her affection just as much as he misses the heat on vulcan sands . with SADNESS . with longing . all those feelings that he still cannot quite comprehend . && yet , there is peace when he is with her despite their histories .

her imploring that he take rest was met with a sigh , then his head dipping down between his shoulders . she was right , of course . he could not get them home if he was exhausted && running on empty . but he had to try . he had been through WORSE && he had managed then .

arguing with her would be illogical . ❝ i will rest for a few hours , ❞ he noted , taking to stand . ❝ but then i will CONTINUE with my work , ❞ he moved to sit on the sofa where he had been sleeping , allowing christine to take the bed . ❝ i apologize , for worrying you , && not making headway in getting us back . ❞

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❛⠀⠀always right? i'm right only ninety-seven percent of the time and it is already such a heavy burden, ⠀ ❜ ⠀ she says, warm grin breaking through the fog which had settled in her features. maybe she couldn't kick the problem off until tomorrow, but another hour? another hour felt completely in her power.

❛⠀⠀so you're saying i should just shut up and listen to you? cause that's what i'm hearin' ⠀ ❜

"yes," she says. "i'm always right."

it's not that donna believes in herself, it's just that she thinks she's right all the time and that she's worth nothing at all. these both contradict each other and don't. donna noble, an enigma.

"how are you going to say i'm right and then add a clause in there?"

makes no sense to her.

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Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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just between her and the reader, christine thinks alana is lying.

is it a good lie. she almost believes it, but it is simply too good a story for it not to have an ending, for alana to be able to joke about it — if it were her, she would have already found a way to get access to the confidential files. not by doing anything illegal, no. she's not jacobi, but her eyelashes can open even the strongest of safes, just as talented as the redhead's clever fingers.

the classified files have to be the reason why she can't share the ending. not the reason why she doesn't know.

❛⠀ jacobi always got theories and they make as much sense as the reasons he gives me as to why he doesn't need his flu shot every year, ⠀❜ ⠀she says, hitting the buttons with a bored sigh. ⠀❛⠀ i doubt it. but thanks for trying to cheer me up. ⠀❜ ⠀it would be easier to tell the truth...

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❛ I swear: I don't know. the rest's in classified files. ❜ much to her chagrin, and to many wasted hours spent trying to hack said files. infuriating, that anyone should have unhackable files. even starfleet's not so secure. not her fault that the one story that comes to mind right now, her mind half on the code she's attempting to rewrite, is one that has no ending and therefore is always nagging at the back of her mind. ❛ 'course... ❜ she begins, conciliatory. ❛ jacobi has plenty of theories. if you want those. ❜

the edge of scorn in her voice betrays her sentiment on the likelihood of any of her best friend's theories, but... it's not like she has anything truly more plausible to offer. ❛ or you can make up your own. probably more interesting than the real thing, anyways. ❜ as far as she's concerned, anything locked up beyond her reach is probably entirely dull. or so she tells herself, placatingly. ❛ can you hit the top right button on that console over there? ❜ she points without looking, ❛ oh, and then the one right beneath it, twice. ❜

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dramatic would be measuring alana's neck to see if her hands can wrap around it without any problem. her current state of mind is completely sane and rational compared to that.

❛⠀ that's not the... that's not... look, ⠀❜ ⠀she starts, halting almost immediately with each attempt. words curdle in her mouth, tightly held anger making it impossible for her to breathe without the threat of something mean-spirited escaping from the corner of her lips. ⠀❛⠀ that doesn't make it right. ⠀❜ ⠀

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❛ look, ❜ alana begins, reaching for the tone she uses when ( and only when ) she's upset a friend, usually through flippancy, treating as trivial something that matters more than she realized. it doesn't last long, however, descending into a wheedling, ❛ don't you think that's a little dramatic? ❜

it wasn't, after all, like it was anything important, and frankly, they'd have all been better off with her version of the available data anyways. ❛ we're all going to be fine, just like I said, and no one needed to spend thirty minutes panicking because something looked a little more dire than it was. ❜ and this time, she hadn't needed help. she'd needed everyone to keep their heads square on their shoulders and not get in her way.

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there are times for quips, and there are times for silence.

and while she thinks the latter is incredibly overrated, christine keeps her lips tightly shut and lets alana twist herself into a knot instead of pricking her where it tickles. but, even her silence has a loud nature. her expression dances, fine lines crinkling the corner of her eyes as the twitch of her lips screamed she has something else to say.

❛⠀ sure, sure. that makes sense,⠀ ❜ ⠀⠀she says, after a beat, completely giving up on trying to understand what alana just said. it is probably brilliant, or utter nonsense, with a slight chance of it being both, but either way, it is way above her paygrade, and she's only got so much space in her head for nonsense and computers are not as interesting as people.⠀⠀ ❛⠀ you can only diagnose if you know someone's full history.⠀ ❜ ⠀

alana wrinkles her nose at the proffered explanation. which, for the record, she considers to be not even worthy of the definition. ❛ not like me? who wouldn't like me? what's not to like? ❜ it's a terrible argument; there's plenty of people who haven't liked her through the years. whether because they didn't understand her and thought she should be a little more... normal ( by their own definitions, which were a stupid definition of normal anyways ) to those who considered her a little too ambitious. not personally, but scientifically.

they don't count as people. not people worth knowing, at any rate. of the people who matter, who are worthwhile, who wouldn't like her? there, impeccable logic.

❛ and as for my best work... ❜ my best work is wasted if I'm only recreating something that's already been accomplished. ❛ although... maybe there's a flaw in their programming, one they only have a hope of fixing if someone else does it better first and so can figure out where people went wrong last time... ❜ she's spun off into nonsense now, her former indignation supplanted by a little too much eagerness.

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❛ ⠀ you win by suffering from my distaste for months? wait - ⠀ ❜ ⠀ a dramatic pause. white, messy hair brushes her shoulder as she tilts her head to the side, finger tapping against her lips as she pretends to run something through her mind, a mock-serious look pinning ellie down. ⠀ ❛ ⠀let's see if i got this right: you win because you've been torturing me for months. that's... huh, i don't know els, that's sort of cruel.⠀ ❜

did this go against what she just said? perhaps. but it is not important. what is important is that she's turning ellie's adorable little speech about hard-work into something sinister.

❛ nah, you've rolled your eyes and groaned at every single pun I've been able to muster up for months. I win. ❜ she will not let her friend take that from her, whatever twists of logic christine might attempt to muster up to that end. besides, it's not like logic holds much sway in ellie's mind, tending rather towards father's heart.

❛ besides, there's no point in winning if it's easy. ❜ without the work, without the effort, without pouring heart and soul into accomplishing that which others might name impossible... that's where all the satisfaction comes from. ❛ what've you got to show for yourself? ❜

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he stole her youth and promised heaven / the men start wars yet troy hates helen / women's hearts are lethal weapons / did you hold mine and feel threatened? (c)

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when!! am i getting!! christine with pink hair!! show!! please!!! it works so well!!

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Hey! If you guys have been keeping up with tumblr news, you might have heard of the new function called communities! The best quick way I can explain it is: remember being in a group rp in 2013 and the group chat was a sideblog that all members got invited to? That, but a little prettier and more organized. I got chosen to admin one during the beta phase, and I of course suggested a star trek rpc one, i got a brand, and it got accepted! So, I need members who are willing to test it out. Right now, I'm imagining it as more of like... an extended ooc discord, where people can chat about trek, reblog posts about their characters they want people to see, fangirl over other members, trek memes, rpc news, idk, something kind of relaxed and fun. i'm not fully sure what the vibe is yet!

If you are willing to play around, like this, and an invite will come from my personal

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‘the viscount who loved me’ prompts

really just some of my favourite quotes and situations. all pronouns have been changed to they/them so they can apply to anyone but feel free to change them again when you send them.

DIALOGUE

“ The colour yellow makes [name] look like a singed daffodil. ”

“ I won’t offer you a penny for your thoughts, since I know they can’t possibly be worth that much, but what are you thinking? ”

“ It counts for a lot. And you are my [relation]. In every way that matters. ”

“ A husband can break a heart with greater intensity than a mere suitor. ”

“ Oh, yes, I know the secret language of corgis. ”

“ I’m sorry, [name]. I didn’t mean to tease. ”

“ I wasn’t - well, all right, I was, but did you see them? They’re shameless. ”

“ We don’t like each other, that much is true, but I do respect you in an odd, perverted sort of way. ”

“ I promised [name] I would be on my best behaviour. ”

“ I suspect you’ll fit right in with the rest of us schemers and cheaters. ”

“ What am I not going to do to you might be a more appropriate question. ”

“ This has to be the most self-centred thing I’ve ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me. ”

“ Do you still hate me? ”

“ I do hate a bully, don’t you? ”

“ He was… he was… He was a hero. ”

“ I’m sure I sound insufferably optimistic, but I think there must be some master plan in life. ”

“ It can often be most difficult to share one’s fears with those one most deeply loves. ”

“ Right here, right now, in this moment, in this garden, you’re perfect.”

“ It was obvious to me that they were smitten. I do not know why no one else saw it.”

“ Tell me. Tell me how to make it right. ”

“ Listen to me and listen well, because I’m only going to say this once. I desire you. I burn for you. I can’t sleep at night for wanting you. ”

“ I do think [name] might be in love. ”

“ I love you, [name]. It took me a while to figure it out, but I do, and I had to tell you. Today. ”

ACTIONS

[ FALL ] :  sender falls backwards after swinging their chair on its back legs

[ DANCE ] : sender purposefully stands on receivers toes during a dance

[ HIDE ] : receiver hides under a desk to avoid sender

[ SPOT ] : receiver sees sender hiding under their desk

[ STARE ] : sender’s eyes drop down to receivers lips 

[ GAME ] : sender sabotages themselves to ruin receiver’s chances of winning

[ STORM ] : sender comforts receiver during a fierce storm

[ KISS ] : sender kisses receiver during an argument

[ LAUGH ] : sender starts laughing at receiver during an romantic moment

[ LIFT ] : sender lifts receiver’s eyes to theirs with fingers under their chin

[ JUMP ] : sender jumps into receiver’s lap for a hug 

[ LOVE ] : sender declares love during a life and death moment

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