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"Oh, I'm great," she answers sarcastically, "Catching up on my reading. You know me." He looks so injured. There is no other way to express it, because even the first time he was dying around her he didn't look so roughed up, so beaten, yet when he looks at her now he looks ten times better than back then. There is a light in his eye, like the fact that she's there means he's okay. Fucking Joel, she's mad at him because she can't be mad at him. But she gets it, she does. He's the first person who didn't leave her, and he keeps not leaving her, and normally that would be enough for her to be alright, if only the moment when Abby had stabbed him wasn't burned into her retinas, if only she didn't see him die every time she closed her eyes.

"I cut your hair. Nah, I'm kidding. I helped a nurse shave you and I shaved you once... Had to make sure you didn't look too terrible when you woke up. Don't wanna scare Dina. I kept the Joel-look." She can't ask if he's alright, she knows he can't be - or at least, not any more than pain killers can allow him to be, but she has so many questions about Abby. She needs to know before she goes to get her. "Your knee is gonna hurt like a bitch to fix, but you are out of danger, by the way. Doctors said you'll live. Obviously." She's not always touchy-feely, but in this case she feels it's justified, to carefully brush his hair with her hand, a comforting move to clash with her forced carefree tone. "But... does everything work? Can you still feel everything, can you see and hear the normal way? 'cause... I don't know how much you remember but you took some hits."

Waking was strange. A sensation reminiscent of emerging from murky waters, his vision slowly shifting from darkness, to blurry muddled shapes. His hearing, already beaten over the years, was muffled for a moment. Made it impossible to pinpoint the distant footsteps until they were right by his ear – his good ear, like the person knew his left one worked better.

Their voice, achingly familiar, pulled Joel upwards out of the murky waters his body had been trapped within. He could still hear Ellie's distant cries, the sound of the golf club –

No. This wasn't that cold hard floor, the surface underneath him was soft and warm. He couldn't hear shouting or crying, only... Ellie. With a pained exhale, Joel forced his eyes fully open. As his vision cleared, brown hair and worried eyes came into view. The gentle squeeze to his hand was a notable contrast to the slight bite of her words, and the man's lips twitched upwards.

" Hey kiddo, " Joel's voice is tired, croaky. The movement tugs on his healing cuts and bruises, but the ache clears his mind. Let him focus on his daughter Ellie. He longs to reach out, to comfort the teen, but his limbs are all heavy and disconnected. Won't cooperate yet.

" Sorry to scare you.. just needed some rest, that's all. Are... are you alright? " It was easy to forget that he was the one in the hospital bed, concern for her consuming him.

He didn't know much, remembered hearing someone mention that he'd been unconscious for a long while – and his heart ached that he'd left Ellie alone for that long, had missed so much. Joel knew Ellie well enough to know chances were she'd done something reckless - but whether she'd tell him was a different story.

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added as semi-private announcement/starter call:

her about

if you are one of the roleplayers mentioned above, at any point you can like this post for a starter, specifying your muse or I'll pick, and most importantly: whoever you write, you can comment "Joel survives AU" in reference to MY au so I can write you a starter from there (see about page linked above) to make me eternally happy, OR you can message me to discuss any kind of 'Joel survives' au that isn't mine OR other plots you want to explore! If you write Joel and don't comment that nor ask for an au in which he survives obviously I'll set threads before 2x02. but do read that about page, it's actually short for once!

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@fracturals x Joel from this Ellie

It takes all she has not to start crying when she's finally allowed to see Joel, the doctors baffled but done with all their tests; he's a beast, obviously, she knew he'd wake up. She knew. It's why she refused to go sleep at home - but of course he woke up while she was in the bathroom - and why she's still there in Jackson, she had to see him with her own eyes. Because he had to. He had to. "That was one f.ucking way to make me forgive you, Joel," her voice shakes, she can't help it. Okay, she wasn't completely sure he'd wake up, but he had to, right? Where would she be now if he hadn't? Ellie holds onto one of those little pieces of his body that isn't broken, and squeezes it gently. "You took way too long to wake up. Waaay too long, you a.sshole." He's actually going to live, so he doesn't get sweet words from her, no sir. There's no better way to let him know they are cool and that he'll be fine, if you ask her.

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added as semi-private announcement/starter call:

her about

if you are one of the roleplayers mentioned above, at any point you can like this post for a starter, specifying your muse or I'll pick, and most importantly: whoever you write, you can comment "Joel survives AU" in reference to MY au so I can write you a starter from there (see about page linked above) to make me eternally happy, OR you can message me to discuss any kind of 'Joel survives' au that isn't mine OR other plots you want to explore! If you write Joel and don't comment that nor ask for an au in which he survives obviously I'll set threads before 2x02. but do read that about page, it's actually short for once!

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MOVED!!!

Watched her sister die and get eaten by Something, survives thanks to a hermit and lives alone among monsters for too long: Hannah Washington from Until Dawn AU. A broken and messy survivor.

With a bio for her canon universe and one that works for nearly ALL fandoms I know plus verses with adaptations! Particularly looking for rpers from: Until Dawn, Telltale TWD, The Last Of Us (show or part 1), Fallout (show or 3/4), Firefly, the Witcher (show or games), Dragon Age 1-3, Baldur's Gate 3, and basically all shows you see on my navi page, MORE will be added on request or if inspiration strikes! Moved to @justaprankhan

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"No." there was a hint of offense in her voice, the barrel of her gun being lifted from behind her leg to somewhat aim in his direction: "Are you a creep?" Her leg was bleeding because of yet another crazy men she had met on the road and Hannah was almost more angry than she was scared; it was crazy how often she got hurt fighting humans compared to when she was surviving infected. She had heard there was some sort of city nearby, and this man could be a citizen just as well as she could be another bandit of sorts.

@savingthrcw asked: Vulnerable - Your muses find my muse weak or wounded. (or reverse if it works better! Your Tommy, my Hannah!) (yes i know it's late but I didn't see the meme until now)

Trust Building/Uncomfortable Bonding Memes | Accepting

Tommy was treading through the snow, looking. He wasn't sure what he was looking for just yet, but he was looking. He stops walking when he sees a blood trail in the snow. He cautiously follows it; gun gripped tightly in his hands. He slowly approaches and stops, raising his gun at her as he questions, voice rough, "Are you bitten?" He keeps his distance just in case she is bitten and has changed already.

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🩸▫⚠ Blood-themed starters ⚠▫🩸

Send [...] for my muse... Send [...] + 'reverse' for change roles

[ CRIMSON ] – is bleeding and tries to hide it from your muse.

[ STAIN ] – notices your muse covered in blood and panics.

[ WOUND ] – is trying to stop your muse from bleeding out.

[ DRIP ] – follows a trail of blood.

[ SMEAR ] – wipes blood off your muse’s face.

[ SACRIFICE ] – takes a blow meant for your muse and bleeds because of it.

[ SHIVER ] – loses too much blood and collapses in front of your muse.

[ PANIC ] – finds your muse unconscious and bleeding.

[ BLADE ] – is holding a bloodied weapon, unsure what just happened.

[ TRACE ] – presses a bloodstained handprint onto your muse before losing consciousness.

[ SCREAM ] – hears your muse scream and finds them injured, bleeding out.

[ RUIN ] – is covered in someone else’s blood and doesn’t know how to explain it.

[ OFFERING ] – deliberately sheds their own blood to protect your muse.

[ HALT ] – begs your muse to stay awake while trying to stop the bleeding.

[ SCARLET ] – is bleeding but smiles, saying it was worth it to keep your muse safe.

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going to bed but here, it's done!

tomorrow I'll work on it (though the verses for other fandoms are up too) and then mass following!

I made her a googledoc so I guess Hannah's blog is happening (maybe tomorrow?)

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I made her a googledoc so I guess Hannah's blog is happening (maybe tomorrow?)

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I like to think for my Hannah muse that HER Beth (who is super cool, btw, cool enough that Hannah gets invited to places even by the people who think she's a loser) is, yeah, friends/friendly with Mike, but at the same time whenever Hannah is talking about how awesome Mike is, she's just like:

(yes I know it's a 'him' but still)

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I'm 👀 everybody liking this post and I will manifest myself with memes and similar things (but also obviously her starter call is open)

I'm also fighting an anxiety attack so I might not be able to do much more today

I'm also considering making her a blog so I can know for SURE who follows me and is cool writing with her too and who isn't (because you hopefully you won't follow me back if you don't want to write with her for any reason)

the anxiety attack is kicking my ass, seriously, it requires a second point

btw besides canon interactions, I'm totally hoping to have my Hannah interact with these crossover-muses: -Joel, Ellie, Tess, Dina, Jess, Tommy (The Last Of Us) -Lucy, the Ghoul, general Vault people, Lone Wanderers and Sole Survivors (Fallout) (for different reasons, but given that she's a lost kid who is not taking life too well I feel like some of these are more obvious than others) -anybody you may have from telltale twd (it's so rare I may as well leave it generic) -the Doctor, the Master, Jennys (Doctor Who) -generic bg3/dao muses because they are all coping better than she is -firefly muses because she's the Reavers kid (not reavers' kid, but reavers-kid, way too much contact with them, needs a break)

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btw besides canon interactions, I'm totally hoping to have my Hannah interact with these crossover-muses: -Joel, Ellie, Tess, Dina, Jess, Tommy (The Last Of Us) -Lucy, the Ghoul, general Vault people, Lone Wanderers and Sole Survivors (Fallout) (for different reasons, but given that she's a lost kid who is not taking life too well I feel like some of these are more obvious than others) -anybody you may have from telltale twd (it's so rare I may as well leave it generic) -the Doctor, the Master, Jennys (Doctor Who) -generic bg3/dao muses because they are all coping better than she is -firefly muses because she's the Reavers kid (not reavers' kid, but reavers-kid, way too much contact with them, needs a break)

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consider, for a starter call:

liking for Hannah in every fandom: highest inspiration right now, maybe your muse wants to get into some kind of found-family parental situation taking care of a traumatized and not too friendly kid. Maybe they are also a teenager and want this very grumpy girl to lighten up (maybe ship?). Maybe they are looking for just a friend or a found-younger sibling or a savior, in any case very gruff but also very grateful for any ounce of kindness. I want to give her found-parents and found siblings but also all the other things. ESPECIALLY but not limited to: her canon fandom, tlou, telltale, fallout & muses from my beloved mutuals I already write with

liking for Terra in every fandom: an angel. Sweet confused Terra who hasn't found her hero-calling yet and just doesn't want to get hurt anymore. Never wants to fight. If she fights, she's a human nuclear explosion. Will ask you to explain everything. Will do things before she understands what they are about anyway. If I don't get to ship her with anyone I will die. Your muse has got to protect her so she doesn't kill everyone. My child. Been tortured and experimented on a LOT.

liking for Janey, but only in fallout: your muse wants someone who curses at them and threatens them all the time while casually saving them when they are in trouble. Will throw up if I ship her with anybody and she's right (ok some romance is fine, just keep away the physical part). Deserves more dogs. She's actually doing pretty fine for someone living after the end of the world. Gets +1000 radiation poisoning every time she drinks water.

liking for Steph in fallout, who is looking for her daughter and incidentally this kinda makes her like an evil Sole Survivor: you may have to explain to her why poisoning the water supply of an entire town is wrong ("but then we won't have to fight anyone because they'll all be dead!"). Her loyalty to vault-tech ended the split second they didn't help her get her baby back. liking for Torvic, in fandoms that can allow her to be there as an alien: will flirt and doesn't mean it. Will 100% try to bully you and everyone around you. Evil but cannot physically harm anyone she considers good. Sincerely curious about humans at this point. Canon in Doctor Who except she was a boy who died when bullying the Master almost to death (killed by yours truly the Doctor).

comment for a muse or more! I will pay you for Hannah but the others are also yelling.

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if Hannah (and Beth) hadn't fallen off a cliff after the prank: -Hannah would have listened to sad music while hiding in her room, one-three songs on repeat all day, emotionally damaging her siblings but kinda "romanticizing" the pain to cope (I'm not criticizing her, to be clear, it's pretty standard), reminding herself none of those people are actually friends to her -she could have forgiven Sam in a while, but also felt unable to fully trust her (paranoid about Sam talking behind her back) -she would have still dated Mike if he played the romantic hero in a romcom and explained it was a mistake/misunderstanding and that he loves her and blah blah -which leads straight into: distrusting people of her age who may want to befriend her for a looong while, because she's not going to believe they aren't also pranking her as the resident Loser -she was fantastic at tennis but kinda meh about gym exercises -romantic wardrobe -very sheltered, never had to make herself any food or clean anything

But she did fall off a cliff, so:

-she's aware of how she'd have tried to fantasize about herself as a heroine in a tragedy and hates it, and even when she comes home and there is nothing 'to kill' she'll still occupy her time making herself ready for anything that can go wrong. She's very stern with herself about not being too hopeful/positive, and about being 'realistic' -she may still forgive Sam but there will always be bitterness there -she will still distrust people who try to befriend her but mostly because she often acts like a wild animal that was just rescued, so she questions who would want to befriend her -gym bro. She's coping by doing pull ups with weights and so on. She needs to keep moving, she needs to feel strong. -still wears Beth's clothes sometimes to feel her close. Mostly though wears basic clothes to feel like she's always ready to climb and run -okay she still can't do anything special around the house, but she's trying to at least wash dishes, clean the house somehow so she doesn't have to hire a stranger to clean it, and orders most food in but can cook a few things for herself (she had to roast her own meat back in the sanatorium)

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questions … sentence starters

“Are you sad?”

“Are you okay?”

“Who hurt you?”

“Are you crying?”

“What about us?”

“What did you do?”

“Are you laughing?”

“Where did you go?”

“Did you hurt them?”

“Where will you go?”

“What do you need?”

“Are you mad at me?”

“Who did this to you?”

“Do you need a hug?”

“Would you be mine?”

“Are you happy here?”

“Do you forgive them?”

“How did you survive?”

“How could you leave?”

“Can I tell you a secret?”

“Where have you been?”

“How could you do this?”

“Have you eaten today?”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Do you forgive yourself?”

“Why can’t you love me?”

“Why would you say that?”

“How could you lie to me?”

“Will you accept my heart?”

“Do you want to share this?”

“Why don’t you believe me?”

“Would you try this with me?”

“When did you stop believing?”

“What are you thinking about?”

“When did that happen to you?”

“How long can you keep going?”

“Do you think we have a chance?”

“Do you know how much I love you?”

“Do you think you’re a good person?”

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consider, for a starter call:

liking for Hannah in every fandom: highest inspiration right now, maybe your muse wants to get into some kind of found-family parental situation taking care of a traumatized and not too friendly kid. Maybe they are also a teenager and want this very grumpy girl to lighten up (maybe ship?). Maybe they are looking for just a friend or a found-younger sibling or a savior, in any case very gruff but also very grateful for any ounce of kindness. I want to give her found-parents and found siblings but also all the other things. ESPECIALLY but not limited to: her canon fandom, tlou, telltale, fallout & muses from my beloved mutuals I already write with

liking for Terra in every fandom: an angel. Sweet confused Terra who hasn't found her hero-calling yet and just doesn't want to get hurt anymore. Never wants to fight. If she fights, she's a human nuclear explosion. Will ask you to explain everything. Will do things before she understands what they are about anyway. If I don't get to ship her with anyone I will die. Your muse has got to protect her so she doesn't kill everyone. My child. Been tortured and experimented on a LOT.

liking for Janey, but only in fallout: your muse wants someone who curses at them and threatens them all the time while casually saving them when they are in trouble. Will throw up if I ship her with anybody and she's right (ok some romance is fine, just keep away the physical part). Deserves more dogs. She's actually doing pretty fine for someone living after the end of the world. Gets +1000 radiation poisoning every time she drinks water.

liking for Steph in fallout, who is looking for her daughter and incidentally this kinda makes her like an evil Sole Survivor: you may have to explain to her why poisoning the water supply of an entire town is wrong ("but then we won't have to fight anyone because they'll all be dead!"). Her loyalty to vault-tech ended the split second they didn't help her get her baby back. liking for Torvic, in fandoms that can allow her to be there as an alien: will flirt and doesn't mean it. Will 100% try to bully you and everyone around you. Evil but cannot physically harm anyone she considers good. Sincerely curious about humans at this point. Canon in Doctor Who except she was a boy who died when bullying the Master almost to death (killed by yours truly the Doctor).

comment for a muse or more! I will pay you for Hannah but the others are also yelling.

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The question made Hannah's head snap up, because she knew, she knew, that no hallucination of hers, no subconscious talking to her, no dream, would have Mike or anyone else ask about Beth as if they didn't know. "Beth is dead," she answered in disbelief. You killed her. No, I killed her.

"Are you real? You can't..." And wasn't it night, time for the monster to come out and play? Was that what the disheveled look was for? "Mike?" she repeated, still trying to make sense of it.

What if he was really there? Just one year too late, she could almost hear the happy scratch of her pen against her diary as the old Hannah wrote that Mike came to save me, omg! or something equally deluded. God, she hated that girl. So stupid. She hated the others more. "Beth died, and you are going to follow her if you stay. Why are you here? Is Josh with you?" she questioned, her tone shifting to one of business as she walked to her desk and pulled a drawer, looking for a medkit. Jack had kept her well supplied, at least. She had one in her to-go dufflebag too, but clearly she was about to have to take that whole thing with herself to go outside, if she didn't want Mike to get eaten on his way back to the lodge, or better to the cable car stations. Pulling the disinfectant out, she strode to Mike with the intention of grabbing his hand and see what she could do for his fingers.

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How could a night full of lighthearted fun take a drastic turn for the worst so swiftly? Mike hadn’t thought it possible, but witnessing Jessica being seized through the window had quickly put things into perspective of just how fast the night could change. Just what exactly had taken her? A bear? Whatever it had been, it was fast. Strong. And after his futile attempt at following and saving her, he’d ended up here.. wherever here was. Some creepy underground sanatorium of sorts. And not even a few minutes of wandering the place had he almost lost his fingers. Dumb as it was to test fate, Mike hadn’t been able to resist taking a risk— always the reckless show off.

Staring down at the gnarly sight, Mike couldn’t help but to let a few profanities slip now that the adrenaline was wearing off and the agonising pain was playing catchup, setting in slow and furious.

“Jesus fucking Christy on a bike..” Hissed out as he held his bleeding hand, fingers barely hanging on by the bone. “Shit, shit, fuuuck..” Could this night get any worse? As though on cue, his question had been answered in a voice from a ghost of the past that had Mike whirling around with widened eyes only to confirm who he thought it was. Hannah Washington. “..Hannah..? Her name slipped out in shocked disbelief, pain momentarily forgotten. She was.. alive? But how? Ever since her and Beth’s disappearance, nobody had heard from or seen them since. Not since the group’s dumb prank gone wrong which wasn’t ever intended to go that far in the first place.. but had.

Was she a spirit..? She didn’t look see through—in fact, she looked no different to how she did when he’d last saw her. Not that he believed in the supernatural world anyway— a skeptic. “It’s really you?” Watching as she mumbled and grumbled to herself, Mike took a hesitant step closer while still cradling his injured hand to his chest. If she really was here, Mike figured he was probably the last person she wanted to see, what with being the centre of a prank that had been meant to humiliate her in front of all her friends. “Is Beth here with you..?”