⠀”Thy efforts were in vain,” he said.
⠀
(Staring right back.)
(Staring right back.)
I heard something about “hope” today.
I heard something about “hope” today.
Is something the matter?
Is something the matter?
I’m having a wonderful day today.
I’m having a wonderful day today.
(His smile gradually stretches into a grin.)
(His smile gradually stretches into a grin.)
(That smile of his is rather unnerving today.)
(That smile of his is rather unnerving today.)
(He’s taken his hat off to stare at it.)
(He’s taken his hat off to stare at it.)
There are times where I feel as if it’s far too late for me. As if I cannot return to who I once was. If that is the case, then should I strive for a new path?
I should be convinced that this is my destined fate. That is what Shadow Milk Cookie willed into me.
⠀⠀⠀It does still linger within
the depths of my mind ,
but I've learned that the
thought is part of it.
The thought is what makes
hope shines even greater.
Your path to recovery
includes acceptance ..
Realization that not all
is hopeless and burdens .
How… how am I supposed to overcome this?
There are times where I feel as if it’s far too late for me. As if I cannot return to who I once was. If that is the case, then should I strive for a new path?
I should be convinced that this is my destined fate. That is what Shadow Milk Cookie willed into me.
Escaped? A laughable notion.
… Have you truly escaped if it still lurks within the back of your mind?
⠀⠀⠀I once wondered the
same as you . A thought
I soon escaped . .
At this point, I often wonder…
what /is/ hope, if not a burden?
Escaped? A laughable notion.
… Have you truly escaped if it still lurks within the back of your mind?
At this point, I often wonder…
what /is/ hope, if not a burden?
At this point, I often wonder…
what /is/ hope, if not a burden?
Be prepared for nothing, then. I no longer have anything to offer. Your boredom will only grow.
(And he’s off again.)
Be prepared for nothing, then. I no longer have anything to offer. Your boredom will only grow.
(And he’s off again.)
That doesn’t stop you from pestering them as freely as you wish.
(He’s quickening his pace. He broke his own vow of silence just to retort.
Perhaps he really /can’t/ resist him. Truth and Deceit really do go hand in hand.)
That doesn’t stop you from pestering them as freely as you wish.
(He’s quickening his pace. He broke his own vow of silence just to retort.
Perhaps he really /can’t/ resist him. Truth and Deceit really do go hand in hand.)
Pester your minions, Shadow Milk Cookie. That’s their purpose, is it not? I’m not the optimal choice.
(He swears himself into silence after that.)
Pester your minions, Shadow Milk Cookie. That’s their purpose, is it not? I’m not the optimal choice.
(He swears himself into silence after that.)
(Whether or not this was kind of him appears to be the least of his concerns. He figured doing absolutely nothing interesting would eventually drive him away, but— was that assumption incorrect?)
Why do you refuse to leave me to my own devices? There’s no point.
(Whether or not this was kind of him appears to be the least of his concerns. He figured doing absolutely nothing interesting would eventually drive him away, but— was that assumption incorrect?)
Why do you refuse to leave me to my own devices? There’s no point.
(He merely groans. /Now/ he’s decided to stand upright, all of the blocks sliding off of his back. He starts in the other direction.)
(He merely groans. /Now/ he’s decided to stand upright, all of the blocks sliding off of his back. He starts in the other direction.)
Is it /imperative/ that you bother me at every given interval? 💢
(Making no move to shimmy the blocks off of his back, even as he says this.)
Is it /imperative/ that you bother me at every given interval? 💢
(Making no move to shimmy the blocks off of his back, even as he says this.)
(Inching away.)
(Inching away.)
(Please refrain.)
(Please refrain.)
(… He’s not having a very nice morning, no. He’s been lying face-down on the floor for the past thirty minutes.)
(… He’s not having a very nice morning, no. He’s been lying face-down on the floor for the past thirty minutes.)