She never was able to sleep very easily.
No matter how hard she tried, her mind always dredged up some embarrassing memory, or started imagining hypothetical scenarios, or decided to overthink every last detail of the day she’d had.
Now she stands - well not quite.
She’s suspended in the air by an assortment of chains, wires, tethers, ropes, and more. Her arms are held above her and pulled apart. Her legs do not hang limply beneath her. They too are embraced and held.
In particular, the tightness around her ribs, the back of her neck, and her waist paradoxically seems to relax her.
If she were able to move in any significant manner, she would notice how none of the things keeping her in the air dig into her, or restrict circulation, or otherwise hurt her or cause discomfort.
She is held.
Nothing more, nothing less.
That is, until something else is brought down by a set of ropes.
Is positioned in front of her.
Is moved slowly backwards to cover her face, hold her lips closed, ensure that all she can see is a deep shadow.
Her restraints seem to tighten. Only ever so slightly, but it’s enough.
As she hangs there silently, she drifts off to sleep faster than she ever has before.
For once, she dreams.
And when she does, she dreams of beautiful things.
wow I love to sit crosslegged without moving for several hours straight!
they wouldn't leave that man alone about his characters' smoking habits and that's why we ended up with Venom fucking vaping
vampire sub with a "CAUTION I BITE" dog collar
She stands still, hearing a repetitive ticking noise emanating from inside of her chest.
She can feel the gears inside of her as they rotate and mesh and interlink, sending the energy stored in the spring wound up within her.
She moves her arm upwards to stare at the back of her hand. As she does, wires move to curl her fingers, mechanisms rotate to allow her arm to bend at the elbow, and metal slides over metal on her joints.
She’s been so delicately made, so precisely crafted.
Always in equilibrium, as little wasted energy as possible.
Her miss made her to be perfect.
It always makes the next bit more fun.
A sharp blow knocks her off balance, sending her side into the edge of a table.
It cracks, but holds.
Her legs are swept out from under her. She falls.
Hits the hard floor.
Cracks, but holds.
The boot that follows finally breaks her, causing the ceramic of her chest and abdomen to fracture and burst out across the room.
Her miss reaches inside of her, not caring for the shards that pierce her skin and draw out her blood.
Her miss seizes a gear and holds it for a second. If she had a heart, it would skip a beat.
Her miss takes another gear. Holds it.
Tears it out.
She can’t feel or move her legs any more. Within her, cogs spin impotently, teeth catching on empty space.
Her miss gently places her hand around her spring.
Twists it.
Not up, but down.
Her eyes flutter closed. Her limbs don’t go limp, instead they lock in their current positions. Her gears and mechanisms slow, very soon to go still.
As she is wound down, she finds it harder and harder to think, to reason, to act.
To act before her consciousness fades out of existence requires immense willpower and focus, along with single-minded determination.
As her mind fades to black, her mouth moves.
It hangs open in a lopsided smile.
when the cuddle sesh is so good your arm becomes fully necrotic
my OCs are sooo cool you guys don't know what you're missing. if you could see the show i'm watching in my head rn you'd go so crazy i'm telling u
after despair comes joy
i am now accepting applications for "treacherous stooge"
someone mentioned cannibalism and my ears perked up like i’m a dog or something bruh fuck my life
She/her, LARP doer, Warhammer and Gundam fan, that one reveal with Zane from Ninjago changed the trajectory of my life,Certified Scribblehub Eggfic Protagonist.
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