i’m like convinced most of world serpent have no idea what jackal actually looks like. she walked in with a dog mask and they’ve never seen anything else.
me: trying to think about what the fatui would think about jackal in genshin verse
me immediately: same thing with world serpent? they all think she’s a fucking nonsensical dumbass who makes them uncomfortable but she’s a genius so like they have to keep her
yes i do make fun of jackal a lot yes i also adore her to pieces and her design is EVERYTHING to me
“ah, herrscher of the void! what an unexpected surprise. and by unexpected, i mean COMPLETELY EXPECTED!”
hellbade : senua’s sacrifice sentence starters change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying tw : death , mental health , suicide , blood mention
‘there will be no more stories after this one.’
‘the dead don’t always lie still here. this is not a place of rest.’
‘you might try to ignore it, turn away. but it’s always there, just out of sight where you are the most vulnerable.’
‘bravery only means something to those afraid of death.’
‘there’s no going back.’
‘are you scared? you should be scared.’
‘I was just hiding. I find I live longer that way.’
‘you listened when everyone else laughed.’
‘you can’t just wish things away.’
‘you. you took him from me.’
‘I’ll give you what you want. I won’t resist anymore. just give him back.’
‘the darkness does not bargain. it does not reason.’
‘the hardest battles are fought in the mind.’
‘this is the price you pay for seeing things differently.’
‘once you gaze into that relentless darkness, all that lurks within it … can see you too.’
‘it’s like crossing into another world that looks the same but feels different … an imposter world.’
‘those who make it back are forever changed.’
‘just because you cannot see the threat, doesn’t mean it’s not already here.’
‘do you know what it’s like to leave everything behind?’
‘when darkness speaks, it changes everything. turning home into a foreign land and loved ones into strangers.’
‘exile makes sense when you realize you were never really home in the first place.’
‘I was so naïve to think that I could banish it myself.’
‘I wish you could have seen my home before these dark times.’
‘you have the sight. just like I do.’
‘there is nothing wrong with seeing the world the way you do.’
‘you cannot overcome suffering if you refuse to look at it.’
‘defy the gods, (name)! find your own path, like I found mine.’
‘my god(s) abandoned me! I am alone!’
‘to survive … I did things. bad things. like you (name), the man I once was died.’
‘you say your world has collapsed? good. let it collapse and have the courage to shed your tears.’
‘I wouldn’t have made it without you.’
‘this darkness takes everything. everyone.’
‘we can fight this together. side by side, we always do.’
‘this is my battle. I must face it alone. away from here.’
‘I believe in you. you know that.’
‘just promise me that you will come back to me. I want you to say it.’
‘I will come back to you, I promise.’
‘(name) is getting stronger! you must stop him!’
‘remember your training.’
‘in the end, we all fall. even the gods have their time. yet still we go on. why?’
‘be ready to face horror in the eye, like I have, to find your answers.’
‘when the illusion of self is shattered, you simply cease to be.’
‘you can feel it, a stranger in your own body, an impostor … and nothing is the same ever again.’
‘did you think that I would let you go?’
‘I’m not ready to die.’
‘do you still hear his screams?’
‘they can break you, but not your promise.’
‘even death won’t keep you apart.’
‘you fought for your dream, now there is no way to win.’
‘you ran from it but brought it nearer.’
‘you will walk into the lair of the beast, look it in the eye and you will go to war.’
‘this is your mission. this is your quest. there is nothing else left.’
‘why suffer the past when there is a new road ahead? the only one that makes any sense.’
‘what are you doing? you’re showing weakness! you’re not a warrior, you’re a disgrace!’
‘they say dreams are visions of our memories, thoughts and fears as seen by our inner eye. but what if each of us is always dreaming?’
‘did you really think you could win? how could you be so stupid?’
‘go on, feel sorry for yourself because there’s no one left to do that for you.’
‘if you’re too much of a coward to fight then go ahead and end the suffering.’
‘maybe you’re already dead.’
‘there will be times that you will feel alone and exhausted, like a strange little fish swimming against the tides of the big ocean. but have the faith to let go and let the tide carry you away. because the whole ocean if your home and it does not ask you to swim against it.’
‘the gloom lifted, and for the first time in years, I felt a ray of hope.’
‘you want to believe it’s real but it’s a trick.’
‘it only takes an instant. fear swallows you before you have a chance to make sense of it. and darkness becomes a part of who you are.’
‘there’s no going back to how things were. there’s nothing left to go back to.’
‘you will die here. and all your suffering will have been for nothing.’
‘i’ll find you, my love. I promise.’
‘it’s so strange that we go to such lengths to bury death, something so very ordinary, inevitable.’
‘it’s as if we conspire to hide death because we have no answer for it.’
‘when death comes, and it forces itself onto our friends or loved ones, then comes the reckoning.’
‘if you go down there, no one can save you.’
‘that voice, it’s not (name).’
‘I can see the darkness in your eyes.’
‘no boy is going to save you, no one can.’
‘you cannot escape the darkness. your curse will make everyone suffer. their blood is on your hands!’
‘you’re tired but you have to keep going.’
‘this is wrong, this has to be wrong.’
‘they say that I’m cursed. what if they are right?’
‘they’re afraid of what they can’t see. like children afraid of the dark, they make up stories to fill the void. that doesn’t make them true.’
‘you have to step out of this darkness. let them see you for who you are, like I have.’
‘without you this darkness has made me a monster.’
‘the world once seemed so simple: black and white, darkness and light.’
‘the truth of life is revealed when we can face death without fear.’
‘how can the gods understand us if they refuse to die themselves?’
‘what if this is pointless?’
‘it makes sense in your mind but it does not make sense in the real world.’
‘maybe this is the price paid for the gift that the gods have granted you. the gift that makes you so very special in my eyes. just another part of the person I love.’
‘your eyes were open but you were … gone.’
‘I heard your voice. you brought me back.’
‘you found your own way back. all you needed was a little help. a little hope.’
‘you will pay a price for this.’
‘do you see it clearly now (name)? the suffering you’ve caused.’
‘you have blood on your hands.’
‘why must they pay for your heresy?’
‘why are you fighting for someone who is already dead?’
‘I can’t fight it anymore!’
‘you said it, I have blood on my hands.’
‘I didn’t say that, you’ve done nothing wrong.’
‘who do you trust? him or me?’
‘do you still believe in me, (name)? in us?’
‘you don’t have to do this on your own anymore.’
‘silence is lonely.’
‘how will you save (name) if you are too much of a coward to step into the shadows?’
‘your sword is useless here.’
‘do you remember that darkness, (name)?’
‘I wont give up. I’m not going to rot in here!’
‘if I had stayed, I wouldn’t have survived.’
‘it was my mission to make you hate, to hate this darkness with a passion so great, it would focus your mind on the quest.’
‘all this time I’ve wanted to protect you from the truth that would have destroyed you a long time ago.’
‘I won’t stand in your way. you will not survive what is in there.’
‘I’m not here to fight my past. I’m here for (name).’
‘I will fulfil my vow, whatever the cost.’
‘that is our gift and our duty. I’m not going to look away in fear anymore.’
‘we’ll all die someday.’
‘I don’t want to die.’
‘if you don’t want to die with me, then leave me alone.’
‘there is nothing to go back to.’
‘it’s not like the old stories, is it? the noble warrior facing evil in search of victory and honor. clear dividing lines.’
‘it’s as if it knows true torment lies within memories you cannot defeat. cannot escape.’
‘don’t see me like this. turn away, (name).’
‘I remember it clearly now.’
‘fuck the gods! you did this!’
‘you created this darkness so you could hide behind it!’
‘only suffering brings salvation. it is the way of the gods.’
‘it was all a lie! you are a lie!’
‘look at you. running forward but moving backwards to wallow in your miserable past.’
‘I tried to save you from yourself.’
‘what can you do to me that you haven’t already?’
‘let go of your battle. let go of redemption. let go of (name).’
‘let go of your battle. you’ve done enough.’
‘you’re killing yourself.’
‘is that what you want me to believe? after all you’ve done to me?!’
‘you’ve crawled into me to confuse me and deceive me!’
‘you will have to kill me because i’ve got nothing left. no fear, no hate. no quest. nothing.’
‘you will have no power over me.’
‘a life without loss is one without love.’
‘the longer you hide from it, the longer the shadow grows, until all you can see is darkness.’
‘when our time comes, we must look death in the eye and embrace it as a friend. only then can we let go of our fear, and emerge from our darkness.’
‘do not mourn the waves, the leaves, the clouds. even in darkness the wonder and the beauty of this world never leaves us. it is always there. waiting to be seen again.’
hi im makai and i got horribly attached to an absolute reprehensible garbage scientist
this is it under the cut and im not okay.
jackal smokes because i saw one (1) fanart of her and i went too feral.
@deathcage: jackal is probably an aquarius me: disgusting that means i have to make your birthday pretty damn soon
THE DIM AFTERGLOW COULDN’T LIGHT UP HER AMBER EYES THAT HAD BECOME DULL. SHE HATED TO SEE THE SUNSET.
independent dr. leila cleo / jackal. adopted by mak / kai.
independent "jackal" / leila cleo from honkai impact. adopted by mak / kai. est 1/26/22.
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