That May Have Been Texted To The Wrong Person But Chiari Wants To See The Person It Was Intended For

“The trick to survival is to keep moving. & don’t look back.”

— Natalie Wee, “Said the Apple to the Girl,” Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines (Amazon / Goodreads)

yeah

                         Ｅ Ｘ Ｐ Ｅ Ｒ Ｉ Ｅ Ｎ Ｃ Ｅ ：                               that most brutal of teachers.                                    BUT YOU LEARN,                            my God do you learn.

The thing is. I would eat the grapes. I would eat the pomegranate seeds. I would eat the Turkish delights. It doesn’t matter what the stakes are if you put a little plate of snacks out in front of me I’ll eat them.

How old was Chiari when Itachi killed off the Uchiha clan?

So I had to phone a friend for this one since I can't actively search timelines to figure this out and still effectively dodge spoilers.

I think about 20-21, since I've sat her at about 26 for part I which is what I am still currently watching.

Feel free to tell me if I have bad math here.

alternativelyto avoid art struggles i just use icons i create from the manga with light editing/cropping so that identifyable canon char features aren't shown. i suppose that's the lazy route but i have a lot on my plate and i am not sure i am ready for the art struggle that is hand drawn icons - especially when i already intend to draw a character reference sheet for chiari

also if I do go entirely off track and decide to hand draw icons do I do my usual style but.. just lineart? Or do I try to match the manga style? Orrrr

First Impressions sentence starters

“You’re not… how I thought you’d be.”

“Is this what you’re really like, or was that an act?”

“I need to know this is for real. If you’re not genuine, tell me right now.”

“You’re… good at that.”

“I didn’t realize you were - maybe we should start again. I’m [name].”

“So this is what the (in)famous [Name] is like behind closed doors.”

“You have a lot of experience with this.”

“Do you know what people say about you?”

“You’re just like they said.”

“Why don’t you correct them? When people talk about you, and they’re wrong?”

“I thought they were exaggerating about you.”

“I’ve wanted to meet you for a long time.”

“Am I safe with you?”

“Do you mean that?”

“I’m just trying to figure out why you’re here.”

“What made you get into this/that line of work?”

“Look, you’re either going to help, or you aren’t. Which one is it going to be?”

“You … you chose me.”

“I… no, nothing. I just didn’t realize you were brave.”

“You’re going to get yourself killed/fired, you know.”

“Have you always been like that?”

“That was kind.”

“That was good of you.”

“That was stupid.”

“You didn’t have to do that. But you did.”

“You were there. You didn’t have to be.”

“I think .. I have you to thank, for this.”

“I wouldn’t be here without you.”

“I wouldn’t have been there if it weren’t for you.”

I’m supposed to be queueing musings posts and I’m enjoying them too much and just posting them lol

casually going to keep track of all Chiari's made up names here

(surname, given name)

Hidaka Kiyori

here comes the memory i thought i had successfully suppressed