text; un: padlocks

[enblightened]

those capable of magic i need you

i need to better bind myself

enchant or curse or whatever you do hold me back just hold it back all of me

i need more bonds more locks more

oh i am not enough


[cw: mention of cannibalism in comments]

Comments

[enblightened]

i would die before i bring you harm again falco
please

there are some attempting
keep your distance i beg of you

[grice]

[ he owed him that much. ]

I will. You don’t have to worry about that, you can stay calm.

Is meditation not enough anymore?

[enblightened]

no no it would not be how could it be
not after what i have done

[grice]

Can you tell me what you did?

[enblightened]

why would you want to hear such a thing

[grice]

Because you’re not alone, Mister Bigby.

[ if he were with him right now— ]

[enblightened]

falco

[For a few minutes, that's the last message Falco receives, but eventually:]

i had
shed
and became someone terrible.
i ate the flesh of other sleepers.

[grice]

[ that actually hits so hard to home that falco— no, he doesn’t feel revolted or sickened. that would be hypocritical. he feels compassion. ]

That’s not who you are now, is it?

[enblightened]

no.
i despise that i was that person for awhile
but it is not me

cw cannibalism IT’S ALL OVER THIS POST but just to be sure

[grice]

That’s what matters the most. Who you really are is who’s talking to me now, not the other thing.

I never told you, Mister Bigby. I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone. For us to inherit a titan, we get turned into monsters— pure titans, and we eat our predecessor.

It’s a controlled program in Marley’s regime, [ which is horrid on its own, ] but mine was an accident.