#when silence speaks

[whensilencespeaks]

Hello Everyone! My name is Elizabeth, or just Liz for short.

In When Silence Speaks, you'll be taking on the role of an MC that isn't part of the human world but wishes to explore it. Sound familiar? This IF is a mixture of themes from The Little Mermaid with the twist of having the classic soulmate trope etched within-- the first words your soulmate says to you is tattooed onto your body.

The only catch? You've traded in your voice to be able to walk on land, but four distinct individuals have their greetings tattooed onto your skin... Will you have theirs?

🔱 Features 🔱

You can play as a mermaid, merman, or merperson. Choose your sexuality, appearance, facets of your personality, an oceanic friend, and your own special reason for wishing to go to the surface world. This story will be filled with a mixture of sweet moments, angsty dramatic ones, potentially steamy ones, as well as many more! Spend time with your potential soulmate while discovering that your deal wasn't as you once believed it to be.

The game, as one may expect, is heavily focused on relationships and romance. However, you'll be able to decide if your soulmate is a romantic one or more of a platonic one-- of course, you'll also be able to befriend anyone else you choose to! All four of the ROs are gender-selectable (male or female)!

🔱 The Romantic Options 🔱

Miran/Mira -- "The Heir"

The heir to the seaside nation of Semprya. An individual with a gentle smile and compassionate nature, with a deep fascination and love for the sea-- respecting it as it should be respected. They're slightly feared within the Court, despite their overall soft-spoken demeanor, because of the sharpness of their tongue and the keen nature behind their gaze.

With fair skin, despite the overall sunny climate of Semprya, and ice blue eyes, reminiscent of the frozen oceans of the North, they command respect with their presence alone. They stand at 6'2" with an athletic physique due to their combat training, but they still maintain an air of slender elegance as well.

Hair as golden as the sun's warm rays bring their look together, being softly curly. Miran keeps his hair semi-short, brushing his ears, and Mira keeps hers to the small of her back.

Caspian/Cassia -- "The Captain"

The infamous Captain of the dreaded ship The Leviathan is known across the seven seas. Stories follow in their wake, a living legend to all, and many believe they search the seas to find the soulmate that always seems just out of their grasp. Of course, others think they just enjoy the bloodshed that always seems to follow in their wake.

Years of life on the open ocean have given them a golden-tan complexion, that offsets the piercing green of their eyes. They stand at 5'11" with a muscular physique that still retains a sense of agility-- always being able to move from one place to the other with the greatest of ease.

Their hair is a rich golden brown that's as wavy as the place they call their home. Caspian keeps his hair to his shoulders, while Cassia keeps hers to just beneath her shoulder blades. The only thing keeping the locks in place is the classic hat denoting their position on their ship.

Evan/Eva -- "The Scholar"

The most trusted advisor, despite their young age, to the Crown Heir of the seaside country of Semprya. With a thirst for knowledge, that has pushed all thoughts of soulmates from their head, they see you as another puzzle in a world of infinite ones-- wanting nothing more than to figure you out.

They have a rich dark-skinned complexion, with a warm undertone, that brings out the brilliance of their light hazel eyes-- that look almost gold. Standing at around 5'4", what they lack in height they make up for in presence alone. With a lean body, from years of lugging around heavy tombs and scripture, they can be quite formidable when out of their usual robes.

Their hair is a rich ebony black that falls in gorgeous ringlets. Evan has his to his jawline and Eva's just barely brushes the top of her shoulders.

Alexius/Alessia -- "The Guard"

With a surly attitude, that only softens for specific people, they don't make it a secret that they don't believe in soulmates, that they don't wish to find their own-- not after what they've seen. A deeply protective nature is paramount to who they are, who they have always been, and it's only grown while in their service to the royal family.

Tanned skin brings out the silver quality of their hardened gray gaze. Standing at around 6'7", they're quite the imposing figure and don't try to be anything else. With a muscular physique, that's built for strength, they're normally seen within their armor-- you never know what could be coming after all.

Auburn hair brings out the cool undertone of their skin. Alexius keeps his hair short and Alessia keeps her to just past her shoulders, but she always has it in either a simple plait or a low ponytail.

🔱 Links 🔱

DEMO (TBA)

#when silence speaks #interactive fiction #interactive game #interactive novel #cscript #dashingdon #no demo #interact if #if wip #choice of games #hosted games

[stil-lindigo]

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Arabic (Refaat’s mother tongue)

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2. Spanish

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3. Irish

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4. Dutch

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5. Greek

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6. German

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7. Vietnamese

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8. Tagalog

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9. Serbian

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10. Japanese

and the traditional japanese calligraphy version

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11. Nepali

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12. Tamil

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13. Bosnian

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14. Indonesian

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15. Romanian

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16. Italian

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17. Albanian

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18. Urdu

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19. Turkish

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20. Polish

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21. Norwegian

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22. Galician

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23. Swedish

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24. Jawi

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25. Bengali

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26. Russian

#probably one of the most beautiful threads to ever grace twitter's rotten husk of a platform #i really earnestly almost cried #when people say the world stands with palestine #they mean they speak with palestine as well #israel murders palestinian poets to silence their voice. their culture. their lifeblood #in response the world amplifies his voice tenfold #but what a loss #what an unforgivable loss #i hope it is some consolation to those who loved refaat that his words are now immortalised in languages all over the world #that he has united so many people in their pursuit of palestinian freedom #please please please feel free to add your own translations onto the post in reblogs #i just havent seen anything about this thread on tumblr yet #im just the messenger #palestine will be free #the words of refaat alareer will be immortalised #and his students will carry on his legacy #ah but it is almost 5am and i havent slept #when i wake up i will add more #free palestine #israel #refaat alareer #rest in peace

[rt3nenbaum]

“i don't know what to say after australia they might disqualify me for the rest of the championship” – fernando after they asked him if he was giving oscar drs on purpose at the end of the race

#don't let them silence you king #fuck the fia!! #speak your mind!! #he's so funny when he's in full war criminal mode #fernando alonso #f1 #aston martin #japanese gp 2024

[sunnykeysmash]

Man of words

#s16 spoilers #iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #macdennis #analysis #parallels #I didn't exactly know how to name this thread but i had some scattered thoughts on it #dennis is the one mac depends on to define things. he's the man of words. but this situation is very limiting #firstly because mac can't read subtext. and dennis will rarely be open in his words. but he also doesn't know everything. #cant define everything. and by forcing the situation to have dennis speak for both. what actually happens is mac gets silenced #and when mac cant speak. no one besides dennis can ever possibly understand him. and that is very isolating. because den wont be open. cant #but they trust each other. theyre following each other's lead. and they're missing the right words #den defines his own self worth in the relationship by being able to have the right words. mac is the man of action! after all #but if mac learns to speak for himself. if mac doesn't depend on den (chokes). if mac is noticed for his appearance as den becomes insecure #(''what if my shirt falls off?'') what does den have left for mac? but mac will fall for him no matter what. #''make up or not you are the golden god! it's all about what's in here💗'' #maybe words arent necessary anymore. dont ask just do. and mac's the man of action... OR IS HE. #mac doesn't really act now does he. they got it backwards. don't they? mac got a lot better with his words in time... #idk lots to think about let me know what u think lolll #threads

[zeb-z]

leo leaving foolish a sign like all the others, leaving the most concrete out of all the messages, but no one comments on it. foolish, dead quiet after asking for a direct translation, as the others come in, take note of the sign, and then continue on to other topics. forever coming up, asking if this is anything new or “just another sign”. baghera and fit, the only ones asking if he’s okay, and he just brushes it off, because of course he would, it’s foolish, and it’s easy even though it’s entirely unconvincing and obviously a lie, because everyone else is talking over them anyway. etoiles not even checking in, just pulling him aside to accuse him of federation bullshit. everyone proceeding to talk about crimes in his tower, sitting right on the concrete trail. mouse in the cappy place, saying foolish doesn’t even care about leo, he doesn’t care that she’s gone, and foolish goes quiet for a full minute, until he can find some joke to latch onto and start deflecting again. I can’t take it anymore I’m at my limit.

did anyone other than foolish know the significance of the amethyst, and take note, like they did with the other eggs and their left behind items? or was it just him, alone later on, repeating always juntos to himself as he looks at the message again.

#jmgoing to be sick #everyone else gets condolences gets oh this is significant. he gets ‘just another sign’. just another sign just another sign just another s #does anyone else know what’s important to Leo? everyone else is like oh their beloved items I’m so sorry w Tallulah chayanne and Ramon but #with foolish and leo. god. foolish who is so severely misunderstood on the server. leo who was always so afraid she would just be brushed #aside not making friends. the odd egg out. what the fuck man #and Roier too. throw in the whole family. what’s up with this man I’m sick I’m tired #foolish going quiet when he’s upset. when he’s emotional. and everyone taking it as he doesn’t care. like what is this man #or nervous laughter before silence. like you’ve known him long enough to know it’s not because he’s actually amused!!! god!!!!!!!!!!!! #I’m just upset ok I’m upset I’m upset I’m upset #‘just another sign’ fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you #qsmp #mcyt #foolish gamers #q!foolish #q!leonarda #z speaks

[therealmnemo]

*motions for my fellow trans afab peeps*

hey, I know that we've been dealing with transmeds using theyfabs to invalidate our existence... but you gotta understand that words can have different meaning and the widespread use of it by trans women right now is specifically with the meaning of someone that is afab and being transmisogynistic by trying to slap down their asab over trans women's real material complaints. look for context. theyfab isn't a slur and I'm honestly all in for that to be the most accepted context because I refuse to validate a transmed's train of thought. I will listen to trans women though when they talk about their oppression, and you should too.

*pats you on the back* good talk

#mnemospeaks #and because I've seen it floating around #i'm not really a fan of benjanun but she wasn't being anti-trans masc for shits and gigs #she called out a trans inclusive authors list have 0 transfems on it #and they decided to attack her on her past instead of owning up to their oversight #that's transmisogyny baybeee #and when trans women tried to speak out #they implied that benjanun controlled them #like no #they're talking for themselves #and benjanun was sticking up for them #and starting to get nasty with transmascs who refused to drop their issue with her tone and language #aand instead focus on what the issue was #anywho #tldr #theyfab is for afabs that decice to use their asab as a cudgel to silence transfemmes #that's it #that's the context in the transfemme community #get the fuck over it and look past insults and figure out why you're getting insulted on the first place maybe???

[currently-tired]

People; Omg,,, Hyde is my poor little baby meow meow!

just a little guy who’s done nothing wrong 🥺

WRONG!

People are acting like Hyde wouldn’t punch them in the face, or curse them out for saying that.

Hyde is an asshole, who explicitly stomped on a kid and ignored her screams to go off and do whatever they were doing, and killed a man with hysterical pleasure, and a rush of adrenaline.

And those were the things they got caught for!

What the fuck were the unspoken things they were doing, for Jekyll to say that he was in wonder of his own depravity?

Fucker is a grown ass man!

They’re ugly! With pale, unhealthy looking skin, and hairy, knobbled hands. With a sharp expression, and a displeasing, creepy smile, that raises the hairs on the back of your neck. A husky, broken voice, timid but also bold.

(A contradiction, in and of itself.)

And with a face that makes even the most dry and unemotional of people angry; even to the point of wanting them DEAD!

Hyde is 20 years of repressed emotions finally allowed to let loose.

Yes, he’s short. No, that isn’t a problem for them.

Have you ever met an angry short person? A truly furious person. How about an angry short person who’s murderous? Yes? You have?

How about an angry short person who’s murderous and is dead sure they won’t face any consequences?

How about a freak, that even from a distance, is repulsive. Who hisses, and does not give a fuck about anything or one other than themself.

Call them a baby. I dare you. See what happens to your corpse.

Is he still your meow meow after beating someone unconscious, and laughing insanely?

Is he still your ‘little guy who did nothing wrong’ after he stabs someone? Watches the blood drain from their wound, and leaves them to die alone?

Are they still your ‘silly little guy’ when they whisper terrible things about others into their ears, and watch the ensuing fight with a wide, almost evil smile, and a hysterical cackle.

When they tear the flesh off of someone’s arm, just because they can.

When he dresses in drag, and fucks whoever they can, and spits at people, claws like an animal, and acts horrendously.

Are they still?

(What else do you think he did, over years of time with absolutely no consequences?)

#jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #edward hyde #henry jekyll #honk shoo posting #Edward hyde is crazy. nasty person #they would not stand for this #their voice is hoarse from a general lack of speaking #why speak #when a short growl will have the same effect #a wave of the hands #or a #sharp grimace #A slight encroachment #upon personal space #a wandering hand; easily rejected or reciprocated with a look #Why speak when you can give into that base urge of silence #the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde

[hope-ur-ok]

The swiftie mood really has just become "disappointed but not surprised" huh

#the turtle speaks #and this is coming from a person who doesn't expect celebrities to speak on things #provided they don't speak on anything or they are actively championing a different cause #(like how Olivia is currently throwing everything she has into abortion rights and organizations for domestic abuse) #but idk man saying you want to be more political #and then the only thing you really do is mention pride once a year #and ignore the biggest issues happening in the world while focusing on literally nothing else activism wise #thats just not it at all but it's been like this #since 2020 when it took months and months for her to say anything about blm and then it was super vague #if she was actually doing something for lgbtq rights i would be more willing to accept the silence #but she hasn't talked about the anti trans laws getting passed or anything else #and like it's just so fucking disappointing to have her claim she wanted to be more political and help people and then not

[whensilencespeaks]

Hi!!! Good luck!!! Could I please ask you to tell us which oceanic friends we can have?

Hello! 💙

There isn’t a complete set in stone list (as I’m still deliberating on the options) but I’ve thought of:

Shark

Dolphin

Clown Fish (or a smaller fish)

Crab/Lobster

Sea Turtle

Seal

#when silence speaks #oceanic friend #asks

[bahrmp3]

[ID: 13 gifs from season 2, episode 8 “necessary evil” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show kira nerys and odo inside odo's office. odo is behind his desk, while kira is standing in front of the desk.

1st gif: "i misjudged you, major. you were a better liar than i gave you credit for." odo tells kira.

2nd gif: the camera cuts to a close up of kira, "you were working for the cardassians." she leans forwards.

3rd gif: the camera returns to odo, "i haven't been for more than a year. you've had all that time to tell me the truth." he stresses his point by leaning forwards as well.

4th 5th, 6th gif: kira replies, "i tried to tell you the truth a hundred times." she straightens up before continuing, "what you think of me… matters a lot." she looks downwards, "i was afraid…"

7th gif: "that it might affect our friendship?" odo inquires.

8th gif: kira nods, she is still looking down towards the ground.

9th gif: "maybe it doesn't have to." odo is not looking at kira while saying this.

10th gif: kira looks up and at odo, "will you ever be able to trust me the same way again?"

11th gif: odo slowly lifts his head up and looks at kira. he doesn't say anything.

12th gif: kira looks straight ahead.

13th gif: the camera shows both kira and odo standing from the side. the silence echoes between them. kira is still looking straight ahead at odo, while odo averts his gaze and looks down. /end ID]

#startrekedit #ds9edit #deep space nine #deep space 9 #trekedit #kira nerys #ds9 odo #startrekladies #my stuff #ds9 #ds9* #long post #** #tv* #one of my favs that episode!!! the heavy silence! the maybe it doesnt have to] when they were just speaking how odo is uncompromising #in his ideals ! what to do when your best friend is a collaborator and just by refusing to choose a side he in fact had chosen a side? #ah i wish they dug deeper about this like i know i know its a great moment but doesnt have any bearing so far (im still in 4x07) #its the same with miles and julian when miles sabotaged julian's efforts to aid the jimhadar ! perfect moment and wont have any effect

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

i really like the idea of the squip squad being super awkward ‘friends’ right after the squipcident because it’s like. whether you like it or not we have a bond from going through all this crazy shit together and you guys are the only people who understand what i’m going through and there’s just a lot to sort out. they hang out together but they’re not really friends. most of them hate each other and there is so much awkward history between them but they don’t really have a choice so they just begrudgingly tolerate it. somewhere along the way they manage to actually become friends but they absolutely hated each other at first lmao what i’m saying is the squip squad exposure therapied themselves into becoming a ‘found family’ and that is just so funny to me

#the 8 of them just sitting together at the lunch table in absolute silence #christine and occasionally brooke are the only people to try to start a conversation that falls flat in 30 seconds #jeremy only gives one-word answers when the question is directed at him #jake halfheartedly picks it up just to be nice only to go stone cold when rich says something #chloe is sitting at the furthest edge of the table in complete silence and nobody is willing to acknowledge her #jenna throws out some gossip that nobody’s really interested in but relieved to hear anyway #until michael announces the bell is about to ring and everyone just scatters #repeat for 2 weeks nobody's on speaking terms but they know about each others' personal lives to the tiniest detail #repeat for a month there’s some casual small talk going on #somewhere along the way a group chat is made and they’re hanging out outside of school and they actually enjoy each other’s company #but no one knows how it happened #they are so weird nothing about their friendship is natural #bmc #be more chill #squip squad

[rottin6]

talking with some friends tonight about certain things and such, and we got to imagining about what it would be like if a bomb just hit london right now, like just one bomb, that’s it. and shit would go crazy for sure, people would start rioting and wars would break out, usa would come to aid, all sorts. now imagine if more than 30,000 people in london are killed. imagine if literal babies are being shot in the face and women are being raped. imagine if the people of london were being starved. shit would go crazy

anyway all eyes on rafah, free gaza

#put down ur privilege for a second and just think #realise that the west will never come to help when it’s the middle east suffering #please do not call me uneducated and understand just for a moment #people are dying and it is inexcusable #this is a full scale genocide #speak up and don’t be complicit in ur silence #free palestine until it’s backwards #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #gaza #all eyes on rafah

[ghouljams]

wait why would ghost be pondering if he made the worst mistake of his life? was he that entrenched in the idea of dying on the job that he prefers it to civilian life?

Hmmmm. I think in my mind it's more Ghost's own anxiety around his personhood that hes fully catastrophizing. It's not so much that he loved the SAS but more jumping feet first into a pool he no longer knows how to swim in. The last time he was allowed to be a civilian and enjoy quiet was right before his family was killed, before he became Ghost. I think Ghost's worry is that there isn't a civilian left in him, that the SAS is all that there is and he will never be able to reaclimate.

I always see Ghost as a character that is rigidly settled on the idea that he is one thing, he serves one purpose, and he does it well so why should he try and be anything else? But it's also a very... hm. When you live for so long anticipating your death, living past it feels wrong in a way. There's a piece of you that gets left behind. You wake up the same as you were the day before, but you're not the same as when you went to sleep. Ghost barricades the door because it's an old habit in an unfamiliar environment. But it's not a safe house, there's no watch, there's no one coming after him, there's no expectation he might not see the morning, and that scares him in a new way that dying hasn't in a long time.

Price is offering him the opportunity to be Simon again, and that's scary too. That's a choice with a heavy potential for mistake. What if there isn't any of Simon left? What if he does something wrong, plays the part of Simon wrong? What if he can't be happy as a civvie? I don't think he was happy(maybe familiar, satisfied) with being an operator, but it's the enemy he knows. This is a wide open unknown, an abyss he has to stare into and hope it doesn't stare back. When he meets Goose at the bar he makes a choice to be Simon for her, to take a baby step with a stranger, to give her a fragile part of himself because he gets this squirmy feeling in his chest when he sees her smile, and then has that ripped away from him the next morning.

#ghoul speaks #simon ghost riley #there are many things that the quiet whispers to him #whispers of peace and safety but also whispers of deceit #is he lying to himself? to Price #how long will it take before the weight of everything catches up to him? #now in the silence when he doesnt have the distraction of death he is forced to grapple with the things he buried long ago #when he looks in the mirror he can no longer justify his scars or the actions he took to earn them #they arent brags they are simply wounds that never healed #when he never thought hed make it this far there is nothing in the after that makes sense #do i think Ghost was/is suicidal? no #not in the way that you or i might think of someone as suicidal #but i think he was waiting to die #and now hes forced to live #tw suicidal ideation #cowboy!ghost

[patnpran]

shout out to Zac Oyama for being the only one seemingly not rooting for Karna and Deli

#his silence when the table talks about those two speaks volume #it is noted and appreciated #how is he simultaneously the sane one and the silly one #zac oyama #the ravening war #dimension 20 #thane delissandro katzon #karna solara #colin provolone

[mrs-bingley]

nothing humbled me more in the past few months more than my therapist asking me if I ever go out alone with friends that are not my bf's friend group and me having to say that I don't know any other people to hang out with

#these are the kind of things you don't feel ashamed of until someone asks them #and you have to say them out loud #and then there's that half a second of silence when they register the information and you *know* they're making a mental note about it #the mortifying ordeal of being known i guess #blue speaks

[thottybrucewayne]

The fact that people are madder at lil nas x for the dressing up as Jesus thing than any other rapper who did it first is so funny to me. Like, this shit isn't new?????

Diddy did it. Kanye did it. etc. and Personally, as a Christian, I'm more mad at the abuser and the antisemite using my religion to excuse the harm they do to others under the guise of them being "Good Christian brothers" than someone who is clearly joking and not using this to cover up or excuse his behavior. You wanna get on lil nas x head about something that matters? Why not call him out for the fact that he never apologized for the Islamophobic shit he said on twitter back in the day or something. At least that's a valid critique.

#thotty speaks #thotty rants #I hate when yall are clearly being homophobic but you wanna put a silencer on it #there was whole show off adult swim called Black Jesus where a dude was dressed as Jesus and half of yall had nothing to say #just be a homophobe with your chest or shut up!