Elektra (Jennifer Saint) Prompt List
The gods demand their justice, but we suffer for it, every time
Do you see something familiar in me?
It’s poetic and pretty, and so very clean
Let him come back so that I can watch him suffer. And let me make it slow
She was old enough to be married, but still young enough to believe I could solve any problem
Why would I be afraid? You can only fear if you have something to lose, and I have nothing
My father is coming home
She wasn’t so easy to hate when she was standing right in front of me
They picked over her reputation like vultures, scavenging for every scrap of flesh they could devour
To what end did I teach them to weave or dance or sing?
What was the loss of a parent compared to that of a daughter?
I didn’t want him here, comparing his grief to mine
How do you describe something that someone has never imagined?
I spent so much of my life in a dreary vigil; the stillness and the sorrow still feel comfortingly familiar.
Let him come back and die at the hands of his bitterest enemy.
They hated her because she was so beautiful and because she made them want her so much
Can’t you see that it just goes on, over and over?
Before, I had been too complacent. Now, I didn’t care what happened
Let him come back so that I can see his eyes as the light drains from them
Nothing brought them more joy than the fall of a lovely woman
It didn’t feel like the right conversation to have on the way to her wedding
How did I know I did not raise another child for slaughter?
Better to protect myself, to hide behind the only armour I could construct
I wondered if there was someone else in the world with even more reason to hate him than me
But I cannot hope for the future, for I know what it is to become.
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Was this really all it was?
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You’re just a big softie, I can see it even if you try to hide it
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You’re here with us. Get over it.
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My cousin taught me how to make these flower crowns, do you want one?
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Whoah, whoah, that’s… Okay, that’s a lot to process
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I’m a liar, remember? You can’t trust me
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If she’s here it means trouble for all of us
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-Wait, where are you going? Did something happen?
-You know damn well what happened!
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-We should probably start running
-Like, right now?
-Like right now
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He’s very emotionally constipated, and I don’t really want to help him
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I bet my left arm they work together in this shit.
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What are you gonna do, stop sleeping?
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I did what I always do when something good happens to me… I destroyed it
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