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a selection of lines from the various companions' banter quotes (not cut scene dialogues!) from baldur's gate 3. these are generally spoiler free and non context specific so they can apply to different settings and dynamics! feel free to change names and the like to customize the prompts.
โDeath can't have me. Not yetโฆโ
โCalm yourself. There is plenty of me to go around.โ
โRealmspace is vast. Countless worlds to be mapped, kingdoms to be conquered.โ
โI have missed this. The adventure. The danger. The kicking of butts!
โLet me guess - you need something.โ
โSuch attention.. I never realised I was so popular.โ
โLet's cook with fire, baby.โ
โDo you intend to vocalise every thought?. Or just the most obvious ones?โ
โWherever we go, ye gods let there be something green.โ
โCareful, or I will take your toy away from you.โ
โWatch your elders and learn.โ
โPerhaps try attacking the enemy?โ
โSo much we don't know, lingering in the furthest reaches of existence.โ
โAll the world's my stage and you're just a player in it.โ
โThe shadows are my friend.โ
โYes, yes, have your fun. It isn't you they're trying to kill.โ
โFeet planted firmly on Faerรปn, please.โ
โAdmirable stamina, yet terrible priorities.โ
โWell you certainly have the 'omnipresent' part down, don't you?โ
โI am ready, whatever may come.โ
โMy faith protects me.โ
โNeed a throat slitting?โ
โDeath greets us all - but not today.โ
โYou need my expertise?โ
โCan you feel death's cold grip?โ
โSo many stars, so many mysteries yet to be discovered.โ
โDeath comes quietly.โ
โAnd I thought we were going to be friends.โ
โLocked tight, but there must be some way to open it.โ
โNo, you can't die. Get up, damn you!
โYou had my attention, now you have my fury.โ
โFrom silence to suffering.โ
โSo many worlds out there. You'd need a thousand lifetimes to see them all - more.โ
โI hope this is important. For your sake.โ
โLet them gaze deep into their own abyss, and wonder just what it is they are trying to achieve.โ
โI ought to just burn this whole thing down.โ
โWe have slightly more pressing matters to attend to.โ
โYou have still have time to surrender.โ
โEvery kicked buttock, another step on the path.โ
โWeave save me. I can't take much moreโฆ
โYou are right to fear me.โ
โLet me look around. Might be something that'll help me crack this thing.โ
โIncredible, to think how many worlds exist beyond this tiny speck within a speck I call home.โ
โI really wish I could cast a Hold spell on you.โ
โI can fawn over my face later.โ
โReady for another round?โ
โKeep your blade close.โ
โI can't unlock it from here, but there must be a switch or a button somewhereโฆโ
โNo, that's not moving. There must be a way to open it somewhere.โ
โBattle favours the fearless.โ
โSleep with one eye open, evil. Maybe both.โ
โGotta be something around here to unlock this thing.โ
โWhy do beautiful people taste better?. It hardly seems fair on the ugly - they have such wonderful personalities.โ
โOh, calm down. I'm happy to see you too.โ
โJust go for the Magic Missile and fire away. Never fails.โ
โStill standing, no matter what you heard.โ
โEnough waiting. I crave blood.โ
โHang on - I won't allow this. You aren't dead, go it?โ
โGODS, it's HOT in here!โ
โNo rest for the wicked, I see.โ
โBetter to hide than fight, sometimes.โ
โWould that I could hide from you, too.โ
โAre you feeling lonely, perhaps?โ
โThere is no right or wrong, only truth.โ
โBattle is afoot - you can poke me once we are safe.โ
โWhat good all this ethereal eladrin blood if I can still get pimples?โ
โI should've been a drow. They have such stylish armour.โ
โI am armed! Armoured! And entirely sick of your foolishness.โ
โLet's have some fun.โ
โWar is an old woman's game.โ
โNo rest, be you wicked or wise.โ
โI'm getting too old for this nonsense.โ
โI would poke you back, but I fear that's what you want.โ
โYou have my attention - now do something with it.โ
โYou are insistent, are you not?โ
โDo what must be done.โ
โYour suffering will be spectacular.โ
โLest I sit down for a rest and not rise again.โ
โBetter to look evil in the eye. Even if it be very small.โ
โI'm not built to crouch.โ
โI think I could go another round.โ
โAlways the same old song.โ
โIs perfection too much to ask?โ
โEyes on victory, tummy on dinner.โ
โSo many places to be.. and I chose Baldur's Gate.โ
โI'm not opening that. Not from here, at any rate.โ
โWhat is the point, if not victory?โ
โWon't last much longer like this.โ
โLet's hope the locals are friendly.โ
โLet us show them how it's done.โ
โWeapons high. Standards higher.โ
โMust everyone be so exhausting?โ
โWhat I would not give for a chunk of fresh honeycombโฆโ
โWhich way to the nearest library?โ
โNow this is my happy place.โ
โWho shall I silence?โ
โStop, or die.โ
โWear your scars proudly.โ
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[ hand kiss ]ย โย for the senderโs muse to kiss the back of the receiverโs hand.
"don't."
a hand lifts in warning the moment he comes into view. the goal had been to hide herself away outside the tavern, tucked into the shadows of the alley until some balance had been restored, until she'd felt like herself again and brought the words swirling in her mind to a halt. naturally, it would be enver fucking gortash to disrupt even the most private of her plans.
"i don't want any sort of assessment," arlis' hand remains lifted, each word enunciated through gritted teeth. she hopes its faint tremble is not evident. "and i certainly don't want a conversation. not now."
it had been an accident as much as it had been an impulse. there'd been so many bhaalists all at once, hidden away amidst the calm and quiet of the park. it had been the perfect place for them to strike, to ambush, in retrospect. where else might someone lower their guard within the lower city but amongst neatly kept paths, amidst the gentle trickle of fountains?
she blinks and swallows hard against the earth still lodged in her throat, the dust coating her tongue. his dark gaze is assessing, very nearly curious, though it lacks its the ruthless gleam she's become accustomed to. he takes another step forward and arlis repeats herself, both a warning and an order now. "i mean it, enver. there's a reason i'm not with the others. i need-, i need space."
it's hungry still, that thing inside of her. it had been insatiable when first untethered in the park, furious and rabid, and to think how closely it had ebbed towards the others once done with the bhaalists feels her with dread. she hadn't been in control. it'd been reckless, dangerous. (had it been the same way for thorm? had it been exhausting, keep that maw leashed? had it thrilled him like it did her, the surge of all that power after so very long with none?)
"your god doesn't worry me," gortash waves a hand dismissively and is closer yet, too close, "your's and mine have decided to tolerate each other for the time being, in case you've forgotten."
"he's not my god," her gaze flicks up and there's a sharp twitch of her fingers, the beginning of a call she refuses to answer. arlis clenches her hand into a fist, "and i'm not thorm. i'm not... practiced at this, not the way he was."
"regardless, it's clear you have at least some of what power he did. you'll need to learn how to master it, lest it master you." gortash takes her hand, ignores the faint flinch it coaxes from her, and carefully, gently moves her fingers from digging into the tender flesh of her palm. his fingers wrap around her own to steady their trembling.
her gaze follows his, down to the dark bruises mottling her knuckles and trailing to her wrist. if arlis looks close enough, long enough, a part of her knows she will see them move, shift, darken further still.
gortash traces his thumb over the back of her hand slowly, almost tauntingly. "see? i've hardly succumbed." he turns her hand and allows a finger to brush over the lines of her palm, against the ebbing shadow at its heart. his next words are softer. "power isn't something to fear, arlis, not when you're the one wielding it."
then, without so much as a warning, gortash lifts her hand and presses his lips to its back. the tenderness of it startles her, disarms her, but to her own surprise, there is no attempt to withdraw her hand. if anything, she thinks she does not want it to end, this warmth that cuts through the chill wrapped around her bones.
this realization should frighten her, but she finds she does not want to fight against it.
"don't let the others in your party convince you otherwise," he releases her hand and yet again, still, there is no cruelty in his words, no cutting edge or disregard, "you can only control something if you understand it."
there is something new in his gaze, equally as bright but not nearly as dark. it looks like respect. "who knows, perhaps you'll surprise us all and be even stronger than our dearly departed ketheric by the end."
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