I HAVEN’T HAD TIME TO FINISH MY BOOK.
Sitting up, dizzy, the player says: “Oh, that’s rich, coming from you.”
The faceless being puts a bookmark in-between the pages.
I AM TRYING TO READ CAT’S CRADLE. DO NOT SPOIL THE ENDING.
“I don’t care,” the player says.
I HAD HOPED TO FINISH IT. ALAS, EVEN FOR ONE SUCH AS I—
“Shut up. You’re one to talk about time. Just—shut up. I thought it could be different this time.”
AND I’D HOPED TO FINISH MY BOOK.
“You’re a dick. You’re Death and you’re a dick and you’re going to take my face again.”
YOU KEEP OFFERING IT.
“Agh, I just—I just—it isn’t fair!” screams the player. “It isn’t fair! I knew I was almost out of time, but still, it isn’t, I hadn’t wanted…”
FAIRNESS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH IT.
The player buries his head in his hands and sobs.
-
“Oh, nice book you’ve got there.”
THANK YOU, Death says. IT IS A BOOK ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD.
“Oh, that sounds bleak, man.”
I AM A BLEAK CREATURE.
“You could say that.”
A long silence falls between Death and the player.
NO REGRETS TO SHOUT AT ME, THEN?
“Why would I?” the player asks. “Nah. I’m good.”
WELL THEN. WE SHOULD GO.
“Can I—I want to make sure they’re okay.”
THEY ARE NOT.
“Ouch. Come on, man, way to make a guy feel like shit.”
I DO NOT LIE, Death says. THEY ARE NOT OKAY.
“Alright,” the player says. “Alright. Fine. But I—I did what I could.”
YES, Death says. THAT IS INDEED THE NATURE OF LIFE.
-
“Give me more time!” screams the player. He lunges at death with bloody claws. “I wanted—there has to be more time!”
I CANNOT IMAGINE THIS IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
“Oh, screw you,” the player says, growling and trying to bite at Death with his teeth.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BORROW MY BOOK INSTEAD?
“No! I want to live! I want more time! I was going to—I want more time!”
OH, VERY WELL. IT IS A GOOD BOOK. IT DOES NOT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING, I THINK, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT BAD.
“I don’t care about your blumin’ book now let me go back!”
Death sighs, a heavy sound, like the wind blowing over a graveyard or the falling of grains of sand.
THE PROBLEM WITH FIGHTING TIME IS THAT IT ALWAYS WINS.
The player shouts incoherently and tries once more to bite Death. It does not do much of anything.
NO MATTER HOW YOU FIGHT IT, IT ALWAYS IS, AND ONE DAY YOU ARE NOT.
“No!”
YES, Death says. BUT I SUPPOSE THE FIGHTING ITSELF CAN BE CATHARTIC. I HAVE NO REASON TO STOP YOU.
“God, it’s like you don’t even care!”
Another long silence.
NO, Death says. NO, THAT’S ONE THING I CAN NEVER BE ACCUSED OF.
The figure with a borrowed face waits for the player’s energy to wear out before sweeping away again. Perhaps it will have time to finish its book before it must work again, but it doubts it. That is how time works, after all—there’s never enough.
812 notes
·
View notes
Hello hi I just found out madeline canonjcally is dating Alex in celeste so now I'm insane about celeste again. Do u have any madeline and such art to share
Good for her!!! I'm sure Badeline took well to all the socialization
Finally finished c64: lots of fun. Wonderful terrible platforming challenges tied together by the lovely character writing. Every peek we get into their lives is an absolute treat. The moment I was done I wanted more.
It's fun to see old fandoms light up again during anniversaries hehehe. Happy 6 yearsssss 🎉🍓🎇
102 notes
·
View notes
I still can't understand why Melia would make End-of-Nights "spell"
You know, the cheat code that Renegade Mc used to delete characters?
Like, so far, the "headcanon" i have just make Melia appear as evil, or at least, selfish.
So you discovered that Karma is controling multiple worlds/dimenssions. The fate of everything lie in its judgement. If your world is considered to be bad, things will died. If your world is considred as good/perfect, Karma will let the world flow naturally again.
How do you know your world is considered to be good? Bad people will always exist, accidents happen all the times etc. How can you judge that???
Unless, you don't have to be the ultimate good...you just have to be better than the other candidates
So, this is my dumb theory, Melia did it for the sake of the world she is currently living in, by giving away the weapon to other renegade interceptors, so they can destroy other worlds. In the end, the world in which Paragon Mc and Melia are reside in ends up being the "perfect" one.
18 notes
·
View notes