WORD:

Tribulation
n. 1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering. 2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.


QUOTE:

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
- Bruce Lee

( 1 ) Muse prompts (500+ words, first or third person)
- "Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you"
Say Something, A Great Big World

- "You get your kicks from the ghost of a memory
So busy turning away from reality baby
That you just won't let it go
But memories fade
Yeah they're designed that way"
Memories Are Designed to Fade, Savage Garden

- "I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart"
At The Beginning, Richard Marx

( 2 ) First Person/Blog/Diary prompts (Private to just your muse, or Public for all to see - your choice)
- "We first make our habits, then our habits make us." - John Dryden
- "When you feel like quitting, think about why you started." - Anon
- "No one heals themselves by wounding another." - Saint Ambrose

( 3 ) Drabble prompts (100-300 words, first or third person)
- Conflict
- Cold
- Care

( 4 ) Ten Things (List)
- Ten traits you wished you had more of
- Ten times you wanted to be someone else
- Ten words that mean something to you

( 5 ) Misc/Random
- Hold my hand
- Learn from yesterday
- Please help me

( 6 ) Canon prompts (OOC)
- What is one thing guaranteed to get your muse on the defence, and why?
- What is one thing guaranteed to make your muse cry, and why?
- What is one thing guaranteed to confuse your muse, and why?

"Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you"
- Say Something, A Great Big World

It was over 11 hours drive from New York City to Charleston in South Carolina, but it was some time alone that Brodie used to think. Think a lot. More than he had let himself think ever since he got that phone call that Asher was dead. He told Caleb he was going, and of course, Caleb wasn't going to let him go on such a long trip on his own. But this was something Brodie needed to do, and he needed to do it on his own. He left just after lunch and made it back home around midnight. The cold was sobering, and he drove the last leg of the trip with the window down a little, the icy air blowing in his face, keeping him awake but also reminding him of the reality of what he was doing.

( His actions probably seemed crazy to some, but that's exactly what he felt like he was at the moment... )

Brodie Bradford // Original Character

"When you feel like quitting, think about why you started." - Anon

Today was the first day I began to feel better physically, and it was also the hardest day in a sense that feeling well meant I had less cockblocking my reason to stay here. Feeling better had me thinking maybe I didn't need this place at all and I very seriously contemplated checking myself out. Thankfully a group therapy session made me realise what a stupid fucking idea that was, and also relieved this place doesn't allow internet access or any route to contact loved ones on the outside. Apparently most rehab places don't. Learn something new every day, and I learnt how much of a quitter I would be tempted to be if I had the access to ways to do it. Give a man an inch, and he'll take a mile and all that. First chance I would have had, I would have been online telling Des to come get me.

( Of course, she would have told me to go fuck myself and stick my dick in a blender, but the point is, I would have tried it... )

Cole Carrington
( original character )

Hold my hand

Euan couldn't believe what the last three months of his like had been like. Things had happened that he could never in a million years have really known how to cope with. He had survived through an epic load of shit in his life, but these last few months had really began to make him feel like he was getting old. But it was okay. The rocking boat beneath them seemed to finding its even keel again, and things were settling down. His son was out of hospital, albeit still spotty and poorly, but nothing that resting in bed, calamine lotion and a good amount of TLC wouldn't fix. Noah's condition was gradually improving and once his medication was sorted out, he would be released into Euan's care. As for Euan himself, he was regaining a lot of strength in physical therapy and even though it was tough going and some days almost broke him, he was determined to get back on his feet sooner rather than later.

( Then the curve ball... )

Euan Fitzpatrick (Original Character)

Ten traits you wished you had more of

( 1 ) Courage
( 2 ) Self-control
( 3 ) Confidence
( 4 ) Resilience
( 5 ) High pain tolerance
( 6 ) Willpower
( 7 ) Happiness
( 8 ) Trust
( 9 ) Love
( 10 ) Hope

Luka Delaney
{ kindred: the embraced oc @ noirenewyork }