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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

Adagio held her hands open awkwardly, not quite understanding how to reciprocate, but she would in time. She looks down at the broken pendant and hums.

❝ There's no need. It's magic was absorbed into my soul. I don't need to it channel my powers anymore. It's a part of me now. ❞

Tamara @tamarathecopier.bsky.social · 6d

She hugged her tightly for a moment as she sobbed. Once she calmed down a little she pulled away and held out the pendant for Adagio.

"Here. . . I didn't know how to repair it but. . ."

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

❝ I am. You don't need to worry. ❞

Adagio shook her head reassuringly. She was unsure of how to handle this. People usually weren't 'nice' to her either, probably because she never really put in the work to be nice back.

But... she deserved that comfort at least. The siren lightly patted the -

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

Testing out the range of her compelling voice, just to see how all of this currently functions.

❝ 🎶 Eat your own pants, eat your own pants... 🎶 ❞

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

- girl's head, and she prayed to whatever god existed in this world that she was doing it correctly.

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 6d

❝ I am. You don't need to worry. ❞

Adagio shook her head reassuringly. She was unsure of how to handle this. People usually weren't 'nice' to her either, probably because she never really put in the work to be nice back.

But... she deserved that comfort at least. The siren lightly patted the -

Tamara @tamarathecopier.bsky.social · 7d

"People who are like that are scum. . . I always remember the people who are kinda to me, who help me. Perhaps it's because people often aren't nice to me but. . . I always remember."

She just started to sob in relief.

"I'm glad you're okay. . ."

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ That's what people do, isn't it? They come into each other's lives, entertain each other for a while, and then leave. ❞

Adagio explained the world, as she had always known it. But her struggling tears were starting to convince her otherwise.

❝ ...But perhaps, I may be wrong. ❞

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- through too much. But she did manage something in the midst of those noises. Four syllables before she turned just to collapse against her shoulders.

❝ D... d... dammit... Shimmer... ❞

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- wants me to be here like no one else has, not even Aria or Sonata. This was different. This was... something beyond what her words could describe.

Her eyes watered up, and something like whimpering sputtered from her lips. No words, just the broken sounds of someone who had seen and been -

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- convince her not to hold onto you any longer. But I want this, she argued back. I want to be embraced, I want this warmness. This is what I fought for!

This is the only reason I returned...

If I could just sing with her one more time. And now I can. Now she's here. Now, she's with me. And she -

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- ripped from her hands.

When she clenched her arm, her chest automatically pushed in and out, in and out, faster and faster. It pierced whatever ice was keeping her heart in check and tore apart the facade of someone who didn't care.

Say something clever, Adagio. Make her laugh or slap you or -

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- if they see you scared?

But the siren was a fool. Sunset had already seen her weak, seen her at her lowest. And then again, even that wasn't true. Her lowest was...

When she thought she might have never seen her again. When she finally opened up to someone, only to have that thing violently -

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

Adagio tried not to face her. She was actively fighting the chance to. But she couldn't not hear her either; not listen to those words.

Come on, Adagio, she thought. Play it up like you always do. Your life is a stage and they don't get to see you cry. They don't get to. They can't. Because what -

Sunset Shimmer @afterduskshine.bsky.social · 7d

The corners of her mouth trembled into a tearful smile.

"You seriously just have the worst timing."

She wiped her eyes, voice shaking but warm.

"But this… this might be the first time I’m actually glad you do."

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ That's what people do, isn't it? They come into each other's lives, entertain each other for a while, and then leave. ❞

Adagio explained the world, as she had always known it. But her struggling tears were starting to convince her otherwise.

❝ ...But perhaps, I may be wrong. ❞

Tamara @tamarathecopier.bsky.social · 7d

"Why would I forget you? How could I forget you? You helped me. . ."

She slowly walked to her, fighting back tears. She shakes a little.

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ ...the pendent... ❞

Adagio narrows her eyes. Was that really what was left of it? It would explain much, but, in any case, she didn't realize anyone would actually notice her death. The siren thought she went out with a whisper.

❝ By now, I would have thought you'd forgotten me, little siren. ❞

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

- stopped hearing your melody in my head... I had no idea it was mutual... ❞

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

...That.

Adagio wasn't expecting...

That.

Her cool and calculating expression shatters in that moment. Since farther than she can remember, this was the first time she'd seen someone this worried about her. The siren narrows her gaze and looks to the side.

❝ When I thought I lost you... I -

Sunset Shimmer @afterduskshine.bsky.social · 7d

The pan clattered to the floor. Sunset’s breath hitched, half-laugh, half-sob.

“You’re- I thought"

She stumbled forward, still stunned.

“Do you have any idea how much I-"

The words broke before she could finish.

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ Grilled cheese for dinner. I heard you were dead, but I didn't think it'd be this bad... ❞

In the doorway. Practically leaning on the thing, as someone would a crutch. It's clear the humor is just a means of concealment.

She fights back gritted teeth. As it turns out, returning from death hurts.

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ ...the pendent... ❞

Adagio narrows her eyes. Was that really what was left of it? It would explain much, but, in any case, she didn't realize anyone would actually notice her death. The siren thought she went out with a whisper.

❝ By now, I would have thought you'd forgotten me, little siren. ❞

Tamara @tamarathecopier.bsky.social · 7d

". . . Adagio? You're back? But I thought-"

She was holding her pendant.

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

Actually, it was a Mad Monster Party.

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STEVEN DEMAYO UNIVERSE! @familiarlypink.bsky.social · 7d

The...Monster Mash.

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ Grilled cheese for dinner. I heard you were dead, but I didn't think it'd be this bad... ❞

In the doorway. Practically leaning on the thing, as someone would a crutch. It's clear the humor is just a means of concealment.

She fights back gritted teeth. As it turns out, returning from death hurts.

Sunset Shimmer @afterduskshine.bsky.social · 7d

"Well. My despair has gotten bad enough"

"Gordon Ramsay grilled cheese"

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ The question is... Should I? ❞

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

❝ How ironic. The weapon, the drug. It's a part of me now. Not as a thing I can choose to wield, but just as much a part of me as my own hand.

And yet, I don't fear it... I fear what 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕... I fear the sadistic joy I get out of turning people into puppets... I fear myself. ❞

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

ᴅᴇᴇᴛᴢɪᴇ

Thanks!

Tbh, I've been uncertain if I'm writing her well but I'm glad you like her!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐞. @b3st3arthbender.bsky.social · 7d

// How she isn't just one dimensional.

She's genuinely really compelling to see her try to redeem herself

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

ᴅᴇᴇᴛᴢɪᴇ

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 7d

ᴅᴇᴇᴛᴢɪᴇ

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 8d

[ 🎶 ]

I learned to become immortal by letting myself diiieee~

✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 8d

The ground rumbles.

Then, cleaving space in two, a figure appears, enveloped in a reddened glow. Death couldn't hold her, and she simply came back stronger.

With wings aglow and feet hovering just above the ground, Adagio emerges from the Spirit World, determined, and perhaps...

...𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮.

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——– 𝑸𝓤𝓔𝓔𝓝 𝑩𝓔𝓔 @beelze-juice.bsky.social · 8d

..
⠀⠀ ‎⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ༺𓆩✮𓆪༻
🍯 ₊ ⊹ 𝑸ueen Bee 𖦹.ᐟ
⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Sin of 𝑮𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑻𝑶𝑵𝒀 𓆩✮𓆪‧
⠀⠀..

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✧ 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒊 @showtimedazzle.bsky.social · 8d

- something... a power inside of her. The power to return. If this was her second chance at life, how would she use it? Through vengeance? Or harmony?

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