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String Escapist

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TxG Drabble by stringescapist, literature

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TxG Drabble

'Well, they say it's always darkest before the dawn.' 'Who say?' 'I dunno. Popsingers, philosophers....' 'Not my philosophers.' 'Not mine either. Probably Alfred's. But it's the thought that counts so just take it as a comforting gesture and I'll have done my good deed for the century.' They sit in silence for a long moment, both awkward and not. Awkward, because Sadik doesn't often do this comfort stuff and it's even harder and more embarrassing than he remembers. Not, because Heracles must know he doesn't often do this, so it's ok, and anyway he looks like he's busy trying to overthink what r

Little Red Romano, 3 by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 3

Prussia smiled sadly and leaned back in his chair. 'He'd brought his own maple syrup to add to his coffee. He's addicted to the stuff. That's how I found him again- I went to every single coffee shop around and asked for all the regular orders. Finally I found one where a guy came in most mornings and ordered black coffee with maple syrup. I caught him the next morning, and never let him go. Not until he disappeared a few weeks ago.' He stretched out both hands to indicate the house. 'That's what all this is for. I can't make maple syrup, and I

Promises, promises 2.5 TxG by stringescapist, literature

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Promises, promises 2.5 TxG

Sadiq looked down at Heracles as he rang the doorbell. 'You sure ya got everything?' 'Yes...' 'Toothbrush, pyjama shirt, socks for tomorrow?' 'Yes...' 'And no cats, right?' 'No...' 'Not even a baby one hidden in your pocket?' Hera bit his lip. Sadiq raised an eyebrow. The boy sighed and carefully pulled a sleeping kitten from the pocket of his sweatshirt. Sadiq clapped a hand over his face. 'Kid. How many times have I told you not to smuggle cats? Go put that in the car!' Heracles scampered off just as the door swung open. Antonio beamed at him. 'Hola! Como estas, amigo?' 'Er...yeah, you too. Hera's just putting something

Promises, promises 1.5 TxG by stringescapist, literature

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Promises, promises 1.5 TxG

Sadiq whistled softly to himself as he cleaned the dishes, pretending to ignore the loud pouting coming from the next room. How was it possible to pout loudly, anyway? Sadiq didn't really know but Hera managed it, sitting on the floor next to the coffee table with his lower lip sticking out and his chubby fingers clenched in little fists as he sighed in great heavy gusts of breath. It was impressive, really, for someone who still slept in a crib. When the pans were finally scoured Sadiq dried his hands on the dish towel and grabbed a clean sippy cup from the drying rack, unscrewing the lid. He deba

Promises, promises 6 TxG by stringescapist, literature

Little Red Romano, 2 by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 2

Lovino groaned. 'Ch-chigi....' He sat up, rubbing the back of his head, and looked around. Britannia's spell...well, it was shit, apparently. Lovino was still clearly in the middle of the forest, thick and dark except where the moon crept through the branches, except now the road was nowhere in sight. Well, that was just great. At least the basket was safely sitting at his side, though. The cover hadn't even shifted. Lovino sighed. Well...nothing for it, really. He got to his feet, picked up the basket, and started to walk. Some time later, he'd have known from

Little Red Romano, 1.5 by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 1.5

Lovino stared. Fair skin, silky blond hair, eyes like a clear blue summer sky. And a distinctly discomforting leer, raking Lovino from head to...well, somewhere about halfway between head and toe. What. the. fuck. 'Who the hell are you?' The Wolf's lips curled in a smile. 'My name, petit, is Francis Bonnefoy; this is my forest, and I am known, as I say, as the Big...Bad...Wolf.' Francis drew out the last three words, wrapping his lips and tongue around each one. He reached out with the rose and used the petals to stroke under Lovino's chin. 'But, you may call me am

Night by stringescapist, literature

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Night

Medina. Far from Istanbul, but vital; an important city for Islam, and one of his main bastions on the eastern side of the Red Sea. He needed it. He had it, and he would keep it. The journey to Medina was either pleasant, or wretched, depending on which route he took. When in peace, he went by water. Setting off in a ship from the capitol harbour, following the coastline through the islands then across to Alexandria, taking a barge up the Nile and then another boat to sail down the Sea; this was bliss, if long, because the Nile always seemed to slow down time and the gentle rocking of so

Promises, promises 5 TxG by stringescapist, literature

Little Red Romano, 1 by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 1

'Romaaaanoooooo!~' Even halfway out in his tomato field, crouched deep within the plants, Lovino couldn't possibly pretend to not have heard that booming voice. He growled and gripped the red fruit in his hand a little tighter. 'What the fuck do you want, old man?' 'Ah, Romano, why can't you be more cute?' The plaintive wail of his grandfather was growing closer so Lovino gave up any hope of hiding and stood, revealing his place between the waist-high plants. 'Che cosa, Roma?' 'Ah! There you are, my flatteringly-named grandson. I have a job for you!' 'I'm busy.' Lovino turned and started farther into the field. 'What? Too busy fo

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TxG Drabble by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 2 by stringescapist, literature

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Little Red Romano, 1

Promises, promises 3+4 TxG by stringescapist, literature

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Promises, promises 3+4 TxG

'Yes?' 'Mr Adnan, you have a visitor.' Sadiq sighed and leaned back in his chair, rubbing his eyes. He knew he should probably get reading glasses, with the amount of time he spent staring at a computer screen; but they would make him look so damn old. 'Gupta, I told you to tell all my clients I'm not available today.' 'Yes, sir. But this one refuses to leave...and he's in rather a state.' Sadiq could hear the echoes of what sounded like an epic tantrum through the phone. Who the hell was this guy? 'Call security.' 'I don't know if that's the proper course of action, sir....' 'Why t

Promises, promises 1+2 TxG by stringescapist, literature

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Promises, promises 1+2 TxG

'Saddy, why don't you say 'I love you'?' Sadiq looked down at the little boy clutching his hand as they walked to his new daycare. Damn. He hated awkward questions. 'What are you talking about? And my name is Sadiq, brat. Sa-diq.' 'Romano's daddy says 'I love you' when he leaves him at school. And Tino's mommy.' 'That's because...mommies and daddies always love their children.' Dear god, he'd just said the word 'mommies.' Heracles frowned as he swung from Sadiq's hand to jump over a line in the sidewalk. 'Why doesn't mommy come to school?' Becau

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Aug 17, 1990
Finland
Deviant for 13 years
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I'm a music, not an artist person, but there are artists on here I like to follow so I have an account now too! Who knows, maybe I will have something up eventually anyway...
I swear a lot (sorry!). I drink too much coffee and tea. I eat too much sweets. I'll try to keep all my posts in English but I speak some of a lot of stuff (cos no one else in the world learns to speak Finnish, you know? Sad.) so talk to me anyway!
Is that all you want to know?

Current Residence: Helsinki
Favourite photographer: Lauri Porra XP And Ville Akseli
Favourite style of art: Not art where people say 'Ah, s/he's so skilled!' I want 'ah, it makes me feel...'
MP3 player of choice: whatever has the biggest memory...I need a lot o_o
Shell of choice: shiny-inside ones
Skin of choice: after sauna...what? It feels good in winter ;D
Favourite cartoon character: Nuuskamuikkunen!
Personal Quote: 'It's very common! Being naked in Finland.' -Eicca Toppinen (yup yup :D)

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

So I like a little Enrique Iglesias with my heavy metal. Fuck off.

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music, books, travelling, football, food

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stringescapist

Jan 15, 2012

Anyone have a band?

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Today I had to sit by a window, doing very nearly nothing, for six hours.  SO FUCKING BORING.  So I invented lots of games to pass the time and one was using the letters on number plates of passing cars as the acronyms for band names, and making up the names.  Quite fun actually.  I need to start, like, a million bands now. Let Dogs Dance Furious and Slightly Tangy Yet Too Many Glowsticks Undead Interior Zebras Naked Octopus Another Needy Darling A Beautiful Justification Many Evenings Throwing Anchors Mad and Xylophonic Militant and Roaring Zealously Love Happy Exquisitely Center Adjusted Voluptuous Independent Dining Left Eats

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stringescapist

Nov 4, 2011

Let's be festive like Americans!

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(Or, My recipe for pumpkin pie.) Read the recipe on the back of the pumpkin can and beat up however many eggs they say with a fuckload of cinnamon, cloves, and molasses.  Mix in the salt and a slightly smaller shit ton of nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, maple syrup, and mace (if you don't have any don't use a shot of the spray, a friend did that once and it was fucking hilarious but a total disaster).  Stir in the sugar, then the pumpkin, then the evaporated milk (but do the milk in small pours because otherwise when you try to stir it the stuff splashes fucking everywhere).  Make little ruffly edges on the top of the cases because everyone knows

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stringescapist

Oct 5, 2011

Skeida...

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Wow.  So this is what happens when you kinda disappear a month... 4000+ messages in the inbox?  Fucking hell O_O Plus lots and lots of 'I'm so sorry I didn't respond to you weeks ago!'  I'll get to all of those one by one so it might take me a little while but I'm not ignoring you, ok? :heart: Anyway.  I'm back, stuff's settled, I've got writing to put up so hello everyone!  Rakastan teitä kaikkia!

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late happy b-day hon

Happy birthday! 8D

Thank you for the

s and the

! Greetings from Poland!

tavkim

Jan 12, 2012

Hi ;_; Ok, I'm not so good with DA so I don't know how it works properly, but I loved a fanfiction of yours and... Well, I was wondering if I could translate it. D:

stringescapist

Jan 13, 2012

Er...wow. Seriously? That's so awesome!!!

Which story are you talking about? I have no problem with you translating it. A while ago someone copy/pasted work of mine onto fanfiction.net and I had to complain hard to get it taken down

So as long as I know where your translated copy is going, I say yes! I feel supercool now...

tavkim

Jan 14, 2012

Well, it's "Night"

Ohh, this is just so horrible! And it's even worse when people don't remove it already. ><
I'll post it in a brazilian fanfiction site, but all the credits will be given and such. The way you write is very good to read and this was the cutest story ever

haha
And... I'm very, very thankful!

stringescapist

Jan 14, 2012

Oooh, that one was fun

Sounds great, let me know if I can help! Thank you so much, it totally made my day that someone likes my work so much to go to that effort!