Gabrielle Bates, from “Eastern Washington Diptych”, Judas Goat
BAD SITUATIONS: STARTERS
a collection of prompts for bad situations that two muses might find themselves in together, ranging from minor inconveniences to life-or-death scenarios. change & alter as needed.
- Send 🌧️ for our muses to get caught in the rain together
- Send 🪢 for our muses to be handcuffed together without the key
- Send 🏆 for our muses to compete against each other in a competition or contest
- Send 💡 for our muses to wait out a power outage together
- Send ✈️ for our muses to wait for a delayed flight together
- Send 🚗 for our muses to get stuck on the side of the road together when the car breaks down
- Send 🔒 for our muses to get locked in a closet together
- Send 🔑 for our muses to get locked out of the house / car together
- Send 🚪 for our muses to get stuck in an elevator together
- Send 🌳 for our muses to get lost in the woods together
Send 🐺 for our muses to face down a wild animal together- Send 😱 for our muses to be forced to face their greatest fears together
- Send ⛵ for our muses to be shipwrecked together
- Send 🔐 for our muses to be captured / imprisoned together
- Send ⚔️ for our muses to be forced into a fight to the death
- Send 🧳 for our muses to get stranded in a different country together
- Send 🚁 for our muses to go on the run from the law together
- Send 🏝️ for our muses to get stranded on a desert island together
- Send 🏠 for our muses to get trapped in a haunted house together
- Send 🗡️ for our muses to get attacked by a third party
- Send ❄️ for our muses to get trapped outside in a blizzard / snowstorm together
- Send 🔥 for our muses to be trapped in a burning building together
- Send 🚀 for our muses to be stuck in outer space together
- Send ✨ for our muses to be stranded on a different planet together
- Send 🌐 for our muses to be stranded in a parallel universe together
↪ 𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬 𝑺𝑰𝑻𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 . ( a collection of dire / urgent situation sentence & action starters . adjust phrasing + ʳᵉᵛᵉʳˢᵉ as necessary . )
𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 :
- hide . hide now .
- shh !! there’s somebody in the house .
- i’m not gonna hurt you ! see ? look , i’m putting down the [ weapon ] .
- [ name ] , what were you thinking ?!
- you’re being followed , pretend you know me .
- stop , stop ! just put the [ weapon ] down !
- drive , just drive fast !
- you seriously think i could’ve done this ?
- can you walk ? i need you to walk for me , okay ?
- let me handle it , just go !
- what was your plan ?? you could’ve gotten yourself killed !
- you’re just going to leave me here ?!
- [ name ] , can you hear me ? get out of there !
- you knew and you didn’t tell me ?!
- don’t you know how dangerous this is ?
- you’re not going to shoot me .
- move and you die .
- i’m gonna come back for you , do you hear me ?
- we have to stop the bleeding .
- can you see how many fingers i’m holding up ?
- i just want to go home !
- don’t move a fucking muscle .
- if it weren’t for you , we wouldn’t be in this mess .
- i almost DIED back there , and you’re laughing ?
- you’re only making this worse for yourself .
- you think this is a joke ?
- if i go down , i want you to run .
- we’re gonna die , so what’s the point ?
- this was the ONE thing i told you not to do .
- i can’t promise we’re going to make it out of here .
- where’s your first - aid kit ?!
- just calm down and find your phone , we need to call the police .
- someone’s been stalking me .
- just listen to me for once !
- i didn’t think you had it in you .
- put the gun down , and kick it over here .
- we can’t stick around here , let’s go .
- kiss me before we die .
- do whatever you need to do , hurry .
- i can’t breathe , i can’t -
- please , please - let me in , there’s someone -
- i’m gonna give you one last chance .
- you have to believe me , i didn’t do this !
- run , and don’t look back .
- this is real , i’m real . look at me .
- take this . it’ll keep you safe .
- follow my instructions very closely .
- put your hands where i can see them .
- you can’t just let me die !
- i think … i think i need a doctor .
- we need to get out of here , come on .
- no , this isn’t it . we’re getting you out of this .
- you panicking is not going to help us right now .
𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 :
- [ GETAWAY ] sender acts as a getaway driver for receiver .
- [ MEDIC ] sender arrives on receiver’s doorstep , badly bleeding .
- [ HIDE ] sender and receiver hide from a threat together .
- [ HUSH ] sender clasps a hand over receiver’s mouth to silence them .
- [ DRAG ] sender physically hauls receiver to safety .
- [ RIGHTS ] sender calls receiver from a police precinct .
- [ REALITY ] sender helps receiver through an episode of derealization .
- [ SHELTER ] sender and receiver must find shelter from a storm .
- [ ARMED ] sender brandishes a [ gun / knife ] at receiver .
- [ CRASH ] sender and receiver survive a [ car / bike ] crash together .
- [ SEARCH ] sender barges into the hospital demanding to see receiver .
- [ BACKUP ] sender calls receiver panicking after committing a crime .
- [ CORNERED ] sender menacingly backs receiver into a corner .
- [ UNEXPECTED ] receiver comes home to find sender already inside .
- [ BREATHE ] sender helps receiver get through a panic attack .
- [ BADGE ] sender and receiver flee from the cops together .
- [ STRANDED ] sender and receiver become stranded in the woods .
- [ EMBRACE ] sender kisses receiver thinking it’ll be the last time .
- [ STRANGER ] sender can’t remember who receiver is after an injury .
- [ TOKEN ] sender gives receiver a lucky charm before they go into battle .
- [ CHOICE ] receiver has to choose between sparing their own life or the sender’s .
receiver’s muse has just heard of a disaster/emergency involving sender. they’ve called everyone they can think of. nobody has news.
- send “voicemail” for an anxious voicemail receiver’s muse leaves for sender
- send “call back” for sender to finally have a means of contacting receiver (and receiver will pick up)
- send “search” for receiver to find sender, potentially injured/still in danger, but at least they Have Each Other
- send “danger” for receiver to find sender recklessly, and now sender and receiver are both in trouble, but at least they’re together
- send “reunion” for receiver to be there when sender comes to, safe and whole, and recovering well
or if it’s sender who’s just heard about receiver (reversed):
- send “missed call” to see receiver listen to one of sender’s worried voice messages
- send “what happened” to learn what disaster/emergency it is that has got sender so worried
- send “static” to see the ways receiver is trying to let sender know they’re OK (and/or why those ways aren’t working - broken comms, downed phonelines, etc)
- send “location” to see where receiver is & what they’re trying to do about it post-disaster: buried alive, trapped in a burning building, down in the amazon after a plane-related disaster, kidnapped, etc
- send “collaboration” to see/meet NPC in receiver’s life who will help sender to look for receiver. this is especially fun if it’s an uneasy alliance etc
☠ ― 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠.
(𝐴 𝑚𝑖𝑥 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.)
- “What are you hiding from me?”
- “Close your eyes. No peeking!”
- “Hey, can you help me real quick?”
- “I’m hungry.”
- “Seriously, could you be any slower?”
- “I think we missed our ride…”
- “Are you okay?”
- “No, really, breathe louder. It’s not at all annoying.”
- “Do you want to head up to the roof?”
- “You know, your taste in music really sucks.”
- “Whoa, wait, how late is it now?”
- “Look at you, you’re so cute!”
- “Do you think we’ll ever be able to fly?”
- “Uh… there’s only one bed in here…”
- “Do we even have enough money for this?”
- “Hey, take a walk with me. We have to talk.”
- “What are you even talking about?”
- “I’m about three seconds away from screaming. Just a warning.”
- “Do you need any help with that?”
- “Put that back right now!”
- “You really believe that?”
- “I hate this SO much.”
- “This is for me…?”
- “Sorry, I’m just… really upset.”
- “May I have this dance?”
- “I didn’t mean to…”
- “Do you think we’ll be together forever?”
- “I didn’t think I could hate you more, but apparently I was wrong.”
- “You didn’t think I would just leave, did you?”
- “What I wouldn’t have given to be a fly on the wall for that.”
- “How did you even… manage this?”
- “Everything is okay, don’t worry about it.”
- “…Do I even want to know?”
no offense to positivity but i love holding grudges and i’m not going to forget about someone who hurt me
worried that he may piece it together too quickly, “ here …” daiten chooses her next actions carefully ; her gaze searches his face for the nonexistant mark as if there was one truly there, and soon enough she’s carefully reaching for his face, gently cupping his cheek to see the mark better just before she swipes her thumb acrossed the skin, leaving aching, discolored skin in it’s wake. “ there. that’s somewhat better. ”
mercury watches as daiten examines his face, feeling oddly vulnerable all of a sudden, not used to allowing someone the chance to observe him. he goes carefully still as she reaches toward him, he isn’t going to embarrass himself further by flinching, no matter how unused to a gentle hand he has become. the ache accompanying her touch is almost welcome then, familiar in a way that keeps him from pulling back.
“ get it? ” he’s even less sure now that there was anything on his face in the first place, and he can tell that there’s a bruise or otherwise damaged skin along his cheekbone as he reaches up to feel where she had touched him, but he doesn’t think he minds all that much. “ because I think you just wanted an excuse to touch me. ” and there’s his trademark smirk to try to recover from the intimacy of the moment prior.

qrow glanced up at the voice, oh.. yeah he’d been completely zoning out. ’ uh, sure. thanks. ’ he could handle prepping for dinner on his own, but maybe the added company would keep him from getting lost in his thoughts again. ’ why don’t you finish cutting this, and i’ll get out all of the cookware and get the stove going. ’