ᴬⁿ ᴱᵛⁱˡ Qᵘⁱʳᵏ: ᴰᵃʸ ²⁴

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#MyHerotober2024

This is another abstract drivel piece. I. Just going to do the rest of these the way I love them. It doesn't have to make sense to everyone lol. I'm supposed to love doing this because it's my element. Let's get back to that. Clearly this on Chikara. I'm not going to apologize for loving her so much lol.

No triggers warnings and all the proof in the comments as per usual. You know how I do things by now. Formatting done here because why not lol.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

I swear it's not evil. It's not something I can control. The life I see in you is something I ire. Please don't push me away. When I see that spark inside of a soul I can't help but draw near. It isn't like I wish to crush it in my hand.

Even as much as I draw that light to myself, I'm not all consuming. Don't you understand that I hate this?! When I walk into the room. I feel each of you in different ways. It touches my soul. It leaves your handprints on my heart. I carry you with me. Please, don't see it as theft.

I'm not trying to steal your light. I'm not trying to take that fight away from you. When I take in your light it's only ively. It's desperately trying to keep to myself. I feel it. Even when one of you is wounded or tired beyond your means. I do not think on your same lines. I love beyond my means. I wish you would see. It's all for you that things are ordered this way

Quiet, I stay quiet. This is something I must keep to myself and hide away from you. It's not yours to keep. My secrets must stay my own and remain inside of my heart. When I step into the public eye, I put on an act. One you all fell for ages ago. I'll keep my sharp eyes on you. Making sure you make it through your battles. Be it by blood or high water. Be it by slaughter and madness. I will protect all that I have left

You…you who look down up on it. The pulling of life and energy from the things around me. It's shared equally. Don't I help when none of you see it. Don't I persuade the lines to run in a direction favorable for you? Convincing all that you have nothing to do with me. Whether I take a life of beast, tree, or animal. Or if I feed from a source you consider more pure? Isn't it all beautiful. A complete and perfect balance that I maintain for you.

All of this then is for you. It's fine to keep you in mind. So you don't become sickened by my presence. So I don't cause harm to those I love. I am a sharp tool used for cutting yet I keep you safe. I will be your sword and shield. Taking up armor for you in your place. I will lay my life like a protective surface across you. Promising to take the blows.

It's an invisible force. Complex. It's an evil quirk that holds no evil and no poor intentions. This evil quirk, it will be your lifeline as will I. I will be all encoming and I swear. You will come to no harm. I swear my breath upon it. I swear my very life upon the idea that you might sleep safe tonight.

You need not know what happened to me. What keeps me going at night when all others lay sleeping. You don't need to be aware of the horrible things that thrash in the night. Lay sleeping. I absorb more than the light. I will act as a ghost and a phantom. An evil thing when I must. I will be both angel and demon if I must to keep you safe. I swear. This evil quirk will be your saving grace