bakerstreet | The sleeper and the spindle

true love's kiss

“As she bends for a Kleenex in the dark, I am thinking of other girls: the girl I loved who fell in love with a lion—she lost her head over it—we just necked a lot; of the girl who fell in love with the tightrope, got addicted to getting high wired and nothing else was enough; all the beautiful, damaged women who have come through my life and I wonder what would have happened if I’d met them sooner, what they were like before they were so badly wounded. All this time I thought I’d been kissing, but maybe I’m always doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kissing dead girls in hopes that the heart will start again. Where there’s breath, I’ve heard, there’s hope.”

– Daphne Gottlieb, Kissing Dead Girls

You bit the poisoned apple. The needle of the spinning wheel pierced your finger. The terms are complete, the cursed fulfilled. Or perhaps your downfall is more modern (technology, bio-weaponry, misuse of powers) or metaphoric. Regardless, you've slipped in a sleep as deep as death. No one or nothing can wake you.

Nothing except a kiss from your true love.

— comment with your character + prefs + desired role. are you cursed or cursebreaker?
— reply to others.
— remember, your 'true love' might not be who you expect; the conventional may not work, the outlandish the perfect fit instead.

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((ooc; no spoilers past post-patch Shb please! No role pref))

Edited 2023-05-29 22:23 (UTC)

( Either role tbh! )

{ the cursebreaker. sorry not sorry? }

Edited (all these toplevels i did with a typo RIP ME) 2023-05-29 22:18 (UTC)

Edited 2023-05-29 22:25 (UTC)

[She's the cursed, for sure. OTA]

Given the stuff his party gets into he could be either the cursed or the cursebreaker]

[ probably the cursed tbh ]

[ info in journal. pref for her being the cursed, but can be the cursebreaker with the right character, so ask! ota for shipping. ]

( likely the one to give the kiss. )

[Can be your Prince Charming or your Beast.]

(ooc: definitely the kisser.)

[Either role is good. Could be intrigued by an Aerith sleeping beauty of sorts. Canon, cross-canon, AU, and assumed CR are all welcome.]

[ the cursed most likely. maybe life force drain + defeating a sith lord put her into a near-death state because the Force isn't done with her yet, she just needs to suitably recharge? or some other kind of shenanigans, I'm flexible. doesn't have to be her world either, I can usually find a way to work her in to most 'verses one way or another. that said, open to her waking the cursed too. ]

The sleeper and the spindle

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