Chesterfield Act Registry of the Expressive Database
File #21 Feb 2018 12:13
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![]() Cara Delevingne |
Duplicity, thy name is Odessa. While she's always been fiercely loyal, the people Odessa swears her loyalty are not the people who expect it from her. She's defined by her traitorous acts, but often those she has betrayed are those who enslaved her in the first place. Not always, but most often. The acts of betrayal against those who did not act against her are the ones that cause her to lose sleep. While she faced down her second death, she discovered a capacity for incredible regret and remorse. Her past choices haunt her.
This does not, however, keep her from making terrible choices. Previously, her choices were fueled by a need to survive. These days, her tendencies are more self-destructive than self-preserving. Choosing to ally herself with Valentin (and consequently Humanis First!) was a little bit of both. She saw few options for shelter other than with him, and the alternatives she did see, she felt unworthy of. Sometimes she admits to herself that she expected to - wanted to - die during the war, but fate, such as it is, had other plans.
The regret that weighs down Odessa's heart so heavily has caused her to withdraw. She does not seek out her previous contacts because she does not feel she deserves her old connections. Not the good, not the bad. She does, however, still harbor resentment toward the institutions (pun only slightly intended) and individuals that created her and molded her into what she is. There's nearly nothing left of them to seek revenge against, however. But those targets she can find… They should be very concerned about crossing paths with her again.
Once, she had asked Eric Doyle if he thought she could reform. In many ways, they traveled down parallel paths. He found the right people and found redemption. Odessa consistently found the wrong people and only buried herself deeper in her terrible deeds. Now, she wants to try again. She wants to do better, but the fear of failing is a terrifying one indeed. With no allies, few resources, and a multitude of demons, Odessa isn't even sure where to start.
While Odessa is ruthless when she feels she needs to be, she has begun to learn compassion. Her heart bleeds for children. Especially those who have been denied a childhood the way that she was.
Clairempathy
Clairempathy (or clear emotion) is a gift which allows an individual to tune into the emotional experience of people, places and animals.
Talents
Talents | Effort | Description | Learned From |
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Emotion Sense | None | Odessa is at all times acutely aware of the emotional states of people and animals around her within 50 feet. She can feel the surface-level emotional states of others on a baseline level, as categorized by a single word of the ten most basic emotions: joy, excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt along with their varying complexities. Without concentration, Odessa may mistake these emotions for her own. Odessa only senses the most prevalent emotion a person is experiencing if they are feeling multiple, which can lead her to misunderstand a complex situation. She does not receive any context for these emotions. Odessa cannot turn off this ability and she is always acutely aware of what people and animals around her are feeling and has no way to otherwise affect them. In the proximity of 1 or 2 people this is manageable. In groups of 3-5 people it causes Odessa a headache that gradually worsens with exposure. In groups of 6-19 the headache is immediate and after several minutes becomes debilitating. Groups of 20 or more at once in her proximity are impossible to parse and cause Odessa to be incapacitated with overwhelming, conflicting emotions. Her ability functions even while she is asleep, which affects her dreams, and any number of people that would cause a headache prevents Odessa from being able to sleep. | Manifestation |
Apathy | Low | With training, Odessa can learn to shut off her ability or narrow it down to focus on the emotions of one person or animal at a time. | 1st Upgrade, Early |
Empathic Link | High/None | In time, Odessa can learn how to link her mind with another person she is in physical contact with, allowing her to create an emotional link that is not limited by distance. Forging the link requires direct physical contact for roughly 1 hour, but after which Odessa is able to project her own emotions and receive projected emotions from the target of this ability no matter their distance. Odessa always knows the general direction and distance of someone she shares an empathic link with. To start she may only make 1 empathic link, but over time she may train to gain additional links with others. | 2nd Upgrade, 1 Month of Use |
Location Empathy | High | With considerable effort, Odessa can feel emotional impressions in a location. She is able to feel varying emotional impressions left behind by past events. This does not allow Odessa to see or experience the events, but feel the emotional context. The further back in time the emotion is, the harder it becomes for her to feel them and the more dull they become. However, areas of great tragedy or overwhelming emotion (such as in a massacre site within the Manhattan Exclusion Zone) are long-lasting and Odessa is able to not only easily pick these emotions up, but if she is not prepared for them can experience the emotions involuntarily. | 3rd Upgrade, 4 Months of Use |
Vulnerabilities | |
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Empathic Nerve | Odessa is an exposed nerve of emotions and as such she is highly susceptible to the influence of Expressive abilities that manipulate emotions, reducing the effort of manipulating Odessa's emotions by one step (such as from Moderate to Low) and increasing any limited duration by 50%. |
Telepathic Beacon | Odessa's thoughts are easier to read by characters with telepathy. This does not make it easier to use telepathic suggestions on her but it does allow telepaths an easier time of reading her surface thoughts (but only when she is not actively using her Apathy ability to shut down her clairempathy). |
Effort Key | |
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None | Requires no effort and is a part of Odessa's autonomous functions. |
Low | Requires minimal effort and concentration, like walking, holding a conversation, or reading. |
Moderate | Requires dedicated concentration. Moderate-effort abilities cannot be used while actively fighting or using another talent with an effort of Moderate or higher. |
High | Requires undivided concentration. Cannot do anything other than move slowly or talk in short sentences while using a High effort talent and cannot use other talents that have an effort level of Low or higher. |
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
— Pink Floyd, "Eclipse"
Appendices
Relationships
Ace | ![]() |
This man is such bad news, and yet Odessa finds it serendipitous that she should have run into him again after nearly eight years. Ace Callahan is essentially the anti-her when it comes to emotions, and so Odessa finds him intoxicating. This also means she's disinclined to give up the chance of spending more time with him. When she was released from Rikers, Ace was there to scoop her up and welcome her to her new life of freedom. He's given her a place to live, funds to support a certain lifestyle, and inroads to a new career. All the same, Odessa has misgivings about Ace, even though she professes to love him. He's so like the person she used to be — someone incapable of remorse or compassion for others beyond the most intellectual understanding of these concepts — but slowly, she feels he's learning to love her in return. Regardless of whether he reciprocates her feelings, she already owes him a debt she can't repay, except with blood. Although perhaps her heart will do, given time. |
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Tete | ![]() |
When Mateo disappeared into the portal, Odessa thought for sure she'd lost her brother for good. Fate, and their mother, had different designs. Instead, he merged with his otherworld counterpart. He's still Mateo, but also not. Regardless of what he may or may not be, he is still her brother. They are fiercely loyal to each other, even with her current circumstance of imprisonment standing between them. |
'Nette | ![]() |
Lynette is the one other person that seems able to appreciate the position Odessa was in. They both knew Ruiz for that brief moment, and knew there was something there that neither could explain. Lynette believed Odessa when she said she had a connection to her other selves, and she wanted to help her find a place in the world. Her friendship was offered instantly and without strings, and while Odessa didn't know how to take that, she was grateful. Even after all they've been through and the hurt her other self has caused the otherworld version of Lynette, the two are still close. |
Amanvir | ![]() |
To say that Odessa and Aman are connected would be impossibly true. Through some evolution of her new ability, Odessa inadvertently established an empathic like between herself and Aman. She's able to feel his emotions at any given time, no matter how far away he seems to be, and can use that sense to track him down. In return, she can project her own emotions on him. It's an odd sort of bond, and Odessa is certain he will be much better off once she figures out how to break it. Odessa harbors feelings for Aman that she makes no secret of (to him). She's also honest about the fact that it could just be their link bolstering something that isn't truly there. All the same, he's the kind of person she wishes she could be. A good balance between walking the straight and narrow, and looking out for number one. She thinks if she could just keep close to him, she might have a shot at being a better person after all. |
Kaylee | ![]() |
Kaylee was Odessa's first friend, even though that friendship was short-lived. They both worked for Adam Monroe, and it was because of her concern for Kaylee that she threw away the years she spent growing close to the man. Because of her concern for Kaylee, Odessa learned Adam's true colors. Now, the two have been reunited and Odessa can't be happier to be back in her life. She's not always good at staying connected to her — Odessa is often worried that she'll bring trouble to Kaylee's door — but her gratitude for the fact that Kaylee vouched for her knows no bounds. There is little Odessa wouldn't do if Kaylee asked. Having seen into the darkest corners of her mind and not walked away, Kaylee has only cemented the loyalty Odessa gives her. Understanding that their abilities whisper in similar ways gives Odessa hope that she can overcome her urges someday. |
James | ![]() |
While Odessa has known James Woods since she was a teenager, they only formed a bond in her young adulthood in her role as a Company physician and consultant on scientific matters. It was only after he was believed killed in action that she realized she might actually care about him. Then, through the overlays with her other selves, she discovered that the two always seemed to find one another and share a strong relationship. It's all terribly jumbled and confusing in her head, but she knows one thing with the utmost certainty: She loves James Woods with every fiber of her being. Knowing that he's also serving a life sentence breaks her heart, but at least he's alive. |
Mom | ![]() |
Sera works the front lobby of the Raytech building as their receptionist. She seems a bit of an odd button, but Odessa is the last to judge on that front. They share the exact same birthday, and a love of maple iced donuts, so she can't be all bad, right? Mara Angier works for the Staten Island Trade Commission as an auditor. She seems a bit rough around the edges, but Odessa is the last to judge on that front. They share the exact same birthday, and she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. She can't be all bad, right? Juliette Luis is Odessa's mother from Arthur's timeline, but also from this one. In the insanity of November 8, 2011, she crossed into Des' timeline. She left Kara Prince and assumed the life of Sera Lang, taking up the position of receptionist at Raytech in order to determine if Desdemona Desjardins was Odessa Price after all. When she left and sought refuge with the Staten Island Trade Commission, Juliette followed and assumed the identity of Mara Angier, an auditor working for Alister Black. Odessa considers her family, even though she respects Juliette's desire not to form attachments in this world, and has promised to help her find a way back to her own, and to her real daughter. She couldn't fulfill her promise to send her back to her own world, but that was always how it was meant to be. The final life she would assume would be that of Rianna Price. It's complicated and tragic, but that seems to be love in a nutshell. |
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Tete | ![]() |
Odessa thought she had lost Mateo forever when Ruiz died in 2011. She never thought she would encounter her timeline's version of the man, but now that she has, she knows they have a connection. It could be the knowledge that her other self had some sort of close relationship with Ruiz, but Odessa doesn't think so. He seems to understand when she says she knows him, willing to explore this mystery together. Wherever it leads them, Odessa is sure they can face it together. After a foray into her own mind, Odessa recovered memories of herself and Mateo as children. Sister and brother. She wants to help him reclaim these memories, but is afraid they were torn apart for a reason and that her presence may hurt him. |
Michal | ![]() |
Odessa has known Michal Valentin since she was just a teenager. Which probably makes the relationship they had just that much more fucked up, but Odessa is far too maladjusted to really think about it as such. When she lost her ability, Michal was there to assure her that humanity was not weak. Under his guidance, she started to find her own strength, her own confidence without the safety net of her ability to control the flow of time. It's for this reason that she stayed by his side throughout the war, fighting against her own kind. He died, and she lived. A mistake he promised never to make, and it breaks her heart. Ultimately, she knows she's better off without him. |
Mateo | ![]() |
While Odessa was working in the Ark, she met Mateo Ruiz from another timeline. It is because of him that she knew the Mateo of her timeline meant something to her. She still feels incredible guilt that she was unable to save the leaper, especially now that she's seen the alternate version of herself who misses him terribly. |
Smiles | ![]() |
In the flooded world, Silas Mackenzie was a source of comfort to Destiny after James Woods was killed. Those memories endeared him to her and made Odessa seek to become fast friends with him in her own world. He graciously stowed her away aboard his ship, letting her hide there after her unintended escape from PISEC. To know that he's gone breaks Odessa's heart. If she knew of some way to bring him back, she would make it happen. |
Logs
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The Muse | Mild Manner | Goeth Before | Feel the Stars | Duality |
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The Many Garden Paths of the Girl from Odessa | ||||
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Odessa Knutson |
Odessa Woods |
Desdemona Desjardins |
Odessa Price |
Destiny Ruiz |
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Virus | Bright | Prime | Wasteland | Flood |
The Life That Came Before | |
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Out of the Past | Borrowed Time |
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2020 | |||
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March | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
03/08 | The Villain You Paint Yourself to Be | Even a villain can be a hero to someone. | Elisabeth |
April | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
04/01 | Forgiveness is Huge | He can't be happy when you're angry, and you're so angry. He said you stayed so mad. | Warren |
May | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
05/11 | Jail House Rock | An unexpected alliance is formed. | Godfrey |
05/15 | Consensus Ad Idem | A meeting of the minds. | Kotch |
June | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
06/15 | Take III | Well, fancy meeting you here. | Ace |
Encore | Now the work begins. | Ace | |
06/17 | Designer Luggage | Opportunity knocks. | Ace and Gideon |
History and Present | It's the little things. | Ace | |
06/19 | Empathy for the Devil | Crisscrossing paths. | Kain |
July | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
07/04 | Icing Burns | Afraid to let the whole thing go. | Solo |
August | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
08/11 | Should You Tell Anyone Else | The helplessness is the worst part. | Aman and Asi |
08/14 | Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You | You said it hurt so bad and please don't let you go back for more. | Ace, Joey, and Wally |
08/15 | Stages of Grief | Everyone goes through it differently. | Ace |
September | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
09/01 | Linked | Incomprehensibly. | Aman |
Face the Strange | Time may change me, but I can't trace time. | Aman | |
There You Are | After so long a wait. | Ace | |
09/02 | Stuck Inside of My Head | As long as it takes to find you, and bring you back home. | Kaylee |
09/04 | You Won't, But You Might | With the things you could do. | Richard |
09/10 | Care of Cell 44 | Feels so good, you're comin' home soon. | Ace and Eve |
09/12 | Masked | Nobody is who they appear to be. | Ace and Castle |
09/15 | Psychometer or Bust | The moment of truth. | Aman and Phoenix |
09/16 | Let's Do Science | Some interesting projects on the horizon. | Kaylee, Yi-Min, and Zachery |
09/17 | The Green String | Lives intertwined by fate and causality. | Richard |
09/19 | Live Mas | A little proper catching up is in order. | Eve |
09/20 | What Does This Button Do? | There seems to be a lot of button-pushing going on. | Eve, Julie, Yi-Min, and Zachery |
09/26 | "Murder," He Says | Time for everyone to get to know each other. | Ace, Elisabeth, and Richard |
Nightcap | Clarifications are in order, with a side of deception. | Ace | |
09/28 | A Welcome Thing | Can a small lie be so bad if it's built on truth? | Elisabeth |
09/30 | Political Therapy | Oh no, I've said too much. | Sahara |
October | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
10/19 | False Pride | A bittersweet reunion, long overdue. | Jac |
10/27 | Debut | The stage is set. | Ace |
10/28 | Pigmalion | The results are troublesome. | Kaylee, Yi-Min, and Zachery |
10/31 | Halloween Gala, Main Room | Should've worn the glittery eye shadow. | Ace, Castle, Chess, Faulkner, and Nova |
Halloween Gala, Exhibit Hall | Well, that could have gone much more smoothly. | Ace, Byrne, Dowe Faulkner, Hampton, Huruma, and Wally | |
November | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
11/02 | You, Me, KC? | It'll be fun! | Ace |
11/05 | Could Do About Anything | I could even learn how to love. | Aman |
Guiding Star | Polaris shines brightest. | Aman | |
11/06 | Blinding Light | Apologies are owed. | Ace |
11/07 | Negative Emotional Feedback | That cat's out of the bag. | Richard |
11/13 | Out of the Cage | Center stage! | Ace, Gabriella, Gideon, Marie, Richard, Robyn, and Tibby |
Prompt Corner | Why do some people always seem keen on spoiling a success? | Ace, Gideon, and Redd | |
11/17 | From A to X | I'm the only one on your AM, AM radio. | Chel, and Jac |
11/18 | Bloodborne | Should have expected that, I suppose. | Faulkner |
Building a Fantasy | Life is full of compromises. | Ace | |
11/20 | Out of the Way and Hard to Reach | Lies the face, hides the snake. | Angel, Cooper, Devon, Elliot, and Seren |
Surface Tension | Oh no. | Ace | |
11/21 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | And you were there. | Cooper, Devon, Elliot, and Seren |
Signed in Blood | One more piece of useful data. | Asi and Kaylee | |
11/24 | Safe | Maybe not before, but maybe now. | Ace |
11/28 | Thanksgiving Vacation | Maybe this sort of thing can work out after all. | Ace and Jac |
December | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
12/01 | Get Ahead | As is so often the case, the answers only raise more questions. | Kaylee |
Too Late for Damage Control | They can't do this. | Castle and Toussaint | |
Relevant Information | An overdue discussion. | Ace | |
12/05 | Fruit of the Scarlet Tree | The answers are unsettling. | Abby, Asi, Brynn, Daphne, Faulkner, Gillian, Jac, Kaylee, Nicole, Nova, and Zachery |
12/11 | Trimming Trees, Checking Lists | There's so much to prepare for. | Ace |
12/25 | Given Time | I mean, how often does that happen now? The answer's probably never. | Ace |
12/28 | (But You Didn't) Begin to Be | If I could begin to do something that does right by you… | Aman |
12/31 | Stars | I could cry myself to sleep every night, or I could sing. | Ace |
2021 | |||
January | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
01/07 | Christine and Ziggy | A little lunch with a new friend. | Chess |
01/15 | Waiting, Again | The unthinkable has happened again. | Ace, Faulkner, Finch, and Tower |
01/16 | A Thimbleful of Blood | I must warn you, the transition from beginning to end might be startling. | Pete |
01/17 | Still Blood | Forever, forever. Always, always. | Jac |
01/22 | Know the Band | A little independence leads to a little bit of worry. | Ace and Jac |
February | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
02/03 | Antiviral | What does it mean? | Asi |
02/08 | What the World Has Tried to Make | There's a lot to heal. | Richard |
02/19 | Sidestep Socialization | You're guaranteed to run this town. | Ace and Elliot |
02/20 | Inset | The distance may be necessary, but that doesn't mean it's desired. | Ace |
02/21 | That Tangible Foundation of Love and Trust | Only one of these two is solid. | Ace and Everleigh |
#thisisfine | There's much to unpack. | Ace | |
March | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
03/19 | A Night on the Underground | A little dancing, a little drugs. | Brynn, Everleigh, Gatter, Jac, Kendall, and Seren |
Dawn Will Find Them Still Again | Such sorrow breeds such pain. | Angel and Nick | |
03/20 | A Springtime Picnic | It's good to simply get everyone together. | Ace, Delilah, Elisabeth, Elspeth, Everleigh, Gatter, Richard, Seren, and Walter |
03/21 | Sandman, Part IV | Let's see what we can see. | Alia, Dana, Gatter, Hahn, Iov, Marlowe, Otomo, Richard, and Robyn |
03/26 | Discordant Dream Team Chat | More dreams, more clues. | Cooper, Elliot, Finch, Geneva, and Seren |
03/29 | A Bridge Too Far | These aren't the answers that were expected. | Adam, Aman, Arthur, Caspar, Charles, Cassandra, and Ryans |
The Broken Mirror | What do we do with this? | Aman, Bob, Cassandra, Kaylee, and Richard | |
Doubt Comes In | What else is there to do? | Ace | |
April | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
04/02 | You Won't Be Mine | In regaining something, something else is lost entirely. | Aman |
04/05 | A Hundred Places Where I Fear | More river towns. More shaky ground. More worry. | Angel, Cooper, and Seren |
04/08 | Discordant Dream Team Chat 2: Freddy's Revenge | What else has the angel said to us? | Cooper, Elliot, Megan, Seren, and Wright |
Present | A promise is kept. A heart sings. | Ace | |
04/19 | By Fire | Can't turn your back when someone needs help. | Ace, Devon, Elisabeth, and Erin |
04/20 | ...And I Feel Fine | There are options, but is there time? | Asi, Devi, Gatter, and Yi-Min |
Annals and Clouds | Reclaiming that legacy is going to be a tricky thing. | Richard and S.Attva | |
Could You Learn to Love This | I've no intention of deceiving you. You're far too clever. | Ace | |
04/21 | I Still Question Where I've Been | I don't know where I will go. | Everleigh |
04/26 | And All in Tune | Keeping time, time, time… | Gatter |
May | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
05/04 | The Little Girl That Lives Down Memory Lane | How do you know? | Renautas and… |
Hand Me Downs | Pending | Aria and Monica | |
05/05 | Pending | What do we know? | Jac |
05/19 | Bang Bang | There are no congratulations. | Richard |
05/22 | SCIENCE! | Well, this is awkward. | Everleigh and Gatter |
05/25 | Differently Arranged | A fresh pair of eyes. | Julie |
05/26 | Filthy Habits | Introductions and nasty business. | Ace, Kaiya, Luke, and Redd |
Code Redd | Uh-uh. Not guilty. | Redd | |
Think, Breathe, Consider | I'm handling it. | Ace | |
05/29 | Therein Lay All Release | I met the wolf alone. | Angel, Cooper, Elliot, Finch, and Seren |
Discordant Dream Team Chat 3: Dream Warriors | So close to having the answers. | Cooper, Elliot, and Seren | |
05/30 | Hides the Face | In my eyes, indisposed. | Asi, Elliot, Gabriella, Harry, and Seren |
05/31 | Through the Fire and the Flames, Part I | For Meredith. | Byrne, Doyle, and Rhys |
June | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
06/02 | The Day | I do. | Ace |
06/11 | Frequency | It's all gone wrong. | Ace and Elisabeth |
Disrupted Frequency | Spoiled all. | Ace | |
06/13 | Something You Will Miss Dearly | Open up your scars, so I can free my own. | Ace |
06/18 | Just a Little Interlude | Some secrets are told in movement. | Ace and Godfrey |
06/19 | A Perfect Drink on a Perfect Night | An invitation brought in something unwelcome. | Ace, Faulkner, and Melody |
By Its Silence | Breathe. | Ace | |
06/20 | Contingency | Seeking a backup plan for the end of the world. | Dana, Dowe, Gates, Gatter, Hall, Kravid, Marlowe, Otomo, Placard, Seren, and Valerie |
It's Not an "S" | And on this world, it does not mean hope. | Gates | |
06/21 | Sing Your Own Special Song | How does it all connect? | Chel, Elisabeth, Ria |
06/27 | How Did You Do It? | There are no easy answers. | Kaylee |
06/28 | A Hunting She Will Go | Little snoop. | Devi and Gatter |
At Least in This Lifetime | There are no promises that can be held with so much at stake. | Ace, and Des and Spades | |
06/29 | The Last Resort, Part I | Someone has to help. | Devon, Doyle, and Scott |
The Calm After | Sometimes it's enough to just have survived. Sometimes there needs to be more. | Ace and Aman | |
06/30 | Objectives | No one stands alone. | Elisabeth |
Drop Dead | Grab a shovel and dig up the past. | Ace, Angela, and Thompson | |
Drop | Reckon with what's to come. | Ace | |
July | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
07/06 | The Real Deal | That is definitely not soy sauce. | Asi |
07/07 | One of Those Nights | I'm a mess and you're worse. | Gatter |
2019 | |||
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March | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
03/25 - 03/30 |
The Trial of Odessa Price | It all comes down to this. | Bella, Corbin, Delia, Eve, Kotch, Lynette, Mohinder, Richard, Sasha, Squeaks, Tania, and ??? |
April | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
04/08 | Changes | More things change, the more they stay the same. | Waite |
Her One Phone Call | A birthday wish granted, a connection re-established with family. | Lynette and Ruiz | |
04/15 | No Prison Breaks Here | A friend even in unfortunate circumstance. | Elisabeth |
04/20 | Caged Nightingale and Paper Crane | Ripples through time reach for the shore. | Luther |
04/25 | Glad For You | Glad tidings are dual-edged. | Richard |
04/29 | Into the Woods | The day comes, but does not hold everything hoped for. | Waite and Woods |
May | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
05/03 | The Silence | Maybe the most important part of forward progress is maintaining the struggle. | Mateo |
05/11 | The Suffocating Darkness of Compromise | Same as the old boss. | Mohinder and Voss |
05/13 | This Life is Something | A long overdue reunion. | Bella |
05/19 | Mas Hysteria | There is much to discuss. | Eve |
June | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
06/09 | The Weather in Her Head | Kindred spirits. | Kyla |
06/18 | The Practice of Killing God | It's a complicated process. | Maddox, Mohinder, Rich, and Voss |
July | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
07/05 | PIE-SEC | Cherry pie isn't the only sweet thing here. | Sahara |
07/15 | Total Eclipse of the Heart | Every now and then, I get a little bit terrified… | Donna, Kyla, Maddox, Mohinder, Pete, and Rich |
August | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
08/20 | Been Too Long | The bond between old friends remains strong. | Kaylee |
September | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
09/02 | A Social Call | Seeing them together is bittersweet. | Elisabeth and Richard |
09/08 | Will You Fight? | There will always be a battle to fight. | Everleigh |
October | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
10/10 | So Much Harder | Ah, for the days when the violence was mindless. | Everleigh |
10/29 | Sands of Time | Love takes many forms, and moments are meant to be lived. | Silvia |
November | |||
11/08 | Years Gone | What an ill-fated day. | Vignette |
December | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
12/10 | Missing Thimble | You'll never win if you play by their rules. | Pete |
12/31 | Witness | All of this has happened before… | Various |
2020 | |||
January | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
01/01 | The Truth of a Lie | Oh, shit. | Eve |
01/02 | No Shit, There I Was | Cruel impulses do not a bad person make. | Luther |
01/04 | Continued on E6 | No. | Solo |
01/05 | The Girl with the Power | An unexpected truce. | Mohinder |
01/06 | Escape from Bitch Mountain | The path is laid out ahead… | Kyla and Pete |
February | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
02/02 | Paved with Good Intentions, Part II | All roads lead to hell. | Aman, Asi, Mohinder, Redd, and Rich |
Impostor Syndrome | No one is really who they imagine themselves to be. | Aman and Mohinder | |
02/03 | The Diner | If not family, then who can you rely on? | Eve |
02/04 | Of Familiar Faces | A recently encountered face actually hails from another life. | Silas |
Perfectly Normal Roommate Situation | Totally reasonable. | Aman | |
02/05 | Both Ways | Sometimes, that's just how things swing. | Aman |
02/06 | Bamboozle | You just can't trust your eyes. | Aman, Mohinder, and Redd? |
The Scenic Route | Things are moving in an unexpected direction. | Mohinder and Silas | |
Ahoy | Any port in a storm. | Santa, Seren, and Silas | |
Time and Tide | AMA. | Silas | |
02/07 | The Last Road | Wasn't expecting a history lesson at the reunion. | Renautas and Richard |
As Above, So Below | Avalanches above, business continues below. | Richard | |
02/08 | Santa and Dorothy | We don't have to be monsters. | Doyle |
02/10 | The Show Never Ends | God, that was strange to see you again. | Ace |
02/16 | Waking from Daydreams | Whether it's right or wrong, it had to be done. | Aman, Chris, Faulkner, Kaylee, and Tibby |
A Tomorrow Problem | Some things just aren't meant to be. | Aman | |
02/21 | One More Dance | Old habits are easy to fall back into. | Silas |
Price of Freedom | Run, you clever boy, and remember me. | Ace | |
Loose End | *pop* | Ace, Aman, and… |
2012 | |||
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Time | Scene | Story | Players |
04/08 | Hubris | After months of secrecy, Odessa is forced to play her hand or lose her lover. | Valentin |
05/25 | Killing Time | An opportunity presents itself. In another life, she may have taken it. In this one… | Ace |
07/02 | I'm Sorry, Miss Jackson | Comfort is found in an unfamiliar place, if only for a moment. | Sahara |
2013 | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
12/23 | The White Silence | The end of the road is red with blood. | Valentin |
2017 | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
10/27 | The Man Who Kills Me | Des discovers Richard's map room and suffers a break. Or three. | Richard |
2018 | |||
February | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
02/28 | Excellent Proposal | Des weighs in on a way for Raytech to mitigate the food shortage in the Safe Zone. | Barney and Richard |
March | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
03/01 | Four Hands | Des finds a duet partner and a bigger mystery. | Lynette and Mateo |
03/02 | Fate or Chance | Lynette offers the last thing Des expected: friendship and acceptance. | Lynette |
The Awful Sound | Des and Mateo discuss their abilities. | Mateo | |
03/03 | Uneasy Reunions | The past always has a way of catching up. | Joe, Keira, Robyn, Sibyl, and Silvia |
Normal People | Des has more in common with Richard than she thought. | Richard | |
03/04 | A Dirty Window Pane | Concerned with Ghosts of Company Past, Des asks Kaylee a favor. | Kaylee and Richard |
03/06 | Thank You for Your Sacrifice | Des attends the opening of the Eric Doyle Memorial Library. | Eve and Lynette |
03/07 | Spatiotemporal Loitering | Des and Sera have some commonalities. Luther is a little unsettling. | Luther and Sera |
In the Dark Recesses of the Mind | The mind of Odessa Price is a dark one. | Kaylee and Richard | |
puᴉW ǝɥʇ ɟo sǝssǝɔǝɹ ʞɹɐp ǝɥʇ uI | Mistakes have been made. | Kaylee and Richard | |
03/09 | Ocean and Gale | Surrounded by friends, Des begins to recover at Benchmark. | Kaylee, Mateo, and Richard |
03/10 | Are You Her? | Eve Mas pays a visit to share with Lynette what she's seen. Des hatches a plan to sharpen the dream. | Eve and Lynette |
03/12 | The Broken Path | An experiment with Refrain has surprising consequences. | Eve |
03/14 | Call Me When You're Sober | Richard is less than impressed with the results of Des and Eve's experiment. | Eve and Richard |
The Talk | Kaylee might be even less impressed than Richard. Yikes. | Kaylee and Richard | |
03/16 | Killer Cherry Pie | Richard discusses the possibility of restoring his ability. The two nearly stumble into a minefield. | Richard |
Duet, II | A vision of Odessa from another time leaves Des with more questions about her origins. | Goodman | |
03/17 | Running Out of Time | While sharing her vision with Richard, they make a startling discovery in Odessa's Company file. | Richard |
03/20 | The Walled Tomb | Des crashes the Raytech party in Manhattan. | Luther, Richard, Robyn, and Valerie |
A Moment Inside the Walled Tomb | Simon Broome's message is relayed to Richard. | Richard | |
03/21 | Starlight Midnight Goodnight | The truth about Sera Lang is revealed. | Kara |
03/22 | Blue Caterpillar and the Ruby Slippers | Des and Eve put their heads together again. This time, the only travel happens by car. | Eve |
Separate Ways | A ghost from Institute past appears in Odessa's peripheral vision. | Eve and Frank | |
April | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
04/02 | What Makes Sense | Richard brings Des up to speed on things. | Richard |
04/03 | The Circular Ruins | An attempt to free Mateo's memories leads to an unexpected discoveries. | Kaylee, Lynette, and Mateo |
04/05 | Our Other Selves | Des discovers she has more in common with her brother than she previously realized. | Mateo |
04/06 | 34 Candles | Des makes sure Sera doesn't celebrate her birthday alone. | Kara |
Estranged Alone | Frank makes his feelings toward Des known. She isn't sure what to do with that. | Frank | |
04/08 | Her First Birthday Party | Richard calls Des in for a meeting that turns out to be a surprise party. | Kaylee, Lynette, Mateo, Richard, Kara, and Valerie |
04/14 | Raytech Meeting - April | Raytech's employees gather for their monthly touchbase. | Barney, Jared, Kaylee, Luther, Richard, Remi, Sera, and Valerie |
04/16 | Near Miss | Attending an event at Benchmark brings Des face to face with an old friend and an enemy. | Lynette, Mateo, Samson, and Veronica |
04/24 | With All Urgency | Mateo shows up at Raytech's door with life-threatening injuries. | Lynette and Mateo |
04/29 | Simple Matter of Time | Agent Mustang introduces himself, and asks about her latest time travel excursion. And Adam Monroe. | Rasheed |
04/30 | Mutiny, Part I | A routine delivery of goods takes an unexpected turn. | Alister, Barney, Etienne, and Kaylee |
Mutiny, Part II | A voice on the radio seems to know far too many secrets. | Etienne, Kaylee, and Sibyl | |
You Get a Choice | Kaylee is full of surprises. | Kaylee | |
May | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
05/08 | A Funny Thing | Des is reunited with the one person she thought was truly dead and buried. | Eileen |
05/20 | ISO Rat-Face Lady | Answers come from unexpected places. | Alister and Sibyl |
05/21 | Believe In Me | Parting is never easy. | Richard |
Apple and Tree | Odessa says goodbye to her mother. | Kara | |
05/22 | A Timely Apprehension | It's time to leave her life behind once again. | Luther and Richard |
05/23 | Nightingale's New Emperor | Alister Black is very accommodating. Bizarre, but accommodating. | Alister, Margaux, and Sibyl |
05/28 | Different | Much has changed where Eileen Ruskin is concerned. | Etienne |
June | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
06/01 | Subjugating the Apocalypse | Raytech meets with the Trade Commission to discuss a joint venture. | Alister, Kaylee, Margaux, Richard, and Sibyl |
My Grief Drives Me to Consume | A timely intervention averts an untimely demise. | Alister, Eileen, and Sibyl | |
06/04 | I've Got You Under My Skin | A gift is bestowed. | Frank |
06/07 | Tricky Ricky and the Ol' Switcheroo | An unexpected meeting turns promising. | Ricky |
06/13 | You're Nothing That You Seem | A sparring match with Kara takes a disorienting turn. | Mara |
Out of Time | |||
October 2013 | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
10/05 | You're Nothing That You Seem | Des finds herself in a world not her own. | Arthur and Woods |
The Third Harmony | Reaching out for help, Des hopes she's right about who she can trust. | Ruiz | |
Are You Near? | Differences are hard to ignore. | Solo | |
10/06 | Family Where You Find It | Des finds herself welcomed as one of the family in the Ruiz-Rowan household. | Lynette and Ruiz |
Montage | |||
2014 | |||
01/17 - 11/23 |
Comforts of Home | Des and Elisabeth form an unlikely friendship based on their shared world and averted futures. | Elisabeth |
November 2014 | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
11/19 | For the Things I'll Do | Answers and death are both within Des' grasp. | Hiro |
There's No Place Like Home | |||
June | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
06/28 | For the Things I'll Do | The escape is narrow, as they so often are. | Mara and Samson |
06/29 | Twice | Apologies aren't enough to stop the bleeding. | Mara and Richard |
Nobility of Guilt | Messages from an alternate past are carried to the future. | Richard | |
July | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
07/31 | So How is the Weather | Another dream, another life not her own. | Woods |
August | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
08/04 | Half Solutions | Nothing is ever quite usual when Eve Mas comes to call. | Eve |
08/05 | Of Course You Did | Des and Richard try to quiet down their minds. | Richard |
08/13 | The Princess in the Tower | Richard has a lot of information to share. Des doesn't like everything she hears. | Richard |
08/19 | Layover | An unexpected patient arrives at the Trade Commission. | Margaux and Squeaks |
Night Spooks | Des' heart grows three sizes. | Squeaks | |
08/20 | An Unexpected Delivery | Squeaks is seen home safe and sound. | Gillian and Squeaks |
08/26 | Of a Feather | The meeting between Eileen and Freyr goes about as well as Des expected. | Eileen and Freyr |
08/28 | Like the Library of Alexandria | A wellness check and meeting with Julie ends with heartbreak, but also a promising new lead. | Julie |
September | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
09/07 | This Must Be The Place | The relics found in Jean-Martin's tomb raise even more questions than they answer. | Solo |
09/10 | Old Family Movies, Part II | Des and Richard find more than they bargained for on the cassettes recovered from Luis' home. | Richard |
It Gets Weirder | Des shares her other findings with Richard. Tensions run high. | Richard | |
October | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
10/12 | Too Deep | Delving into Odessa's dreams to try and bridge the gap between universes doesn't go as planned. | Delia and Richard |
November | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
11/08 | Twelve Years Gone, Part II | Staten Island's residents commemorate the anniversary of November 8 as only they can. | Eugene, Keira, Lucille, Rex, and Zain |
11/22 | Que Sera Sera | Thanksgiving doesn't go quite as planned for the Prices. | Mara |
December | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
12/18 | Crisis of Identity | The question of Mara's identity gets even more complex with a warning from another world. | Joy, Mara, and Richard |
12/19 | Metronome | Des experiences memories of preparation for a Christmas that never came. | Odessa and Ruiz |
12/21 | Bookworms | Two very different lines of research bring two kindred spirits together. | Squeaks |
12/22 | Deep In My Heart | The time has come to give up love and freedom, but not give up on them. | Richard |
12/26 | Hide and Seeker I | A night out is interrupted in the least likely way. | Alister, Eileen, Kara, and Margaux |
2019 | |||
January | |||
Time | Scene | Story | Players |
01/03 | Shouldn't Stay Long | Richard and Des catch each other up on current events. | Richard |
01/04 | Be Done | Some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. | Alia, Berlin, Kaylee, Richard, and Samson |
The Elephant in the Observatory | Berlin voices her concerns. | Berlin and Richard | |
01/12 | Closing the Loop, Part II | Now or never. | Corbin, Dana, Eve, Hokuto, Kaylee, Lynette, Mara, Mateo, Rasheed, Rhys, Richard, and Squeaks |
01/13 | Eighty-Five Kinds | After years apart, Odessa reconnects with Elisabeth. | Elisabeth |
01/14 | The Price Paid | Whether fate or bad luck, some things can't be rectified. | Richard |
01/15 | Always, Forever | In the aftermath of tragedy, the thinnest thread of hope glimmers in the dark. | Squeaks |
Miscellany
Field Medicine: Odessa is an accomplished doctor and surgeon, thanks to schooling from the Company. While the lack of use of her ability means she no longer has the luxury of taking her time, Odessa is a quick thinker and able to succeed in field surgery more often than she doesn't.
Firearms: When the Company took Odessa back on as an agent, they began her training in firearms. The Institute continued this when they acquired her. Valentin further continued her education, drilling her with militaristic efficiency. She has a much better understanding of a much broader range of firearms and their maintenance. Coupled - incredibly sparingly - with her ability, Odessa's aim is perfectly precise. Without it? She's still not to be trifled with.
Blades: With an affinity for bladed weapons, Odessa favors ceramic hunting and throwing knives. A scalpel will do in a pinch, but she's learned a valuable lesson about that particular weapon of choice. Namely, don't choose it if you can get your hands on a much larger blade.
Demolitions: Bombs are a handy tool of destabilization in war, and Odessa knows her way around explosives both sophisticated and not. While she doesn't spend much time disarming them, she's built or assisted in building enough to know which wire to cut, were the need to arise. Knowledge of chemistry makes her a little more able to improvise and substitute when resources are limited.
Defensive Driving: Odessa didn't learn to drive until she was in her mid-twenties. Now, she's able to pull off some pretty spectacular maneuvers. Daring escapes are a necessity. Valentin's the better shot, meaning Odessa was often the one to drive the getaway car.
Languages: Years of study has made Odessa proficient in French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish. The last is her most shaky language. She's read more of it than she's spoken, and she sometimes mispronounces things, due to her stronger background in French.
Celestial Navigation: An intense curiosity about the stars as a child means that Odessa knows constellations very well. Now that she's had some real world application, she can navigate by those stars in a pinch.
Musical: Odessa is an accomplished pianist, able to read sheet music, play by ear, and improvise. She derives joy from entertaining others in her new career as a pianist and singer. Theoretically, it keeps her out of trouble.
Biology, Genetics, Virology: Odessa's previous training has given her a strong understanding of biological sciences. She's put them to use in the past in her work as a biomedical researcher.
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Will not play Despacito. Rejects your reality and substitutes her own. Heart only beats 1s and 0s. |
Nicole | |
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Assistant to the Director of SESA-NY. Type A. Electrifying. Second runner-up Mom of the Year. |
Nicole? | |
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Madam Chairwoman. Total perfect recall. Yes, Miss Nichols. |
Rue | |
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She is beauty, she is grace, she will punch you in the face. |
Music
- Soothe the Savage Beast
- Run, Rabbit, Run
- I Want to Feel the Stars
- Artist and Muse
- Joined at the Heart
- The Caged Bird Still Sings
- Of A Doctor's Touch, A Nurse's Love
- This is Dedicated to the One I...
A collection of playlists and IC mixtapes.
Run, Rabbit, Run | |
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Eclipse | Follow me and get no peace And I'll say, "Don't you stray too close to me" It's toxic, careful 'round me as you breathe Follow me and get no peace I warned and you swore You could handle my crazy |
Control | And the kids cried out, "Please stop! You're scaring me!" I can't help this awful energy Goddamn right, you should be scared of me Who is in control? |
Season of the Witch | When I look out my window Many sights to see And when I look in my window So many different people to be That it's strange So strange You've got to pick up every stitch You've got to pick up every stitch You've got to pick up every stitch Mmm, must be the season of the witch |
Girl | She's been everybody else's girl Maybe one day she'll be her own "Sit in the chair and be good now" And become all that they told you The white coats enter her room |
I'm Not Afraid | There are monsters outside and they're waitin' There are vultures in line salivatin' And though it is dark in the dead of night I never go down without a fight The shadows are falling they're falling, they're falling around me (I'm not afraid, not afraid) The wolves are closing, they're closing, they're closing in on me (I'm not afraid, not afraid, I'm not afraid) |
Spectre | I'm lost, I'm a ghost Dispossessed, taken host My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul These rumors and suspicion Anger is a poison The only truth that I can see Is when you put your lips to me Future's tricked by the past The spectre How he laughs Fear puts a spell on us Always second-guessing love My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul The only truth that I can see Spectre has come for me |
Gallows | I still question where I've been I don't know where I will go I just look up to the skies like there's a sign I didn't see, I didn't know I know I've lived a wicked life, and I will never change my ways An unapologetic runaway until it's my last day Why is it so easy to light a match and watch? I made it to the edge, there was nothing left to see I lit one last cigarette, the angel sat beside of me I said, "I know you've got your job." He said, "The grace that I have brung is that your death is gonna save you from the things you're running from." |
Between the Bars | People you've been before That you don't want around anymore They push, shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still Drink up baby, look at the stars I'll kiss you again between the bars Where I'm seeing you there, with your hands in the air Waiting to finally be caught |
Hunter | I am only human But I want to break that spell The one that tricks me The one for which I fell Because I've got a taste on the back of my neck And I waste I waste I waste it on your lips 'Cause I'm a wolf I'm a wolf And you're my And then I'll hide underneath my pride And you will wonder 'Cause I'm a wolf I'm a wolf And you're my hunter |
Your Heart Is As Black As Night | Your eyes may behold But the story I'm told Is your heart is as black as night Your lips may be sweet Such that I can't compete But your heart is as black as night I don't know why it came along at such a perfect time But if I let you hang around I'm bound to lose my mind Because your hands may be strong But the feeling's all wrong Your heart is as black as night |
Ordinary World | And I don't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive Every world is my world |
Breathe in the Air | Run, rabbit, run Dig that hole, forget the sun And when at last the work is done Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one For long you live, and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race towards an early grave |
I Want to Feel the Stars | |
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Eclipse | Do you want my heart? Well, I want to feel the stars It's simply not happening These cards won't fall your way Can I take apart Your silly picture of us You just can't trust |
bad guy | I'm that bad type Make your mama sad type Make your girlfriend mad type Might seduce your dad type I'm the bad guy Duh |
The Devil Within | I tried to be the lover to your nightmare Look what you've made of me Now I'm a heavy burden that you can't bear Look what you've made of me Look what you've made of me I'll make you see |
Red Right Hand | You don't have no money He'll give you some You don't have no car He'll get you one You have no self-respect You feel like an insect Well, don't you worry, buddy 'Cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio And the Bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his Red right hand |
Emperor's New Clothes | Done my time and served my sentence Dress me up and watch me die |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World | It's my own design It's my own remorse Help me to decide Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever |
Great Vacation | Awake, you sleepers, it's time to get dressed There's someone coming, so you better look your best 'Cause out in the garden, there's some things you hid away But the grass has withered, and the flowers begun to fade And there's nowhere left to hide it And someone's sure to find it All of the world soon will be gone We are all guilty of importance (Playing like it's ours) We borrow 'cause can't afford it (Stealing glory from afar) We want it We need attention here Or else we're just like everybody else Is that wrong? |
All My Stars Aligned | I read the signs I got all my stars aligned My amulets, my charms I set all my false alarms So I'll be someone Who won't be forgotten I've got a question And you've got the answer |
One | I've been out of reach and separatist Heaven forbid average (whatever average means) I have compensated for my days of powerlessness I have abused my so-called power, forgive me You mean we actually are all one |
Heroes | Though nothing will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be heroes Forever and ever What d'you say? |
you should see me in a crown | Tell me which one is worse Living or dying first |
Make Me Wanna Die | Taste me, drink my soul Show me all the things that I shouldn't know When there's a blue moon on the rise I had everything Opportunities for eternity And I could belong to the night |
All At Once | All at once, if you must, cast your stones and write me off But if you lock me up, it sure won't help at all They'll come again, it won't end, there'll be no one to defend you If I'm stuck inside a cell when darkness falls! Please! Don't leave me here in these chains! Set me free! You don't understand, they're on their way! I can't protect you from here Don't you see? This is the end You ignore the sounds of their screams as it's all falling down Their monstrous footsteps quake the ground I hear humanity fall, and I plead Forgive me, I've failed you |
I Feel Like I'm Drowning | You keep dreaming and dark scheming Yeah, you do You're a poison and I know that is the truth All my friends think you're vicious And they say you're suspicious You keep dreaming and dark scheming Yeah, you do |
Bad Magic | Make the best of death And love what's left You're not just a time bomb Just cause you went off don't mean you're scattered everywhere It's still there, in the palm of your hands Just give it one more chance Don't wait to understand Just find a new way Pretty bad magic Pretty tragic On a runaway train And I'm not going insane Things just don't stay the same And I must find a new way One more day My soul can give It'll work out for me When I need the man who makes the blind see Through me See through me |
Rainy Day Woman | You string me along My friends say it's wrong They tell me I'm crazy I'm reading the cards And asking the stars The outlook is hazy |
Terrible Things | Would my face give me away I know it won't 'Cause I don't even feel I just reflect what you expect So you don't suspect that I could be exactly who I am |
Prends garde à ta langue | Nan, nan ne tombe pas dans le piège De cet énergumène et de ses sortilèges A trop vouloir entendre ce qui te fait plaisir Il t'aura bien flatté l'égo mais s'apprête à te nuire |
Save Me from What I Want | Honey, what reveals you Is what you try and hide away You could tell the planets Or your pillow case But I'm a wife in watercolors I can wash away What seventeen cold showers Couldn't wash away Save me Save me Save me from what I want |
Can't Say No | It does no good to resist your charms I just come running back with open arms You treat me mean, you hurt me so I should have learned my lesson oh so long ago |
Eight Easy Steps | How to keep people at arm's length and never get too close How to mistrust the ones you supposedly love the most How to pretend you're fine and don't need help from anyone How to feel worthless unless you're serving or helping someone |
Why Don't You Save Me? | Here comes the thought to make my mind linger When will this worry end Take it to the knight with a battle Spin me in circles Give me freedom instead Why don't you save me Why don't you save me from myself |
Become the Beast | So look in the mirror And tell me, what do you see? Is it still you? Or is it me? |
String Theory | Bones are hollow, that's where I keep my marrow This quiver in my lip, that's just where I keep my arrows I fold up my ideas, I pack them neat inside my skull I got this string theory: Doesn't work to push, you gotta pull So I'm pulling for me, and I'm pulling for mine And they're easy to read, but you can't trust the signs Eyes blur in the heat, heat curves all the lines Try to keep up, speed up, get your feet up (and match mine) |
Battle Cry | I have no heart, just ice and stone Made up of nails and teeth and bone And I know exactly what I'm here for To hurt and destroy and nothing more And if it's true that I was made I still don't know if I can change But something has stirred A beast has awakened Opened a door There's no mistaking Waging a war It's fighting inside of me |
Sleepless Lullaby | Wait, I'm waiting Say you'll save me Where's your heart that beats for me Watching closely Eyes that pierce me Where's my heart that beats for you Love |
Your Congratulations | I wouldn't have cut my comfort off I wouldn't have feigned needlessness And I would not have discredited every one of their compliments It was your approval I wanted Your congratulations |
A Safe Place to Land | When holding your breath is safer than breathing When letting go is braver than keeping When innocent words turn to lies And you can't hide by closing your eyes When pain is all that they offer Like the kiss from the lips of a monster You know famine so well, but never met the feast When home is the belly of the beast |
Haze | I'll be your empathetic savior Call me up, I'll meet you later You can praise me for the way I always know just what to say I'll carve into your ribs and Leave you crying for a kiss Just for kicks |
Requiem, KV 626: 6f. Lacrimosa | Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus |
The Villain I Appear to Be | I don't have time to tell you Why I do the things that I do Just please hold on and soon you'll see That I'm not the villain I appear to be |
Artist and Muse | |
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This Is Love | You're no good, you're no good You could kill me, and you should I'm an idiot for thinking this was anything but blood This is life until death Could be my last dying breath But this is love, love, shut up, this is love |
Genghis Khan | I know there's no form and no labels to put on To this thing we keep and dip into when we need And I don't have the right to ask where you go at night But the waves hit my head To think someone's in your bed |
Lovesick | Yeah, it's love all right But it's not always a good thing No, love isn't always a good thing You got me lovesick Sick, sick, so cold You got me cut to the core With this pain I adore |
One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead) |
Try as he might, he's unable to speak He grabs her by the hair, he strokes her on the cheek The bed is unmade, like everything is Dark little heaven at the top of the stairs Take me like that, ruin it all Then build it again by the light in the hall He drops to his knees Says, "Please, my love, please, I'll kill who you hate "Take off that dress, you won't freeze" |
Knock 123 | I won't tell a soul Oh, no one will know I'll keep out of sight Keep away from the light Just call, I'll appear I'll always be near |
Honey | You've got a dark heart You've got a cold kiss |
Closer | You can have my isolation You can have the hate it brings You can have my absence of faith You can have my everything Help me You make me perfect Help me become somebody else |
Teeth | Tell me something that'll save me I need a man who makes me alright Tell me something that'll change me I'm gonna love you with my hands tied |
Animal | Here we go again We're sick like animals We play pretend You're just a cannibal And I'm afraid I won't get out alive No, I won't sleep tonight |
Become the Beast | We are the lions In a world of lambs We are the predators The hunters The hunters The hunters |
Blank Space | New money, suit and tie I can read you like a magazine Ain't it funny, rumors fly And I know you heard about me So hey, let's be friends Dying to see how this one ends Grab your passport and my hand I can make the bad guys good for a weekend Stolen kisses, pretty lies You're the king, baby, I'm your queen Find out what you want Be that girl for a month Wait, the worst is yet to come Oh, God Screaming, crying, perfect storm I can make all the tables turn Rose garden full of thorns Keep you second guessing like "Oh my God, who is she?" I get drunk on jealousy But you'll come back each time you leave 'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream |
Magnet | What's the center between two centers of attention? Is there a center between two centers of attention? No, only tension between two centers of attention And then there's — oh, yes |
You Know I'm No Good | You say, "What did you do with him today?" And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray 'Cause you're my fella, my guy Hand me your Stella and fly By the time I'm out the door You tear men down like Roger Moore |
Howl | I know you never meant to stay I know, love, we weren't meant to be I know you never meant to go break my heart of gold But, oh god, the reason is yours Oh god, the reasons are yours Tonight we're smiling |
Near You Always | And when you look in my eyes Please know my heart is in your hands It's nothing that I understand But in your arms you have complete power over me So be gentle, if you please 'Cause your hands are in my hair, but My heart is in your teeth And it makes me want to make you near me always |
Your Familiar Face | And I'll wait for you to change your mind And to find - find the love you keep inside I'll write you these letters that speak straight from my heart I'll tell you my secrets and share all my dreams with you But love is lost on you, as it seems So I'll try to move on, but still Your familiar face lingers around |
Jupiter | Fasten me to your side and say it'll be soon You make me so crazy, baby Could swallow the moon My hands are two travelers, they've crossed oceans and lands Yet they are too small on the continent of your skin Wandering, wandering, I could spend my life Traveling the length of your body each night |
It Took Me By Surprise | I'd cry, knowing how my tears felt like acid burning through his skin Pushed every little button, but the right one that would let me in Now he's afraid of me, he's afraid of me It took me by surprise, the hatred in his eyes I've pushed this man as far as he could go But he lacked the words to let me know He acted out, now I can see it is my fault |
When He Sees Me | He could be less than kind Or even worse, he could be very nice, have lovely eyes And make me laugh, come out of hiding What do I do with that? Oh, God What if when he sees me I like him and he knows it? What if he opens up a door and I can't close it? What happens then? If when he holds me my heart is set in motion I'm not prepared for that, I'm scared of breaking open But still I can't help from hoping to find someone to talk to Who likes the way I am Someone who, when he sees me Wants to again |
Practical Arrangement | With one roof above our heads A warm house to return to We could start with separate beds I could sleep alone or learn to I'm not suggesting that we'd find Some earthly paradise forever I mean how often does that happen now The answer's probably never But we could come to an arrangement A practical arrangement And you could learn to love me Given time |
Joined at the Heart | |
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Don't | Don't There is no one who'd dare Please don't Never reach for my hand Never let me come near you Or I fear you will regret |
Near You Always | And please don't look at me like that It just makes me want to make you near me always |
Dark End of the Street | I know time's gonna take its toll We have to pay for the love we stole It's a sin and we know it's wrong But our love keeps comin' on strong Steal away to the dark end of the street They're gonna find us They're gonna find us Someday they may come along and find us alone somewhere You and me at the dark end of the street You and me |
Tempted | But it's not my conscience that hates to be untrue I asked of my reflection, "Tell me, what is there to do?" |
Love Like You | I always thought I might be bad, now I'm sure that it's true 'Cause I think you're so good, and I'm nothing like you Look at you go, I just adore you I wish that I knew what makes you think I'm so special |
Gravity | Something always brings me back to you It never takes too long No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone |
Save Me From Myself | My love is tainted by your touch 'Cause some guys have shown me aces But you've got that royal flush Don't ask me why I'm cryin' 'Cause when I start to crumble You know how to keep me smilin' You always save me from myself |
The Keeper | Nobody has to know I'll be the warmth when your heart's growing cold and you're on your own I'll be the compass that points you to north when you're lost along the road I'll be the voice of an old favorite song taking you back home |
All I Need | Tell you my fears, telling you everything Telling the truth to you gives me wings Free with my words, free as a bird I am flying high looking at you |
Someone Who Loves Me | I can't go face the world, my bones won't hold me up So tell the saint of lost souls where to find me Softly sleepin', here in the deep end Of someone who loves me |
Stay | Stay tonight Don't come morning, don't come light They may be lies, but say that we'll be alright If we stay tonight |
The Caged Bird Still Sings | |
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | The streets of town were paved with stars It was such a romantic affair And as we kissed and said goodnight A nightingale sang in Berkeley square |
I Put A Spell On You | You know I can't stand it, your runnin' around You know better, daddy I can't stand it 'cause you put me down, oh no I put a spell on you Because you're mine |
You Belong to Me | See the pyramids along the Nile Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle Just remember, darling, all the while You belong to me |
Low Down Man | That low down man with his low down ways I know he'll go someday I'll wait 'til then, this story's ending It won't be long, but from now on If he could see through my eyes, and be the one who cries He would see, he'd come back to me That low down man of mine |
"Murder" He Says | He says "murder," he says Every time we kiss, he says "murder," he says Keep it up like this, and that "murder," he says In that impossible tone Will bring on nobody's murder but his own |
Colour My World | As time goes on I realize Just what you mean to me |
Foolish Games | You're always the mysterious one with Dark eyes and careless hair You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care |
Somewhere Only We Know | This could be the end of everything So why don't we go somewhere only we know |
Poker Face | Love the game intuition, play the cards with spades to start And after he's been hooked, I'll play the one that's on his heart |
China | Sometimes I think you want me to touch you How can I when you build the Great Wall around you? In your eyes I saw a future together Oh, you just look away in the distance |
Space Dog | And to the one you thought was on your side She can’t understand, she truly believes the lie |
1000 Oceans | I’m aware what the rules are, but you know that I will run You know that I will follow you |
Gold Dust | The sun on your face I'm freezing that frame |
Amber Waves | "There's not a lot of me Left anymore, just leave it alone So I went by, 'cause I had the time Told the Northern Lights to keep shining They told me to tell you they're waving |
Absence of Fear | Muscle and sinew, velvet and stone This vessel is haunted, it creaks and moans My bones call to you in a separate skin I make myself translucent To let you in |
Let It Be | And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, “let it be” |
Breathe (2 AM) | "There's a light at each end of this tunnel," you shout 'Cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again If you only try turning around |
The Last Song I'm Wasting On You | Give up your way You could be anything Give up my way And lose myself Not today There's too much guilt to pay |
Good Enough | Under your spell again, I can't say no to you Crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hand, I can't say no to you Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly Now I can't let go of this dream I can't breathe but I feel good enough I feel good enough For you |
Desperado | Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is your best bet Now it seems to me, some fine things Have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones that you can't get |
Crazy | I'm crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I'm crazy for loving you |
If You Hadn't But You Did | There he goes as usual, my man Tearing my heart apart He's made my life a mess I've got to do this I guess Goodbye Joe, from here I kiss you Goodbye Joe, I hope I don't miss you |
Mad World | And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had |
Love Like You | When I see the way you act, wondering when I'm coming back I could do about anything, I could even learn how to love like you |
The Nightingale | [no lyrics] |
Gloomy Sunday | Darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you My heart is telling you how much I wanted you Gloomy Sunday |
Warmer in the Winter | Hot cocoa, piping hot Snuggled up in our favorite spot Whisper things we shouldn't say And I don't plan on leaving here 'til Christmas Day |
And So It Goes | So I would choose to be with you That's if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break |
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | If I seem edgy, I want you to know I never mean to take it out on you Life has its problems, And I get more than my share But that's one thing I never mean to do |
The Villain I Appear to Be | I know to you I don't seem very strong But I assure you before you can find me I'm gone So come on and catch me you've still got a chance… But not for long |
Stars | But they'll never know the pain of living with a name you never owned Or the many years forgetting what you know too well |
You've Got Me On a String | And if he needed me, I’d be there No matter how he mistreated me I don’t care I would get down on my knees Though it does no good to please |
Applause | Applause, applause Give the singer a break How much can she give How much can you take |
Welcome to the Black Parade | I won't explain or say I'm sorry I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar Give a cheer for all the broken Listen here, because it's who we are |
Bad Guy | I like it when you take control Even if you know that you don’t own me I'll let you play the role, I’ll be your animal |
Creep | I don't care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul |
Mr. Blue Sky | Hey, you with the pretty face, welcome to the human race A celebration Mr. Blue Sky's up there waiting And today is the day we've waited for |
99 Luftballons | Hast du etwas Zeit für mich Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich |
Lovefool | Reason will not lead to solution I will end up lost in confusion I don't care if you really care As long as you don't go |
Nothing Else Matters | Never cared for what they say Never cared for the games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know I know |
Dog Days Are Over | And I never wanted anything from you Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh oh oh Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back Struck from a great height by some man who should know better than that |
Black Hole Sun | In my eyes, indisposed In disguises no one knows Hides the face, lies the snake The sun in my disgrace |
The End of the World | Why do the birds go on singing? Why do the stars glow above? Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost your love |
Don't Look Back in Anger | So I start a revolution from my bed 'Cause you said the brains I had went straight to my head Step outside, it's summertime in bloom Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face 'Cause you ain't gonna ever burn my heart out |
Ain't No Rest for the Wicked | No, I can't slow down, I can't hold back Though you know I wish I could You know there ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good |
Creep | Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want |
Womanizer | Fakin' like a good one, but I call 'em like I see 'em I know what you are, what you are, baby |
The Ballad of Mona Lisa | Let me out |
Of A Doctor's Touch, A Nurse's Love | |
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Jazz Suite No.1: 1. Waltz | [no lyrics] |
The Boy from Ipanema | Oh, but I watch him so sadly How can I tell him I love him? Yes, I would give my heart gladly But each day, when he walks to the sea He looks straight ahead, not at me |
Little Red Riding Hood | What a big heart I have The better to love you with Little Red Riding Hood Even bad wolves can be good |
My Favourite Faded Fantasy | You could have my favourite face and favourite name I know someone who could play the part But it wouldn't be the same |
Sour Times | Who am I? What and why? 'Cause all I have left is these memories of yesterday Ooh, these sour times |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | No, you can't hold me forever I didn't sign off with you I'm not a present for your friends to open |
Maneater | A beauty is there But a beast is in the heart |
I Put a Spell On You | You know I love you I love you I love you I love you anyhow And I don't care if you don't want me I'm yours right now |
Human | They went searching For your body They went looking But there's nobody Who smells like you Who looks like you You're not human, too |
Dead Meat | You're gonna get what you deserve Gonna get what you deserve In the end you're gonna learn Oh, you'll get what you deserve |
Stupidity Tries | The enemy is within Don't confuse me with him The truth is otherwise |
Sacred Heart | Tu ne peux peut-être pas me pardonner |
Son of Sam | I may talk in my sleep tonight 'Cause I don't know what I am I'm a little like you |
Jazz Suite No. 2: 6. Waltz II | [no lyrics] |
Tete | |
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Arsonist's Lullabye | When I was a child, I heard voices Some would sing and some would scream You soon find you have few choices I learned the voices died with me All you have is your fire and the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demon, but always keep him on a leash |
Aman | |
Near You Always | Please don't bring me flowers They only whisper the sweet things you'd say And don't try to understand me Your hands already know too much anyway Makes me want to make you near me always |
Richard | |
It's Only Me | Hello, it's only me I know it's late, hoped to catch you still awake Maybe I was wrong to call, guess tonight broke my resolve I've been having that dream again, it seems I always will I don't know what the thing means except it sends me to the telephone I didn't come to play it safe I came to win or lose with you |
Eve | |
Let's Get High and Watch Planet Earth | Why don't we get high and watch Planet Earth Planet Earth, Planet Earth Watch it spin, watch it spin You and me, Planet Earth |
Ace | |
Low Down Man | That low down man of mine mistreats me all the time He says he loves me only, then turns around and leaves me sad and lonely If he could see through my eyes, and be the one who cries He would see, he would never be That low down man of mine |
Michal | |
Dark Doo Wop | This world is gonna burn Burn, burn, burn As long as we're going down, baby You should stick around Baby, you should stick around If we're gonna die, bury us alive If you're searching for us, you'll find us side by side |
Rumors and Hearsay
Known to Most
- Fought in the Second Civil War on the side of Humanis First!, owing her her steadfast allegiance to Michal Valentin.
- Used to walk with a cane, officially owing it to having had an accident she doesn't talk about.
- In reality, it's due to the stress of her transformation having left her body weak.
- She's recently made a full recovery and claims her success lies in the expert care she received from her physical therapist.
Known to Some
- Terrified of heights.
- Cousin to Eve Mas through marriage of Odessa's uncle to Eve's mother.
- Aunt to Jac Childs, whose mother is Cindy Price.
- Nearly always wears a chain around her neck: a pendant set with a 1984 penny.
Known to Few
- Retained her ability to control the flow of time throughout the civil war and the years following, but lost it in a freak accident at the time of her surrender.
- Manifested a new ability following an altercation between Donna Dunlap and Pete Varlane.
- Previously maintained a persistent empathic link (and quiet affair) with Amanvir Binepal.
- Sometimes hears a voice that's horrifyingly familiar speaking simultaneously with her. No one else seems to hear it.
- Completely healed by Richard Ray — using the white and black conduits — of injuries both recent and far previous.