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wallwalker) wrote in rainbowfic2024-01-29 10:37 pm
Metallic Gold 3, Blackstar 10 - Paranoia (Crimson Conspiracy)
Name: Wallwalker
Story: Paranoia
'Verse: Crimson Conspiracy
Color: Metallic Gold 3 - Lesson, Blackstar 10 - I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the world I'm afraid I can't help it → I’m Afraid of Americans (Earthling)
Supplies and Styles: Chiaroscuro
Word Count: 225
Rating: T
Warnings: Paranoia, parental abandonment
Summary: His father had taught him lessons he was too young to learn.
Note: Current claim list, in progress.
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Sil’s father had taught him a few lessons before he left the family, most of them completely by accident. They were never the ones he’d wanted to teach; those had gone over his head, his old man hoping for someone who could see the world the way he did, who could understand his paranoia. But Sil had been old enough to get a feel for the basics.
Be afraid. The world was a terrifying place full of things that he couldn’t possibly understand, and there was nothing that one young boy could do about any of them. But his father had told him anyway, because someone had to know, even if it hurt.
Don’t trust anyone, especially not family. They wouldn’t stick around for long, especially once they found out the truth. He was on his own. Be ready to cut and run, always. Don’t get attached to anything, because he’d never know what he would have to leave behind until the time comes. And - maybe the most important one he’d learned - never, ever go to anyone with his troubles, not unless he was okay with being the reason they wound up dead, or worse.
He didn’t like thinking about the last one. It made him wonder what his old man had expected to happen to him when he'd told him those things.
Story: Paranoia
'Verse: Crimson Conspiracy
Color: Metallic Gold 3 - Lesson, Blackstar 10 - I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the world I'm afraid I can't help it → I’m Afraid of Americans (Earthling)
Supplies and Styles: Chiaroscuro
Word Count: 225
Rating: T
Warnings: Paranoia, parental abandonment
Summary: His father had taught him lessons he was too young to learn.
Note: Current claim list, in progress.
---
Sil’s father had taught him a few lessons before he left the family, most of them completely by accident. They were never the ones he’d wanted to teach; those had gone over his head, his old man hoping for someone who could see the world the way he did, who could understand his paranoia. But Sil had been old enough to get a feel for the basics.
Be afraid. The world was a terrifying place full of things that he couldn’t possibly understand, and there was nothing that one young boy could do about any of them. But his father had told him anyway, because someone had to know, even if it hurt.
Don’t trust anyone, especially not family. They wouldn’t stick around for long, especially once they found out the truth. He was on his own. Be ready to cut and run, always. Don’t get attached to anything, because he’d never know what he would have to leave behind until the time comes. And - maybe the most important one he’d learned - never, ever go to anyone with his troubles, not unless he was okay with being the reason they wound up dead, or worse.
He didn’t like thinking about the last one. It made him wonder what his old man had expected to happen to him when he'd told him those things.
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That last sentence is such a good addition. What an ominous note to leave off on. Nice work :D
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For some reason this is the one that cut the most, even though all of those lessons are awful. And that ending! Poor Sil.