ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 29/08/2025i know what the roaring is luv what d'you mean i missed it . 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025its almost like i'm being written by a lesbia[ gets yanked off screen by a cane ] 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025something possessed me i didnt do that of my own volition 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 02/08/2025. . ha. [ at that, he pauses. looks down at the counter. ] well. y'know. i'm just an old power strip. really, nothing special at all. but kris—good ol' kris, that didn't matter to them. they played with me just like any other toy. things change, luv—people change. i don't blame them for moving on. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 02/08/2025i hardly get to pick and choose, luv. couldn't tell ya. if you're thinkin' i'm in any better a position than you are, well, i've got news for you. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 02/08/2025luv, ol' tenna doesn't even let me touch the points. [ he pours them another glass without a word. ] don't make assumptions about things you haven't got the first clue about. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025'course i do. just so happens i consider them rather important. [ he raises an eyebrow at them. ] not like you lot give me a real welcoming environment 'round 'ere, chum. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025like i lost a bet, eh. that really all you lot think about? money and gambling? [ he slides the drink across the counter toward the pippins. ] i am where i am 'cause of kris, luv. what i want? for them to be happy. that's what. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025a drink, or a goal? [ he smirks, and begins pouring the pippins a drink without waiting for an answer. ] . . . s'pose it's just where i ended up, is all. i didn't make my way to the tv world by choice, luv. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 31/07/2025i'm just a power strip, luv. haven't got anything to do with the bloke. if you need someone to blame so bad, blame queen. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 31/07/2025s'pose i wouldn't notice something like that. after all, i wasn't there before. 000
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025sure it won't be the easiest thing. but hardly anything worth doing is. 120
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025he knew you made a mistake. he's made plenty of his own. . . . i told you, luv. freedom's a dangerous thing to play with. could be, he knows that too. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025you were afraid. [ he looks back up, meeting her gaze. ] it wasn't mike who felt that fear. battat did. 111
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025. . . [ he sighs. refills her cup. he looks down at the counter for a moment before speaking again. ] you were afraid of losing him, but you tried to spend that time with him masquerading as someone you're not. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025. . . i see. [ he looks down. ] well, then, it's no wonder you were afraid. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025. . . you saw him die? [ he eyes her for a moment. ] can i ask what you saw? don't have to say if you don't want to. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025[ he nods, slowly. ] fear does that to you. what scared you so badly? 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025[ raising his eyebrows. ] well. you certainly aren't the first. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025. . . [ he couldn't look less surprised if he tried. ] go on. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025not surprised to hear it. you want to talk, i'll listen. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025well, i'm not stone anymore. s'pose it's not quite as scary when you know what it's like. and that it's not permanent. 100
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025[ a sigh, at that, accompanied by a halfhearted smile. ] nothing short of terrifying, luv. 100
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025well. if anybody can convince her, it'd be a lightner, i reckon. it'd be a blessing for us all. 100
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025. . . [ his gaze falters on the right side of her face. silently. then, it lowers to the glass in his hands again, and he nods his head slowly. ] i know, luv. i know. 020
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025'course you do. you've already gone and forgotten it? 120
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025good. [ he polishes an empty glass absently, as if to look busy. ] when things go south, luv. . . just remember you've got someone to fall back on. 110
ramb. @mantleofshadow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025. . . [ he stops, and meets her gaze solemnly. ] try n' make sure that's not where it ends. 110
