11 Works by sink_eden (swiftishere)
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Arthur’s heart flutters unevenly, arrhythmic. Vague sparking signals cannot make it past the broken connection of his severed spine. There is warmth in his core, still, but it is fading rapidly in the frigid air. The Dark World compels him to live, yes—but it does nothing more.
And like that, enveloped wholly in his blood and sinew once again, it occurs to him:
Maybe he can do something about this.
If he wants his friend back, he needs to do something about this.
He stretches his awareness outward once again, and begins to knit.
After dying at Kayne's hands, John and Arthur find themselves in the Dark World. Possessed of two separate bodies, though... perhaps not quite as separate, or as whole, as they were hoping.
Nothing's ever easy, is it?
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Now with a body of his own, John finds himself dwelling on certain thoughts that he once avoided. In particular: the nature of the act of consuming. The mortal need for sustenance. Some of the things they’ve had to do to survive… and his own, newly-made corporeal form, that has gone so perfectly untouched by them all.
In the end, he comes to one very simple conclusion. He wants visible proof of everything he's survived, and he wants to give something back to his friend. There's one easy way for him to have both.
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carpets in the basement of heaven by sink_eden (swiftishere)
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
24 Jan 2025
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All those years ago, freshly orphaned and adrift with nothing but a voice in his head for company, Arthur couldn't have imagined surviving another decade—much less finding himself with a child to look after, and some semblance of a stable life to do it in. But here he is. He and John have made their peace, are closer than he would've thought possible. They've found something adjacent to stable work. And they have her—their perfect girl, their universe. Their Faroe.
It's closer to happiness than he ever thought he'd get. It's good.
He just needs to figure out how to keep it.
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Alia studies the man that is not Prince Warin, and the things that share his flesh.
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Reunited in the Dark World, but finding themselves with two separate bodies, John and Arthur realize that neither of them are enjoying the distance.
And, well. John’s body is physical, but it’s malleable enough that they can still make it work. It’s not going to be an elegant rejoining, per se—but anything’s worth it if they can be together again.
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Moonlight filters through the curtained window, painting the room in shades of blue. It's a calm, quiet night. They’re safe, Arthur isn’t mortally wounded, there’s working tap water, there’s even a comfortable enough bed. John should be relaxed, right now, as much as he ever can relax. And he would be. It’s just…
It’s just, his fucking arm.
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Understanding the Unseen: Analysis of the Collected Works of J. Doe
An attempt to posthumously understand the enigmatic New York painter through the lens of his art, from the bizarre yet ominous abstracts to the softly lit views of his home city.
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Leave Me, Leave Me (just say that you need me) by sink_eden (swiftishere)
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
04 Oct 2024
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It seems tautological, almost, some unavoidable law of the universe invoked by the sharing of this body.
Arthur will always suffer. John will always be there to pick up the pieces afterward.
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All That Divides and Distinguishes by sink_eden (swiftishere)
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast), Elden Ring (Video Game)
30 Aug 2024
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The Frenzied Flame takes root in the mind of a despairing, lost Tarnished on his arrival to the Lands Between. Makes its home in his eyes, burns away his memories, and welcomes him to the pyre of simple, blissful chaos.
...Correction: It attempts to do that. The bastard himself seems to have other ideas. Before long, it finds its embers near smothered and severed from its unified whole, stranded in a mind that stubbornly refuses to do anything the easy or simple way.
(Did Malenia ever try stealing a little piece off the God of Rot and forcing it to narrate everything for her in place of her eyes? No? Maybe she should've thought about doing that.)
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(Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me—
The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality.
We slowly drove—He knew no haste, And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility.)Death and Arthur Lester have a rather tense relationship. They flirt constantly, send each other so many gifts—and yet, they never seem to end up going home together at the end of the night.
Or: after dealing with the Butcher on the train, Arthur has a friendly conversation with another passenger, and somehow, for once, nothing bad happens.
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the ghost of somebody at his side by sink_eden (swiftishere)
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
31 Jul 2024
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Lying there in the dark, with nothing between them, John voices a question that's been haunting him, and makes one very simple request.