Song; A Sadness Runs Through Him by The Hoosiers.

(With adjustments to the lyrics to avoid as much repeating and better fit the characters in some spots)

Characters; Blade, Tarka, Siserich, Eugen, and Marisol. Cyril mentioned, technically, I guess.

Context; Basically just how people, mostly dead ones, see/feel about Blade. Not including Amandine since I don’t know how she sees/feels about Blade yet, haha. Mentions of character death and very vague implications/hints.

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*First we start it off with Tarka and Blade. Basically immediately after Marisol’s death. Prepare for a lot of vagueness because honestly explaining everything would take way too long at the moment. Just know that after Marisol’s death, the group kind of split. Kind of. Tarka remained friends with Blade and Cyril, though both friendships had new strains to them. Blade and Cyril are more complicated. Cyril isn’t the focus here though so we can just forget about him for now.*

Tarka, half to Blade, half to himself, we’re witnessing the birth of a new mindset as he tries to cope with Marisol’s death and the breaking down of the group; “People are puppets held together with string.”

Blade, about Tarka, referring to how after Marisol’s death there was a moment where they ended up talking about Blade’s religious sect; “There’s a beautiful sadness that runs through him as he asks me to pray to the God he doesn’t believe in…”

*Skipping straight past that vagueness into the actual RP timeline here– Eventually, at least some of the polycule will get to meet Tarka. Who will, of course, offer insights and information about Blade if anyone asks… Literally anything about the two of them. Tarka has zero qualms in sharing basically anything and everything. So, uh, yeah. Tarka and Devery would be great friends. Either that or they’d hate each other. Very much would depend on quite a bit, I think.*

Tarka, about Blade, also kind of referencing the cult, because, well, fun fact he knows way more about what’s going on there than what you’d assume at first glance; “Time and again boys are raised to be men, impatient they start… Fearful they end…”

Tarka, just more about Blade, referring to how Blade was before Marisol’s death, yes, before Marisol’s death; “There was a man mourning tomorrow, who drank but finally drowned in his sorrow.”

Tarka, referring to the cult, and also kind of Cyril; “Oh, he could not break surface tension, he looked in the wrong place for redemption…”

Tarka, this bit is a little more dependent on how the others react to Tarka’s insights but, I mean, it’s also a bit of Tarka having guilt and trying to cope with it however he can, including basically saying that helping Blade is impossible; “Don’t look at me with those eyes, I tried to unheave the ties… Turn back the time that drew him. But he couldn’t be saved, a sadness runs through him.”

*And now, we get to the dead people. This also will, technically, give you some insight on said dead people. So. Enjoy that, I guess. Anyways, the first dead people up are Siserich and Eugen! Aka, Blade’s older and younger brother, respectively. This means, gasp, you get some hints on their past too!*

Siserich, and thus the hints begin, as Blade’s older brother is mostly just referencing their childhood at the moment, though this bit is almost in a fond sort of way; “Time and again boys are raised to be men, impatient they start…”

Siserich, oops, he’s still referencing their childhood but this bit is most certainly not in a fond way as he is kind of referencing his and Eugen’s deaths; “Fearful they end.”

Siserich, and now he’s moved on to how his and Eugen’s deaths affected Blade; “But here was a boy, mourning tomorrow… Who ran but finally fell in his sorrow…”

Siserich, now starting to reference the cult as Blade was first taken into it despite his, uh, appearances and issues at the time; “Oh, he could not break surface tension…”

Siserich, referring to when Blade officially joined the cult; “He looked in the wrong place for redemption…”

Eugen, woo it’s the younger brother now, referring to how absolutely amazing he was before his and Siserich’s deaths, dude was seriously singlehandedly keeping the brothers’ mental states together; “Don’t look at me with those eyes– I tried to unheave the ties!”
Eugen, still referencing the same thing but like, in a much sadder way given how everything turned out and all; “Turn back the time that drew him…”

Eugen, yeah, uh, he’s mostly just trying to cope with what happened at this point; “But he couldn’t be saved… A sadness runs through him…”

*And now, uh, well. Technically it’s Marisol’s turn but to understand her turn, we first have to spend a little more time with the brothers. The hints will be… Relatively vague. Which is why it doesn’t get its own context separation and all.*

Siserich, to Blade, taking his job as the eldest brother very seriously, also far before anyone’s deaths; “Don’t look…”

Siserich, to Blade, still taking his job as eldest brother very seriously but now it’s also basically right before/during the deaths; “Don’t look!”

Eugen, dying, I mean, no real good way to put it, it’s him right before/while dying; “Don’t–”

Marisol, and it’s finally her, during their last argument with Blade before her death, which was, uh, about the cult, oops; “Don’t look at me with those eyes! I tried to unheave the ties!”

Marisol, after their death now and very much referring to her argument with Blade, very upset/frustrated, though mostly at themself and the cult; “Turn back the time that drew him! But he couldn’t be saved! No, he couldn’t be saved–”

Marisol, not very upset/frustrated at Blade though, because, well, she knew quite a bit of what was going on behind the scenes; “A sadness runs through him…”