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My first attempt at Napo. I've been having many many moments of poetic inspiration of late while gaming and I thought why not actually convert some of those into poems.
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Spoiler! :
this. Is. Genius. Consider me mindblown! As an absolute sucker for videogames, I cannot wait for your NaPo poetry! <333
Viola Tricolor also known as wild pansy, Johnny Jump up, heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, and pink of my john-
  





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Ahhhh your thread title omg. You can do it!
"I've got dreams like you--no really!--just much less, touchy-feeley.
They mainly happen somewhere warm and sunny
on an island that I own, tanned and rested and alone
surrounded by enormous piles of money." -Flynn Rider, Tangled
  





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Fun graphic and concept! Eager to read some of your poems this month! :)
you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now
but i have promised to return
  





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Thank you for the lovely comments!
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Contents


1. Will I Ever Truly be at Peace?
2. Are You Uncertain? Or am I Just Projecting?
3. F5, F9
4. Righteous Revenge
5. Can the world be this majestic?
6. A Father's Daughter
7. A Leap of Faith
8. Lady Boyle's Last Party
9. Should I?
10. Her Majesty
11. Timsh Manor
12. The Ship
13. The Palace in the Void
14. The Prison
15. Emily the Gay
16. The Carriage
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#1

Will I Ever Truly be at Peace?


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I dodge hurriedly off to the left,
I think I am being rather deft,
I slide silently through the town,
I am now free with my crown.

And yet you somehow will spot me,
even though I should be off scot-free,
And so even though violence I did avoid,
you find me and cast me to the void.

I am just left just to groan and frown,
reconsidering if I should have the crown,
if being kind and quiet was truly the boulevard,
for the difficulty known simply as very hard.

Ten more times I am cast to the void,
even though death I try to avoid,
you then tell me I may rest in peace,
but if unfinished will I ever be at peace?

Spoiler! :
This is inspired by repeatedly dying while trying to stealth through Dishonored 2
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#2

Are You Uncertain? Or am I Just Projecting?


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The machine is experiencing uncertainty
so you say as you slice and dice
spinning with deadly intent

As I lie on the floor, death a certainty,
about to be among the mice,
I can't help but hear your lament.

Are you uncertain about your program?
Unsure if killing me was your true purpose?
Have you simply regretted your choice?

Are you worried about oil and a jam?
Unsure if this is a steady surface?
Have you lost your poise?

Are you perhaps experience the curse of sentience?
Unsure if you're alive and breathing or even real?
Have you thought of being flesh and blood?

Are you perhaps just programmed with impatience?
Unsure if option A or option B is the correct ideal?
Have you simply no clue your code is a dud?


Perhaps its me who experiences uncertainty,
wondering If I do deserve paradise,
if as I at last die, am I truly content?

Maybe I just wish for certainty,
as I hope I have been nice,
and deserve to escape torment.

Spoiler! :
So this is a line the robotic enemies in dishonored 2 say when they've sort of half detected you and you start running away. In this particular instance I died immediately after and this is what I imagine Emily (the character you play as) might have thought as she faded from the world.
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#3

F5, F9


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The time of your demise is at hand
so says the herald of this land
but we always return from the grave
through the magical quick save.

I always do wonder
if the characters ponder
how they are doomed to fail
against one who will always prevail.

They fight with undying will
always ready to get the kill
but eventually you can block
and murder the flock.

So they always fight in vain
I wonder if that causes pain
or if they simply know not
that they are doomed to rot.


In the end you cannot dwell
if you want to keep doing well.
After all your weapon is insistence
and that will cost much patience.

Spoiler! :
A little dive into what quicksaves must feel like to NPC's.
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You know what, I've never really thought about how NPCs must feel about a character that just constantly revives, and how depressing the knowledge would be- your poem's got me thinking though! You have such a STRONG rhyme scheme and the cover pictures are FANTASTIC! You're doing amazing so far! <333
Viola Tricolor also known as wild pansy, Johnny Jump up, heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, and pink of my john-
  





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Thank you so much <33
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#4

Righteous Revenge


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Spoiler! :

Text:

One Two Three and Four
You belong to the floor
Have a nap number five
witch of the traitor's hive.
Don't you worry number six
you are part of the mix.
To the shadowlands with you
through the path laid in blue.

Just a little bit of Emily's thought process as she proceeds to deal with several witches.
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#5

Can the world be this majestic?


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It stands tall over the water,
built in times that were better.
Golden under the setting sun,
like I never had to run.


Can the world look this much at peace?
in a world where Jessamine's life did cease.
Can a shadow be this majestic?
when the future is simply pathetic.

Then I remember my daughter,
even in misery bringing laughter,
and just maybe this is okay
this bridge can return to its heyday.

I must continue the fight,
not given into the spite,
there is hope yet for the land,
even if it must be by my hand.

It stands tall over the water,
awaiting times that are better,
golden under the setting sun,
until the evil is forced to run.


Spoiler! :
Corvo from Dishonored reflects on whether the world is allowed to look this beautiful even when its all falling apart.
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#6

A Father's Daughter


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Fifteen years ago a man stood atop Dunwall tower
there to dethrone a tyrant
it was my father.

Today its a woman that stands atop Dunwall tower
here to dethrone a tyrant
taught by my father.

My father had lost his love and his daughter
framed and dishonored as a murderer
yet he kept his hands clean.

I was cast out by my grandfather's illegitimate daughter
dethroned and vilified as a murderer
and yet I kept my hands clean.


So that day as he chased away that scheming tyrant
undone by his own ego and defeated with his own twisted scheme
I ascended the throne and mended our empire.

And now as I chase away this scheming tyrant
undoing her thanks to her ego with her own twisted scheme
I know I can once again mend our empire.

Spoiler! :
Just something I love to do because in both games you have one level which is the same map and its sort of the same tale and its beautiful nostalgia soup.
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#7

A Leap of Faith


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The merciless knife of Dunwall,
the very opposite of regret,
yet she was different.

And now I found myself facing a brick wall,
uncovering a dark and tangled secret,
because she was different.

It led me all over the city to crawl,
the very picture of regret,
because I thought different.

And now at the end of this trawl,
uncovering that secret,
this was different.

A final leap Into the void beneath Dunwall
The final act to my regret,
Will they think different?

Spoiler! :
From The Brigmore Witches DLC for Dishonored. The assassin Daud's thoughts as he's about to finish his little redemption arc of sorts.
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