You won't be able to save everyone.
You might not even be able to save yourself.
Welcome home.
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Quotes from Scarlet Hollow by Black Tabby Games. Hosted on bluebotsdonequick.com. Posts every 30 minutes. Uses random names for the main character.
You won't be able to save everyone.
You might not even be able to save yourself.
Welcome home.
Oh no. He's still here. He's been sitting next to you for the past five hours, talking at you without pause. You're not sure he even stopped when you started to doze off. At first you thought he was just being friendly, but that was several hours of one-sided conversation ago.
19.11.2025 11:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Abby: *Pepsi*??? I'm more of a Coca-Cola gal.
(Hot) The ball's in her court, and the pressure is off of you. Quick, get out of here!
Goth Clerk: ... oh, uh...
Mountain Lion: Your eyes are closed. You need them open.
19.11.2025 10:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(Keen Eye) You couldn't help but notice something stiff and quiet in her demeanor as she obeyed her mother's stern command.
19.11.2025 09:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0and heavier and more frequent.
Mikey: So I'm going to ask you one more time. What. Are. You. Doing?
Mikey: Becka, what are you *doing*?
Becka: What are you talking about? I'm just trying to go somewhere I can be myself where people like you won't bother me.
Mikey: You know exactly what I'm talking about. You *know* how risky this is. We *all* can hear that knocking, and it's only getting louder
• Let Tabitha continue dragging you. It's good for her to *think* there's a pecking order.
19.11.2025 08:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oscar: It's not mud, it's blood. *Human* blood. I tested it.
Tabitha and Kaneeka: Well you tested it wrong.
Tabitha and Kaneeka: ...
Abby: *Pepsi*??? I'm more of a Coca-Cola guy.
(Hot) The ball's in her court, and the pressure is off of you. Quick, get out of here!
Goth Clerk: ... oh, uh...
Mary: Of course it's not your fault...
Mary: (Mystical) It's my fault. I knew something was going to happen last night. If only I'd pushed harder to get us to leave...
Deer: Can you hear the sweet whispers of new growth?
19.11.2025 06:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(Mystical) You and Mrs. Forsyth briefly lock eyes. She's impenetrable, and you feel small and almost naked in her presence. There is something about her that's far beyond you, but you feel no threat, no malice.
And then the moment passes, and you see only the woman before you.
Kayla: What the hell are you talking about?
Mountain Lion: You haven't been gifted. Can't see like the rest of us.
Abby: So. You're a witch.
Sybil: I figured denying it wasn't going to work on you. It's not something I want just anyone knowing, though, so please... keep it between us.
She gives you a mischevious smile.
Cole: So. You're a witch.
Sybil: I figured denying it wasn't going to work on you. It's not something I want just anyone knowing, though, so please... keep it between us.
She gives you a mischevious smile.
Oscar: It's not mud, it's blood. *Human* blood. I tested it.
Tabitha and Kaneeka: Well you tested it wrong.
Tabitha and Kaneeka: ...
Tears start to stream down your cheeks as the finality of it all hits you. You all did what you had to, but that doesn't make this hurt any less.
19.11.2025 02:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Mikey: Do you have an actual death wish? Because I can *see* this place starting to collapse.
Becka: I...
Mikey: Do you? Do you *want* to die? Because we can take Alexis with us and leave you here. That's fine by me.
Stella: Holy shit, Mikey.
Abby: Do you have an actual death wish? Because I can *see* this place starting to collapse.
Becka: I...
Abby: Do you? Do you *want* to die? Because we can take Alexis with us and leave you here. That's fine by me.
Stella: Holy shit, Abby.
(Mystical) You and Mrs. Forsyth briefly lock eyes. She's impenetrable, and you feel small and almost naked in her presence. There is something about her that's far beyond you, but you feel no threat, no malice.
And then the moment passes, and you see only the woman before you.
• Break free. Tabitha needs to know who's boss.
19.11.2025 00:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(Keen Eye) You couldn't help but notice something stiff and quiet in her demeanor as she obeyed her mother's stern command.
(Mystical) There's something off here — it's as if Kaneeka's spirit dimmed at Sybil's words.
???: Jesse...
Stella: *Jesus.*
???: Welcome home.
(Mystical) You're finally where you're meant to be.
You let Tabitha continue dragging you all the way into her car, and from there, into town.
It's good for her to *think* there's a pecking order, and one day soon, she's in for a rude awakening.
Poppy: Don't eat me! I'm all bones!
Mountain Lion: Not about my food. But bones is still food.
Eliza: I could bring you food, please don't eat me!
Mountain Lion: Not about my food.
You won't be able to save everyone.
You might not even be able to save yourself.
Tabitha: I've never heard of a bleach-activated ghost before.
Kaneeka: You don't use bleach to clean a carpet, Tabitha.
Tabitha: Whatever. How was I supposed to know that? Not everybody gets to learn how to clean things.
• Start crying.
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