And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't

[alittlehuntress]

This year I got the chance to sign up as an artist for the DCU Bang, and I was super excited to have gotten firegirl0/Skalidra's story Teach Me How To Fight (I'll Show You How To Win). It's amazing!

So here it is.



Summary: Dick is taken by the Court after his parents' death to be trained as a Talon. He becomes loyal, deadly, and the Court's primary Talon. At least until he meets a boy from the Court's secondary, darker kind of servant who gets assigned to be his partner, and makes him start to care about things other than serving the Court. Tim, a boy-genius member of the Court, could have told anyone who listened that pairing Talon with the other boy - Jason - was a poor decision, and the fact that the Grandmaster of the Court doesn't listen, at all, is something he's finding less and less tolerable.








FANMIX



I. All is Violent, All is Bright - God is an Astronaut
[Instrumental]

II. Machine - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Savage things wash over me
A crime that leaves the heated green
Oh machine
Machine, I washed it for you
Oh machine
Machine, I wasted for you

III. Breathe - The Prodigy
Breathe with me!
Breathe the pressure
Come play my game
I'll test ya.

IV. They Speak with Knives - If These Trees Could Talk
[Instrumental]

V. Just a Game - Birdy
I don't know where I am
I don't know this place
Don't recognize anybody
Just the same old empty face

VI. Hand Made - alt-J
Your sting red full stops my skin,
dotted, scratch scratch, now I’m bleeding.
Legions upon legions of craftsmen handmade my feelings.

VII. Sundown Syndrome - Tame Impala
Please don't get answers from eyes
You know that mine can't lie quite as well as yours
Just let the spare moment flow

VIII. Skin - Grimes
Soft skin
You touch me within and so I know I could be human once again
I know you're faced with something
That could consume you completely
Soft skin
You touch me once again and somehow it stings
‘Cos I know it is the end

IX. Trust Me - Zola Jesus
I told you to trust me
I told you to trust me
'Cause in the meantime I'll be here
Yes in the meantime I'll be here
Trust me
Trust me
I know that you're afraid
But I'm here

X. Begin Again - Purity Ring
Look at the fire and think of me
I've been watching you creep
Around my wandering feet
Trying for years to flee
I need not one thing more
Oh wrap the ground around
Your gentle winding mind
Oh guard the pounding sound

XI. Wasteland - Woodkid
Most of my sweet memories were buried in the sand
The fire and the pain will now be coming to an end
How did you get to save me from this desolate wasteland
In your eyes I see the dawn of brighter days again.

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