Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Rasque

n.
a moment you instantly wish you could take back, feeling a pulse of dread right after crossing the point of no return—a blurted confession, a hurled insult, a final decision you’d been waffling over for months— wanting to take just one step backward in time, reverting to the way things used to be, in the halcyon days of just a minute ago.

From rue, to regret + bourrasque, a tempest. Pronounced “rask.”

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Thwit

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Lap Year

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Chrysalism

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Hemeisis

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Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Falesia

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Bye-Over

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Flashover

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Emorries

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Licotic

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The Kinder Surprise

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