Fallout - Life and Limb(s)
It must have been my befuddled brain playing tricks on me. i had gone to dr. hall for reassurance and instead been given even more to think about and trouble my current mental quandary.
Wages: Chapter Six
For a moment i thought it was but my broken mind playing tricks upon me, but when i saw that celsko too was straining her eyes to see it, i knew it had to be real. the dragoness suddenly turned, her movement so fluid it reminded me of water.
Moonlit Revival--Werewolf TF
He had thought that the wolf-like people he remembered seeing earlier were just the side effects of unconsciousness playing tricks on him. but now there was no mistaking. they were indeed not unlike human wolves.
Russian It? Chapter 9
_it must be my mind playing tricks on me. it has to be. this doesn't happen in real life, does it?_ i look back at the mirror. _what_ was _that?_ i had to make sure. i stared at it again. i saw something else. i decided to not look behind me this time.
Teasing Vero and Kyrm
He knew it was almost certainly his mind playing tricks on him but somehow he found the idea of this wolf who he was only eye level with the belly button of far more intimidating than his roommate: the dragon large enough to swallow him whole.
Surface: Doomed Planet-Excerpt 1- Marooned
"where did you get that rifle", i asked, my heart beginning to race, either my mind was playing tricks on me, or she was back from the dead. "this one?"
Legendary Chaos - Side Story: the Determined Flower
She said defeated to find that her mind is playing tricks. the thought stung her once more. (ash, where are you?) she thought of and started to cry, her eyes all watered and her own emotions took control.
Four Minds - 1
Her mind seemed to be playing tricks on her, and she began to have trouble discerning reality from illusion.
The Adventures of the Brave Knight Bunnicus (PART I)
The armor fitted together flawlessly, and if hirloc's eyes weren't playing tricks on him...he would say that the armor was glowing. and yet still, with the shivers down his spine and the cold sweat on his brow, still he grinned wide as ever.
The Human Species Ch.121 - The Final Episode (Part 4)
May would occasionally whisper something to him, and in his deluded state he did not realize it was only his mind playing tricks on him, tears flowing down his face while asking her to repeat what she said.
Outfoxed
In his half-dazed state, his mind was playing tricks on him, screening the events of the last few minutes prior to his blackout in his head. his thoughts were interrupted as the rusty cell door creaked open.
Severed: Chapter 4
I sit up, looking around and making sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me again. i go to rub my eyes, hitting my muzzle in the process. it hurt and i let out a faint yelp.