Week Five

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, you had your very first minor body pileup! Granted, the Balladeer's death was entirely unrelated to anything, but at least he died as he lived - getting completely fucked up in some kind of carnival-themed hellscape. Only two days later, another terrible accident took Rina and Varian both from you. It's just been one of those weeks, huh? At least you got to add both of their corpses to your weird growing collection!

Again, you'll wake up this morning with another new snippet of memory. You'll also find that the stairs in the lobby are no longer blocked. You can only access one part of the second floor, but it seems like there's some neat stuff up there!

Outside, a few things seem to have changed. For one, the weather has turned - it'll be overcast this week, with periodic rain and even scattered thunderstorms. For another, the bushes around that rock out by the football field have bloomed. That's nice.

Get to it, friends! I'm sure everything will be fine this week!]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regain and your AC for this week! As always, Hester's office hours and the merch booth remain available. ))

Comments

[fourbutts]

Yeah.

[ A beat. ]

You, uh... have any other questions about liking girls?

[brokeforgood]

Ugh. No, not really. It's just confusing.

There was this girl on our team that was super fuckin gay-- [Oh. Wow. Foot in mouth. She shoots Janis the briefest of apologetic looks] So I always figured if you knew you just knew, and it was like that. Done. Bam. You're a lesbian, and everyone super knows it.

[fourbutts]

[ A brief shrug. As someone who is also Super Fuckin Gay, like. She gets it. ]

Yeah, heteronormativity will fuck you up. I've super known for a while, but I mean. There's a whole rainbow for a reason, you know? Being gay - or bi, or pan, or whatever - takes all kinds. Sometimes it takes longer for the person to figure it out than it takes the people around them. [ she's mad at u right now cady heron but this doesnt change the fact that you are one hayley kiyoko video away from a bi awakening at all times ]

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah groans.]

I could have skipped all this by just staying dead-- fucking stupid wizard, making me feel weird and nervous and there's no way to know because it's not like...

Ugh.

[fourbutts]

That's the bitch of living.

[ Her voice softens. ]

Not like what?

[brokeforgood]

...It's not like either of them is still around. [There. She said it. As close as she'll get to saying it, anyway.

She tugs B's jacket closer around her, and closes her eyes. Remembering how he had taken care of her, and how it had felt to be safe. It was almost how Varian and Rina had made her feel. Almost. But different.]

[fourbutts]

Ah.

[ It's not that she had no idea, really, just... oof. She reaches over and puts a hand on Farrah's shoulder, if just because she's not sure they're close enough to like. Hug. ]

Yeah, that ranks pretty high on the "shitty ways to find out you might be bi" list. Sorry, girl.

[brokeforgood]

Just one more thing to fail at. [She sighs, leaning forward to let Janis pat her shoulder.]

Oh well. Thanks for talking with me about it.

[fourbutts]

[ Janis shakes her head. ]

Nah, you didn't fail. You figured something out, and it was because of something really shitty. Just because something bad happens, doesn't mean you fucked up, you know?

[ She nods. ]

Anytime.

[brokeforgood]

Probably. I'm discovering self-esteem at the same snail-pace that I'm discovering my love life. [At least she's honest? I guess?]

Did Maya ever figure out how to get that mattress on the roof?

[fourbutts]

Well godspeed on both, neither of them is easy. [ at least janis can match the attitude ]

We settled for pillows and blankets, mostly.