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𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍 ([personal profile] pronounce) wrote in [community profile] draino2024-10-29 06:50 am
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𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓


what a month! this is texts from last night.
(meme threads aren't game canon, but they're not not game canon either, right)
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
sweetie, you're on your own. I am NOT getting up before dawn in the vain hope that my body holds on to any muscle.

now, at a reasonable hour like 10am, you can come shoe me YOUR ass and I'll judge if it's fatter.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
10am?? I'm back in bed by then.
dead_tongue: (light shade)

[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
sleeping, orrrrrrr?
kobes: ([:)] i can tie a knot ;)))))

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Reading, usually, or updating my notes. Waiting for my boyfriend to wake up.
dead_tongue: (whaaaaaaaaaaa)

[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know you had a boyfriend! omg that's so cute!!!

you're still an insane person for getting up at 4 am tho. does he know you're an insane person?
kobes: ([:)] i can tie a knot ;)))))

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, we only made it official last month and then
Everything happened.
His name is Quentin, he's a sailor and he's wonderful. I met him here.

Yes, he's aware. But he sleeps really deeply, so usually I don't wake him up when I go for my workout.
dead_tongue: (voila)

[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
omg I'm swooning, that's so romantic! Koby and Quentin. it even sounds good! did you meet him at an orgy or something? or were you taking notes and he was like "god I love hot nerds"?

you're gonna be this rock solid little powerhouse before long, holy shit. twink face, lifter's body. that's so cool.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it? Is that important, that it sounds good?
No, it was some party where everyone was in togas and there was an arena and Quentin got beat up and I lectured him about it and patched him up. And things sort of grew from there?

I'll settle for not straining my wrist whenever I try to punch something. Body builder can come later.
Besides, it's nice running at 4am. Nobody else around.
dead_tongue: (cleaned up)

[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
no, but it adds an extra layer of cute.
Koby. why are you so adorable.

look at you going around punching people! you can be my bodyguard.
does it clear your head?
kobes: ([:)] i can tie a knot ;)))))

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I? I don't feel cute. I feel tired, mostly.

Not just random people, but. It's important to have some level of self-defense.
Sometimes. Sometimes nothing can clear it, and I just have to sort of deal.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
you are. I just want to hug you and protect you always. (emotionally.)

that's what a pretty blonde told me but I was worried she was also trying to kill me at the time.
I used to go home at 4am sometimes and it was so quiet that it really did seem to help. just being alive and alone and silent.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Thank you. That's a nice thing to say. 😊

This month really did a number on us, didn't it? All that fighting and suspicion and everything.
That's it exactly. I'm not used to being alone like that. I mean

Alone and not scared.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean it.

yeah. I'm still kinda like half worried I'm gonna get stabbed.

yeah. I get that. it's nice, right? not being afraid.
kobes: ([:|] investigating)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-29 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you do, that's what's so nice.

Me too. I don't think this place has ever really been SAFE but it was never so obviously dangerous before.

I mean, I'm always a little afraid. I don't think that part of me is capable of being turned off.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-29 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
bit on the other hand, people were under the influence of the house so... they're not inherently bad.

because of how you grew up?
kobes: ([:|] that's a terrible idea)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-30 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not all of them. Some people killed just because they could.

I don't know. Maybe? Does that make that much of a difference? I grew up normally.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-30 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
ok but only like, what, one person?

a traumatic childhood tends to stick with people. and what we think is 'normal' often really isn't.
kobes: ([:|] i believe you)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-30 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one too many, in my opinion.

Well, of course. If your village is burned or your family killed by pirates or something, that makes sense.
dead_tongue: (cleaned up)

[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-30 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
well yeah, but it's better than half a dozen.

it can be less dramatic than that. being overly disciplined. being alone. being suppressed. these things leave impressions on us.
Edited 2024-10-30 15:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-30 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose, if we're comparing it to that. I'm more worried about people holding grudges, now that the game's over.

I guess that makes sense? I've always thought I just needed to be stronger and learn to get over it.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-30 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm actually really worried about that, too.

no. that's a like, toxic cultural myth. and anybody who says that is probably deeply hurt and refusing to acknowledge it tbh.

I think you're very strong.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-30 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Who, specifically? If you don't mind my asking.

Oh. I mean, it was Alvida, so. I think it was just out of annoyance.

Really? Why?
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-30 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
god, I dunno, everyone? people were really pissed. are you worried about someone in particular?
I am also kinda worried that I lack any survival instinct. I trusted a lot of wolves.

oh. that's like, a thing?

look at you! you've presented your authentic self to the world! that's tough to do.
kobes: ([:|] so polite)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-10-31 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
I mean. Danny. Do you know him?
Well, so did I. I think most of them were compelled, so that makes it...sort of better?

What's a thing?

Is it? I just
Sort of felt like I didn't have any other choice.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2024-10-31 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
kind of. uhm. he says he knew a different version of me. he was really nice to me. Jem, too. so I just don't know what to think.
yeah maybe.

Alvida?

I still think it's very brave, Koby.

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