𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒

[saltburntmods]

MISFIRES

a rambunctious duo in salt has stuck their nose where they shouldn't and now you can all reap the rewards! this is a MISFIRES meme. post a header for your character, and receive accidental texts from your local saltburntian guests. nudes, nasties, confessions of a certain persuasion? things you'd otherwise never write or send? they're all on the table. (meme threads aren't game canon, but they're not not game canon either, right)

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[chokedout]

i've never really been good at identifying the root of my emotions
which is to say i haven't been great at relationships in general because of it
but the reason i say that is

meeting you here did feel like reuniting instead of meeting for the first time
it's like we met in a past life? i like that. the comfort of that.
this is different to me than anything else.
i've got strong feelings too

[longlegs]

really?
that's
yeah i think that's what it is
at first i thought it was like how they say some things are meant to happen?
and with you it's more... it already did, but we're still discovering it
or working backwards
hey maybe we got those tattoos together and just forgot

[ ha, just kidding. unless ]

[chokedout]

in another round of "will this scare u off"
i got something to say about that idea...
crossing my fingers you don't think i'm weird but

growing up i always felt kind of off?
like i'd dream at night these really vivid dreams
they felt like reality so much i would even get confused sometimes
i've had them almost all my life but
therapy told me it's nbd
but idk

it's like you were in one and i only remember now

[longlegs]

[ Oh. It takes her a while, but: ]

did you
dream about how we met?

[chokedout]

not exactly
i mean, maybe?

i don't remember a lot of it, but sometimes it'll spark a piece
like how you remember your dreams the day after (or don't, until prompted)
i feel like it's... like that
like seeing you tickles some part of my brain that saw you before
but i also know i sound a bit crazy

[longlegs]

a little bit
but then so do i
i don't know why i keep thinking you and i met by a pool, not the lake
there was this party and you were wearing bracelets
it's not really a dream though
when you found me for a second i actually thought that's where we were?
and then there's times when i'm in some situation and think there's stuff i can do that i definitely can't

[chokedout]

[Does he remember that too, or does her saying it just plant the image in his head?]

i keep looking in the mirror and seeing faces that don't belong to me
like, they're me but they're not me?
i'm trying to give my liver a break too
but so far it's not helping


i also
well
i feel like my friends are different
i know people change
i change too
but
i feel like im always making wrong assumptions

[longlegs]

i haven't seen different faces
just
shadows
kind of

like what?

[chokedout]

you gotta pinky promise me some confidentiality
if you can't, i get it
you were his friend too, before we met




you know iggy?

[longlegs]

of course i can teddie
yeah iggy's one of my best friends

[chokedout]

i feel sometimes like i remember knowing him a long time ago as... different?
kinder, maybe
but then i don't know
i haven't been making the most positive decisions here
so his bitchiness is warranted but
i don't know where this assumption came from
that he was different
i've always known him like this
but i guess i'm just on the wrong side of the fence for once

[longlegs]

[ ... ]

no, i think you're right
he's been like
really angry lately
going out of his way to hurt people i feel like?
i don't remember him doing that before

[chokedout]

he's pissed at me right now and
i don't know
everything feels super wrong

this is great welcome to my mental state mila
do you still wanna go steady

[longlegs]

i mean
do you feel better with me?
or do i make it worse?

[chokedout]

being with you feels right
not remembering why i love you so much feels wrong

[longlegs]

we can work on that
remembering
making new memories
i wanna stay with you

[chokedout]

i wanna stay with you too

we just feel...
meant to be?

[longlegs]

you really mean that, don't you?
you're not gonna break my heart?

[chokedout]

want proof?

[longlegs]

[ after a little nervous while, ]

yeah

[chokedout]

midnight, come out to the terrace on the south side
wear something black tie

[longlegs]

black tie huh
is it just us?

[chokedout]

yeah, just us
rain or shine. i'll see you there?

[longlegs]

I'll see you there teddie ♥︎

[ Time to spend the whole time choosing what to wear oh no ]

[chokedout]

[Teddie, meanwhile, had a whole outfit waiting in his closet for this very moment, it would seem. He just gravitates toward it after freshening up, spritzing on cologne and adjusting his cufflinks as he stares at the mirror (seeing something he doesn't quite recognize behind his own eyes) before heading off just before the midnight hour.

The terrace overlooks some greenery, and is alight with fairy lights hanging from a section of trellis. Teddie's out by the edge, hands in his pockets and back turned to the door. He's got a bottle of champagne on the cast iron table next to him, and seems to be staring up at the stars as time ticks away to midnight.]