Exactly how much hair is under there that you can build a bird's nest? Are you secretly Bigfoot? Should I be concerned? I didn't have consent to go checking under your clothes but I'm feeling bad I left an entire forest glued to you now.
Cool. All right but no promises. You came in here with people that need you and I didn't.
It's just I can't hop in a shower, you know? Gotta make do with shaking it off like a dog and hoping for the best. And... I shaved. For swim team, you know? And then it came back in with a vengeance. An extreme vengeance. Not as bad as sasquatch though, dude, c'mon.
( ladies dig it, Quentin, okay!!! you're as bad as Dustin!!!!! )
What, you mean... Nance? And Jonathan? ( never in his life has anyone implied Nancy needs him. Jonathan barely even likes him! ) Look, that's decent of you and everything, but it's also bullshit. You don't have to die to save me because my ex is here too.
One of the bathrooms on Lampkin's still works, if you get there anytime soon. I've used the sink before.
You were on the swim team? Oh, cool. Me too. Never really had the chest hair issue but I sympathize with the rest of that. We'd be kings if they ever add water to the rotation. The Entity would probably fill it with piranhas but I think I could definitely outswim these guys.
Yeah, your friends... Ex. [ Shit. We're projecting on to the other Nancy again. Which one of them is his ex? ] That's awkward. Okay. I don't know. I'll fucking let you die then, okay?
I'll give it a shot. Maybe I just need a comb or something. ( the idea of brushing his chest is weird, actually, can he take back his own text message?? )
Co-captain, yeah. You're a swimmer? Shit. That's kinda cool. ( Steve didn't realize he and Quentin had so much in common. the guy is nice, if quiet. and occasionally nodding off on random occasions. Steve makes a mental note to check in with the guy more. ) The second there's a realm with water there's gonna be a terrifying sea monster. I don't want swimming to get ruined, you know? I do miss it, though. Even just useless starfishing in my parents pool.
( boys are so dumb. "i'll fucking let you die then, okay" just made Steve laugh. ) Yeah, that's the spirit. Sometimes going out by way of a creepy clown is easier than dealing with the lovebirds. ...not really. Jonathan is fine. But they've got each other, they'll be okay. I'm just saying you don't gotta feel bad if things go south, that's all.
Like one of those little mustache combs? [ Visualizing Steve combing his chest in a dingy little bathroom... This is a weird visual. ]
Captain? That's really neat, man. Yeah, do the 50 Freestyle. Ohio state champs. Coach was pressing to win Nationals. Like, we were still holding practice after stuff even... Might've made it. Who knows. [ Steve's actually really cool. He's funny and ballsy. Considerate. He missed having friends. ] I don't know if I could take it seriously if it was more Creature of the Black Lagoon or just straight up Nessy. But you ever see Jaws? Bruce? That could get me to stop. I hear you. I miss just floating.
They're together? Oh no. That's way more awkward than I thought. The Entity brought your ex and their new partner. Dude. I mean, they seem like good people. Jonathan and I shot the shit about music for a minute once but wow. That sucks.
( that mental image is so horrifically stupid, Steve can't help but laugh at it. and... that's kinda nice. not a lot of laughs to go around in the fog. )
Or one of those paddle brushes, like you use on a horse.
Maybe you'll make it when you get back, man. ( Steve has this thing, where he says stuff like that. like they're ever getting out of here. he can't help it. the alternative is too goddamn sad. ) That's fucking cool. Hawkins never got anywhere, we always drowned at state. ( drowned, cuz they're talking about swimming, get it? questionable sense of humor but it is there! )
I feel like a giant monster shark couldn't get us on the hook. An evil mermaid maybe. And look, if I ever find a pool that isn't disgusting, you'll be the first guy I tell.
Yeah, yeah. ( it is awkward. but, could be worse. Nancy has somebody to look after her. he can't be angry about that. ) He's a good guy. Good brother. Kinda weird, but good.
[ that got a pretty good laugh out of him, like obnoxiously loud for him. it shouldn't be that funny but it is. it's so stupid. he must have hit the delirious stage of tired. ]
I read 'horse' and I stupidly pictured those plastic brushes first. Like that come with the My Little Ponies? The big soft brush is better for your beautiful mane.
Yeah, maybe. My plans once I get back now go: long hot shower, giant cheeseburger, national swimming champ. [ he goes with it. logically he knows the chances are practically null. saying stuff like that makes it a little easier to buy into though. you got to believe in something, right? ] ...Like, literally? Are we full pun or grim humor? I want to laugh but I need to check if it's inappropriate.
He'd obviously carry us to it in his teeth or the hooks would be like fishing lines. An evil mermaid would be kind of cool to see. It'd be fucking horrible, as always, but I'd give into the novelty of seeing it for a good 20 seconds. Hey, same here. We can race.
Geez. I won't press more about it because that's none of my business but if you ever need to get a good vent about it in or anything else at all, I'll listen. Glad he's a good guy. ...Must suck for his family.
What's the deal, man, why you wanna set me up with the world's tiniest brushes? It's bad enough to have to brush out your chest hair, worse if it takes you twenty minutes.
( so goddamn stupid. but also, stupid in that perfect boy sort of way. it's nice to know he remembers how to laugh, when the fog is usually so set-in-its-ways miserable. )
It's a good list. I think mine would also include sleeping for about 72 straight hours. Technically we sleep around here but I remember liking it more at home. And jesus, man, not literally. Metaphorically, since we sucked.
Okay, I mean, it would be terrible to experience but also, a giant shark doing tricks to get us up on the meat hooks would be sort of impressive.
( at least the mention of Jonathan's family sobers Steve up, because, jeez. the Byers already lost one son, and got him back. and now another is off in the unexplained wind. it's just... it's just bullshit. ) Yeah. It's hard thinking about home, right? Do they even realize we're gone? Are people looking for us? ( Steve's parents err on the side of absentee, but he still thinks they'd eventually make some calls if he disappeared, without a trace.
and Steve knows Dustin and Mike and the rest of their kid crew wouldn't just be content with another vague handwave coverup like the feds had pulled in the past. could Eleven sense them all the way out here? big questions, and none with answers. )
I don't know, Steve. The image of you combing your chest with something that makes your hand look comically huge is really funny.
[ he hasn't really laughed since he got here. and a while before that. this extremely stupid conversation about steve's chest hair, which he keeps picturing at lengths far exceeding what must actually be there, is nice. more of this. it'll make this place bearable. ]
Whose "we"? That sounds nice. I'd add that to my list but Just but. I don't think I'll sleep right ever again. And I had to ask! You never know. Some people here have a really fucked up sense of humor.
It would, right? Like a murderous SeaWorld. I don't think I'd pissed off at it for doing it because it's just a trained animal at that point so it'd be easier to deal with.
If they do realize it, I think they would be. I know my dad would keep looking. He probably wouldn't stop.
[ it's a terrible thought. nancy would assume he died and there wasn't anything to find. but his dad... they were all each other had. the man killed for him and protected him for so long. quentin should've shared how everything works but instead the guy just had to watch him lose his mind. and then disappear. ]
Yeah, it's funny all right. Jesus. Guess it's at least worth a laugh, but if you bring me a tiny My Little Pony brush I am not gonna goddamn use it, got it? We have nothing to do in the fog and I still have better things to do.
( frankly he's still hoping to snag a rinse down at Lampkin Lane, no tiny brushes needed. thanks for the tip on that one, Quent. )
I mean... I sleep. We sleep. Collectively. Don't we? ( QUINTONIO PLS ARE U NOT SLEEPING @ ALL??? ) You've got a point, honestly it wasn't exactly the same as it used to be back home either, after everything that went down with the Lab. And the Russians.
I solemnly swear, I will never make a joke about someone actually drowning. Feel like they'd revoke my lifeguard license for that. Gotta say I really don't want to deal with Jaws, so let's hope the Entity isn't listening.
I kinda hope they don't realize. ( those goddamn kids would look forever if they had to. probably longer than his parents would. and it's too damn depressing to think about. )
Sure. You all are sleeping. Collectively. [ Pushing ~32 hours straight at this current moment. Rinse. Pass out. Repeat. ] The Russians? You had evil Russians?
Okay. Good. I’ve drowned before so I would’ve had to have taken offense. Oh, that’s neat. I’ll have to keep in mind that you’re CPR certified. Agreed! We don’t need a bigger boat.
Usually I would run with the joke and tell you to go for it. But since you might have to steal from a terrifying clown to make it happen, I'm gonna let it go.
Dude, you don't sleep? ( honestly, no wonder the guy is so weird. the lack of sleep explains so much. ) Yeah. Faceless flowerhead monsters with too many teeth and actual evil Russians underneath the mall.
Wait, man, you drowned? ( and THIS is how you tell a guy??? he's gonna go gray from the stress of being your buddy, Quentin... )
It's not the most helpful of skills around here, but yeah I am. If an ocean realm happens maybe it'll do me some goddamn good. Still would rather dodge evil Sea World if we can, though.
You sure? I’ll steal from that bottle-throwing bastard for a good laugh.
I try not to. I have a really good reason for avoiding it. [ a really, really, good reason. sleep deprivation is a helluva drug, steve. ] Did the mall Russians make that feral alien thing? I thought malls were for zombies. Are there more of those? Because I hate that.
Just the once. I was okay. My team got me. [ see? nothing to worry about. ]
You never know what’s useful around here. For example, I didn’t think knowing how to work a VCR was all that useful before. All Sea Worlds are evil because they keep Orcas in small enclosures but I agree.
Stealing is one thing, getting horribly murdered and your fingers licked is another. Not sure that's worth a joke.
( maybe Steve just isn't as committed to a joke as he should be! that's on him. )
Well, what's the reason, then? ( should he also not be sleeping?? if he's not in the know, he would like to be! ) They didn't make it, no. They just made a portal to the world it is from. Or... tried to make a portal. Hard to tell from behind a safety glass window. And I guess it depends on what you consider zombies.
( if human beings that are murdered and reanimated by a hivemind monster count, then sure the mall had zombies. it's just that they had all melted and formed the fleshy abomination that was the Mind Flayer by that point! )
Well now I definitely am against a water realm. There's no way we wouldn't drown every once and awhile, and once should be enough for anybody. Just because I can give CPR, doesn't mean I want to.
This is a good lead in to a sticky fingers joke though…
[ watch quentin show up with the brush after a trial now. he’s going all in on this. will the brush fit up his sleeve? no idea but he’s going to try it. ]
Oh. Uh. I don’t know how to make my reason make sense in hindsight without a whole
Obviously everyone is having nightmares here.
Do you know which killer I came in with? [ let’s just get it out there and start explaining dream demons. do not join him in insomnia hell. ] So the Russians didn’t make them they just let them out. Steve, I really don’t like that you’re asking for zombie clarification. Did they make shambling corpses walk around? Can that thing do that?
Once is enough, I can agree to that. It’s extremely unpleasant. So no go on the water. I’m still okay with a tropical beach if we don’t have to go in the water though. We’re all getting really pale.
Yeah. Makes this nasty sound, too. When you hear it you can't unhear it.
( Steve remembers it VERY VISCERALLY, clearly!! and he's gone extra hard trying to protect Kate ever since, because a fat clown sucking on an amputated finger really sticks with you. clearly he needs brain bleach, and Quentin smuggling him out a tiny brush would absolutely do it. what a pal, what commitment to a joke!!! )
Kinda hard to avoid them, yeah. ( frankly Steve didn't sleep well before the fog, but sure. he'll take the Trials as his excuse for night terrors! ) Uh... no. Which one is it? I know Strode's is the big mouthbreathy guy.
Yeah. Well, except the Russians aren't really the one that let them out, they were just trying to let them out again. And look, it's... you probably don't wanna know, just that there might have been some dead people that could still walk around because they were hosts of the hivemind. Don't ask me to explain that because I barely get it anyway.
I'm game for a beach. It'd be a nice change of pace. It's weird how many people have swimsuits considering there isn't a beach.
That's disgusting. I hate clowns forever now. I'm stealing more than the brush out of spite.
[ By God's grace, he hasn't heard the sound of Clown using a finger like a lollipop yet. He's usually tunneled and dead first thus blissfully unaware of the location of his fingers or they got the hell out of dodge before he could mori anybody. He hopes it stays that way. ]
Yeah. [ It'd be a lie to say he didn't notice everyone else having nightmares, being the person that's usually awake when everyone else isn't. He's woken a few people up if he thought it was particularly bad. Just in case. ] Mine is Krueger. That's the one in the sweater with the burns. The knives on his hand.
The Hivemind? Of the monster? I have so many questions, Steve. I really want to ask you to elaborate but if you don't get it, I'm definitely not going to.
And now that I know we're both swimmers, I think it's extremely weird that we're not one of those people.
You think he's got anything good? ( Steve is kinda getting into this clown heist idea. because Quentin is right, fuck that guy!!! )
Na-na-na-na, that one. Okay. ( Behavior couldn't afford Freddie's classic song, so the annoying kids humming is the best recreation Steve can manage. ) He fucks with dreams, right? That's why we fall asleep when he's around. ...okay, I kinda get it, but he can't get to your dreams when you're not in a trial. Can he?
Hivemind. Yeah. If one knows, everything knows. And everything in that creepy little world is a part of it. I don't get how it works, either, it just does.
Yeah, kinda weird, but do you wanna be running from murderers in your swim shorts? I don't.
I have no idea but I’m taking whatever’s there. I know he’s got booze? Someone at camp will want it. [ Not him. Alcohol is a depressant. Uppers only, thanks. ]
Na-na-na-na? What? It’s more of a la-la… la la la. La la.. isn’t it? I think one of those kid voices singing it is mine, actually.
Look, if you're gonna hold up a clown, you're not going solo. I'll scope it out with you. If you're really committed to the paddle brush I'll just pretend to be surprised later.
Nanana, lalala, whatever it is, it's annoying. ( ....... WELL NOW HE FEELS BAD, sorry for calling out ur baby singing voice, Quent, and also, ) What the fuck? Are you serious? You were around that creep as a kid?
That makes sense, I guess. ( thank god text doesn't translate overbearing concern, because... even in the realm, Steve isn't sure not sleeping ever is very good for the mind. ) But if you ever need a nap and want someone around to slap-slap-clap-clap just in case, I'm around.
I don't know. It's not like it can talk and explain. It doesn't act any different than it did at home, but who knows what that means.
Maybe we'll show up with flippers or something. Save our feet. ( did he unjinx them or double jinx them with providing skin suggestions?? )
I think a hold up is if he's there when I'm doing it, which is even crazier and I'll definitely need a get-away guy for that. You can come become rob a clown with me. Sure.
Very annoying. [ He hates that stupid lullaby. Quentin takes a second to reply, having a minor hesitation to answer that. ] Yeah. That's my preschool.
[ What is mental stability anyway? ] I appreciate it but it takes a little more than the slap-slap-clap-clap with me.
I'd say I wish it could but I wouldn't really want that thing telling me I was delicious or something. That's so unnerving. The not knowing.
Flippers would be a pain to run in. I could settle for some swim shoes. [ Visualizing trying to run in flippers at the swamp and taking a nosedive down a hill. ]
How about we just wait until he's not there to rob him? ( it is so hard to be the mom friend sometimes. especially when you really do wanna stick it to a creepy clown! ) Now I'm definitely going. No robbing clowns solo, got it?
Oh. That's... oh. ( super creepy, is the part Steve chooses not to say. because he's trying not to be an asshole these days! ) That must be a trip, having to run around a place you remember from home.
It goes after blood, so, it probably is a food thing. And you can tell me this is bullshit if you want, but that almost makes it less scary. Like it's just an animal and doesn't know better. ( as compared to the humans that hunt them for sport without a second thought. to Steve that is for sure worse. )
Yeah, good point. Let's just forget we ever talked about this and hopefully the Entity doesn't just make it happen to spite us.
Yeah, okay. We can be safe about it if you want. Got it. I’m going to need your backpack for the loot anyway. [ Quentin has never been the mom friend and it shows. ]
[ A trip? Understatement of the year. Some part of him freezes up every time he ends up there. That fucking basement gen… ] I’m just glad the Entity emptied most of it out.
Like a shark? I don’t think it’s bullshit. That makes a lot of sense. I think it can definitely be more unnerving when the killer can say your name. There’s no discrimination with that thing but sometimes it feels so personal with the others.
Agreed. This conversation never happened. So… meet you shirtless in Ormond next trial?
( Quentin u can't just assume you can borrow a guy's backpack for a b&e... lol... at least Steve already declared they're going as a pack ) The guy murders people and sucks on their severed fingertips for fun, so yeah, maybe we attempt to be safe about it.
Didn't bother with that at the lab. ( all the dead bodies strewn everywhere... kind of horrific looking at them all, wondering if he'd ever seen them around, if they were faces he'd seen in the crowd or passing through town. )
I think it is personal with some of the others, honestly. I really think the pukey priestess has it out for me in particular and I'm not sure why.
Nice. Thanks. If we show up in a trial tits out, I'm gonna have a bone to pick with you. ( he laughed though, for what it's worth. )
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Date: 2022-07-31 04:25 pm (UTC)Yeah, good call. I've got a whole garden supply store in here, and that's after trying to shake my shirt out.
Cool. Me too, man. I got you. Just don't get too crazy, all right? If I'm already a goner it's better if you get out.
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Date: 2022-07-31 05:33 pm (UTC)Cool. All right but no promises. You came in here with people that need you and I didn't.
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Date: 2022-07-31 05:52 pm (UTC)And... I shaved. For swim team, you know? And then it came back in with a vengeance. An extreme vengeance. Not as bad as sasquatch though, dude, c'mon.
( ladies dig it, Quentin, okay!!! you're as bad as Dustin!!!!! )
What, you mean... Nance? And Jonathan? ( never in his life has anyone implied Nancy needs him. Jonathan barely even likes him! ) Look, that's decent of you and everything, but it's also bullshit. You don't have to die to save me because my ex is here too.
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Date: 2022-07-31 06:21 pm (UTC)You were on the swim team? Oh, cool. Me too. Never really had the chest hair issue but I sympathize with the rest of that. We'd be kings if they ever add water to the rotation. The Entity would probably fill it with piranhas but I think I could definitely outswim these guys.
Yeah, your friends... Ex. [ Shit. We're projecting on to the other Nancy again. Which one of them is his ex? ] That's awkward. Okay. I don't know. I'll fucking let you die then, okay?
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Date: 2022-07-31 06:45 pm (UTC)Co-captain, yeah. You're a swimmer? Shit. That's kinda cool. ( Steve didn't realize he and Quentin had so much in common. the guy is nice, if quiet. and occasionally nodding off on random occasions. Steve makes a mental note to check in with the guy more. ) The second there's a realm with water there's gonna be a terrifying sea monster. I don't want swimming to get ruined, you know? I do miss it, though. Even just useless starfishing in my parents pool.
( boys are so dumb. "i'll fucking let you die then, okay" just made Steve laugh. ) Yeah, that's the spirit. Sometimes going out by way of a creepy clown is easier than dealing with the lovebirds. ...not really. Jonathan is fine. But they've got each other, they'll be okay. I'm just saying you don't gotta feel bad if things go south, that's all.
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Date: 2022-07-31 07:11 pm (UTC)Captain? That's really neat, man. Yeah, do the 50 Freestyle. Ohio state champs. Coach was pressing to win Nationals. Like, we were still holding practice after stuff even... Might've made it. Who knows. [ Steve's actually really cool. He's funny and ballsy. Considerate. He missed having friends. ] I don't know if I could take it seriously if it was more Creature of the Black Lagoon or just straight up Nessy. But you ever see Jaws? Bruce? That could get me to stop. I hear you. I miss just floating.
They're together? Oh no. That's way more awkward than I thought. The Entity brought your ex and their new partner. Dude. I mean, they seem like good people. Jonathan and I shot the shit about music for a minute once but wow. That sucks.
SHRIEKS I LOST THIS TAG IM SO SORRYYYY
Date: 2022-08-04 07:59 pm (UTC)Or one of those paddle brushes, like you use on a horse.
Maybe you'll make it when you get back, man. ( Steve has this thing, where he says stuff like that. like they're ever getting out of here. he can't help it. the alternative is too goddamn sad. ) That's fucking cool. Hawkins never got anywhere, we always drowned at state. ( drowned, cuz they're talking about swimming, get it? questionable sense of humor but it is there! )
I feel like a giant monster shark couldn't get us on the hook. An evil mermaid maybe.
And look, if I ever find a pool that isn't disgusting, you'll be the first guy I tell.
Yeah, yeah. ( it is awkward. but, could be worse. Nancy has somebody to look after her. he can't be angry about that. ) He's a good guy. Good brother. Kinda weird, but good.
heeeey. ❤️ no biggie.
Date: 2022-08-04 11:32 pm (UTC)I read 'horse' and I stupidly pictured those plastic brushes first. Like that come with the My Little Ponies? The big soft brush is better for your beautiful mane.
Yeah, maybe. My plans once I get back now go: long hot shower, giant cheeseburger, national swimming champ. [ he goes with it. logically he knows the chances are practically null. saying stuff like that makes it a little easier to buy into though. you got to believe in something, right? ] ...Like, literally? Are we full pun or grim humor? I want to laugh but I need to check if it's inappropriate.
He'd obviously carry us to it in his teeth or the hooks would be like fishing lines. An evil mermaid would be kind of cool to see. It'd be fucking horrible, as always, but I'd give into the novelty of seeing it for a good 20 seconds. Hey, same here. We can race.
Geez. I won't press more about it because that's none of my business but if you ever need to get a good vent about it in or anything else at all, I'll listen. Glad he's a good guy. ...Must suck for his family.
Do you have any siblings?
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Date: 2022-08-07 06:14 am (UTC)( so goddamn stupid. but also, stupid in that perfect boy sort of way. it's nice to know he remembers how to laugh, when the fog is usually so set-in-its-ways miserable. )
It's a good list. I think mine would also include sleeping for about 72 straight hours. Technically we sleep around here but I remember liking it more at home. And jesus, man, not literally. Metaphorically, since we sucked.
Okay, I mean, it would be terrible to experience but also, a giant shark doing tricks to get us up on the meat hooks would be sort of impressive.
( at least the mention of Jonathan's family sobers Steve up, because, jeez. the Byers already lost one son, and got him back. and now another is off in the unexplained wind. it's just... it's just bullshit. ) Yeah. It's hard thinking about home, right? Do they even realize we're gone? Are people looking for us? ( Steve's parents err on the side of absentee, but he still thinks they'd eventually make some calls if he disappeared, without a trace.
and Steve knows Dustin and Mike and the rest of their kid crew wouldn't just be content with another vague handwave coverup like the feds had pulled in the past. could Eleven sense them all the way out here? big questions, and none with answers. )
Nah. Just me. What about you?
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Date: 2022-08-07 03:38 pm (UTC)[ he hasn't really laughed since he got here. and a while before that. this extremely stupid conversation about steve's chest hair, which he keeps picturing at lengths far exceeding what must actually be there, is nice. more of this. it'll make this place bearable. ]
Whose "we"? That sounds nice. I'd add that to my list but
Just but. I don't think I'll sleep right ever again. And I had to ask! You never know. Some people here have a really fucked up sense of humor.
It would, right? Like a murderous SeaWorld. I don't think I'd pissed off at it for doing it because it's just a trained animal at that point so it'd be easier to deal with.
If they do realize it, I think they would be. I know my dad would keep looking. He probably wouldn't stop.
[ it's a terrible thought. nancy would assume he died and there wasn't anything to find. but his dad... they were all each other had. the man killed for him and protected him for so long. quentin should've shared how everything works but instead the guy just had to watch him lose his mind. and then disappear. ]
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Date: 2022-08-08 05:47 am (UTC)( frankly he's still hoping to snag a rinse down at Lampkin Lane, no tiny brushes needed. thanks for the tip on that one, Quent. )
I mean... I sleep. We sleep. Collectively. Don't we? ( QUINTONIO PLS ARE U NOT SLEEPING @ ALL??? ) You've got a point, honestly it wasn't exactly the same as it used to be back home either, after everything that went down with the Lab. And the Russians.
I solemnly swear, I will never make a joke about someone actually drowning. Feel like they'd revoke my lifeguard license for that. Gotta say I really don't want to deal with Jaws, so let's hope the Entity isn't listening.
I kinda hope they don't realize. ( those goddamn kids would look forever if they had to. probably longer than his parents would. and it's too damn depressing to think about. )
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Date: 2022-08-08 06:23 pm (UTC)What about the paddle brush?
Sure. You all are sleeping. Collectively. [ Pushing ~32 hours straight at this current moment. Rinse. Pass out. Repeat. ] The Russians? You had evil Russians?
Okay. Good. I’ve drowned before so I would’ve had to have taken offense. Oh, that’s neat. I’ll have to keep in mind that you’re CPR certified. Agreed! We don’t need a bigger boat.
Me too.
it is my loving nickname since they fixed his face and I can no long er call him gobliny
Date: 2022-08-09 02:56 am (UTC)Dude, you don't sleep? ( honestly, no wonder the guy is so weird. the lack of sleep explains so much. ) Yeah. Faceless flowerhead monsters with too many teeth and actual evil Russians underneath the mall.
Wait, man, you drowned? ( and THIS is how you tell a guy??? he's gonna go gray from the stress of being your buddy, Quentin... )
It's not the most helpful of skills around here, but yeah I am. If an ocean realm happens maybe it'll do me some goddamn good. Still would rather dodge evil Sea World if we can, though.
😢 i miss you goblin face and cool prestige head
Date: 2022-08-09 05:15 pm (UTC)I try not to. I have a really good reason for avoiding it. [ a really, really, good reason. sleep deprivation is a helluva drug, steve. ] Did the mall Russians make that feral alien thing? I thought malls were for zombies. Are there more of those? Because I hate that.
Just the once. I was okay. My team got me. [ see? nothing to worry about. ]
You never know what’s useful around here. For example, I didn’t think knowing how to work a VCR was all that useful before. All Sea Worlds are evil because they keep Orcas in small enclosures but I agree.
same i prestiged quentin bc he looked so sick bloody but now it's just not the same
Date: 2022-08-16 08:22 pm (UTC)( maybe Steve just isn't as committed to a joke as he should be! that's on him. )
Well, what's the reason, then? ( should he also not be sleeping?? if he's not in the know, he would like to be! ) They didn't make it, no. They just made a portal to the world it is from. Or... tried to make a portal. Hard to tell from behind a safety glass window. And I guess it depends on what you consider zombies.
( if human beings that are murdered and reanimated by a hivemind monster count, then sure the mall had zombies. it's just that they had all melted and formed the fleshy abomination that was the Mind Flayer by that point! )
Well now I definitely am against a water realm. There's no way we wouldn't drown every once and awhile, and once should be enough for anybody. Just because I can give CPR, doesn't mean I want to.
It’s not idk why they changed it. i want my sliced face back.
Date: 2022-08-16 09:39 pm (UTC)This is a good lead in to a sticky fingers joke though…
[ watch quentin show up with the brush after a trial now. he’s going all in on this. will the brush fit up his sleeve? no idea but he’s going to try it. ]
Oh. Uh. I don’t know how to make my reason make sense in hindsight without a whole
Obviously everyone is having nightmares here.
Do you know which killer I came in with? [ let’s just get it out there and start explaining dream demons. do not join him in insomnia hell. ] So the Russians didn’t make them they just let them out. Steve, I really don’t like that you’re asking for zombie clarification. Did they make shambling corpses walk around? Can that thing do that?
Once is enough, I can agree to that. It’s extremely unpleasant. So no go on the water. I’m still okay with a tropical beach if we don’t have to go in the water though. We’re all getting really pale.
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Date: 2022-08-30 02:54 am (UTC)( Steve remembers it VERY VISCERALLY, clearly!! and he's gone extra hard trying to protect Kate ever since, because a fat clown sucking on an amputated finger really sticks with you. clearly he needs brain bleach, and Quentin smuggling him out a tiny brush would absolutely do it. what a pal, what commitment to a joke!!! )
Kinda hard to avoid them, yeah. ( frankly Steve didn't sleep well before the fog, but sure. he'll take the Trials as his excuse for night terrors! ) Uh... no. Which one is it? I know Strode's is the big mouthbreathy guy.
Yeah. Well, except the Russians aren't really the one that let them out, they were just trying to let them out again. And look, it's... you probably don't wanna know, just that there might have been some dead people that could still walk around because they were hosts of the hivemind. Don't ask me to explain that because I barely get it anyway.
I'm game for a beach. It'd be a nice change of pace. It's weird how many people have swimsuits considering there isn't a beach.
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Date: 2022-08-30 03:31 am (UTC)[ By God's grace, he hasn't heard the sound of Clown using a finger like a lollipop yet. He's usually tunneled and dead first thus blissfully unaware of the location of his fingers or they got the hell out of dodge before he could mori anybody. He hopes it stays that way. ]
Yeah. [ It'd be a lie to say he didn't notice everyone else having nightmares, being the person that's usually awake when everyone else isn't. He's woken a few people up if he thought it was particularly bad. Just in case. ] Mine is Krueger. That's the one in the sweater with the burns. The knives on his hand.
The Hivemind? Of the monster? I have so many questions, Steve. I really want to ask you to elaborate but if you don't get it, I'm definitely not going to.
And now that I know we're both swimmers, I think it's extremely weird that we're not one of those people.
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Date: 2022-09-05 11:23 pm (UTC)Na-na-na-na, that one. Okay. ( Behavior couldn't afford Freddie's classic song, so the annoying kids humming is the best recreation Steve can manage. ) He fucks with dreams, right? That's why we fall asleep when he's around. ...okay, I kinda get it, but he can't get to your dreams when you're not in a trial. Can he?
Hivemind. Yeah. If one knows, everything knows. And everything in that creepy little world is a part of it. I don't get how it works, either, it just does.
Yeah, kinda weird, but do you wanna be running from murderers in your swim shorts? I don't.
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Date: 2022-09-06 07:14 pm (UTC)Na-na-na-na? What? It’s more of a la-la… la la la. La la.. isn’t it? I think one of those kid voices singing it is mine, actually.
[ It’s close enough. Or used to be anyway.. One two-
Slaps himself in the face. ]
Um. He can’t get in anyone else’s. I’m not sure what he can do in mine but he’s still there. Not giving him enough time to find out.
Woah. Do you think it’s cut off here? Or was the Entity part of it?
Me either. Imagine that on that place with the crows or the saloon? Our feet would burn. Hope I didn’t jinx it just now.
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Date: 2022-09-08 01:49 am (UTC)Nanana, lalala, whatever it is, it's annoying. ( ....... WELL NOW HE FEELS BAD, sorry for calling out ur baby singing voice, Quent, and also, ) What the fuck? Are you serious? You were around that creep as a kid?
That makes sense, I guess. ( thank god text doesn't translate overbearing concern, because... even in the realm, Steve isn't sure not sleeping ever is very good for the mind. ) But if you ever need a nap and want someone around to slap-slap-clap-clap just in case, I'm around.
I don't know. It's not like it can talk and explain. It doesn't act any different than it did at home, but who knows what that means.
Maybe we'll show up with flippers or something. Save our feet. ( did he unjinx them or double jinx them with providing skin suggestions?? )
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Date: 2022-09-10 12:17 am (UTC)Very annoying. [ He hates that stupid lullaby. Quentin takes a second to reply, having a minor hesitation to answer that. ] Yeah. That's my preschool.
[ What is mental stability anyway? ] I appreciate it but it takes a little more than the slap-slap-clap-clap with me.
I'd say I wish it could but I wouldn't really want that thing telling me I was delicious or something. That's so unnerving. The not knowing.
Flippers would be a pain to run in. I could settle for some swim shoes. [ Visualizing trying to run in flippers at the swamp and taking a nosedive down a hill. ]
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Date: 2022-09-11 01:18 am (UTC)Oh. That's... oh. ( super creepy, is the part Steve chooses not to say. because he's trying not to be an asshole these days! ) That must be a trip, having to run around a place you remember from home.
It goes after blood, so, it probably is a food thing. And you can tell me this is bullshit if you want, but that almost makes it less scary. Like it's just an animal and doesn't know better. ( as compared to the humans that hunt them for sport without a second thought. to Steve that is for sure worse. )
Yeah, good point. Let's just forget we ever talked about this and hopefully the Entity doesn't just make it happen to spite us.
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Date: 2022-09-12 08:05 pm (UTC)[ A trip? Understatement of the year. Some part of him freezes up every time he ends up there. That fucking basement gen… ] I’m just glad the Entity emptied most of it out.
Like a shark? I don’t think it’s bullshit. That makes a lot of sense. I think it can definitely be more unnerving when the killer can say your name. There’s no discrimination with that thing but sometimes it feels so personal with the others.
Agreed. This conversation never happened. So… meet you shirtless in Ormond next trial?
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Date: 2022-09-14 03:21 am (UTC)Didn't bother with that at the lab. ( all the dead bodies strewn everywhere... kind of horrific looking at them all, wondering if he'd ever seen them around, if they were faces he'd seen in the crowd or passing through town. )
I think it is personal with some of the others, honestly. I really think the pukey priestess has it out for me in particular and I'm not sure why.
Nice. Thanks. If we show up in a trial tits out, I'm gonna have a bone to pick with you. ( he laughed though, for what it's worth. )
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