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[chessyhoward]

I shouldn't be buying them, really, but I figured, your birthday only rolls around once a year and... you know, anyway, the point was, are they absolutely disgusting? I've walked around the shop four times and I've reached the point where I think I'll buy anything. I just can't leave here empty handed.

[killianford]

... What did you say? I can't smoke in here? We're outdoors. I don't think I'm compromising the integrity of the stuffed pandas.

[drmissymaclean]

This is rude, I know, but how attached are you to that last slice of pie? I promised my Gramps I'd bring him some back when I went for his meds and he's not the kind of man you feel good about disappointing. I can trade you for it. Although all I have to offer right now is a fruit roll-up and a coupon for a free museum visit. And his angina spray but he needs that.

[mrmaxhayashi]

Coming through, coming through. Happy New Year to ya when it arrives. Looking good! Hey, how're you doing? Oh, look who it is. Mind if I grab a drink here, cupcake? Or are we going straight to the block button?

[scuderiaelias]

Sorry, can you repeat that for me? You lost what?

[lovesickelodie]

And it's like yeah, she's our cousin, but we don't even know her. She doesn't know us. She doesn't want to, either? Like it's somehow our fault our aunt was a deadbeat who wanted nothing to do with her. Which, for the record, I think is real cunty. I just don't see how it's our problem. And Théo is like, weirdly excited to meet her, and I keep having to manage his expectations. Like, babydoll she does not want to see you.

[hiredassault]

@sillyjokes liked for a one line starter.

" Looks like we both wear masks, but at least MINE doesn't hide my sanity."

[kianmcgrath]

In fairness, I sorta just found him like that. I dunno about you, like, but when I find someone slumped over a toilet seat, 12 pints in and covered in their own sick it doesn’t exactly endear me to them.

[xaallo]

@fuckingshutup

"What?"

" You've never seen an alien before? Wipe that dumb look off your face."

[msdianaa]

open starter!!!

Hyde Park was officially her home away from home. It was serene, peaceful, and full of sunshine (even though she had been forced to leave the house with a dreaded parasol the wretched thing). Her brown eyes scanned the gardens before her, taking in the vast colours, the different flower families all habituating as one.

She stopped in her tracks though when she spotted something most unseemly hidden in plain site, right underneath the shade of some peonies.

"Good sir, I do not think that would be a most comfortable place to be for you to burrow. Surely a nice rock would be better." She mused, crouching down to take a closer look at the small creature, who slithered off rather quickly. "Well, that was rude." Diana mused to herself.

@londonhigh-societystart

[jollytalkerollywalker]

And then the little blighter bit my finger! Can you believe it? It's okay, though. He's sweet and I've already forgiven him. Oh! Oh. You said... I'm in your way. I thought you said 'how was your day?' and I thought, wow! How friendly! My bad.

[lucasduke]

caminhava sem pressa ao longo de toda extensão das instalações do circo. - eu tô de serviço hoje, mas quando tá calmo sempre dou um jeito de aproveitar. - deu um gole no café. - principalmente nas barracas de comida.

lucas nunca pagou de policial sem medo e uma das coisas que mais odiava era altura. apertou a barra na sua frente quando a roda-gigante começou a subir. - tem certo conforto em saber que se cair daqui já morre de uma vez?

se aproximou da pessoa e apoiou a mão nas costas da mesma. - tá tudo bem? tá passando mal? bebeu demais? - apesar de ainda usar o uniforme, já estava liberado do serviço.

[sooahn-ia]

vhs-hr0102-24: exploration A

The eyes said everything about a soul.

All one had to do was watch carefully: the lights that go on and off, the flickers of vanity, indignation, joy, fortune, demise. It was not for no reason, after all, that cultures and generations across time claimed that the eyes were the mirror to the soul.

Thus reckoned Lenore.

With only the clouds in the sky as the limit, she could have gone anywhere. An explorer by nature, she was expected even to wander off; instead, she'd sat perched on a window sill of one of the Academy's classroom, her piercing gaze fixated upon Lee Know.

She had chosen Lee Know for a very specific reason. His eyes. Twisting and turning her neck, Lenore inspected the other's gaze, blinking when she thought the creature's eyes had met her own.

And they did. Instead of being content with the outcome, the familiar's curiosity—an extension of the orders Soo-ahn had given her on their first day at Insolitus, to gather as much intel as she could—got the better of her and she ended up following Lee Know even after he left the Academy building.

@leeknow-ia

[photogrivy]

Move. I need to hug your dog before I have a panic attack. Also Happy 2024, or whatever.

[mrmaxhayashi]

You know, that sign out there said 'happy hour' and it doesn't look like you got the memo. You're awfully gloomy for someone with a drink in their hand.

[danteleept]

In here? Oh, of course. Hello there, darling. I'm Dante, it's nice to meet you.