#i could scream for literal hours about ab's apartment but i WONT BC SELF CONTROL SMDNSDM

[cognitosclowns]

this isn’t really a request, i just had an idea and i wanted to see what you thought about it [possibly headcannons as well??]

OK SO

I know Myc has is own place and stuff, but like he’s a magic mushroom, how does he get there without being seen and stuff? Maybe same with Mr. Mothman and all the other sub/non-human entities that work at Cognito? And that got me thinking- what if there was an apartment complex the Cognito built for all those inhabitants? you could take some train from there to Cognito from underground and boom. I think it would be rlly fun to see maybe Myc and Mothman interact, maybe A.B eventually,, and it leaves a lot of fun room for non-human ocs too!!

ANON I LITERALLY OWE YOU MY LIFE THIS IDEA IS GIVING ME SUCH ENORMOUS BRAINROT???

SFW BELOW

OKAY THIS IS JUST GONNA BE SOME SCRAMBLED IDEAS BUT

YEAH NO THIS FEELS RIGHT UP COGNITOS ALLEY?? JR feels like a bit too much of a control freak to let all these 'company resources' just wander around aimlessly spread out across DC. He'd worry himself into an early grave.

THEY KINDA STICK TO THE,, HIDDEN-IN-PLAIN-SIGHT PRINCIPLE?? The building blends into the background?? Like not too big or small, nothing really sticks out - the whole vibe is 'you wouldn't look twice'

LIKE MYC BROUGHT UP A BROWNSTONE IN ALEXANDRIA AND LIKE,, LOOK AT THIS

IM PRACTICALLY FALLING ASLEEP LOOKIT THAT. Nobody in Virginia would bat an eye

it only starts getting,, weird when you focus on the details and see like,, The first floor rooms are completely un-used but fully furnished apartments?? There's a hand-print ID instead of an apartment buzzer?? Why did seven identical men just walk in there??

<333 just a little funky.

BASICALLY EVERY CRYPTID AND CRYPTID-ADJACENT PERSON WHO WORK AT COGNITO LIVE THERE FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE??

I mean they aren’t forced to live there, and are a few who split their time btwn Cognito and The Complex (i.e Myc)

But like the commute is /so/ much easier its like barely 30 minutes out, and you can catch a ride from basically anyone bc everyone has weird hours??

MNDSMSN WORRIES ABOUT LIVING IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OPERATED BY A SHADY SHADOW ORGANIZATION SEEM MINUTE IN COMPARISON TO THE BENEFITS OF NOT HAVING TO PAY RENT.

IT DEFINITELY HAS A LOT MORE LOWER-LEVEL FLOORS THAN ABOVE GROUND?? If you don't mind not seeing the sun (i.e nocturnal cryptids) and you like a Moist Subterranean Atmosphere, it's perfect!! Besides all the escape tunnels are down there, and anybody who's been working at cognito for more than a day is gonna know how valuable an escape route is for when shit inevitably hits the fan

(OH the ground level is used for security and resource management!! If theres every problems/concerns/cults beginning to form outside to worship the Elder God living in apartment 33F, they’re there to take care of it!! And by take care of it I mean do Basically Nothing lmao)

OH DON'T THINK IT ISN'T CHAOS SOMETIMES THOUGH. BECAUSE IT IS CHAOS.

Ppl coming home at weird hours means its Very Noisy All The Time?? Noisy neighbors are inevitable (myc? can i say myc? Yeah myc is a bad neighbor)

ALSO THE ELEVATOR IS,, ARCHAIC LMAO

And unless you want to walk 100+ flights of stairs to get to the lower levels? Listen just cross your fingers and pray it doesn't go final destination on you smdnsmds

it also moves,, vv slow so the building has like, An Unspoken System about what floors use the elevator when??

If smb is on the 5th floor and presses the elevator at 6am, the ppl on the -50th floor are gonna be LATE FOR WORK, AND THAT MOTHERFUCKER HAD BETTER RUN LMAO-

OH <333 if smb is on the same floor as Mr. Mothman he's absolutely gonna bake them smth to welcome them in <33333

he knows how,,,, chaotic the place is so like MSNDMSND HE WANTS TO GIVE THEM SOME TIPS AND ASSURE THEM THAT IT ISNT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS AT FIRST. Or maybe he's just gotten desensitized to it. Oh well.

MR. MOTHMAN AND MYC ARE ACROSS-THE-HALL NEIGHBORS AND HATE EACHOTHER WITH A BURNING PASSION. Myc is too loud and rude, Elliot is too organized and polite. Fight!

IM ADDING KATE IN HERE <33 BC CLONE LAB KATE IS SO <3333 she lives like,, just below groundlevel??  <3 she learned how to pick the lock to the roof, so expect to find her up there w/ her telescope!!

GUH <3 the idea of AB getting his own little flat there, after he dials down the Omnicidal Tendencies by 80%? Just <33 a little plac eto make his own. Its very sparse but he slowly begins collecting houseplants and eventually it’s basically a Botanical Garden lmao. <3 I mean,, granted he has no access to wifi and if he steps outside his apartment without the security giving the OK he gets a '’’’’’’’mild’’’’’’’’’ Electric Shock BUT HEY ITS A START