#i'm crazy due to quarantine

[genderqueerdykes]

the COVID 2024-2025 vaccine is now available in some areas, please look into getting yours ASAP

i am a COVID survivor who is dealing with long COVID and permanent lung damage due to having caught the virus in October of 2023. this isn't a flu or a cold. this disease causes serious, permanent long term damage. i'm still struggling with even worse brain fog than i already had previously and sometimes it becomes extremely hard for me to breathe, even in good conditions.

COVID has been surging like crazy in the US this summer due to folks socializing more closely and masking no longer being required in most places. social distancing does not happen here anymore. we need to protect ourselves even while there are not mandates and rules in place stating that you MUST be masked (you still should be masking).

the CDC is stating that everyone ages 6 months and older should get the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine:

even if you have been vaccinated in the past you still need to keep up with current vaccines as their protection decreases over time, and COVID continues to mutate and become different strains that are resistant to previous vaccines. staying up to date and masking are the only ways to stay safe. viruses mutate to adapt to their hosts, and COVID is no different.

there are currently 5 variants of the Omicron strain of COVID that are responsible for the uptick in recent cases:

from a COVID survivor who doesn't want to go through this shit a second time: vaccinate. wear your masks. wash your hands. social distance. quarantine when sick. take this seriously. it's been 4 years and COVID has done nothing but prove it is here to stay unless we make a huge change in our society.

[ms-demeanor]

(Bat 1/?) I fully support your fight to help those feral cats and all you do to educate people about the importance of keeping your damn cats indoors. I wanted to provide another example to your readers about the importance of staying up to date on rabies vaccines, even for fully indoor kitties. I have seven cats and a dog, most of whom sleep with me. Two years ago, I was woken up at 5 am by what I thought was a broken alarm or some crazy digital screeching. A bat somehow got into the house.

Continued:

(Bat 2/?) I quickly closed the bedroom door, locking the dog and three cats inside. Two cats were hunting the bat and had injured its wing, causing it to flop into a room with another cat. I grabbed Friday before she could kill the bat and threw her into a crate I keep in the studio (crates are out at all times and in every room). I threw a box over the injured bat and then found leather gloves. I slid a folder under the box and transferred the bat to another box lined with paper towels.

(Bat 3/?) I made sure I never touched the bat, even with gloves on. Bat was secured in the box for transport to the wildlife center when they opened. And then I isolated Minnow, Fig, and Friday from the other cats. When I got to the rec center, she said they could repair the bat's wing, but the exposed cats needed to get rabies boosters ASAP and she was required to report the incident to the CDC. My cats rabies vaccines were out of date, but they had them in the past and I had proof.

(Bat 4/4) Having proof of those past vaccines literally saved their lives. The CDC could have seized them and put them down. The vet said I had to quarantine them for 40 days- no petting or handling them; just give them food, water, and clean the boxes. It was hell for them and me and Minnow still won't go near a large crate years later. I escaped needing shots myself because I never touched the bat. So, yeah, get your indoor pets vaccinated! You never know when a bat or raccoon will get in.

That is so scary and such a great example of why it's important to keep vaccines up to date! Good job on your quick thinking with the box to trap the vet, and on isolating your animals to keep them safe! I'm so glad you and your pets weren't hurt beyond the stress of the extended quarantine!

The CDC and local health departments are *extremely, extremely* serious about possible rabies infections, so having proof of vaccination can be a literal lifesaver for your pets and getting them vaccinated is good peace of mind for you.

It *terrifies* me that Tiny Bastard has interacted with skunks recently and I don't think she's gotten close enough to be at risk but even if she had I know exactly when she's due for her rabies vaccine so I know that she's current and safe even though she got closer than I would like to a wild animal.

[ghost-of-you]

Ima hop in talking to throw my two sense about this major break that’s coming up for 5sos, anonymously as someone who runs a anonymous 5sos confessions blog.

There’s a lot of new people in this fandom who’ve never experienced a 5sos break, and still have trauma from either 1D or other bands who took a break and then disbanded before the reunion. Or are fans of bands who are also in a limbo and are worried about what’s going to happen. (Looking at 1975 fans, I wish the best for yall)

And I’m a mixture of both! I was here for the first break, but drifted into other music genres during it, and kinda forgot about 5sos for a while, but came back within the last 3 years.

Plus for those who were here for the first break - there’s a lot of different factors that add into the uncertainty this time, like Michael becoming a dad!

There’s a lot of feelings being thrown around in the music industry of what happens before/during breaks that adds to what a break means now vs when the first break happened. It’s just… a lot.

Okay, look, I'm nice and I'm understanding but right now I'm gonna sound like a bitch and I don't care. Whatever experience anyone has with any other band doesn't matter. What happened with one direction is different from what is happening with the 1975, that's different from what happened with big time rush, that's different from what happened to why don't we, that's different from what happened to the Jonas brothers, I can keep going but you catch my drift. They are different bands, formed by different people, in different ways, with different believes and way to make music. No one thought backstreet boys were ever gonna come back and they just did a world tour, NSYNC was seen together just last month for the first time in YEARS, bands can take breaks and reform and regroup and move on if they want. I think this expectation that you're owed content all of the time is crazy. Album cycles shouldn't be just month long things. They should be allowed to work on something for longer. They should be allowed to not tour every 6 months. 5sos released 5 album in 10 years. An album every 2 years is a fucking good number. But even if it takes them another 2, 3, 5 years, it's their right as humans to take as much space as they want. I understand why people might be scared, but no one has the right to demand anything from anyone. Maybe Luke and Ashton will release more solo music, maybe they'll go on a tour, maybe Calum will drop a poetry book, maybe we won't see them for 5 years and then they'll announce the announcement of a new song. They can do whatever they want. You can't honestly expect to have access or content or tour at all times. They are grown men with lives and families who worked hard to learn how to exist outside a band they started when they were teenagers.

And yes, Michael is gonna be a father, but one, he's not the first musician ever to have a kid so that doesn't mean anything, but you also can't expect him to not be there for his daughter. Baby girl Clifford should be his priority but in nowhere is stated that you can't be a father and a musician.

And to compare 5sos to one direction is not a fair comparison, one direction was formed in a reality show by people who only wanted to explore them. 5sos were friends first and they are still friends first. Maybe they won't drop an album every year anymore. Maybe they won't make a tour with 101 concerts in less than 8 months. But that doesn't make them any less of a band, it they are doing shorter tours and longer album cycles.

Also, if they break up, they broke up, we can't force them to stay a band.

But I stand by the fact that these men went through quarantine, lost a whole record with calm due to an internal error, dropped their label, their management, both Ashton and Luke released solo albums, with Luke signing a 3 record deal if I'm not mistaken , Michael got signed as a dj and a producer, and they still released a whole album independently that was made the way they wanted. If they were gonna stop being a band they would've done in it in 2020. They're allowed whatever breaks they want or need. They are real humans. And they are not one direction.

But this break they are taking is something that they planned around it, or do you think it's an accident the tour ended just in time for Michael to be back home for the birth of his daughter? This tour wasn't scheduled, they could've not done it. But they chose to do it. But to look at them and accuse of being about to breakup and lying about it because they are taking a break for a very specific and unbelievably valid reason is bullshit.

I don't care about whatever trauma you may have about other bands. What happened to other bands happened to other bands. You can't make a different situation about them because it's never gonna be the same because there's different people involved.

Is their life. Their choice. We're just along for the ride. It's a hell of a good one so far and if this is it so be it. It's their choice.

And honestly, if you're actually this affected by one direction breaking up and this is not just some exaggeration for the bit or a joke, get help.

[sachermorte]

The anon DOES still want to hear the Prater incident!!! Your stories are WILD 😁

dramatis personae:

roland, a heavyset dark-haired man on a crutch, with a bearing that was described by a dear friend as soon as just the other day as "bizarrely edwardian"

ed, a slender, bespectacled man from oxfordshire

martha, a curly-haired woman from upstate new york

chris, some jackass, blonde and in a leather jacket, from somewhere in the UK but I didn't care to ask

tw: drug use, emetophobia

this was during the summer of 2020. the covid-19 pandemic had been raging for approximately three months, and this was the first of many brief quarantine relaxations that would take place in austria over the following year. we were permitted to travel, ride public transportation with a mask, and generally act like jackasses after too many long weeks of laying around in a stupor, doing nothing of consequence but giving ourselves mild alcohol poisoning with cheap, nasty beer and liquor. I actually can't drink rum anymore to this very day due to a separate event in march, but I digress. ed, martha, and I had been quarantining together in ed's apartment in the south of (sketchy-ass) linz near bulgariplatz, and to this very day I consider myself closer to these two people than I am my actual siblings.

but things were beginning to open and we were feeling stir-crazy, so we began tooling around the country together staring from around may. one trip to innsbruck/feldkirch/bregenz/liechtenstein, one trip to hallstadt/gmunden, one trip to bratislava, the works. lots of time spent in vienna because I quite honestly felt twitchy being away for too long but couldn't bear to leave ed and martha and completely shatter my already fragile psyche.

it came to ed's attention that a man whom he'd befriended during a study abroad term in vienna while he was doing his bachelor's, chris, was still in town, so we began hanging out with him, which quickly became one of the more unpleasant and draining aspects of our outings.

chris was an asshole. I can just come out and drop that one from the jump. loud, boorish, needlessly aggressive, had a sophomoric sense of humor, and seemed like he had it out for me in particular. literally everything out of his mouth was some unpleasant dig, usually towards me, and he seemed to think it was really funny to shout "hurry up, cripple!" at me and got all surprised pikachu when I didn't respond positively. I put up with it for ed's sake, as he seemed desperate for social interaction and appropriately embarrassed regarding chris' behavior.

the prater incident, as it has infamously come to be known, occurred during my last meeting with chris (and to my knowledge, anyone else's. I'm pretty sure ed stopped talking to him after this, and good riddance)

so we roll back into vienna and martha has a suitcase in tow because she's about to fly back to the US at like five in the morning, a fact we're all trying not to think about because it's just too brutal. chris comes and grabs us, immediately makes some stupid comment about how I'm dressed like a vampire, and we decide to head down to donauinsel because it's still light out and it's hot as balls

the second we get there, the second we set down our stuff by the water, chris rolls a couple of joints and thankfully shuts up for a minute while we smoke. and then opens his wallet and asks without any leadup "okay, who wants ecstasy."

record scratch moment as I have a terrible premonition of the night ahead. but I open my hand because, like, come on. I'm not not going to do ecstasy.

it takes maybe twenty minutes to start setting in, by which time the other three have started skinny-dipping in the river. I abstained despite chris throwing barbed comments my way because I didn't want to mess up my clothes (a puffy ecru pussybow blouse and an embroidered black velvet vest with silver buttons), I didn't want this jackass to see me naked and have more to comment on, and I was at that moment sitting on a rock and holding onto it for dear life to keep from falling off the side of the planet.

they stumble out after a while, the sun is going down and it's starting to cool off, and while they get dressed it's decided that we're going to prater because we're already on the U1 and where else do you go when you can't get into the club because someone's got a suitcase and you're all on molly.

at some point we consume an entire bottle of jägermeister between the four of us, just standing around at praterstern, which in hindsight was honestly probably not the best idea.

it's at this time that martha decides she doesn't feel like walking.

"I don't wanna," she goes, about to just flop to the ground and making ed and I take one of her arms to keep her upright. we literally have to brace her and drag her along. for the medically concerned reading: she was fine. she literally just didn't feel like it and wanted us to carry her.

we ride bumper cars at some point? ed and I in one car, chris and martha in the other. I drive and ram into them repeatedly. the attendant has to shut the whole ride down at one point to take the last of the jägermeister off of chris, casting us all a knowing, disapproving look before letting us finish our time. he gives it to me personally as we walk off, because I was the least visibly fucked up. I apologize, he just shakes his head.

we transition to pickwick's at schwedenplatz and drink more, not that it's a good idea. chris puts his jacket on me for some reason and tells me I look stupid. I roll my eyes and go out to the canal and smoke one of his cigarettes. In a fit of drunken, drugged pettiness, I literally fling his jacket into the canal and watch it float away. he never notices when I come back in. I never hear about it again. he's so fucked up he won't remember a single thing until we get to the airport.

because that's another thing. all three of these jokers are blackout, and no matter how drunk or high or crossfaded I get, I'm cursed by god to remain perfectly, terribly lucid, no matter how much I beg and pray otherwise.

so that's why I'm the only one to remember later, while we're all standing around at the bridge across the canal:

oh shit. martha has to go to the airport. like. right the fuck now.

martha is honestly lucky to still be in possession of her suitcase. ed is staring off into the middle distance, gently waving back and forth like a reed in the wind. chris is babbling some bullshit about "I just don't want you to hate me", on the verge of tears.

"bit late for that," I say, wrenching his phone from his hands and ordering us an uber from his account. I shove the three of them in the backseat the second we get there, fling martha's suitcase in the trunk, and climb up front with the driver. I proceed to have what was, to that point, the most fluent conversation in german I've ever had in my life while mostly succeeding in appearing normal despite being fucked up beyond all recognition.

the driver's driving like he's running from god. I become aware that while it's certainly not mandatory that I vomit, I very much could at any point in time if I chose to do so. it was just a matter of making that decision.

we get to the airport in the nick of time. martha thinks she lost her phone. "we'll mail it to you," I say, hug her and kiss her on both cheeks, and practically shove her through to security. she later finds it in her back pocket when she sobers up a couple hours into the flight. of course.

ed and chris are starting to come to already, shuffling around in front of the spar by the train station at flughafen wien. we're all just trying to get our bearings, maybe eat something quickly before ed and I run back to linz.

"oh," I say quietly as I spot some airport police, in a voice that sounded like it was coming from very far away. "it's the gendarmerie." I'd just been in paris at the end of last year before the world ended, so the word is still at the forefront of my mind.

chris starts in on me again. "gendarmerie? gendarmerie? god, you're so pretentious, everything out of your mouth is the most ridiculous shit--" and on and on and on.

I look at him. I look him up. I look him down.

I remember that I still have certain options at my disposal.

BLEAURGHHHH

without warning, I bend right over and vomit all over his shoes.

ed immediately jumps to my side and frog-marches me to the bathroom, going "you'll be alright, you're okay, you're fine, let's go", and leaves me at the sink while he leaves with paper towels.

I glance at in the mirror, my complexion wan and my eyes shadowed, and lightly dab at my mouth with a tissue. I cock my head to the side.

I know I did it on purpose.

Chris knows I did it on purpose.

but no one will ever, ever believe him.

I make eye contact with my reflection and smile.

ed and I get on the train back to linz and don't say a single word. when we get back to his apartment I climb into the empty bathtub and lay there for several hours during the comedown. I never do see or hear from chris again, and it turns out that ed barely even remembers me puking on chris' shoes to begin with.

he remembers though.

that I'm absolutely sure of.

checkmate, you son of a bitch.

FIN

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

Psittacosis

Let's open with a case report, like we're on an episode of house.

Case Report

35 yo otherwise well, suddenly presents with 2/52 of high fevers and a headache (usually this means > 39)

a/w chills and rigours, responsive to medication/presumably panadol and intermittent (would resolve then come back)

no respiratory symptoms

She had neutrophilia and intrestingly, a CRP of merely 30.

CXR revealed nonspecific consolidation in 2 lobes, they followed this up with a CT revealing pretty impressive ground glass opacities (or GGOs)

She was empirically treated on IV tazocin only (I'm used to atypical coverage empirically started if there's even a whiff of resp, which she may not have had symptoms but her CXR confirms this)

eventually she was on referred to the authors, who felt her CT findings with consistent with psittacosis and treated her with doxycycline which resolved her symptoms in 48 hrs

on further history, it was revealed that she had parrots at home, one had died 2 days preceding her symptoms and she was sleeping next to its body at night (crazy)

What is it:

psittacosis is a zoonoses (transmitted by animals, animals = reservoirs), in this case, transmitted by birds. Orthinoses if birds in general, but psittacosis if referred to macaws, parrots etc. YOu can also catch it from chickens and turkeys.

Some what related is Bird fancier's lungs. Which just sounds fancy.. I'm sure it's just an old term.

Bird fancier's lung refers to a hypersensitivty pneumonitis (ILD) caused by bird exposure. DIfferent disease process, but birds is the come denominator. INhaled bird particles

Psittacosis specifically refers to the infective disease process caused by a bacteria. It was 'identified" or reported in the 1870s, when a cluster of 7 swiss patients developed the same symptoms and found to have possessed tropical birds.

Similarly, in the 1930s there was an outbreak in the US with a mortality of up to 20% (80% in pregnant women), also attributed to parrots from South America.

Eventually, with further scientific development, the causative pathogen was identified as chlamydia psittaci, an atypical intracellular organism.

Psittacosis is a significant differential to consider in community acquired pneumonia as it has a high mortality if left untreated. But it is rare, and causes about 1% of cases in the US. Part of this is due to improved hygiene practices and strict importation guidelines of tropical birds.

It's spread through the inhalation of dust with either dried faeces or respiratory secretions from infected birds.

Clinical features

Variable! but the key thing on history is birds

incubation time can be anywhere from 2 days to 20

Flu-like (fevers/chills/myalgias/arthralgias/malaise/headache)

high fevers is key

respiratory symptoms - does not always present as per the case report, and can be mild on spectrum (dry cough) to more severe

if systemic, can also get photophobia, deafness and epistaxis

Rare (particularly where doxycycline or azith are prescribed at a low threshold): hepatosplenomegaly (look out for LFTs), GI symptoms (remember CAP can present with diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting --> always do a CXR)

even rarer: endocarditis or myocarditis, encephalitis or hepatitis (usually the complications of untreated disease)

Increased risk groups:

pet shop owners

bird owners

farmers

zoo, lab workers where birds are kept, vets, avian quarantine station workers

poultry handlers/workers

So ask if they live or work with birds, or had recent exposure.

INvestigations

serology is gold standard - so looking for antibodies in blood tests

it's intracellular - so hard to culture if even possible on standard blood cultures

elevated ESR/CRP may see LFT derangement and creatinine rise in systemic illness

CXR- usually lower lobe changes, if CT is done, you can get pulmonary infiltrates with GGOs

Treatment:

usual culprits for atypical coverage: azithromycin 3 days or doxycycline 100 mg BD for 14/7

Differentials

always broad if systemic features only (also consider IE and other causes of sepsis)

with resp symptoms - legionella, Q fever, mycoplasma, tularaemia (except for tularaemia, the rest are also covered by doxycycline)

In clinical practice, I'm so used to just having atypicals on board for any cases of atypical pneumonia. I really take it for granted. But will consider this differential more myself in cases of PUO - but I feel like there should be at least CXR findings regardless.

Anyway, prognosis is very good so long as it is treated.

Sources:

CDC guidelines

Case Report: Importance of Clinical history in Psittacosis

StatPearls

Wiki

[tcypionate]

i feel like im going crazy when someone mentions how it feels like everyone is getting the flu and a stomach bug and the cold and i want to mention covid is also still around, and if it's not covid, the reason why so many people are getting sick at such a high volume this go around is probably because so many people's immune systems are destroyed due to past covid infections, most of which they weren't even aware of. like people who are very staunch about their "i don't trust the government" ideals 100% believe the cdc when they say the pandemic is over and quarantine times can be reduced to almost nothing despite the fact nothing has changed. in fact, it's gotten worse because every restriction is dropping. and yes, everyone is sick of hearing about covid. but have you considered the fact that we keep hearing about it is because idiots have stopped taking prevantative measures like the literally effortless decision to wear a fucking mask? i'm utterly convinced people who stopped are purely selfish and apathetic because immunocompromised and other vulnerable groups have been begging you fucks for 4 years to take simple measures so they have less of a risk of fucking dying. and at the same time, you destroy your body, making you just as vulnerable. never ever say you hold any solidarity with the disabled community if you've stopped masking, unless you want to appear as purely superficial as you are.

[ilikepjo24]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24920380/chapters/60307450

what do you think of this Octeyna fic (it's my fav fic ever)

Many things I want to say... I'll say them all.

First of all, I KNOW THAT PERSON!! I've read other works of theirs, like [Clarisse fuc] and [drew fuc]. Both very good fics. I even chatted with them on TikTok once. It was a crazy coincidence. A couple of weeks after I read the homecoming fic I saw a TikTok video appreciating similar fics that came out during quarantine and in the comment section someone had mentioned a Clarisse-centered fic with that plot that they wrote, and I replied saying I've also read a similar fic. We talked a bit about each fic until we realized we were talking about the same one. And that's the story of how I met (not irl) the author of [Clarisse fuc], who's also the author of this fic that you linked.

Moving on onto a different thought: It was foolish of you to ask a teacher what they think about a text. In my country 30 is a perfect score for an essay. 15 for the content, 10 for the grammar/vocabulary, 5 for the structure. Due to it being a fic and not an essay meant to show support or disapproval towards a stance, I won't be viewing the content threw my reading glasses, so for this fic the 15 remaining points will be a perfect score.

The sentences are, for the most part, consistent, containing at least one verb in each period of words. I noticed a couple of grammar mistakes, specifically with the usage of "would" and "could". If there was anything else there, it slipped my attention. The description is very visual, as it should be, kudos for that. The vocabulary used is satisfactory. The punctuation marks weren't always used properly, although those mistakes were rare. The paragraphs were a tad too sort in some cases, and pieces of text were seperated when it would make more sense for them to belong in the same paragraph. Not all of the word periods start with capital letters when they should, although that was rare as well.

Grammar and vocabulary wise: 8/10

Structure wise: 3,5/5

The critique of the content will be my view as a reader, not an teacher.

WHAT THE FUCK IS OCTAVIAN DOING!?? GOSH, I WANTED TO PUNCH HIM SO BAD EVEN THOUGH I LOVE HIM. That was borderline assault!!! It was disgusting, vike, manipulative, abusive, inhumane, I fucking hated him!! Which, I suppose, was what the author wanted, so good job author, you achieved your goal. And poor Reyna!! She's been neglected, abused abs manipulated by so many different people and overlooked it, that she seems to be unconsciously romantizing the bad situation she's in. Although I'm glad she managed to snap out of it, because things can get pretty ugly in situations were a victim doesn't realize they're being abused. I really hope she manages to get herself out of that situation in later chapters.

I'd like to apologize for my son's (Octavian's) behavior, I got him recently from pest control and I hadn't had the chance to instill some values within him or teach him to behave. I promise, I can fix him, I just need some more time.

Overall, that's a pretty good fic right there. 👍

[lilacc-the-cat]

Finally drew those Sakura aus I mentioned way back

Hope you like reading cuz it's gonna be a long one

Deor Au

So keep it short the story of the au is that deor (which are these creepy deer-like creatures) kinda just exist and Sakura, Nekomaru, and Gonta are the only deors in Hopes Peak (or are they?) and Junko uses them to spread despair by giving them a disease through Izuru (who got turned into a deor for ⚡️SCIENCE ⚡️) and become despaired. Think of the disease as a combination of rabies, lycanthropy, and zombie viruses. If a deor is infected, they will go crazy and start killing and infecting others. If a human is infected, they turn into a deor and start going crazy.

Just like in canon, class 76 starts to live in Hopes Peak to hide from everything outside. After a few months, someone (probably Leon or Sayaka) gets attacked by something, giving them the Deor disease. Everyone besides Aoi suspects Sakura and quarantines her in her room, but as more of their classmates keep getting infected people Sakura took it upon herself to find out what's going on. Eventually she finds junko with deor Izuru, who infects her with the deor disease and becomes despair. Everyone who wasn't infected escapes and joined Future Foundation while the infected roam around Hopes Peak.

This is only Sakura's part in the au and even then I had to shorten it a bit because it was so long.

Were-dog Sakura Au

In this au were-creatures are seen as highly dangerous and are either killed or captured. Another thing to note is that therianthropy is spread through saliva and blood.

Sakura is a naturally born were-dog, and due to the suff I mentioned earlier, is hella stress about it. She constantly worries about her classmates finding out and getting her family killed because of it. Her anxiety only gotten worse when she tried to tell Kenshiro about her secret, where she attacked him by accident, transforming him into a were-dog.

Thankfully, Kenshiro kept it a secret but after that whole fiasco, Sakura mental health has gotten worse. She's tired constantly, gets easily distracted, oh and is slowly losing control of her were-dog side. At this point she started dating Aoi along with Kenshiro, but she recently started to avoid Aoi in fear of accidentally transforming her.

I'm currently writing a fan fiction about Aoi and Sakura's in this au but I've been procrastinating on it for over a year now so don't expect it to come out any time soon.

I hope you like my aus, if you got questions feel free to ask

[readingslover]

Chapter IV

Previous Chapter: Chapter 3

March 20, 2020

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While we’re looking for things to do at home, I thought it’d be fun to share behind the scenes of my dad’s acting debut. 🎾

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March 21, 2020

We had to push our songwriting session a few days back, to today, due to Jack being unable to join. However, I did some writing without Jack on the things that Aaron sent me. Austin should be here any minute now so I get everything ready for the sessions.

Right when someone, I guess Austin, knocks on my door I hear my phone ringing. I pick up my phone while walking towards the door. When I open the door. I see Austin standing there. I put my finger on my lips to tell him to stay silent while I answer my phone. “Hey, Kirsten. How are you?”

“Hey, Hannah. I’m doing good. How are you? How is it in Australia with the pandemic?”

“I’m good and healthy. We are shutting down production due to someone testing positive.”

“I hope it picks up again soon. I called because I needed to tell you something. I had a call with the management earlier today… and we thought it would be for the best if we canceled your upcoming tour.”

“I… I don’t know what to say. Can’t we wait a few more weeks? You know the tour starts in June we are only in March maybe in May this could be over.”

“Hannah, I know you don’t like to disappoint your fans but it’s for the best. This way you let them see that you care about everybody’s health and if I can be honest I don’t think this will be over in June.”

“Can”t we just postpone the tour until next year?”

“We could do the US and Brazil dates, but the international dates I would cancel. We don’t know how it’ll be in other countries so it’s for the best.”

“Okay. I will release a statement this week.”

We say our goodbyes and I hang up. I turn around to Austin who’s now sitting on my couch next to my guitar. I look at him to see him looking at me with sympathy. “I don’t know how you feel right now, but from what I’ve heard I also think it’s for the best. I know how much you couldn’t wait to be on stage again, but it’s the safer option.”

“I know it’s the safer option, Aus. Doesn’t mean it hurts less. I just hope that I can tour next year.”

After that, we talk for a while before calling Jack and Aaron. In the hours that follow, we write lyrics, compose some melodies and just talk. After we are done I ask Austin if he wanted to stay for dinner, I am making a very simple pasta carbonara.

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I'm so sad I won't be able to see you guys in concert this year, but I know this is the right decision. Please, please stay healthy and safe. I'll see you on stage as soon as I can but right now what's important is committing to this quarantine, for the sake of all of us.

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March 30, 2020

We are now a few weeks further. Still isolated at home. Baz had sent us an e-mail to tell us that production will be pushed back at least 6 months. So until September. We could choose to fly back home or stay here in Australia. I decided to stay. It would be safer to not fly on a plane with hundreds of people who want to rush home as fast as they can.

During these past few weeks, Austin came over a lot. I know it isn’t safe, but being alone is driving me crazy, and apparently him too. We wrote further on some songs we started during the session with Jack and Aaron last week. I also went to his apartment a few times which is just one floor under mine.

One thing I also did this week was painting. I shipped over some stuff to entertain me and a painting set and a canvas were also in it. I painted a house with a river and a walk pad towards the house. I turned out better than I expected. When Austin saw it he literally asked me: “What can’t you do.” 

I also had a few calls with my mum and Selena. Sometimes Austin was with me when they called and they talked a few times over the phone with each other. Where Selena and Austin brought up him guest-starring on the Disney show Wizards Of Wavery Place. I did the same with Ashley when she called Austin when he was over. The first time I talked to her I couldn’t believe I was talking to THE Sharpay of the High School Musical trilogy. I think Austin could tell because he was just laughing when he hung up and saw my face. A few days later Austin told me that Ashley had the same reaction as me. 

The thing that I picked up on at Austin’s apartment was that he is starting to create a timeline with pictures of Elvis throughout the years on his wall. At first, I was taken aback but he explained, that it could help him better his Elvis impressions until we start filming again. 

Another thing that happened was that Austin asked me for another date. He called it a date-at-home. It went like this:

I was putting away my paint stuff while Austin inspected the painting I had just painted. 

“What can’t you do? I mean this is incredible for someone who is not taking lessons.”

“I guess I can do a lot of things.”

“You guess, or you know?”

“I know I pick up things really fast, but I didn’t think painting was something I would ever do.”

I walked over to where he was sitting on my sofa. I sit down and take a sip of my drink that was standing there since I started painting. Austin did the same before putting it down and turning to me.

“I want to have another date with you.”

“Austin, you know we can’t go anywhere. Everything is closed.”

“Yes, I know that. But I was thinking about a date-at-home kinda thing. Where we dress up. I come to pick you up. We go to my apartment and have dinner cooked by me.”

“I would love to do that, Austin.”

“Alright, then I will pick you up Monday at 6.”

After that, we just hung out. Did some exercises for his voice and wrote some songs.

So right now I am going through my closet trying to find something to wear that is chic and not too casual. I ordered some things online that arrived yesterday. I also texted Selena this morning when I woke up with my choices. We decided on a black longsleeved turtle neck with a skirt that is checkered and comes to my ankles. I keep my makeup to a minimal natural look.

A few minutes before 6 someone knocks on my door. It’s probably Austin to pick me up. I put on my heels before I open the door. When the door is open I see Austin standing there in a buttoned-up shirt and dress pants. He looks me up and down taking in what I’m wearing. “You look beautiful.” He says when his eyes meet mine. “Thank you. You polish up good.” I say when he holds his arm out for me to hook my hand in.

“If the shops were open I would buy you a bouquet of orchids and hydrangeas.” 

He memorized my favorite flowers. This is way too good to be true.

“Well maybe sometime in the future.”

He leads me towards the elevator and pushes on the button so the elevator comes.

“You know, I can perfectly do the stairs. Even in these heels.”

“I know, but I also know from my sister that even when you can do then after a while your feet will hurt as hell.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

When the elevator arrives we get in and stand in comfortable silence while going to his floor. The elevator doors open and we get out. He opens his door and lets me go in first.

Walking in I notice that there are no big lights on, just small table lights. In the middle of the table is a candle burning with on either side plates and cutlery. This really is a romantic date. “Austin, I love this,” I say when I turn to look at him. He visibly relaxes. “I hoped you would.”

He walks me to a chair and holds it out for me to sit in. Then he walks towards the kitchen where he gets a pot from the kitchen. He places it on the table and opens the lid. I’m immediately hit with the smell of spaghetti bolognese. “I hope a simple spaghetti is good for you?” Austin asks. “It’s perfect. It smells amazing.” I tell him while he fills my plate with the delicious-smelling meal.

During the dinner, we talked a lot. We talked more about our family and friends. And sometimes there were a few silent moments but not uncomfortable ones. We also drank a lot of wine. I think we are now halfway through our second bottle and have left the table for the couch. Austin is telling about working on the set with Ashley and how they both immediately clicked. I do have to admit, I’m listening but not really picking up on what he is saying. It could be because of the many glasses of wine that I had, but it could also be because I am unashamed staring at him. He probably thinks it’s me listening. How could I not stare? He looks so attractive in a suit. And his eyes are full of light when he talks about the things he loves. 

“You know, you can take a picture if you like to stare at me.” Austin gets me from my staring state. My eyes go wide open from embarrassment and Austin starts to laugh. It takes me a minute to recover from that. 

“I get it. I do look good.”

“Oh, you’re getting cocky now?”

“Well, I just caught you full-on staring at me for a couple of minutes without shame. It complements my ego.”

“Well try to look less graceful and then maybe I would actually focus on what you’re saying.”

“You think I look graceful?”

“You look every synonym of beautiful. So yeah, you look graceful, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, raveling, sparkling. I could go on if you’d like.” After I said that his cheeks flushed red. 

Oh god, are we flirting?

“Look who’s embarrassed now?”

“Nobody has ever used so many words to tell me I’m beautiful. Even if they are synonyms.”

“Well if something or someone looks beautiful I think you always have to say it to them. It could mean the world to them.”

“I have to say, Hannah. I’ve never met anyone quite like you.”

After he says that we look at each other while staying silent. We are sitting so close to each other that I can feel Austin breathe.

While I continue staring into his ocean blue eyes. I notice him leaning in, so carefully. Like when he does it too fast I would run away. But truth be told I don’t think I want to run. When his lips almost touch mine I can hear him whisper: “I wanted to do this for a long time.”

And then he kisses me.

It’s a slow, passionate kiss that leaves me breathless. When our lips don’t touch anymore he opens his eyes and looks right in mine.

“You have no idea how long I wanted to do this.”

And he kisses me again with even more passion than the last one

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Chapter 5 (OIW)

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Stories From Fazbear's Timeline

So, when I was rambling on Twitter some hours ago. I realized and I was stupid to not notice this long ago. Many of my Stories From Fazbear's stories were indeed deleted even when I reblogged them to this blog. Because when you press the keep reading option, it doesn't work because it said it doesn't exist.

Which really sucks. But I had posted the timeline onto another site. So, just in case something happens. I'm going to copy and paste the timeline. This was for an AU I hyped up and posted the timeline. Something I was very passionate. It was basically my own reimaging and, in a way, my movie adaptation of the FNAF saga. It took months to make, and I had made draft stories. But alias, many of those stories are now sadly gone because I deleted my FNAF blog.

I was very proud of this AU. I teared up at some of the little stories I wrote. Yet I question if I should call this my best work. But I was just proud (And I had help when making it) to make it because I...am likely still a long time FNAF fan. I wanted to make my own take on the series that still fit many of the games and honor them. But also, make a timeline that makes sense with some changes.

But alias, I was young, and it's from two years ago. Yet it says a lot I remember this AU of mine fondly. Even though at this point, there feels like there's no need for it. Including with the FNAF movie out. This stuff is basically in the past. But it was a great effort I did during the time of quarantine when COVID was still a major thing.

Anyway, here's the timeline, unedited.

1977: Fredbear's Family Diner is opened. Owned by Henry Emily and William Afton.

Throughout ever since the start of Fredbear's. Caroline Emily, Henry's wife plays a mute character named Ms. Marionette. That is part of the cast of characters.

1979: The franchise is expanded into Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Introducing more animatronic characters.

Fazbear Entertainment is born.

Caroline even at Fazbear's, plays the character of Ms. Marionette as well. She is one of the reasons why the restaurants become successful. With the major other reasons being the animatronics themselves. Including the food and entertainment.

Yet during all of these years. Despite being happily married to Joanna and her supporting the business as well. Even though she has a job as a dancer. Ever since he met Caroline. William feels this sort of sexual frustration whenever he’s with her. Mainly admiring her. Despite William considers his wife number 1.

September 1983: Henry also decides to risk the idea of letting other employees use the Springlock suits. But it sadly results in the deaths of Barry and Jack. Two trusted employees who had been working at Fredbear’s since the start. Despite taking their corpses out and paying for their funerals, Evan Afton see’s them die. This happens at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria.

Because of this, few employees are allowed to wear the suits. With Henry and William mainly using them.

Evan develops a fear of the animatronics. Thinking they ate the employees. But even before this, Evan didn’t socialize much with other kids. Imagining the Fredbear plush as his friend, along with seeing the plushies of the other Fazbear characters as his friends.

Due to the incident with Jack and Barry. People start making crazy rumors about Fredbear’s.

In October 1983. Michael Afton bullies his younger brother and puts him in Fredbear's mouth. But it results in Fredbear crushing Evan’s head. With everyone there to witness it, including William.

The next few weeks is what forever changes the course of Fazbear's forever.

- During the weeks his brother is in the hospital. Michael wants to punish himself after witnessing what he had did to his brother. He begins having intense nightmares. Putting himself in his brothers place and being attacked and killed by his brother's, "Friends".

Soon his nightmares slowly end when he finally must accept that his brother will die. The nightmares soon start to cease. But they still happen at times.

- Traumatized, enraged and wanting to get even with his partner in the business. William plans to kidnap Charlie and hide her to scare Henry. To make him feel his pain. In the end, Henry would pay a ransom. But this instead results in Caroline going into the bathroom first and noticing a man in a Spring Bonnie costume. His plan changes, William kidnaps her instead. For weeks, Caroline is missing, taken captive by someone she doesn’t know. She was kidnapped during a Halloween party.

Evan’s in the hospital, while Caroline is a captive somewhere. For possibly three weeks. Though William tries to take care of her. Despite cuddling with her, playing music while she’s stuck in a box, and whatever other things.

But learning that his son will die anyway. Along with learning Caroline’s ‘Bruja’ heritage, meaning witch. William accepts the ransom money. Yet because of how he treated Caroline, William kills her anyway. In a way, because of three weeks. Her death was drawn out.

William leaves a clue to Henry of where his wife is at after the ransom is paid. Which results in Henry finding a large chest with two locks, revealing Caroline’s corpse with the words, “ALL YOUR FAULT” carved on her stomach.

Due to the tragedies with William's youngest son, two employees of his, and the unsolved murder of his wife. Henry decides to retire Fredbear's as a whole. Making a PSA that the characters have retired. Which include Fredbear, Spring Bonnie, and Ms. Marionette.

But because of these events, Caroline becomes the Puppet, Barry becomes Shadow Freddy, and Jack becomes Shadow Bonnie.

Yet Caroline died near the same time Evan’s plug was pulled by William. Given permission by the doctors and his wife. Feeling sorry for the young boy. Caroline wants to put the boy back together. Resulting in him becoming the first half of Golden Freddy.

Their sprits linger around Fazbear’s.

William’s motives were rage, jealousy, and lust. After Caroline’s death. His slow descent into sadism begins. Even though he tried to move on from the events.

But also with Caroline gone, who was considered the, “Soul” of Fazbear Entertainment. Who gave Henry good advice and was supportive. Without her at Henry’s side, Fazbear Entertainment would never be the same again after her death.

1986: With only Freddy's operating, and trying to move on from the tragedy of three years ago. But over the time, William soon learns he seems to enjoy sadism. Which results in him planning to use the Freddy’s in Hurricane as his personal killing grounds. Preying on the children that go there.

Over the course of June, four children go missing. But with the Springlock suits put away. William has to use the replacement costume instead.

In order. Susie Evans(Chica), Benjamin Allen(Bonnie), Lynn Davis(Foxy), and Gabriel Brooks(Freddy). He lures them into the back, likely the safe room or the back room.

William decides to hide the corpses in the animatronic characters just in case. Because of William’s defiling of the animatronics and hiding the corpses in there. The animatronics become possessed by the children.

Caroline is shocked, horrified, and angered by the same man who kidnapped and drawn out her death is now killing children at her family’s own restaurant. She takes care of the children’s spirits. Acting as if she were their own mother. But she is overzealous, which results in her and her, ‘Children’ trying to find the man responsible for their deaths.

Near the end of June, the animatronics start smelling like reanimated corpses. Confused and realizing he had not fixed his animatronics in a long time, Henry decides to open them. He is shocked when he discovers the corpses. Horrified and not knowing what to do, Henry tells William what he had found and asks for advice. William’s advice is not to reveal the corpses to the police. And that Henry needs to be a man and not a coward. Because if he Henry tells the police of what he had found, Freddy Fazbear’s may likely never open again.

Due to William’s successful manipulative advice, Henry decides to take the bodies and bury them behind his house. Believing incinerating their bodies is disrespectful and horrifying. But he wants to give them proper burials.

Because of these events, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is closed. But not retired forever. Henry plans to make better animatronics that can keep the children safe. Resulting in the origin of the Toy Animatronics.

But due to Henry wanting to keep going despite the horrible events. His own sister disowns him and takes Charlie to live with her. Along with angry mobs forming against the restaurant and Henry’s attitude against the parents and police. Telling them to fuck off in a way. Which confuses and saddens people close to him. Such as Clay Burke and his wife. But especially Henry’s own sister, Jennifer.

Because of his wife’s demise and discovering the children’s corpses, Henry finally loses his faith in humanity. He becomes a gray figure who runs Fazbear Entertainment with an iron fist. Seeing nearly all of his employees as likely suspects of whoever killed his wife and the children. Not caring who really dies or not.

Taking William’s advice to heart to sweep problems under the rug. Yet somehow...there is still parts of Henry’s humanity within him. Such as being gentle with children. Including making sure the food is good and enjoyable. And maintaining some nice relationships with certain people.

But the man that opened Fredbear’s and Freddy’s was no more. All that was left was a man who didn’t care anymore, and filled with rage. Who lived in his house all alone. He was hated by all, but he didn’t care.

For William, he only rejoiced that his soul brother got all the attention. With no one caught for the missing children’s case, and people assuming it was Henry who likely killed the children.

Especially even if Fazbear’s did truly fall. He could always go back to just being his wife’s accountant as always. As she still made a lot of money. With many not knowing who he was. William can perfectly get away with his crimes. With the added bonus of making Henry feel pain that the person who took his wife and the children was still out there.

October 1986: Development of the Toy Animatronics begins. Which are based upon some toys Fazbear Entertainment had made. With William helping out in case. Luckily for Fazbear Entertainment. Other sister locations are opened.

June 1987: After having drunken sex with a random man, Jennifer Emily gives birth to Derek.

October 23rd 1987: The new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is introduced to the public. Featuring the Toy Animatronics. The restaurant is opened for a few short weeks.

The animatronics have facial recognition systems to locate any predators in the restaurant. They are an achievement in animatronic making.

Despite the risky possibility, William decides to murder children again.

During the same week William begins to murder again, Jeremy Fitzgerald is hired for the nightshift.

One of the victims is Cassidy Taylor, Jeremy’s girlfriend, who is watching the kids. She is caught by William and is saved to be killed for last when he kills the other children first. She is put in a old Fredbear springlock suit, which William sets to go, off killing her.

Compared to the last murders, William begins to get messy. He lures children with the Spring Bonnie costume again. He can't stuff the children again, so he takes their corpses and dumps them in a garbage dump, resulting in them getting found and the spirits passing on.

But Cassidy, was later found by police in the suit. Despite the others moving on, she didn’t. Because she’s furious with what William did. Now Cassidy shares Golden Freddy with Evan.

When Jeremy finds out what happens to Cassidy, he is traumatized and distraught by what happened to her.

Just in case, William messes with the system of the Toy Animatronics, to make sure they see adults as a criminal and not recognize him.

During Elizabeth’s fifth birthday party, Jeremy is bitten on the head by Mangle. Resulting in the, "Bite Of 87" and destroying the reputation of Freddy Fazbear's even more. But Jeremy survives. The only reason why Jeremy didn’t really defend himself is after Cassidy’s death, he just felt nothing anymore except guilt. With the idea that he feels suicidal and responsible for her and the children’s deaths. Which is why he still kept going to Freddy’s, because he didn’t care.

The Toy Animatronics are scrapped, with the older models kept to be refurbished. Due to almost being caught, William has to think of how he can kill children again. With his experience on working on animatronics with Henry, he begins planning to make his own.

During Jeremy’s recovery in the hospital while he’s in a coma. He goes through a nightmarish adventure in his own head. Haunted by his experience at Freddy’s, and blaming himself for Cassidy’s death. Remembering his time working at Freddy’s and other things. But with the help of Caroline, Cassidy is able to go into Jeremy’s mind and tells him it wasn’t his fault. Finally putting Jeremy’s guilt to rest and wake up from his coma.

Because of dying in the older Fredbear suit, she is now the second half of Golden Freddy with Evan. She is more angry than Evan considering the circumstances of her death. Which Caroline didn’t want to happen.

1988: Afton Robotics becomes a subdivision of Fazbear Entertainment. With Henry still being the main CEO.

1989: Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza is opened again in Hurricane. With Henry taking parts of the Toy Animatronics and combing them with the originals, completely redesigning them.

During these years, because of the, “Bite Of 87″. The animatronics can’t walk during the day time. So the nightshift is kept open. Sometimes other employees, Henry, or Phone Guy take the shift. Sometimes a guard will get killed, which will result in Henry hiding the corpse. Possibly buried behind his house. Most employees would quit.

November 1993: After years of development, William finally reveals the Funtime Animatronics to the public. With the intention to open a new sister location named, “Circus Baby’s Pizza World”.

Convincing Henry and the board that the claws and holes in the animatronics chests are to surprise the children with ice cream and other birthday goodies. William is able to put them out in public after they are deemed safe.

Before Circus Baby’s is opened, in Hurricane, Foxy is beaten by enraged customer with a crowbar. A person who just simply wanted to tarnish Fazbear’s considering how Henry ran things. He is arrested but soon let go. Because of the damage, Foxy at times is out of order, or he will work at times.

Because of this, William gets drunk to celebrate this news and sleeps with Joanna. Thinking he’s just joking at first, but she slowly realizes as what her drunk husband is saying is true. That he killed her best friend Caroline, the money he got was her ransom, not from a casino. Including that he was responsible for killing all of those children in those two cases.

Joanna decides to secretly pack up her belongings first while Elizabeth is out with friends. William notices this and she says she is gonna take Elizabeth on a business trip with her. But he realizes what she is doing after she reveals what she heard from him while he was drunk. This results in him keeping Joanna hostage in a secret compartment of theirs in the basement. With William telling a returning Elizabeth is that her mother is on a tour, while Joanna cries knowing her daughter is now in the care of a monster. Despite he warned her that if she doesn’t keep quiet, he’ll sadly make their daughter join her in the room too.

During this time, William tries to get Joanna to understand what he did, to possibly forgive him. But she is more horrified by his reasoning for what he did. Such as his intense hatred for Michael and Henry, wanting to leave Elizabeth’s innocence out of it, and thinking they would be okay with him killing children. Especially by the fact she and her daughter were his impulse control.

During the opening day of Circus Baby’s, Elizabeth is sadly killed by Circus Baby. Resulting in William closing the restaurant and saying it was due to the leaks. But also during this, Joanna escapes the room.

She tries to escape and find her daughter. But she goes into his workshop and discovers what the Funtime Animatronics are supposed to be since they were brought back to their house. Discovering things such as the Spring Bonnie costume, and soon what’s inside Circus Baby. William then discovers her, which results in her telling him he killed their daughter.

In a struggle, and William trying to push her off of him. Joanna is sadly impaled by Ballora who was being worked on. Now Joanna dies in William’s arms.

Because of this, William throws Joanna’s car away. Along with William soon starting Circus Baby’s Entertainment And Rental. Putting out a PSA that a rental service is much better. But also because of supposed gas leaks that William made up about.

The sudden disappearance of Joanna and Elizabeth spooks people. But even with no proof, people start thinking, mainly Henry start believing William may of been the one who killed the children.

At this point, William has truly lost EVERYTHING. While slowly disowning his eldest son back then. He soon starts blaming everything on Michael and Henry. Now with his daughter and wife gone. Who to him were his impulse control. With the memory of Evan slowly gone from his mind.

Unknown to everyone, Circus Baby and Ballora are possessed by Elizabeth and Joanna.

June 1996: Michael Afton takes on the name of Mike Schmidt to work at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.

The 10th anniversary of the first murders at Freddy’s takes place. With Charlie and her friends returning to Hurricane to honor their memory.

For three years, William had thought to himself whether he should just finally kill himself. With now Fazbear Entertainment and even his own sub division losing more money as the years gone by.

William finally decides to snap. Resulting in him returning to Hurricane. With no Joanna and Elizabeth to hold him back. He returns to inflict more pain on the people or Hurricane, mainly Charlie.

During the week, Charlie meets Michael for the first time in years. But as the missing children’s parents start being murdered. She starts to think Michael may be the one killing them. Remembering parts of her past with him that he had issues. But to her surprise, William kidnaps her and plans to make everyone feel fear of her going missing. Including to kill many others such as her friends and father before killing her.

As the police and her friends try to search for Charlie. Mike is working at Freddy’s and learns what’s going on and wants to help if he can. But during all of this, Jessica and Marla are kidnapped by William as well, but not killing them.

The original missing children’s parents are killed, officer Dunn, other police officers, while Clay is very injured and his wife is taken hostage at one point. Along with John soon finding Charlie, but is beaten to death by William with a crowbar in front of her.

But during the situation where Clay is injured and officers are killed. Henry had join Clay to find Charlie. This results in Henry and William having a fight to the death. Which results in William nearly killing Henry. But Will decides to let him live because he thinks killing Charlie before killing him first will make him suffer more. Which saddens Henry as he hears Charlie’s muffled cries for help.

In an event, Mike soon finds Charlie and the others. All while taking place at Freddy’s. Which results in Mike, Charlie, and others trying to survive the animatronics and William. Who is also destroying the animatronics one by one.

But to everyone’s surprise, the spirits of the children and Caroline rise, which horrifies William. Thinking the old Spring Bonnie springlock suit will protect him. He holds Charlie hostage again to keep them away. But to his surprise, Charlie activates the suit, killing William inside. After this, everyone decides to just simply leave.

Despite their killer finally being killed, Caroline and the children don’t move on sadly. As the years had gone by, mainly seeing William dying opened her eyes. She starts to see the errors of what she had done. Terrified of the possibility because of guards they have killed. That her children may never move on and may burn in Hell instead.

During the middle of the night, Henry has recovered the night before and discovers William's corpse. But instead of reporting it to the police. He decides to board up the safe room to make William suffer and to never be found. Saying, "Good Riddance" to his former partner and the man he considered his brother.

Despite officers going to investigate. They can’t find the safe room. With Henry denying having to do anything with what happened. Due to the safe room being hidden well and the restaurant being closed for some time. William’s body is never recovered.

November 1997: The 10th anniversary for the 2nd missing children’s case happens. With Michael, Charlie, and others attending their memorial. But as that happens, Michael soon starts hearing his mother's voice in his head. Telling him to go Circus Baby's Entertainment And Rental to help them.

Michael still taking on the name Mike Schmidt, goes to work for Circus Baby's. Hoping to understand why the voice wanted him to go there. But now things have gotten complicated. With Circus Baby speaking to him and seems to recognize him.

During Michael's work week. Joanna wants Michael to free her and his sister. But Elizabeth desperately wants to be free. She comes up with a more disastrous plan. To use Michael's corpse as a disguise to get them out. But Joanna refuses to join in.

It’s a spiritual fight between a mother and a daughter. But to Joanna’s dismay, Elizabeth gets the better of her, due to being so scared and just wanting to be free from their torment.

During all of this, Charlie wants to investigate what happened in 1987. She goes to find Jeremy Fitzgerald and interviews him of what he knows. Revealing what sort of memories he had, despite being disabled. Soon she learns the Toy Animatronics soon went into the development of the Funtime Animatronics. Which leads her into what’s going on with Michael.

With Elizabeth holding more power over her mother, she uses all of the Funtime Animatronics to merge into Ennard. Yet even during this, Elizabeth and Joanna struggle to fight over who’s in control.

On his fifth night, Ennard tries attacking Michael. During his fight for survival, Michael is sadly killed. But because of this, Elizabeth feels guilt over killing her own older brother, realizing what she had done. But to Ennard’s surprise, the Puppet arrives to the facility. It is revealed Caroline had discovered where Joanna and Elizabeth were at. Lending a hand to help them be freed. By giving Joanna telepathy to speak to her oldest son.

Being so tired of death, she uses her, ‘Bruja’ magic to be able to heal Michael and bring him back to life.

Ennard leaves Michael with Charlie, who takes care of him. Now Ennard is free, living out in the Hurricane wilderness. But afterwards, Henry soon learns what the Funtime Animatronics were for. He feels incredibly guilty to learn this is what William made. Despite the difficulty, he tries his best to rearrange their systems so they don’t kill anyone.

Afterwards, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in Hurricane finally closes down. Even though Fazbear Entertainment is still going with other restaurants in America. Including Circus Baby’s Entertainment And Rental.

2003: Henry finally kills himself by using the Fredbear animatronic that crushed Evan’s head to crush his own. He is found the next morning, and everyone finds out. Fazbear Entertainment has lost their main CEO, yet they still go on.

But due to his anger at William, and enraged of innocents being hurt by sinners. Henry possesses the Fredbear animatronic to roam around Hurricane and anywhere else. To punish the guilty. Whether they are serial killers, rapists, traffickers, or anyone else. He sadly becomes judge, jury, and executioner.

As the years go on, he is known as the, “Bearman” by the locals. A cryptid in the likes of Bigfoot, the Dover Demon, Lizard Man, and any other creatures that are mainly known as myth and legends. Despite the obvious killings of the guilty.

He never resorts to hurting the innocent. Yet because of the unsolvable killings, this makes people terrified of what this creature is. With some who may of seen him just petrified by the sight of him. The other reasons why Henry is also doing this because he feels he is just as much as a monster as William was. That this is his time to repent. But also the hopeful possibility, that just maybe, just maybe. If he kills enough or keeps going. Caroline may come back.

Henry has become what the children had become. But sadly more worse. And he knows what he is doing.

After his corpse is found by Clay and other police officers, he goes into Henry’s house and finds his journal. Revealing where the original missing children are at. Their bodies are buried with their parents.

During these years after 1996. Despite having support from Jessica(Who’s relationship becomes stronger when doing their own personal therapy), Carlton, and others. Because of the events with William in 1996, and her father finally being dead. Charlie is sadly scarred by the events. Which led to mental problems, trauma, and seclusion. Even having breakdowns that would make people she dated retreat from her.

Even after in 1997 with her mother telling her she’s proud to have her as a daughter. And that her death wasn’t her fault.

2014: Derek Emily now with a surname Anderson, takes control of Fazbear Entertainment as the only willing relative to Henry to take over. He makes a false promise to bring joy back into Freddy Fazbear’s again.

October 2019: Fazbear's Fright is soon to be opened. Katherine Grady takes on the job to watch the place before it opens. Who was encouraged by one of her best friends, Millie Fitzsimmons to take the job. The first night is a breeze. Until Alan The Phone Dude and crew find an actual animatronic. Which is actually Springtrap.

Fazbear’s Fright is now an anchor for the dead. With William being found, and the spirits of Caroline and the children being there. Caroline thinks this is the chance to fully destroy William and possibly free her children and herself.

But what makes it an anchor of the dead. This is the location Mike worked at in 1996. But also the location of where the original murders had happened. Now it had been redesigned and messed with.

Unknown to Katherine and others. Fazbear’s Fright is part of this initiative by Fazbear Entertainment led by Derek to make a mockery of the rumors of Freddy’s. Including to make good PR for upcoming projects. Such as the development of a new mall.

Katherine wants to find out more about Fazbear's. With the help of Betty Burke and her son. She soon finds Michael Afton AKA Mike Schmidt. Who physically still looks like he's in his 20's and near being 30. With an ID saying he was born in 1993.

This also results in them finding Charlie. Who is highly against Fazbear's Fright. Who is still suffering from trauma endured in 1996. Amusingly, her first interaction with Charlie is Kathy first breaking into her house. With Charlie taking her captive because she thinks she’s a burglar.

With Caroline/The Puppet informing the three of them to burn down the attraction. During one night, the three try to burn it down. But Springtrap is aware of what is going on. He is enraged to see his eldest son who is still alive. Along with Charlie as well.

After a fight to the death between Springtrap and Michael. Along with Charlie and Katherine aiding Michael. The attraction is burned down.

Michael, Katherine, and Charlie escape with their lives. With the building destroyed and most of their animatronic bodies finally being burned, the children can finally go to Heaven. Which surprises but fills Caroline with joy. But to her surprise, she senses William is somehow not destroyed. Despite to her children’s dismay of her not joining them, she promises them she’ll join them soon. But that she needs to take care of something before she fully moves on.

But while all of this was happening. Derek has been setting up a special project. Considering several Freddy’s around the country aren’t doing well. He has been preparing the Fazbear Funtime Service. A project in which animatronics are delivered to people’s actual houses.

On November 25th 2019, the Fazbear Funtime Service is launched. Amazingly and due to the surprise of COVID-19 spreading into America. The service becomes more successful than it was meant to be.

The construction of the Freddy Fazbear Mega Pizza Plex starts.

2020: The Fazbear Funtime Service goes on. But for some reason, a virus gets into the systems, and causes the animatronics to go berserk. During this, Vanessa now taking on the name Vanny starts enacting acts of violence and anarchy among Hurricane. With Carlton trying to investigate.

Ever since Fazbear’s Fright, Vanny has known Springtrap and overtime. She has been helping him. Including having the help of another employee named Matt.

To Derek’s surprise, Tanya discovers the reason behind Fazbear’s Frights and tries to tell Charlie and whoever else about what misdeeds Derek has been doing.

During those three years. Katherine and Michael slowly begin a relationship. That went from friendship to something more intimate. But unknown to Katherine, Michael keeps up the act that was a late son William had. Yet Charlie and others soon start to notice. Despite they have nothing against Michael. They insist he needs to tell the truth of who he is and how old he actually.

Including Charlie and Jessica fully embrace an intimate relationship as well.

Throughout 2020, Caroline tries to right her own wrongs by becoming mainly a Pacifist. A being that keeps to herself, hiding among people, trying to help innocents if she can. But never killing anyone again. Along with searching for William if she can ever find him. Luckily for her, she puts on a hooded cloak to hide most of herself.

Springtrap now in hiding, tries to live out whatever this life that is his now. Killing whoever that is in his way. Trying to look like a homeless man with an old hooded jacket, and a disposable face mask. Killing whoever is in his way, or whoever angers him.

Ever since 1997, Ennard now simply grown apart as Scrap Ballora and Scrap Baby, wander the wilderness as well. Sadly not having any purpose. But with Joanna possibly trying to follow in her best friends footsteps of protecting the innocent. But also simply not wanting to be separated from her daughter.

2021: Endgame.

After the events that happened at the Freddy Fazbear Mega Pizza Plex. Along with finally learning more about the stories of ‘Bearman’ killing the guilty that are kidnapping or harming the innocent. But also reading that there are similarities with a certain bear she knew from Fredbear’s Family Diner.

There are also sightings of a Puppet in a hooded cloak, two old worn down Funtime Animatronics, and finally, what appears to be a tall man in a worn out hoodie. Yet for some reason looks like an undead animatronic rabbit.

But also for some time, her parents graves looks like it has been visited by something at certain nights. Leaving large bear like footprints, and little claw marks on her mothers gravestone. As if the visitor was possibly hugging it.

It also helps there have been at times, a certain ‘Bearman’ has watched her from time to time. Including her finding out the same Fredbear animatronic that had crushed Evan’s head had disappeared two decades ago. Which shocks her as she realizes the horrifying possibility of what happened after reading the last few pages of her father’s journal of how he wanted to punish people like William if he can after his suicide.

Charlie takes over Fazbear Entertainment after Derek is caught for his misdeeds. She goes back to Fredbear’s Family Diner and has help to plan something.

Tired from the pain and suffering. But also horrified by the idea William is still out there. Along with even Joanna, Elizabeth, her mother, and even her father. All of the children have moved on...but not them.

During this as well, she soon learns her mother’s secret heritage which explains the hauntings even more now. That she was mainly a good witch.

She wants it to end. All in one place. With the building being reconstructed, her taking a Rockstar Freddy and remaking it. Along with researching her mothers heritage and possibly using it for this situation.

Operation: Rapture is at hand.

[flibo23]

I just finished watching the gameplay of the infamous horror game, The coffin of Andy and Leyley: it's much better than I expected and oh boy I feel a new obsession coming. But I didn't know it didn't have a finale yet, sad. I'll be patient

And I don't even read or watch horror stuff usually, this just picked my interest too much due to the controversy; so if anything I'm glad I checked it out for myself instead of trusting someone too much

I have to process it a bit because I watched six hours of gameplay in a day and a half but I'll ramble a lil here because I can't with my best friend, they're uncomfortable with this

Honestly? I love him but I think Andrew is worse than Ashley: yes she drives him to do bad things and codependency will do crazy stuff to you, but if he really wanted he could have backed off a lil, especially for the most evil stuff they committed. But he loves her so much he looks stupid! He'll complain but we saw he'd die without his sister

So Andrew lies to himself, while Ashely just embraces it and I love that for her

Their relationship is one of the most messed up I've seen in fiction, but it makes my brain happy, what can I say. Especially when their mum thinks about what's going on between these two because she's absolutely correct

(but also yes I watched it pretty fast so maybe I missed something who knows)

Honestly, it's well written ? It's funny and charming even though many scenes are really dark: I find impressive how the creators added a comedic spin to it (otherwise I don't know if I would have been able to watch it for long). The relationships between the characters are a delight to follow, not only the main two, but even their relationship with their parents. The story is also pretty compelling, I especially want to know what the heck is going on with the quarantine

I'll be here waiting for the next chapters hoping I will be able to play the game for real eventually

[xprojectrpg]

Moment of Awesome - Alex Summers/Havok:Having taken newcomer Match to a hotel to avoid the powers swap craziness, Alex finds himself explaining magic and the teams.

Match had been quiet since Alex had picked him up, though he'd done nothing to cover his interest at the hotel they'd arrived at until... whatever was going on at the mansion he'd found himself at resolved itself. Or he had to leave. Whichever came first. Then had come the 'hey we can order room service' and he'd perked up at the mention, and ordering, of food. "So," he finally piped up as he blankly scrolled through what channel options the place had. "Does this sorta stuff happen a lot? A quarantine due to a highly contagious disease?"

"Highly contagious disease, no." Alex had ordered nachos with everything. It was a god awful mess. He loved it. "Shit does happen in the mansion sometimes, though. Kind of a consequence of so many mutants in one place. And magic people. Oh, and magic is real."

The fry that had been on its way into his mouth came to a screeching halt as Match stared at Alex, trying to gauge if the man was joking. Nothing gave, so he turned the tv back off. "Okay, wait explain, uhhhhh, all of that. I get place full of people, we ran into some bullshit in the Morlocks, but nothing like this, and magic? What? Like someone's powers are magic-like or they are magic? Like that Miyazaki movie with the girl who got turned old?"

"Uh, the second one, I think. They can do magic stuff. Like, bring stuff to life and transform things and other stuff." Alex waved an uncertain hand like he was casting a spell. "IDK, those guys tend to gravitate toward another team. I stay in my lane."

That got a full roller coaster of facial expressions from the younger man as he tried to make himself understand what was being said. "But you and Quire, and Angelo and Sooaraya are all... like on a team? And all these magic people are on some magic team? How many teams are in this place anyway?" The question was muttered before he fixed Alex with a firm look and cocked his head. "Wait, would I know if I'm magic?"

"I think that's something you'd know," Alex said, setting his food aside and leaning forward. "Like, they grew up learning magic and stuff. As for teams... there's four. They each have their own area of expertise, so to speak."

"Oh thank fuck." Match sighed with relief. He took the opportunity to shove part of his burger into his mouth and go over what the man had said. "What're they?" He finally asked. "The teams, I mean. Like there's a magic team, whatever it is you and the others do, and then two more? Assuming the power training I've been doing isn't a team... right?"

"Powers training is kind of a team, but at some point I have to wonder if they just like naming things." Alex took a quick sip of his drink. "So there's X-Factor, we're a PI firm that specializes in helping mutants. There's the X-Men, they fight threats against mutants. The spies... I'm not sure what they do, honestly, it's very hush hush. Spies, ya know. And eXcalibur studies the wormhole in the church on the grounds. That's the thing that kind of caused this powers craziness."

[thewaybackcloset]

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

Part 2 of what I learned travel bartending for a few months...

I've had several festival-goers and concert attendees gush over how lucky I am to witness "this" concert for free. It's true there are times where I have to blink and be like "yeah! I'm being paid to be here!" + the tips, but that's another story. We are a lucky breed of crazy that enjoy the lucrative opportunities that come with part time or full time freelancing. Traveling to shows or festivals for work is not for the faint at heart. You still have to be savvy choosing events to work. Ask yourself a few questions:

How am I getting there? Where am I staying? And how am I getting around? How much money am I going to make?

In summary: Will you be investing more money than what you will earn back?

This should determine if you want to jump into this topsy turvy world of travel bartending. For those who just want to dip a toe into event work, look around your local listings for events in your area. Stadium concerts, festivals, and sporting events are great for vending!

For those traveling and following a circuit of events, such as the PGA golf tournaments, it's great to coordinate with a group of friends or co-workers that all plan to split costs for lodgings, car commuting, etc. For music festivals, you should also seek out a buddy system when commuting in and out of those events. There are a couple of Facebook groups that offer plenty of work opportunities and can answer a LOT of questions regarding upcoming events.

The Good

Keep your overheard low and you'll make bank! If you're up for it and own a trustworthy car you can camp in, I say do it! You don't have to depend on anyone else to get you to and from work, your commute and lodging is your car, thus eliminating those extra costs. When my partner and I tried it for a month and a half, it got a little crowded at times, but overall making quite a profit with little overheard. The money... how good is the money? It varies event to event. I know zero to little about the game of golf. Though being a cheerful bartender will get you far in terms of tips, because golf is rich man's game.

The Bad

Not all tip outs are created equal. Music festivals are all over the place. Some tip-outs are determined by the hiring company though most I've encountered are festival-wide split.

Festival-wide tip pool means if Bar X is slammed and you're making bank but Bar Y is slow, they're getting an equal cut of YOUR money you worked your ass off for, vice versa. It's not great. If you're there for the experience, the music, and the money isn't the biggest factor, go for it. If you want to make that coin, stick to sporting events or solo concerts where you can vend and keep your tips. God bless golf.

Liquor laws also vary from place to place. Not all states are created equal, we all know that. Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Arizona all have pretty similar TIPS or MAST alcohol service programs that are interchangeable to those states. When researching if we should go out for Coachella this year, we decided to axe it because the California liquor laws required additional certificates and a local address not too mention camping in the desert heat. Similarly, Las Vegas requires a TAM and Sheriff's card... so no Life is Beautiful, When We Were Young or EDC for us. Basically, Nevada, California, and the west coast require their own documentation.

The Ugly

Many of you are aware that a shooting occurred in the campgrounds of Beyond Wonderland PNW at The Gorge this year. It's devastating that it happened at such a loving EDM festival that I was working. It's the second time I've been in close proximity to a shooting that was affiliated with a music festival. On October 1, 2017 there was a mass shooting at Route 91 country festival in Las Vegas, my home at the time. I was not attending or working, but was nearly quarantined on the Strip due to a security lock down. It's a risk that we are willing to take when we work in large crowds... though safety should be top priority. Always have an escape route planned no matter what event you're working. Know where you are and have a plan. If you have a buddy at the bar, stick together.

To wrap this up, travel 'tending is a wonderfully lucrative opportunity to do on the side. If you have a remote job that allows you to move about, it's a great way to make extra money. If you're savvy and have a minimal lifestyle, you can travel around making money for six months at a time and take the winter off. I've seen it happen. It all depends on your time frame, bills, lifestyle, and personal gains you have set forth. I wanted to try it while I had low overhead and no bills in between my career shifts. And life's short guys, you gotta explore! You will meet some lovely, albeit crazy folks along the ride.

[blurglesmurfklaine]

Should I be a mad person and ask you all the author questions?

I forget that "mad" means "wild or crazy" and I misread this as "Should I be mad?" anf i was like OH MY GOD WHAT DID I DO???? JJHDKJHDKJD

but to answer your question YES!! I answered all the ones I didn't get to already beneath the cut!

1) is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?

YES. I have an angsty like, Old Flame/It's Complicated bc It Was Friendship But Also Something More where one of them os very hurt and they become estranged and i have not started because i have BITS AND PIECES but not an actual... plot. I also feel like I kind of already did something similar with 'tis the damn season and don't want to bore everyone with the same shit lmao

2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?

(TW: SA) waaaaaaay back when, I tried writing a really angsty AU where one character gets sexually assaulted and it was honestly like. the second thing I ever wrote but the issue with that was that I was 15 and had no idea what I was talking about and while it's not particularly problematic, I feel kind of weird and icky about having written it especially being socialized as a woman like. Idk it makes me feel like a supid kid writing about shit they had no business having an entire story centered around, and it got really dark in some places and I feel like that's not and never was me, or what I want people to think about when they think of my stories. So it will stay and die on my ffnet page with the rest of the shit I aint too proud of

4) favorite character you’ve written

FINN!!!!!!! I love writing Finn and maybe it's because he and I share a braincell (or lack thereof) but I have always loved him and adore writing him in shit <3

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

I was so surprised to have fallen in love with writing Quinn, even though she is SO hard for me to get quite right most of the time. I love her your honor

6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now

7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?

online? enthusiastic!!!!

irl?.... WE DONT TALK ABOUT BRUNONONONOOOO

9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?

Walks, leave the house (has been harder since anxiety spiked since quarantine), talk to people. I feel like I am very intrinsically motivated, BUT very extrinsically inspired. I definitely draw inspiration from the world around me

10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?

depends on my mood tbh! most of the time its in silence by myself, but sometimes I will put on instrumental/classical/lo-fi music to help me focus if i need it. I know i will be judged for this, but I STILL WRITE FIC ON MY PHONE SOMETIMES WHEN I GET THE OPPORTUNITY SO SOMETIMES I wRITE aROUND OTHER PEOPLE< STRANGERS EVEN (at least I don't use the notes app anymore ksjdfkjsd)

12) your weaknesses as an author

UGH. Setting, describing movement, LOGISTICS,timelines i HATE TIMELINES like no i dont know when any of this happens but like its gonna happen aight???

13) your strengths as an author

I think I'm pretty good at emotions, specifically downward spiral sjahkjdaks I love me a good breakdown. I also like to think I'm funnt sometimes and write dialogue alright

14) do you make playlists for your current wips?

not all of them but most of the time yeah ksjdhfksjd I have one for "State of Grace” and one made by the lovely @honeysucklepink for “Sing To Me” (which I WILL finish eventually i promise, but it reminds me of a Turbulent Time In Life and has been hard to write recently due to things I never would have seen coming a year ago)

16) are there any characters who haunt you?

I don’t think so??? I have an OC child i killed in a zombie apocalypse once that i sort of feel guilty about oop

17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?

Read more than you write, don’t be afraid to ask for a second pair of eyes, and work collaboratively, i promise you’ll love it. Also fucking read through your shit before you post it bc “idk how to say they fucked intensely” will come back to haunt you more than the dead zombie child

19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

Bullet points for sure and I’ve also found a love of Google Jamboard and Microsoft Journal!

20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?

Depends on what sort of time/motivation I have, really. Long time/No Motivation: Short. No Time/Lots of Motivation: Also short burst. Motivation AND Time (very rare): I will not move from this spot for two hours (mostly short spurts tho)

21) what do you think when you read over your older work?

“Not bad for a fourteen year old!”

22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?

Age Gap and Student/Teacher relationships is a huge squick for me, so I’d probably never write it. D/s stuff I don’t understand enough about so I def wouldn’t feel comfortable writing it lmao

25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of

forgot about this one and tbh gave me Big Ouchies. From An Honest Man (spoilers ahead on the off chance anyone is reading it):

“Look, I know the situation doesn’t lean favorably in my direction, but we have never lied to each other.”

Christ, he can’t take this anymore. Kurt spins around ferociously.

“All we did was lie to each other!” he snaps, finally letting out a sob. He made it through the mediation, but seeing Blaine face to face is so much harder than he ever could have imagined.

Kurt watches Blaine’s confusion morph into pain as he continues. “I said I didn’t love you,” he points at his ex-husband. “And you said you did.”

Thank you for this ask Yue!!! Sorry it took so long for me to asnwer lmao BUT UR A REAL ONE <333

[idkhowbutimgayer]

One weird ass tought I’ve had

I've been pondering about the whole plot of "Santa Claus is going to Highschool" and all I could stick my mind in was... who is the main villain? I guess the South Heights but..... the whole fucking school?????

So I start to think more and... Santa (aka Kris Kringle) is in the Northville Highschool, the Christmas happy school, with mistletoes and clothes ready for cold places and with "nice people". This probably happened due to Kris's presence in the school, the younger Santa that went there to reconnect with the young (or some shit like that). The South guys are "naughty", but... What if they don't match with northern aesthetics???

If North represents Winter and Christmas, the South must represent warmer seasons, like Summer and Spring. And you know what holiday happens in spring??? Easter.

I would love to see that last game, Kris being the star of the Northville team, and then, right in front of the enemy's cheerleading group...

Easton Rabbit, the human form of the Easter Bunny, that went into a mission for the same reason as Santa, and influenced the whole school to act with Easter Spirit: Energetic, Colorful, and a little mischievous since he likes to hide things. That's why the South Heights was considered naughty people.

Easton was the leader of the cheerleader group and was bewildered to see Santa right there, stealing his idea. Kris starts the game also wanting South blood, willing to win, and Easton leads the cheers against the North, attacking them and inventing prejudicial songs.

By the end, it would be tied, the last 5 minutes of the game being filled with tension. Right there, Noel would step in the middle of a swearing chorus from Easton and a rude gest from Kris, and tell then to stop. They were there to help the youth grow, not to became the worse of them. Because of her, the game would stop, and Easton and Kris finally made up the peace between both schools. End credits with a dumb easter song created by Easton. Fin.

And yes I made whole fanfic about a fictional movie that only had 1 music in a musical let me live

[roombagreyjoy]

When two people reach for the cereal box at the same time there is only one thing to do: staring contest