#itll be half a year by the next scheduled date

[psychiclounge]

wizard save me

wizard

save me wizard

[merrysithmas]

Chief Hopper

but it is El, quietly and distinctly not telepathically, protecting the small town she came to love far into her future even after all her friends have moved on. her first and only home. the site of the thinnest veil between worlds. after hopper protected her with his life she picked up his hat, indiana jones style. she is a person of few words, who keeps to herself. but she conveys her concern by her eyes - trustworthy and serious eyes - and the townspeople have come to rely on her as their town bumbles slowly into the future, unnoticed by the rest of the world.

el has come to love it here. the sand in her toes by lover's lake, the solitude of the night, the familiar gleam of local signs in the cold, the know it all neighbors, the kids swimming in the public pools in summer screaming and happy. caramel apples in the fall, her favorite tv set, tuned every night to channel 12 at 9pm, to see a familiar face. and beneath it all, a shadow that must stay a shadow.

and one day, far in the future, it happens. the bad thing.

and she debates it, she actually does, but thinks -- i have to call them. i do.

and the phone screams off the hook in the dark silence of mike's seattle apartment, but he doesnt frantically duck in from the rain until ten seconds later, shining lacquered fingernails pulling him in for another rain-drenched kiss as the ringer dies. things are spikey and new and exciting again, his keys clang as he tosses them against the table, wet jackets in a pile on the floor, boots dragging silt from the sidewalk. wires crisscross the flooring, from the kitchen to the living room, to the closets, to the bedroom. a fire hazard to be sure. there are a thousand sticky notes piled over one another on the fridge with coding project due dates, all of them missed. dozens of photos of art people would never expect him to be into under magnets, a tv guide flipped to a specific schedule, a picture of the twin city and two old friends embraced by the skyline, one decked out in scholarly robes. the dark apartment in littered with band posters, ash trays, notebooks with half written storylines, stacks of video games and books he refuses to grow out of. the locks on the door go click, as the web he is building hums omnipotently on the servers with blinking green lights in the dark. some people would say he doesnt have a life -- some people have no imagination.

lucas' pager goes off as he gets out of a meeting in downtown chicago - he thinks its maya, asking him about this morning. his expression freezes when he sees the number. and he fumbles, heart speeding up. he almost rips it off his belt and whips it into the pavillion. but breathing hard, he looks at it again, just to make sure he didnt make it up. no - ever the realist - of course he didnt. there it is. the number. it's there. and he turns, having just been offered the promotion of a lifetime should he nail next week's meeting, looking up at the giant monolithic towers like they are suddenly unforgiving guards in a game he forgot how to play years ago. damnit, damnit, damnit. he pulls his suitjacket over his head as it starts to rain. the concrete glimmers and he sees his reflection running, running beneath him.

dustin's secretary hounds him as he flits away buzzing assistants who are preparing him to go on air, "but mr henderson... mr henderson... it's-". she gets hollered away. they go on in ten! "how many times have i told you my precious precious -gregarious- brenda, write. me. a note. do we not have paper in here? make a smoke signal, fingerpaint it just let. me. prep. alone! thank you!" he repeats and repeats tonights bits, looking at himself in the mirror, practing a couple pre-canned facial expressions. but his expression cracks like glass breaking when the note jammed into the corner comes into focus. Chief El Hopper - with the phone number scribbled below in Brenda's unmistakable pink ink, underlined three times. dustin forgets all his lines.

max gets an email - it happened. her eyes are glued to the dark screen and she struggles to bring her fingers up to the keyboard, ocean lapping at the silence in the background. she turns, facing the giant window and the dark sea ahead. the computer backlights her. california is a world away. her hair got even longer, her shorts shorter, her attitude sharper and keener. her eyes kind and carefree again. a lot has changed. but suddenly she feels shrunken, younger, more alone. she hears the heap computer's fan gasping behind her, the email still up. waiting. the headlights coming up the drive in the familiar, comforting station wagon catch her eyes. it's dad. older, more frail, just as loving, just as light. and maybe if she doesnt look back at the screen, itll disappear.

and will.

will knew.

he always just did.

he is there, on the front porch, when she opens her door the next morning. without prompting. like a ghost that haunts you he says, "no one ever really leaves the place that made them." he touches the doorframe, as if studying the wood, nostalgically, a half regretful smile on his lips.

she gives him a pleading and apologetic expression.

and he hugs her back.

"im sorry, will," el says, searching his eyes for fear, blame, anything.

"why?" he responds, searchingly.

"i couldnt keep it closed," she confesses, broken up, confused as to how, or why, or when.

"then we will fix it together," he says with a strength she forgot he had, and feels his warm hand over her own. the light above them brightens approvingly as if to emphasize his worlds.

but his hand starts to go cold, and he takes it away almost too suddenly. his answer to her questioning look is a hurried reponse about getting his bags and he descends the stairs.

the phone rings behind her before she can follow.

[baek--honey]

1-50 bitch

well since u asked nicely how could i resist

1. If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time? paint/draw or the like, or knit maybe,

2. What’s your favorite piece of clothing you own/owned? MY HOT MOMS SHIRT THAT I LOST ;n; also the big grey hoodie i have & a pierce the veil shirt i borrowed from my gf that im never giving back :)

4. How often do you play sports? never

5. What fictional place would you most like to go to? The Digital World

6. What job would you be terrible at? probably anything involving extensive memorizing and maintaining information for long periods of time. so basically a lot of things…… or maybe like. working at starbucks cos i cant make coffee OR remember lots of drink recipes omg

7. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance at winning a medal for? playing kingdom hearts 2 on easy mode. i would have a good chance at winning because all the people that are good at playing kingdom hearts are gaming elitists that think playing on easy is for losers and if you dont play on critical mode you arent a real gamer :)

8. What skill would you like to master? making an omelet OR knitting

10. What would be the most amazing adventure to go on? some out of town adventure with my girlfriend where money and time dont matter 

11. If you could change one thing about your life right now, what would you change and why? uh i’d like to be less haunted by my traumatic past maybe! or be a few inches taller that would be cool i feel like both of these are pretty self explanatory 

12. What’s your favorite drink? W A T E R or milk tea 

13. What do you consider to be your best find? my girlfriend 

14. Are you usually early or late? way too early. too mcuh time i dont know what to do with it

15. What pets did you have while growing up? hm lets see i had a couple turtles, some fish, i had a gerbil that i got from a friend, an african grey named solomon, boston terrier named Tiny, two white boxers named Floyd & Lloyd, a mix named Macy, 4 chihuhuas named Dude, Pooty, Flout & Chief, and now we have a cat named Schrödinger :~), oh and an amstaff/dalmation mix named EL

16. When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with? anything and everything but never really asking for advice i guess? its more of them talking about a problem cos im easy to talk to and then me trying to help them come up to a solution if they need it

17. What takes up too much of your time? S L E E P I N G 

18. What do you wish you knew more about? cats!!!! also dogs cos i know a lot but i want to know more

19. What would be your first question after waking up from being cryogenically frozen for 100 years? why am i still alive?

21. Who’s your go-to band or artist when you can’t decide on something to listen to? seventeen or monsta x, exo’s LMR repackaged album

22. What shows are you into? the office, lost, honestly nothing thats still running on tv, i havent watched a show in forever, oh god wait does anime count cos i could write the longest list of anime i love: haikyuu, nge, digimon, noragami ,,,,,,

23. Who has impressed you most with what they’ve accomplished? Seventeen (Hangul: 세븐틴), also stylized as SEVENTEEN or SVT, is a South Korean boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2015. The group consists of thirteen members divided into three sub-units, 

24. What age do you wish you could permanently be? a dog mom & i hope i can make that wish come true

25. What would be your ideal way to spend the weekend? napping on and off in bed with my girlfriend and then going to town for sushi & milk tea and then uhhhhhhhhhhh coming back home to nap some more and then go out for noodles for another date :} oh and a dog would be involved if possible because cuddling dogs is best

26. What’s something you like to do the old-fashioned way? physically writing and sending cards/letters in the mail i guess? i dont know if that really counts as doing something the old fashioned way but i definitely dont get as many cards or anything in the mail anymore. i also like to keep physical hand written to-do lists & schedules and stuff

27. What have you only recently formed an opinion on? how bad exo are at dancing  turtlenecks and scarves. they are good 

28. What’s the single best day on the calendar? october 10th my dogs birthday and also narutos birthday

29. What are you interested in that most people haven’t heard of? asmr??? 

30. What is the most annoying question that people ask you? “did u have a little lamb?” OR when my grandpa asks me anything about his iphone 

31. What could you give a 40-minute presentation on without absolutely no preparation? my dogs or seventeen. OR a half ass presentation about kingdom hearts, trying to explain it while getting around all the plot holes and not nailing down my arguments cos i dont really get it either and theres a lot i dont pay attention to but i could come up with 40 mins of info im sure

32. If you were a dictator of a small island nation, what crazy dictator stuff would you do? no waking until 10am. no crime or anything will be allowed ill figure out some way to make everything perfect so women can go out alone at night and not be afraid. no discrimination !! all the poc, lgbt, disabled, any minority  will be welcome and have safe spaces and any hate will be punished by law. also everyones allowed to have pets in their homes and no home goes without food or power. am i doing this right

33. What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? travel out of your comfort zone. like physically travel somewhere and make the most of it but do it with someone cos the buddy system is important

34. What’s worth spending more on to get the best? jackets. i will pay up to 100$ for a good jacket and wear it forever cos itll be confirmed long-lasting and also most likely very comfortable!!!

35. What is something that a ton of people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of? i just want to point out that its not that i dont get the point of it because everyone has their likes and i have my own that other people dont i like that people are into whatever they want to be its just that i am Not into it. and that thing is yuri on ice

36. What are you most looking forward to in the next 10 years? being able to wake up every morning next to my girlfriend and out pets :~)

37. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? corning museum of glass was super neat……. , dollywood, gatlinburg, chicago chinatown, idk i havent been to many interesting places 

38. What’s something you’ve been meaning to try but just haven’t gotten around to? i wana get a tattoo !!!!!!!!

39. What’s the best thing that happened to you last week? getting a job interview at barnes & noble because now i have a job there!!!

40. What piece of entertainment do you wish you could erase from your mind so that you could experience it for the first time again? diamond edge chicago

41. If all jobs had the same pay and hours, what job would you like to have? all i really want is that job where im paid to sleep 

42. How different was your life one year ago? tbh not that much different?? other than i was in school and now im not. i didnt have a job and now i do. i was a year further away from moving 

43. What’s the best way to start the day? talking to my girlfriend and also let me just say that first pee in the morning. perfect

44. What quirks do you have? what are quirks exactly i looked up examples to help me think of some but all im thinking of is…i cant have the volume on my tv or radio on an even number it has to be on an odd number??? i have to sleep with a fan on. idk dude

45. What would you rate 10/10? [MV] 몬스타엑스 (MONSTA X) _ 걸어 (ALL IN)

46. What kind of art do you enjoy most? abstract w lots of colors and shapes. geometric stuff 

47. What do you hope never changes? my ability to collect myself (unless it gets better which then i hope it does), my passion for art of any sort

48. What city would you most like to live in? anywhere except charleston and somewhere thats not extremely highly populated

49. What movie title best describes your life? Scooby Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed

50. What’s the best way a person can spend their time? sleeping or hanging out with their pet