#so rebecca was w ub when pollux went missing

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Uhhhh no read more bc mobile but garbage thoughts on pollux’s twc backstory, the juicy bits anyway:

—fell on hard times in college/had a real bad time with actually doing college. ended up in a real bad depressive/anxiety spiral and fell into substance abuse. ended up in the wrong sorts of crowds of people, would have instances of waking up in places he didn’t know/didn’t know how he got there.

—got even deeper into things + figured out he’s good enough w computer hacking, so make some money ya know. pinch money from offshore accounts, let some viruses run around for someone else, etc. used a lot of those skills for folks he didn’t really know and didn’t know in the grand scheme of “pissing off the wrong people” sort of things. they paid him and that was good enough. wouldn’t get paid if he asked too many questions. still had the idea that he’s got a good enough head on his shoulders to know when he’s really in trouble.

—he’s couch surfing/homeless/squatting in various places, using Internet cafes and sleeping in dumpsters when he can. isn’t really always aware of what he’s doing/what he’s hacking, etc. but he’s not gotten caught by the law so he’s all good.

—does end up getting caught, but not by the government. people he doesn’t really know but the sort of “aw heck I bet I stole some money/info from you” sort of thing. didn’t end well, not at all. he’s got a lot of vague grey areas but then memories that are a lot of high definition 1080p ultra hi yes no thank you brain.

—he managed to get himself away by stabbing a guy with a makeshift shank until he stopped moving which is forever plastered on the back of his eyelids. (one of his reoccurring nightmares is of that incident)

—he kept a low profile for a real long time after that, sleeping in dumpsters and homeless shelters while he tried his best to heal up. had some really big rough patches during those few months. rebecca, literally rebecca herself, opened the lid on the dumpster he was half conscious in and got him out.

—spent months in and out of hospital/rehab/therapy getting clean and healthy again and pieces of what happened started coming together. A lot of strings got pulled, especially on rebecca’s end, so he didn’t end up in jail. it was sort of rebecca’s ultimatum/he really didn’t have a choice to go to the academy.

—loads of things are hindsight, especially when his injuries were healing. like oh X injury was probably caused by Y thing and oh boy that is. nasty. there are things he’s glad he doesn’t remember