#sorry if you dont like mlp but pinkie pie

[neon-ufo]

next year i want to add some mlp keychains to my con merch, and im curious what the general popularity of the mane six is!

i'd love to do a full set of 6, but if i learned anything from my jojo keychains, it's that i really dont want to be dragging unsold keychains of characters no one wants to buy around with me for years (im so sorry jonathan, you did nothing wrong 😔)

[devilsurvivor-2-recordbreaker]

The mlp fim crew reacts to you coming out:

Fluttershy: "wow your very brave for opening up to me, I'll do my best to support you"

Rarity: "ah- sorry dear but i have to cut you short. dont say a word, I already know what you are."

Rainbow Dash: "okay dude that's cool I guess not like I care lol" *she is secretly jealous cause it sounds cool*

Pinkie Pie: "is that some kind of pastry? Anyways see you later f-"

Apple Jack: "Are you hitting on me? I don't mean to be rude but you realize I'm dating Dashy, right?"

Twilight Sparkles: okay so she hears you explain it to her and just kind of leaves to research queer theory and the many different kinds of identities to get a better understanding of the subject and then after a week of research Spike comes to deliver a letter she wrote to you and it just says "dear Y/N, it's okay I'm lesbo too. From, twilight sparkle" and there's a hot topic gift card attached

[ennaku-sirri-da]

My Best Friend is dead. Her name ...was MARTHA. She resides in the bathroom now, but I'm still trying to make her smile. [ Part 2 ] [ INVESTIGATIONS....START!!!]

( Plaintext: My Best Friend is dead. Her name ...was MARTHA. She resides in the bathroom now, but I'm still trying to make her smile. [ Part 2 ] [ Investigations....start!!!] )

Habit is pretty new around here, but if he can't find a single friend then God help him he is going to make the ghost in the bathroom who may-or-may not-exist-but-hopefully-its-a-may-- his friend. Now if only he had any idea where to start?!?!

--

Well, she's fading in relevance, but some rumors still stick- that is atleast a place to start with.....

TO THE DRAMA TUNNEL!!!

( Wanna clarify this is NOT actually drama he's going there for though, that's just what the majority of the place harbours. I guess this particular use is like...more of...Information-Hole??)

[ GIF description: Pinkie Pie from MLP FIM uses a attached slide and somehow slides up and out of an underground lair where she prepares for parties with a variety of party items and folders on everyone's likes and dislikes. End GIF description]

That's right. You heard me, bozo. Habit has a secret underground cave under the angel statue at the forefront of his school full of folders on every single person only used for the V.V.V. Important Purposes Vital For Survival. Such as catty gossip that can be used against you later. He hasn't really told Kamal about it truthfully because he'd never let that fly HQKJSJSK

But sometimes when they're talking after being out of their respective schools he TRIES anyway. Getting really close and whispering conspirationally.

'' So I heared his moms gettin' die-vorced...''

( habitspeak translation: So I heard his moms gettin' divorced...)

''HAHA YES AMAZING''

Sorry guys, Kamal is also trying, but just to keep his cool. The times when he does tolerate enough to give some gossiping ground. Still though, brotato, personal space.....😳😖( blushing emoji and closed-eye agitated emoji )

HOWEVER. He simply won't entertain the idea of this fanciful ghost-hunt his friends picked up and the associated taperecorded interviews, derelict dental records(???), old newspapers, photographs, impromptu questioning around the neighbourhood, bake sales for means to obtain said-newspapers, urban legend discussion printouts, breaking n entering into school offices at 3 AM ... Holy DUCKNUGGETS. Chill out big time, saaley. Don't fuck around and find out with what we don't know, yeah? He's mildly superstitious( despite liking to think himself more rational than that) so he's really uncomfortable with Habit mentioning it.

>POV: your just the janitor in the basement to grab your dust pan but Habit is Happening

[ ID: Meme of a guy with a vast number of papers and red tape stuck together on the wall like a stereotypical conspiracy theorist. He is explaining them raptly with wildly serious looking eyes. End ID]

So, um. Habit gets more huffy around him about that But he Keeps Going Anyway. And getting into more trouble with everyone as usual.

Guys, I NEED you to know I'm TOTALLY imagining a musical sequence where Habit's going through his All Saints High school and EVERYONE'S LIKE....

[ Video Thumbnail ID: A painterly style illustration of the three musicians performing " We Don't Talk About Bruno...But It's Cursed" in the style of the Madrigal family members, but ominously done in glowing greens and bright reds. The title text is in the same colors and has a roughened look. Their eyes all glow green and the man in the middle has rats on him in an imitation of Camilo Madrigal. All of them are posed like they're telling a sinister story, clawing their hands and grinning in an unhinged manner. End ID]

" WE DONT TALK ABOUT MARTHA "

( plaintext: "We don't talk about Martha" )

Of COURSE it would not be like, the exact same bcuz different context. But just the general vibe of someone's real self faded into increasingly contrived stories, the implication that meeting with this person is a portent of bad luck, danger and possibly death itself and an enforced silence on events. And the protagonist wanting to unveil the truth.

Oh and! I particularly took a Catholic school for Habit to go to( it wasn't his choice, Father sent him off ) because of that one line he drops in a PSA " hate the sin love the sinner" I think, which I've most frequently heard around(not personally) as like. An anti LGBT sentiment from Christians. It was jarring to hear in the game, but worked to effect. And also Martha and Habit's story sprung from this one particular song that was sent to me, plus Catholic schools are some of the largest spread in the US, admitting non Catholic students as well. His own family would probably follow a different Russian Orthodox tradition though.

--

Well, what's happening on the B side?

Martha is quite, quite highly amused.

( Also perhaps holding an little flicker of hope, cuz it's like. People who do not fully believe in her cannot see her no-matter-what,

as she found out when she was newly-awakened and tried to go about school as usual

[ Gif description : An animated sequence from the Katawa Shoujo visual novel where Hanako looks on in confusion while students zip past her impossibly fast, their faces and figures blurring. Only one other person stands without moving. It generally represents the feeling of the world leaving Hanako behind. End ID]

<Yup. Kinda traumatizing. Stuff like this is why she prefers to stay stall-confined self-exiled most of the time.>

and also she has to reveal herself voluntarily. She's not shown herself, but he clearly does believe....)

She's like " Woah. DOLLY : O (open mouth emote)" HSJDJDJ A big, walking, talking one. Which he is. It just particularly endears her because she used to have a hobby of collecting them, finding out about their histories and stuff. When she was alive she eventually stopped talking about it because some people would find it embarrassing. Still carries that shame, but hey, there's no soul around to see right now.

Follows him around sometimes, even. Walking in front, clutching the walls above, at his shoulder.

Judgementally spectating him getting into another fight come-to-blows by virtue of his incredibly short-fuse especially with assholes( Hes uh. Stressed. To say the least.) . Only she likes to pretend he's actually following her by walking in front of him all-proud by vaguely predicting which direction he's taking. Actually he doesn't even see her there, but that just reduces any pesky possible arguements, right? Playing pretend is so much better. Few regrets. Like how he has to usually stitch his wounds up himself 'cause skin-bandages feel gross on the fur and don't do much. She could probably do that for him, and better!!! Without all the shaking and sniffling.

That is of course all a big IF. Habit's skyrocketed to the exact sort of notoriety she has spent so many years averting for herself, in like, record time. In a strange turn of events--- this kind of reputation making it hard for him to keep n' make new friends who don't slip through his paws like wilted petals-- has led him to.....someone who would under more non-time displaced circumstances...would NEVER be his friend. No matter how much she both admires and envies his loudly bold, curious and creative side coming through in times like how he touts around and takes apart the one Mecha Jesus Transformer ( from Kamal) with a whole backstory he's made up with his, apparently one friend, now. Or when he refuses to follow taken-for-granted rules without reason( like she couldn't bring herself to). But now, there's no one around to see......

Still, old habits die hard. Even when you're already dead in the ground. So she hesitates...and hesitates some more. Teetering on the edge of an afterlife-changing desicion.

But once...

It's just a regular bathroom visit. Open the door, check for other people, run inside. Regular running away from everyone, letting perenially red eyes run redder when for all the high-achieving to not make anyone mad still the teachers didn't know what to make of him. Running over chipped molars in the mirror-reflection for far too long, the usual. Nothing out of the ordinary, not the cursing God, not the attempts in the stall to muffle his noise lest passing janitors hear, not the barely contained scream, not in-the-end when it all thankfully stops and he slumps down on the closed seat, exhausted.

And then he says something. New.

"I wish ..someone would miss me if I was gone."

Unfortunately this time Habit can't contain the part-excited and part-terrified scream hoarsely ripping from him when all his researching becomes reality.

[ Gif description: Animated cutscene from the Faith games in its signature usually colored-outline, black fill-in, rotoscoped cutscenes. Amy Martin rises up from the edge of the beds end, hands first and then up to her head covered by long hair. There's a slight glitching distortion. End description]

SHE IS HERE.

( Plaintext: She Is Here.)

[bobamania]

this challenge but it's mlp but i haven't watched anything beyond season 6 episode 4 (minus the finale). also i'm going to ramble too much NOT SORRY!!

blorbo: it was rainbow dash for the longest time because ykno she's awesome and cool and all that shit. also lgbt literally my gay awakening. but at the end of the day it's APPLEJACK<3 i've always loved her myyy country gal. there was this fanmade song called applejack and i ate that shit up i was fucking obsessed with it and i didn't stop listening to it like it was my oxygen. i love my country gal so much my sweetie pie my honey. also i kid you fucking not i had to pause the mlp finale for an HOUR because i had to calm myself down like APPLEJACK AND RAIMBOW DASH GOT MARRIED....HOLY FUUUUUCKKKK... HHE??HEHRJDKDJD oh mygod

that was in the PAST tho like waaayyy back when i was still really into mlp. i am now officially announcing that shining armor is my new blorbo. congratulations sir

skrunkly: RUMBLE. is his full name rumble lane idk but look at him okay justtt .. Just look at him. he looks like the sweetest little boy ever. you just wanna pinch his cheeks and give him cookies and give his forehead a big ol' kiss that leaves a red kissmark like grandma does. this sweetheart activates my Inner Granny. also i read thru the mlp wiki and read most of the plot & apparently my little rumbly bumbly gets his own episode???? and it's SO GOOD????? hoooo be still my weak heart

scrimbo bimblo: big mac and shining armor #TBH 😖 sorryyyy i'm an only child and i've always wanted brothers hoooweee. i liked them back then for very different reasons as i do now. they're generally appreciated ig like they're not hated on or anything but i never really see them being mentioned as someone's fave?? give my men apprecation

and BRAEBURN!!!! I FORGOT ABOUT HIM FOR A SEC!!! MY FUNNY BOY!!!! can you see that i have a type i'm so sorry

...and soarin. LISTEN GUYS I JUST LIKE STUPID MEN (except for mac he's the only sane one here)

glup shitto: applejack aka best background pony NAHH just a funny lil jokesies :) that totally went over my head as a kid and i got genuinely offended bcs shes a main character!!! OMG youre so mean to her

i have several glup shittos actually. mlp was my biggest hyperfixation so i even memorized most of the background ponies. apple fritter my cute gal. rumble counts since all the content of him that i had bAcK iN mY dAy was his little scene in hurricane fluttershy. thunderlane should count too. candy apple. rose. lily valley.

does anyone remember the S5 episode slice of life? of course u do. it's definitely a fan favorite. i loved it so much. iconic. and the brief scene with the staff wearing horse masks... yeah that ep was so fun.

poor little meow meow: zephyr breeze 😅😅 i haven't watched his episode but i kinda know what kind of character he's like and tbh he's so fucking pathetic....

the EVIL ones tho.. early seasons discord aka before he got annoying and weak despite being the so-called GOD of chaos. ugh. pls he got so fucking annoying. celestia didn't need to turn him into stone. give him a chinese finger trap and he's dead. oh and king sombra. i think he appears in later seasons and i would like to put a disclaimer that sombra does not exist to me beyond season 6 episode 1-2. tbh i dont think he appears there but u get my point. i have a horrible feeling that they'll make him goofy like they did to discord. and DAYBREAKER!! i forgot that ive watched that ep. she's powerful. it's ok. i <3 women

horse plinko: zephyr breeze, he's pathetic and helpless. he is literally like this one guy on tiktok that i can't fucking remember but i'll get back to this when i find his videos. shining armor, i like seeing chad types in peril. discord, he's silly. sunburst, he's also silly. pinkie pie, she's crazy just like me.

i would also like to literally see these goofballs in a plinko.

eeby deeby: spike with wings (especially post timeskip spike). he deserves nothing.

[sonicrainbooms]

Uh fanfiction isnt always about smut?

And yes there are some opinion who write that

There are also some ppl who will write a 50k word fiction of awesomeness

Mlp fanfiction is probably mostly smut tho

-although I have seen, but not read mlp/tmnt crossovers but even I have limits so I said no

But can't say anything au where things are different wouldn't be cool....maybe a steam punk au? Or an au where the mlp cast switched lives but still got they're cuties marks?

Like twilight being born in pinkies place and being sure she's supposed to do magic and every9else is like 'no. rocks.'

But she goes behind pola backs and makes a party from purely magic or something and makes the rockfam? uh no Pie family? (it has been awhile and iv forgotten they're name? Is that right?) And that makes them smile?

Idk or maybe rarity is born in Applejacks place and knows she's not mentioned for the farm?

Idk I think ideas like that are cool?

imma be real i hate steampunk aus. i have never found them interesting ever im sorry. i just hate things that are obviously for aesthetic and serve no function. drives me mad!! "ooo look at these gears!! look at these goggles!!!" how about you consider how sweaty and gross they are???? no!!! not for me!!!

but like yeah the rest seem fun too write about them or dont, it affects me a total of 0%

also au switches like that already exist (they were even in an episode in canon for a bit) and i love them v much they are v funky so if you ever want to srsly do it there is an audience

[somuch-4-stardust]

can i hear about all three!!!!

YES YES YESYESY!!!

(also u dont have to read these they r very long but thank u for asking :DDD i really really liked ranting abt em :D! i love youuu)

okaokaokyoakyokay we r starting w frogs!!! frog fun fact (sorta)!!! dyeing poison dart frog range in many different colors/patterns!! they r black n yellow and blue mainly, but the amount of each color changes n there r poison dart frogs that r dyeing frogs that r just black n white!! i think the black n white ones r very neat bc they look like ghost frogs to me :D n i like ghosts (there r actual ghost frogs tho! idk much abt them but theres one thats like. a glass frog [which r clear/white frogs! u can see their internal organs n stuff!! don look em up if ur squimish tho)] but green??? so kinda a green translucent boi??? n their eyes r cool i think? idk! but theres another type of ghost frog thats like. Camouflage Colors TM [dark green n brown n stuff] but they have a see-through belly i think??)

AND THEN MLP WE R ACTUALLY TALKING ABT MLP:EG!! equestria girls :DDDDAND U MY DEAREST DEMON WILL BE GETTING A SUMMARY OF ALL FOUR MOVIES!! no okay that would be too long we r doing only the first one (i am so sorry aasdfnas;df)

i think first we have Just Equestria Girls (it might have an actual name but it might not idk i dont remember) iz the first one!! honestly i dont remember why but twilight sparkle (the pony) and spike (her dragon sidekick/best friend/pet???) make a portal that takes them into the human world! twilight becomes human and spike becomes a puppy! they go to a school called canterlot high (for the life of me i cannot remember why they go to the Human World or why they feel the need to attend high school but THEY DO!!!) n they meet the rest of the mane six!! (fluttershy, rainbow dash, rarity, applejack, and pinkie pie) who r not to be confused with the Pony Mane Six who r still ponys and did not come w Pony But Now Human Twilight thru the portal! these mane six (or??? mane six minus twilight ig alskdfnsd) are humans n have always been humans. they r unaware of the pony world. (alternatively, the ponies did not know about the human world until now) n e ways! twilight befriends the Human Mane Six (which now thinking about it??? is a little weird??? considering she has her own Pony Mane Six. idk lkansdfasdf) n they. what do they do. OH OHOHOHOHO THEYRE TRYING TO HELP TWILIGHT WIN spring fling queen??? homecoming queen??? Queen Of A School Dance/Event!! BECAUSE THE LIKE. Event Queen CROWN IS TWILIGHTS CROWN WHICH CONTAINS HER MAGICAL JEWEL THING!!! i do not remember how it got into the human world but thats why she came bc iz a really important magic jewel n stuff so she needs it back :D n to do that she needs to win Event Queen to get it!! (i dont remember why she doesn't just steal it ig that would be a bad example to kids) the problem is she has to win against Sunset Shimmer (and the crowd goes wild! sunset is a fan favorite :D shes pretty cool! but evil rn so u cant like her yet >:[ ) who's won Event Queen for the past few years! shes really mean n popular n stuff and everyone in the school is divided by groups (jocks preps nerds etc etc) bc everyone's afraid of each other (which was sunsets fault somehow i dont remember how she did it tho) ACTUALLY! i think the mane six hate each other until twilight shows up too (they all have very different personalities alsdknfsdf)? sunset told them some nasty rumours abt each other n twilight helps clear things up and show them that even tho ppl r different they can still be friends :] ( that her whole thing, shes the princess of friendship n stuff ye) OKAYOKAOKY IM GETTING OFF TRACK! she gives all the other kids the same 'we r different but we can be friends iz okay!!' speech (iz a song actually :D) n all the other kids r like 'omg so true bestie we r gonna vote for you for Event Queen bc ur so nice and sunset is so mean' and twilight is like 'fuck yeah :D' but then sunset shimmer tries to sabotage twilight a few times but it doesnt n so twilight wins but uhoh! sunset steals the crown form twilight n tries to use the magic from the jewel thingy but it turns her into a demon n stuff n she fights w twilight who uses the power of friendship w the mane six to defeat sunset shimmer whoz like 'wait fuck oopsie i am sorry pls be my friend :(' and the mane six is like 'okay :D' n twilight is like 'okay love u guys gtg now!' n she goes back to the pony world where she becomes a pony again :D n thats the end of the first movie :D i think twilight also has a love interest. also sunset shimmer was originally a pony but came to the human world years ago alskdn;flaksndf; thatz kinda important and i forgot to mention it adslkfnadfs cuz sunset shimmer is also trying to get the crown bc she wants the magic n she knows abt the magic bc she was a pony once n humans dont have magic n no one else knew the crown was magic n okay I SKIPPED A FEW MAJOR PLOT POINTS BUT THATS OKAY!!!!

N DSMP!! :DDDD idk what to do for this one but tiktok keeps giving me cosplays from a sbi fic that i kinda wanna read but iz bad dad phil n theres lots of angst n would probably make me really very upset n also i cannot read sbi fics bc it makes me maladaptive daydream too much :[ i miss fics tho a lot! i also dont like feeling like I'm missing out on smth u know? i cant usually watch stream vods for that reason too bc i feel left out when the streamer talks to chat and asks them questions n stuff! also i heard theres new tales from the smp which sounds cool but i dont really like tales from the smp alknfasdf;aslkdf n fun fact its only a 2 months to one year since i first watched a dsmp video!! which is exciting! also u n i got into dsmp around the same time which i think is really cool also we met almost a year ago too!!! I've been waiting for the anniversary of when we first met for a while now n i cant wait :D also my favorite dsmp character is Steve the polar bear! bc i like polar bearsand i desperately want to give steve a hug bc he looks fluffy n i think it would be a really good pressure stim to just lay on him n put my face in his fur :D yes i am aware I'm talking abt a Minecraft bear leave me alone! he is a cuddly friend!!!

i think those r the three things i mentioned asd;lkfnas;dlfknasdf :D idk BUT!!! :D thank u for asking hehehehe happy stim happy stim happy stim happy stim happy stim!!!

[sporesgalaxy]

Pinkie Pie?

OOH its been 10,000 years but I always miss talking abt ponies

favorite thing about them: Ok so I was like 11 or 12 when I first got into MLP and her whole "find humor in what frightens you" song from the second(?) episode actually meant a lot to me at the time! It was when I was struggling the most with intrusive thoughts and panic attacks so I really liked her from the get go. I also really looked up to how outgoing and willing to be herself she was. This is so corny haha I care abt those horses a lot!least favorite thing about them: worst part of mlp will always be when the mane 6 are written as heterosexual its just not right. Pinkie is a bicon obviouslyfavorite line: "[The Entirety of 'Smile Song'.mp3]"thoughts on relationships: UGH sorry Im sick of those categories. Anyways, I really love the way everyone bounces off of eachother and interacts in the Mane 6, but for Pinkie I think my favorites are her and Rainbow Dash and her n Twilight!random headcanon: we stan an ADHD iconunpopular opinion: I was never that into the whole Pinkamena thingsong i associate with them: OK SO this is KIIIIND of a cop out, and tw for reference to the grimdark fanfic Cupcakes (no gore in the link but still). If you dont know what Im talking about GOOD FOR YOU. Anyways, this isnt actually a very Pinkie Pie song but I just wanna take this opportunity to reveal that the first time I ever heard I Can't Decide was in this mlp fan animation

favorite picture of them: big fan of her dedication to clown fashion

[gophergal]

Whoops! Accidentally pressed Ask too early, but I have a few questions for you(you dont have to answer all/any if you feel uncomfortable with them. Sorry if I'm getting too personal)!

Who's your favorite Mlp character + favorite generation(I think thats what it called)?

What's the most cursed thing you've ever drawn?

How are you doing today + Have you eaten or dranken anything today?

What are few of your favorite things to do when you're not drawing?

Lastly, do you have a particular topic, rant, ship, story(or anything) you'd like to share? It could be something as little as how your day has been or if you have any tips etc. I'd love to hear more about you! P.S DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS OR PLANTS???

You’re good, King!

These are all great questions btw, broseph. My favorite Generation is Gen 3, which ran from 2003-2009. My favorite pony is hard to say though, since I love a lot of ponies lol. G3 Minty, Pinkie Pie, (unicorn) Cherilee, and Whistle Wishes are ones I love a lot though!

The most cursed thing? Eh, I think it’s sexy stuart little, but a few people say that it’s furry michael myers or legs-all-the-way-up Michael

I’m fine, I guess. A bit anxious, but it’s not bad. I HAVE eaten today, and ive even drank water (though ive had a lot of tea), thanks for asking bro :)

I like watching youtube videos (especially things that are somewhat educational) and reading fic if I’m not drawing.

Hmmmm, one topic.... hard to pick just one lol. Lately, I’ve been thinking about superhero comics lately and realized that comics are a very hard hobby to get into! Like, either you’re wading through kinda bad reboots or you have to read everything from THE FUCKING GOLDEN AGE ON. THATS LITERALLY 50+ YEARS OF LORE FOR ONE STORYLINE WTF. And then it’s hard to find the older comics in a readable quality, so you end up missing out on some shit.

(edit: i forgot about the pets thing. I have a cat, Panther, and a dog, Diesel. I take care of three other dogs that belonged to my mom before she passed away, but i still consider them hers)

[ennaku-sirri-da]

My Best Friend is dead. Her name ...was MARTHA. She resides in the bathroom now, but I'm still trying to make her smile. [ Part 2 ] [ INVESTIGATIONS....START!!!] (REPOSTED)

( Plaintext: My Best Friend is dead. Her name ...was MARTHA. She resides in the bathroom now, but I'm still trying to make her smile. [ Part 2 ] [ Investigations....start!!!] ( Reposted))

Habit is pretty new around here, but if he can't find a single friend then God help him he is going to make the ghost in the bathroom who may-or-may not-exist-but-hopefully-its-a-may-- his friend. Now if only he had any idea where to start?!?!

--

Well, she's fading in relevance, but some rumors still stick- that is atleast a place to start with.....

TO THE DRAMA TUNNEL!!!

( Wanna clarify this is NOT actually drama he's going there for though, that's just what the majority of the place harbours. I guess this particular use is like...more of...Information-Hole??)

[ GIF description: Pinkie Pie from MLP FIM uses a attached slide and somehow slides up and out of an underground lair where she prepares for parties with a variety of party items and folders on everyone's likes and dislikes. End GIF description]

That's right. You heard me, bozo. Habit has a secret underground cave under the angel statue at the forefront of his school full of folders on every single person only used for the V.V.V. Important Purposes Vital For Survival. Such as catty gossip that can be used against you later. He hasn't really told Kamal about it truthfully because he'd never let that fly HQKJSJSK

But sometimes when they're talking after being out of their respective schools he TRIES anyway. Getting really close and whispering conspirationally.

'' So I heared his moms gettin' die-vorced...''

( habitspeak translation: So I heard his moms gettin' divorced...)

''HAHA YES AMAZING''

Sorry guys, Kamal is also trying, but just to keep his cool. The times when he does tolerate enough to give some gossiping ground. Still though, brotato, personal space.....😳😖( blushing emoji and closed-eye agitated emoji )

HOWEVER. He simply won't entertain the idea of this fanciful ghost-hunt his friends picked up and the associated taperecorded interviews, derelict dental records(???), old newspapers, photographs, impromptu questioning around the neighbourhood, bake sales for means to obtain said-newspapers, urban legend discussion printouts, breaking n entering into school offices at 3 AM ... Holy DUCKNUGGETS. Chill out big time, saaley. Don't fuck around and find out with what we don't know, yeah? He's mildly superstitious( despite liking to think himself more rational than that) so he's really uncomfortable with Habit mentioning it.

>POV: your just the janitor in the basement to grab your dust pan but Habit is Happening

[ ID: Meme of a guy with a vast number of papers and red tape stuck together on the wall like a stereotypical conspiracy theorist. He is explaining them raptly with wildly serious looking eyes. End ID]

So, um. Habit gets more huffy around him about that But he Keeps Going Anyway. And getting into more trouble with everyone as usual.

Guys, I NEED you to know I'm TOTALLY imagining a musical sequence where Habit's going through his All Saints High school and EVERYONE'S LIKE....

[ Video Thumbnail ID: A painterly style illustration of the three musicians performing " We Don't Talk About Bruno...But It's Cursed" in the style of the Madrigal family members, but ominously done in glowing greens and bright reds. The title text is in the same colors and has a roughened look. Their eyes all glow green and the man in the middle has rats on him in an imitation of Camilo Madrigal. All of them are posed like they're telling a sinister story, clawing their hands and grinning in an unhinged manner. End ID]

" WE DONT TALK ABOUT MARTHA "

( plaintext: "We don't talk about Martha" )

Of COURSE it would not be like, the exact same bcuz different context. But just the general vibe of someone's real self faded into increasingly contrived stories, the implication that meeting with this person is a portent of bad luck, danger and possibly death itself and an enforced silence on events. And the protagonist wanting to unveil the truth.

Oh and! I particularly took a Catholic school for Habit to go to( it wasn't his choice, Father sent him off ) because of that one line he drops in a PSA " hate the sin love the sinner" I think, which I've most frequently heard around(not personally) as like. An anti LGBT sentiment from Christians. It was jarring to hear in the game, but worked to effect. And also Martha and Habit's story sprung from this one particular song that was sent to me, plus Catholic schools are some of the largest spread in the US, admitting non Catholic students as well. His own family would probably follow a different Russian Orthodox tradition though.

--

Well, what's happening on the B side?

Martha is quite, quite highly amused.

( Also perhaps holding an little flicker of hope, cuz it's like. People who do not fully believe in her cannot see her no-matter-what,

as she found out when she was newly-awakened and tried to go about school as usual

[ Gif description : An animated sequence from the Katawa Shoujo visual novel where Hanako looks on in confusion while students zip past her impossibly fast, their faces and figures blurring. Only one other person stands without moving. It generally represents the feeling of the world leaving Hanako behind. End ID]

<Yup. Kinda traumatizing. Stuff like this is why she prefers to stay stall-confined self-exiled most of the time.>

and also she has to reveal herself voluntarily. She's not shown herself, but he clearly does believe....)

She's like " Woah. DOLLY : O (open mouth emote)" HSJDJDJ A big, walking, talking one. Which he is. It just particularly endears her because she used to have a hobby of collecting them, finding out about their histories and stuff. When she was alive she eventually stopped talking about it because some people would find it embarrassing. Still carries that shame, but hey, there's no soul around to see right now.

Follows him around sometimes, even. Walking in front, clutching the walls above, at his shoulder.

Judgementally spectating him getting into another fight come-to-blows by virtue of his incredibly short-fuse especially with assholes( Hes uh. Stressed. To say the least.) . Only she likes to pretend he's actually following her by walking in front of him all-proud by vaguely predicting which direction he's taking. Actually he doesn't even see her there, but that just reduces any pesky possible arguments, right? Playing pretend is so much better. Few regrets. Like how he has to usually stitch his wounds up himself 'cause skin-bandages feel gross on the fur and don't do much. She could probably do that for him, and better!!! Without all the shaking and sniffling.

That is of course all a big IF. Habit's skyrocketed to the exact sort of notoriety she has spent so many years averting for herself, in like, record time. In a strange turn of events--- this kind of reputation making it hard for him to keep n' make new friends who don't slip through his paws like wilted petals-- has led him to.....someone who would under more non-time displaced circumstances...would NEVER be his friend. No matter how much she both admires and envies his loudly bold, curious and creative side coming through in times like how he touts around and takes apart the one Mecha Jesus Transformer ( from Kamal) with a whole backstory he's made up with his, apparently one friend, now. Or when he refuses to follow taken-for-granted rules without reason( like she couldn't bring herself to). But now, there's no one around to see......

Still, old habits die hard. Even when you're already dead in the ground. So she hesitates...and hesitates some more. Teetering on the edge of an afterlife-changing desicion.

But once...

It's just a regular bathroom visit. Open the door, check for other people, run inside. Regular running away from everyone, letting perenially red eyes run redder when for all the high-achieving to not make anyone mad still the teachers didn't know what to make of him. Running over chipped molars in the mirror-reflection for far too long, the usual. Nothing out of the ordinary, not the cursing God, not the attempts in the stall to muffle his noise lest passing janitors hear, not the barely contained scream, not in-the-end when it all thankfully stops and he slumps down on the closed seat, exhausted.

And then he says something. New.

"I wish ..someone would miss me if I was gone."

Unfortunately this time Habit can't contain the part-excited and part-terrified hoarse scream from himself when all his researching becomes reality.

[ Gif description: Animated cutscene from the Faith games in its signature usually colored-outline, black fill-in, rotoscoped cutscenes. Amy Martin rises up from the edge of the beds end, hands first and then up to her head covered by long hair. There's a slight glitching distortion. End description]

SHE IS HERE.

( Plaintext: She Is Here.)