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@SET

[redsoil]

[ APROPOS OF NOTHING BTW ]

Tell me about Jesus.

Why is he so important? Why is his name mentioned in relation to your god?

[holyposition]

I don't have time for this right now.

@q

[longitudinal]

I'm glad you're back.
I've missed you.

[ but with everything kicking off with this werewolf thing and all the horrors of the last month, he's only just now getting his head on straight. ]

Stay safe in all of this?
I'm trying to make sure Koby doesn't burn himself out.

Re: @q

[holyposition]

Thanks. I'm...glad to be back, in a way.

I'm trying. Sadly, I think Koby and I are both doomed to burn out before this is through.

post punch.

[mygoodsir]

You are to let me look at your face immediately.

[holyposition]

I'm fine, Harry. Just walking it off. But you're welcome to check.

@koby

[kobes]

I made too many sandwiches again. Are you guys hungry?

[holyposition]

You can just offer. You don't have to lie, you dork.

That would be nice, though.

a visit | nebulous werewolf comfy time

[longitudinal]

[ q doesn't message before he shows up at tim's cabin and happens to arrive at what appears to be a blessedly quiet moment. he's seen what's going on through the network and knows that tim's been punched. (he'll deal with that later - he's had saber on the mind for some time). knows too that tim has many people taking care of him.

but he's been distant in this - carefully trying to navigate koby's stress, helping shanks, keeping an eye on ren. he knocks on the door, doesn't wait for an answer before he opens it. if hawk had been there, if anyone other than tim had been there, he'd have heard more than just one set of feet shuffling. ]

I brought sandwiches from Koby.

[ as if he's only here to deliver food, but he's also here to see tim. to take a quiet moment, to check on him again with his own two eyes. ]

But I am happy to pretend I made them and romance you with bread and peanut butter if you'd like.

@lestat

[perfectionner]

Not so much a mystery now.

[ did you guess? he almost wants to ask, but refrains. ]

[holyposition]

[ He was on a short list... ]

Hey, Lestat. I knew you liked the chase.

You really think I'll be safe?

@HZF

[homosexuals]

I'm going to look at the scene around Koby. Ash and Jace, too.

I'm - so fucking sorry.

[holyposition]

[ It takes a long time to respond. He's not sure anything helpful will come of it, and that's all he cares about. He can't think about Hawk because he's thinking about Koby, he's thinking about Jace who was there when he fell asleep and gone when he woke up, about Ash and the second botched crucifixion and the promise Harry made him. ]

Tell me what you find. I'm reviewing Koby's notes.

Don't leave anything out, even if it points to me.

@waterdeep — text.

[corporeity]

Is there any reason Stephen Strange wouldn’t want us to be liaising, at present?

[holyposition]

I wouldn't think so. We've shared some things back and forth.

Why?

@strange

[rehandle]

[ A little while after Gale floats the idea and Stephen scrambles to hold it off, a message to the man himself. ]

I mentioned before that Koby and I were collaborating. In his absence, your name was floated as a good fit to step in, and I agree. But the Yellowjackets have a tendency to come up in conversation.

[ They've come up once, but it was the worst most exhausting thing that's ever happened to him (it's possible this is a small exaggeration). ]

It may put you in a difficult position, given our last conversation.

[holyposition]

Shauna is important to me. But nothing is more important right now as finding the killers. I can handle it. I handled building a case against a friend and an enemy both last year, they were both wolves, and both were voted out.

I just want to be useful.

@ 🦋

[haggle]

Ani Mikheeva has added you to a groupchat.

@lethalhole

[deadnerve]

[During the accusations and leading up to a new one, Devon quickly texts:]

Is there any way you can keep Harry distracted enough not to accuse next

[holyposition]

Why.

@petrova

[impersonation]

Oh sweet son of mine...did you miss Mommy?

I see you out there playing hero instead of whore...kinda cute.

You don't like us, do you?

[vampires.]

I see an awful lot of little birdies flying around a very obvious truth...but no one's sticking the landing.

[holyposition]

Hi, Katherine. You don’t have to pretend I’m your Teo anymore. Especially since you didn’t like him much.

I don’t like Armand. It’s not because he’s a vampire. It’s because he’s a snake.

And you want to share it with me?

@klaus

[poppycock]

If you have any questions for me, I'm all ears.

[holyposition]

Hi, Klaus. This isn't personal. I just want to minimize the violence however we can.

You've seen what Katherine said about you. Stefan said it was all true, but you're not theatrical. Caroline said it was all true, but that you'd kill Katherine first. I think point A only matters if you're the alpha who's mobilizing everyone, and I don't think point B matters at all. The wolves don't want to be caught, so they won't choose the most obvious targets.

As it stands, the list of people who could compel people not to struggle is pretty short, and you're supposedly the most talented of all of them. An "original."

I don't want to see innocent people accused. So if you can refute anything, I would be glad to pass it along.

@strange

[rehandle]

To your knowledge, is there any rule that states wrongfully accused villagers can't be killed by the wolves as part of their total?

[holyposition]

Being wrongfully accused and voted out means they're out of the "game". Safe from the wolves, but not able to help, either. There were some attempts last year to lock up loved ones for their own safety.

Don't tell me you think Saber is innocent. He's the only sure thing we've had this whole time.

@stefan

[interpersonally]

More burnings. And religious overtones. Thoughts?

[holyposition]

It makes me wonder why Armand's been so quiet this year.

@MOP

[guitarpicks]

we all know he's capable of screaming at the top of his lungs about how danny's the root of all of this place's evils while still running back to fuck with him anyway

what your worse half capable of when it comes to throwing people off his own scent? ( expecting no answers actually )

[holyposition]

Oh, we're investigation buddies now?

If Hawk killed anyone, it would be personal, like it was with Danny.

@bob — text.

[sensive]

hey
um
it’s bob?
we haven’t met really

i know you’re busy
and you’re one of the only people honestly trying around here
but stephen said i should ask you about something
if you have a second

[holyposition]

Hi, Bob. I've got time. What is it?

@velocity

[metabolizes]

[holyposition]

Are you asking me on a date?

You're not mad at me?

text — un: stein

[missed]

I'm sorry.

[ for the game. for hawk. for what this place has done to all of them. that being a wolf meant something worse than last time. he was friends with hawk, since the beginning of it all, really, and this place has a funny way of turning shit on its head. ]

If you need help with him, with anything, let me know.

[holyposition]

Thank you.

You can keep Armand away from him.

post-rez; text

[diarists]

hey


i'm back. alive, i mean.

[holyposition]

Shauna!!

Good
How are you?
Sorry. That's a stupid question. Are you a monster, or just Shauna?

@strange

[rehandle]

[ It's been just long enough that it doesn't feel like he's being too familiar, too much of an intrusion on what he can only imagine is still an awful time. So, to start, and in real earnest - ]

Tim. How are you?

[holyposition]

Hi, Stephen. It's nice to hear from you.

Things are starting to look up. Everyone's back from the dead. I think there's still a lot of nervous energy around, but whatever passes for normal around here is on its way back.

How about you?

left on Tim's pillow during breakfast, after Voyeur's launch

[homosexuals]

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒊𝒎,

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒.

𝑆𝑜, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 - 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝑂𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦'𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑆𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑦.

𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡...𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒? 𝐵𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔,
𝑯𝒂𝒘𝒌

> voice

[holyposition]

Um, hi. I got your letter.

[ He liked it. He dreaded opening it, because he knew he would, because he knew that it would be sweet and forgiving and tell him exactly what he wants to hear. It does. It makes him want to call up Hawk and say yes, of course, is six a good time?

Which is exactly why he can't. If he decides on an inch, it'll turn into a mile, because Hawk is a blowtorch, blackening his brain until every drop of sense and self-preservation are dried up into dust and riding on the wind. ]

I still don't think it's a good idea. First it's dinner, and then it's a nightcap, and then...I know how this goes. It's not good for me. And Harry agrees with me. I don't want to live by this place's expectations anymore, I think it's time to return to my own.

[ As he speaks, he can hear his pulse pounding between his ears, anxiety rising, the cold anger from when he first dumped Hawk at the commune faded into only sadness, a somber understanding that this is just how it has to be. Maybe if he's lucky, the feeling will fade. It didn't in his three years away in the Army, but this is different, he won't be lonely here. He has friends, he has Harry. If he tries, if he's strong, he can get himself past this.

The thought makes his palms itch, the sign that he recognizes by now, telling him it's coming, and his breath comes fast and labored over the phone. ]

Please, God, no, not right now--aurghh!

[ The phone clatters to the floor with a loud, pained wail. His body collapses next to it with a clumsy thump. ]

circa voyeur

[mygoodsir]

Tim,

Who would top: Stephen Strange, or myself?

[holyposition]

[ This feels like a trap. ]

...isn't that something that should be decided between you and Stephen?

@GETJINXED

[smudgy]

hey

[ … ]

i’ve not really been myself since the stupid game
but i wanted to thank u now that i am
almost nobody listened to me

[ not silco, hawk, harry, stephen, the straw hats — ]

i get why
but u did
it meant a lot to me, anyway

[holyposition]

[ A full chain of Jinx texts without emojis...something is wrong. ]

Hi, Jinx. Welcome back 🙂

You're welcome. If I'm completely honest, it was my own bias more than it was your word that made me believe it was Armand. Hawk can be in the middle of trying to apologize, AFTER drying out from his messed up blood addiction that Armand KNEW would happen, and still be making excuses for him.

Still, I appreciated you for being the only other person not under his creepy doll eyes spell. It made me feel like I wasn't crazy. I just wish we'd pushed harder at the start against that "he's not a messy eater" crap

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[mygoodsir]

Darling, are you arguing with superhumans on the network again?

[holyposition]

Only the ones who are being tremendously unfair.