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Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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fun fact: read the first line again and consider where the timeline divergence eventually diverges to wink wonk

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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fun fact: read the first line again and consider where the timeline divergence eventually diverges to wink wonk

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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fun fact: read the first line again and consider where the timeline divergence eventually diverges to wink wonk

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

[aorange]

Flip It Timeways

Intermission 3: Divergence

Summary: Every timeline must, at some point, diverge from the alpha.

The room pulses around him, a haze of bodies, of smoke, of rules and laws and expectations all thrown so far out the window it is hard to remember that just a handful of hours earlier he had been sober, at work, running a final check on his camera inventory.

Satisfied that everything was ready for the entire process to repeat itself on Monday morning before the first run through, that he knew exactly where every reel of film, every battery, cable, and lens were stored, he had packed up for the week, waved a casual goodbye to his boss, and driven home to his apartment.

And then, barely an hour later, he had been locked in a bathroom stall at a bar somewhere in West Hollywood with a guy who worked in Lighting, snorting his first line of the weekend directly off the cistern.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.

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Flip It Timeways

Chapter Ten: you just gotta think of it as a cute boy soup

There is a moment, right before the surface tension breaks, where the only sound he hears is the racing beat of his own heart and it feels as if he is the only person left on Earth. He used to practice holding his breath in the bathtub, was dragged out from under the water by the hair more than once when Dave began to panic, thought he'd been under too long, and after the third time it happened he'd been banned from using the tub alone until long after he'd turned nine. Every babysitter he'd had as a child was given the same warning: don't leave him alone around any body of water. It wasn't like he had a death wish, not at five, or eight, or even eleven, but he did have the inexplicable urge to stay underwater just a second longer, two, or three, until it felt like the pressure on his lungs was too much and he had no choice but to surface for air. It was self-improvement, nothing more. He could always be better, hold that breath longer, swim just one more stroke without surfacing in an effort to improve his time. At least, that was how he'd swum until he almost passed out during a training session when he was twelve.