𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 : 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 , 𝐚 .
with a slight laugh at her own self, alice, once again, advised, “ just don’t try for the fish. y’might win a human, but… ” and she’d been so close… so few times ! clearly if she couldn’t win a fish with her immaculate aim, no one would be able to. it had nothing to do with the drugs and everything to do with the game being rigged. by, like… rigging the wind. and how ageist they were ! a bunch of kids were winning fish, but the second she, a partial adult, tried her hand at it ? they rigged the goddamn wind.
she nodded at adri’s confirmation that masters had, indeed, not collapsed since she’d last stepped foot inside ( to do her job, that is ). but when the other lit up ( not that she didn’t seem to be constantly lightened up ), alice raised her eyebrows, preparing herself for whatever news she may receive on the adri front… and what great news it was ! the perfect news to shove everything adri refused to believe behind her, if even only for a minute. “ that’s fucking awesome, adri ! ” she replied with a single, but quite emphatic, hand clap. did adri know it was actually three As ? because they thought they were the kardashians long before the kardashians got famous ? that was beside the point ! “ we’re gonna have to celebrate, like… properly sometime. ” because plushies and carnival games were great, but they were no alcohol and sex. oh, then she had to bring up the concept of them being lies again ! was it worth correcting her at that moment ? “ i mean, ‘lie’’s a pretty strong word for it. ” … apparently kind of ! “ y’know, i was a good shot, but never really nailed basketball. gonna officially, like, admire you if you win a carnival basketball game, ” she remarked as she began trailing behind the other, unsure of exactly where this carnival game was.
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋 onto adri’s lips when alice advised her to not try & win a fish . why was it so hard for her to let it go ? she did tell alice that the other fish couldn’t replace goldie , so what was the point in trying to win another one when they wouldn’t measure up to her late bestie ? either way , she was going to try her hardest to swallow the urge when she saw whatever fish or signs of fish that were being shoved her way . there was no way she was going to completely move on if she kept giving in to the fish that were calling her name !
“ thank you , thank you ! i never thought i would see this day ! i mean , it was like just yesterday when they threw me into the wild world that is interning at master’s ! it took me an hour to find the art department ! now i’m ripping that sticker off & replacing it with assistant ! i feel so alive ! ” adri beamed . she had no idea what was ahead of her , but she was going to tackle that bridge when she got there . “ oooh , you should come over tomorrow night . i think i have the perfect celebratory idea in mind . ” adri smiled softly . “ well , either way it’s . . . propositious & dumb ! ” adri didn’t want to dwell too much on the subject because it was upsetting & this was not the moment to be upset at all . “ i’m gonna try my best ! i’ve been practicing all day with the other games . i’m gonna put those new skills to the test ! ” once they reached the game , adri handed the person operating the game her tickets . hopefully she wasn’t going to embarrass herself & lose , but at least it was for a good cause if she did , right ?
