i have no idea what i'm doing

diarmad waialiki-dunbroch, 21, son of moana & merida. penned by maeve for wdacademyhq.

[cinephiiles]

ft. olympia

Listening to people, make them feel that their words matter and were valid, it was all part of getting her bills paid — not that she did not genuinely care about others or their lives. She felt that the universe had given her gifts to help others, to bring truth to power. To build herself back up after years of being torn down. She smiled at him warmly. “Go ahead - give it a go.”

for the first time in his life, diarmad waialiki-dunbroch was at a complete and utter loss for words. he had absolutely no clue where to even begin his story, he was supposed to be talking about his dream- but was he supposed to provide context? gently chewing on his lip, he furrowed his eyebrows as he silently debated the best place to start before ultimately giving up and letting out a sigh. “okay, so this dream,” he started, pausing briefly to look at the girl, making sure she was paying attention, “it’s like any other dream, the beginning of it isn’t always the same but it ends the same every night. i go to teleport somewhere, and i just can’t do it and it’s freaky because i’ve been able to teleport for as long as i can remember.”

[cinephiiles]

ft. dafne

that could not have been more abundantly clear, from the very MOMENT that he so much as opened his mouth to reply. drama students - and indeed, anyone inclined audition - carried themselves with far more confidence than this student, though she had never been cruel enough to point such a thing out. “probably. it’s quite a large production, and i’m sure they’ll need a hand somewhere along the way,” she’s used to multitasking, responding to him as she straightens the piles of scripts for those that won’t have them, “but you should be speaking to the stage manager about that. you’re welcome to wait here, but like i said…- you are early.” 

diarmad couldn’t help but mentally curse himself, an overwhelming feeling of regret instantly washing over him. he had spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out how he wanted to go about this, when he wanted to show up versus sending an email. and it was clear that he had made the wrong decision. “right, sorry, i just thought it would be better to ask before you got busy. but i’ll just uh go, get out of your way,” he started to ramble as slowly found himself backing away, ready to turn and make a run for it.

[cinephiiles]

ft. friday

he sighs deeply, something that seems to be a common thing whenever the other boy was around him. he debates pretending like he didn’t hear him, but knowing him he’d only repeat the same question and get even more impatient about it. he also debates entertaining his thought for a second, just to see where he’s going with this; but… he lacks the proper amount of patience to go with it. “uh… long story short, no. to be honest i don’t think anyone really has… except for you? i know it was a rhetoric question but.. sounds like you have.”

diarmad furrowed his eyebrows, a frown quickly appearing across his face as he listened to what his friend had to say. it was clear that friday wasn’t buying a word that he was saying, but that wasn’t exactly unusual for the other. but diarmad was the only person who could truly know whether or not he was experiencing a time loop and it certainly felt like he was. “i never really thought they were possible but i’m telling you i’ve got to be going through one! i wake up to the same song like every morning and that’s just the beginning of it!”

[cinephiiles]

ft. olympia

Olympia glanced around, hoping to find another witness to this…peculiar behavior. Sadly, it appeared that she was very much a lone with this boy. What she would give to be able to read his energy. Out of habit Olympia reached out to touch Diarmad’s hand – before losing her powers, this was the easiest way to get in someone’s head. Now, it served only as a way to remind people that she was in fact there, with them, in a moment of need. “Would you like to tell me about this weird dream?”

diarmad was caught off guard by the other’s willingness to indulge his rather outlandish theories, usually people would just ignore him or tell him he was being foolish. it felt nice to have someone understand him for once, in fact, it felt so nice that he found himself smiling as he eagerly nodded his head. he flinched as she reached to touch his hand, but didn’t pull his away, instead nervously biting his lip as he slowly nodded his head. “i’d like that, yeah,” he spoke softly. 

[cinephiiles]

ft. olympia

“I can’t say I have…”  Olympia crossed her arms over her chest, glancing at Diarmad with a look that was equally confused and concerned. She would love to still have access to her psychic abilities to get a handle on this situation. Instead, she was forced to suss things out the old fashion way. With communication. ”Are you alright?” 

diarmad mentally cursed himself, his eyebrows furrowing together as his gaze fell slightly. what a stupid question! of course she wasn’t experiencing a time loop! no one ever went through one together! it just wasn’t how things like that worked! but of course he had to open his big mouth and now olympia was standing there, staring at him, concerned about his well being! “yeah i’m fine, i think i just had a weird dream,” he mumbled, gently biting his lip as he reluctantly lifted his head to meet her gaze. the one good thing about time loops, however, was that once he went to bed all would be forgotten. 

[cinephiiles]

“have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a time loop?” diarmad asked, his eyes wide as he lifted his head to look at the person standing in front of them. “just repeating the same bad day over and over?” he continued, pausing briefly to furrow his eyebrows, gently biting down on his lip as he looked at his companion. “well?” he quickly added, his entire body starting to shake as he found himself unable to wait for a response. 

[cinephiiles]

ft. dafne

“if you’re here to audition, you’re-” she gave a quick glance to the face of the ( diamond encrusted ) watch that was wrapped around her wrist, pulling a face at the time she saw, “extremely early.” it wasn’t as if there was MUCH to be set up, but professor or not - dafne wasn’t going to be conducting these on her own. “and unfortunately, the early bird does not catch the worm, when it comes to something like THIS.” 

"what?” diarmad responded, rather dumbly, as his eyes widening as he looked around, double checking that dafne was talking to him. “oh uh, i’m not here to audition,” he responded, his voice cracking slightly at the end as he reluctantly made eye contact with the professor. however, he was there to ask something, and while he had originally thought it would be best to ask before auditions, he was starting to regret his original idea. “i was just uh wondering if you needed any more crew members?” he responded, gently biting down on his lip as he waited for a response.

[harryjunes]

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