it’s two thousand and sixteen but sometimes, when you’re taking out the trash and you hear unfamiliar music drifting from the house next door, it doesn’t really feel like it. you’re also not entirely sure if that’s a shadow of a person or a tree so once you shove the bag in, heart pumping, your press your tongue to your teeth and you don’t stick around to see. rubber soles to cement. door open, door closed. one silent, heavy sigh. safe.
forks clink against glass plates, red wine mingles with red lips, your baby brother tries to grab your attention but you can’t break character, you can’t let him know he’s right – he’ll learn, after all, as he gets taller, as his voice deepens, as he joins the football team and ignores the creeping discomfort in the back of his girlfriend’s father’s car.
you all eventually learn.
like glimpsing a note passed from hand to hand in the back of a classroom or like tuning into whispers you weren’t supposed to hear, you never asked to know it but there it sits – in the corner of your room, under the fourth step to your basement, behind your shower curtain, floating in the reflection of the ripples in your pool.
one day, you might dare to speak it aloud. one day, you might stand in the middle of the street and scream. dear rest of the world, you’d begin –
SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT IN SUBURBIA.
this verse was inspired by this playlist as well as various films but even though it definitely has a creepy, eerie undertone, I’d like to keep the actual horrors in this group man made. that means whereas I encourage rumors of everything from ghosts to shadow figures and alien abductions, I’d like human nature to remain the scariest factor. yes, that means serial killers are welcome, but please keep your muse non-paranormal.
the location is benton, illinois. it’s fictional. it’s relatively small. houses in this particular neighborhood range from relatively normal to rather extravagant because of this (but definitely within the middle class / upper middle class range).
no cap on members but please, no ic drama. also note that I may be slow to accepting since I want to actually have time to write in this myself and get my bios out. cap on how many characters one writer can add, however, is three.
no duplicate faceclaims unless discussed beforehand.
please submit the app below to me. I am the only admin.
there will be a group chat so shoot me your skype name if you want in.
all ages are welcome, both ic and ooc. just be responsible!!
take as long as you need to get your bio up but please don’t interact until.
tags to track: v: sir bios. and v: something isn’t right. please do not post your bios in the main tag, but everything else can go there.
areudirty
tangentwithtanner
gracieabrams
gummygunk
vaporwave
s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s
prguitarman
