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duncan macguffin 20. junior. son of young macguffin. tourney and football player, second string. quiet-ish...

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: What was different? Well, yes. Friends can be for life. I know mine are. But also remember that friends can be just as toxic as relationship partners so I guess it just boils down to knowing when you're reaching that line. Then consider yourself the only audience member to my live 'hero' family thanksgiving. Feel free to ask for a refund whenever you need. Oh that doesn't sound very fun at all. Not even the feasts? That's what I think! I've seen a couple Friday the 13th films before but I had no idea there were so many other movies. Are you sure there's no other movies you want to throw into the mix with them? We can match one day and then go for the surprise the next day. And it would be really fun to do a marvel/dc theme. have you seen any of those movies or shows?

Duncan: She wasn't so... idk, I just know that it feels like she thinks she has to be hard around everyone now, including me. I'm well aware friends can be toxic too, I feel like I'm the one telling you to remember that all the time. I'd never want a refund when it comes to you; if Zoe was a franchise, I'd be the biggest fanboy. It's very not fun, not even the feasts. I don't want to complain but the food is very...eh. I can't think of any other movies. I like the meta horror movies like Cabin in the Woods but those aren't as fun in a marathon, I don't think. Of course I have, I've seen every Marvel/DC movies and shows. We could be literally anyone. Do you have any suggestions?

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: Ah so she wasn't like this before. I guess we all noticed an appearance change, I suppose a personality change also makes sense. The more practice you get with recognizing the patterns hopefully you can learn them better. And I will absolutely keep you updated on how the holiday goes! You'll probably be getting live commentary. What are your plans for the holiday? Really?? You wouldn't mind a whole weekend of Friday the 13th? Is there any movies you'd want to watch that we can throw in the mix? I think it's a good idea! Not too much at all. I've done the marathon thing a few times with marvel and dc content 😬

Duncan: She's always been Dylan but idk, before everyone else realized how beautiful she was, it was different. But friends stay loyal throughout all the different stages in life, right? We all change and grow, in theory. I'd love live commentary! I'd love any distraction from my weekend, actually. I'm going home for the holidays and that means big feasts and loads of ribbing from the older cousins. I wouldn't mind a whole weekend of Friday the 13th at all. I've never seen any of them but they're classics so they've got to be good, right? And even if they're not, it'd be fun to hang with you. Let's do it then. Should we match day one or day two? And why don't we do Marvel or DC for our matching day? You know, since you like them so much.

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: I totally hear you on that. I just don't want to see you being taken advantage of with someone who's supposed to be your friend. Always pay attention to the patterns, it's a staple in science. Patterns don't lie. It's basically an algorithm. If you need to, take notes. I hope they'll make Thanksgiving super fun too!! I have high hopes 😊 Oh same!! Should we match since it'll just be us? Or should we surprise each other to make it fun? I don't know if these things have rules or not. I really really wanted to watch the Friday the 13th movies! Maybe not /all/ of them since there's... a lot and that would take all weekend. But at least one or a couple would be cool?

Duncan: Thanks. It's tough. I've been friends with Dylan a long time, way before she was like this, so it's easy to want to give her some slack. I'll try to pay attention to the patterns, even if I'm not as good at picking up on them as you are. Let me know all about your holiday, if you can. I think the rules are whatever we make up so... I don't know, what if we do a two day thing? That way we can watch all the Friday the 13th movies you want, and one day we can match while the other day we can surprise each other? Or is that too much?

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Maisy: Yes, that's correct! And okay okay I won't bother you for a FaceTime I'll just have to wait until we see each other next!

Maisy: That's good! You're improving. You'll be out there in no time. I believe in you! We all move at different rates you don't have to be too harsh on yourself. Just enough to keep you motivated and trying your best. ♥️ We've been going on hikes, I've been meditating and I think we're about to sign up for these cooking lessons. So it's been really great.

Duncan: Yeah. Besides, maybe holding out on letting you see my face will make you come visit in person sooner. I promise to send you a picture if I do end up shaving my head or dyeing my hair or growing a mustache, btw.

Duncan: I don't know if I'm "improving" but at least I'm not getting worse? I'm really feeling that whole "we all move at different rates" thing though, and not just in sports. One of my best friends just lost her virginity and the other is planning to and it makes me feel like everyone decided to grow up and do stuff without telling me. But sorry, that was a weird tangent, disregard that if you want. Hikes and meditating sound really cool, and so do cooking classes. It's awesome to be learning stuff from the places you go to. How's it going with the girl?

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: We should care about our own feelings to a certain extent! And they can do things that make me feel bad sometimes and end up making up in the end. I guess as long as it's not like something that happens all the time like you get to have your moments and she has hers so there's at least a balance. I think we've worked a bit on boundaries though so there hasn't been much issue. Although thanksgiving is coming up and I have no clue what's going to happen this year. Last year was crazy. Also that's not too far at all! It'll be super fun! I've never had a private Halloween before and not going all out seems like it would be a waste!

Duncan: I mean, it's hard to say if there's a balance but that's mostly my fault. I don't know what "getting to have my own moments" even means. I'm way better at following people, not leading. And that's good to hear. I hope those boundaries make your cult Thanksgiving super awesome. Yeah? Cool! Except now I need to come up with an actual costume but I'll come up with something good, I promise! Any movies or anything in specific you want to watch?

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: I just hate that you had to feel like that on a holiday you should be spending with your friends. And I really wish we could've spent that time together too. But with your friend, you're fine with your feelings not mattering to her? It just seems like she doesn't respect your opinions. Well it's not Halloween but we can still watch scary movies if you want to. And give you a personal Halloween redo!

Duncan: It's not that my feelings don't matter, it's more like they don't matter to her as much as hers matter to her? And that kind of makes sense? Shouldn't we all care about our own feelings the most? I don't, and my therapist tells me that's something to work on. It almost makes me think of how the twins are with you, you know? Obviously they care about you but they just have their own ideas about what's best for you. A Halloween redo sounds like it'd be really, really nice though. We could watch scary movies and eat lots of candy and wear costumes, maybe? Or is that taking it too far?

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Maisy: Great! I've got a frame of reference to work with then. You're probably only a hour or so within my orbit. I think seeing your face adds every bit of everything! But only if you're comfortable, duncan.

Maisy: Please tell me everything you've been up to for the past few weeks! I want to hear all about it!!

Duncan: Yeah, I think it's only an hour, you're in Avalor, right? I mean, thanks, but you know what I look like. I promise I haven't shaved my head or dyed my hair or grown a weird mustache since you last saw me.

Duncan: I haven't been up to much aside from school and sports. At this rate I'm literally never going to be on the field during a game but I don't fall over as much as I did last year so that's great. School's the same as always. Really, sometimes it feels like I'm the only one not doing things. What about you? What've you been up to?

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Zoe: I wouldn't call you a bad friend for that, no. I would take it as a sign that she makes you feel like you can't just say no and that be the end of it. Is it something that you can talk to her about? Halloween should be fun! And speaking as the person who was outcast from the group costume last year, your feelings are important too.

Duncan: I did say no, a few times, but it didn't matter. If I hadn't faked sick I would've had to do it no matter how much I didn't want to. I wouldn't even know how to begin to talk to her about it. This is just kind of how we work, and I don't want to throw off our whole dynamic. I think I just needed someone to tell me I wasn't a huge asshole for not wanting to do everything she tells me to do so thanks for that, Zoe. I appreciate it more than you know. I kind of wish I'd been able to do something with you this Halloween instead. Like watch scary movies or something. I ended up not wanting to do anything Halloweenish and going to sleep early instead.

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Maisy: Morning, Duncan! At least I believe it may be for you. I haven't even thought if there might be a time difference. But I wanted to let you know I missed you and that I can't wait to hear from you again. Shall we schedule a facetime soon?

Duncan: It's closer to evening but still pretty morning-ish here, don't worry. I miss you too. It's kind of weird not having you around but I'm glad you're having fun! We could just do a phone call too? Seeing my face doesn't really add to anything, I don't think.

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TEXT 😢 DUNZOE

Duncan: Am I a bad friend for pretending to be sick on Halloween so I didn't have to crossdress like Dylan wanted me to? Because I've been feeling really guilty about it since and I can't tell if it's because I did a bad or because she's really, really good at guilt-tripping.

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: 75% of my life is spent surrounded by girls, do you really think I've NEVER heard that? I know I'm hot and freaks are into it, but we're talking about YOU here and girls are into at least half of all the weird shit you've got going on. You could've cashed in your v card forever ago!

Dylan: I'm disappointed in me and as my emotional support human, you have to agree. Are you kidding? I bullied HIM. YOU HATE ME AND YOU HATE ALL MY AMAZING IDEAS. Dude, what? No, you're not an anti-sex charm! I always knew I was going to fuck him SOMEDAY so maybe I was just ready for it?

Duncan: I would've thought if you heard that you would've said something to ME so YEAH, I thought you'd never heard that! I guess if I didn't care about having some sort of relationship with the person I shared that with that it'd be easier, yeah. I feel like I should've been the one to have an arranged marriage, not you. That way you'd have the freedom to find who you want and I'd have a built in relationship. Any way to switch our fates, do you think?

Duncan: Fine, I'm HUGELY disappointed that you slept with your handsome future husband, shame on you. And he liked that? Wild. I LOVE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU ARE AND DO BUT I JUST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THAT IDEA! IT DESERVED A BETTER PARTICIPANT THAN ME! THAT'S NOT HATE! I so am! The second I'm gone, BAM, you learn how to do the horizontal tango!

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: Girls totally think you're hot! It's the personality thing that ruins it! So no, it doesn't!

Dylan: Yeah. I know, I'm disappointed in me too. Me too, I was unsure it was gonna happen but there's really nothing bullying can't do nowadays. The halloween during the party that you could've spared me from being with him at, but you just HAD to suddenly hate me!

Duncan: Has anyone ever said that to you? No, I don't think so. You're unfairly beautiful and the whole mean thing is weirdly attractive to some guys unfortunately. I saw this coming a million miles away.

Duncan: I'm not dispapointed in you but how you feel about it matters more than how I feel about it. He bullied you about it? I'M SORRY, I DON'T HATE YOU, I HATE THE IDEA OF DRESSING AS A GIRL! I didn't know that if I missed ONE party you'd finally join the fuck club! Oh my gosh, I've been your anti-sex charm this whole time! I'M SO UNSEXY I UNSEXIFY BOTH OF US.

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: I knooow! But I didn’t! I really had faith in you! And me neither, what the fuck!

Dylan: I liked it okay. 😔 It was Raul 😔 AND it was pretty decent. All parties successfully finished enough times.

Duncan: And I told you that you shouldn't have faith in me! Boys think you're hot, girls DON'T think I'm hot, it really only makes sense.

Duncan: You slept with your fiance? Woah. I mean... I'm glad you finished? Wait, when did this even happen?

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHO IS A SEX GOD!? Me! It’s me! The official nonvirgin in our friendship 👸🏽

Duncan: I told you that you'd be the first one to lose it! I knew it! I didn't know it would happen so soon though. Congratulations? Did you like it? Who was it? HOW was it?

Duncan: Or actually, that's too many questions, feel free to ignore them.

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: You’re not ugly. You’re perfectly normal and girls are naturally hotter than boys so all it would do is make you look better! Like Bowie! THAT dude was actually kinda ugly and then he glammed up his look and now people still fantasize about him in Labyrinth. So if anything the costume might be the first stepping stone to me turning you into you a full on sex GOD!

Duncan: I DON'T WANT TO BE A SEX GOD! That's literally like my worst nightmare!

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Zoe: if i were to create a mechanical contraption for the purpose of jump scares where would the best place to put it be? i know it's that season, but i also know that not everyone is into those things.

Duncan: I think maybe a haunted house? Or like some other place where people specifically go TO get scared, you know? Because otherwise, it could be kind of dangerous. You never know how scared people can get from jump scares or what that could cause to happen. It sounds like a cool device though! What's it going to look like?

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Text 💇‍♀️ Dylcan

Dylan: You’re severely underestimating how great my makeup skills are and everyone would be so amazed if i managed to make you look a little bit hot for halloween and you’d be able to get so much (pre approved) zeta pussy (metaphorically ofc) for being so woke and cool enough to do drag instead of wine about your fragile masculinity!!

Duncan: I'm not! You're underestimating how ugly I am! And I seriously doubt girls would be thirsting for me one way or another but especially not if I was dressed like a girl! It's not about fragile masculinity, it's about feeling ugly all the time and knowing that costume would make it worse!