5. It’s hard to be offended when white people jokes involve bland food/tourist dads in socks and sandals/white girls in yoga pants obsessed with pumpkin spice/suburban PTA moms and other harmless and mostly true stereotypes while jokes about POC involve them being called thugs/criminals/slurs/uneducated/illegal immigrants.
6. They’re usually really fucking funny and don’t perpetuate stereotypes that will ever affect me economically, politically, or cause me any true harm, let alone create risks that “justify” my murder and/or death
5. It’s hard to be offended when white people jokes involve bland food/tourist dads in socks and sandals/white girls in yoga pants obsessed with pumpkin spice/suburban PTA moms and other harmless and mostly true stereotypes while jokes about POC involve them being called thugs/criminals/slurs/uneducated/illegal immigrants.
6. They’re usually really fucking funny and don’t perpetuate stereotypes that will ever affect me economically, politically, or cause me any true harm, let alone create risks that “justify” my murder and/or death
Guys I have a type and it’s that church lady who is older than me by a good bit but at the same time people my age are good too actually. Ahhh waaahhh I don’t want to take chances on any crushes someone just tell what we’re doing and I’ll be there.
“Misty you look at her like she’s your universe. Like she personally saves you everyday.” Kristen kept her voice light but misty notes that the other girl means it. She was looking all intense and serious. Misty hated when Kristen called her out. She always hit the little spots. “I just treat her with a heathy amount of respect! Plus I noticed you sucking up to Mari. You can’t hide things from me bestie!” Misty gave a wide smile hoping to set Kristen off her trail just a little. One look at Kristen’s face tells her it was not effective. “I admire her! Plus she does all the hunting. I need allies especially ones who people trust!” Misty reasons and after some thought continues, “nat needs someone in her corner plus she can’t be my center if I look after everyone the same.” Kristen throws some dried leaves at her. “Fine lie all you want but I know that you know.” Misty groaned at the confident words. “Let’s just empty this and later when you’re done being stubborn you can tell me how amazing I am at reading you.” Kristen said teasingly.
Misty blinks she had forgotten. They were here to dump the bucket. The awful nasty bucket that perfectly summed up how the group saw them. It was a gross task. She and Kristen walked down to the lake to wash their hands. They felt lucky. It was summer and way easier to wash in the summer. When they returned to camp Travis and more importantly Natalie had returned safely with a deer. Shauna was mid gutting when she saw them. “Mari made rabbit stew. Misty take it to Ben. Kristen go to Mari.” Short and choppy like they didn’t matter, though it seemed no one but her dead girlfriend mattered to Shauna these days. Maybe the thought was mean but she hadn’t said it out loud so Misty felt no need to punish herself for it. She simply gave a little solute (which earns a groan from Shauna and a chuckle from Van, who was then smacked by tai.) and walked off. Ben mostly stayed away from the girls. She didn’t mind bringing him food if anything it gave her a chance to rant however she hated the gross things Mari said she and Ben did. “Coach! I brought you stew! Sorry it’s squirrel again. Mari said she’s saving the good stuff for the cold.” Misty sets the bowl down at the man’s makeshift table. He frowned. She just sat next to him. She’d long given up on him liking her. “It’s fine. Where’s your bowl?” Misty wasn’t listening her mind had gone back to Kristen’s words. “No one con be someone’s universe. It doesn’t make sense. The universe or your universe has two parts. System and surroundings.” Ben stayed silent though Misty liked to pretend she didn’t hear him sigh. “She can’t be my universe. Not really she’s more my open system since she doesn’t exist in a perfect environment. A system being in this case the small section of my universe I choose to focus on. The rest of you make up the surroundings.” Ben just nodded. “But like she’s not my system I pay attention to everyone!” Misty shouted like Ben was arguing which he most definitely wasn’t. Misty grumbled as she laid back in the grass. “Quigley?” Ben said almost softly. “Mm?” Misty responds back. “Is there a chance you….like..like Natalie?” Ben said slowly like Misty didn’t get the concept of lesbians. Misty went silent as she thought about it. As she thought she tried to pull moments maybe she could find good reason she didn’t like Natalie but ten minutes later she still had nothing. “Oh my god I like Natalie.” Misty sits up fast too fast as Ben jumps started by the force of Misty.
Misty walks back to camp slowly. Dreading telling Kristen that she was right, for someone so shy Kristen did tend to have a very smug ‘I told you so face.’ After her short walk Misty threw open the door to their shared hut. Inside was Kristen but more pressingly Mari. “Ah!” Misty covered her eyes and slammed the door. Seeming her best and only friend naked wasn’t jarring they had to bathe together a few times seeing Mari naked nearly stopped Misty’s heart. “Why! How! Why!” Misty ran away from the hut. She, now unusable to be in her own home, sat at the fire. Shauna was sitting there too and now she was glaring at Misty. “Mari and Kristen were..” Misty didn’t finish the sentence. Shauna looked stunned. “Oh. Uh. Sorry?” Shauna said awkwardly. Later in the night Misty was sat outside the hut. Like a dog kicked out of the house. Ben was sitting at the fire. Natatlie was with him. Misty felt her eyes droop the night was cold but not cold enough she couldn’t sleep. When she woke up it wasn’t to the light of day it was to Natalie. “You’ll catch a cold.” She said bluntly. Misty was tired and grumpy in ways she normally wasn’t. “It’s fine my huts sort of occupied anyway-“ her voice was harsher than she meant. Natalie rolls her eyes, “I know, I’m saying come to mine.” Misty’s eyes lit up. She took it all back. Natalie was the universe she was the foreground and the background. She was the focus even if other things drew her attention. Gods she looked so perfect in the moon light. “Your hut? Are you sure?” Natalie just grabbed her wrist and drug her. Misty swallowed. “Ben and I were talking.” Natalie said, “apparently you have some strong feelings about universes.” Misty’s face went red. “Systems actually.” Misty pushed up her glasses. “Systems and the parts of universes.” Natalie smiles, really smiles, and it makes Misty proud. She did that. Wow she really was gay. Is this what van felt when tai got all giggly? Maybe it wasn’t so bad. “God you don’t take hints do you Quigley kid.” Misty tilted her head.. maybe It’d make sense that way. After while of Natalie gazing at her Misty realized she was lost. Drowning in this conversation and loosing control of her system. Her data must be wrong. It all pointed to Natalie liking her back. “What?” Misty said dumbly.. Natalie kissed her. “Been wanting this since you kneeled infront of me and called me a queen misty.” Nat ran her fingers thought the shorter girls curly blonde hair. “You are so dorky. You made it a big deal. You made me a big deal where would I be if I didn’t have you.” Misty was speechless before she started talking. She started nervous ranting and she didn’t shut up easily when she did that. “It was a big deal- being leader I mean since everyone looks up to you- your like their universe the- the reason a system can happen or-“ Natalie kissed her. Misty didn’t know how to respond other than to give a little “yay!” Natalie pulled back a little surprised. “Honestly..yeah it checks out you’d pause a make-out session to celebrate.” She dives back in. Kissing Misty and shoving her back. “You manipulate, you get your way, and I need to know if you planned for Ben to tell me.” Misty pulled back as far as she could since she was pinned to the wall of the hut. “I didn’t tell him anything really I just explained that you can’t be a universe. Since Kristen said I treated you like one. Like my universe not a universe.” Misty rambles begin and quickly gets cut off by Natalie putting a finger to her lips. “Am I still your queen even if I’m not leader?” Misty smiled and kissed up Natalie’s arm enjoying the shocked gasp Natalie let out. She then kissed her neck and her collar bones. “Idiot. Idiot. I’ll always call you my queen. Always.”
Natalie was the universe, she was the system, and she was Misty’s everything entirely. Her queen, her girlfriend, and her Desire for love. She loved. She vowed to forever support Natalie even if Natalie didn’t get it yet.
Inscryption has remained one of my favourite games for years now but it's a hard one to make fanart for! I'm really glad that I finally got around to drawing something for it!
The massive yearning crush I have on the youth lead is criminal. Most definitely a sin mind you but goodness she messages me specifically when I don’t show up and she corners me to talk and AAAAAAHHHH