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- ̗̀   ℕ𝕐𝕏    ̖́-  ˢᶤᵖᵖᶤᶰ ᵒᶰ ˢᵗʳᵃᶤᵍʰᵗ ᶜʰˡᵒʳᶤᶰᵉ

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G A B I ;;​

     Gabi was glad she lived a pretty active lifestyle otherwise the climb up the multiple flight of stairs would have probably left her huffing and puffing, “You doin alright, grandma?” she called behind her, glad the rain hadn’t picked up, the water still falling in a light drizzle, their face starting to accumulate enough mist to being to form small drips. They needed to get 14 floors up and were only about a third of the way up, they was fairly certain Nyx would be fine but they weren’t going to give up on the chance to poke fun at the only slight difference in their age. They were high up enough at this point that they could see over the roofs of some of the smaller buildings in the surrounding area, a good spot to scope out new places to check out. “Let’s go!” she called out, quickening her pace with an almost manic grin stretching her lips. 

“parkour.” nyx muttered under her breath, her eyes darting between watching slick steps she took higher and ahead to gabi to make sure that she wasn’t gaining too much or crowding her ascent. an accident on grated metal wouldn’t feel good to either of them and it was likely that one of them messing up would result in both of them getting hurt. slow and steady...but not so slow that gabi’s snark was really warranted. she rolled her eyes up to her and continued her trek with a small smile. nyx was fit enough for this, it was basically a job requirement. not basically...but literally it was. with gabi’s words nyx quickened her pace and put faith in the insane tread in the soles of her boots to keep her on her feet. the rust and chipped paint on the handrails however were bound to leave her fingers and palms a little angry but she’d had her tetanus shots so... 

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G A B I ;;

     “That sounds like a fair trade to me.” Gabi grinned, hand gripping the ladder she swung her body up onto the first rung, part of her concerned with the fact the ladder had been on ground level, meaning it was very possible that someone was currently in the space she was trying to get them to, but deciding not to say anything about it yet, not until they saw anything else that led her to believe this was possible. ‘C’mon.” they puffed, beginning their ascent up to the fourteenth floor, the building had been a hotel that had failed and hadn’t been able to find a buyer, a perpetual for sale sign on the front of the building. The bottom floors had been pretty ransacked, signs of squatters and taggers, people who had come in simply to vandalize the property but the upper floors had been mostly unbothered, just vacant rooms and halls, she’d spent the summer exploring the building when they’d had time, it was how she’d managed to stumble across her favorite place of the year. 

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fair trade; good. nyx nodded once and then decided that on the side of her mind she would meal plan a little and go over the contents of her fridge and cabinets so she could decide what she wanted to make verses what she could make depending on what she had at home. there were staples she always had on hand, basics enough to make, pork, chicken in few varieties, chow mein and pot stickers and fried rice, but she didn’t keep other ‘basics’ like duck in her freezer as readily and it had been about two weeks since she’d spent an entire day cooking meals and freezing portions so that she had food after work with little effort. after gabi started up the ladder nyx started up and lingered a good eight feet behind her so that they both had space, and as she climbed she peeked into dusty dark windows for any hints at what the building held; but she wasn’t able to make much out. only its obvious abandonment. 

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G A B I ;;​

     Gabi’s mother had only ever let her host sleepovers, they’d never really gotten to go sleepover at anyone else’s. “Yes, tonight. It’ll be fun, I’ll even make you breakfast in the morning. I’ll just steal a t-shirt or something” they grinned widely, face twitching as a sprinkle of water came crashing down onto their cheek, eyes widening a touch as a second landed on the warm skin above their brow, “C’mon.” she puffed, it was supposed to be a dry night but maybe the universe had other plans for them, not that it would really ruin their plans given the building was mostly still in tact. Taking a hold of Nyx’s wrist loosely and quickening their pace and guiding her around the building towards the fire escape she’d used the last time she was here. 

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gabi could steal whatever she wanted of her clothes; nyx was used to people stealing in more extreme ways, as came with her line of work, so it was nice to hear it used in an innocent way. she’d been working herself too much the last few weeks, it showed in how eager she was for gabi to steal literally anything that they wanted from her clothes. nyx needed the break from work, not only that break...but separation from it mentally. she had days off all the time but she wasn’t really ‘not working’, when her mind was still racing over case files and things that she needed to do, while she was at home too. when gabi grabbed her wrist she blinked focus back into her eyes and looked up at the fire escape, rungs of metal, structures she was very familiar with. “parkour.” she mutters, perfect comfortable with all things ‘climbing’ and ‘heights’. “if you’re making breakfast then i’m making dinner.” she offers, closing her free hand on side of the ladder waiting for gabi to go first. it was then, looking up at the height of the building, that she felt the first few splatters of rain hit her cheek and then her nose. 

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garage/living visual  ( inspiration only )

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G A B I ;;

     “Hear me out,”: Gabi slapped a smile on her face, “Sleepover.” she nodded resolutely, essentially inviting herself to spend the night the night at Nyx’s assuming that if she really didn’t want her there for the night she wasn’t the type to just let herself be walked over and allow it to happen. “We’re almost there.” she informed, they had made it far enough downtown that she could see the building she was walking them over to.

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sleepover. her lips pursed in a thoughtful sort of frown. “that’s new for me.” she admits, her features showing acceptance of the idea. “not something my grandpa quite understood how to allow but i’m game.” she adds. growing up had been a very strict experience for her; her grandpa had barely spoken a lick of english, let alone did he believe in lax american customs. “tonight yeah? do you need clothes or do you wanna just dig through mine for something?”

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G A B I ;;

     “Well now I feel like an asshole,” Gabi’s steps stopped suddenly, eye glancing back at the way they’d come, mind free falling on the idea that they could’ve done this alone, could have spent the night entertaining themself instead of taking time Nyx could be using getting some actual rest, “You’re sure you want to do this?” her expression smooth, “You know we could do this some other time, yeah?” they suggested, her mind having been too occupied to really hear what Nyx had continued on to say, only faintly recognizing the sound of music that passed by fairly quickly. “Or I mean we could just hang out and stay in.” 

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“stop it.” nyx tosses back, shaking her head. “it’s a mental 24/7 kind of tired, brain fog kind of tired. physically i’m fine.” she swears, meeting gabi’s eyes. “i mean it. you said you wanted to show me something so you’re going to show me something. i can sleep all day tomorrow.” but she wouldn’t. her built in clock never let her sleep late, not typical for her to get more than five hours of sleep and that was when her body was being kind to her. four was much more typical. “what are you showing me?” she presses, before her chin lifted higher, a small idea and a nod coming to her. “hang out and stay in with me tomorrow or some other day. right now we’re out and about.”

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G A B I ;;​

     Gabi almost missed a step, most of the time the people so would refer to as her friends would have just shrugged her comment off but Nyx had chosen to actually engage with her. “I feel like a lot of people just exist, just wait for when they feel ready, feel safe to finally do something, people waste so much time just existing,” she emphasized, “I’m not trying to be one of those grab life by the balls kind of people, I know not everybody has the same definition of living as I do, but just existing is such a waste of time. You want something find a way to have a piece of it, a taste of it, you’re using precious moments of time existing instead of actually living.” she was talking herself in very confusing circles, hadn’t had a real moment to figure out what she was trying to say without it sounding preachy or naive. “What I’m trying to say is we spend so much time just being that we don’t take in the life happening around us.” her brows furrowing in frustration, “I don’t think I’m making any sense here, do you get what I’m trying to say?” she sighed, rubbing the palm of her free hand into her eye, she was trying to get two separate points across at the same time and it just wasn’t coming together at all.

“yo, i’m just tired.” she breathes out, chuckling though at gabi’s exuberance from living. she understood it, she agreed with it even, she was just tired. that was likely just the work day trailing behind her and the only fuel being black coffee and subway sandwiches but it was where she was at in life and she didn’t have the energy to hide it. “right now i’m existing but i’m off work tomorrow so i’ll try to live a little more, i don’t know.” she scanned her eyes over the surrounding areas they walked past. “i need a vacation but that takes balls or whatever.” she mutters, and maybe it was just to avoid what she wasn’t wanting to be aware of, that she worked so hard to avoid everything that wasn’t work. struggling to find her niche when her little sister bynx got to rely more on student aid than on her these days. “if i point out that there’s not much life going on around us right now, are you going to point out the birds sleeping in the trees of the grass growing through the sidewalk cracks?” she asks, a car passing nearby vibrating through the pavement due to the height of the bass and volume of their music that hummed through the car’s windows. “and whatever that dude bro is up to?”

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G A B I ;;​

     “ I just really doubt we’ll see anyone else but ya never know, right?” Gabi’s head tilted, “Better? Absolutely but I guess I’m settling tonight.” she joked, bumping her shoulder against Nyx’s in a friendly gesture, “I dunno, existing just seems kind of overrated.” she grinned, not at all meaning it, no Gabi had far too much to see, too much to experience. Gabi would forever be in pursuit of more, she dreamed of seeing everything, it didn’t matter to her how hard it would be, how dangerous at time, how exhausting, no she had one life and she wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of her living it to the fullest. She’d heard far too many stories of people filled with regret, people who wished they’d done more, seen more, tasted more, she refused to be one of them, eyes filled with longing and regret, no Gabi would lay on her death bed with eyes filled with satisfaction.

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“not to sound overly excited about not seeing other people but....yay.” she mutters, giving a small half-hearted fist to the air. it was all the excitement she could muster. by now it probably went without saying that she dealt with people all day both in-office and out and...when her day was over the rubberband of her focus snapped back and recoiled more snuggly around ‘her’ space. it didn’t stretch as far to encompass as many. “okay so what’s the alternative, the underrated to ‘existing’?” she asks, curious, and still, unable to effort past basic motor functions and dialed-down reflexes that were enough to keep her acutely aware of her gun on her hip and their surroundings as they walked. 

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replies in the morning on hana and nyx. sorry for the delay, this weekend has been hectic!!!

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mspoppy‌

“Can you rub this on my back?” Poppy asked while holding out a bottle of aloe. She placed the blunt they were sharing between here lips as she turned around, then pulled down the straps of her top to show her bare back to Nyx as she opened a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos. Spicy food didn’t seem like a great combination with a sunburn, but Poppy was high and feeling like dog shit. She deserved to have a treat. “I’m such an idiot,” she muttered after letting out a stream of smoke. “Who forgets to wear sunscreen while at the beach? Idiots, that’s who.” She shoved a few Cheetos into her mouth before passing the bag to Nyx and taking another drag of the blunt. 

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it meant moving more than she already was, and it came with a small whimper, but nyx managed to get her thin tank off from over her bikini top to set it down beside her. the fabric felt like glass against the tops of her shoulders. she reached right for the aloe and pours a liberal amount into her hand. “we should have gotten the aloe spray to avoid having to rub it on.” she mutters, her free hand grabbing her joint from the small dish it sat waiting on and placing it between her lips. “you and me both then.” she mumbles with it still between her lips, puffing in and out another little cloud of white. it left her hands free to gently spread the cooling gel across poppy’s back, careful to not apply too much pressure, until one hand was clear enough of the aloe for her to pull the blunt from her lips again and set it down to the tray for some of the cheetos instead. “at least this will take the sting down. everything else the pot and cheetos can heal, right?” one hand still spread across poppy’s back to make sure she wasn’t leaving it uneven and not soaking into her skin. 

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darlaismz

“i just wanna know what came first, the madea movies or the nutty fropessor — hm,” she sighed, stopping herself and pinching the bridge of her nose for a few seconds. “i can’t talk. i don’t even care anymore, i just made myself insanely mad.”

her brows knit together, thinking and readying to answer her question but when she pinched the bridge of her nose and looked more upset than interested in the question, nyx decided that it wasn’t important. “do you want to go outside and get some air?” she asks, worry in her eyes. “i can get you a bottle of water.”

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aspvnxo‌

“what am i on ? now that is a good question.” aspen replied with a nod and a light chuckle. “i drank a little bit here and there, then took some shit this cute guys gave me. so i guess i’m on a lot right now.” she shrugged it off shamelessly. the blonde was often high or drunk, specially on holiday. “i’m fine just living my best fuckin’ life !” she replied happily. “i just wanted to dance with you.” she added and began swaying to the music, drink in hand.

“i don’t know what these cute guys gave you, but i’m fairly certain that cute guys giving out anything...is never a good thing.” nyx pulled her lighter from her pocket to light up a joint, blowing the smoke politely away from the other while a smile bit at her lips towards aspen. “one dance and then you’ll let me go?” she chuckles, not that she would complain if she didn’t. the idea of dancing with aspen sounded fun and with the smoke running through her, she was humming. nyx moved to stand and wrapped her arm around the girl’s waist to find a bit of free space with her. 

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flynnkotaks

“Alcohol and your company,” Flynn quipped, a bright smile on his mouth as he poked a dimple into each cheek with his index fingers, the picture of drunken giddiness. Hand reaching out to cover his company’s, his expression remained just as vibrant. “No, but listen, you can’t possibly tell me that theories about alien existence don’t fascinate the shit out of you. I mean, another hyperintelligent life form in our solar system? You’re fucking lying if you don’t think that’s cool.”

shit.

she couldn’t actually tell him that theories about alien existence didn’t fascinate the shit out of her. or that another hyper-intelligent life form in their solar system wasn’t cool. “damnit.” nyx sunk back in her chair, her free hand bringing her beer to her lips for another drink, while her hand turned over under his to pat him. “i’m not a liar. a lot of things maybe but i wouldn’t lie to you. tell me more.”

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westcfsalem‌

           ❝ Honestly ?? Good for you. Get that lapras - like , don’t DIE , but get that lapras. ❞ He nodded and reclined back in his chair , pushing a lock of hair back with a small sigh. ❝ It’s kind of a scam I’m running and making a few bucks but also kinda not. I’m an actual tarot reader but … doesn’t hurt to CHANGE UP THE CARDS once in a while. ❞ He motioned to the deck on the table with a cock of the eyebrows. ❝ Whatcha think ?? ❞

she didn’t really know how people got so wrapped up in that game that deaths had actually occurred. nyx even playing for her little sister was still aware of the pit bull in the backyard that she needed to get into. luckily studying criminology and watching investigation discovery, paired with her gym antics, made her really good at parkour. “does the deck really matter? if you’re a tarot reader?” nyx wondered, because it seemed like something more about the person using the cards, than the cards themselves, but she didn’t know. so she asked. “i think i want to know what’s in my future because i’m morbid and a sucker for punishment i guess.”

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rosadaluz‌

What even was that last drink she had? Rosana couldn’t even tell what was in it. Vodka? Rhum? Whatever it was, it was strong and highly sugary, and now she just had way too much energy. “I’m sorry, I just have a lot of energy right now, I need to do something because if I don’t I’ll just go crazy and I mike actually burst. Like literally burst. Explode.” She rambled, speaking so fast her mouth could barely keep up with the words that were coming out. And that was her trying to speak slower.

her brows knit for a moment, listening to her prattle on, which oddly didn’t feel like a bad thing right now at all? “seriously? a drink did all of this?” nyx’s arm moved to link with rosana’s. “lead me to where you got that drink.” it sounded like a better change of pace from all of the smoke she’d earlier surrounded herself in. “i’ll make sure you get back to the rooms without exploding.”