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# 𝖘 𝖜 𝖆 𝖑 𝖑 𝖔 𝖜 ℝ 𝕆 𝕋 southern gothic inspired indie oc , with original lore written by s . DEAD DOVE , DO NOT EAT . themes present including but not limited to : cannibalism , mental / physical illness , animal death && more will be added later . a study in : the sole survivor , family curses, fucking around and finding out , toughness learned out of necessity , loneliness && loss . please read rules before interacting . ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘

// HISTORY. kenny mason grew up on an isolated louisiana farm with his parents, 5 older sisters, aunts and uncles, as well as a few other folk who weren’t blood but were treated as they were. the farm was pretty self sufficient, the masons going to town every other week or so to sell at farmers markets and for supply runs. one particularly hot spring day, some of kenny's cousins went out hunting to bring back a deer to share with the family — a rather normal pastime for the mason boys — but something about this deer didn’t look right to kenny. the fur was matted down funny, the eyes bulged from the poor things skull. his cousins insisted that it was just the heat that did it to the poor buck and kenny wasn’t convinced. he tried to warn everyone off eating it, just in case, but because they are a "no waste" kinda family and all kenny had to go off of was a gut feeling they ate it anyways, and teased him to no end while doing it. kenny went hungry that night, and was the only one that didn't eat the deer’s meat. the changes didn’t take long, everyone on the farm started acting strange pretty quickly; it was little things at first — forgetfulness, listlessness, unable to sleep properly, and some began coming down with some sort of flu. then came the hostile and violent attitudes. It reached a fever pitch when in the early hours of the morning kenny snuck to the kitchen to investigate the source of a horrible ruckus, witnessing his father murdering one of his older sisters and eating her right there on the kitchen table. kenny watched in horror as everyone started turning bloodthirsty and decided then that it's time to go — the only one of his family he was able to pull away from the chaos is the youngest of his older sisters, but even she began to get aggressive, biting and scratching at his eyes. in the struggle he is forced to kill her to escape. he steals the family camper van and drives off, scared about what's happening to his family, absolutely devastated about killing his sister --- so he stays on the run, never settling down, living in the back of the camper van, afraid that some day he will be found out for the murder of his sister, or possibly blamed for the chaos at the farm. or worse still, hes scared that one day he will get sick just like they did.

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. pinned.#s. / twenty8 / he&him.

eugh i have to get ready to go to work but ILL BE BACK >:)

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. out of character.

@fleshfruits prayed: “want to make a deal with the devil?”

zero has introduced to him pleasures of the flesh he had done very well to steer clear from in the past. it's nothing he can afford, nothing he can easily get his hands on — all the pills and powders are lux and designer; he laps them from zero’s open palm like a dog who’s been given a treat for the first time.

but this dog found the treat stash when his owner was out, so he wanders, unleashed.

“ no thanks, ” kenny shakes his head sleepily, leaning against a tree for support. the hot summer sun has burned a ring around his neck, burned all of the holes in his shirt onto his body. sometimes he misses the damp heat of home. maybe his throat wouldn’t feel so dry, “ i’m pretty sure my mama signed me up for his cause when she signed my birth certificate. well and truly already there, sweetheart. ”

#fleshfruits #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. answered.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₁. main verse.

it's already been ten years kenneth, Do you really think God will love you now?

#template cred: hesperides #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. self promotion.

recsongs

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₂. truck stereo.#you have this song to thank for the comeback

dirtfilled

White-tailed deer,, trail cam footage

Northeastern Louisiana near Jonesville

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₂. aes.

for my own sanity im deleting most if not all of the threads that i have on this blog but thats to make room for new ones :))

#i miss kenny!! i have every intention to be on this blog more!#guess i have been feeling pretty creatively uninspired about him lately what with the lack of horror focus on his blog & threads #i want drama! i want horror!!! i want bad things to happen to him!!!#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. out of character.

poohsources

🐝 * ― 𝑭𝑬𝑨𝑹 / 𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛ nothing's going to happen to us, right? ❜ ❛ i'm ... scared. ❜ ❛ i don't like where this is going. ❜ ❛ did i ever tell you i'm actually terrified of [the dark / heights / spiders / etc.]? ❜ ❛ you hear me? we're not going to die today! ❜ ❛ did you hear that? it sounded like screams. ❜ ❛ i really, really don't like this. ❜ ❛ we're completely alone here, nothing's going to happen to us. ❜ ❛ this place has been abandoned for centuries. ❜ ❛ whatever happens, keep the lights on. ❜ ❛ you're not scared, are you? ❜ ❛ this is like straight out of my worst nightmare. ❜ ❛ do you believe in ghosts? ❜ ❛ what are you afraid? ❜ ❛ what was that?! ❜ ❛ see, i told you there's nothing to be afraid of. ❜ ❛ go on, no one will hear your screams. ❜ ❛ it was a foolish idea to come here alone. ❜ ❛ no one is going to save you now. ❜ ❛ don't be afraid, i'm not going to hurt you. ❜ ❛ you really think you can run from me? ❜ ❛ it's a shame i'll have to kill you when we're done with this. ❜ ❛ want to make a deal with the devil? ❜ ❛ i'm not afraid of you. not anymore. ❜ ❛ there are figures hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike. ❜ ❛ this wasn't so bad now, was it? ❜ ❛ what could possibly go wrong - it's just an old abandoned meaning, it doesn't mean it's haunted, right? ❜ ❛ face it, we won't make it out of here alive. ❜ ❛ i'll even give you a choice - it's either you or them. who's going to die tonight? ❜ ❛ i will haunt you for the rest of your days. ❜ ❛ don't scream, it will only make this worse. ❜ ❛ you look so pretty when you're scared of me. ❜ ❛ i won't kill you ... yet. ❜ ❛ ghosts and monsters aren't real. ❜ ❛ i'm not afraid of anything! ❜ ❛ you! you're sick! you sent me here to die, didn't you? ❜ ❛ close your eyes. it'll make it easier if you don't see it coming. ❜ ❛ no matter where you hide, i'll always find you. so you better give up now. ❜ ❛ i promise i'm gonna be your worst nightmare. ❜ ❛ it's only over when i say it is. ❜

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. prompts.

finally logging back onto this account finding that i have SEVENTY THREE NOTES?????? turns out people really like kenny's backstory lol

#going to be going through my new followers and following back it might just take me a second <3 #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. out of character.

bludrite

"fuck off? tell me 'fuck off' in my own house? man, you've got some fuckin' nerve--" jay takes one step forward, then swivels back toward the car he'd been tinkering with. if he just doesn't look at kenny, if he just doesn't hear his voice, then he can keep a lid on this.

jay's a lover, not a fighter. he really doesn't want to make this a terrible thing. it's happening, he wants to be happy for 'em, but --

back around, he spins:

"all well'n'good to be hopeful, kenneth, but in case you fuckin' forgot, it's the end of the world out there, yeah? zombies. no medicine, no hospitals, no ambulances or surgeries. just fuckin' death, all around, and if that baby dies--"

swallowrot

of course he’s thought about it. he’s panicked about it, he’s gotten sick with anxiety about it. they didn’t tell him right away, they told him when kenny felt like he could pull himself together enough to face jay and say it. his stomach still twists in knots about the idea, but the beauty that could come from it — will come from it, god willing — is worth the risk. right? this will all be worth the risk?

it has to be.

“ — would you be so fuckin’ pressed about this if the baby was yours? ” he speaks without thinking, fueling by the mounting rage and the beer that still works through his system. even despite the anger, his voice is low, even toned — ever a soft speaker, even when he’s mad.

#bludrite #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₂. louisiana overrun.

NO MORE CUSTOM COLOR TEXT I CANT TAKE IT ANYMOREEEEEEEEEEE

#IM FREEING MYSELF FROM MY SHACKLES!!!!!!!#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. out of character.

bludrite

"then why tell me in the first-fuckin'-place?" now he does turn to kenny. it's not quite rage in his voice, he's too calm for that -- but there's a certain anger to him that can only be described as barely contained.

in front of willow, it's easy to be calm. he didn't want to upset her when she looked so hopeful, didn't want to put her in any distress -- but kenny gets it, no bullshit, god's honest truth, man-to-man:

"she could die, kenny."

swallowrot

⫘⫘ ♱ ⫘⫘ “ ya think i’m not fuckin’ aware of that? of course i am. we told ya because she wanted to. we told ya so you could come to terms with it before she started showin’. ”

he’s not an idiot. he knows just by the look on jay’s face what willow means to him. how he would scoop her up in an instant if he were given the chance. shit, if anything happened to kenny, he would want nothing more than for jay to do just that. but nothing has happened. and nothing will.

“ now fuck off, find somethin’ else to be pissed at me about. this is supposed to be happy. we can be worried but we need to keep positive. for her. ”

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₂. louisiana overrun.#bludrite

what a full house — last time he was here it was just him and zero. until felix got back from his trip, of course. but that was around the time he snuck out and left; he figured it was only then that zero wouldn’t chase after him, begging to bring him back. and he was right. and something about that was strangely disappointing to him.

but he had big plans to stay away, to leave california all together. he tried his damnedest, too — but it’s a huge state, and fuel prices are outrageous, and the whisperings started in the back of his head and he didn’t feel safe enough to drive in fear he would lose his house and his dog and everything else he had left.

then he saw the omen, and then he had a dream so awful he couldn’t sleep for three days afterward. and then poor gracie ran out of food and he had no choice but to turn back and ask for help from the only person he could think to ask.

with his tail tucked between his legs, with anxiety that made his body sweat and his palms itch, kenny walks through the house, dodging eye contact with the new residence, until he reaches the master bedroom. the sight of @ohfiendangelical’s blond curls and deep brown eyes fills kenny with all sort of strange, conflicting emotions. he shoves it all down and offers a smile.

“ whatcha still doin’ in bed, darlin’? it’s basically dinner time! ”

#ohfiendangelical #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₁. main verse.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.

bludrite

@swallowrot

in wake of 'the good news' jay has taken himself to the garage. it had been hard to keep the dread from his face, the anger and the panic when he'd heard this morning. now, in the quiet with her sleeping in the rv outside, it's impossible to stop the thoughts from circling.

he grabs a wrench and a rag and begins aimlessly tinkering with the hood of a beat-up old rover, just to busy his hands. it almost distracts him from the sound of footsteps coming up behind him, the sure-footed heavy step of kenny after a beer or two.

jay sets the wrench down with a bit more aggression than he means to. best not have it in his hands when he says what he needs to say. he doesn't turn around.

"you know how fuckin' dangerous it is."

swallowrot

does jay really think he isn’t scared too? does he think he hasn’t thought of how dangerous it is? it was the first thing he thought of — none of them know how to deliver a baby, now to properly care for willow now that she’s…

now that they are going to have a baby… oh god, he’s going to be a father. he never thought he would be so lucky. he’s terrified.

and he’d hate the say that he was expecting something like this from jay. jay cares, jay loves her, and the beers in kenny’s system tell him that jay is jealous. and maybe he is, but it doesn’t warrant kenny’s reaction.

he stops in his tracks, eyes cold, lips pulled into a tight line. his tone is sharp, “ it’s none a’ yer business, jay. leave it be. ”

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₂. louisiana overrun.#bludrite

⫘⫘ ♱ ⫘⫘ “ ‘mere baby. i cut up some peaches for the both of us to share. ” kenny doesn’t think himself a smart man, more a lucky man — but he is certainly smart enough to notice when his baby’s feeling down. @doehartd ain’t exactly the most subtle about it, though. gets that from her daddy, he reckons.

“ y’need to talk ‘bout it, missy? yer face is all screwed up like you ate somethin’ nasty. somethin’ got you down? ”

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₂. salvation at last.#doehartd

just an fyi : i might be getting rid of some of my drafts here that im just not really feeling anymore. if there is something in particular that you want to save please let me know! other than that, consider this free invitation to send memes / reach out to start smthn new ! :))

#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. out of character.

@unpossession prayed: “your voice is putting me to sleep.” & ❛ We can't stay here. We both know that. ❜ (because i thought they would go good together...)

she’s right, they can’t stay, no matter how much they might now want to leave. national parks are great for short stays, to pass through, to look at — but the soil can’t be used for crops, the winters are too harsh, they are too far away from towns and cities where vital supplies are.

but it doesn’t stop them for enjoying the beauty for a while. the cricket are so loud they are nearly deafening, and surely a good noise cover to keep them safe from the dead that surely shamble just beyond the treeline. the river just below sends cool air up to their camp, a much needed relief from the dull summer heat that still lingers on the inside of the camper.

“ but if we could dream — an’ we gotta allow ourselves to dream from time to time — i’d build a cabin right over there, down the stream, where i saw the fish collectin’ so i could just wake up, sit out on the porch in the mornin’ and catch us up somethin’ to fry for breakfast — ”

she’s held in his arms like the precious thing she is, her head rested against his chest as he talks nonsense at her. the nights have been hard lately — he can’t help but to imagine she hasn’t been getting the best sleep. maybe it was his plan to lull her there with the sound of his voice.

“ shut yer eyes if you need, darlin’. i’ll carry ya to the camper when it’s time to go inside. ”

#>:3 HEHEHEHE #unpossession #(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₁. in character.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ᵥ ₀₂. louisiana overrun.#(˗ˏˋ ✞ ⛓ 𝖘𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙 .) — ₀₀. answered.

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