#friendship plot

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Plot 169: Banshee

People tend to think that Muse A is strange. They’re a loner who always seems to be lost in thought, devoid of sleep, and red-eyed as if they’ve been crying for days on end. There are whispers about Muse A’s tragic past, but no ever dares to ask Muse A what really happened to them and Muse A is all too glad to be left alone. Since Muse A was young, they’ve suffered from this affliction, this uncanny ability to know when someone they care for is about to die. It starts with a deep, heart-wrenching sadness, then inconsolable sobbing and then a deafening wail that doesn’t cease until someone’s dead. Now, a little older and wiser about their condition, Muse A keeps to themselves, petrified to get close to anyone lest they accidentally bring death upon someone else. It isn’t until Muse B, someone new to town/someone unafraid of the stigma surrounding Muse A and quite into the macabre, does a little independent digging into Muse A’s past and a bit of ‘investigative following’ that they realize the truth. Muse A is a Banshee- a harbinger of death. Confronted with this information, Muse B attempts to appeal to Muse A to use their curse for good. Perhaps, working together, they can thwart death.  

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I’M SO UPSET. I JUST GOT DUMPED AT A STUPID HOUSE PARTY. ALL I WANT TO DO IS GO HOME AND DEVOUR A BUCKET OF ICE CREAM. BUT WHY WON’T MY CAR START? OH, BECAUSE IT’S YOUR CAR AND I DON’T DRIVE–WAIT, WHY DON’T YOU LOCK YOUR CAR DOORS, WEIRDO? ALSO, PLEASE TAKE PITY ON ME AND DRIVE ME HOME WHILE I SOB INCOHERENTLY NEXT TO YOU.

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AFTER MONTHS YEARS OF REPORTING TO A JOB THAT ABSOLUTELY KILLS MY SOUL, I FINALLY QUIT! WITH NO BACKUP PLAN OR WAY TO PAY MY BILLS ONCE NEXT MONTH IS OVER, I WALKED DANCED OUT OF MY WORKPLACE WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON MY FACE.. BUT NOW REALITY IS SINKING IN, THAT I’VE JUST DONE SOMETHING CRAZY IMPULSIVE AND OMG YOU’RE WATCHING ME SPIRAL OVER WHAT A MISTAKE I’VE JUST MADE AND YOU’RE SO SWEET TO OFFER TO BUY ME A DRINK BECAUSE I SURE AF CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

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SO WE SEE EACH OTHER EVERY TIME I END UP HAVING TO DO LAUNDRY DOWNSTAIRS. YOU ARE SO CUTE/FUNNY/PERFECT THAT I CANNOT BREATHE. YOU’VE PROBABLY WARNED ME A BILLION TIMES ABOUT CLEANING OUT THE DRYER LINT BUT I’M ALWAYS TOO DISTRACTED TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. SOOOO IT’S TECHNICALLY KIND OF YOUR FAULT THAT MY LAST EFFORT AT DRYING MY CLOTHES STARTED A FIRE AND WE HAD TO EVACUATE WHEN THE FIREMEN CAME AND NOW YOU’RE SORTA HOMELESS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHILE YOU WAIT FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OF COURSE THE FIRE MAINLY AFFECTED YOUR PLACE. I’M SO SORRY. I HAVE AN AIR MATTRESS WITH YOUR NAME ON IT?

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Plot 166: Halfway

After being wrongly imprisoned for 2 years, Muse A gets out on parole. Adjusting to life on the outside is difficult with a conviction on their record, especially since no one knows the truth-- which is that Muse A was innocent and had to take the fall for someone who was threatening their family. As a term of their parole, Muse A must live in a halfway house and maintain employment for 6 months without committing any criminal offenses or they risk an immediate return to prison. Muse A just wants life to return to something resembling normal, so they take the first job opportunity that will have them. Muse B is a customer who frequents Muse A’s place of work. Although Muse A tries to keep to themselves in order to avoid any potential trouble, Muse B manages to crack Muse A’s hardened exterior. Over time, Muse B becomes someone whom Muse A looks forward to seeing and spending time with. As a tentative relationship grows, Muse A starts to feel like they can put their unjust past behind them. That is-- until Muse B invites Muse A to meet their sibling, Muse C, who Muse A recognizes as the person they went to prison because of. Now Muse A must decide whether their budding relationship with Muse B is more important to them than seeking revenge on Muse C and jeopardizing their freedom.  

Options:

The relationship between Muse A and Muse B is platonic, not romantic.

Muse A and Muse B are same sex.

Muse C threatens Muse A to do an illicit favor for them.

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Summer Meet Cutes

A meet cute is a fictional scene, typically in film or television, in which a future romantic couple meets for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, entertaining, or amusing.

A) At a weekend barbecue of a mutual friend, Muse A and Muse B touch hands as they both reach for the last drink in the cooler. 

B) At the beach, a particularly strong wave knocks the swimsuit right off of Muse A; Muse B is the first person to wander near enough for Muse A to discreetly ask to borrow their beach towel.

C) Coming home to a broken A.C. yet again, Muse A strips down to their underwear to stave off heatstroke and calls their friend to bring over a spare fan; Muse B (any relation to the friend) shows up with the delivery instead and is unexpectedly greeted by a half-naked Muse A.   

D) Muse A is desperate to find relief from the summer heat and decides to sneak in to the local country club’s private pool. Muse B is an employee of the country club and spots Muse A just as they pop through the just-big-enough hole in the fence near the edge of the property.

E) While on a camping trip with a small group of friends, Muse A wanders off to use the bathroom; they get turned around somehow on the way back and end up at Muse B’s tent.

F) Rained in for the night, Muse A orders food for delivery; Muse B arrives with Muse A’s order but gets caught out in the terrible storm when their car refuses to start. Muse B turns to Muse A for temporary refuge. 

G) Muse A notices Muse B in line behind them when they purchase an ice cream cone from the vendor at the park. When it’s Muse B’s turn to order, the vendor announces that they’re sold out, so Muse A offers to share theirs with Muse B. 

H) On a scorching day, Muse A comes across an open fire hydrant in their neighborhood and joins the group of people enjoying the cool spray of water; among them is Muse B whom Muse A has often seen around but has never spoken to because they’ve always seemed intimidating--but they don’t seem very intimidating after getting a bucket of water dumped on their head and laughing about it. 

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Plot 161: Camp Do Over

Years after graduating college, Muse A feels stuck.  Working a nine to five desk job, every day seems the same and they can’t remember a time where they were actually happy with their career.  It’s time for a change, but they don’t know where to even begin as far as starting to make it goes.  When they overhear a conversation two coworkers are having in the break room about a summer camp for adults, however, their interest is piqued.  A quick google search and five hundred dollars later, they’ve signed up for a week in the mountains with complete strangers that promises to make them feel like they did years ago, when things were easier.

Camp is everything they hope it would be too.  From the moment they arrive, all the stress from work and life in general is completely forgotten.  Muse B is a counselor at the camp, roughly the same age as Muse A, who helps show them that they still have the ability to enjoy the simple things.