#scarestress

[vitalphenomena]

@scarestress // x

SPIRIT'S PERFUME SMELLS LIKE VANILLA AND FALL-ORIENTED SPICES. There is a little bit too much of it—but that's just because she thinks it'll cover up the freshly-fucked, went-to-the-club-until-4-am notes that linger since she hasn't had a chance to take a shower.

Anyway. Becky says Don't, and it isn't Don't, but it is still remarkably effective. Spirit stumbles back. She's still breaking these shoes in. They're new!

"Don't be mad at me."

[thrownsoul]

@scarestress from here / thrownsoul asked: are these the same people that came after you last time?

"i have. honestly. no fucking idea." she has a girl-in-a-horror-movie instinct to nudge the mugger-turned-unconscious-heap-on-the-ground with her toe. but she's seen a lot of horror movies, and also kind of lives in one if you think about it, so. she knows better than to do that. she shifts her weight and takes a step away from him. glances, just for a second, up at alice. "normally. when somebody comes after me. i kind of. already know who it is."

"so if you don't know. is that better or worse."

maybe better or worse is not a useful metric right now.

alice is trusting that this guy is down for the count, but only because scarab is telling her so. another part of her brain, quieter, goes: how down? is he going to wake up at all? how do you know how hard to hit someone with an energy beam, or an armored fist?

do you trust scarab to tell you?

"i'm glad i was here. i think," she says, slowly and practically, "you should put me on speed dial."

[threadpull]

@scarestress / continued

Somehow, this woman has managed to get their address. Maybe she meant to get Jon's, but she's here on their doorstep, and that's kind of. Well, it's interesting. To say the least.

"I can offer a quote. First quote: how did you find out where I live? Or where Dr. Crane supposedly lives?"

No, Eddie's not exactly dangerous. Not to some random girl supposedly from the GCU paper. It's not the first time an intrepid student reached out to a rogue, and it certainly won't be the last. Eddie has been the subject of several projects themself.

They tap-tap their chin. Eyes squint suspiciously.

"Not really the sort of thing that's easy to get." Especially one of their personal hideouts, especially not when they're actively using it. It's just an apartment, but they obviously aren't the listed tenant. Continuing the barrage of questions: "What do you want with Jon? What's the subject?"

And, because they are very much the way that they are: "I can probably offer better insight than that old grandpa anyways. Hit me."

[sscarecrow]

shh mods asleep post out of context texts with @scarestress

bonus (usfw):

[hagiophagya]

❛ It’s difficult not to be curious about you. ❜

" really? i thought it would be easy. "

lucy's tired. it's evident in the bags under her eyes, the way his gaze can't focus on anything for longer than a few seconds. he wants to sleep. he can't sleep. gotham isn't the best place to get any form of rest— believe her, though she can assume that becky knows that lack of rest as much as lucy does.

at least he hasn't to deal with the scarecrow, so maybe that's a (lowly) point in lucy's favor.

she sighs, a palm pressed against her eye. there's a smear of mascara left on the flesh after she pulls away, though she wipes it off against the denim of her jeans. " you do realize you are not talking to an ... open book? anyway. i would assume that is where your curiosity lies. i refuse to talk about more than what you want to hear and you think of me as a curiosity. " there's a pause, long, before he tucks his leg underneath him. in all honesty, she's comfortable on becky's couch. " — or do you want to know why they put me in anger management? it's not a very interesting story. " @scarestress

[roguesgalleried]

buzzfeed unsolved sentence starters // @scarestress

This is SO typical of Rebecca. 

Right in the middle of an enthralling speech about how Gotham shall eventually be plunged into the depths of oblivion by his very hand, she opens her mouth and ruins the mood. Rude much?

❛ Oh, do forgive me, MISTRESS OF FEAR, I seem to have forgotten how, in addition to conversation etiquette, you lack basic humanity and empathy. After all, why would a FEARMONGER such as Rebecca Albright concern herself with the grisly fate soon to befall thousands upon THOUSANDS of men, women, and children? Oh, silly me! ❜

❛ I don’t know how to explain to you that you should CARE about other people. ❜

[quinaed-archivell]

     “      MAYBE       I’LL       BE       KICKED       OUT       from       many ,       many       joints       after       this       gets       posted ,       but       th’       cash’s       gotta       be       worth       summin’ ,       right ?   ”

@scarestress ↷ ♡ .

[whoistommyelliot]

i love that the condo is an ever-evolving space because @scarestress and i never really defined what it looks like, so it’s always described differently.  i like to think that it’s just its own being at this point.  a liminal space.  is it in the city?  in the outskirts?  a suburb?  is it on one floor?  the penthouse suite?  do you have to ride up an elevator to get to it or is there a front step?  does it have a doorman or not?  how much security?  how does jonathan keep getting inside?  isn’t spiderdome supposed to be on the fire escape?  if it’s not here today, will it be here tomorrow?  how many people have gotten lost trying to find it?  is it because every time they visit, it doesn’t quite seem to be what they remember it being before?