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08: New Year's Eve
How Sarah and Seth spent their NYE, Which, as you may recall, Sarah reminded James, was their fifth anniversary...
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08: New Year's Eve
How Sarah and Seth spent their NYE, Which, as you may recall, Sarah reminded James, was their fifth anniversary...
can you talk abt the alt swap au :3 ?
ooooohohoho alt swap au </////3
here's my first post talking abt it just for reference :3
most of this that im gonna talk abt is from discord and it just gonna be a bunch of different stuff so cut me some slack xddd
and this is. a lot more than i thought so uuhhh enjoy another masterpost??? kinda??? CFVGBHNJ
"cain can travel through tvs and mabel can travel through mirrors, but cain cant travel through mirrors and mabel cant travel through tvs (at least on their own).
seth can travel through both, but they didnt know that until uh. until adam told him"
"i have an idea to how the end of vol 1 in this au would go so cain has been locked in his room for 3 days by this point, and basically the "uh oh, bad decision!" part would turn into more of a "cain killed abel" situation. the alt outside cain's door would mock cain and fake his sister's death to maybe make him succumb to M.A.D. finally, and it almost worked.
until mabel came in and dragged cain out of the house...
...based in the message i replied to," (which are the lil blurbs i pasted above lmao), "i think that when mabel was trying to help cain escape, she realized she also just trapped herself in cain’s room. but then cain realized somehow that he can travel through tvs. he took mabel’s hand, took them to trust him, and they went through. they end up in the static world and theyre like “tf is this” they do end up getting out though, and after they figure out where they were, they go back to mandela, grab seth, and fucking leave
also here's some toonbriel lore! bc hell yeah he deserves to be in this au B)))
"and he actually takes the place of dave in the au. i originally didnt have a technical spot for him and decided that putting toonbriel there would be cool.
his name is terry o'brien but he goes by "toony" around family bc he was super obsessed with cartoons when he was younger, whether it be on tv, comic books, etc
he's a pastor at st. gabriel's and is lt gabe's younger twin brother and theyve been two peas in a pod since they were super young. they did end up fighting on their different methods of trying to help the county, and terry argues that while gabe is literally doing nothing, terry has been giving people hope and shelter and food and so many things. this ends up causing them to split, and terry goes to dave for advice. turns out, dave has been using him as his prophet and ends up killing him because he's no longer of use to dave.
im still working out the details of how he helped dave tho, but gabe is devastated after losing terry. he was already stressed enough and was basically blamed for sgt maria's death (she's preacher who took ruth's place) back at the murray house, and losing one of the only things he lived for was heartbreaking. finding seth dealing with the horrors^tm helped a little bit bc he's actually helping someone he tried protecting in the past...
...im thinking gabe was the more protective one of the two as well as the more sociable twin. terry was super clingy and liked sticking around gabe bc he was the only person he knew.
not a childhood story, but i do imagine that gabe does know dave, and they probably met through terry! not sure abt how terry and dave met just yet, but gabe doesnt actually like dave all that much.
gabe immediately knew who to suspect when terry died, and the fact that he heard his voice after said death only made him more sure"
some lilith and seth lore
"lilith and seth were both troubled kids in school and they just. fought so much. and lilith had to deal with shitbag dave at mandelatech and was even forced to stay working for him once he revealed to her and he led the alternates. she has a LOT of pent up anger and just needs to get it out.
like i imagine that one time after seth found out he was an alt, he called lilith over for a fight, and she'd been itching for one since dave killed terry. she literally beat him to a pulp during that fight, but she stopped once she saw him look up at her. he looked hopeless and his eyes looked somewhat glazed over. he took slow, deep breaths even after he got the wind knocked out of him several times.
lilith new something was wrong. she ended up helping him recover and even asked what was wrong. he didnt really reveal the whole alt thing, but he mentioned having holes in his identity and how its been beating him up, especially since someone claiming to be his father wants to suddenly come (back) into his life.
since then, theyve worked towards trying to support each other and just trying to maybe be friends {:)"
ALSO I CANT BELIEVE IVE NEVER MENTIONED THIS!!!!!
yknow how in unholy gift sarah and tiffany are kinda rivals?? like tiffany likes to fuck w sarah bc she's bored? and she's usually v snarky and cocky?
lilith and eve are the exact same way except tat eve is like GENUINELY malicious and very manipulative. she takes advantage of lilith's dislike of mandelatech to make her do a bunch of shit for the alts, and it's asically a big old scheme to use lilith to advance the alts' plans.
i also think that thatcher is the one who told davis to go back and get seth. davis did go to cain and mabel first though, and they were VERY rightfully pissed. but they did eventually get seth and shit. seth was super avoidant of everyone after the whole thing though {:(
Catharsis (21/35)
“So… will you go there?” Sarah asked, wiping the tears from her cheeks. James nodded. “Yes, and it can be quick. The referral is all ready, and I have a video intake with a psychologist the day after tomorrow. If they also feel I’m a good fit, then, given the severity of my current mental state, I can start there as early as next week.” “Wow…” Sarah uttered, “That’s… fast… I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s great that this is available for you and that it will help you, but it’s all… very fast…” “Yes…” James replied, “It is fast. But it’s also not. See, I’m dumping a lot of heavy shit on you guys now, and I know that, but I’ve been walking around with this for nine years. So, it’s not fast. It’s about time…” Sarah nodded and then immediately shook her head, “I could just kick myself! How did I not notice this? What kind of a twin bond is this if I didn’t see this?!” “Sarah…” James said, “Don’t beat yourself up. I’ve been very good at hiding this. Even from you. It’s not your fault. I didn’t want you to know.
“Why not, though, James?” Dan now spoke, “Why didn’t you tell us? We’re your best friends, we’re your family, some of us literally. We would have supported you, we would have stood by you. Why did you feel you couldn’t tell us?” “Because,” James said, his voice breaking, “because telling you, the people I love the absolute most in this world, would have made it real… And I was trying so hard to have it not be real, to make it go away. To deny and avoid it.” Sarah stood up and hugged her brother tightly. The others stood up as well to join in the hug. Sadie looked at them from her seat. Her eyes met Sarah’s, who smiled lightly at her and mouthed, “Thank you.” Sadie smiled back at her and nodded, though despite what James had said, she didn’t feel like the hero here. He was. He was the one doing it all. She sighed. It would still be a long road ahead, but he was doing it. And she was immensely proud of him.
Unexpected (1/16)
“Hello dorm!” Jill sighed happily. “Isn’t it weird how much this place has become home after these past years?” she asked, turning to her friends, “Each year I’ve been happier coming back here.” Dan chuckled while closing the boot of the car, “Honestly, Jill, I’m mostly happy this is our last year coming back here.” “Hear, hear!” Seth laughed. “One more year of university and we’re out!” Sarah chuckled at her boyfriend, “As if it will end for you there, you still have to do residencies and all that jazz before you can truly call yourself Doctor Seth Murray.” Seth put down the box he was carrying and wrapped his arms around her, “All true, but I get to do that living in a place of our own with you,” he smiled. Sarah giggled, “Yes, I’m also very much looking forward to that.”
“Have any of you heard from James at all?” Dan then asked. “I haven’t seen him since the concert. Of course, I was away with my parents, but I sort of expected to see him today.” Sarah nodded, “Yes. He went back to University weeks ago. I stayed in Honeycomb Valley with my sister for a while after your concert, and then Seth and I went on holiday, but James went back here straight away. He said he wanted to make the most of the quiet of this place to write music. We’ve texted a little bit occasionally. Frankly, I’m glad he's doing that instead of the destructive spiral he seemed to be on before.” Dan sighed, “Yes, I agree. Well, we’ll see him later then, I guess.”
Summer is over, and Honeycomb's students are all heading back to University. But someone is missing in action, and there's a big surprise...
'Unexpected' is going live starting tomorrow, Thursday 21 November from 13:00 / 1 PM (CET) onwards.
Catharsis (20/35)
Sadie looked at James as he gathered his breath and his nerves and told his story again. This time, it was much like he had told her, albeit in a slightly more summarised version. Of course, with Jill there, he didn’t get into the details of their relationship as much. It was clear he was trying to avoid hurting her feelings. But he did touch upon the important things: the gap between sexual and romantic attraction, the fact that he was probably drawn to boys as well as girls, and how that taunted him, the voices, the distraction-sex and the cutting… Sadie closed her eyes. Although she had heard this story a few times now, it still broke her heart.
As she opened her eyes again to look at James’s friends, she could see she wasn’t the only one torn up by his story. All colour had drained from Dan's face, and silent tears streamed down Sarah’s cheeks like waterfalls. Jill avoided all eye contact as she sat and listened with her hands clamped together, and even always-collected Seth looked like he had seen a ghost. “… Sadie has been my rock and my saviour in all of this…” Hearing her name, Sadie looked at James and smiled. He smiled back at her. “If it hadn’t been for her, I don’t know where I’d be now,” James continued. “So now… I’m getting help.” He went on to talk about his visit to the doctor and the Rainbow Alliance. “…They were very approachable and took the time to answer all my questions when I called. I actually do think they can help me… figure myself out…”
Catharsis (19/35)
*A few days later*
“Geez, I dread this even more than the doctor…” James said, shaking his head. “You can tell as much or as little as you like, but they need to know something…” Sadie smiled sympathetically. “Yes… I know. It’s just that I’ve always avoided this,” James sighed. “I know that, but it’s time,” Sadie said, grabbing his hands. “It is.” James said, “Okay, let’s go in.”
“Hi” James said as he sat down. “Thank you all for meeting me here… It’s difficult enough for me to tell this once, so now I don’t have to do it four times…” “Oh, James, what’s going on…?” Sarah said, looking worried. “I was glad when you resurfaced and messaged me again, but I’ve been going crazy ever since you said you have something serious to tell us. How worried should I be?” James smiled faintly at his sister, “Well, I won’t lie, Sarah, the things I must tell might shock you and maybe even hurt you, though I don’t mean to… But things will get better now, so no, you don’t have to be worried.” “I’m sorry, but I don’t feel very relieved yet…” Sarah shook her head. “Just hear me out, please?” James asked. “Yes, of course, sorry… Please go ahead…”
Happy 21st Birthday Sadie!
It's a dorm surprise party for our girl! 🥳
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