happy birthday evening !! i was going to do a different one today but i couldn't finish that in time so here she is. lying in the middle of a leaf pile like that one girl in red album cover (this isn't much of a pile but you get the point)
respite
(n.) a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
the respite is a hotel/resort thing located in an alternate timeline that serves as. well. a respite.
when people are too tired to continue living in their own world, they may wake up here one day. they may stay for as long as they'd like and may leave and return to their real world when they're ready, although that's just what everyone says because no one has left the place in a long time. rumor has it that staying for too long may result in side effects in their original world.
it's possible for someone to temporarily return to their real world when they sleep in the respite. this is not them leaving; when they leave, most physical traces of them disappear. in this case, they just stay asleep. they're still there, and will come back to the respite upon falling asleep (or otherwise becoming unconscious) in their real world.
you cannot die here.
most people who come to the respite will become residents: they just live there and be taken care of by the caregivers.
the respite is managed by a group of staff with different jobs. nobody is sure of where the staff came from (or if they even came from anywhere at all), although some people suspect that some of the staff were originally residents who couldn't leave so they got hired.
a lot of the residents, and even the staff, don't know what the respite is for sure, but all they know is that the place is ever-evolving and changes with each new arrival.
gonna start posting some of my (old but recent) art that coincidentally happens to fit an art challenge prompt and pretend i made the art for the challenge
Lumina: That awkward moment when you're scrolling through someone's old Instagram posts and you accidentally comment the entire Declaration of Independence.
Autumn: English is a difficult language. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Skyen: You need to stop.
Lumina: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.
Evening: I witnessed the dumb stuff.
Skyen: I recorded the dumb stuff.
Jay-peg: I joined in on the dumb stuff.
Nicey: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THE DUMB STUFF!!!
(Evening and Jay-peg skipping stones on lake)
Evening: It’s such a beautiful evening.
Jay-peg, whispering: Take that you fucking lake
Skyen: It’s dark in here
Evening: Don’t worry dude I got this
Evening: (Stomps her feet)
Evening: (Skechers light up)
Skyen: You saved me. I owe you my life.
Evening: No thanks. I’ve seen it and I’m not very impressed.
Nicey: People are always asking me if I'm a morning person or a night person.
Nicey: And I'm just like, 'Buddy! I'm barely even a PERSON!'
Skyen: (Stubs their toe) FUCK!
Nicey: Mind your language!
Skyen: What else am I supposed to say, “Woe is I”???
Nicey:
Skyen: You have to accept that swear words are necessary sometimes.
Jay-peg: You think I really give a fuck? I can’t even read.
Nicey: How did none of you hear what I just said?
Skyen: I’ve been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.
Evening: I got distracted about halfway through.
Jay-peg: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.
Nicey: (Trying to fill out legal paperwork stuff) Were you guys born AMAB or AFAB?
Evening: Bold of you to assume I was born at all.
Jay-peg: I Personally Was Created In A Lab
Lumina: I just straight up spawned lol.
Curz: Why isn’t the statue smirking at me?
Estrella: It isn’t smirking at anyone, they’re all just imagining it.
Curz: Three of us saw it, Estrella. How do you explain that?
Estrella: (points at Aster) Sleep deprivation. (points at Hazie) Paranoia. (points at Daze) Delusional personality disorder.
Estrella: What the fuck is wrong with you?!
Aster: Wow, you could start with a 'good morning'.
Estrella: Good morning. What the fuck is wrong with you?!
(all quotes from https://12beesinatrenchco.at/incorrect-quotes-generator)