Runnin Down a Dream

Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads.

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Welcome!!!

-Waves- Hello, it seems you have stumbled upon the companion tumblr page for “Runnin Down a Dream.” If you found your way here via the link on chapter 5. It’s lovely to see you!!! Please feel free to ask questions, look around, or just lerk about in the shadows. Be careful though, you never know who you might bump into in the darkness. Updates will be mentioned here as well as bonus chapters. Other things to look forward to is sketches and q&a. Feel free to ask me anything or just fiddle fart around. Love hearing from my amazing readers! 

Chapter 26 is up!  (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡

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Update coming soon

Dear readers, ヾ(＠^∇^＠)ノ

I hope you are all well! Thank you all so much for your energetic comments!! I swear, they continue to get me amped up and have helped to keep me motivated.٩(*•͈ ꇴ •͈*)و ̑̑❀

Chapter 26 will hopefully be posted this upcoming Monday. Delays in future chapters may be an ongoing thing. Between COVID last month, a possible move by December, and some other hair pulling madness that’s been going on, my time has been stretched thin. _(:’3 」∠)_ I will of course be seeing this story though to it’s end so that’s not a concern. We got quite a ways to go. ✧ ─=≡Σ((( つ•̀ω•́)つ

Thank you all for sticking with me!  ｡⌒° ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ʚ(ෆ❛ั▿❛ัʃƪ)ɞ ʸᵒᵘ ♡°⌒｡

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Tea Time?

Why not take a mental break and imagine you’re having tea with Muffet and her lovely spider family.

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Hello, I like your story. There a few songs that I keep hearing on my playlist that remind me of MC and the first few chapters of Running down a dream. WICKED by AViVA and Freaks like us by sleeping wolf.

What songs do you associate MC, Nexus, Hadeon, and Ansel with?

OMG! Thank you so much for the question!! 

My most sincerest apologies for taking so long in replying. I’ve been having some family and medical…(I don’t want to say issues, but it seem to sum it up best, I suppose.)…

This was written over the course of a few days due my mind being muddled, overloaded, or on a fever loop. I love your music picks!!! I’ve actually added them to my main story playlist…(that I need to break down for each character.) teehee 🤭 

My apologies if my reply is a bit long winded. 

I’d have to say that Lovely- Billie Eilise ft. Khalid fits Nexus and MC’s relationship and Mc’s coming to terms with everything that’s happened. It fits all the time she spent denying the voices existence and her growing acceptance. For them it’s the desire to be excepted. Bonus: Birds of a Feather- The Civil Wars.

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The Crow and The Butterfly- Shinedown is what comes to mind for Ansel after he loses MC the first time. Here she comes again- Royksopp fits Ansel’s feelings early on in MC’s current life during her teens. When the Love Falls-Yiruma and Clair DeLune- Claude Debussy fits his more methodical personality. Though mellow and angsty tunes are also fitting. Bonus: Love song- The Cure. (･ω<)☆

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Hadeon has come a long way. He used to give MC hell when she was younger; Nightmares and sleep paralysis were all caused by him. Mind Games- Sickick fits best for this time period. Over time his feelings began to change. He became attached shortly after she excepts him as a part of herself. Save Me -Omri sums up his emotions in regards to MC. While he is quite attached to MC he still has his darker tendencies. He still enjoys screwing around with MC from time to time. Bonus: G.O.M.D- Sickick

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As for Nexus I’d say he’s a pretty good mix of the two, though his mood is ever changing. One thing is consistent…Do it all for you- Allen Walker and Best Friend- Sofi Tukker fits Nexus’s feelings for MC. He is hella protective of MC and they adore attention, whether it’s positive or negative. Lady and Gentlemen- Saliva, Circus- Brittany Spears and Applause- Lady Gaga all fit with Nexus’s personality.

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MC is a strange bird. Paper Flowers- Evanescence and Haunted- Skylar Grey fit her younger years. Darkside- Neoni, I’ve No More Fucks To Give- Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq., Thrift Shopping- Macklemore and No Roots- Alice Merton sums up her overall personality. MC is all over the place and is bound to nothing but the voices in her head. Bonus: What If- Emilie Autumn,

Bonus Song:

To the Moon and Back- Savage Garden 

Arsonist’s Lullaby- Hozier

I have to stop here. I feel as though I could go on for days listing songs but I feel I’ve probably overdone it as is. I’m a bit of a music junkie so picking just one song that fully encompasses each characters personality is a little difficult. I’ll be sure to make song lists for each. 

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Hey, y’all! Been a hot second. Still feeling loopy. Updates to the story will be delayed due to multiple rounds of illness and family matters. I will be replying to comments and asks soon. I’ll continue writing the story soon as my mind is functioning correctly. My apologies for the lack of pretty much anything. _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_

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Update status!

Chapter 19 will be up before the end of this month. So double post this month!!! Yeee!!! OwO  It seems my own muse has returned from their impromptu vacation. ✨♥️✨

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Prosciutto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients

2 slices bread I use just plain, fresh white bread

1 tablespoon salted butter soft

4-8 slices fresh mozzarella (see notes)

4-6 slices tomato

2 teaspoon basil pesto (see notes)

2 slices prosciutto very thinly sliced

salt and pepper

Instructions

Butter each slice of bread on one side, all the way to the edges then set aside.

Place one slice of prosciutto onto your work surface, then place one slice of buttered bread on top - butter-side down.

Top the bread with sliced mozzarella, then spread the basil pesto (2 teaspoon) roughly over the cheese.

Top with sliced tomato and season with salt and pepper, then top with an additional layer of sliced mozzarella if using.

Place second slice of buttered bread on top, butter-side up.

Place the second slice of prosciutto over the top of the sandwich, then fold the ends of prosciutto over each other to enclose.

Heat a panini press, then grill sandwich until cheese has melted and the prosciutto is crisp.

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Bone Bread

Ingredients

1 large garlic bulb

1 tsp olive oil, plus 1 tbsp and extra for greasing

1 x 500g pack crusty white bread mix

100g ready-grated mozzarella

flaked sea salt, to sprinkle

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Slice off the top of the garlic bulb, then sit the garlic in a square of foil. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of oil and scrunch up the foil to seal. Bake in the oven for about 1 hour, or until soft. Leave to cool.

Meanwhile, tip the bread mix into a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of oil and about 300ml lukewarm water. Mix to a soft dough, then knead for about 10 minutes until elastic (or for 5 minutes on a low speed in a mixer with a dough hook). Pop the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and leave to rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.

Squeeze the soft garlic cloves out of the skins and mash to a paste. Knock back the bread dough and mix the garlic into the dough. Tip out onto a lightly floured surface, knead briefly until the garlic is evenly distributed, then cut the dough in half. Lightly oil 2 baking trays.

Use your hands to roll each piece of dough into a sausage that is about the length of the baking tray. Pat or roll out flat until about 12cm wide, then scatter half the mozzarella down the centre of each piece, leaving about 5cm free at each end. Brush a little water down each long side, then roll up to enclose the cheese, pinching the dough together to seal.

Lift each sausage of dough onto a baking tray, then pinch slightly and shape each end to make it more bulbous. Make a cut in each end, about 4cm long, and gently pull the pieces apart to make the bone shape. Cover and leave to prove for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 220°C, fan 200°C, gas 7.

Uncover the breadstick bones and sprinkle with a little flaked sea salt. Bake for 20-25 minutes until crisp and golden. Meanwhile, for the dip, tip the soured cream into a small bowl and swirl in the pesto, creating a marbled effect.

Let the bread bones cool for at least 15 minutes before serving with the pesto dip.

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Muffets Spider Eggs

Ingredients

4 eggs

1 cup frozen blueberries

1/2 large avocado, seeded and peeled

1 tsp wasabi paste

1 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black sesame seeds

Instructions

Place in eggs and blueberries in a small pot.

Cover eggs with water, cover pot and bring to boil over high heat.

Let eggs boil for 5 minutes, then turn off heat. Let eggs sit in the blueberry water for 10 more minutes.

Remove eggs, one at a time, and gently press and crack the shell with the back of the spoon.

Place cracked eggs in a bowl and add the blueberry water. Allow eggs to cool to room temperature, then place the eggs in the blueberry water in the refrigerator for 6 hours or up to overnight.

Peel the eggs and cut in half lengthwise.

Scoop out the yolks and place in a bowl.

Add avocado, wasabi, lemon juice and salt to the egg yolks and mash together until smooth.

Place avocado mix into a piping bag and pipe into the hollowed egg halves or use a spoon and scoop them back into th egg halves.

Chill until ready to serve.

Prior to serving, garnish eggs with sesame seeds.

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Muffets Spider Soup (Roasted Potato Cauliflower Soup)

Serves 4-6

2 purple sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" pieces

5-6 purple potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" pieces

1 small head of purple cauliflower, cut up

olive oil

3 very small purple potatoes for frying, sliced thin

1/2 bulb fennel, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

4-5 cloves garlic, chopped

1 small *white carrot, diced (1/2 cup)

4 cups chicken stock(substitute with vegetable stock)

salt and pepper to taste

1 tsp Penzeys® Parisien Herbs (substitute 1/2 tsp dried chives & 1/4 tsp thyme)

chives (garnish)

fried purple potatoes (garnish)

swirl of sour cream

NOTE*Do not use Orange or purple carrots for this soup. No beautiful violet soup...only earthy ugly brown.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees

Prepare potatoes and cauliflower and toss with enough olive oil to evenly coat vegetables. Spread out on a parchment lined cookie sheet and roast for 30-35 minutes or until vegetables are cooked.

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Roasted Pumpkin Apple Soup

Roasted Pumpkin Apple Soup - Naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and ready to eat in just under 1 hour!

Course Soup Prep Time 10 minsCook Time 40 minsTotal Time 50 mins Calories 116Author Elena TomasiIngredients

450 grams (1 lb.) pumpkin

1 Granny Smith apple cored, and quartered

1 medium onion quartered

2 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon olive oil

salt

¼ teaspoon cayenne more to taste

300 ml (1¼ cup) vegetable stock

freshly ground black pepper to taste

Garnish:

pomegranate arils

pumpkin seeds

fresh parsley finely chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C (392 degrees F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Cut the pumpkin in half lengthways and scoop out the seeds. Then, slice each pumpkin half in half again to make quarters and place, cut-side up, on a baking tray, along with the onion.

Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

Bake for 20 minutes, then add the garlic and apple, flip the pumpkin cut side down and roast for another for 20 minutes, or until the flesh is soft.

Use a spoon to carefully scoop out the flesh of the pumpkin (discarding the skin) and transfer to a high-speed blender along with the apple, onion, garlic (remove the skins), cayenne, vegetable stock.

Blend on high for 2 minutes, or until silky smooth.

If it's too thick, add a bit of vegetable stock to thin it out and blend again. Taste and adjust seasonings.

To serve, ladle the soup into bowls and top with pomegranate arils, pumpkin seeds, fresh parsley and freshly ground black pepper.

Serve immediately

Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to 4 days, or freeze for up to 1 month

Notes*Serves  2 as a main (1 1/2 cup each serving ) or 3 as a side (1 cup each serving)*Nutrition facts are for 1 cup of soup

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Smoked Turkey Sandwich with Brie, Bacon, and Green Apples

This smoked turkey sandwich with brie, bacon, and green apples is tender, creamy, and crispy; salty, sweet, and smoky. The flavors and textures come together to make a truly next-level sandwich!Course lunch, Main CourseCuisine AmericanPrep Time 5 minutesCook Time 5 minutesServings 1 sandwichCalories 512kcalAuthor Caroline LindseyIngredients

1 ciabatta roll or 2 slices sourdough bread

2 slices bacon

4 oz smoked deli turkey sliced thin

2 oz brie cheese

1 oz granny smith apple you can get probably 6 sandwiches out of a single large apple

2 tbsp mayonnaise

garlic powder

Instructions

Cut bacon in half and cook over medium heat on the stove until cooked but not overly crispy (too crispy will fall apart on your sandwich). Remove 4 half-pieces of bacon to a paper towel to drain.

Meanwhile, toast the ciabatta roll or sourdough bread under the oven broiler or in a toaster oven until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.

Cut about five quarter-inch half-moon slices out of the Granny Smith apple, and a 1/3-inch slice or two of brie cheese (however much is needed to cover the surface area of your bun).

Arrange each slice of turkey over the bottom half of the bun in waves so there is air in each piece. Top with apple slices, slightly overlapping, followed by brie and then bacon. Spread mayonnaise on the top half of the roll and sprinkle lightly with garlic powder. Place top of roll on the sandwich. Enjoy with salt and vinegar chips or pasta salad!

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CUCUMBER AND AVOCADO SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS:

4 slices Whole Grains or Whole Wheat bread

4 ounces herbed goat cheese, at room temperature

2 Romaine lettuce leaves, washed and dried

1/2 of a large cucumber, peeled and sliced

1 large avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced

Squeeze of fresh lemon juice

½ cup sprouts

Salt and black pepper, to taste

½ of a large red onion, slicedDIRECTIONS:

Spread the herbed goat cheese evenly on all of the slices of bread. Take one of the slices and top with lettuce, cucumber slices, and avocado slices. Drizzle a little fresh lemon juice over the cucumbers and avocados. Add some sprouts and season with salt and black pepper, to taste.

Place a piece of bread, goat cheese side down, on top to sandwich all of the fillings together. Repeat with second sandwich. Serve immediately.

Note-if you can’t find herbed goat cheese, you can add herbs to plain goat cheese or just use plain goat cheese. 

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Sketch sketch!✍️

Hadeon, MC, and Ansel.

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Shadow Demon Expression Key.

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MC after ingesting monster food. “Runnin Down A Dream.”

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Always Watching!

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