This isn't the first time I've had to throw down with a god. Just ask my daughter, Cheryl. The last one who screwed with us ended up getting his ass kicked to next Tuesday. I mean, there's stupid, and then there's what this guy looked like after I got finished with him.
So. Yeah. I'm kind of an authority on the subject.
[ kind of. not really. not at all. but if there's one thing he's learned to be good at as a dad, it's playing the part of superman. ]
[ she knows some of what happened with cheryl - being in midwich gave her a special sense of dread, after all, and nobody around the fire ever stops talking - but hearing it outright almost shocks her. and said so casually, too. ]
If you could destroy it, it wasn't a god. A desperate upstart creature looking for power. Strong enough to delude and control a handful of people. True gods cannot be killed.
The Black Vale has existed for thousands of years in one form or another. The Talon has existed longer than any of us can comprehend. You can stand in its way, but the inevitability of everything will crush you in the end. You and all of us.
Yeah Well not exactly She has sharper cheeks and black hair and hazel eyes. My wife and I adopted her.
[ it feels strange to admit. it's always been in the back of his head, and he's never had a hard time accepting it as simple fact. but remembering it, that's where it gets murky. cheryl has slotted that neatly into his life. ]
Do you remember if the lighthouse is close to the hotel? Feel like it was, but it's been years.
It's self medication. It's better than beer and it's better than not being able to go to the pharmacy and have a Xanax because we technically do not exist.
[ ordinarily, he'd fire off the beginnings of a lecture: That doesn't change that it's wrong, you're seventeen, you'll have plenty of chances to screw your brain up when you're my age, blah blah blah. but this time, the urge doesn't hit him. instead, he turns her message over in his head, carefully and quietly. ]
[ just when he thought his heart couldn't sink any lower, each line of text he reads sends it plummeting straight into his guts. his mouth is bone dry, his tongue an invasive lump that just up and went on strike. apparently they sent a memo to his fingers, too, because they refuse to do anything. he's just sits there, numb.
finally: ]
Why didn't you tell me any of this?
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@inthebleed
Sounds easy enough. I can do that.
[ 50% sarcasm, 50% sincerity—well, maybe 40% sarcasm. he's got the experience to back him up, now. ]
But yeah, sorry to break it to you but you're not allowed to die anyway. I got special orders.
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"Special orders"? From who?
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This isn't the first time I've had to throw down with a god. Just ask my daughter, Cheryl. The last one who screwed with us ended up getting his ass kicked to next Tuesday. I mean, there's stupid, and then there's what this guy looked like after I got finished with him.
So. Yeah. I'm kind of an authority on the subject.
[ kind of. not really. not at all. but if there's one thing he's learned to be good at as a dad, it's playing the part of superman. ]
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If you could destroy it, it wasn't a god. A desperate upstart creature looking for power. Strong enough to delude and control a handful of people. True gods cannot be killed.
The Black Vale has existed for thousands of years in one form or another. The Talon has existed longer than any of us can comprehend. You can stand in its way, but the inevitability of everything will crush you in the end. You and all of us.
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You're really a downer, you know that?
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There's no point in deluding ourselves here and now.
@holyone
WELL YOU DEFINITELY WON'T IF THE FBI TAKES YOU AWAY
sorry i'm late getting here lol
Am I in trouble if I come home
@woodenplanks
Yeah
Well not exactly
She has sharper cheeks and black hair and hazel eyes. My wife and I adopted her.
[ it feels strange to admit. it's always been in the back of his head, and he's never had a hard time accepting it as simple fact. but remembering it, that's where it gets murky. cheryl has slotted that neatly into his life. ]
Do you remember if the lighthouse is close to the hotel?
Feel like it was, but it's been years.
i'm even later replying so It's Fine
Depends.
If you're talking about the weed, then yeah. You're definitely still in trouble for that.
we'll blame the weed
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Are you really that unhappy?
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Yes. I don't know what to do about it.
Idk just like I don't belong anywhere
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OMGCASPERDADILOVEYOU
And sometimes when the sirens go off to test them on the weekend, I get really scared. I feel like I'm going to scream. Like I'm
It's bad
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finally: ]
Why didn't you tell me any of this?
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But you wouldn’t have caused me trouble just by telling me.
That goes for the weed, too.
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