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Post by Joker on Mar 23, 2023 0:28:32 GMT
Nico coughs. "What was that fo-" He managed to get out, before being stabbed by the thumbtacks.
"Ow! Hey, quit it!" He raised the gun and prepared to shoot the bliblis. "Last warning!"
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Post by wintercoat on Mar 23, 2023 2:50:10 GMT
There was no end to the attacks, and Caitlin had readied her hatchet. From somewhere, incredibly loud and aggressive death metal played. The blibli nest began to swell and squirm, the veins on it popped, and from a vagina-like opening a horde of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of little, purple bastards rushed out. Caitlin shouted something unintelligible, but most certainly Irish, as she started hacking away at the creatures that rushed towards them.
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Post by Joker on Mar 23, 2023 5:18:40 GMT
Nico sighs. "I wish it didn't have to come to this..." He said, before opening fire on the creatures.
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Post by wintercoat on Mar 23, 2023 12:42:40 GMT
As Nico blasted the creatures, he reduced them to piles of bloody pulp with his seemingly endless rounds, while Caitlin went directly for the nest. She slaughtered as many of them she could until eventually her sweater was covered in viscous, purple goo and blibli entrails. That fight seemed to go on forever…
Several hours later, in the cafeteria, the two sat at a creaky table. Caitlin took a drag from another cigarette, then promptly smashed her head into the table.
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Post by Joker on Mar 23, 2023 19:43:30 GMT
"Man."
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Post by Panda on Apr 19, 2023 18:56:01 GMT
[This FTE is now permanent!]
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 20, 2023 0:57:06 GMT
(After the first time loop)
Caitlin sat alone on the beach and watched the tide go in and out. A light breeze blew past her and assaulted her face with a few grains of sand. Repeatedly, she’d been picking up fistfuls of sand and watching it strain through the gaps between her fingers. She’d taken off her sweater and left it somewhere away from the beach, leaving her in a white tank top with a black bra visible underneath. She sighed and hugged her knees, waiting for the next loop that was sure to come.
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 1:34:22 GMT
Nico was walking along the beach when he spotted Caitlin off in the distance.
"Hey, Cait!" He called out to her as he approached her. "I spotted your sweater nearby and I figured you might be close. What's up?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 20, 2023 12:42:03 GMT
She remained focused on the water. “I don’t think I can keep pretending to be positive, Nico. I keep bouncing between angry, depressed, and upbeat and it’s exhaustin’. I know we all have to keep tryin’ and keep on goin’ but I’m at the end of my rope. I’m scared you and the few other friends I’ve made are gonna die next. I don’t want to be alone, Nico… I feel so alone all the time…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 13:22:54 GMT
“You’re not alone.” Nico says, as he sits down near Caitlin.
“I’m the same way.” He admits. “Trying to stay positive for the sake of the others, but I’ve been terrified this entire time. I’ve been alone before and I’m so scared that it’s going to happen again. I know I can say to stay positive and act like we’ll all make it out of here, but those words are pretty much meaningless. There’s probably not much I can do or say to make you stop feeling that way, but I’m here with you if it’s any comfort.”
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 20, 2023 14:28:18 GMT
“Being alone together isn’t so bad, least… Nico, if we survive and by some crazy miracle we escape this, what’re ya gonna do? Obviously our ‘elite’ school is in the shitter, but it’s still worth thinkin’ about.”
She scooted a little closer to him.
“…sorry. The last time I had genuine contact with someone was when I almost killed Xhuli in the pool, so…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 15:37:19 GMT
“I’m going on a date with Felix!” Nico says, managing a smile. “After that I have no clue. Maybe I’ll find a different school to go to, or maybe I’ll just go back to my job. What about you, Caitlin? Any idea what you’d do?”
The smile vanishes from his face almost as quickly as it appeared. “With everything going on, I kinda forgot about that.” He winced. “You don’t have to force yourself to get closer if you’re not comfortable or anything.”
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 20, 2023 16:18:04 GMT
“A date with Felix? That sounds nice, I hope t’all works out ya,” she said, trying to put some kind of positive inflection in her voice. “I’ll probably just keep lookin’ fer my sister and… never find her. Sorry fer bringin’ up Xhuli. I dunno how close you two were, but I didn’t mean to bring ya back down.”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 20:18:48 GMT
"Thanks!" Nico replied. "And it's alright. She was one of my closest friends, but after the pool party and what she did to Ige... I'm beginning to wonder how well I really knew her, and if I could've prevented her from doing what she did." He sighs. "Anyways, that's a conversation for another time."
"I think you mentioned your sister when I was around before. What happened to her, if you don't mind me asking?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 20, 2023 23:50:43 GMT
"Ah, yeah, Bridget," Caitlin responded. "It's... a lot, really. The long-short of it is that she was... taken. We were kids. I know what I saw that night, but nobody's ever believed me. It's stupid, honestly. I should've given up years ago."
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 1:28:05 GMT
"Taken? Like she was kidnapped?" Nico asks. "No, that wouldn't make sense... Surely someone would believe you if that were the case, right?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 21, 2023 1:42:46 GMT
"It started when a light flashed in the sky," she began. "We were stargazin'. She knew a lot about the stars. Something in the night sky... took her. It's stupid, right? That doesn't just happen."
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 2:14:54 GMT
“Are you saying she was abducted then? Like by aliens? After everything we’ve been through, that almost sounds normal. If that’s what you’re saying, then I believe you.”
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 21, 2023 2:19:38 GMT
"Yeah, I know. I guess it doesn't sound so crazy anymore." She smiled a little. "I'm glad you believe me, at least. The amount of hypnotists, doctors, psychiatrists, and other 'experts' seem to think that because I was a stupid kid, I dunno shite about what happened. Still, though, after all these years, I've yet to make contact. I'm about ready to give up on her -- and it kills me to say that, but..."
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 21:20:49 GMT
"H-Hey now, you can't give up!" Nico protested. "She still has to be out there somewhere, right?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 23, 2023 3:12:01 GMT
“At this point, who knows? What a blunder this whole thing has been… ‘Ultimate UFOlogist?’ How stupid am I?” She sighed before continuing. “Sorry. I know yer just trying to help me get outta this hole I’ve dug fer myself. Yer a good guy. You’ve really grown a set since we exterminated all those purple bastards.”
She looked at you, the reader, as if to acknowledge the fact that even the dumbest things in FTEs are canon.
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Post by Joker on Apr 23, 2023 4:11:05 GMT
"You're not stupi- Wait that actually happened?" Nico asked in shock. "That wasn't a dream? We... I killed so many of them..." He stares down at his hands in horror. "Sometimes I can still hear their screams haunting me..."
Unfortunately for the lad, it was canon until proven otherwise.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 24, 2023 0:10:00 GMT
“They deserved to die,” Caitlin said bluntly. “Anyway, look, thanks again fer tryin’ to cheer me up. Felix is lucky to have someone like you at ‘is side.”
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Post by Joker on Apr 24, 2023 1:44:13 GMT
"You're welcome!" Nico says, blushing slightly.
"Sorry for getting off topic back there. Did you want to go back to your story? Or should we change the subject?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 28, 2023 0:19:05 GMT
"Er, no, it's fine. Probably best I don't think about it right now." She stood up, dusting any sand off of herself. "Hey, Nico? If we both make it outta here... would ya wanna keep in touch? I'd like to keep any friends I can... even if it's just a simple social media follow, or something. I wanna keep ya around, y'know?"
Her face was a little red.
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Post by Joker on Apr 28, 2023 0:49:09 GMT
"Sure!" Nico smiled. "I want to stay in touch too. You're a good friend Caitlin, and I'd like to keep it that way."
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