sheep_game | Counting Stars

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Counting Stars

WHO: Sheeps
WHERE: All over
WHEN: Night Post Game 77 / Morning Day 78

[DID YOU GUYS HAVE A FUN GAME? ARE YOU FUCKED UP? WELL GET IT TOGETHER

or not, maybe you just need to sleep. have some sweet dreams. This can be a dream mingle or a reality mingle, I'm not the boss of yall]

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[ listens, sympathetic, and doesn't seem surprised ]

Gods, that's rough. A lot of half-blood mortal parents are the same way. But she came around, right? You've made it sound like she's pretty okay with things now.

Yeah, once my dad talked to her. She even apologized about it, and she's been great since. It was just, y'know. A lot for her.

[ hums thoughtfully as they work ]

What about your dad? He wasn't freaked out?

He was definitely freaked out, but he was more glad to have me back. I think he'd have been happy to see me even if I told him I'd joined some super villains D-tier henchmen squad.

Wait, back it up. What do you mean back? And how old were you, anyway?

[ Immediately sobers, shoulders slumping and stuffing his hands in his pockets ]

I was 16. And, um...it's a long story, but I...ended up in a pocket dimension for a few minutes. But time worked differently in there and a whole year passed outside, so my family and everyone thought I'd died because I'd been missing for so long.

[ eyes widen but not, like, as shocked as he could be ]

No wonder they were worried. And that's where you met Scarab?

No, I picked Scarab up outta the dirt walking to school one day. I wound up in a pocket dimension because we found out the hard way that Scarab was programmed to turn tail and run if he ever encountered a Green Lantern.

[ Quieter, clearly aside to Scarab ]

...Well you did.

Edited 2024-05-14 02:10 (UTC)

You picked him up out of the dirt?

Yeah. He was just on the ground by the sidewalk.

Your parents never told you not to pick up strange space bugs?

Hey, I thought he was a paper weight! He didn't turn on til after I took him home.

I dunno if the paper weight defense is better or worse.

There's no way it's worse.

Who uses a paper weight anymore?

Edited 2024-05-15 00:36 (UTC)

People with a lotta papers. I keep school notes on my desk.

Edited 2024-05-15 00:39 (UTC)

[ straight-faced, ]

I've never heard of "school notes," but they sound like they suck.

[ snorts ]

They are the only reason I took Scarab home that day, but I still can't argue with that.

[ friendly lil shoulder nudge ]

Okay, I do know you mix the dry and wet ingredients separately before adding them to each other. Right?

Oh—yeah! Here, you can add the chocolate to the wet stuff, and I'll mix the dry stuff up.

[ Hands over the melted chocolate ]

Thanks.

[ mixing! ]

...it must've been really hard, trying to get back to your life after a year. Even if it didn't feel like one for you.

[ Starts sifting the dry ingredients together ]

... Yeah. I went by my friend Brenda's place the first day, but the place was up for sale. Turned out her dad died and she moved in with her aunt. And my boy Paco hooked up with one of the local gangs while I was gone. It was a lot to, uh, get used to I guess.

That's — gods. I'm sorry you had to deal with that. That's way worse than I had it when I got home after being away, this year.

Edited 2024-05-17 23:36 (UTC)

[ shrugs stiffly ]

It is what it is. Brenda still lived in town, and Paco's still my bro even if I was disappointed in him. We worked it out, and honestly I'm probably still around thanks to how much they've helped me out.

[ Glances over at him ]

Why were you away though?

I'm glad things are okay with them.

[ and then breathes out, too tired to check this bitterness ]

Uh, a goddess decided to steal me out of my life, take my memories, and dump me on the other side of the country. For the greater good, supposedly.

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