He Lives Here

[alien_writings]

This is Part Twenty in a series. Trigger for mention of rape.

Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven, Part Twelve, Part Thirteen, Part Fourteen, Part Fifteen, Part Sixteen, Part Seventeen, Part Eighteen, Part Nineteen

---------“The Shadow Man lives here,” Finbar

Comments

[theun4givables]

Can I just smack both Breccan and Finbar? It's so obvious that the two of them still want to be together, they're both just letting their own individual hurts get the better of them and keeping it from happening. Of course, Nico being a God and having those special little seduction powers doesn't help but I know that if Breccan could pull away from Egan he can manage to pull away from Nico, too.

I do like that Isabel decided to show up and complicate things a little further, too. That should definitely make things more interesting from here on out.

[alien_writings]

Romantic False Leads all over the place, huh? haha

Breccan and Finbar both...don't really handle emotional things that well. Nico's seductive powers don't make things any easier for the two of them, either. Neither does Isabel, who wasn't even a character who appeared in my outline. It's a problem when your past comes back to haunt you, and it's also inconvenient for the author who now has to deal with the character's shitty, shitty choices appearing in Shadow Person form.

[n3m3sis43]

I still want to market Shadow Face Cream. Maybe it should come with a warning label - "may cause glaring".

I agree with Maris. Nico is showing genuine remorse, and it's hard for me to hate him. Finbar did trip my asshole sensor in this one, so hopefully that makes you happy. Breccan is rivaling Kalen with his cluelessness here. I know he's been through a lot, but dude. Clue bat. Now. Does Maris have one of those?

[alien_writings]

We can launch a line of fictional products that require funny warning labels and include the pendant along with Shadow Face Cream. And, of course, the Devin action figure, lol.

Maris probably DOES have a magic clue bat somewhere in her Magical House. I want to see Breccan and Kalen interact, though that might cause Cluelessness Critical Mass, haha.

Nico is showing actual remorse, and I can't hate him either. Finbar is annoying me because, while his bitterness is justified, he's still being an ass. Dude, if you want your boyfriend back, you really do need to step it up and act nicer.