You see? It's not all sunshine and roses, this mortal life. The toilet clogs. Your baths won't drain themselves. Sometimes the bus is late and your heel is caught in the crack of pavement.

All trifling, isn't it?

Always about your troubles.

Lucky for all of you, it's time to thrust others into the mix.

Enjoy, children.

[Hel has been having an increasingly disconcerting day. First her mother called, not particularly unusual, and talked about California and her life there with an eye for detail her daughter had never expected from her. About the money she was 'mysteriously' getting and the flowers she was planting. Mentioned the new man in her life Hel had already ( Read more... )

I suppose I ought to say something. I'm Louis Tahan, and I build things. Mostly stone work, anything from statues to outdoor fire pits or bars. I run my own company, selling these sorts of things.

I don't believe I know most of you, so I'll just say hello. It's nice to meet you all.

Fuck this. I'm staying in my house until crazy shit stops happening. I almost got run over by a car this morning for the third time this week.

[It would not have bothered her any other time. Puzzled perhaps, amused even if the flowers were from a friend, but this week they made her skin itch in a way she could not articulate. Even as she went about her work she could see them in the corner of her eye-- these roses from a stranger with an even stranger meaning ( Read more... )

This situation.

Hm.

I could think of worse.[gone]

I prefer enemies with imagination.[gone]

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You have to be fucking shitting me.

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Anyone who knows me. Fucking surprise. I'm around.

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