[SPADES NIGHT OUTSIDE THE HEART]
[they're probably getting sick of cards by now.]
MEMY5 - their-(previous-life/mundane-activities/roots)
hey, so
Go fish, Theo.
Aw shucks
What's up, Fiend?
i don't think anybody has really brought it up, and i'm feeling
particularly curious today, so...
what was life for you guys like before... all of this?
Will you tell Barry your side?
don't count on it.
Knew you'd say that...
Well, mine wasn't very... notable, really.
I worked a rather dead-end job, which, saying aloud now sounds rather
unfitting since I lean so heavily into my passion for investigations
and the like.
I have- er, I guess had a roommate for a decently sized apartment...
she was pretty nice, though a bit too worrisome at times.
your turn kim
Not now, Barry... story time.
fine i guess we can take a break from the cards
Ahem- as I was saying,
When I had some free time, which was rather sparse, I would take a
look on internet forums detailing minor disappearances... nothing big
of course, it was always something like a dropped purse or a
forgotten keyring.
...I digress, my point being that I went around my local area and
searched for missing items to return to their rightful owners...
sort of like a vigilante, if that's the correct word.
You must have had a really good sense of direction for the area you
lived in
Haha, yes, actually!
My roommate would always joke about me being a personified sonar
device... a bit of a strange comparison, but it was somewhat accurate
I suppose.
As for the... interrogation schtick i like to do, that one came up
after some more personal events of mine... not that I wish to delve
into it now, but I would rather bring it up rather than leave it
unmentioned to you all.
...but enought about me, uh... Theo, how about you?
oh god what have you done
Well
In hindsight barry really was onto something when he called it what
he did but
I was always more interested in the more supernatural aspect of
things
Purely speculative of course until barry offhandedly mentioned the
jouse one day
I had pressed him on it and he gave me an invite code to the forums
and also introduced me to the owner
Ah, that's where you came from... I had been wondering about that.
About what you said with the supernatural aspect of things, what
kinds of happenings caught your attention?
It was a bunch of dumb things
Some sort of strange happenings in a playstation game
Things like that you know
yeah
like
i remember one time where theo had came knocking on my door screaming
about having solved an internet webseries
ah
good times
You could say that i suppose
That did happen though and i do remember being very excited about it
Especially since i had not seen anyone else talk about the deep
running themes of that particular series
Very, very peculiar...
okay fiend you go next
hell no dude, losers first
the only loser i see here is you
i will End you
okay okay fine
Actually, I am interested to hear about this...
Barry, I understand we were never close before our meeting here, but
even on the forums you would never talk about what you did or what
you enjoyed... what's up with that?
i assumed you wouldve at least like
properly read the falling out i had with him
i guess
i had always been so used to hiding myself in a shell in fear of
i dont even know
judgement or whatever
no that doesnt sound right
its
complicated
but thats why i never talked about it even to him
whatever
theres nothing i have left to lose right
so
...you don't have to say anything if you don't want to, Barry.
We're not forcing you.
no no no
i should get this out before i come off like more of an asshole
rubbing my hands together like a fly...
Don't make him unconfortable, Fiend.
i had been working a job which i at least enjoyed but
aside from my time with █████ and theo my life was
really
really dull
it just felt like the same few days repeating and
ugh
...ah
well, what kind of job were you doing
i worked at a flower shop
i had always been big into botany and stuff like that
the idea of having my own garden and being able to grow my own food
was always very appealing to me
the job paid surprisingly well for what it was i mean
like
i applied there with the only thing in my pocket being a bachelor's
in english
i dunno it was a really weird stroke of luck that worked out crazy
well for me
outside of work aside from spending time with my only two real
friends i just
didnt indulge in anything
no reading no gardening no nothing
i had always felt useless
like i was wasting the life given to me
and i guess those feelings of resentment toward myself only ended up
making myself more afraid of showing who i really am to others
and
lashing out at the ones i care for
ugh
sorry to be such a downer about all this
I never knew
No, Barry, don't apologize for that.
I'm glad you felt able to share this with us, it truly means a lot.
i guess
don't you want me to go next?
you can tell me another time
i just want to lay down for a bit
wow... you're missing out on the crazy fiend lore right now...
Dont
fine... no special deets about being in the eye of the storm or
whatever...
i suppose now that barry over there taking a snooze, should we
continue playing cards?
I dunno man im getting tired of cards-
What.