9 Works by CompressedDee
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Looking back, he has to clench his fists in regret. He should have waited longer. Starving would have been a kinder fate than what came next. If only he could have postponed it, even for a moment…
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After his death, Mark gets trapped in a time loop, desperately trying to save both himself and Cesar in a Sisyphean against fate.
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"In the myth, they weren't always together. One of them... Castor died, so Pollux prayed to make him immortal, like him. But Castor couldn't live without him. So, they made a deal with the gods, and they got to be stars together."
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Mark finds a brooding Cesar on the rooftop, and gets some constellation 101.
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Suddenly, retching sounds in the living room. . Mark’s head snapped up, his grip on the pen tightening. Sarah? The noise was sharp, sending a chill up his spine. Maybe she’d eaten too fast, or it was some over dramatic reaction to a scene in her comic. But the sound came again, louder this time, and his stomach twisted…
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Sarah gets sick, leaving Mark scrambling to take on the responsibility of caring for her alone.
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"— I did this of my own volition, or whatever nerdy word you'd use."
Every time Jack dies, he is brought to the same place, lectured by a literal dog about what he could've done better, and goes on his merry way to "restart."
What if this time, he doesn't want that?
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Occam's razor
/ˌɒkəmz ˈreɪzə/The principle (attributed to William of Occam) that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.
Mark has spent years sending letters to his missing friend, Cesar, unable to let go of the past. When he returns to Mandela County on a whim, he finds himself confronting a friend who might've been better left behind.
Meanwhile, his sister Sarah unknowingly pulls herself into the same darkness that haunts their (remaining) family.
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"But we were just 2 kids with EMF readers, we can't change this shitty world."
Jonah only wanted to get high. Not try to meditate an argument between his theoretical boss and best friend.
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Sarah & Adam's text messages throughout the years.
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The regrets
Are useless in my mind
She's in my head, I must confess -- Whatsername, Green DaySteven never forgot about Peter.
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"Leaving so soon?"
Jack and Dee play Crazy Eights and talk after saving the kids, unintentionally learning something about eachother.