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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    In a world without Meeple hanging over their heads and no instant recovery, Paintbrush finds themselves feeling… jittery. Without a competition, something to be won or a goal to work towards, their head feels clouded and wrong. They’ve always been a goal-driven person, needing something to get them up and going in the mornings. A target to aim at.

    Without the competition, there’s nothing like that.

    But there’s their friends, still breathing and living after it all, standing tall. There’s Lightbulb, most importantly. 

    Or: paintbrush, lightbulb, and the five love languages.

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    07 Jul 2025

  2. Rec 25

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    Payjay Highschool AU since I’m seeing this everywhere!

    They’re just friends. Totally normal friends who just want to kiss each other.

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    19 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 37

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    In which Paintbrush tries to find their way in the world while Test Tube is far too assured with her own, Nickel and Balloon refuse to get along, Marshmallow deals with burnout, Silver Spoon navigates life without his parents, and Microphone is alone.

    All of this would be problem enough even without Lightbulb, Fan, Clover, Apple, Bow, Candle, and Taco bursting into their lives and bringing their own problems with them, but that's just the life of a college student, right?

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    02 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    Title from The Sky Under The Sea by Pierce the Veil

     

    “I’m gonna miss you,” Lightbulb confesses. Her voice is so quiet that Paintbrush almost misses it.

     

    They coo empathetically, rubbing her shoulder with a faint sense of awkwardness. The two of them had just gotten out of quite a big fight—courtesy of Paintbrush, because when isn’t it, right?—and now Lightbulb was sad they were going and that was all their fault too.

     

    God, how long would it take for Paintbrush to stop messing up?

     

    “Don’t be sad,” Paintbrush whispers. “It’s not like I was the best teammate anyway. Hell, I wasn’t even that good of a friend.”

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    02 Apr 2025

  5. Rec 21

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    MePhone steered their attention to the rotary phones on each desk. “On each table you will see a rotary phone. You will all have two minutes to call one person from the outside world. No more, no less. I don't bargain. Or maybe I do, who's to say?” MePhone shrugged innocently before opening a stopwatch application on… himself. “Any questions?”

    Paintbrush raised their hand. “Yeah, can we—”

    “Set, ready, go!

    Paintbrush lowered their hand. “Every time!

    OJ studied at the rotary phone on top of the table. It didn't appear to be the most modern gadget, but it could probably get the job done. Most people would probably rack their brains for a few precious seconds figuring out which person they would choose to call before being disconnected indefinitely. But not OJ—he knew exactly who he needed to call. He took a deep breath and punched in the number.

    Or; In a gift MePhone set up for some of the contestants, OJ let's something slip.

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    07 Jan 2025