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'What just happened to my icon?'
#train log #it was fine a minute ago #the fact that i can't be sure if i was hacked #or if something has gone wrong with the site #says a lot
okay what the hell it's on every site
Why is my icon 'i lived bitch' on every site
#train log #so i was definitely hacked?? #i guess #why this though?
OH
#train log #oh
okay so I've been looking around trying to figure this out and it seems like the person doing this has only changed my icons and made that one post so (and I apologize for how weird this is going to sound to literally everyone else)
hi reflection? I'm pretty sure that you're the one doing this so it's really cool to see that you're alive? And found some way to access my account from the train I guess? I hope you're doing okay, at any rate!
If you have some way for us to talk that isn't me posting publicly on social media please let me know
#train log #this is not how I expected to spend my day #but what else is new? #also I'm gonna change my icons back
reflection i know you're seeing this because you've been changing my icon back every time i try to switch it for the past twenty minutes
#train log #reflection i swear to the train #if you're on tumblr just send me a message? #so we can talk for real? #surely you can make your own account
lake
wait what does that mean
reflection what does that mean???
#train log #are you at a lake? #what lake? #this is Michigan there are so many lakes
hi!!! sorry, that mean thatalake's ajheir naakl;raf;'
/sv'; vv ;'oiokvvf;';'lllllllllllll;afvmkmkmmkkm
ignore him
what no come back whoever that was actually seemed like they had some real answers give him the keyboard
or better yet just use the chat function to message me please there are a million easier ways to talk to someone
#train log #also Him??? #who is him? #i mean who is he? #anyone I know?
no
#no
okay now my mom wants to know why my facebook profile picture is now 'i lived bitch'
can you please just give me some sort of clue? I'm assuming you want to talk or else you wouldn't have reached out
#train log #I would like to talk at least #i know things were weird when we last saw each other #on account of the whole #reflection thing #but i think it would be cool to catch up #if that's alright with you
i've given you all the clues
#... #we are talking #technically
you've given me no clues
#train log #i mean yeah we are #but you know what i mean
why is everything deer now???
why do you have so many pictures of deer?
#train log #why are they all cropped so bad? #give me my corgis back :(
solve my riddle and you can have them back
#also fuck off #they're great
okay so
I'm not going to try and explain this to any poor soul who was following this blog for coding and video games. All I can really say is sorry for the sudden shift in content. I could change my password (which i did on facebook! so stop trying to switch it back already!) but this is the only way I think I have to talk to this person I think
All anyone needs to know is that I have apparently been sent on some sort of internet scavenger hunt by my former reflection, which is alive and currently cyber bullying me on tumblr :(
I'm sorry for all the deer. I am not responsible for the deer
#train log #you win this round #but you can't outsmart me forever #you know me better than I know myself #wait #oh no
I'm not sorry for the deer
#<:K #<-- deer
did you just change my username?
#alan dracula????!!! #what does that even mean
Notes:
I think I can truthfully say this is both the least and most effort i have ever put into a fic at the same time. There are going to be multiple chapters of this. I do have a plot, I swear. This was based off a tumblr post I made and then i realized I could just make it actually happen.
If you're having trouble telling who is talking when, Tulip always tags her posts with 'train log'
this is very silly but I hope you enjoyed and please let me know what you think
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Okay, it's been about a day now and I thought I'd give my former reflection a bit of an update
Locked down my facebook and also my email, so that you can't change the facebook back again. I barely use facebook and like half the people in the city follow me there ever since the whole train thing and it was used to share missing persons information. I figure whatever plan you have will be just fine without access to this one account.
If you've decided you want to talk instead of just commandeering my tumblr account, I'm still open to the idea alright Reflection? you just gotta give me something here
#train log #i figure you're around now #since i tried to turn my account back to green #but it almost *immediately* went orange again
reflection I don't know what that means
#train log #deer lake? #oh wait i just googled that #it's a real place #are you at deer lake?
>:(
#>:( #also no
repeating the same thing does not give me a better idea of what it means! The only thing i can guess is that you probably don't mean a specific lake at this point
#train log #if you're not telling me where to find you #i'm lost
Anonymous asked: Hi! I wanted to say sorry my friend's being so cryptic on your blog. I can't say much because they made me promise to let them handle it but they did forget the important fact that my squishy inferior flesh hands can use a touchscreen and theirs can't, and since their pictographs aren't working I'll just tell you their name is Lake and thy aren't on the train anymore. You seemed confused about that part yesterday
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oh shit that makes sense now
Also oh! shit! I don't konw who you are but I'm going to assume you're telling the truth and not some troll based on the whole squishy flesh thing
#train log #thanks! #i take it you're the 'him' from yesterday #part of me is even more confused than before #but it's nice to know their name now #HI Lake #and Lake's friend
JESSE YOU TRAITOROUS ASSHOLE I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR PHONE A SECOND TIME
Okay! Lake and Jesse! Good to have some names :D
#train log #lake don't break his phone #this is the first breakthrough i've had #it's been almost 24 hours #and i still don't even know what you want
>:C
#cheating
All I'm saying is I don't know how I"m cheating if I don't even know what game we're playing. that's not how cheating works
#train log #still confused about what it is you want #i guess it's more than just messing with me #since jesse said he promised to let you 'handle it'
wait how did you get off the train?!?!?!?!!
#train log #shit i just processed that
...
i had help
#jesse #uh #yeah....
well, it's awesome that you managed to get out of there! I didn't even know what was possible! I have so many questions but I kind of doubt you want to answer them all again, in a public forum where anyone can read and where I'm sure most of the people following this blog have just assumed I've lost it at this point
so I don't know, can you at least confirm that there is an end point to this where you might want to talk? Like, I get it if you don't actually want to see me again considering everything, but that would make this whole thing pretty weird
I never thought I'd hear from anyone from the train again, so like, no matter what you pick it has been pretty cool to get these messages and know your okay
#train log #i mean it's also been pretty annoying #and confusing #but the same could be said about the train
#... #your welcome
:D puppy!
#train log #i guess something of a truce then?
... I'm not sure what I expected
#train log
Notes:
i probably won't be updating this every single day, but I ended up staying home sick from work today and it's a fun thing to do while my brain isn't exactly at 100%. I'm very delighted that people are enjoying this silly little idea. Unlike Lake, I will ensure that this is going somewhere.
As always, thanks for reading and please let me know what you think
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(Green Day- When I Come Around)
You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing
Was ever there
You can't go forcing something if it's just not right
No time to search the world around
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
Oh hey Lake! It's been over a day, it was starting to feel a little too quiet around here.
Green day? I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be analyzing the lyrics for hidden clues or if you're just forcibly sharing your music taste. I guess if it's a hidden message are you telling me to stop looking? Or should it just be obvious? I'm still in the dark about how you even managed to get off the train let alone where you could be now
#train log #*do* you want to actually meet again in person? #I guess I shouldn't assume that #I'm still not even sure if you want to talk yet #also somehow I'm not surprised you like green day
(Teenagers - My Chemical Romance)
They say "All teenagers scare the livin' shit out of me"
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes, or strike a violent pose
Maybe you'll leave you alone, but not me
Okay now I think you're just having fun posting music on my blog. You know, I used to actually have a theme here? I don't have a lot of followers but the ones I did have knew what to expect from this blog and it wasn't being hijacked several times a day for things completely unrelated to my interests
#train log #this might sound more like complaining than i mean for it to #it's cool getting to learn more about you #even tangentially like this #it's also really weird #alsi I basically lost more followers when i dropped off the planet for five months #go figure
(Karma Chameleon - Culture Club)
:D
#:D
DAMN IT JESSE
#that last one wasn't me #>:(
let him speak
#:P #I'm still very confused on who jesse is #not gonna lie #is he also from the train? #seemed to know about it but if you're friends #that might have come up either way
...
he's a dork
#and that's all you need to know #also #yeah #we met on the train
#dork
wait is that an actual picture of him?
#train log #i mean i can't imagine what else it would be #also don't be mean to your friend lake
D: Tulip if you think Lake taking over your blog is bad they're cyberbullying me from my own computer. I watched them write dork over my face from across the room. they made eye contact like a cat staring at you as it pushes a glass of water right off the table. an absolute menace
I'm sorry for laughing but that is a hilarious mental image. Lake stop being a bully. at least let him use his own computer again
#train log #it does seem like you're both having fun #also i can't stop listening to the karma chameleon song now #sorry lake it was more catchy than the ones you put up
you both have terrible taste
#also no #he deserves it #flaunting the fact that he can use touch screens
did you change my icon again?
#train log #lake no #i don't know him don't make his face my icon #especially with 'dork' written across it #i'm not sure if you're trying to bother me or him more with this one
unnerving, but better
I still can't say I understand what the thing is with deer though. Is is a clue or do you just really like deer now? I don't think I would be surprised either way at this point
#train log #at least it's not 'i lived bitch' anymore #even if the eye looks soulless and dead #like a doll's eye
don't be mean about Alan Dracula's eye they are full of love and life
#>:(
OH
Alan Dracula is the DEER
#train log #the pieces are coming together #they're not #but at least the name makes sense now #somewhat
Okay so it's been a few days and I thought I'd write up a list of things I know so far. It still doesn't feel like much but you know me, it's easier to keep track of things when I have lists, so
- Your name is Lake, and somehow you managed to get off of the train
- You have a friend named Jesse who looks around our age, and you two met on the train. You're using his computer to do all of this
- Alan Dracula is the name of a deer. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you just like deer
- You've broken Jesse's phone at least once
- You also mentioned Jesse helping you get off the train
- Your taste in music seems pretty punk rock so far
- I think you might want to be friends? But it's still hard to tell
#train log #I get it fi you don't want to be #but I'd be excited if you did #I guess let me know if i got anything totally wrong #but this is the stuff i'm most confident on #other than the last point of course
When I wake up, I'm afraid
Somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid
Somebody else might end up being me
...
I'm not really sure what to think about that one Lake
#train log #.... #I guess I can't blame you #for disliking me after everything
Notes:
this is going to be majority goofs but they're also all weird traumatized kids who are bad at emotions and trying to communicate in the most inane way possible, so some emotions are bound to happen here and there. This chapter was posted a little bit later than I might normally do because I had to stay at work late today.
as always, thanks for reading and please let me know what you think!
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TULIP DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT EAT RAW ONIONS
VALIDATE ME
#jesse won't believe me
they're telling the truth
If I'm feeling fancy I'll cut them up like this and eat them like chips
#train log #it's good #don't shame me
HA
#i'll shame you all i want #thirteen years #thirteen years eating your 'chips'
Anonymous asked:
sorry what the hell is going on with your blog?
none of your business
its better now
#i fixed it
Lake don't answer my asks!
sorry, it's complicated. I'm assuming there's a point to all of this but I have yet to figure out exactly what it is yet.
#train log #basically someone has my log in #and i can't change it #because this is the only way they'll *talk to me* #lake just give me a phone number already
Anonymous asked:
same anon as before please explain? from what I've gathered someone is reaching out to you by hacking your tumblr? this is all very confusing. compels me tho.
okay I'm going to try to answer this one before Lake gets to it. I have no idea how tumblr would react if two people tried to answer the same ask at the same time from separate computers, so we'll see how this actually works
It's a very long story but shortening it Lake is a... friend? family? I guess easiest to say we're kinda related. You could say we grew up together, but it's very very complicated. We went our separate ways a while ago, after uh, actually being able to see eye to eye for the first time? I had no idea what happened to them after that, but it was for the best
because we were so close, or well, they were close to me? I didn't know they existed, but they knew all my internet passwords and was able to get onto my accounts and do all this. I locked them out of facebook and they've seemed to chill on the others, but we're still kinda talking through tumblr? by which I mean they keep posting deer memes and music without my input and will occasionally ask me to confirm my eating habits
#train log #this might honestly make less sense than before #but like i said things are weird #lake was always around me my whole life #but we only met when i went missing last year
I used to be her reflection. to clear things up
- I escaped the mirror
- ended up on a train pocket dimension
- met a deer and a dork
- tricked god
- escaped for good
- now it's everyone else's problem
#i hope this clarifies everything #should e no more confusion
so two things.
One: you're chatty today! I'm pretty sure that's the most you've spoken this whole time! Well, spoken, wrote, whatever
Two: that clarifies nothing for anyone who doesn't already know what's going on
#train log #it doesn't even clarify everything for me #what do you mean by tricked god? #I have so many questions about how you got off the train
tricked god. robot. godbot.
no further explanation required
#that stupid ball of yours #also i'm bored #jesse's at the doctor
Oh! One-One! That makes sense now!
Lake one-one wasn't a god he was just a silly little robot. Who was actually the real conductor of the train sure. But like, mostly just a silly little robot, singing silly songs and doing little dances.
it makes sense that he was how you got off the train though! I thought that might have been something, but I wasn't sure
#train log #also no on :( #is he okay?
...
tulip he almost killed me and trapped Jesse on the train forever with a glitched number.
silly little robot
#tulip he's in charge of the train #also yeah #jesse's fine #just getting a check up for a cracked rib #from when we were almost left for dead by your robot buddy #no biggie #he sent me a picture of sour cream and onion chips #which is how this started
shit...
I had no idea something like that happened. I guess it does make sense though, not everything was, ya know, normal about him.
Well, nothing was normal about anything on the train
but you know what i mean
#train log #i'm sorry #i'm not good at this #but I know you know that #he was my friend #but that doesn't excuse anything #i'm glad you're both okay at least
it cool
#<:K
those deer emoji you use are actually really cute
#train log #much cuter than the creepy emotionless eye you have my icon set as
don't be mean to Alan Dracula >:[
#<:K #every time you're mean i add another
wait what does that mean
#train log #lake what does that mean #wait #fuck #i just saw it
for anyone wondering this is what they did to my header
lake why is it so shitty? I know you've watched me make better graphics than that
#train log #i'm sure you could do better
jesse's laptop only has MS paint and the mouse is old
#<:K #i can't use trackpads #because of the metal fingers #so he had to dig out this ancient thing #also he only ever uses his trackpad
wow okay I thought he might've been cool for a minute, nevermind
#train log #i'm joking #but also only using the trackpad? #that's insane #also i see there's another deer
that was your first mistake
#jesse has never been cool #wait shit he's back #bye #<:K
oh, okay! bye!
#train log #was this our first real conversation? #wow #still not sure why you've decided to have it... like this #but alright
Notes:
this is where i reveal that I am jesse and have not actually owned a computer mouse in like, almost a decade now. just living that trackpad lifestyle forever.
as always, thanks for reading and please let me know what you think!
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hey sorry weird question and I would ask you directly but Lake has me under oath. I've got a bunch of candy and something is making them really upset and I can't figure out which one it is. They mumbled something about you though so I just thought I'd ask if you have any ideas
They're upset about candy? Assuming this is from Jesse, I'm not sure.
Oh! Are there any jellybeans? that might be it
#train log #it's the only thing i can think of #for why they would mention me at least #Are they okay? #can't imagine it's good if you're asking me
okay, it was the jellybeans. thanks! I might've also been freaking out a little. They're doing better now! It's okay, this sort of thing happens. That train, you know? Not always super fun.
oh good! I'm glad I could help!
oh yeah, I know what you mean. I can't ever be anything normal either, right? It's really fun trying to explain to people the reason why a McDonald's Play Place is deeply upsetting now is because you watched a friend get brutally killed in one the last time you were there. That doesn't raise any further questions.
#train log #he got better #but not until after an old lady almost murdered me with a pipe #just one of those things!
thanks
#... #told Jesse i was fine #he worries too much #<:K
no problem!
did you put a tiny corgi in the corner of my header as a peace offering?
#train log #even if he was just worrying for nothing #it's nice that he cares!
#<:K #yes #a peace offering
Why?!?!
#tarin log #every time you do something nice #you must immediately follow it up with something incredibly unsettling
they're good boys I don't see why you're upset
#<:K <:K <:K #<--- da boys
they're incredibly unnerving boys. boys with soulless eyes. there's just nothing going on in there, but in a threatening manner.
#train log #seriously i still don't quite get the deer thing #or the alan dracula thing #at least you seem to be doing better?
AD's a denizen
good boy
#<:K #had to leave him on the train #cause ya know #also you were mean #so you know what that means
ah yep, there's another one. Okay, at least that new one is cute. much nicer than the glowy eye monsters you put before.
Oh! That makes sense now. he does sound like he's a good boy, even if deer are inherently creepy :P
#train log #i'm kidding on that last part #but yeah #it's... hard #leaving them behind #i still miss atticus
Oh! Alan Dracula is the best! he's an incredible super powered deer who could change colors and turn invisible and shoot lasers from his eyes. He had other weird powers too like turning his head into a paddle ball and shrinking down all tiny and splitting his body in half. he couldn't talk and seemed to just kinda have the brain of a deer but he's our friend and he loves us (this is jesse by the way :D)
that's
uh
that's a lot
#train log #i feel like you might be messing with me #are you guys messing with me? #that seems like a lot of powers for one deer
nope. he could also turn into a cloud of smoke, was resistant to electricity, shapeshift into anything, like a snake or a life raft, and turn his antlers into a giant protective ball
#<:K #Good. Boy.
see I feel like I should call bullshit, but for some reason I believe you? that just seems like the sort of thing a deer made by the train could do
#train log #and people won't believe me when I say I was friends with a talking dog #no other powers! #he just talked and wore a tiny adorable crown #is that really so outlandish?
see, there's been too many movies about talking dogs. makes people less likely to think it's real and just assume you're ripping off some dumb thing.
there are very few movies about an all powerful deer who could probably destroy the world if he wanted but is easily trapped inside of a crane game by fake grass
#<:K #fuck that crane game was so annoying
I guess that's a fair point. Atticus was much better than any talking dog in some dumb movie though
#train log #crane games are always annoying #getting a deer stuck in one of those things does sound like a problem though
(hey, it's Jesse again. Lake is absolutely gonna yell at me for this but thanks for talking to them. it helps to think about the good things about the train like Alan Dracula, and they're actually smiling again now which is really nice considering how upset they were when I first messaged you. Now lake if you would prefer I send tulip messages *in private* instead of public like this just say the word)
oh, that's really nice to hear! You don't have to thank me though, I like talking to them! To both of you, really.
You're right, it helps to think about the good parts sometimes
#train log #it also helps having people #who actually understand what it all means #and will just gloss over the fact #that a woman tried to kill me with a pipe like it's nothing #because that's how the train is
you're both terrible >:l
no
#<:K #no
Notes:
whoops took a little longer updating this than I meant, but I can't really complain that much because it's still barely been a week. Looking up deer pics for this fic is fun, although googling 'unsettling deer' is not something I super recommend
as always, thanks for reading and please let me know what you think!
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