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thegayof_funkytown added jon, teaboy, douggiefresh, ihatethis, chronicrot, jeddedy, lester, john to chat

thegayof_funkytown changed group name to babygirl convention

thegayof_funkytown: the multiverse is great :D

john: Why was I added to this chat? I am neither a baby nor a girl. I am a culmination of 100 screaming voices. I am darkness personified. I am an eldritch god you could never know.

Douggiefresh: johnny babygirl

John: what?

Douggiefresh: johnny babygirl

Chronicrot: johnny babygirl

Ihatethis: johnny babygirl

lester: johnny babygirl

John: Arthur, you have to be kidding me. You are smarter than this… buffoonery

Chronicrot: @thegayof_funkytown Cecil give me admin

thegayof_funkytown: why

Chronicrot: you’ll see

thegayof_funkytown: fine

chronicrot changed john’s nickname to johnnybabygirl

Johnnybabygirl: damn it.

Chronicrot: don’t regret it one bit

Lester: And he’s offline. It’s so great when eldritch voice in your head is pissy

Jon: i have the same question

Chronicrot: don’t think I wont give you the same treatment >:)

Jon: shutting up.

Ihatethis: so. Who is everyone?

thegayof_funkytown: cecil :D

Chronicrot: sydney

Jededdy: jedidiah

Teaboy: martin

Jon: Jon

Douggiefresh: technically doug, but everyone just calls me eiffel

lester: arthur, if it wasn’t obvious

Thegayof_funkytown: @ihatethis ??

Ihatethis: caspar, hi!

Chronicrot: hi!!

Lester: Why are we here?

Thegayof_funkytown: since we exchanged discords during the incident, I thought I’d add all the boys to a group chat :)

Thegayof_funkytown: that way we can still keep in touch

Teaboy: i'm liking this so far :D

Lester: You think the girls have their own server?

ihatethis: prolly.

thegayof_funkytown submitted a photo [I.D. a blurry photo in landscape mode of a blue banner reading “Patty Cake Finals” above an open door in what looks like a community center.]

Jon: what the hell is that

thegayof_funkytown: patty cake finals. Duh.

Lester: oh my god

thegayof_funkytown: its the sport of Night Vale! Don’t knock it till you've tried it.

Teaboy: i have. With my three year old cousin.

thegayof_funkytown: and what did you think?? Thrilling, right??
Teaboy: its patty cake!

Chronicrot: …what is a patty cake final?

thegayof_funkytown: hang on

thegayof_funkytown submitted a photo [I.D. a zoomed in picture of this community center. It looks like about half of Night Vale is in the bleachers watching these two people in full chainmail play patty cake]

thegayof_funkytown: it's so loud and carlos is not handling it well :(

Ihatethis: who?

Jededdy: his husband if I remember correctly

thegayof_funkytown: yup!!

Jon: poor thing D:

thegayof_funkytown: I’ll keep this chat updated

teaboy - @jon love come to bed

Jon: coming!!

Teaboy: ty <3

chronicrot: awww romance <3

Johnnybabygirl: how disgusting

Lester: Welcome back. Done pouting?

Johnnybabygirl: stfu arthur. I will fucking smite you

Douggiefresh: no smiting >:(

Johnnybabygirl: whos gonna stop me?

Douggiefresh: i’ll throw you into the star

Johnnybabygirl: …

Douggiefresh: …oh

Teaboy: gn all

Chronicrot: GN!!!

thegayof_funkytown: gn

Ihatethis: gn

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lovelace (yass slay) added thatscommandertoyou, hera :D, bulletqueen, sassha, imogen :), heyyall, avamd to chat

lovelace (yass slay) changed group chat name to gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

Hera :D: Captain, may I ask why that’s your username?

Lovelace (yass slay): I let Eiffel set up my account. Bad call.

Sassha: alright! Names!

Bulletqueen: you know who I am, sash

Sassha: yes hi melanie

Bulletqueen: hi

Thatscommandertoyou: just call me Minkowski. Anything else sounds weird at this point

Lovelace (yass slay): same thing but Lovelace! Hey!

Heyyall: Effie Mucklewain. Hey, y’all.

Avamd: Ava, the weird one who was in the corner for the whole incident. I have no clue how y’all got my discord.

Heyyall: may or may not have given it to the lovely woman we were sharing a radio with.

Hera :D: And I relayed that to Captain Lovelace.

Lovelace (yass slay): precisely.

Imogen :): I’m I.M.O.G.E.N. I was Stellar Firma’s AI system. That was a long time ago.

Bulletqueen: and now?

Imogen :) : now i just kinda exist. I stopped questioning it a long time ago.

Sassha: poor thing :(

Imogen: It’s alright, my dear.

Sassha: oh, right! I’m Sasha, hi!

Hera :D: hi!!

Sassha: :D

Heyyall: what is that supposed to mean?

Avamd: effie, look at it sideways. Its supposed to be two eyes and an open smiling mouth

Heyyall: ah. Thank you, dear. I’m still getting used to all this new fangled technology.

Avamd: if you need help, im sure one of the advanced artificial intelligences in the chat are willing to help you.

Hera :D : Of course! I’d be more than willing to help.

Imogen :) : good. I don’t do that shit anymore.

Thatscommandertoyou: play nice >:(

Imogen :) : no :D

Thatscommandertoyou: fuck you too

imogen :) has left the chat

lovelace (yass slay) has added imogen :) to chat

Imogen :) : damn it

Lovelace (yass slay): you’re not getting out that easy, Imogen

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Babygirl convention

Chronicrot: I think we forgot a few people

Teaboy: what

Chronicrot added littleclonebaby, canonicallyassignedhot, carlos robles-palmer to chat

Canonicallyassignedhot: hey everyone!!

Thegayof_funkytown: :D

Carlos robles-palmer: I had my discord set up all of 2 minutes ago when ceec asked me if I'd like to “be a babygirl” before stealing my phone

Thegayof_funkytown: love u

Carlos robles-palmer: love u²

Johnnybabygirl: oh no

Jededdy: oh no

Jon: who's @littleclonebaby

littleclonebaby: david 7 :3

Douggiefresh: is the 7 nessecary

Douggiefresh: necessary

littleclonebaby: yes

Douggiefresh: got it

Ihatethis submitted a photo [I.D. above the bar of Midnight Burger, there's a string of letters reading “Happy 176th birthday, bitch”. Gloria and Ava are clinking two glasses of moonshine and Leif is laughing his ass off]

Ihatethis: I have the best friends /s

Chronicrot changed Ihatethis’s chat name to birthday boy

birthday boy: fuck you

teaboy: happy birthday!

birthday boy: thanks.

Jon: Sydney why do you take every opportunity to change a nickname

Chronicrot: bcus why not

Chronicrot: ur next >:)

Jon: good lord

Carlos robles-palmer: are we just going to ignore that he's turning 176!?

Canonicallyassignedhot: and why would we do that

Carlos robles-palmer: because!! How??

Thegayof_funkytown: honey you're gonna give yourself an aneurysm

Carlos robles-palmer: ik and idc

birthdayboy: you and ava would have a field day lmao

Carlos robles-palmer: who?

birthdayboy: my best frenemy, theoretical physicist. Type to use a WMD just to see what would happen

Carlos robles-palmer: maybe.

birthdayboy: also, I’ve been 38 for 138 years.

Thegayof_funkytown submitted a photo [I.D. a large whiteboard that says WHY? in large capital letters. Little doodles are also framing it but it's mostly the one word]

littleclonebaby: I ask myself the same question daily

canonicallyassignedhot: lmao love the nihilism

Chronicrot: now kiss

Jededdy: sydney

littleclonebaby: not that I'd be opposed to it…

canonicallyassignedhot: …alright

Jededdy: Sydney what did you do

Chronicrot: a good thing

Douggiefresh: I call best man

canonicallyassignedhot: @johnnybabygirl how do we hop universes again?

johnnybabygirl: simply chant the desired universe into a mirror with a crack down the middle three times

canonicallyassignedhot: alr

canonicallyassignedhot submitted a photo [I.D. an over the shoulder shot. A man with fluffy blonde hair and 4 arms wearing a blue and white jumpsuit is holding his hands over his face. But the ear that's visible is bright red]

canonicallyassignedhot: now what

littleclonebaby: efntboeodckr

lester: and he's offline

canonicallyassignedhot: @littleclonebaby u good?

littleclonebaby:...again?

canonicallyassignedhot: sure

Jon: and they're now both offline

Chronicrot: :D

Jededdy: oh boy
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Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

Imogen :) submitted a photo: [I.D. security camera footage. Tim is pinning David against the wall. They're both blushing like mad]

Imogen :): @bulletqueen @sassha this one yours?

bulletqueen: Sasha you owe me 10 bucks

sassha: damn it

avamd: ?

bulletqueen: we had a bet going.

bulletqueen: I said it would take less than 6 months for tim to flirt and/or get with someone after we learned about the whole dimension hopping thing

sassha: its only been two and a half months!

Imogen :) : well um its getting worse

Thatscommandertoyou: care to elaborate

Imogen :) : I don’t want to put you all through that

Imogen :) : im going to be averting my eyes if anyone needs me

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Babygirl convention
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Jon: guys what’s a furry

Lester:...actually, I have the same question

Thegayof_funkytown: how old are you?!

Jon: 31

Lester: 124

Birthday boy: omg bestie!!!

Lester: ?

Birthday boy: We're both over a century old!!!

Lester: besties!!!

Johnny babygirl: The furry fandom is a subculture interested in anthropomorphic animal characters. Some examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, speaking, walking on two legs, and wearing clothes.

Jon: got it

Teaboy: jon, i don’t know if i’m concerned or impressed

Chronicrot: do you know what a meme is?

Jon: of course I know what a meme is

Lester:...

Lester: a what.

Douggiefresh: just a funny photo someone will share online, often with a joke as a caption

Douggiefresh: like this

Douggiefresh submitted a photo: [I.D. a meme that is funny to half the people in the server]

(A.N: idk think of one for yourself)

Lester: am i allowed to ask a followup question

Chronicrot: yea

Lester: who the fuck is that

Johnny babygirl: arthur why do you do this to me

Lester: getting a lecture from the eldritch entity living in my head smh

Chronicrot: don’t shake your head!

Chronicrot: you’ll give johnny brain damage!

Johnny babygirl: pls its John

Douggiefresh: we need to distinguish somehow

Teaboy: anywayyyyyy

Teaboy: @littleclonebaby @canonicallyassigned hot how did the first date go?

Littleclonebaby: it went fantastic :D

Canonicallyassignedhot: tehe

Canonicallyassignedhot submitted a photo: [I.D. the only light in the room is coming from a TV playing some animated show. There’s a bed in frame, a blanket covering two pairs of legs. Tim and David are holding hands above the gray covers]

Jon: lucky

Jon: Elias wants me to be his lawyer for his divorce

Birthday boy: i didn’t know you were a lawyer

Jon: neither did I

Teaboy: :(

Teaboy: can you pick up dinner on the way back from the divorce court

Jon: yeahhhhhhhh

Teaboy: tyyyyyyyyy

Jon: nppppppppp

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Carlos Robles-Palmer
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Thegayof_funky town: can we talk? I know I’d normally just talk face to face but we’re both busy rn and im worried about this

Carlos Robles-Palmer: what’s up, ceec? You know you can tell me anything

Thegayof_funky town: kk um

Thegayof_funky town: do you… i dont only want to live as a husband, son, brother, father anymore… i also want to be a wife, daughter, sister, mother too? Idk but could we play around with using she/her for me too?

Carlos Robles-Palmer: my wife is my favourite thing on the planet. She’s the love of my life and mother of my son. I’m so lucky to have her in my life, no matter what pronouns she uses

Carlos Robles-Palmer: how’s that?

Thegayof_funky town: thank you. It feels right.

Carlos Robles-Palmer: I'm telling the truth. It doesn’t matter what gender you are. Youre still my cecil and youll always be my cecil

Thegayof_funky town: can we cuddle when we get home?

Carlos Robles-Palmer: ofc

Thegayof_funky town: ly

Carlos Robles-Palmer: ly2 <3

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Babygirl convention
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Canonicallyassignedhot: you’re walking in the woods

Lester: ?

Canonicallyassignedhot: there’s no one around and your phone is dead

Canonicallyassignedhot: Out of the corner of your eye, you spot him

Douggiefresh: (shia labeouf)

Teaboy: why

Canonicallyassignedhot: >:)

Canonicallyassignedhot: He’s following you

Chronicrot: about 30 feet back

Chronicrot: he gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint

Canonicallyassignedhot: he’s gaining on you!

Douggiefresh: Shia Labeouf!

Jon: okay, okay. That’s enough

Jon: (you’re looking for your car but you’re all turned around)

Chronicrot: JONIFER TERRANCE SIMOTHY

Jon:...

Jon: boy that is not my full name

Chronicrot: you had a musicals phase didn’t you?

Jon: maybe

Chronicrot: name 5 hamilton songs right now

Jon: youll be back

Jon: what comes next

Jon: wait why am i enabling you
Canonicallyassignedhot: Mr. Stick-up-the-ass likes musical theater.

Canonicallyassignedhot: i never thought I’d see the day *sniff sniff*

Teaboy: did you really just use asterisks?

Canonicallyassignedhot: maybe *i smirk*

Lester: fml

Canonicallyassignedhot: with pleasure ;)

Littleclonebaby: >:(

Canonicallassignedhot: c'mere baby boy

Littleclonebaby: :)

Canonicallyassignedhot: he’s so comfy

Canonicallyassignedhot: my little 4 armed burrito :D

Littleclonebaby: :D

Birthday boy: yall wanna see where the diner ended up today

Jededdy: sure?

Birthday boy: king

Birthday boy: fucking

Birthday boy: falls

Thegayof_funkytown: oh yes! The home of those lovely boys and that very darling girl

Birthday boy submitted a photo [I.D.: a sneak shot of a tall boy with messy blonde hair in a man bun with an oversized red flannel, an olive skinned boy with a mop of curly brown hair wearing a band t-shirt and jeans holding hands with a pale girl with long straight ginger hair, wearing a blue cardigan over a white dress. Wire frame glasses sit on her nose]

Birthday boy: I gotta get to work, I'll update you.

10:04 AM

Jededdy: Sydney where are you

Jededdy: @chronicrot

Chronicrot: craft cabin

Jededdy: kk

Chronicrot: why

Jededdy: heaven forbid a boy cares about his feeble ass bf

Chronicrot: hey!!

Birthday boy: I got an update

Thegayof_funkytown: yes??

Birthday boy: they've been here for three hours and all three of them are so nice.

Birthday boy: although Sammy (the blonde one) got into a fight with Ava earlier

lester: did you at least film it?

Birthday boy: no. It was an argument, not a fist fight.

Johnnybabygirl: besides, it's not like you could've seen it anyway

Lester: I'd just ask you to narrate it

Johnnybabygirl: like always?

Lester: yeah
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Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

Avamd added ems to chat

Lovelace (yass slay): one of us

Avamd: one of us

bulletqueen: one of us

ems: hi :D

Avamd: this lovely lady was at the diner with her friend and her boyfriend so I added her to chat

Thatscommandertoyou: let's not make this a habit?

Avamd: you can't tell me what to do

Avamd: I will adopt all the stray girlbosses of the world

Avamd: just you watch

Bulletqueen: melodramatic much

Bulletqueen: for other, undisclosed reasons, I need a drink

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Babygirl convention
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Thegayof_funkytown: erguheguerhgoietjgoieggklrbptrjjrrt

Lester: what

Thegayof_funkytown: etuutebeibnqeibetjyp4oy

Teaboy: we had news but I guess it can wait

Chronicrot: no no its fine!

Chronicrot: share the tea!

Thegayof_funkytown: tobtobnqteiptrjpo4ypo6yhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Littleclonebaby: @Carlos Robles-Palmer check on your husband??

Thegayof_funkytown: ehuqeruhvqeoivergoigjtoitgjitjjjjjjjjjjjjgjjeriogjeiogj

Carlos Robles-Palmer: Sorry, our 4 year old son stole Cecil’s phone :(

Chronicrot: you have a son?!

Thegayof_funkytown: brbkrwlkbnegjperjgetjgepor

Thegayof_funkytown changed Carlos Robles-Palmer’s name to Dssss

Dssss: sydney can you change it back

Chronicrot: permission to alter it slightly?

Dssss: i dont trust you but permission granted

Chronicrot: >:)

Chronicrot changed Dsss’s name to Billnye

Billnye: ill take it

Douggiefresh: @teaboy @jon news??

Teaboy: guess who got engaged, bitches!!

Jon: :)

Teaboy: Behind that smiley is a boy whos beaming so big
Jon: and then martin insisted that we go take photos

Birthday boy: im back what did I miss

Birthday boy: oh

Canonicallyassignedhot: send the photos pretty please

Jon: hang on…
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Jon added teaboy, ihatethis, chronicrot, Carlos Robles-Palmer, thegayof_funkytown, jeddedy, douggiefresh, lester, john, littleclonebaby to chat

Jon renamed chat “photos”

Jon: i dont trust tim

Jon submitted a photo [I.D. A bony hand with dark olive skin clutches a softer pale one. Both are wearing gold bands, although Martin’s has a small blue gem in it]

Jon submitted a photo [I.D. against the green grass, both hands are palm down, fingers closed.]

lester: you know David 7 could just show Tim the photos

Jon: right

Jon removed littleclonebaby from chat

Teaboy submitted a photo [I.D. A sneakshot. the two of them are sat at an outside table at a cozy cafe. Jon clutches a phone with a case with an Ivy vine design, typing something out. His hair falls over his face but he has the goofiest, most lovesick smile on his face]

Jon: mean boyfriend >:(

Jon: *fiance

Teaboy: you love me

Jon removed teaboy from chat
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Babygirl convention

Canonicallyassignedhot: my boy showed me everything

Teaboy: oh fuck off Tim

Canonicallyassignedhot: they weren't that bad!

Thegayof_funkytown: I'm back!

Billnye: shes back!!

Lester: she?

Billnye: biscuits

Billnye: sorry sweetie

Thegayof_funkytown: it's fine. I'd have to tell them sooner or later

Thegayof_funkytown: both he and she sound right to me as pronouns? Idk

Chronicrot: k np :P

Lester: how does that work? I'm sorry, I was born in 1900.

Thegayof_funkytown: you know how it feels right when someone calls you ‘he’ ‘man’ ‘male’? But wrong if you get called ‘she’ ‘woman’ ‘female’?

Lester: yes?

Thegayof_funkytown: I feel comfortable with both, no preference

Lester: ohhhhhh ok

Chronicrot changed chat name to “gaybygirl convention”

Jededdy: Sydney that is so fucking stupid

Chronicrot: >:)

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auspicy
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Lester: hello, is this Arthur Hates from the author of this fic’s scrapped novella How We Know We’re Still Alive about a man who has a mysterious voice in his head after a near death experience and then weird shit starts happening and he becomes an auspice for a higher god that they scrapped after realizing that was practically the same plot as Malevolent?

Auspicy: the one and only

Auspicy: how can I help you man

Lester: how do you get the voice in your head to shut up about the Great Depression and its effects on agriculture?

Auspicy:...what

Lester: so you don't have that problem

Auspicy: no? Reika's practically a manic pixie dream girl idk

Lester: we should add them to a chat hang on
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Lester added auspicy, reikaislost, john to chat

Lester named chat Arthurs and company

Lester changed john’s name to johnnybabygirl

Johnnybabygirl: fuck you Arthur

Lester: no

Reikaislost: so… wtf?

Auspicy: reika, this is other Arthur and his friend John. They're in a similar situation to us

Reikaislost: ohhhhhh cool

Johnnybabygirl: a captive audience >:)

Johnnybabygirl: [insert Wikipedia article here]

*Auspicy left chat*

*Lester added auspicy to chat*

Lester: if I have to suffer, so do you bitch

Auspicy: hoe

Reikaislost: the girls are fighting!!

Auspicy: >:( watch it

Lester: bro you actually have authority over the voice in your head?

Auspicy: shes using MY body, I get a say.

Lester: lucky
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Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss
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Avamd added thegayof_funkytown to chat

Thatscommandertoyou: Ava what did I just say

Avamd: i had to!

Avamd: caspar told me he is also kinda a she now

Thegayof_funkytown: So this is the girl gc?

Hera :): Yup! Welcome!!

Thegayof_funkytown: i have feet in both worlds now >:)

Lovelace (yass slay): dont be running espionage

Thegayof_funkytown: i wont promise

Lovelace (yass slay): is that with or without a comma

Thegayof_funkytown: >:)

ems: so whats new ladies

Bulletqueen: @sassha bribed me into going to goat yoga with her

Lovelace (yass slay): wtf is goat yoga

Thegayof_funkytown: its fun! You just have to ritually sacrifice goat kids to the Sacred Heavens in tree pose!
Bulletqueen: sounds very slaughter im in

Sassha: no? Not the one that I booked anyway

Bulletqueen: booo that sounds way more fun

Sassha: no sacrificing goats to your patron

Bulletqueen: never!!! >>>>>>:)))))

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If to live is the ability to die, then what is death?

The ferryman had sailed this sea since her birth, and she would do it until the end of humanity. She would do it until her job became obsolete, and that wasn’t happening anytime soon. Finn sits at the bow of her boat, the Waltz and looks out over the foggy sea, the same fog that had guided her for centuries. She sighs softly. This was bliss, watching the tide lap against the shore in a rhythmic manner.

There was nothing better to Finn than the feeling of evening dew on her pale skin. It was the sign that the dusk was nigh and she could soon rest. Her job wasn’t an easy job; guiding lost, often scared souls to wherever they may go was draining. But it was what the ferryman was put on this plane to do after all. Stopping now might as well be heresy.

Finn looks down at her calloused palms. She hadn’t always had the rusting fishing vessel. She started off on nothing but a straw raft. But as boats improved on the physical plane, so did they here. She would sometimes wake up to having a completely

different vessel than the one she fell asleep on. The end of the route was fast approaching, where they would drop off their current passengers so they could make the journey back to get the next batch. They never did have more than ten passengers on board at a time. Finn hops up and heads to the helm, ready to dock the ship. She picks up a black plastic mouthpiece mounted next to the controls. “Attention all crew! Captain Finn speaking!” she calls into the comms system, “Make sure all travellers currently on board are ready for departure. Just a reminder to follow the protocol for preparing them. Remind them that everything’s going to be okay and that they just need to keep walking into the woods. Thank you, over!”

She puts the comms down and docks the ship with practised precision. The controls were practically muscle memory at this point from the trillions of times that she’s run this route. This was the third time this week anyway.

She picks up the mouthpiece again, “Connie? How many travellers are we looking at, over?”

The comms crackle to life and an androgynous voice with a heavy Welsh accent responds from the other side. “About seven today, Captain. Over.”

“Thank you, Connie.” Finn confirms, “The docking process has been completed. Begin departure at your nearest convenience, over.”

From outside the small control room, she could hear the sounds of her meagre crew of two unloading the passengers. Finn watches as one, two, three, four, five, six travellers hit the shore. Six? Didn’t Connie say there were seven? That train of thought ends as she hears a loud crackle of TV static behind her.

In the doorway is the other crewmate, August Kutsuki. Her long black hair falls over her shoulders and her stained glass wings are tucked neatly behind her slender frame. Finn jumps, her own angelic wings unfurling in a perceived need for defence.

“Captain, relax. It’s just me. You would’ve thought you’d get used to it by now, huh?”

Finn pouts, crossing her arms and leaning against the control panel. August laughs as her superior whines like a toddler, “Anyway, there’s sort of a situation.”

Finn perks up, her eyebrows knit together in a mix of curiosity and apprehension, “What kind of situation, Kutsuki?”

“Well…” August sighs and collects her thoughts, "There's a traveller. A traveller who requested an audience with you for whatever reason. Named Aries Garcia, male, age 29, cause of death was suicide. He’s not a normal traveller, but he also hasn’t tried to jump off the side of the ship yet.”

“Good.” Finn gives August a knowing look. They both knew what happened to jumpers. She adjusts the hem of her navy skirt, “I’d like to meet him then.”

“Follow me.”

Sitting on the bench at the stern of the vessel was a man. He had olive skin, dark brown curls pulled up into a bun and hazel eyes. His face is littered with freckles and his face is etched with lines of care and worry. “You must be the captain,” He says as soon as he sees Finn. The ferryman nods. It seemed that the only thing keeping the weary soul from panicking at this moment in time was the comforting fog that followed Finn around like a puppy. “Just call me Finn.”

“Finn, alright…” He shifts nervously. For whatever reason, Aries felt like he belonged here. He felt like he was meant to join this crew. But he wasn’t sure if that was allowed. If they would take it well. He’s clearly intimidated by August, but who wouldn’t be intimidated by a seven foot tall being who reeks of static and distortion? Connie joins the small semi-circle formed by their crewmates.

“You called for me?” They ask. Finn and August silently nod in tandem. Connie does a once over and recognition flashes over their gray eyes. “I know you. I’ve seen you.”

“What?” Aries looks up at them quizzically. Connie snickers. They love knowing things that others don't. And this included now. They smirks, looking down at the lonely soul. “You’re gonna go far, kid. And I assume, no, I know you have something you’d like to ask us?” Aries looks away in slight embarrassment. Either this person was just crazy good at reading him or they had something going on beneath the surface.

He clears his throat. “Y-Yes. I’d like to join the crew. For whatever reason, this feels right. This boat feels right. And I don’t know if travellers even can but I’m asking for you to consider me. I’m a fast learner and I can do whatever odd jobs need doing.” Aries pleads.

He looks over the side of the boat and all he can see for miles starboard was vast blue sea. How he longed to explore the inky waters. He had never been a seaman and he had no idea why he was feeling this way. But he was scared and tired, so tired. He’d take any place that felt like a home.

Finn, August and Connie all look at eachother, walking out of earshot to discuss. This sort of thing had only happened once. And even when it happened the first time, they never expected it to happen again. But they didn’t know what would happen if they refused a gift from the stars as they saw it.

“Well, he has Connie’s seal of approval.” Finn points out

August crosses her lanky arms “So, I’m guessing this is a pretty easy decision then.”

“I’m telling you, he’s important. Somehow.” Connie urges, “All in favour, say aye.”

“Aye.” all three of them agree. Finn turns back to the antsy soul, who’s bouncing his leg in anxiousness. Aries perks up, “So…?”

“The council has decided your fate, son of the stars.” Finn says ominously, wings spread out in plumaged splendour. Like this she looked above heavenly. The stardust in her eyes shine gold, “Welcome to the Waltz, Crewmate Garcia.”

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just a little update

I have no idea where the plot is going so if you have any suggestions, please drop them down below! I'm also down to add new characters and the shows tagged in the fandoms are the ones that i'm most familiar with

happy new year,
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