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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 17h

anyway, i do not think it's that big of a deal. they just want me to do a bunch of flippant and useless stuff, like explore my house, or fill my inventory with useless stuff.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 17h

i do not think there is any psychiatrist in the world that would take me seriously.

even just explaining like, the most baseline stuff about SBURB would get me weird looks from normal people.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 23h

being a player means being thrust up to your neck in weird plot shit, which includes getting weird intrusive thoughts forced on you by outside parties.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 23h

okay, so it is basically this really shitty video game, right?
except it isn't a video game at all, and is actually the method universes use to propagate themselves.

like, a universal reproductive system, if that makes sense?

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 1d

and sometimes i have thoughts or ideas that aren't really my own?

this makes it sound like i'm crazy, god.
i don't... do you— do you know what SBURB is??

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 1d

okay, so...

[ ... You give a small, exasperated sigh as you pinch the bridge of your nose. Unsurprisingly, this is NOT the first time you have had to explain this stuff. ]

i have a bunch of oil on my bedroom floor, for starters. not willingly, but i don't know how to clean it, so...?

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 1d

..... 💧

what, uh.
what part are we confused about here?
the oil, or?

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 1d

the voices in my head are back and they want me to drink oil off the floor

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 4d

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 4d

why did the apple explode when i ate it? is it stupid?

∹【JONGLER】 @cowboyhatmike.bsky.social · 4d

(yeah that's fine)

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𝓡𝓛 @tentacletautology.bsky.social · 6d

I'm opening up this post for discussion. Why do most of Sigmund Freud's photos depict him mid-smoke?

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

i am pretty surprised you recognize that i’m from a doomed world, though.

usually i have to be the one to bring that up.

i promise both my continued existence AND my dislike for shitty 90’s films has nothing to do with the big tentacle guys.

i just grew up and realized they were terrible.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

bluh. don’t remind me of that stuff, jeez…

i am not trying to gloss over it or anything, but i am not very keen on talking about any of the family killing, world-destroying, corpse-smooching shenanigans that happened back then!

𝓡𝓛 @tentacletautology.bsky.social · 5d

I understand. I'd be inclined to agree a bit more if that moment in our lives weren't so fraught with familial homicide.
Though, I'd be lying if I said your presence didn't help.

Anyway, it seems their influence permeates what is left of your aberant timeline.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

you're making it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal.
i guess it always felt like this really pivotal moment to me, since it was the first time we ever spoke face to face.

anyway, fthulhu said if i make a pact with him i can look as cool as you did back there.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

i am probably just going to reuse the candy corn vampire costume, again.

or... maybe i won't dress up at all?
i don't know.

i haven't really been feeling it this season.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

he doesn't seem like a very trustworthy guy, but the offer is pretty tempting...

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

you're making it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal.
i guess it always felt like this really pivotal moment to me, since it was the first time we ever spoke face to face.

anyway, fthulhu said if i make a pact with him i can look as cool as you did back there.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

yes, rose. the broodfester tongues have claimed me in your absence. you are not the only one making nefarious deals with the horrors that live in our dreams anymore.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

maybe this is sort of weird, but i am kind of glad that i still don't really understand anything that rose says.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

"ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking... welcome to con air." okay man. sure. why the hell not.

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

i guess they made up some dumb exception because he was an ex soldier and knew how to kill people, but i feel like 10 years is sort of excessive for the situation.

this movie fucking sucks.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

why did they even lock poe up??

sure he killed a guy or whatever, but it was pretty clearly in self defense and he had like 5 other witnesses to the whole thing.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

every time i rewatch this piece of garbage i can't get past the intro before succumbing to second hand embarassment.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

i cannot believe i used to get genuinely excited seeing this shitty logo appear on my television.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

he is no longer with us.

Soirée @peregrinatemchanic.bsky.social · 5d

who the fuck is eric

John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

happened to my buddy eric, once.

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John. @rxngwraith.bsky.social · 5d

happened to my buddy eric, once.

Soirée @peregrinatemchanic.bsky.social · 5d

saw a car coated in fiesta ware and i asked 'what the fuck is this magnificent beast'
they simply stared at me with their empty beady eyes and went 'if i get in a wreck the uranium dust'll end both me and the future corpse that i hit'

i was very moderately scared