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[ephemerios]

OOC: assume a 100% chance of Stranger Things spoilers in the comments.

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[ What's up, network at large? ]

So, after that disaster, I just have a question: Is anyone here from an actually normal, at least relatively not messed up, kind of place?

[ Honestly a serious question. Brought to you by someone from an absolute dumpster fire of a town. ]

Because aside from being home to everything in every HP Lovecraft story apparently, where I'm from is where dreams and ambition go to die, in the makeshift graveyards of its flat lands and corn fields. It's really great if you're looking for a quiet small town to raise a nuclear family and mind the business of everyone except yourself. Oh, and you'd better have an easily malleable attitude about it and enjoy your new home of a suffocating box, otherwise if you show even a hint of personality that doesn't fit into that idea — forget it, you're so screwed.

[ Is someone finally getting mad enough about her own suffocating box? MAYBE SO. This is how she's trying to light it on metaphorical fire. mic drop, truth bombs deployed, et cetera. ]

Which almost makes me wonder if the cosmic horrors are actually worse than everything else about it. [ It should at least be very close. ]

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[work_wife]

Sadly no. Well, apparently in the first year or two yes, because they were hauling people into the upside down. But that wasn't what happened with you and the others. So Eddie had to hide from the town, but especially from Jason and the basketball team.

[And it nearly got Max killed. Had likely helped get Eddie killed. It was bad.]

And it's not even over yet.

[ephemerios]

Given the options, I think the first one would have been better. They're both terrible, but.. [ she means in the sense if it HAD to be one or the other for her, she would not have picked the way it went for her. ]

So what happens when it is? Over. And I guess I mean for you specifically — [ since Robin is the one she's taking to right now, she's the one she asks about ] — because you better be telling me your plans are to move far away and never look back. [ somewhere she can be okay and away from everything that had happened there. ]

[work_wife]

I don't know.

[Robin sighs and shakes her head.]

Sort of hard to think about the future when the world is falling apart around you. When people are dying. When you don't know how anything is going to work. Plus I can't afford to move, not without college. And leaving Steve behind would be hard.

[ephemerios]

Also totally fair. [ It's not like there's an answer that's clearly 'right' or clearly 'wrong' with the question. ] I think it'd be the only thing keeping me sane, thinking about what to do after, just any shred of positivity or hope in a situation so lacking of it.

[ When you're not accidentally on team 'ignorance is bliss', that is. ]

[work_wife]

I suppose we haven't really thought about it really ending. Not yet. Until we stop Creel, I don't think I can think about the future.

[And will she after? She doesn't know.]

[ephemerios]

As long as it involves scenarios as far away from that one as possible, I'll hope you get whatever that one is. [ She quickly smiles; if anyone deserves the good ending of whatever fresh hell the universe is tossing at them, it's everyone left in Hawkins. ] At least I guess there's this place? When it's not having said stuff follow you here. [ what a caveat. ]

[work_wife]

There is this place.

[A place where she can see Chrissy, and Max isn't in a coma, and Eddie is alive. Small things that add up to a lot.]

Yeah, when it's not following. Which was so bullshit. But hey, I reinforced my throwing arm, right?

[ephemerios]

[ small things really do add up. for better or worse, but thankfully at least in this case, it's for better. ]

Your throwing arm will be unstoppable now, so watch out, everyone. [ She nods slightly. ] Remind me to hide behind you next time if that happens again. [ mostly joking. ]

this one might be approaching a good wrap point

[work_wife]

Hide behind me?

[Robin looks really flustered by that statement.]

Uh, you might be better with Steve for that. He's really good at fighting.

yep!

[ephemerios]

What? You just said it! And nope, no take-backs, I'll take a reinforced throwing arm over a bat if I had a choice. [ this seems like better logic to her ok. ]

[work_wife]

Yeah, I guess. Because I'm further back. But if it comes up again, I'll do my best to help protect you.

[Because in her books it's as simple as that.]