2021-07-06 - That -WAS- My Ear

(TXT to Ravn Everett Isi Joseph) Kailey : Sorry I didn't get back sooner. We're alive, though Ev gave me a fucking fright and a half.

(TXT to Everett Isi Kailey Joseph) Ravn : The words 'lost an ear' gave ME a fright and a half. Please tell me you're okay. Last I saw, you only had weasel bites.

Kailey has already been discharged and is at home with Morganna. Everett was way worse than her and, well, she was pacing around the living room. Phone being checked every few seconds. Or her social apps checked with the frequency of those filled with anxiety and ADHD hyper focus. Morganna is currently sucking on her new duck pacifier, looking up at her mother with curious and vaguely worried eyes.

Soft little whines and the babe rattling the side of her playpen bring a distracted Kailey back over. Bending down to pick the girl up as she looks at her phone. Really they both do their part, Mew grabbing around her mother's neck while Kailey makes her arm a seat. Then it's onto her hip the child goes while her mom's thumb flies across the surface on her phone. It is then Mew notices her mother's stitches and bandages. "Maamaa owow," And a hand reaches up to touch in a gentle manner. "Owwww," You can guess who taught her that word after too many nursing bites.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Isi Joseph) Kailey : Not quite lost an ear. I was definitely winged by a bullet though. I asked the surgeon fixing it if he could just give me an elf ear if he has to do anything weird. He laughed. But...I think he took me serious too. < Picture of her red and angry ear stitched back together, but in such a way as the tip is more pointed than rounded. >

(TXT to Ravn Kailey Everett Joseph) Isi : I was really hoping that Ravn was just perpetually on LSD or something when he told me all of this. I can't believe this really happened....

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Alas, poor Isi, it is true. The whole town in on 'shrooms that never end! 😆

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : More seriously, though, yeah. Ghosts are real too, so don't be surprised if you bump into someone dead. Gray Harbor is on a thin point of reality basically. We refer to them as Dreams because they happen a lot while sleeping. Normal people get dragged in too, usually to cause those of us with the shining to freak out. There's beings of great power and malicious delight on the other side and they feed off our darkest emotions. Kinda why I fight it with perkiness!

(TXT to Ravn Kailey Everett Joseph) Isi : Ugh. I answered the WRONG job advertisement. Sorry to leave you all hanging last night I guess. I don't even play those type of video games!

(TXT to Ravn Kailey Everett Joseph) Isi : Who was the other guy? There were five of us right?

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : You don't need to apologize. I think we all have been in your shoes. And I don't know who he was. Said his name was Jonathon right?

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Kailey) Isi : I wasn't really paying attention, but I think so?

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Well, he seemed real enough. But it's possible he was a Veil person.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Kailey) Isi : That idea might be weirder than him being real - a veil thingie pretending to be real. You really can't tell who to trust. Ugh.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Thing is...people from here get lost over there. Stuck over there even...it happens. Usually to normies.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Kailey) Isi : Now there is a nice bit of nightmare fodder. This town isn't going to be good for my liver.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Isi Kailey) Joseph : Yeah. It's a place that's both terrifying and wonderful.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Luckily everyone kind of looks out for everyone else and we tend to get lumped together. But if you DO find yourself alone, just try and find the exit. I don't think they can take you without providing an out. Like, some kinda faerie deal or something. I think Ravn fell asleep so he'll chime in later yeah?

(TXT to Ravn Everett Isi Kailey) Isi : Gods - you can get pulled in ALONE?? Man, I wouldn't have made it out if Joe hadn't pulled me down to cover.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Yeah. You can. And sometimes things come here. I ran away with a faerie when I was a kid visiting Portland. There's a thin spot there too, btw.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Isi Kailey) Isi : Ugh......

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : That sums it up. But...the plus side is I'm a Jedi.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : You can be too with practice. 🙂

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Welcome to Gray Harbor? Seriously, though, you ever need help you can text. If I'm around...I'll try and get to you. I can get into and out of the Veil now so...

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : it tastes like someone stole my wallet ya know

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Everett! You're awake. I have your wallet. It's not stolen. You're just on the good drugs from the docs fixing you.

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : [...]

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : oh kiki i love you so much youre like the most important thing to me not a thing but you know youre like soft and warm and very wet and tight in all the best places how come i cant see you

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Ev, honey, pretty sure you meant to send that only to me. :blush:

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : i remember everything im the mom

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : Everyone, I apologize for anything received from him in this state. I should have taken his phone too...

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : I tutor students in Copenhagen in European time and I have a shelter of 250 people out of whom maybe three are acting like responsible adults, only none of those three are ten years old. I nap when I can, wherever I can.

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : and your head is round like a plate and my bones feel wet can i have a serviette

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Kailey : Ravn is a superhuman in disguise. It's why he wears such drab clothing.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : ... I do not wear drab clothing.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : How many black turtleneck do you have? No, wait, how many black to colored shirts do you have? 😛

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : lets give the queen a makeover

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : Six, I think. I like black.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : And how many colorful shirts?

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : Well, you did give me one.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : I rest my case.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : Black is not drab, black is a preference.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : adjective, drab·ber, drab·best.
dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
having the color drab.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi) Kailey : I think that might be all I have in me tonight. I need to dig out cat carriers and such.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : I have nineteen cats in the shelter to help look after. Which is great, because no one else wants to sit in the class room with them, so at least I have a quiet place.

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : thats a lot of

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : Hey. I like that cat room! I'm just stuck home atm with Ev being swiss cheese man.

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : ill swiss your cheese

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : I better go take his phone away. Later. Ping if ya got any questions.

(TXT to Kailey Ravn Joseph Isi) Everett : the nurse is here got to go spaceman

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : .... Did you just say you ran away with a faerie, Kailey? Or, well, not just. Because it was several hours ago. In your childhood. Wait, what? I need to talk to you about that sometime.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Ravn) Kailey : Heh. I don't remember much but sure! I might be able to swing by tomorrow. Depends on Lil's (Bean) schedule and plans.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : And whether I have been arrested for murdering a vegan teenager. We'll make it work. Going back to sleep. They are watching Moana. Again.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Kailey) Isi : Is it murder if no one finds out about it? Just saying, this town seems like the perfect place to commit murder. --- Maybe not something to admit to basic strangers but one of you have fucking holes through them.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : Think of it the other way around. How many things stay secret in a town where half the people who die refuse to lie down and stay dead? This town is severely haunted, and ghosts talk.

(TXT to Ravn Everett Joseph Kailey) Isi : Things I wish I didn't have to think about for 100 please.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Kailey : I'll bring over the rest of my kid-friendly Ghibli collection. I also have Schoolhouse Rock if you want that? Educational animation stuff.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : I want anything that isn't fucking Frozen. Please do. I swear to God, when this storm is over, I'm going to go sit on a mountain top in solitude like a Tibetan guru for six months. Throwing rocks at whatever birds dare make a noise within five kilometres' radius.

(TXT to Ravn Joseph Isi Kailey) Everett :
>When a video goes on repeat,
There's no need to go retreat
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold back anymore
Just let it go, let it go!
Don't travel up high to an eyesore
Doesn't matter if you abhor
Let the storm inside rage on
Be someone to look up to; a mentor.

(TXT to Everett Joseph Isi Kailey) Ravn : ... I'm going to need help digging a hole for a body slightly over seven feet, any takers?

(TXT to Everett Kailey Joseph Ravn) Isi : He is already half dead, so it would be easy if everyone agrees.

(TXT to Everett Kailey Joseph Ravn) Kailey : Tempting...