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[darraghoconnors]

"Ah bollox, the's world's ending." Is Darragh's immediate answer, his hand leaving his beer so both of them could wave in an ominous take on jazz hands as he makes it seem like he's doing a silent scream after. When he ceases the action, he straightens in his seat, taking another drink of his beer as he gives it some actual semi-serious consideration.

"I think I'd be thinking I've not done enough, or even done anything I really want to do. Bit depressing, like." He never knew what it was that would leave Sam's mouth when he was in his company, it made him a consistently intriguing friend to keep.

"G'wan then, what would yours be?"

@samxbradford

closed starter for: @darraghoconnors where: the sitting room

"So," Sam began, his gaze turning to face Darragh, who occupied the seat perfectly adjacent to his. "In the purely hypothetical event of the world coming down right now, in this very second, what would your last thought be?" His fingers held the glass by its rim, hoisted it to his mouth after the question was posed as he took a sip, the liquor burning his tongue and his throat, as he awaited Darragh's answer.

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Darragh listens intently as Romeo lays out what his grand plans would be, all of them airing on the solid investment in one's own future side rather than veering off into the fantastical.

"A scholarship too? Jaysus, you have me looking like an arsehole." His words are partially jest, finding it somewhat inspiring that the other man managed to think of others rather than just himself. It's something Darragh's not often been the best at.

"I'd do the same with the debts, I've a fair few hanging over me. Visa shite, it's not cheap." Especially when he hadn't been able to settle on which continent he wanted to live on. "I'd buy a house and a brand new car that's going to lose me money the second I drive it off the lot but I wouldn't give a flying fuck cause sure look, money's no object to me now."

The rest of his notions are wholly frivolous, to live a lifestyle he probably would never achieve while being void of worries. There's just one overlap between his whimsical goals and one he actually has set in his mind in regular life.

"Most important one is I'd get a new headstone for me ma's grave back in Dublin. I hate the one she's got now, but there was no one in my family who was going to fork out for it. That'd be the first spend."

@romeoclarkk

Romeo chuckled at the hypothetical scenario Darragh presented. It was the kind of question that could spark all sorts of wild dreams and fantasies. Taking a moment to consider, he leaned back in his chair, sipping his margarita.

"Well," he began, a thoughtful glint in his eyes, "first things first, I'd pay off any lingering debts – student loans, mortgage, all of that. Get that weight off my shoulders. Then, I'd probably take my family on a fantastic vacation, somewhere we've always talked about going but never quite made it."

He paused, a grin spreading across his face as he imagined the possibilities. "Investing, of course. Gotta make that money work for you. And maybe, just maybe, I'd set up a scholarship fund for my future kids Education is key, after all."

Romeo chuckled again, the fantasy of sudden wealth bringing a lightness to the evening. "What about you?" he asked, turning the question back to Darragh. "What's your first move with that lottery fortune?" @darraghoconnors

[darraghoconnors]

"Solid choice. I'd never broadcast it if I won, it would be something I reveal about meself gradually when I trust someone." Darragh's partially daydreaming about what he would do with his never-going-to-happen millions when he's brought back to earth by the other man's words.

"Hold on a minute, pay off your jet? As in, ye already have a jet?" Now that he needs more information on, he's never met someone who's so casually dropped that on him in casual bar conversation. "How do you have a jet?"

He turns in his barstool then, angling his body more towards the stool beside him so he could engage in the conversation fully.

@hunterxrenner

Hunter raised a brow at the other. He was normally pretty good with accents since he did travel the world a bit. But even he was a bit thrown off by the words. Part of him guessed what the other was trying to say, and soon it was true.

He laughed "I mean for one you need to remain quiet like dont be public" he knew that always caused more problems. "But I would pay off my jet...maybe get another" he smiled. "Then make sure myself and my sister had nice home" and it would always be taken care of. "I mean I think i'd get things I like too but I try and save too" just to be sure. @darraghoconnors

[darraghoconnors]

Hydra: Favourite sound?

"The thud of a body hitting the mat in the boxing ring when I KO someone. There's nothing like it."

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Pulsar: What do you hope to do in the next 10 years?

"I'll be honest with ye, thinking that far ahead freaks me out. But I'd like to have made it by then with my boxing, to see something for all the literal blood, sweat and tears I've put into it over the years. I'd like to settle down, I'm not sure about kids and whether that's something I want for meself but I'm not wholly against it either."

"A good life, really."

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Nebula: If you could undo one thing in your life, what would it be? 

"The last conversation that I had with me ma. I was rushing for school because I had a football match during P.E. and I couldn't find my football boots anywhere so I was being a little arsehole about it because she didn't know where they were either. Because my ma was a real divil about putting things up thinking she's put them up safe and then forgetting where she's put them. I had to run out the door to get the bus so I don't even know what she said back to me, something about the way I was speaking and next thing I knew I was getting pulled out of Irish, called down to the office being told she was gone. Just like that. Missed the match as well, obviously. The amount of times I replay that morning in my head over and over is enough to drive someone mad, but I can't help it. I'll always wish that that was different, that I'd been less annoyed about the boots or that I'd just added on a 'love you' before I walked out the door."

"But it's easy to be your best self in retrospect, s'pose that's the real tragedy of it."

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"Forget about not winning, it's a hypothetical, you're guaranteed to win." Darragh adds, the hand wrapped around his glass of vodka and redbull sliding the drink closer to him as he listened to her answer, a nod here and there being given to show as much.

"Okay, okay. I see the vision. Y'know, everyone I've had this conversation with usually says they'd donate some to charity but for some folks I just don't buy it." He can't say the same for her, maybe she meant it wholeheartedly, but it always intrigued him that the least generous people he knew tended to pivot to that one.

"I'd buy a house too, no hesitation. I'd never be paying rent again in my life."

It's nothing short of a repetitive heartbreak every time he has to hand his over monthly to his landlord.

"Then I think I'd start a GAA team here. Probably get 0 fucking sign ups because I don't think anyone here even knows what that sport is, but whatever, I'm rich. I can keep it afloat until I get players. I'm quitting my job too and putting my all into boxing." He pauses in his words to take a drink, the taste of vodka unpleasant as ever as it hit the back of his throat. "What kind of business would you start?"

@eleanorseigert

"That's a really hard question to answer," Eleanor started, "I'd probably never win, however IF I did, I suppose I would start off with buying me a house. Nothing extravagant, something simple just for me, but I would want a sizable yard for my green thumb, maybe a green house? I'd make a donation to a charity of my choice, maybe two or three. Maybe I'd even open up my own business, like my mom. I would put a lot of it away in a savings in case of an emergency. How would you spend it?"

[darraghoconnors]

"I'm betting on it, actually." Darragh says, the grin he was trying to keep off his face along with his words was winning the battle. In all the time he had known Scottie, he had come to learn that bullshit was like an additional language to her when she wanted it to be.

It made things both interesting and infuriating in equal measure from his side.

"If the first thing that comes out of your mouth is something philanthropic, I'll know you're definitely having me on."

@scottienolan

Scottie's brows remain poised upwards in amusement as she watches Darragh make a second attempt to edit himself.

"Nah, that's fine, you go ahead and take your time," she teases, taking the moment to take a gulp of her Old Fashioned, fishing the cherry out by the stem and putting it between her teeth as she considers his question.

"Why, huh? You assuming I'll give you a bullshit answer?"

@darraghoconnors

[darraghoconnors]

"It's mad that you think I love ye in the first place." Darragh says from the armchair he's reclined in, the pair of them having shared enrichment time in their roommate enclosure by scrolling social media separately in silence.

( Bonding! )

He clicks his screen locked and lays it on his chest, turning his head towards her as he considers the questions.

"Would I still love ye if you were a worm," He repeats as he mulls it over, his index finger tapping on the back of his iPhone as he thought. "I doubt it. You'd be even later on rent than usual. I'd be out on me arse with no where to live and you could just slither into some dirt and be grand. I'd keep you as a pet though if I got someone in to replace you. Like I'd get ye a lovely mason jar, I'd make it feel homely and that so we could still watch our shows."

That's been proving harder to do with their differing schedules.

"As for the Roman Empire, a fair bit actually. I did watch Gladiator two weeks ago though so that could be why. What about you? Or what is your Roman Empire?"

@sasika-lg

who: @darraghoconnors where: casa del hellhole

Amidst the silence that filled their lounge, the only other sound was the incessant TikToks that Sasika scrolled through. The same soundbites played over and over again, much to anyone else's annoyance. "Dar," Sasika begins in the way she always does, extending out the syllable to the point of no return. Her eyes don't move from her phone as she continues scrolling. Once she senses she has his attention, Sasika looks up at him from her sprawled out position on the couch.

"I have two questions for you: one, would you still love me if I was a worm? And two, how often do you think about the Roman Empire?" After a moments pause, she adds. "Curious minds want to know."

[darraghoconnors]

for: open / @easthavenstarters

where: the sitting room

"Alri, no. I'm not asking it right, let me go again," Darragh says, mentally aligning his words for his second attempt at asking the same question a whimsical barfly with a Scottish accent had asked him once in Australia.

"You've won the Lotto, yeah. Lottery, sorry. You've won it, that's the point here. It's life-changing money, way into the millions and you've come into it overnight. What are you doing with it? Honest answers only."

[darraghoconnors]

Darragh turned at what sounded like a voice calling out to him, removing one AirPod and stopping Drake in his tracks from rapping in his ear as he laid eyes on the source. He knew instantly the lost article of clothing wasn't his, as he had forgone any gloves when he had set out on the trail.

"It's not mine." He tells her, looking at the at the unremarkable grey of the fabric. If it hadn't been for the black patch at the thumb and the index finger, he would have been no use at all.

"I know who's it is though." Not personally, by any means, but he had been shooed out of the path of a very determined middle aged woman with a Karen haircut who had set off ahead of five minutes prior. "I can show you which way she took off, if you want. I'm sure we can catch up to her."

@asterrmoon

where: East Haven Hiking Trails with: OPEN (1/5)

Aster was out on the trails with what felt like half of East Haven. It wasn't a surprise, it was the perfect autumn day. Crisp, bright, dry with a speckling of occasional sunshine. So obviously everyone and their dog were out on the trails, enjoying the good weather before the rain and the snow came.

"Oh--Excuse me!" Aster picked up the dropped glove, then hurried after the person in front. "Excuse me! You dropped your glove!"

[darraghoconnors]

[ paul mescal | 27 | cis male | he/him ] Hey, look! It’s [DARRAGH O'CONNOR] at [MYSTERY QUEST ESCAPE ROOMS]. Did you know they [WORK] there as a [CHARACTER ACTOR]? I guess they’re from [DUBLIN, IRELAND] and have been in town for [FIVE], living in [SUTHERLAND PARK]. I also heard they’re a little [HOTHEADED], but also very [SOCIABLE] which definitely makes sense. 

tw teen pregnancy, death, abandonment

RAPID FIRE.

Full Name: Darragh O'Connor.

Nicknames: D, Dar.

Pronouns and Gender: He/Him, Cis Male.

Birthday: March 19th, 1996.

Birth place: Dublin, Ireland

How long have they been in Vermont: 5 years, as of Nov 2023.

Sexuality: Bisexual.

Neighborhood: Sutherland Park.

Occupation: Character Actor @ Mystery Quest Escape Rooms / Amateur Boxer.

Family: Aishling O'Connor (Mother, deceased), Murphy Doyle (estranged birth father), Cormac Doyle (half-brother), Cian Doyle (half-brother), Caoimhe Doyle (half-sister).

OVERVIEW.

-- Darragh was the only son of a single mother who struggled for most of her life. Aishling O'Connor became a mother for the first and only time at seventeen years old, and was ill-equipped to handle it after being cut off by her family for deciding to go through with the pregnancy.

-- Despite growing up in uncertainty, for the most part Darragh had a happy childhood. They didn't have much, but they had each other.

-- As far as schooling went, he never displayed much of a natural apt for it. He found classroom settings too restrictive and there was no specific academic subject that held his interest. The only days he would definitively be guaranteed to show up at school was when he had P.E. or football.

-- After a number of calls from his principal and run ins with other mothers on their council estate over fights and scrapes Darragh found himself involved in, his mother enrolled him in a local boxing club when he was ten, and it fostered an interest in the sport that has stayed with him through adulthood.

-- He found something of a father figure there in his coach and trainer, Tom. The discipline of the sport kept him on the straight and narrow, even though there were some run ins in his teenage years with the Garda for being present in robbed cars and where drug deals were occurring.

-- Darragh's whole world shifted on it's axis at his mother's death when he was seventeen years old, and then again a few days later at her funeral when he discovered that his biological father was both alive and well and a man that had three other children who were all older than him and a wife to boot.

-- This news rocked the foundation of everything he thought he knew about himself and his ma, and made him question every word she had ever spoken to him. As soon as he turned eighteen, after a few months of staying with the family of his best friend, he set off travelling rather than having to share a city with a man who knew of his existence and chose to ignore it entirely instead.

-- He initially moved to Australia with two school friends who aspired to do the same and lived/worked there for just under a year and a half before deciding it wasn't for him. Leon and Karl stayed on, while he set his sights on the next continent he would search for some semblance of a new start.

-- The United States were next and after spending a few months on the west coast, Darragh eventually found himself in East Haven, Vermont and decided to settle down there a while after deciding he liked the vibe and the people there .

-- To this day, he still keeps a pretty rigid training regime when it comes to boxing and devotes most of his free time to training / improving his skills in the ring as well as taking on amateur fights.

-- To make ends meet, he works as a character actor at Mystery Quest Escape Rooms. He loves to scare the shit out of people where possible and has been known to be a little generous with hints if he watches a group particularly struggle.

SORTA FUN FACTS.

Has heard every variation of his name pronounced incorrectly. His favorite is Darg. "And what's a Darg when he's at home?"

His official boxing stats as of Nov '23 are 9 matches and 9 wins (4 of which are by KO).

Was supposed to be due on St, Patrick's Day but was born 2 days after his due date, which he's grateful for because he likes his birthday being just about him.

Of his half-siblings, he's only met his half-sister and that was just once. It did not go well and there's been no contact since.

Has been known to lie when asked can he speak Irish if he thinks it can benefit him to pretend to.

CURRENT CONNECTIONS.

roomate of @sasika-lg

cheated on his ex with @scottienolan, semi-complicated

fan of @pruexcassidy's radio show

frequent flyer to the ER @norasinclair works at

friend of @thesarahruiz

friend of / thinks @samxbradford is the best dj in the bizz

SPECIFIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.

former roommate/maybe someone who let him crash with them when he first moved to EH.

recent ex-gf that he cheated on.

a current roommate would be fun.

an older male that he lowkey idolizes / wants to be like.

weed buds. 🍁

would dig someone he was formerly super tight with that now hate each other (reason can be plotted!)

a best friend. probs the only person he would make a sincere effort to make time for.

co-workers! get litty at the escape room lmao

former co-workers?? pretty open ended, i imagine he did some bar work to get by when he first got here but then made the switch because the hours didn't suit his training

gym-buddies. he practically lives there.

exes. he's def a difficult person to be in a relo with so could have ended on varying terms from good to bad. feel free to come hurt my feelings.

hookups, fwb, usual jazz.

GENERIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.

connections wise he’s pretty much an open book right now, but some baseline ideas that can be springboarded off are:

friendly.

a best friend / ride or dies / close friends / childhood friends from ireland / pseudo-siblings / friends / drunk friends / new friends / former roommate / people he knew from london / people he met on his travels / people who were in aus at the same time as him / people who he only gets along with and vice versa when drinking is involved.

romantic

flirtationship / friends with benefits / one time hook ups / tinder matches / unrequited crush (can be either way) / exes on good terms.

antagonistic.

enemies / former (best) friends / exes on bad terms / frenemies / rivals / negative influence / people who don’t fuck with him.

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PAUL MESCAL Carmen (2023)