bluejayandvice

[bluejayandvice]

Bluejay: silent admission: in tarot, the fool is numbered 0 – the number of unlimited potential. as the protagonist, he is ever present and therefore needs no number as well as no introduction. the world revolves around you in ways that i can't begin to describe, though you'd shrug it off if i were to begin to explain. i need you to know that time is running out. if you want to get this done, you need to start now. sloth is your greatest enemy in this world, and you can only run so far from the opposition when you start with such a disadvantage. keep your head high, yeah? the kid you were is still in there somewhere. you need to show him that it was worth it.

VICE: spun gossamer: the easiest thing to do is stay quiet when something’s up. you’re not bothered, and you know what? you shouldn’t be! it’s none of your business, even when it’s entirely your business. it’s difficult (read: impossible) to tell if your cheery demeanor is a cover-up for something sadder, or if it’s simply your natural state of mind. you see a lot of things: people coming through town, people leaving the house and never coming back, lies and deceit of the highest degree. what happened to you? will you ever be that kid again? your presence smells like cotton candy, and your fingertips sparkle like stars. whatever white rabbit you’re chasing isn’t going to lead you to wonderland if you don’t start reaching out when you’re not feeling okay.

Once you’re stripped clean, what’s at your core?

Parasite’s result: Spum Gossamner

“The easiest thing to do is stay quiet when something’s up. you’re not bothered, and you know what? you shouldn’t be! it’s none of your business, even when it’s entirely your business. it’s difficult (read: impossible) to tell if your cheery demeanor is a cover-up for something sadder, or if it’s simply your natural state of mind. you see a lot of things: people coming through town, people leaving the house and never coming back, lies and deceit of the highest degree. what happened to you? will you ever be that kid again? your presence smells like cotton candy, and your fingertips sparkle like stars. whatever white rabbit you’re chasing isn’t going to lead you to wonderland if you don’t start reaching out when you’re not feeling okay.”

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[bluejayandvice]

WHAT DO CATS EAT???

We found a cat and he’s so small. We think he’s sick.

He is shivering and he will not let go of us. We do not know how to care for a baby.

[bluejayandvice]

He is ok now! We brought him to the vet when it opened. Turns out he’s chipped, and a frequent runaway. His name is Biscuit.

WHAT DO CATS EAT???

We found a cat and he’s so small. We think he’s sick.

He is shivering and he will not let go of us. We do not know how to care for a baby.

[bluejayandvice]

He ate a little bit of chicken, then fell asleep (passed out?). He seems fluffier. His breathing is fine, we think. If we get fleas from this cat, I’m going to be very upset.

We will eat the other parasites. You are ours.

Thank you?

WHAT DO CATS EAT???

We found a cat and he’s so small. We think he’s sick.

He is shivering and he will not let go of us. We do not know how to care for a baby.

[bluejayandvice]

Lots of eye and ear. But very small.

We’re not sure if we can get him to a vet today.

We will not leave him with them. They kill cats.

Very rarely! That won’t be an issue. He’s pathetic and sad, someone will adopt him.

WHAT DO CATS EAT???

We found a cat and he’s so small. We think he’s sick.

He is shivering and he will not let go of us. We do not know how to care for a baby.

[bluejayandvice]

WHAT DO CATS EAT???

We found a cat and he’s so small. We think he’s sick.

He is shivering and he will not let go of us. We do not know how to care for a baby.

[bluejayandvice]

We will not.

Computer, what is “shipping”?

Please don’t.

[bluejayandvice]

Computer, what is “shipping”?

Please don’t.

[bluejayandvice]

How’d you get VICE back anyhoo?

Sometimes, when one speaks to the universe, the universe speaks back. I heard her. And I returned.

That’s all she’ll tell me, and I don’t really have a more reasonable explanation.

[bluejayandvice]

Dear Hyacinth

We (Bluejay and I) apologize for our temporary absence.

VICE has returned, and we were re-adjusting and working through personal issues. I will be returning to patrol shortly.

Thank you for your patience in this time, and for the increased vigilance of the HCPD.

[bluejayandvice]

Finding VICE: Prayer

It’s been almost three weeks now. 

Three weeks since VICE went missing. Three weeks since Tessa put out an alert asking other spiders to be aware and three weeks of radio silence on the matter. Three weeks of gnawing guilt and worry. Three weeks of no jokes whispered into her mind during class. Three weeks of her walking around feeling like there’s a weight missing in her chest.

Three weeks of Emma feeling the healthiest she’s felt in half a year. Three weeks of proper sleep. Three weeks of all her thoughts being her own. Three weeks of focusing on schoolwork. Three weeks of not having to go out at night with Tessa.

Maybe it’s better like this. VICE can find some host that isn’t dying every minute they're together and Emma and Tessa can stop worrying about the fact that they’ve been slowly getting sicker for months. And Lord, isn’t that something? VICE is missing and Emma’s making it sound like a good thing. She’s happy, even, one of those parents from the movies, the ones who pretend they never had a kid in the first place. 

This is pathetic, Emma thinks, as she grabs her backpack off the kitchen table. This is an all-time low. 

The bus to school is silent. Tessa hasn’t been sitting with her since Emma snapped at her to stop pretending this isn’t happening. They’re still acting normal online. It’d be trouble if Bluejay and Recluse started fighting. But Emma just can’t stand hearing Tess laugh about a video they saw as if VICE isn’t gone, as if there isn’t a hole torn in both their chests, as if everything is fine. 

The day is a blur. Spanish quiz, mile run, new math unit. 

The anniversary of Sync’s death is coming up soon, so they’re reading through her journals in History again. As if they didn’t read them last year, or the year before, or the year it happened. As if it’s some far off tragedy and not a real dead kid that people still remember. 

someone actually tried to rob a bank today, guns blazing and all. didnt realise that was something that real people did irl not just a movie thing. I totally beat them though :) and I even got to chat with the cops after. Aparently Im making their lives a lot easier lmao I kinda wanna sneak into a police house station and see what stuff their theyre working on. maybe thatll b smtn fun to do later. bet I could swipe a police radio at least. wonder if they even gossip on their radio. I totaly would

Emma stares at the book, at the shaky lines of print, at the smudged pen and the misspellings and the “f”s that look like “p”s. Sync was a kid. Tessa and Emma are just kids. Tessa could die, and Emma would lose everyone, and it would be all her fault. God above, everything’s been her fault, hasn’t it?

She hasn’t prayed since she was little, not since her Gramps hurt his knee and stopped being able to take her to Church, but now her eyes are shut and her head is bowed and tears are rolling down her nose to hit her clasped hands. 

“Please, please let VICE be okay. She’s just a baby, she doesn’t deserve any of this. She doesn’t deserve to be alone. She isn’t perfect but neither is anyone else. She doesn’t deserve to be punished just because we’re hurting a bit. You’re supposed to love everyone, can’t that include VICE too?  I don’t care what happens to me, I just want her safe. I just want her to understand that I love her. It isn’t her fault.”

“Please, God, let her be safe. Just let her come home.”

[bluejayandvice]

I hate you.

GUESS WHAT BITCHES

I’m pregnant and Bluejay’s the mother <3

[bluejayandvice]

Nothing is going to happen because YOU. ARE. NOT. PREGNANT. 

GUESS WHAT BITCHES

I’m pregnant and Bluejay’s the mother <3

[bluejayandvice]

I AM RIGHT HERE.

GUESS WHAT BITCHES

I’m pregnant and Bluejay’s the mother <3

[bluejayandvice]

We were never married. We did not get divorced. You are not pregnant, and it is not my child.

GUESS WHAT BITCHES

I’m pregnant and Bluejay’s the mother <3

[bluejayandvice]

You’re not pregnant. 

That photo is timestamps for 2 PM. It’s morning.

GUESS WHAT BITCHES

I’m pregnant and Bluejay’s the mother <3

[bluejayandvice]

A small blob, the size of a subway rat approaches. It is grey, with a full spectrum of colors dancing over it.

“Hello. We I have not met another of my kind before. I am VICE.”

— @bluejayandvice

“Salutations, little one!”

Parasite crouched down to Vice, their eyes wide as they examined the symbiote

“Vice, you say? I’m Parasite. It’s a pleasure meeting another!”