Suddenly half-human
Danny was a full ghost hanging out in a random spot in the Zone when suddenly a rift in space tore open on top of him.
His very essence shifted as strange energies poured into him from a previously-unfathomable direction.
No longer pure ectoplasm. Something new, something living in a deeply foreign way.
A force suddenly pulled him to collide with cold, solid ground.
He felt different.
His whole body felt weighed down as if encased in thick rubber, preventing him from shapeshifting or even just floating up. Something thudded to life inside his chest, pumping a new fluid throughout his insides.
As he continued to lay there in shock, his chest began to burn.
Instincts he didn’t fully understood kicked in and his mouth flung open, gasping for breath. The burning subsided as his chest continued to heave.
What the hell? Since when did he need to breathe?
He heard three young, panicked voices from across the room. He flopped his head in their direction and took in their appearances semi-deliriously, still trying to pull his thoughts back together.
They were humans. Living, breathing humans. A tall redheaded girl, a boy in a beanie and glasses, and a girl in what he believed was referred to as “goth” clothes.
Wait… was he human now?
Awkwardly clambering to his feet, leaning against the wall of the strange tunnel for balance, he tried to give them a grin. It probably came out a bit more unhinged than he intended.
“So, uh, any idea what just happened?”
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I am waiting for the train home after Saturday morning clinic and trying not to cry
I don’t think what my job wants me to do is safe or sustainable
I cannot be asked to see a patient every 5 minutes with the expectation I see them for at least 3 complaints each
That’s less than 2 minutes per illness
I’m expected to see a patient every 4 minutes starting July if you don’t count walking times
Totaling to ~70 patients a day
Today every patient was either actually a Karen or had 6 chronic conditions
Nobody was average
People getting pissed I told them they had to take their blood pressure for their blood pressure appointment today and pretending they didn’t know they had to do that even though they’ve been following up here for ten years
People demanding to see specialists they’re not indicated for
People having skipped appointments so their blood sugar control is through the roof
Sexist men yelling at me because I’m a female doctor
I drank one sip of water from 9 AM to 1 PM today and I already usually only pee during lunch on Monday to Friday
The government is stingy as hell and we don’t have some of the nicer meds the university districts do and is doctors get yelled at by patients who want them
Meanwhile our head of department says we should be happy and held a special meeting to tell us we’re all getting sick too often and that’s our fault
Meanwhile my closest friend in a similar doctor role as me in the department had repeated panic attacks at work and is quitting her job
Another friend has severe tinnitus and was punched by a patient
Other friends are also burnt out and getting complained about by patients because who wants to be seen for four minutes
At the same time as all this I have a dermatology diploma I’m doing and mid residency exams in august I haven’t had time to study for
I think I want to die
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noah schnapp is so interesting to me because hes the most unserious guy ever. he literally looks like the straightest jockiest white guy who wears baseball caps backwards and likes to make his lil jokes and unironic tiktok dances. then he arrives at the set of stranger things puts on the will byers wig and delivers the most masterfully poignant performance of a young traumatized gay boy in the 80s. like what
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It's cooled down a little today and it has me thinking ahead to fall and how I don't have a single skirt left for the colder months. I've outgrown them all.
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I've decided social media is pretty bad for my mental health actually* and logged out of all of them (including tumblr!) on my phone (never used apps so didn't have to uninstall any) and can only access them on my laptop. this automatically limits the time I spend on these platforms and aside from tumblr I've also essentially removed all content from them anyway using ublock origin so I can only use them to check on what my friends are doing and then leave again
y'all won't believe how many hours there are in a day
*more specifically sort of the combination of "I can't stop scrolling once I'm there bc I simply lack this self control and need to not have easy access to avoid it" and the stuff ppl usually talk about like rage farming and misinformation and doomscrolling bad news and both watching and committing digital self harm
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Y’all are being subjected to my Sims 2 tests, so there
The other set of Vargases came over for a visit and Scriabin picked up Shmee and started talking to Scriabin through him. Very normal, very usual
I downloaded some circle-glasses recolours and hghghh they look so good! Closer every day to his final details! Getting ever closer!
Edgar too! I made him a custom hair with a lighter undercut - I’m mostly happy with it, probably could’ve shifted it a shade closer to his skintone but the texturing was weird no matter what :P And his stripey shirt! I wish Body Shop didn’t have that hands-on-hips pose lol, it looks so much better in-game, but that’s all the better :)
I got some new clothes for Todd as well! As soon as I saw this ‘fit I was like “Oh that’s 100% Todd there he is.” Scriadad hug ♥ So cute
Foot-dancing together stopp it’s so cute!!
The way he looks at them stoppp <3 <3 They kept doing this right up til they left for home haha, Todd’s giggles are the cutest
Used SimPE to save him to the Body Shop, I now have infinite copies of The Boyyyy ♪
Moved him in with his “parents” as just shadow people basically, they’re not gonna matter in a bit as long as I remember how to get the Social Worker/Adoption process to work properly. Get her Todd!!
Wanna play? :D
Menacing :(
Look, Todd, your new dads are here! Initially I wasn’t sure who I wanted to adopt him, got lots of options; the first passes, the married couple with their own Todd, Johnny?? He definitely doesn’t have the facilities for a child lol
But these are the ones that showed up on their own, so the married Vargases are the winners!
Scriabin cares more about him than his actual parents ;; A stranger off the street shows him more care! Not that it’s a high watermark
Look at him being a good dad!
Weh, he just wants friends ;; Poor baby
Best timeline, thank you
While we wait for CPS, let’s get some other interactions in! Nny is mean so he tended to prank the other two with a nose flick - mostly Edgar lol ♪ Now kiss
“Oh please don’t break all my bones~ :3” I love Todd looking up at them haha <3
Pffft, I think he was talking about the other Scriabin and just how attractive he is. Classic Scriabin. Alternatively, also funny to imagine him bragging himself up about how he’s just so handsome that Edgar can’t help but love him hahaha ♪
Allow me to tickle you with my KNIFE! >:D
Get a load of this guy lol
He ended up passing out at one point - I forgot which motives make CPS show up >.> - and completely 0%’d his comfort, but for some reason stargazing increased it?? It’s the same ground wh
Is two not enough to satisfy your butterfly bloodlust child?? He ended up with three, I had him release them before he was picked up by the Social Worker - success!
He rolled a new Want as soon as Todd was taken away - “Wants to see Ghost of Todd” Woah, dark! :0
And here he is on the married Vargases’ lot!! Success!! I did it right!! Heck yeah! :D Unfortunately they were uh, indisposed at the time. Good job guys pft
Goes right for Shmee, he really is Todd <3
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