#c: chase

[valentina--ricci]

"He wasn't always horrible. Or maybe he was but in my eyes he was at least a decent human being up until I was about..17, 18 maybe." Valentina was drunk or maybe slightly past tipsy. Either way it was more than she usually would be around another person but Chase wasn't just anyone. If she thought too hard about it, which she rarely did, he was at this point the closest thing she had to an actual best friend. The only man left on this earth she trusted. She held out her empty glass for him to refilled as she buried her face into the side of Cooper's neck and cuddled with him on Chase's couch. "He really didn't think I had it in me. I mean he may have suspected but he didn't think highly enough of me. Fucker," she sighed. @chasemmccoy

[sagexmackenzie]

closed starter: @chascwilliams

where: sea shanty shack

"It's about time you showed up." Sage teased her brother as she looked up at him approaching the table she'd gotten for them a bit earlier. "Guess it's nice to know you haven't totally abandoned your sister." her tone stayed playful as she spoke.

[hernando-valdez]

"Fuck. I'm hungry." Hernando's heart had finally stopped pounding as he lay flat on the floor of the apartment they were patching themselves up in before continuing the rest of their journey home. The flight deal had been one way and it had been up to them to figure out how the hell to get back to Tonopah Valley. But none of that seemed to matter now as he replayed the scenes from the night before. The sun was starting to rise and Hernando thought he would have felt more regret. So many people in his life had told him he was crazy, reckless, not thinking straight. But for the first time in a long time, he could think clearly. For the first time in his life, he felt like his own man. Not one that had to carry out the dreams of his father. Or one that had to do everything he could to make sure that Alejandra's dream, her determination, was realized. Now, what was his actual purpose if not that? He had no fucking idea. "I think it's time to go. I need something to eat and we still gotta talk our way out of this place." He wasn't worried, considering his and Chase's success rate but that didn't make the journey anymore tedious. "I'm thinking pancakes. God, I'd kill for a bigass stack of pancakes right now. They got diners over here or what?" @chasemmccoy

[emersonxcassidy]

who - @chascwilliams

where- by the funhouse

Growing up, Emerson had always loved the annual carnival the town did. It was one of the few times she got to get lost in a crowd and feel normal, to not have a proverbial sign on her back labelling her and her brother as outsiders. But, well...clearly the carnival had had some upgrades since she'd last attended it over four years ago.

"What exactly is a funhouse? Because..well...I have to say, the entrance being a giant clown mouth doesn't exactly scream fun to me.."

[tarragonthedragon]

ghost stories are alarmingly easy to spread tbh

when I was like ten I was walking back from the chip shop near my gran's house with a neighbour and we took a short cut down an alley which was enclosed by garages except for one part which was wire fenced and led to the electricity shack

and while I was walking I chucked a chip over the fence. the girl walking with me, C, reasonably asks why I did that

"oh, don't you know?" I say, as if I'm not equally out of my own loop

she shakes her head. the enclosed alleyway has no streetlights. it's after dark. the shack is isolated in the distance.

"a little girl who lived up on the court climbed the fence once on a dare. she went up to the shack and touched it, but there was a wire sticking out, and when she touched it, she got electrocuted and died, right there. if you come back in the daylight, you can still see the black mark."

[editor's note: the court was the smaller road off the side of the crescent, which was the one C's family and my gran lived on. the houses there were slightly more expensive and newer, almost all occupied by wealthy commuters to the city, where most of the crescent houses were occupied by retirees and locals who worked on the trading estate. naturally, crescent kids hated the court. houses there got bricked about once a month.]

"no she didn't," C says

I made up this story for absolutely no reason and with no plan, but I'm not gonna back down now. "sure she did. and if you go past on your way back from the shops and you don't leave her an offering, she'll follow you home through the streetlights. one flickers behind you, then the next, then the next, until you get home. and then the lights start to flicker inside the house. even if you turn out all the electrics before bed, it'll be too late. she's inside. and you'll wake up on the night and see her, and she'll be so awful to see it'll stop your heart."

[editor's note: the streetlights always flickered. this was because our neighbour monkey george kept setting the junction boxes on fire]

"I never did before and she never followed me home!"

"do you come down the alley after dark? or do you take the main road with the streetlights?" I knew she didn't use the shortcut, because I'd been the one to talk her into it that night. she was three years younger than me and scared of the dark.

C claims not to believe me, but she throws a chip over the fence too, and walks the rest of the way looking over her shoulder. I get to pride myself for the night on being good at scary stories, and don't think much more about it.

fast forward six or seven years. I'm back in town. I'm on my way back from the chip shop, taking the same shortcut home. ahead of me on the road are a couple of kids I vaguely recognise as old playmates' younger siblings.

they stop, and I watch one fish out three sweeties from the pack they're sharing. they take one each and throw them over the fence. they carry on walking.

I realise that this is probably my fault, as are any resulting pest control issues around the old electricity shack.

when I get to the fence, I throw a chip over.

[wyatt-guerrera]

"Sure, I've got plenty back home," Wyatt offered casually, holding out the food. "I'm Wyatt by the way." He subtly inhaled, senses sharpening instantly. Beneath Chase's clear werewolf scent lingered something darker: the metallic tang of blood, mingled with dirt, and unmistakably, the sharp sting of wolfsbane. Wyatt's eyes narrowed slightly at that scent. "I can smell the wolfsbane on you. Unfortunately, I didn't bring anything to counter it."

His lips quirked into a faint, teasing smirk, even though his gaze remained observant and cautious. "Who'd you manage to piss off that badly? An ex with a grudge?"

Right, it didn't take long for the other's scent to translate into werewolf and he physically relaxed - well as best as he could with wolfsbane running through his veins. "Seriously?" he said with a raised brow, finding the offer to be unexpected - him unaware of just how desperate for the food he seemed to look. "I mean if you're sure," he said as he slowly went to reach for the food. "Names Chase, by the way"

[calnexin]

malpractice show still waging war in my head

[valentina--ricci]

"You know, I could have sworn this place was a lot less messy when we moved you into here." Valentina walked in as soon as he opened the door, which was a courtesy considering how easily she could access a key for it. She had tried not to be too overbearing when it came to Chase, mostly to not scare him away until she was able to take more significant steps in her plans. She didn't need him necessarily but she hardly wanted to start from scratch and Chase had proven to be a worthy investment so far. "At least you fix your bed," she commented, peaking into his room before continuing on into his kitchen space. "Well, where's your hospitality Mr. McCoy? Aren't you at least going to offer me a beer?" @chasemmccoy

[sagexmackenzie]

closed starter: @chascwilliams

where: sage's apartment at ocean crest

Sage wasn't dramatic she was annoying. To her brother at least. She'd sent him an emergency text asking if he'd hurry over to her apartment, but what she wasn't telling him was that she wanted him to go with her to the store to buy Halloween decorations and maybe even a few new potted plants for her apartment. She was becoming a plant lady.

"Chase! Glad you're finally here. Come on in."

[tillycai]

"Oh, how fancy of you. A bagel breakfast sandwich," Tilly teases, holding both hands up. The sad thing about it was that these days, a bagel sandwich really was a delicacy to her. "That makes one of us. Glad to hear you wouldn't be kitchenless for long, though." The brunette nods, pleased with the outcome. "Saturday it is. I'll bring the bagels." @chascwilliams

"You know what I thought about? How we could make them even better by using bagels instead of bread." Chase turns his head to look over at her. "If you burn my kitchen, it's not like I couldn't afford to fix the damages but maybe we should to get an extinguisher." He teases. "Yeah, I think Saturday should be good for me."

@tillycai

[aroaceleovaldez]

an update to the collection of pjo emotes i've made recently for discord

as per usual these are free to use on your own discords or for personal use.

[hinamie]

theyre soft your honour

[padmedala]

Hammer of Thor is like Magnus is crushing on Alex the whole time but Alex thinks he's just transphobic

Ship of the Dead is like Alex is flirting with Magnus the whole time but Magnus thinks she's just insulting him

[lucie-newman]

"Hiding? From your ugly mug?" She popped a piece of funnel cake into her mouth. "You should know I don't scare that easily." It'd been some time since she'd seen him last; dressed than by Austin and Texas and all those southern effects. She hadn't kept in touch. That was her formula. One car, one city, one show. "Did you roll in with the carnival? Quit construction to take up the circus life?"

Not too many knew of Chase's return. Frankly, he liked a good surprise, so he kept his composure for the moment."I'll take all the scraps you're willing to give." It didn't take much to satisfy Chase once it came to food. He took steps forward to take the piece of dessert and happily chewed. "You all the way over here to escape the crowd? Or did you hear that I returned, and you wanted to try and hide from me?"

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

a little slice of life from mentors!au

[aroaceleovaldez]

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