#fic: atwas

[nightraiderwrites]

Cleo opens their eyes blearily. The roof needs another layer of paint.

Detective Pearl Moon rests her head on their chest. She can feel her little breaths on her bare skin, and the warmth of her skin as they curl around her stomach.

Last night was… something. Cleo yawns as she snuggles under the covers and closer to Pearl.

"Mrph," says Pearl, her face tiredly looming up. "Morning already?" Cleo presses a kiss to her forehead. "You don't have to go home straight away, do you?"

"Nah," she replies sleepily. "BigB can handle it without me, and I think Grian is getting the hang of running the bakery on his own." Cleo laughs, and wraps her arms Pearl. They nuzzle into her neck. 

"Stay for breakfast," she murmurs.  Pearl laughs, and Cleo can feel the thunderstorm in her veins. "Okay," she replies. 

There are days when the haze over her face gets worse, where Cleo can't look her in the eyes because of the dripping water color, but Cleo thinks they'll always love her the same.

Cleo traces the scars on Pearl’s face. “I’m sorry,” she says quietly. She seems to wake up a little more. “Sorry for what?” she asks. “It wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anyone’s fault.” Cleo sniffles, tears springing to their eyes. “Still,” they say. “I’m sorry.”

Pearl smirks, but softens into a smile as she caresses Cleo’s cheek. “I thought you weren’t the kind of person to say sorry,” she says. “I’m not,” they reply. “But when the rose crumbled, and I thought you had died…” They swallow, and melt into Pearl’s arms a little more. “I regretted yelling at you the night you left. I regretted telling you. If I hadn’t done that, maybe we would be here sooner.”

“And maybe we wouldn’t have this,” Pearl replies. “Everything would be different, but I’d still have you.”

Cleo exhales. The watercolor drips. Pearl snuggles in closer.

“Let’s go back to sleep,” she murmurs. “Okay,” Cleo replies. They pull the covers up more. “Okay.”

~

Day two of @mcyt-yuri-week ! Because I'm on an au kick apparently, this is both AU and post-canon from my mcytblr aufest fic They say All the World's a Stage . I had a chapter where I accidentally wrote them gay, and I thought I would expand on it a bit more.

[nightraider19]

All 26 quotes from They say All the World's a Stage.

Edmond Jabés, The Book of Questions // Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dimension 20 // Anne Carson, Red Doc // Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping// Langston Hughes, I loved my friend // Fatima Asghar, How'd Your Parents Die Again? // I Guess The Old You Is A Ghost // No More, Into The Woods // Daydream, Shanike Priyananda // Tumblr User floatingstirnerhead // Meghan O’Rourke, The Night Where You No Longer Live // M.A.W, you are not heads or tails; you are the coin // Victoria Hannan, Kokomo // Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves // Seperation, W.S Merwin // Sing-shong, Omniscient Readet's Viewpoint, Chapter 490: Author's Viewpoint // @/cakeractuallyarts piece for the mcytblr aufest // Prologue, Into The Woods // Sue Zhao // John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back // George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge // Fausto Melotti L'uomo Costat (1936) // Last Fragment, Raymond Carver // Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripedes // The Baker's Wife, Into The Woods // The Witch, Children Will Listen // Richard Siken, War of the Foxes // Barbara Crooker Gold: "Grief"

[goggles-mcgee]

What are the Many-nettes opinions on Adrien/Chat Noir? Do they hate him? Still consider him a friend?

Most of the Many-nettes don't hate him, like they may be angry with him but they don't hate him. At most they just consider him an ex-friend. Though some argue maybe an ex-acquaintance.

Negative-nette is the one who holds a lot of resentment towards him. The others try to point out how "jumped-up" the slights he made were in Negative-nette's eyes, but of course, she doesn't listen. She loathes him.

The others just kind of shake their heads at Negative-nette because they are each other and understand her anger, but they also acknowledge that her anger and bitterness and sadness have reached unreasonable levels.

[rubinaitoart]

It felt like they’d known each other their whole lives. There wasn’t anything Sam would trade their relationship for in the world - Ponk was, in every sense of the word, his home. Meeting him was decidedly the best thing that had happened in Sam’s life, and the past two years he’d spent at his friend’s side were nothing short of amazing.

- “All That We Are” Part 1 Chapter 1

Starting to write it!!

[queenmolina]

to the anon in my ask box complaining about me copying their smau idea:

i’m not gonna expose you because even though you went on anon, it probably wouldn’t be hard for people to work out who you are from what you said. i don’t know whether you’re annoyed that i’ve started a social media au and think i’ve stolen the idea from you or whether you’re referring to the plot itself but i would just like to point out i was one of the first to make a plotline in a jatp smau, and regardless, inspiration is not stealing. if i had ‘stolen’ it, i would’ve credited. and the plot is entirely mine, i’m literally copying the plot to a fic i wrote ages ago for another fandom and just tweaking plot points. so. 😐

[saladmander]

Will you continue your Kemaline fic even after the cancellation of the show so far, cause I’m loving it already

i will definitely keep writing. next chapter should be up on friday!

[brodingles]

Came out in canon that Kit taught Sunil how to shoot, so here's a sketch I did last year.

atwas also wrote a fic so as usual I am passing the plate around.

[magalidragon]

Happy Birthday!!! Thank you for all the stories you've written for all of us! ATWAS and Silent Shadows remain my favorites. Truly 2 of the best Jonerys fics ever written. Hope you had a great day!

Oh my gosh thank you so much! 🥺 It’s so good to hear things like that, very humbling. Thank you!

[drifthail]

hi i love them

(based off of atwas’ fic, argonne)

[thehobbem]

"Self care is changing your url to victornikiforovxreader and spending the day doing god’s work - i.e., writing victor x reader drabbles all day long.” (@victornikiforovxreader at some point, probably)

[actualyuuri]

omg I just thought of something. in ATWS universe both Yuuri and Victor go on Dancing with the Stars at the same time.

YESSSSSS hahahah they totally do!!!! And the media EATS IT UP because they’re both competing, of course, and a cute little rivalry starts between them.

Whenever Yuuri does a sexy dance Victor is reminded of Eros and he always Needs A Minute™ before he can dance. “I need to recover from my husband’s performance,” he tells the television executives, who are not having it.

[nightraiderwrites]

IT'S HERE

My fic for the @mcytblraufest !!! Shoutout to my beta reader, @sloth-sloth-sloth. Thank you checking my writing!!! And also!!!! My artists!!! @cakeractuallyarts and @baddishbeans are such amazing people and artists!!! I'll post links to the art in a reblog :)

[stevie-steven-stevington]

Fortnight and ancient??? OwO

fhshdhs this is like the 1736724th time i’ve just forgotten abt one of the ask meme questions in my inbox and i had to dig so far back to find the actual post but. here we go

fortnight: what wip do you plan on posting next, if at all?

well! had i answered this Days ago! the answer would have been the new chapter of all that we are. since i didn’t, it’s. well it’s still either the new chapter of atwa, just ch4 instead of 3, or the fic i’m working on for the marveltrumpshate event

ancient: first fic you ever posted online?

i don’t want to answer this. i don’t want to. i don’t wanna.

so if we stay in the realm of fics that i still actually have up, it’s this one i wrote back when the thought of v*ltron didn’t make me gag. it’s called because second’s not the same and it’s written in all lowercase and. i have no other comments on it.

if we’re talking even before that..........it’s technically a like 500 words supernatural fic that i wrote for a drabble contest that had no prize and to this day, i still hate myself for it

[goggles-mcgee]

How do Hawk Moth and Lila get exposed, (If Hawkmoth Does Get Exposed) In ATWAS?

Hawkmoth and Mayura get exposed by the Hero-nettes! But everyone doesn't know that Ladybug is also an akuma but when Mouse-keteer Many-nette is seen, Adrien automatically calls her an akuma, and well, no one really questions it except Mendeleiev who had been one on the only ones to see Marinette as a hero. Que Chat Noir trying to convince Ladybug that Mouse-keteer is an akuma and not to work with her, and of course, Ladybug not believing him, well more like brushing him off.

People are in awe of Marinette, because even as an akuma she wants to help! She kind of develops fans from this whole thing. Especially when her as Mouse-keteer and Ladybug apprehend Hawkmoth and Mayura.

Lila is exposed by the whole bunch. Like yes, Hawkmoth was awful and everything, but Lila was the reason she became an akuma. So, putting an end to her reign was like a collective goal. They have a hive mind and communicated throughout the day, but it was Negative-nette who dealt the final blow. While she was tearing into everyone, she held negative emotions back from. She also silently gathered evidence against Lila and basically puts her on blast on TV. Mind you regular Marinette would never do something like this but Negative-nette wants revenge, she wants a fall out and a fall out she gets.

[yayninjabob]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLYhie-M8AzFbmkIUDsxsn4ldrv1w8HSS

VillainR: Remote Control (Pt.1) Playlist

1. Remote Control - The Clash

2. The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES

3. Misery - Green Day

4. I Get Wild/Wild Gravity - Talking Heads

5. Help I'm Alive - Metric

6. World Go 'Round - No Doubt

7. Keep You On My Side - CHVRCHES

8. Come As You Are - Nirvana

9. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys

10. Let's Lynch the Landlord - Dead Kennedys

11. Get Ready - Sublime

12. Bad Blood - Nao

13. Pompeii - Bastille

14. Call Me - Blondie

15. I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

16. Rosebud - U.S. Girls

17. The 2nd Law: Isolated System - Muse

18. Coyotes - Modest Mouse

19. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths

20. Handlebars - Flobots

21. Wolf Totem - The Hu

22. Redondo Beach - Patti Smith

23. Zombies - Childish Gambino

24. ATWA - System of A Down

25. Andy, You're a Star - The Killers

26. Strange Weather (Acoustic) - Metric

I'm constantly adding to the playlist as I get deeper into my overall outline. Part 1's playlist has been completed though so I thought I'd share it.

In the past, I'd share my entire fic playlist, but currently the full Villain:Redux playlist is about 9 hours of music, consisting of 125 songs. So I'll just share each part as we get there, lol.

[viterant]

Have you ever wondered what happens when the IR members stream by themselves? Some can picture that as being alone for a couple hours, some imagine a few groups running around the playground. There could be a thousand opinions, and all of them would be right.

Well, why am I saying this? On one of @splitguardian‘s streams Juno posted a rather interesting message in the chat, which said: “If Camp Streamix is our big IR thing then I’d imagine Split’s streams are Split taking people to his secret spot near the lake at moonlight”

That’s actually what this fic is about. It’s about that awesome stream, when they played “Papers, Please!’, created of the best memes in the DMP community and blessed our ears with the sounds of guitar and ukulele. Even though the only thing the fic shares with that stream is, pretty much, the cast (oh yeah, all the cast, even those who appeared in the chat), I hope you’ll enjoy this! P.S. this is also based off some headcanons, which are explained after the fic.

Midnight Camp

- It's kind of late, you know? Why'd you have to drag us out of the camp past curfew? And why did you ask to bring our swimsuits? - Oh, you'll see it, Bro. Don't worry too much though: it’s not like I want to murder you or anything, - Split said that in an ominous tone. - So you're saying you could if you w-wanted to? - the raider's voice was shaking. - Right. - he turned his face to Bro, creepily smiling. - I didn't. C'mon, Goggles, let's go. - Stop acting like you two are the only ones here. Quite a large group of campers and the visitors of Camp Streamix went to the woods at night. The group consisted of the members of various teams: Juno and Split, who led the way, from Team Murder, Cami from Annihilation and the two raiders of Bro and Goggles, not even mentioning the guests, Queen and Kikyo. The forest's atmosphere was unpleasant: even though it wasn't that dark thanks to the full moon, the weird sounds of the night woods still scared them. Having someone like Split leading the way didn't help either. The only ones comfortable were pretty much only Split himself and Goggles, who felt safe near her brother. - Aren't you enjoying this night hike? The nature is beautiful, isn't it? - Amazing. Are you also having fun? – Queen sounded a bit irritated. - Believe me, I am. However, I'd like you to have a good time either. What's wrong with y’all? - Oh, it’s totally fine. We’re not out in the woods alone, me and Kikyo don’t have to be up early in the morning and we know exactly where we’re going. Nothing is wrong. - I won't say exactly where, but it's a great place. I’ve wanted y’all to come there for quite a while, and today is a perfect day for that. Especially since it’s one of the rare days you and Kikyo are here. – Split stopped to look around. – I discovered it a while ago and go there quite often. - Oh, so that’s why you caught Atwas and Jojo out the other day? - Yep. Speak of the devil, we're almost there. He said this and led everyone out into the moonlight. As soon as the campers saw what lied before them, they were amazed. Goggles was, as usual, the most amazed of them all: she was squealing in excitement. - Welcome to the Midnight Camp. - Split continued his tirade. Here you can find some rest from your teams and counselors. I know some of us need that. – he paused for a couple seconds. – Every camper of the Midnight Camp shares the same team – Team Delinquents - Wait wait wait wait wait. Team what now? – asked Cami. - Can't you hear me? Team Delinquents. Cause you're out. At night. Yeah, don't tell that to Darby, he might be disappointed in y'all. – replied Split sarcastically. - As I was saying, your counselor is me. You won't find a way out of here without my help, so I wouldn't suggest doing anything unreasonable. Goggles quickly nodded a few times, grabbed Split's arm and pulled it towards the so-called "camp". Her brother looked at her with a smile and added: - Told ya'd like this place. Time to show you around. With that said, the group once again followed Split. The view was gorgeous: turns out, all that time they had been heading for a lake hidden in the forest. At this point pretty much everyone understood why Split had chosen that exact day for a hike: seeing the full moon above the water and the ancient woods was worth it. The "counselor" had a tent nearby, which was where they headed first. From a closer distance it was also possible to see a bonfire and a few logs placed beside it. - This is the central spot of the camp. And, pretty much the only one. It's called "The Tent". - Goggles giggled. - So you took a creative approach to naming, huh? – asked Bro, chuckling. - Exactly. This is the centre of the camp. This is, in fact, the camp. So yeah, that's where you're going if you need something, injured and, or witnessed someone's death. - D-Death?! – gasped Brodingles. - Just in case, I had to mention it. 'Kay, so if you want anything, come and maybe I'll give it to you. Got it? - Yes, sir. - Juno exclaimed. - Is there anything else we need to know? - Nah. You're on your own now. Do whatever ya want. You're all delinquents and you don't need my orders. - A-Alright, Split- uhm, Mr. Counselor. - Kikyo was a little nervous. Split didn't answer, just smiled at her and went to the bonfire. This time Goggles didn't go with him, but joined everyone else, as they ran to the shore. - Yeeha! Time for a swim in this beautiful, beautiful lake! - Cami was about to jump right into the water, but was immediately stopped: - Yeah, no. Don't even think about it. I don't want you to sink without anyone being able to help. No open water tonight. - Brodingles dragged her away. Cami let out a disappointed sigh, but didn't resist. - All right. So what are we going to do? Sit here and look at the sky? - Juno asked smiling. - If there's nothing else to do, I guess so. I wouldn't mind such a view. – having heard that, Goggles got sad. - Isn't there an island in the middle of the lake? - Kikyo was staring into the darkness. – Seems like one. - Now that you mention it, I see something. Although I'm not sure how large it is. - Well, time to go and check for ourselves! Who's up for an adventure?! – shouted Cami. Goggles immediately started squeaking in agreement. Everyone else just stared at them awkwardly until Bro spoke up: - Cami, not to disappoint you, but how are we going to get there? Some of us here can't swim at all, - he pointed at Goggles. - not even mentioning that going there in the dark is plain dangerous. Sorry, but, - Cami interrupted his tirade: - Then why don't we ask someone who knows? Someone like Split? Chances are he might even have a boat or safety vests. - Where would he even get this many?! - Let's ask him and find out. – said Cami and walked off. - We might give it a shot. What's the point of camping near the lake if you can't swim or sail? – Queen followed Cami. Bro sighed. - Okay, okay. Let's ask him. After they all gathered hear the tent, Cami brought the question up: - Hey, um, Split, - she didn't get to finish her sentence. - No-no-no. How am I referred to here? - Hey, Counselor, - this time she was more confident. - Could you tell us if there are any boats or safety jackets available? - Decided to go swimming, huh? Just for your pleasure or there's some specific goal? - As a matter of fact, there is, - said Juno. - We want to go to that island in the lake. Seems like a great adventure. - Goggles nodded. - Ah, so you want to sail to the Island of Treason. - Another made-up name? - Queen looked skeptical. - Nah, a real one. If I recall correctly, a murder took place there. Some criminal stabbed their partner to death. That's where the name came from. Queen raised her eyebrow: - And how do we know that's true? - If you are still planning to go there, I don't need to prove it. You'll see it for yourself. Cami immediately had some flashbacks to the camp and specifically Xander. - Will we see a-a dead b-body?! - she screamed out in fear. - Of course not, dummy. Something way more terrifying. - An instrument of torture with traces of struggle on it? - these words slipped out of someone's mouth and everyone went silent. - What the, no! Nothing like that. – answered Split. - The people who have been to this island saw a ghost. Almost every single one of them returned pale and shaking. Keep this in mind if you're still eager to go. Now wait here. I'll go get the vests. - Split stepped inside the tent, but in a few seconds stuck his head out and added: - Actually, can someone give a hand? - Hang on there, Split. - Juno went inside the tent. In a few seconds, strange sounds started coming out of it. Something metal fell, then some weird Asian song turned on and the campers outside the tent heard some muffled unintelligible scream. - What the heck is going on there? – asked Queen. - Was it Juno screaming just now..? - Kikyo sounded worried. Goggles was shivering. - What could possibly even make these sounds? - Bro wondered as the noise was getting weirder. - What the hell does he keep there? – they heard a cat’s screech. The following seconds they watched it flee to the woods. - What even..? - Cami was about to say something, but then the noisemakers came out of the tent, holding the jackets and the paddles. Split looked rather contented, while Juno was all white. - Guys, what the hell happened? You've been there for a couple minutes. - I think… I might have an emotional trauma..? – Juno was barely talking. - I'm not going into any details. - Split squinted at him. - You wanted jackets: here they are, all four that I have. Also I brought four paddles. Drop them and you'll have to dive. - Okay, but where's the boat? – asked Kikyo. - On the other side. - What other side? The other side of the lake, you mean? - The docks are on this side, why would the boat be on the other one? - Then where is it? - Near the island. - How has it got there?! - Queen cut in. - I have no idea. I just saw it was there. It looks fine, but you got to bring it here first. - Well, that settles it. Everyone turned to Brodingles. - There's no way to reach it, there's no way to get to the island. Problem solved. - he sounded relieved. - I might be able to make it. – Cami spoke up. - I could swim there and tie some rope to it. - Cami, how many times does this have to be said? No! It's too dangerous! If something went wrong, no one would be able to help! - Brodingles was almost screaming. - Shhh, Bro, Bro. I understand that you're concerned, I understand that you're worried. But I will put a safety vest on, and the lake isn't that deep. Heck, I'm the best swimmer in the camp! I survived Xander's training - that says a lot, doesn't it? - Cami put her hand on Bro's shoulder. - Yes, b-but it’s still- - It will be alright. I can do this. And then we'll see what spooky crap is going on. Okay? - Okay... - Counselor, get the longest rope you've got! With that conversation over, the squad moved on to the preparations. After the vests were filled with air and the rope was tied to the vest's belt, double- triple- and quadruple-checking everything, Cami was allowed to go. At that moment Juno, Bro and Kikyo looked at her the way they would bid farewell to a sailor leaving forever, Queen was waving her handkerchief and Goggles was writing an ode. Split watched this mayhem and only thought: “Kids.” The further she got away, the more and more difficult it got to see her. For quite a while they could hear the sound of water splashing, but then it was also gone. Those who stayed on the campside were getting worried. Even though they saw some silhouette on the island, that fact alone wasn't enough to disprove their suspicions. The tension decreased only when they heard the whistle and started pulling the rope. In a few minutes the boat was on the other side, then, after a couple back and forth maneuvers, all the campers (including the counselor) were on the soil of the Island of Treason. - Well, here we are. The scary Island of Treason. Population: 1 ghost. Hope you enjoy your stay. - Split said that in a classic flight attendant voice, which made Goggles giggle. - If you didn't know, there's an old house on the opposite side of island. - That's where they spotted the ghost? - quietly wondered Kikyo. - That's right. Shall we proceed? - Let's go. - Queen sounded determined. - C'mon, don't tell me you're actually afraid. Split, lead the way. He sighed but agreed. And so they went along the shore to the house. It wasn't a long walk, but even those five minutes were quite enjoyable. The view was still great and no one could take that away. The moon's reflection looked even better from this perspective: it was like some fairytale. - There it is, the good ol' cottage. - the counselor stated, as they were standing in front of a white three-storey house. - You sure you want to go in? - I am. - the answer was confident. - Would anyone prefer to stay out? - Meh, I'm going to the docks. Not like there's anything more for me to see. - Okay. Anyone else? The squad remained silent. - Perfect. Let's rock. - she opened the door and stepped in. One by one, everyone walked inside, until only Split and Juno were outdoors. Juno was the last to enter. The first thing he saw there was the squad gathered by the window. They looked very tense, as if they were observing someone. - He really has left. - relieved, Queen stepped away from the window. - Oh, here you are, Juno. - All the campers are here. Let's check this place out. - everyone agreed with Kikyo and the group split up. The owners had abandoned their property, but the furniture was still intact. The reason for that was unclear: maybe it had been too old for further utilization, maybe the transportation would have been too costly, maybe even some other reason. The owners did what they did and there was no way to find out why. The first floor didn't have a lot of space. Only the kitchen and the bathroom were there, the other rooms seemed to be upstairs. - Wooooow! How much time has passed since a human set foot here? - Cami was amazed by the mysterious atmosphere of this place. Although not all her mates shared the same attitude: - At most, a few days ago. – said Bro. - Look at the floor: there are some slightly visible footprints in the dust. Someone must have been there before us. - Aren't those... Goggles' footprints? The pattern seems familiar. - Bro bent down and sighed: - You're right. It matches up. Guess those really are the sneakers she's wearing. Kikyo, who was with her the whole time, decided to comfort the child: - Hey, Goggles? It's alright. No one got hurt and nothing went wrong, see, that didn't lead to anything bad! There's no reason to worry, is there? Now let's go look for some ancient snacks in the cabinets. – Goggles nodded, and pulled Kikyo into the kitchen. – Wooooah! The equipment was ancient: a broken gas stove, a small fridge with a torn power cord and a table of rotten wood.  This room was also inhabited by many spiders (the cobwebs covered everything), but none of their kind showed up. That was probably for the better. - Oh Lord… - Kikyo looked inside the cupboard and noticed a stack of rum bottles. – Who even drinks this much alcohol? Ugh, what did I even expect to find? – she closed its doors. Goggles, who was hopping in attempt to see the insides, turned around and hopped back to the hallway. - Found something useful? – Queen looked somewhat disappointed. - Multiple bottles of rum. – replied Kikyo. – Has anyone else found something? Juno, Bro? - Mostly spiders, so nothing great. - Cami and I didn’t see anything noteworthy either. There’s only that one bookcase, but all the books are gone. Are we going upstairs? As soon as Queen said that, something started howling. The voice was loud and full of grief, it sounded like a cry. And it was frightening. - The g-ghost?! – the swim instructor didn’t look so brave anymore. – Maybe we should l-leave? - Don’t tell me you actually believe in supernatural stuff. - Have you ever trained with Xander, Juno? - No? What’s up with your training regime anyway? - If you did, you would know they exist. And I DON’T want to go through that again. – she shook her head. - I’m positive it’s nothing but a prank. And Split is probably behind it all. - Why are you so sure of that, Queen? We watched him going away. - Bro, you know better than that. Do you want to say he’s not capable of this? - He is. In fact, every single one of us is. Who knows if it’s even an actual voice, it might as well be a recording! - Even more reason to go there and check for ourselves. I’m going to prove to you that no “betrayal” took place here. – Queen went right to the staircase. – Let’s get up there. - the rest of the squad looked at each other and silently followed her. As they got to the second floor, the howling stopped. The first thing they noticed about this floor is that there were less walls. Those only separated the rooms and the hallway leading to them, but the rooms and the outside were separated only by broken window panes. - This house must have been beautiful back in the day; - Cami was strolling around the room. – What do you think, Queen? Should we split up again? - Hmm… We haven’t heard that weird sound for a couple minutes, have we? I guess we could. - All right. Then I’ll check out that zone. - Juno pointed at the opposite door. – It probably leads to the next floor. - ‘Kay. Then Bro and I will go with you. That leaves Kikyo and Goggles for the opposite room and Cami for this one. Is everyone okay with this division? – the others nodded and Goggles even saluted. – Then let us head out. – and thus everyone went to investigate. Behind that door was quite a long hallway. It was very dark, almost pitch black. After all, there were no windows and it was difficult to do anything. - We should leave the door open, - suggested Brodingles. You don’t want to trip and fall in the darkness. -  I can see three more doors. Bro, do you mind checking the right one? - No prob. So you and Juno will check the other two? - Yeah. So both groups have flashlights. - We’ll meet here after the investigation, right? - Yep. Good luck. In a few seconds Juno and Queen were standing in front of the doors. They looked pretty much the same, but there was something to the right one. Juno put his hand on the doorknob and tried to turn it: - Huh? - What’s wrong? - It would seem… This one is locked. - Why lock a specific door inside if you abandon a house? - wondered Queen. – Whatever. Let’s go the other way, I think it leads to the balcony. - If so, there’s barely enough space for one person. I’ll wait here, - replied Juno. - Okay then, take this, - Queen gave her flashlight to him. – Wait for me here. – she opened the door and stepped in. - Ha, so I was right! It is the balcony! And, my gosh, the view from here is even better! The night breeze was blowing through her hair. Queen had stood there for a couple of minutes just enjoying the scenery before her. Then she heard Juno scream. - What happened- Ow! – she reached her hand out, expecting the door to open, but it didn’t. So instead of trying to pry it open, she turned the doorknob: - It isn’t opening… Why isn’t it opening?! Juno! Are you okay? What happened? - Juno! – she heard another voice yell. – Juno, what happened?! Why did you scream? W-Where are you? - Who’s there? – shouted Queen. – Help, I’m stuck! - Oh, haha. You two got me there! – the person speaking sounded like Brodingles. - Bro, is that you? We didn’t! I heard him scream too, I tried to open the door, but it doesn’t let me out! It’s either stuck or locked! Please help! - Wait, what?! – the voice started trembling. – Oh god, so it was true… How can I help? - I’m on the balcony, please find a ladder or something and bring it here! - Okay! I’ll let the others know what happened! – Queen heard that person running away. In a minute of two the whole squad was outside: - Queen, are you all right? – shouted Cami. – We didn’t find anything useful inside, we’ll try to look around the house!  C’mon, Goggles, let’s hurry! – they ran to the back. - Are you sure you can’t just walk out? – Kikyo sounded a bit skeptical. – Maybe it just got rusty. - I mean, I could try, - Queen put her hand on the knob, - but the door isn’t going to open. – she turned it and heard the lock click. – What?! I swear to God I tried that! Oh heavens, okay! Get to the second floor, as soon as possible! – she rushed in. - I’ll go get them. – said Brodingles to Kikyo. – Please go help Queen. - I will. Please, be careful. We don’t need another missing camper. – that said, they ran in the opposite directions. In a minute Kikyo got there. Queen has been waiting for her. - Where are the others? - They’ll get here soon. - We have no time to await them. We got to go rescue Juno, and the only place he can be is the third floor. - Gotcha. You found the stairs? - Yes, I’ll show where they are. – Queen grabbed Kikyo by the hand, and dragged her through the hallway. – It’s here, see? - Right. Time to get up there. The third floor didn’t have as many windows as the second one did, but it wasn’t dark.  However, the girls didn’t pay attention to it and just ran to the first door they saw. - Another locked one! - Look, there’s another! – Kikyo tried the second knob and the door opened. In the room they spotted Juno sitting on the bed. He looked at the girls and raised his arm. He was handcuffed to the bed. - Oh god, Juno! – Queen ran up to him. – What happened! You are pale! – he didn’t reply. And then everyone heard the sound of a door opening. - He’s coming! – screamed Juno at the top of his lungs. - Who is this ”he”?! – shouted Queen. Juno was looking past her so she turned around and went just as pale. The three of them saw a person, no, they couldn’t even be sure that was a human. They saw something shining green. And it was getting closer and closer. Then the howling sounds came back. The wind started blowing through the remains of the windows and three children screamed. *** A sound that loud could be heard on all the floors so the rest of the group headed for them immediately. - We’re too late, - said Bro. – he’s already got to them. - Even better. That means we won’t have to search the whole house again. – she burst the door open. – Aaaaaah! – she jumped on the “ghost” and it fell down on the bed. Cami went up to it and undid the shining cloak, - Just as suspected. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the ghost of the Island of Treason – Split. - You’ve found me out, huh? – said Split. - You… You f-f-f, – Queen noticed Goggles standing by the door, - freaking liar! - Hey, don’t call me that, it’s rude. Besides, did I really lie about anything? - Yes! Yes you did! Who told us there was a murder, who assured us that there was a ghost! You! And neither is true! - I'm not sure about that. You did look like you had seen a ghost! – said Juno, holding laughter in. - I… What? – Queen looked distraught. – D-did you help him? - Yep! - Then why handcuff yourself? - Oh, this. – Juno put his arm down and the cuffs slipped off. – They weren’t even fixed. - Just a good ol’ prank. – Split got up and patted Queen on the shoulder. – How did you three find this out? Bro, Cami, Goggles? - Goggles and I found the back door, then Bro found us. So we went up the ladder and found ourselves near the door to the balcony. - You went out the locked door, am I correct? - Kikyo was still shaking. - Yes. And then we heard you scream. You know what happened later. - Welp, - Split stretched, - not everything went like I wanted, eh, whatever. Let’s head back to the mainland. Follow me. – he went out the room, followed by Juno, Bro, Goggles and Cami. Only Queen and Kikyo were still inside. - Hey, come on. Everyone is waiting. - I’m not letting him get away with this so easily. – answered Queen. - So what’re you going to do? *** - Why am I the one rowing? – asked Split. - Because you made us go through all that horror, now we are tired and can't do this. Stop moving your tongue and start moving your arms, Mr. Counselor. - Ugh. Okay, whatever. – grumbled Split, paddling. The second “cruise” was just as nice as the first one. Queen looked up in the sky and noticed that the moon moved, but not far from where it had been. Less than an hour had passed, but it felt like a day. - Too many things happened too fast… - she sighed. – Please, don’t ever do that to us again, Split. - ‘Kay. I won’t. It was a one-off anyway. - Good. Hopefully no one else will have to run around this goddamn mansion. Why does it even have such a hidden route? - It’s just as I told ya. Some criminals built a base there and enjoyed themselves. Then they got into an argument. The rest has already been told. - Mmhm. Don’t expect me to believe all this made-up crap about ghosts. - Hm? – he raised his eyebrow and turned to the  others. – Hey, Cami, how’d you find out that Queen was trapped on the balcony? - We heard Bro shouting that! - Huh? – Brodingles was taken by surprise. – But I didn’t. I was investigating the bathroom when I heard you shouting at the top of your lungs. And that’s why I rushed to the stairs. - What? So you weren’t the one who talked to me from behind the door? - I talked to you? - What is this supposed to mean? – asked Queen, but Split just gave her an ambiguous look. - Ugh, forget it. The answer will just make me more tired. – Queen yawned and looked around. Cami sat with closed eyes, Brodingles also looked quite exhausted, even Split, who was difficult to read, seemed fatigued. «Well, I mean, he’s already took Kikyo, Juno and his sister to the camp», - Queen thought to herself. «Wait, why did I call this a camp? I guess this place really does something to you. Oh well. I can’t think clearly…» By the time they got to the shore, Juno had found some rugs and given them to Kikyo and Goggles. When the campers gathered near the campfire, Split took a lighter out and set the wood on fire. - Let’s spend a little more time here, before we head back. - What can we even do here? – Bro's question was followed by a yawn. - There are some nice things. Wait here, - he stood up and went inside the tent. - What do you think he will bring, Bro? - No idea. Oh, there he goes. And... what’s that, a guitar? - Not only the guitar. I’ve also got something for ya, - Split lifted the ukulele so everyone could see it. - Staying up for some songs tonight? - And for some marshmallows. Roasting marshmallows to the quiet sounds of guitar was more than nice, especially after such a long and exhausting adventure. Goggles leaned on Queen’s shoulder: she was barely keeping her eyes open. No one spoke, the campers just enjoyed the crackling of the bonfire and the music. - You know… Even after the mess that happened on the island, this was still a great night. Thank you. - Queen was smiling at him. – How did you even find such a peaceful place? - I had some help. Your screams have probably notified him that we’re here, so he might even show up. As for now, want to hear an actual song? – Queen, Kikyo and Juno nodded. - Which one? – Bro stopped strumming. - It’s likely you don’t know it. So just relax and listen. – Split started playing the chords. S: My old friend, I recall The times we had, hanging on my wall I wouldn't trade them for gold 'Cause they laugh and they cry me Somehow sanctify me They're woven in the stories I have told, and tell again In the end, Goggles fell asleep. Queen took off her rug and carefully placed it under the sleeping child. She was having nice dreams, and looked adorable. Seeing Goggles so quiet was like a miracle: even at the camp she had always been loud up till curfew, but even she couldn’t be energetic after the Island of Treason. In the Midnight Camp Goggles wasn’t an annoying kid notorious for writing smut. And it was a nice change of pace to see her like that for once. My old friend, I apologize For the years that have passed Since the last time you and I Dusted off those memories Everyone: The running and the races The people and the places There was always somewhere else I had to be And time gets thin, my old friend Kikyo, Bro, Juno and Cami sat next to Queen, and shared the rugs with each other. The place got even cozier and all of them knew that they had made many friends for these two months. The night was quite cool, but the bonfire and the rugs made it warm and comfy. - Hey, Cami, are you all right? – whispered Juno. – You could have caught a cold after swimming at these hours. - Don’t worry, - she replied, - I’m completely fine. Besides, I even dried under these rugs! I’m okay now and I’ll be in the morning! Cami said that and started quietly singing along. The rest looked at each other and at the moment the chorus began, all of them were. Don't know why Don't know why Don't know why Don't know why A; S: My old friend, this song's for you A: 'Cause a few simple verses was the least that I could do Another voice started singing. It was getting closer and closer and the campers got scared. Only Split was calm and continued playing the guitar, however, he stopped singing. Soon Counselor Alex walked out of the forest and headed straight to the camp. To tell the world that you were here A; S: 'Cause the love and the laughter Will live on long after All of the sadness and the tears We'll meet again My old friend... Alex walked up to the campers and patted them all on the heads. Then he grabbed the bucket, fetched some water and put the fire out, while singing. Bro got that Alex wasn’t going to punish them and continued singing along. The others followed their example. Everyone: Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye My old friend My old friend Goodbye Goodbye Split played some final accords and thus the song was finished. And so was their time at the camp: - Glad you had fun here. Now it’s time for you all to go back. – the actual counselor sounded friendly, but serious. - What about Goggles? - wondered Queen. – She’s asleep and, - Queen yawned, - it won’t be long till the rest of us will be. - Don’t worry about it, - Split spoke up, - I’ll make sure he gets to her bed safe and sound. He lifted her up and carefully walked up to Alex. - Let’s go. Goggles, who was hearing all that in her sleep, only thought: “Goodbye, Midnight Camp.” 

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CREDITS:

Prompt: @jsketch12

Proofreading: @rhodeswerered

Characters and setting: @internetremix and its members, @kikyoyuuki, @queencreepsyt

Song: “My Old Friend” by Tim McGraw

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Headcanon №1

Queen and Kikyo participate in DMP on a reqular basis (as their characters are a part of the plot). So, while most of the time they’re busy in the other camps, they come to Camp Streamix every once in a while (at first it was every Sunday, but I thought it would be better to leave it unanswered)

Headcanon №2

Counselor Alex is pretty much a “dad” character. He/’s always supportive, more reasonable and laid back than the other counselors. He won’t punish you for something he could do himself and he might look like he’s not laying attention to anything, he could get serious if needed.

Also he wouldn’t have fun just because he was told so, that would most likely lead to... uhm, what it had led to. However, he isn’t an emotionless machine and he can relax and sing by the campfire just like the others do, if he’s in the mood for it of course.

After all, he’s the one who spent the time in the forest looking for a lake. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------