#just fucking go to your local libraries website right now literally right this second

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yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

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1032

survey by danceamydance

Have you ever witnessed a birth? Never have. I wasn’t present when my mom gave birth to my younger siblings and other than that there’s been no reason for me to be around for the birth of my other younger relatives.

What pattern does the closest tissue box have? I don’t have one in my room, but the one in our bathroom is brown. I think. I never actually checked even though I use it everyday lol.

Where did you lose your virginity, if you have? I truthfully didn’t really keep note of what counts as the first time because we had already been fooling around quite a bit. I’d guess either a hotel room or my room, or maybe hers. The one thing I can remember was that I was 18, so there’s that.

What color car(s) do your parents drive? We have two white cars and one teal. I still don’t know why my dad got a teal car when none of us in the family are into colored cars, but according to him getting the Vitara in white would’ve looked like an FX (a form of public transport here), so I’ve learned to make my peace with the teal car lol.

What are your views on getting rid of the penny? I can’t relate, because we don’t use pennies.

Which Asian country would you most like to visit? Aside from the ones I’ve already gone to, I’d love to take a trip to Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and India.

Have you ever had a nosebleed? Nope. I fear the day I get one; I’m scared of blood haha.

How far away do you live from your birthplace? Maybe around 30 minutes without any traffic. A realistic drive to Manila would take me anywhere between 1 to 1.5 hours.

Do you have bangs? Yep, and they’re starting to get pretty long as well so thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to trim them soon. I want to get rid of them already as I’ve had my fun with them, but NO ONE HAS SEEN ME WITH BANGS loooool so they are still staying. 

Are you a good driver? I wanna say I’ve been better through the years? Hahaha the consensus is that I drive a little crazy, but my friends still always pick me to drive them whenever we go somewhere because everyone apparently still finds me the safest driver to ride with despite my temper on the road. Having a tiny car, being bullied by bigger pickup trucks and SUV through the years has helped toughen me up.

Have you ever kissed someone underneath the mistletoe? No. My ex and I always celebrated Christmas separately, with our own families, so we never got the chance to do this.

Do you watch the Olympics on the television? No. It’s not really something that interests me.

What was the scariest experience of your life? The time I nearly crashed into a car that I didn’t realize was stopped in the middle of the road while I was going 80 kph, and having like 3 seconds to hit the brakes.

Do you have a Tumblr account? I mean...

Are your nails painted right now? What color? Nope.

Have you ever played truth or dare? Several times, though I always pick truth because I’ve never had a problem saying it. I also hate picking dares because my friends would usually make us do dumb things, like dance, or worse, make out with someone in the circle.

How long is your driveway? Not very.

Are there any tv shows you keep up with religiously? Mmm it used to be The Crown, but I probably won’t be watching it for a while despite the new season because 1) I used to watch it when my past relationship had still been smooth-sailing, so watching it would just remind me of that; and 2) Gabie loves the shit out of Gillian Anderson and she was brought in for season 4 lol. 

Right now my focus is on a new Korean drama called Start-Up, which is currently ongoing and is so fucking good. Nam Joo Hyuk is also there, so it’s a sweet bonus for me <3

What is your favorite iPhone app? I’m using YouTube the most these days, so it may as well be my favorite.

Where is your mother right now? She’s at work.

Do you know anybody named Carl? I don’t think so. The only person that came to mind is an uncle named Carlo who I haven’t seen in more than a decade. My dad’s college group used to be super tight-knit and I used to be friends with his friends’ kids, so it’s sad to see them kinda grow apart and notice the others be more reclusive over the years.

Are you more of a night owl or a morning person? Morning person. Ugh, work is changing me as a person haha.

What is your favorite song at the moment? Saw You In A Dream by The Japanese House has taken the top spot again. It’s just too goddamn good of a song.

Do you have a weak stomach? Very. I’m awful with car rides, bungee jumping, fair rides, you name it.

Have you ever been to a party where people were drinking underage? Hmm, yes. Kaira’s 18th birthday – it was held in May but most of the people at her party weren’t going to turn 18 until the end of the year, so it was a lot of 16 and 17 year olds drinking. I had just turned 18 then, so I allowed myself to take my first sip of a margarita.

How many stores are in the mall closest to you? Malls here are generally packed compared to what people may have in the US or other countries, so even though our local mall isn’t anything notable, it still holds 200+ stores.

Do you know anybody who has been diagnosed with cancer? Yes, but they’re all outside of family. My mom’s side is very weird about cancer and never share information about family members who may have it and only ever refer to it as ‘the c word,’ so I may have more relatives who have cancer than what is made known to us.

How far away is the closest McDonald’s to you? We have one literally right beside the main entrance of our village but because our house is at the very end of the village, what should be just a couple of steps away is instead a 10-minute drive for me.

Would you ever meet someone in person that you met online? Yeah I’ve done that with a few people in the wrestling circle. Jila I met unexpectedly while we were both in line for the WWE house show in Manila in 2016; Javi I met when I lent him my Chris Jericho memoir; and Rafie was the one who gave me a free ticket to said WWE show. Rafie’s a local celebrity now and he has such a huge following, so as weird as it is I’m also glad I have that little memory with him before he blew up.

What was the last film you watched? That Thing Called Tadhana, but I was unable to finish it. I’m into TV shows these days and I’ve been all over Start-Up.

Does it snow where you live? Never has.

Have you ever been to an art gallery? Of course, I’m a sucker for those. I always go to one whenever I can; there are a lot of malls here that’ll randomly have pop-up art exhibits, so art galleries here actually aren’t limited to just museums.

What are your neighbours like? A lot of them have kids, that much I know because a lot of them play outside in the afternoon and make some noise. We all keep to each other, though, so I don’t know any more about them; the only time we get together is when the neighborhood organizes its own Christmas party for the community.

Do you visit your town’s library often? I would if we have one, but public libraries are not a thing here. If you needed to go to a library to find a book, you would have to go to a university.

Have you ever had to take care of an intoxicated person? This just gave me college flashbacks haha. Of course I have, and the most notable people for me are JM, Andrew, and Angela.

What flavor was the last ice cream you ate? It’s a red bean ice cream sandwich that also has a bit of vanilla ice cream in it.

Can you do a cartwheel? No but I definitely tried a thousand times as a kid.

Who is the last person you spoke to on the phone? Can I do video calls instead? I haven’t done phone calls in a while. The last people I was on a call with were Ysa and Bea.

^ What did you talk about? Secret work stuff.

Which website do you spend the most time on? YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter.

Have you ever kissed someone of a different race? I haven’t.

What can you smell right now? My coffee chocolate chip cookie.

Do you read fanfiction? If so, what fandoms? I haven’t checked on my favorite authors since college, mostly because they went MIA at some point and moved on to different fandoms as well. But when I did, I mostly read ones for AJ/Punk and HHH/Steph.

What accent is your favorite? Man this question is asked a lot...

How did/will you celebrate your birthday this year? Gab gave me a cute digital present, I think I may have spent the whole day playing the Switch, and Hans and Angela sent over a box of sushi for me.

Are you more introverted or extroverted? I’m both depending on the people I’m with. If I’m with a crowd I don’t know all that much, I turn my volume down.

Do you tend to repeat yourself all the time? Yeah. I got it from my mom, who unconsciously repeats stories all the time.

How was the last chicken you ate cooked? Fried.

Is there anybody you always find yourself thinking about? Yes, but it has gotten easier to manage/ignore altogether these days.

What was your last argument about? Haven’t argued with anyone in a hot minute. It was probably my mom as always, but I no longer remember what it could have been about.

Are/were you part of any extracurricular activities in school? I had clubs in high school since it was mandatory. In college, I was in yearbook and a journalism org.

Do you want to get married someday? I don’t know about that anymore.

What colors are on your country’s national flag? Blue, red, yellow, and white.

Would you go back to your ex if he/she asked you? I’m pretty stupid when it comes to this, so yes.

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1 THROUGH 98! I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWERS AND I CAN'T STAND GETTING THEM PIDDLING BIT BY PIDDLY BIT!!!!!

Lmaooooo what a fuckin Mood. Thank you!!!!! Also, you’re getting Drunk Kylie answers which are arguably the Best answers. For the courtesy of everyone’s dash, answers are below the cut!! <3 <3 <3

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

Coffee mugs! I have a sizable collection lmao #WriterLife

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

omg such a tough one, both are aces. seriously I can think of so many combatting pros & cons!! the only fair way i can currently conceive is which i would want weed in. Which is lollipops bc (#UnpopularOpinion) pot makes chocolate taste bad.

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

both are great, but def bubblegum.

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

“Pleasure to have in class” in true Gifted Child fashion

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

i’ll rate them in order: 1) can (absolutely preferred), 2) bottle if alone but plastic (lez be honest, Red Solo Cup) if with company, 3) glass (do not like)

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

#1 goth all the way. Pastel and Formal guest appearances

7. earbuds or headphones?

headphone, bc earbuds usually hurt my ears.

8. movies or tv shows?

first of all, how dare you. second of all, tv shows ONLY BECAUSE if all my fave movies were given tv shows so that they could last longer i would choose so

9. favorite smell in the summer?

idk i guess pool chlorine? dislike summer

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

bruh fuckin none. elementary school: too long ago to recall. middle school: escaped having to take gym at all. high school: had a medical excuse to take online PE. least athletic girl u know

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

i don’t have bfast bc eating close to when i awaken makes my tummy upset

12. name of your favorite playlist?

hmm 4-way tie between “#motivate #bitch” (gets me pumped to work) and “Friends Of The Illness” (my playlist of songs about and/or artist who are mentally ill) and “Ominous/haunting” (speaks to my creepy side) and “Bad Bitches” (self-explanatory amirite)

13. lanyard or key ring?

Key ring. Straight up I use an extra shoelace as my key ring string, despite owning multiple lanyards.

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

god another fkn hard one. Listen y’all, you dont understand how much of a sugar fiend i am. candy is my JAM. Starbursts, Sour Straws, Skittles, Jolly Ranchers...who can choose?!

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

“Ceremony” by Leslie Marmon Silko. Highly recommend!!!!!!!!!!!

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

laying down lol sitting is for suckers

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

combat boots like the gay i am

18. ideal weather?

low 70′s degrees (F*), intermittent showers during the day but clear starry skies overnight

19. sleeping position?

mostly fetal, mostly on my side but chest is towards the bed, one arm under the pillow under my head

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

Laptop. I used to love writing in notebooks, but ya girl got weak fingy joints nowadays

21. obsession from childhood?

pfft as if they aren’t the same obsessions i have now

22. role model?

so many!!!!! Jameela Jamil is the first that comes to mind

23. strange habits?

lmao i am ass-deep in idiosyncrasies, if you ain’t read the blog title already

24. favorite crystal?

i don’t know anything about crystals. does blue topaz count? cuz that’s my birthstone and i like that one a lot. i even had the foresight to pick that as my engagement ring’s stone in my utterly preposterous & failed relationship

25. first song you remember hearing?

oh wow, no idea. music has always been huge for me. probably either a Britney Spears or Mary J. Blige song???

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

stay inside lmao

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

WEAR SWEATERS & DRINK HOT CHOCOLATE, BITCH!!!!!!!!!

28. five songs to describe you?

oof ok, hard, but here goes:

“Here” by Alessia Cara

“Wannabe” by the Spice Girls

“I’m Just a Kid and Life Is A Nightmare” by Simple Plan

“No Daddy” by Teairra Mari

“Brick By Boring Brick” by Paramore

29. best way to bond with you?

i am straight up not easy to make friends with (bc my own bullshit, not trying to be pretentious), so bonding is hard. the best way is probably a combo of queer + memes + loves food + correct morals + being the dominant talker

30. places that you find sacred?

Libraries, locally owned coffee shops, Walmarts at 3am, playgrounds in the middle of the night, side of a rural road at 12am, my bed

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

Blazer + shirt with a titty window + high waisted plaid pants + platform booties

32. top five favorite vines?

OMG I LOVE VINES OK OK OK OMG I LOVE SO MANY SO HERE ARE JUST THE ONES I QUOTE THE MOST OK:

Josh Kennedy: “What’s up my name’s Jared I’m 19 and I never fucking learned how to read”

Sarah Schauer: [dont remember the beginning] “didn’t you..?” “sleep in this? yes. mama needs A DRINK”

Evan Breer: “What’s up my & my boys are going to see Uncle Kracker - give me my hat back Jordan, do you see Uncle Kracker or no - *gasp!*”

Drew Gooden: “Road work ahead? Um yeah, I sure hope it does...”

Nathan Enick: “Yo how much money do you have?” “69 cents” “Oh you know what that means!” “...i don’t have enough money for chicken nuggets :( ...”

33. most used phrase in your phone?

bruh like how even am i supposed to answer this?? like texts or Siri requests or????? bc if it’s Siri requests then it’s 100% for arithmetic

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

Stanley Steamer. you kno the one

35. average time you fall asleep?

3:30am

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

bitch i’m a 90′s child of the internet, i was around the web before YouTube launched, i was there when the first modern memes were fucking conceived. i will say the biggest repository of meme culture that i was a part of was YouTube and icanhazcheezburger.com & its side-sites.

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

duffel - Tie-Dye Girl from the Lindsey Lohan “Parent Trap” made quite the impression on me

38. lemonade or tea?

Lemonade! hate the leaf water

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

Lemon cake! Not a meringue pie girl saly

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

I’ve been to a lot of schools yo lol. My undergrad college was def the “weirdest” ofc, bc it was an art school lol. An instance that stands out was a string of “Solid Gold Clit” graffiti after a Sophia Wallace visit to campus right before i started there.

41. last person you texted?

My bff triad pals @backwardswriter and @bristarshine

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

damn tough call. Probably jacket pockets bc i’m more likely to have those as a lady who wears lady-targeted pants

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

Hoodie

44. favorite scent for soap?

Plum!

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

Fantasy, though sci-fi is a solid 2nd. Not much of a superhero gal

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

.....underwear only. Sometimes an oversized t-shirt too.

47. favorite type of cheese?

Mozzarella!!!

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

I would want to be like a pomegranate, but i’m probably a nectarine

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

“If you hope for the best but expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed.”

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

bitch i’m a giggle monster, i taught myself to be easily amused as a survival mechanism.

51. current stresses?

My own lack of discipline.

52. favorite font?

oooooof i have so many ok. too name a few: Centaur, Garamont, Book Antigua, Times New Roman, Montserrat.....mostly Serif fonts bc I’m an old books bitch

53. what is the current state of your hands?

I don’t love my hands (how homophobic of me, I know). Currently they’re kinda dry and full of sandwich

54. what did you learn from your first job?

what kind of boss I like. also that my customer service voice is frighteningly pleasant

55. favorite fairy tale?

Original tale: Thumbelina. Adaptations: Snow White.

56. favorite tradition?

uhhh Thanksgiving feast I guess? i am not a traditions gal

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

I am very very fortunate to not have a lot or a severity of these. The ones that I’ve had the worst of are: gender discrimination/harassment as a woman, hardcore emotional abuse in a relationship, and heavy heavy mental illness

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Tangible talents: writing, lying. Intangible: A+ imagination, useless trivia.

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

“I support you!”

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

like if Tokyo Mew Mew and Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni had a baby

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

Again, how dare you. Like literally, asking me to pick a favorite line from something is like asking what my favorite breed of dog is. Legit impossible

62. seven characters you relate to?

Ananka Fishbein (Kiki Strike series), Mermista (She Ra & the Princesses of Power), Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter), Gwen (Total Drama), Rori Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Villanelle (Killing Eve), Andrea (St. Trinian’s)

so like all very- to semi-weird white girls lmao

63. five songs that would play in your club?

[by the term “club” i assume that i’m limited to pop and electronic music. even with the limitation, though, a super hard question]

“Talking Body” by Tove Lo

“Hot in Herre” by Nelly

“Because the Night” by Cascada

“Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” by Todrick Hall

“Break Free” by Ariana Grande ft. Zedd

64. favorite website from your childhood?

pretty much any doll franchise’s site (Barbie, Bratz, My Scene, Polly Pocket, Diva Girlz, everGirl, etc you name it)

65. any permanent scars?

Yep. One by a dog scratch (it was honestly a weak/shallow/innocent scratch, i still have no idea why it scarred at all), and a few from a car crash last year

66. favorite flower(s)?

i don’t really like flowers? i usually just say Forget-Me-Not’s for ease

67. good luck charms?

bitch idk but i’m knocking on wood just from thinking bout it

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

you ever taste that chocolate Laffy Taffy? vile bruh

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

I am annoying enough to know how i learnt all my facts, but the funnest fact I like to annoy people with is that ducks have corkscrew penises evolved from their main form of mating being rape

70. left or right handed?

Right (like any ol’ simp)

71. least favorite pattern?

polka dots

72. worst subject?

MATH and also PHYS ED

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

One time whilst high, I put nacho cheese Doritos on a tuna sandwich. Winning combo, I’m telling you

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

My pain tolerance is straight up unpredictable, so like anywhere from a 3 to a 9

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

5 years old

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

Mashed potatoes

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

I am not a plant person. Moss.

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

fucking neither but i at least like coffee so i guess the former....

(i know, it’s tragic and barbaric that i dislike sushi, i wish i had another answer for you)

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

Neither lmao - I got them within a month of each other (six years ago) so they’re essentially the same photo.

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

Jewel!

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

I mean those are the same bug so I assume this is asking about which terminology I typically use/prefer. Which i would say both bc I’m a cultured ho

82. pc or console?

I don’t game so I guess PC lmao

83. writing or drawing?

Writing but I like both

84. podcasts or talk radio?

damn neither lmao I can’t focus on non-music audio only. I guess talk radio, just bc I can do like ten minute radio segments at least lol

84. barbie or polly pocket?

both were lit but I had more Barbies

85. fairy tales or mythology?

not to sound like a broken record but FIRST OF ALL HOW DARE YOU? second of all, I essentially consider them in the same category at this point in modernity, so my answer is Yes.

86. cookies or cupcakes?

Cupcakes, but both are exquisite

87. your greatest fear?

spiders, heights, clowns, seeing bad things happening to animals, that my consciousness will exist even after death, y’know normal stuff

88. your greatest wish?

to transfer myself into one of my fave fictional worlds

89. who would you put before everyone else?

dogs, next question

90. luckiest mistake?

i make a lot of those honestly, so who knows

91. boxes or bags?

LISTEN I LOVE CONTAINERS OF ALL SORTS, YOU CAN’T MAKE ME CHOOSE, IM PANSEXUAL FOR A REASON

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

FLASHLIGHTS, BITCH

93. nicknames?

Ky, KyKy, Moonshine, SugarTits, Goog Bones

94. favorite season?

Autumn (yes i call it that instead of Fall bc i’m a pretentious ass bitch lol)

95. favorite app on your phone?

Tumblr, c’mon

96. desktop background?

Currently a digital art painting of a flowing stag in a swamp that I downloaded from DeviantArt. I change it every few months though (to other downloaded digital art from DA that I collect periodically lmao)

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

Seven - mine, my mom’s 2 numbers, my grandma’s, my pop’s cell and office (also my old office) numbers, and my childhood house phone number lol

98. favorite historical era?

Golden Age of Piracy, specifically bc the piracy lol

Thank you so much for the asks, this was so much fun!!!

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FACECLAIM: Matthew Daddario DESIRED CHARACTER: Robert ‘Trey’ Dylan Samuels III  FAMILY & RELATION: Weston & His mother is a Weston, her brother is Brody’s dad. AGE, BIRTHDAY & GRADE: 18, October 30th & Sophomore SEXUALITY & PRONOUNS: Heterosexual & he/him POSITIVE TRAITS: earnest, passionate, loyal NEGATIVE TRAITS: secretive, aggressive, critical EXTRACURRICULARS: n/a LABEL: The Insurgent SECRETS: ( mental/physical abuse, drug/addiction, homeless? tw ) His parents weren’t exactly the best role models to have growing up. They lived in a rundown house and have always had a very toxic relationship. They aren’t married but his father always treated his mother like he owns her and when Trey turned five, his father started to treat him the same way. His father burned all ties with his family becasue they knew how he was, a mental and physically abusive drug addict - that could do nothing but bad for their family name. His mother’s family wanted nothing more to do with her after they had repeatedly tried to save her and infant Trey from her boyfriend. He has always lied about his family life if anyone gets close enough for him to even tell them things about himself. Because of his past and home life, he refuses to let anyone know where he’s from, out of embarrassment. His father and mother had never really worked. Trey is the oldest of four kids and they always expected him to pay all bills and be “the man of the house”. If for any reason he didn’t get things paid on time, that’s when he would cover up new bruises. Trey is fresh out of the Juvenile Detention Center. He got mixed in with the wrong group of friends at his last school and has spent the nine months in there after he was in on stealing a few cars one night. He was promised a few thousand bucks and he couldn’t turn down that opportunity. He had been doing it a few times before they had gotten caught and if he ever needed to do it again, he would. He also has a lot of theft on his record and a few for trespassing. He is very good with technology and hacking. When he was in seventh grade, his teacher kept him behind to let him know that he had a failing grade in one subject and that she was going to have to speak to his parents. He played the crying card and she left him alone for a second in her room. He took a look at her computer and the websites she was using and went to the library and starting looking up how to hack things. He couldn’t risk her calling home, not because of the grade, he didn’t care about the grade. He just didn’t want to get in trouble because his father would have been mad that she even bothered to contact him with something that stupid in his eyes. He was able to eventually gain access after some failed attempts and changed a few no homework grades to small scores. Bumping his grade a little higher, nothing too insane. He did the same for a few others so it wouldn’t be obvious who did it. When he got asked by a fellow student about the whole thing when it came out, he replied with a simple “it was a lot easier than it sounds.” And from then on he would hack and create anything for anyone in secret. He didn’t even have to be paid money, he would accept payment in clothes, food, accessories. Anything he never really had to being with. He recently got asked by a person online to create an anonymous website that could be linked up to an app. It paid a good amount of money and he didn’t think twice about creating it for whoever. What he didn’t know was that he was helping someone create what is about to become “the list” and he’s nervous to find out what’ll happen if someone ties him back to it. HEADCANONS: He just started going to school at WMHS right before winter break started. After getting kicked out of his last one for fighting and not attending for being in juvy. He’s a Sophomore but he’s actually supposed to be a Senior. He failed second grade and his Sophomore year last year since he never got to finish out the last school year. He’s actually very smart, he just doesn’t broadcast it to everyone because he has a lot more than school on his mind. He is very passionate about learning, writing and photography. It’s not anything he broadcasts but he does always have a camera around his neck and some novel in his bag at all times. He can be out in Lima at all hours taking pictures of old run down buildings or scenery that catch his eye. Trey had always pretty much the man of the house, practically the parent, taking care of himself and younger siblings any way possible. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister. When he got out in early December he arrived to an abandoned house. Everything was gone and so was his family. His stuff was left in his old room and that was that. He doesn’t know where they are or even how to get in contact with them. His father always told him he’d be homeless if he fucked up and couldn’t do his part in the family and he kept true to that. He was able to stay there for a while but one morning he had gotten woken up by the people who were putting locks on the doors and doing a sweep of the house to keep intruders out so they could fix it up and sell it. He grabbed all the stuff he could carry and is now living wherever he can. Not really knowing many people he can’t house surf so he spends his time at local motels or at the school. Having a very muscular appearance, at first glance, he does appear to be ‘the jock’ type. However, he’s far from it. He’s only “fit” because of playing soccer at his last school. When it comes to clothing, Trey normally wears what he can get his hands on - literally. He doesn’t come from money and he doesn’t have any that he can just throw around, considering that it’s all illegal. He goes with the daily choice of jeans or basketball shorts and some type of plain t-shirt. If he’s wearing anything name brand, he more than likely stole it from a store or someone. His hair a thick mess just resting on the top of his head. Most people describe it as the ‘Justin Bieber’ style but he describes it as ‘I woke up like this’. He also has a tattoo wrapped around his right lower calf, written that is swirled around it in a ribbon that reads “happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn the light on.” - with a lot of black clouds surrounding it. Having self-worth or confidence is not something he has ever possessed. He knows he’s pretty much a loner. He’s not into things others are, so he never has much to talk about. With his past, he believe he’s destined for his fathers future with all the studies he has read. He tries not to drink or do drugs, in fear of what he may become. He does everything in his power to be “good” but can he really out weigh his own fate, is the real question. Before he went to juvy he was dating this girl that was no good for him. She got him hooked on drugs and all sorts of things but he loved her and he thought she loved him but turns out she was just using him. When he got out he hadn’t really talked to her until one day he saw her out hugged up with his supposed to be best friend and he decided to close himself off to love or relationships. He’s nine months sober and he hopes to keep it that way since he started to attend therapy a few times a week.

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Never Trust the Online Reviews by DanJosephWrites

They say it's hard to restart your life after prison. I'll tell you it's damn near impossible. I used to be a business analyst cranking out spreadsheets and presentations in a cubicle. Good money, decent hours. Then one night it happened. We were out at a bar and this guy kept talking to my girlfriend. He was being a creep and just wouldn't leave her alone. I told him to fuck off. He spit in my face. I snapped, and cracked him with a beautiful shot halfway up his jaw-line. I turned around to see my friends reactions, and when I looked back the creep was bleeding out on the floor. It was a freak accident - he hit his head on a sharp corner on the way down and that was that.

Eight months and tens of thousands of dollars later I was headed to lock-up for manslaughter. Me, the preppy Finance major from a state school, going off to a medium-security prison. I won't dwell on my time there, just trust me when I say that you never want to be put in a box like that.

I got released early six years later, and it felt like I had been in a time capsule. Everyone else had moved ahead while I was stuck washing prison jumpsuits and eating rubberized food. The girlfriend that I had literally killed for was a fat, married mother of two now. My friends were on track for management positions at consulting firms. My own family shunned me after the damage I had done to our 'good name and reputation.'

So I ended up desperate and almost alone in Jacksonville. I had one contact left from school, Sean, that let me stay in his garage until I could get back on my feet. Well, that was the plan at least. Then his wife searched my name online and found out that I was a murderer. So I ended up desperate and very alone in Jacksonville.

After weeks of hunting for jobs on the public library computers I finally heard back for an opening. Shit hours and minimum wage for a sketchy call-center, but I needed the money. The hiring manager, Bill, sent me some forms to fill out. I swallowed the lump in my throat and checked the Felony box on the first form and added my now-boilerplate explanation of how I killed a guy by accident that one time. I pressed send.

I wasn't optimistic; I had been down this road before. Everything was great until the whole felony thing. Turns out most hiring managers didn't want to call me back after that. I guess I get it; I wouldn't have wanted to share an office with a dirty felon back when my life was happy and perfect.

But Bill e-mailed me right back saying that I was hired. I couldn't believe it, so I point-blank asked him if he had read all of my materials, and he assured me that he had. He said something corny about how he was interesting in the man I was now, not six years ago. I started that next day.

After a marathon bus ride and a hike across the city I made it to the office. In truth it was the dirtiest floor of a nearly-condemned building tucked into a rusting old industrial park. The setting seemed appropriate.

Bill met me at the door. He was a fat guy, balding with yellowed teeth that drew attention away from the busting seams in his shirt. He was the guy who showed up to 40-and-up speed-dating events wearing a cheap suit and borrowed cologne.

"Tim!" he boomed with a harsh voice. His greasy hand clasped mine. "Let me give you the grand tour!"

The carpeted hall opened up to a hive of dated computer screens. Sad, sallow people slumped in front of them, like well-trained zombies in headsets. I figured that's how I'd look in a few days here too.

"This is where the magic happens," Bill said. "We contract with travel websites and resorts primarily. You'll be working on customer service; helping folks with booking and their arrangements while they're guests at the resort. We do some new work with travel review sites too, but you'll learn about that later."

He stopped and leered at me. "Do you believe in the Bible, Tim?"

I didn't know how the hell to answer that, so I didn't. He cackled and thrust a heavy binder into my arms.

"This is your Bible, Timmo. Transfer numbers, scripts for every possible situation...if this thing knew how to talk it would take your job in an instant, mkay?"

I nodded. This couldn't be too hard. Bill led me over to a scrawny, beady-eyed guy in a red and black bowling shirt.

"This is Leon, the shift-lead. He'll be monitoring your calls to make sure you're doing everything by the book."

Leon bared his teeth in what I think was supposed to be a smile. Then Bill took me into his office to sign some paperwork.

"By the way...if for whatever reason a customer calls and says there's an emergency or they want to talk tot he police, you patch the call into my office, okay? The transfer line's on the first page of the Bible."

"Sure."

"Okay. Great, champ. One more thing - since we're adding new clients every day we really need to ensure their privacy and security. So sign this Non-Disclosure Agreement.

I leafed through the many pages. It seemed severely restrictive. Judging from the one pre-law course I took in college this thing wasn't legal and wouldn't hold up in court.

"Uh...and if I don't feel comfortable signing it?"

Bill chuckled. "Ohhh Tim, you young guys are great jokers. You could do that, and then I would fire you." He leaned over the desk and his voice lowered. "Good luck finding another job as a felon when your one work reference tells them what a horrible, insubordinate employee you were."

Jesus Christ. "Alright man, alright. Here." I signed the damn thing.

Bill patted me on the shoulder with a heavy paw. "Faaaantastic! Go to your desk, study the Bible, and Leon will get you up and running on the system. Welcome aboard."

The days flew by. Overtime shifts, hours of mind-numbing calls about a stupid bed being a queen when the customer specifically requested a king, or the balcony being to small, or the room not looking exactly like the pictures online.

I read the shitty scripts, the customers cussed me out, and they hung up. I quickly learned that the joke was on them. Our online reviews stayed at 4.8 stars. It didn't matter what your customers thought if you controlled the rating systems. Leon snickered and told me that the resorts all had 'arrangements' with rating companies to make sure their reputations stayed golden. We copied this practice, and people kept on booking.

Strangely I didn't get to know my co-workers. Bill kept us separated, small-talk was forbidden, and there were no breaks. And of course, nobody stayed around after a twelve-hour shift to shoot the shit.

I remember when I handled my first emergency call. It was from a scared woman on an excursion. Let me explain - basically companies offered day-trips like boat rides or four-wheeling trips in the desert to customers staying at resorts. The woman calling me was on a four-hour catamaran trip off the coast of her resort.

"Help!" she whispered into my headset. "The crew are robbing us. They beat my husband and took him away. Call the police!"

A shiver ran down my spine, and my fingers fumbled for the transfer page.

"Hang on ma'am, I'll connect you to the manager." I patched the call to Bill, flagging it as an emergency. I watched him take it through his window, and hang up a few seconds later. I sat there, wondering what had happened. I couldn't take not knowing. I walked over and knocked on his door.

"What?"

"Uh, that lady. Did you help her?"

Bill looked confused. "Huh?"

"The woman who just called!"

"Ah. She was drunk out of her mind, ignore it."

"Uh..she didn't sound drunk."

"Listen kid, I've worked with that company for years. They're good guys." Then he remembered our roles. "Are you on a break? Get back to your desk!"

I scurried out of there, but that call stuck with me. I was exhausted after my shift but I couldn't sleep. I searched for the problem company online - Eduardo's Excellent Tours and Excursions, and laughed. they had a perfect 5-star rating, of course. I gave up for the night and passed out, waking up to my shrill alarm clock just a few hours later.

The calls were normal for a while after that, but my suspicion grew with each day. Something wasn't sitting right about this whole thing. Finally, on a whim, I went out and bought a phone tap. When it was my day to clean Bill's nasty office - oh yes, we had to clean his office out every day as part of our job - I brought the tap with me. My hands shook as I struggled to hook it up to his phone. I was finishing the job when Leon barged in. My breath caught in my throat.

He leered at me, then said "your shift starts in five minutes."

"Oh, right. Be right there." I finished up and left, my heart hammering against my ribs.

I waited a few days to make sure Leon didn't suspect anything and Bill didn't notice the tap. After four days I figured it was safe, so I linked it to my headset. I got a chance to test it a week later. A man called me, frantically babbling.

"Help you need to call the police! Th-the catamaran excursion, Eduardo's excursion. They took my wife!"

"Slow down sir. What do you mean?"

"They said she was too drunk and needed medical care below-deck. But we both swore off drinking years ago. They're lying and I don't know what they're doing down there!"

"Okay hang on sir." I transferred the call to Bill and waited, holding my breath until it hurt.

A moment later their conversation entered my ear. The tap was working, thank god. The man repeated his story, and Bill told him the local police would be dispatched immediately. Then he hung up and took a smoke break. I watched him leave, no-one called the police.

I felt sick. I had confirmed it, this company was enabling god knows what to happen to innocent tourists. I...was getting paid minimum-wage to lie and cover up the tracks. But I thought back to my first conversation with Bill and knew he was right. He'd fuck me over and leave me unemployed and homeless. I decided that all I could for now was to collect more information and find out what was going on.

I had been dragging ass at work before then. Obviously, no-one was terribly motivated in that environment. But now I had a purpose. I doubled my customer engagement speed so that I could get back to spying on Bill more often.

Listening in was like torture. Most of his calls during the work day were to phone-sex lines, and this dude was into some far-out shit. Finally one Friday I struck gold. I caught him on a call to the owner of Eduardo's.

"Look shithead, we got a problem. Cut out this sexual shit. Stick to the original plan - rough 'em up a bit and rob 'em, and go on your way."

"My friend, it was a mistake. One guy got drunk and tried to go too far. We stopped him and...made sure he wouldn't do it again."

"I don't want to know, just don't let it happen again. And up my cut 10%, I'm catching a lot of shit for you up here."

"Fuck off. Best I can do is 4."

"Fine, fine. Look, I gotta run. We'll talk later."

Eduardo hung up. Before I could do the same, I heard something else.

"Tim, my office." It was Bill. On his phone. I gasped and looked up to see Bill staring right through me. My heart raced as I took off the headset and staggered towards his office. He sat me down and glared silently for a minute.

"You think a guy in my kind of business is stupid? You think I'd talk that openly about that shit if I didn't pay attention to exactly who was listening in?"

I shook my head.

"Good, college boy. Now you're using that big brain of yours." He sat on the edge of his task, looming over me. "I can tell you're going to be a problem, so here's a proposition. Keep working here and doing the right thing, and I'll give you a 2% kick-back every time we contract a successful robbery or...other item. Look, you eavesdropped. We don't tolerate sexual harassment. Just robbery, no lasting damage. Well...some of our newer companies like murder but they're a lot rarer, and you have to deal with the black market for organs and it's complicated. Anyways, that's the smart play."

He leaned further, his belly resting uncomfortably on my knee.

"Then there's the alternative. I plan hard drugs in your locker and you go back to jail."

I stared dumbly at him.

"Oh yes. Who do you think they'd believe? A disgraced former murderer, or old Bill - the pillar of the community giving a second chance to criminals?

I shuddered at the thought but we both knew I was still trapped.

"Atta boy. Back to work, then. Keep an eye on your paychecks and you'll see the extra money when good things happen."

As I shuffled numbly back to my desk the phone rang.

"Hello, how may I help you sir or ma'am?"

"Hi. Um, I booked a king bed but the resort says they have my name for a a twin?"

"No problem ma'am. Let me send an update over and you should be all set." I tapped some keys and submitted the form. "Okay, that should be resolved. Anything else?"

"No. Well, actually while I have on you the phone - my husband and I are torn between excursions. How's Eduardos? They have great reviews online."

My stomach felt queasy as I sensed Bill's leering eyes on me. My voice was wooden. "Ed's is great, 5-stars for a reason. Enjoy your trip."

"Thanks for your help!"

I hung up.