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fruit gummy anon popping in one last time to say THANK YOU FOR THIS BLOG! IT WAS FUN AND I ENJOYED IT! MUCH LOVE! have an awesome day and an even more awesome life! we love you. goodbye!

Hi, I see from your other ask and the auto tags that you're the Fruit Snack Anon, I'm still alive!

I was in a car accident about, uh, a while back, (ironically I have trouble remembering when exactly) that gave me some pretty serious damage so I actually don't remember this blog besides the premise, but it looks like I had a lot of fun so I would actually like to go through it (and maybe even continue it?). I have unposted art on an unlabeled hard drive I plugged into my computer and I was making a playable Portal map for it apparently? I also have a lot of... really nonsense notes about it. I have no idea what lightly salted fries had to do with airplanes but it must have been intricate.

Here's to a creative future of returning to things I enjoy!

Though I should probably refresh and watch HLVRAI again if I plan on jumping back into running a blog...

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oh! hello then! I'm glad you're doing okay! I never fully gave up on this blog and I do still think about it often,its just been awhile as you know! (I actually have some of benry's frames as emotes in a server with my boyfriend). I'll keep an eye out for the future

-Ashfur

Oh wow, that's really sweet actually! I've never thought about making emotes of the characters! I hope to come back by the end of the year at the latest!

I think about this blog a lot too, and I scribble out a lot of things for it when I think of them. Perhaps I'll release sketches and the like while I ready up to get back on air. My art style has changed for sure, (hopefully for the better) so that's going to be a lot of fun to draw!

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Oh my gosh??? Brian damage?? Are you ok? Are you resting enough? Oh my god, please take all the time you need to fully recover!!!!

Thank you for the concern, I'm not in any imminent danger! I was hit by a car because the driver wasn't paying attention. Don't text and drive, and make sure to use your blinkers, heheh! I'm actually about a year and a half post-accident, though it took about a year for the damage to become really evident. It's hard to notice something when you don't remember it being any other way. I've been working hard to get better!

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rip this blog but I just remembered how when it was still running I very much had a dream about being like, in the blogs universe and meeting benrey. I dont remember much other than that, but it was interesting!

-Ashfur

Hi Ashfur anon, it's been a while! This is the mod of the blog, the one and only host. I really should have made an update about this sooner. I haven't truly abandoned this blog, but I have struggled with maintaining much of anything since I took a bit of brain damage. I've been recovering my abilities and myself slowly, and I really do hope to return to running this blog on a consistent schedule because it's a lot of fun!

Thank you for waiting for me, I hope to return someday soon!

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Hell yeah, Darnold! You can do this! Let's get this rescue mission started!

Right! Yes! I've got to convince Gordon, and we can do this! We'll make everything right again, how it should be, and then we can go back to being real scientists!

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alright then, what do you plan on doing now then?

I suppose I should find my boots.

After I finish tidying up, though. Make a list of what I'll need. It wasn't really my area of expertise, more of Gordon's, but... well, the gun can't be impossible to recreate, if we still have the schematics.

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are you going on a rescue mission by yourself? we cant really help for we donot truly exist. maybe you should ask one of benreys friends for help if not gordon?

No, no, if I go back, it won't be alone. I'd have to take Gordon, and I'm sure Tommy would like to come with. Coomer hates the place enough to join for the chance to break something. I'm sure some others would go. It's called community radio for a reason, because it's a community.

Even if all of you letter-writers can't do anything but watch, real or not... You're real enough to me, and that's all I need to feel like this is the right thing to do.

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god, i really miss benrey. i hope he's doing okay. im worried about him

-Ashfur

Yeah, I hear you there...

Gordon's right. I... I should be doing more too. It's not like we don't know where he is. Knowing how he got there won't help.

I guess, if I'm going to get involved, I should probably prepare to go back.

Alright, yeah.

Gordon's not gonna like this.

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could you set timers instead?

Oh, you- that's actually- if clocks don't work, I can use alternatives! I mean, we use a sundial outside, as annoying as it is, but inside, I could use the old candle method! When it melts to a point, a pin drops and that's your timer, but, maybe I could set it to ring a bell? Or have a string burn through? Hey, that would actually help! Thanks!

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not sure if i'd recommend throwing a party in this town

Fair point. Maybe just a celebratory cake, to surviving a year here, and to many more!

...Hope I didn't jinx myself.

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…Gordon Forgetman…

Okay, all jokes aside, I think Gordon does have a bit of a memory problem. He loses a lot of things, even stuff he's holding sometimes. It's probably why he has so many notes all over the lab, and why everything's labeled so thoroughly. I actually... feel a bit bad. I do try to help out with that. I mean, I'd set alarms to help, but... again, no clocks. That's why I remind him to do things. It feels a bit like nagging, really, but he doesn't take very good care of himself otherwise.

Oh, sorry, didn't mean to drop that all on you! Uh, I'll finish folding these papers.

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Better not to question the weirdness in this town, Darnold. Time works... Weird here.

You're telling me. I feel like it takes twice as long for a minute to pass here. Not that I can actually measure it. I haven't found a working clock yet, and my watch stopped when I arrived. Wow, it's been almost a year... maybe I should throw a party.

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Okay, that's really cute. What are the other messages like?

I know, right? Gordon said he didn't care about the messages, and I could share them with whomever. It was a bit funny, because Benrey came running over and asked if he could have Gordon's phone to check something. I think he wanted to delete it before Gordon heard it, but, well, he was too late. I wanted to save him a little dignity, so I said he'd never gotten any message, and we've got spotty cell service. Oh, here's- oh man, this one, I think it's where he finally got to the end.

Next message.

Okay. So. Gordon! Hi, uh, Mr.- Dr. Freeman! I mean. Hello, this is Benrey Rattmann, from Black Mesa Community Radio, and, uh. I wanted to know if, uh, um, I wanted to- okay, deep breath, I can do it- I wanted to ask if you would like to go out toooo have an interview! Yes, an interview, about, uh, the things you do in that lab! Maybe over coffee, or dinner if you don't like coffee, or lunch if dinner's too late, or- yeah. Just. Sometime. Uh, I'm, you can call the station, uh, at 1-888-447-5594. So. Please call me back!

End of message.

Benrey tried so hard to ask for that interview. He left so many where he's hyping himself up first, or accidentally pressed call. Tommy told him if he hit the pound sign a couple times, it'd erase the call, just because he got so nervous about messing up so he could retry. I think he took that a little too seriously though. There's about five tries before this one.

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Why do you want to know Benrey's birthday?

Just so I know whether Gordon’s wrapped up in a conspiracy theory or not. He has some wild speculations written here, about Benrey’s age. Oh! Here we go!

Saved messages. First message.

It’s- ohmygodTommy it’s ringing. It- what? OH! OH FUCK! H- Hello? I’m- uh, I hope this is the right number, I’m your host. Wait, I mean- I’m Benrey! Rattmann! Benrey Rattmann, and- Tommy, can I retry this? Like, is there a way to delete and restart?

End of first message.

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Like we said, Gordon fell asleep listening to the recordings. He was asleep last we saw him. Just passed out at his desk

Fell asleep, huh? I think I better change the locks on the lab. I know I just said he’s an adult, but I think he needs an adult to tell him to go to bed. Speaking of desk, guess who just found his phone? Let’s see, I think I can get that voicemail to play. Oh man, it was so funny. 

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why do you ask?

Well, he has it underlined a few times, that he can’t find a “first day” for Benrey’s time as a host, and “birthday” is written all over a page. These look like the ramblings of a madman, honestly. Surprised he hasn’t gotten string and a corkboard yet.

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so do you have any curiosity or concern about the situation? benrey is missing and gordon is going crazy over how obsessed the town is with benrey

Obsessed is about right. Benrey's sort of a celebrity here, so of course they're going to be invested, and upset when he's gone. They've been getting their weather and news from him for who knows how long. And, look, I'm all for solving the strange problems in town, but there's a limit to what we can do. We're scientists, from out of town. The citizens haven't even known us for a year. And of course I'm worried. But Gordon's an adult, and if he needs help, I'll be there, but he has to ask first. This is his project, and he didn't want help on it.

...I also try not to pry into Gordon's notes, unless he shows me, but, well, listen to this.

"Benrey refers to being an intern, still can't find record. Diner burned down five separate times. No one remembers previous fires after rebuilding. Lambda Parks opened in '98, '92, '85, '76, '71. Only one Lambda Park in town."

I'm starting to think I shouldn't have left him alone on this, I mean. He must be listening to the same tapes, or they're mislabeled.