the blood, the blood, the blood of the lamb ; it's worth two lions, but here i am. and i slept in last night's clothes and tomorrows dreams. but they're not quite what they seem. ( dependent christian lincoln for asphyxiahq. )
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Booksmart (2019) Directed by Olivia Wilde
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( miguel bernardeau, 20, he/him ) welcome to san francisco, CHRISTIAN LINCOLN. rumor has it they are a PHOENIX, but only they could tell you the truth! when i close my eyes, i think of them and imagine WIPING FINGERPRINTS OFF EVIDENCE, COVERING SECRETS AND COLOUR CODED KEYS.
tl;dr; born into a big familly, ran away at early age. met jaime and maya, who he’s friends with this to this day, and got involved with a shady company to make a name for himself in the world. he’s unaware of his phoenix powers, considering he hasn’t activated them .... yet.
PRE SEASON 1:
born into a big family, one of six, to parents who shouldn’t have one kid. they were irresponsible, reckless, and generally leading their kids down a path of coasting through life. at eleven, he decided he couldn’t live with them for a second longer and took to the streets.
the plan was always to go back for his siblings. establish himself somehow, doing odd jobs, and then trail back to save them too. but he never did. the longer that went by, the more reluctant he became. he didn’t want to face his parents again and get caught in their web, and he feared his siblings would be too far gone to recognise it was in fact a web. therefore, he never went back. he regrets it upon occasion but knows that, ultimately, he saved himself and he’s better off for it. he made it a priority to change his name to christian lincoln as an extra precaution. he didn’t think they cared enough to look for him but he couldn’t take the chance.
along the way, he met jaime and maya. he grew close to them both, through shared experience where jaime was concerned and shared association that turned to fondness where maya was. they became somewhat of a trio, always together, before jaime disappeared.
he and maya stayed in contact long after his disappearance, although he never stopped wondering where his best friend had gone. ( sometimes he wondered if he were alive or dead but he could never fix on an answer. it was the one question that haunted him. ) by the time jaime disappeared, he was already making a name for himself working his way up a local company in seattle.
maya allowed him to stay with him when he needed to shower and sleep in order to be presentable for an interview or a day of work until he was able to afford his own place. he was sixteen at the time and he joined on as an intern. he’d spend the next years in loyalty, working his way up the ranks. three years of loyalty has finally earned him somewhat of a promotion. he’s worked his way up from coffee grunt to intern and now to assistant. the position he was moved to was in san francisco, coincidentally, and so he’s moved recently.
SEASON 1:
he reunited with jaime & maya. it wasn’t awkward in any case, but it was also an adjustment. he hasn’t confided what he does for a living in them and he doesn’t plan to do so.
he also noticed his boss getting into increasingly shady shit, but he said nothing. he burns the evidence, washes his clothes with bleach, and ignores the blood stains on his boss’ lapels. ( he’s always sent to wash them. )
he notices that he’s being sent further and further afield for assignments, but he’s choosing to ignore it. he doesn’t particularly want to ask and he doesn’t consider himself in danger. ( even if he did, he’s gotten pretty good at taking care of himself. )
he’s made a couple of unlikely friends in nico ( who he sees around his office and chooses not to acknowledge ) and adan. who he thinks is a solid man, even if he does enjoy sucking the fun out of his reckless gambling.
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he clearly seems to forget who he’s dealing with; she who never backs down from anything, who makes bad decisions on the regular just for fun. she shrugs, puts down a fiver of her own and shoots him a mischievous smile. “ easiest five bucks�� i’ve ever made. ” she gets up, pats him on the arm as she passes; across the bar, she slides into the lap of someone she vaguely recognizes. she thinks he might go to their school but she couldn’t say for sure. a few twists of curls around her fingers and a bubbly expression forced as a distraction work perfectly. before the guy even knows what’s hit him, she’s finished his drink and started on another. when she makes her way back to christian there’s a self-satisfied smirk on her face, the bills lifted from the table and tucked into her bra. “ before you try and say that i CHEATED, let’s remember that you said i had to get a drink from him – N O T get him to buy me one. ” gotta love loopholes.
“ whoo. ” he calls after her, pats her on the back as she moves over the bar with effortless ease. she’s going to pull this off, as she always does. it’s just a question of how. he turns around in his chair, rests his arm over the back of the chair as he watches the brazen display. he’s still tracing the guy’s shocked expression when she makes her way back. he can’t argue with her logic, no can he argue with her results. holding his hand up for a high five, he lets it be. “ you think i’m complaining about that display? ” seducing him would’ve been predictable. and one could never accuse maya of being anything but interesting. “ no, that was badass. ”
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“ no, pedro, stop. ” her pleas seem almost futile, given how they seem to have no effect on the old man. pedro. one of the first friendly faces she’s known since lysander. he’s a cashier at the corner shop and he’s been beyond KIND to her. but he also gets up really easily —- and has a bit of a gamble problem. and no money. ( the story gets sadder when you consider he has no one and she’s, more or less, substituting for a granddaughter he lost years ago. ) “ he doesn’t know what he’s doing, ” she makes her case to the young man, setting her hand over pedro’s and trying to stop him from putting money on the table. “ please. ”
he isn’t void of sympathy. he threw a bet in the air and wanted to see who would take it. it was entertainment, nothing more. he can tell by the expression on this woman’s face there’s far more than money at stake. he looks over her, over the man he’s now come to know as pedro, and eases off the table he’s sat upon. swipes the money and, with a sleight of hand, deposits it into his pocket. he pats on the table, calls the whole thing off with finality. “ sorry. ” he can find less hazardous fun. if people keep taking advantage of the vulnerable, they’ll be more kids on the street by the dozen. ( just like him. he doesn’t regret running. no, he regrets staying. )
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ofadan:
“ five dollars? seriously? ” his profile casts a shadow over the table that christian is sharing with a stranger, making bets over ridiculous things that’ll only empty out his pocket. sure, that amount of money is just change to him, but for all he knows, it could be a fortune for christian. “ shoo. ” it doesn’t take much convincing to kick out the third wheel and adan takes his place instead, but not before setting down an expensive bottle of whiskey. “ i disappear for a minute and you’re already GAMBLING. ” not that he would blame him — sometimes seizing an opportunity, whatever it may be, is REWARDING. “ he’s a vampire. with a little bit of compulsion, he’s got you eating out of his hand. ” he would know.
his salary is hardly chump change, by any standards, but it could stand to be put to better use. ( late night amazon prime sprees, like everyone else. ) he watches as the man disappears, gives him a look as if to say got caught, before he takes a seat on the bench. next to the expensive whiskey, happy to tip it in his direction to take further note of the label. ( he actually knows what good whiskey, what expensive tastes, look like. thanks to his boss’ propensity for the extreme. ) “ i was going to say you took too long but you can’t rush taste. ” he makes a sound of delight as he sets the bottle back down and turns to adan. “ i’d have been fine. ” he can more than handle himself. ( has done for all of his life. ) he pats the spot next to him, moves his legs under the table to make room. “ come on, let’s open this up. ”
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he’s drunk- well not quite, but there’s enough of a buzz that he feels warm and dazed. matias barks a laugh, and tips his bottle in the other’s direction. “ you doubt me . i can get this fucking bulls eye- “ was that a darts term? he couldn’t remember. “ from the other side of the bar. just you fucking watch . “
he isn’t sure how good at darts the man is sober, but he can’t decide if he hopes for fantastic or terrible. he fishes his phone out of his pocket, opens up the camera app and brings it up to follow the man in his quest. “ that’s the spirit! surprise me. make my night. ” and both of them lots of money. if they pull this off and they go viral, as they rightfully deserve.
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ofhybridismsm:
His dare was weak, at least in Mason’s opinion, if he knew the man, he wouldn’t have bet his money on something that was so easy for Mason to do, but then again, was there anything that he was ashamed of doing? “That’s gonna be easy,” he started to take off his shirt, and his pants, so he would jump in the fountain like the other dared him to do.
“ if it’s so easy, ” he watches the man’s brazen ( but admittedly, daring ) display of skin, hands coming up in a gesture that said go ahead. “ please, be my guest. ” this could either end in fantastic money or fantastic entertainment. or, if he was lucky, both.
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ofmorality:
“i mean yeah, you could tell me anything. i don’t know like, a single person in this city to tell. plus the total stranger thing. lots of reasons all around.”
“ oh, really? ” he doesn’t know her, but he has somewhat of an habit of taking a characteristic interest in strangers like this. be it for entertainment or simple curiosity. he was never going to fall into her trap ( enticing and not quite innocent ; if he had to guess ) but it was fun to entertain the idea for a few moments. he leans over the table, elbows poised on the edge of it. “ i don’t think you can handle my anything. ” ah, christian. ever the challenger. ( he thinks it’s a fitting move from being the challenged. )
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SHE CAN BE PUSHY, SURE. she can be demanding and in your face, even going as far as to knock and when she didn’t get an answer – just walk in anyways. at least she offered them the option of answering her in the first place right? but she can definitely say this is a first – EYES LOOKING DOWN BEFORE UP AGAIN. “you’re not wearing pants.” or much of anything for that matter.
he keeps odd hours. being an assistant is demanding, far more than his the menial tasks he’d gotten used to. he’s on call at all times. so, naturally, when things are quiet, he chooses to rest. ( it’s often more of an attempt than anything else, before he’s called away to the newest crisis, but it’s better than nothing. ) the problem is, however, that’s he’s only trained himself to rouse at the sound of his phone. his boss would never dare come to his home. a measure he can only guess exists to exemplify the fact he is never to find enter his home. he knows where it is, of course, has even stood a block outside with news that couldn’t wait. but the unspoken understanding still remained. he wasn’t to intrude on those who didn’t, couldn’t, know. ( he doesn’t know anything about his boss’ personal life, doesn’t dare to ask. everything he does, he does for a reason. ) so, naturally, when he hears a few light raps on the door he chooses to ignore them. turns further into the arm of his couch and assumes if it’s important, they’ll come back. what he doesn’t expect is to hear the door open. he wakes up, pushes himself up to address the fact there’s a woman he’s never met in his apartment. “ ... no. ” he was napping, in his own house. he can’t say whether nudity was acceptable or not crossed his mind. he reaches over the back of the couch, finds the sweater he’d taken off, and pulls it back on. “ and call me old fashioned but you aren’t supposed to break into people’s houses. ” in her defence, he did leave the door unlocked. this is his own fault.
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“ you think that’s an even bet? ” he isn’t a betting man but he is adjustable. he can see that this is going to end badly from miles away and, honestly, he’d never complain about a few more extra coins in his pocket. he pulls out his wallet, lays five dollars out on the table and steps back. “ alright. i dare you. ”
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he has to be here. it’ll be important for his alibi later. that’s all his boss had said. hadn’t spared the details. he’s not surprised. he’s always suspected the affluent are corrupt. ( after all, you don’t get to the top without stepping on a few heads. ) he knows better than to ask. simply shows up to the address he’s been given and makes it seem as though he’s having a perfectly good time. he’s nursing a drink he should be a few months shy of having, enjoying the song that’s playing with detached recognition. he shakes his head when the bartender asks if he’s having a bad night, because he truly isn’t. ( he gets the sense tomorrow will be a bad day, but that’s a tomorrow problem. ) “ de-stressing. ” he tips his drink up to him, gets a smile in return, and turns around in his chair. he expects to see something that catches his interest, something mundane he’ll engage with for the night, but what he catches makes the glass shatter in his hand. he shakes off the shards, hears one crunch under his shoe when he walks forward. ( he can hear the bartender asking if he’s okay, he just doesn’t know how to respond. ) he doesn’t resent jaime. understands what it’s like to need to disappear. he’s had questions, it’s human nature, but he’s tried to stop asking them. ( it’s easier than making peace with their existence. ) the answers are at the tip of his fingers now, in the place of the man across the room. is he happy? is he better off? did he make something of himself? ( does he regret running? ) he crosses the room before the questions can choke his ambition, the sting of the cuts on his hand proving a worthy anchor. “ if you say you own this place, ” he speaks up, cracks a smile of equal disbelief and consideration ( he doesn’t know how he feels yet ) “ i swear to god, i’m going to lose it. ” @byacatalepsy
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that’s christian lincoln not miguel bernardeau. he's twenty years old and a firestarter. he may be +independent, +skillful, & +trustworthy but he's also - selfish, -unpredictable & -quick-tempered.
born into a big family, one of six, to parents who shouldn’t have one kid. they were irresponsible, reckless, and generally leading their kids down a path of coasting through life. at eleven, he decided he couldn’t live with them for a second longer and took to the streets.
the plan was always to go back for his siblings. establish himself somehow, doing odd jobs, and then trail back to save them too. but he never did. the longer that went by, the more reluctant he became. he didn’t want to face his parents again and get caught in their web, and he feared his siblings would be too far gone to recognise it was in fact a web. therefore, he never went back. he regrets it upon occasion but knows that, ultimately, he saved himself and he’s better off for it. he made it a priority to change his name to christian lincoln as an extra precaution. he didn’t think they cared enough to look for him but he couldn’t take the chance.
around the same time, he also started to get pressing headaches. he thought they were migraines at first until they were accompanied, almost automatically, by the presence of fire. it took him a few months to make the connection but once he did, he realised if he could harness it, he could use it to his advantage. but, to this day, no matter how hard he tried, he can’t understand what makes the flares come and go.
along the way, he met jaime and maya. he grew close to them both, through shared experience where jaime was concerned and shared association that turned to fondness where maya was. they became somewhat of a trio, always together, before jaime disappeared. he and maya stayed in contact long after his disappearance, although he never stopped wondering where his best friend had gone. ( sometimes he wondered if he were alive or dead but he could never fix on an answer. it was the one question that haunted him. )
by the time jaime disappeared, he was already making a name for himself working his way up a local company in seattle. maya allowed him to stay with him when he needed to shower and sleep in order to be presentable for an interview or a day of work until he was able to afford his own place. he was sixteen at the time and he joined on as an intern. he’d spend the next years in loyalty, working his way up the ranks. three years of loyalty has finally earned him somewhat of a promotion. he’s worked his way up from coffee grunt to intern and now to assistant. the position he was moved to was in san francisco, coincidentally, and so he’s moved recently.
little does he know, he’s about to walk right back in jaime’s life and see his world in a whole new world. he hasn’t shared his powers with anyone but that’s about to change.
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