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come_sailaway2023-11-06 06:29 pm
thefreak) wrote in come_sailaway2023-11-06 06:29 pm
(open) guess who's back (back again)
Who: Eddie Munson & OTA!
When: November
Where: Around the ship, mostly the library and Playback.
What: The existential dread of waking back up on a ship after all that time trapped in the Nothing
Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Probably just some coping with his past trauma.
i. boys don't cry (cabin 103)
ii. me and my brain (library)
iii. don't let it bring you down (playback)
iv. wildcard
When: November
Where: Around the ship, mostly the library and Playback.
What: The existential dread of waking back up on a ship after all that time trapped in the Nothing
Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Probably just some coping with his past trauma.
i. boys don't cry (cabin 103)
( Eddie's eyes fly open with a start. Anyone near cabin 103 will hear yelling as the realization sinks in that he's back on the Serena Eterna. For the next five minutes, the metalhead is properly catatonic until he realizes that he's not in his old cabin. Or, at least, he doesn't recognize the place because all of the little touches between his decorations and Klaus's are nowhere to be found, and of course, he immediately looks around for his guitar. )
Jesus fucking Christ. You have got to be kidding me.
( Time for some exploring! Because maybe Friday made a mistake. Maybe he was revived and brought to the wrong room. Or maybe...
He quickly realizes he's been out of it much longer than he thought. Sure, some things are the same, but there are new things that keep cropping up. New places. It would be thrilling if it weren't for the fact that it means he's still trapped here, and if he's been relocated from his old room, then who knows what else is different. Who else is different.
Who knows who else disappeared?
Eddie shoves his hands into the pockets of his jeans, picks a direction, and starts walking. )
ii. me and my brain (library)
( At first glance, all that can be seen of Eddie is his hair, which, quite frankly, makes sense since he still has so much. If one were to approach the armchair that Eddie has claimed, they would notice the large stack of books by his side.
He's been at this for a while.
There doesn't seem to be a running theme to the selection. It's almost as if Eddie just ransacked the stacks at random. Is he even reading the books? Or maybe he's just staring at the pages, trying as hard as he can to focus on the words instead of the chaotic thoughts surrounding his head. Considering his current distraction, it is probably effortless to sneak up on him, though that might not be wise as he is prone to shrieking, and this is a library.
On the other hand, maybe he could use someone to talk to, especially if that person is a familiar face amidst all this madness. )
iii. don't let it bring you down (playback)
( The arcade brings up some fond memories, so that's the next place that Eddie visits. He brushes his fingers across the surface of the air hockey table and considers wailing a puck across the table as hard as he can. At one point, that had been a perfectly acceptable form of channeling his emotions, though truthfully, it would be more fun with someone to play against.
The appearance of the Build-a-Bear machine catches his eye. Huh, that's new. At first, he just stares at it, as if maybe it'll come to life and make a bear for him (stranger things have happened...). When willing a bear into existence doesn't seem to work, Eddie lets out a huff and starts getting to work.
Ultimately, he ends up with a new friend who looks like a lion with some of the most meticulously styled hair ever. It's too bad the Hawaiian print clothes are the best he could do; with a polo, it might resemble another Hawkins resident if one squints for long enough.
For the rest of his time spent in Playback, Eddie clutches that stuffed animal like it's a lifeline. He's totally well-adjusted. )
iv. wildcard
( Want to run into Eddie elsewhere? Feel free to toss up a starter or hit me up via pm ormetalheads if you would like a tailored starter! I will match prose if preferred. )
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"I just meant- you weren't trapped here anymore, and now you're stuck again." She's pretty sure he'd hated it here the first time, so being back again is probably not doing him any favors.
"I missed you, but I didn't want you to come back and be stuck with the rest of us."
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Probably. But then again, there is some good here among the bad. Like getting to see Chrissy again, all of the friends he made, Steve. He wants to believe it's worth it.
"I missed you, too." He shrugs with a barely-there smile. "Alas, as Mick Jagger once said, we can't always get what we want. I guess I wasn't done with you guys yet. Unfinished business and all that."
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They hadn't really been friends before, and then she'd kind of imposed herself on his life... which had ended pretty terribly. Chrissy wouldn't blame him for not wanting to see her again after that. But he'd never made her feel like that was the case. It'd been really nice, though, spending time with him without having to worry about what her mother or Jason thought.
And then he was just gone, and it almost felt like none of it even mattered. "Yea, there are probably a lot of things you haven't done yet." Predictably, she's having a little trouble thinking of any of those things right now.
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"I mean. I'm sure I can think of a few things." Most of them might involve Steve or some form of juvenile delinquency, but he feels like, after everything, he's earned a little bit of chaos.
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Either way, it's still nice to see him again, and she kind of hates that she feels that way about it. "So how are you?"