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eerieindianaWritten for the Fandom Trope Challenge 'Diary and Journal Entries'
Since apparently I can only write about OCs here's a diary entry from Ines. might cross posted to A03 at another time.
Dear Diary
At Nan’s request, I will continue to update you on my life events
Today I got an email from the library telling me that the Sorcerers Bible had come in, so I went to get it out. When I asked for it, Mr El Tahir not-so-subtly reminded me that I have three overdue books (‘93 and ‘00 editions of Jackalope Monthly [which, but the way, does he give a shit about? Who’s reading Jackalope Monthly except for weird conspiracy people? And me, I guess. But they’re old editions, the segments on actual Jackalopes have been disproven many times over. I love my dad and all and his contributions to the Cryptid sections are mediocre at best.] as well as ‘Ghost Hunting, Sorcery and Makeup Application for Beginners’) He said when I bring those back and pay the fee I can have it.
He also said that I should consider entering the jelly bean contest, which i did. I guessed five hundred but I don’t think it’s that many.
Got a call from Mum around lunch time, she’s only been at her new job for a few weeks but she’s already got plans to move to Carns. I can’t even say that place let alone imagine what it’s like. Situation normal there, I suppose. I asked her if she knew anything about who Winston Chisel is and why Dad might have been fighting with him. She told me he was a mayor before Uncle Simon and that Dad would fight with anyone for any reason and not to look too much into it. She’s lying to me, just like everyone else. From what I’ve seen, Dad only fought with Dash and people who really deserved it. I asked her if she knew Melaine Monroe (or is it Munro? I don’t know.) and she said only in passing, which is another lie. Melaine has heaps of pictures of them hanging out. They used to be friends, good friends. Best friends. They went to prom together.
People lie to me all the time, and I wish I knew why.
Dash took me and his awful kid out to dinner. The Sushi Bar and Bait Shop got a new train and it’s pretty cool. I tried a heap of different plates with David, and Dash had just Udon. I know I should be nice to David, since he’s a cousin and both our mothers are are work oriented individuals but man he gets on my nerves. He spent all night rattling off outdated Jackalope and The Loch Ness Monster facts. Then he asked if I wanted to go hunt bigfoot outside town. One, I have an eleven o’clock cerfew, two why would I want to go to the outskirts of town when I can find the exact same reality altering effects in the World O’ Stuff, and three, Bigfoot doesn’t even live on the outskirts of town if I wanted to see him I could just look at the bin in the mornings. Idiot.
Dash dropped me home pretty early because I said I had to do homework. I do like him, I think he’s pretty truthful. Or at least, he doesn’t think I’m as dumb as everyone else. I just can’t stand his kid. Kind of a shame that I keep getting pulled into wacky adventures with him. Like that time we had to save the town from being swallowed by a Buffy-esque sink hole. Fun times. But I will say that I think his gray hair is cool, he can have that one.
When I got home, G-Dad was watching old home movies. I sat with him. It was my dad’s twenty first birthday. He looked really happy. They all did. He doesn’t look like someone who’s going to run away from home in a could of years. He looks like someone who’s in love with his girlfriend, happy to be around family and happy to be allowed to legally drink alcohol. He calls Mom Janey, which I’ve never heard before. The only person not there is Uncle Simon but I wouldn’t know what he would have been doing.
I asked him why he was watching videos and he said it was because he missed his son. I asked him if me deciding to leave boarding school and come here upset him or made him miss Dad more. He said it did but in a good way. When I asked what that meant he said that having me around reminded him of the good times. He said that it was nice to have a piece of him around and he and Nan were too old to be empty nesters anyway. I asked him if he really thought Dad just ran away and he said that he thinks Dad will come back when the time is right. I asked when that will be and he just told me he didn’t know an asked if i wanted to watch Mom and Dad get married. I told him I did but he couldn’t find the tape so instead we watched Uncle Simon read poetry.
Which is how I came here to the end of the day. Don’t know how writing about my day will help me adjust to my post-boarding school life but I guess if Nan asks I should do it. Tomorrow I’ll find those missing books and see if Dad submitted to any other magazines. Good night.
Ines
Since apparently I can only write about OCs here's a diary entry from Ines. might cross posted to A03 at another time.
Dear Diary
At Nan’s request, I will continue to update you on my life events
Today I got an email from the library telling me that the Sorcerers Bible had come in, so I went to get it out. When I asked for it, Mr El Tahir not-so-subtly reminded me that I have three overdue books (‘93 and ‘00 editions of Jackalope Monthly [which, but the way, does he give a shit about? Who’s reading Jackalope Monthly except for weird conspiracy people? And me, I guess. But they’re old editions, the segments on actual Jackalopes have been disproven many times over. I love my dad and all and his contributions to the Cryptid sections are mediocre at best.] as well as ‘Ghost Hunting, Sorcery and Makeup Application for Beginners’) He said when I bring those back and pay the fee I can have it.
He also said that I should consider entering the jelly bean contest, which i did. I guessed five hundred but I don’t think it’s that many.
Got a call from Mum around lunch time, she’s only been at her new job for a few weeks but she’s already got plans to move to Carns. I can’t even say that place let alone imagine what it’s like. Situation normal there, I suppose. I asked her if she knew anything about who Winston Chisel is and why Dad might have been fighting with him. She told me he was a mayor before Uncle Simon and that Dad would fight with anyone for any reason and not to look too much into it. She’s lying to me, just like everyone else. From what I’ve seen, Dad only fought with Dash and people who really deserved it. I asked her if she knew Melaine Monroe (or is it Munro? I don’t know.) and she said only in passing, which is another lie. Melaine has heaps of pictures of them hanging out. They used to be friends, good friends. Best friends. They went to prom together.
People lie to me all the time, and I wish I knew why.
Dash took me and his awful kid out to dinner. The Sushi Bar and Bait Shop got a new train and it’s pretty cool. I tried a heap of different plates with David, and Dash had just Udon. I know I should be nice to David, since he’s a cousin and both our mothers are are work oriented individuals but man he gets on my nerves. He spent all night rattling off outdated Jackalope and The Loch Ness Monster facts. Then he asked if I wanted to go hunt bigfoot outside town. One, I have an eleven o’clock cerfew, two why would I want to go to the outskirts of town when I can find the exact same reality altering effects in the World O’ Stuff, and three, Bigfoot doesn’t even live on the outskirts of town if I wanted to see him I could just look at the bin in the mornings. Idiot.
Dash dropped me home pretty early because I said I had to do homework. I do like him, I think he’s pretty truthful. Or at least, he doesn’t think I’m as dumb as everyone else. I just can’t stand his kid. Kind of a shame that I keep getting pulled into wacky adventures with him. Like that time we had to save the town from being swallowed by a Buffy-esque sink hole. Fun times. But I will say that I think his gray hair is cool, he can have that one.
When I got home, G-Dad was watching old home movies. I sat with him. It was my dad’s twenty first birthday. He looked really happy. They all did. He doesn’t look like someone who’s going to run away from home in a could of years. He looks like someone who’s in love with his girlfriend, happy to be around family and happy to be allowed to legally drink alcohol. He calls Mom Janey, which I’ve never heard before. The only person not there is Uncle Simon but I wouldn’t know what he would have been doing.
I asked him why he was watching videos and he said it was because he missed his son. I asked him if me deciding to leave boarding school and come here upset him or made him miss Dad more. He said it did but in a good way. When I asked what that meant he said that having me around reminded him of the good times. He said that it was nice to have a piece of him around and he and Nan were too old to be empty nesters anyway. I asked him if he really thought Dad just ran away and he said that he thinks Dad will come back when the time is right. I asked when that will be and he just told me he didn’t know an asked if i wanted to watch Mom and Dad get married. I told him I did but he couldn’t find the tape so instead we watched Uncle Simon read poetry.
Which is how I came here to the end of the day. Don’t know how writing about my day will help me adjust to my post-boarding school life but I guess if Nan asks I should do it. Tomorrow I’ll find those missing books and see if Dad submitted to any other magazines. Good night.
Ines
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Date: 2018-05-14 07:28 pm (UTC)Also, sniff, Edgar.
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Date: 2018-05-15 04:32 am (UTC)And poor Edgar.
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Date: 2018-05-16 05:15 pm (UTC)Dang Ines, shots fired!
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Date: 2019-06-18 08:20 pm (UTC)This line still makes me laugh so hard!!