video: un; an.observer

[thisislife]

[Lexi sits on her couch with her batcats, Nosferatmew, Mewnos: The Paws of Fate, and her non-batcat, Mewdemic sitting nearby. Orville, her hedgehog Omen, is sitting on his usual place on Lexi's shoulder]

Uh...hey. This is gonna sound weird after the whole Paleblood issue thing, but. I'm a Darkblood and I can feel my powers acting normal. See? [she lifts a large pile of books on her endtable telekinetically]

But I feel like something's wrong. Something bad. Really, really bad. And I can't shake that feeling, it's been keeping me up at nights and I feel...I guess 'paranoid' is the right word for it? I dunno.

[she sighs] Maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing, I don't know, but if anyone else is feeling the same way? Please let me know. I can't be the only one this is happening to.

Right?

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un: eudaimonikos; video

[eudaimonikos]

.....see, I've been feeling like that, but then some shit actually did happen.

[Easy to think your paranoia is reasonable when one of your close friends goes off the handle and does whatever the fuck Ange is up to! But, looking back, Michael had felt off even before he knew about that.]

[thisislife]

[oh, this is not what she was hoping for at all] So maybe it's a you're not paranoid if they are out to get you thing? Great. Wonderful.

...what kind of shit happened? If I can ask?

> private

[eudaimonikos]

[There's a sigh, and then he visibly just swaps this to a private channel.]

Yeah, one of my friends went off her rocker and...I guess trapped her whole household in a fake Good Place? You know, when you're in an imaginary perfect world that you never want to leave, because you can't? I don't think it's technically a beast thing yet, but it's probably getting there.

> private

[thisislife]

Lexi looks decidedly alarmed]

Okay, that's...not good. And I thought perfect worlds didn't exist, there was something they had in 'The Matrix' that--well, nevermind. I figure this place's weird can outdo anything Hollywood can do.

But I take it you guys were able to free her housemates? 'Cause if not, I'm gonna get really worried. Not just ordinary worried.

[eudaimonikos]

I'll let you know when it's done. Or else I'll get stuck in there too. But I'm pretty good with fake Good Places.

[to say the least!]

un: copycat ⸻ video

[fromshadows]

And here I was thinking that I was just being paranoid.

[ Which Blake had figured was just, you know, normal when you end up falling into a world full of strange gods and unpredictable dangers. She's still adjusting. ]

It's like... I feel like something is coming, but I have no idea what. Do you think all Darkbloods are feeling like this?

(CW: gory imagery- car wreck

[thisislife]

Oh, thank fuck. [Lexi breathes out]

No. If both of us are feeling the same way and we're both Darkbloods, logically most other Darkbloods are feeling something like this.

And that's the feeling exactly. Like I'm about to step in front of an oncoming car, but I can't stop myself from feeling that way or from doing...whatever the paranoia's gonna make me do.

But, uh. Weird way of meeting aside, I'm Lexi. Hi.

[fromshadows]

Yeah. It's a really weirdly ominous feeling.

[ Blake's seen on the network that Palebloods seem to be having problems with their senses, so it stands to reason that blood types experiencing blood-wide effects might just be a thing here, leaving them all struggling to figure it out. Or, if the effects are subtle enough, struggling to figure out if they're just feeling anxious, or if it's a blood thing. Strange. ]

I'm Blake. And I think meeting over social media might be one of the more normal ways to meet someone here. [ There's a tiny hint of a reserved little smile. ] Do you think there's anything that can be done about this feeling? Or do we just have to... live with it?

[thisislife]

Yeah. It keeps...itching at my mind. Like, things are going fine but all of a sudden, whoops! Scary levels of paranoia are there and I can't ignore them anymore.

[so has Lexi. that post about tasting people kept her up at night several times. she probably does look like she needs an all-day nap, or at the very least a decent psychologist, but. they have to play that role to each other often enough, it seems]

Good to meet you, Blake. [and a chuckle] You're probably right. I mean, you're absolutely right, that's how most people meet outside of high school As for what can be done...if it's a Darkblood thing, we probably just have to [an awkward shrug] Live with it. Until next month and who the fuck knows what'll happen to us that time.

text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

You're not the only one.
I keep getting a nagging suspicion that the other shoe is starting to drop.
But the thing is that my life's a little chaotic right now, so I ignored it.
But if someone else is feeling it?

You think something's wrong?

[thisislife]

Okay.
Okay, this is good.
One of us is weird.
Two of us is maybe a coincidence.
More than that is probably a pattern.
And I have that exact same feeling and it sucks.

Yeah.
I do.
You know how our feelings and senses get fucked up according to our blood type every month.

[threelayers]

And a pattern, around here, means curse?
That, or something blood-related that's fucked up beyond recognition.
But what the hell's going to happen, and could it just happen already?
I hate waiting for it!

[thisislife]

I think so?
Which does lead into the blood related thing.
I have no idea what's going to happen, but I'm trying to brace myself for everything up to and including 'massive snowstorm leaves us all stranded for weeks' to 'rain of frogs.'
I swear, I feel like I'm in "Doomsday Preppers."
And I hate it too!
Could something just happen?!

video; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

I've been feeling that too lately— from what you've said, it does seem like a Darkblood thing.

[thisislife]

Yeah. Lucky us, huh? I'd almost rather something else happen because I'm already a paranoid person and this is pushing it up to over nine thousand. I'm this close to asking my girlfriend if she'll stay with me at my house while this is going on 'cause I keep worrying that something might happen to her. You're feeling like that, too?

[romancekiller]

Yeah, that's exactly how I'm feeling right now too.

[thisislife]

It sucks and I hate it. Especially the very specific paranoia that Luz might be in trouble. Are you having that feeling for certain people in particular?

video; username:mariathorpe

[givetheslip]

I can't say whether this feeling you have means anything or not, but I have found that listening to your gut can do a lot to aid in one's survival.

[thisislife]

Well, my gut is telling me that the sky is falling. [she attempts an entirely awkward laugh and it 100% unconvincing] But it seems like a lot of us Darkbloods feel like that, so I guess we're all gonna have to tough it out until next month. Lucky us, huh?

[givetheslip]

I don't know. It may not be a trick of blood type. It could be that your blood is telling you something the rest of us can't comprehend — that doesn't mean it's not real.

[Which is a worrying thought.]

[thisislife]

...I have a girlfriend. She likes to throw herself head-first into danger. I admit that I haven't always followed her in the past, but I'd like for that to change. What if this is telling me that that's the change?

video | un: dito

[syncopathic]

Didn't you make this exact same post yesterday? What, did you not get enough answers and decided to try again?

Because spamming the network like this is a really good way to get on everybody's shitlist, if I'm gonna be honest.

[Guess who's a Vileblood and is having more than a few temporal issues this month?]

[thisislife]

[guess who's looking at him like he has lobsters coming out of his ears?

hint: it's this girl]

No.

Okay, I asked for advice for handling my powers one time, but that was months ago! I'm not spamming the network with anything!

[syncopathic]

[That's usually the default expression one has when dealing with Dito, let's be real.]

No, I distinctly remember you talking about this exact same thing like one or two days ago. Word for word, practically! Pretty sure I even responded to it, too! Don't Omnis keep archives or whatever?

[thisislife]

[oh, good. at least she's not the only one]

Uh. No. Wrong. You're wrong. And I don't know, but if it's like any social media platform ever, it should.