"Mm."
There's a delay, but who's counting?
"High. They're high.
"... a lot of new episodes. Since all this."
There's a delay, but who's counting?
"High. They're high.
"... a lot of new episodes. Since all this."
Busted.
Mentorshot.
"Oh, come on. Do what you want, but don't lie about it.
"He deserves better than that."
"He deserves better than that."
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"Stop, wait," Ivan said, shaking his head, clearing the ghosts.
"He- kept," he began.
"He kept on,"
A swallow like glass.
"I thought he-"
Ivan's lopsided glare met a nearby camera, staring into it, hard.
"He- kept," he began.
"He kept on,"
A swallow like glass.
"I thought he-"
Ivan's lopsided glare met a nearby camera, staring into it, hard.
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"5546-XXXX-XXXX-4443. Expiry code 09/25. CVV Is 032.
"@PapiRodriguez, password is 5wordf!sh, with a 5 for an S and an exclamation point for an i.
"He also has a troll account that's @Shivver333, same password. Read the DMs on that one, really interesting stuff.
"His three email accounts are all the same swordfish password - papi.rodriguez@gmail, questions@papirodshow, and big_papi@papirodriguez.
"Also, dad, I disavow you. I don't fucking know you. I don't want you in my corner. I don't want you at my funeral. I don't want you in my will. I leave everything I have as a legal adult to be buried in the backyard like a beagle. Fuck you, fuck Mom for producing it, fuck-"
His fists tightened.
"Fuck the secretary you're sleeping with. Fuck the other kid you have - the one you're hiding when you go to San Diego for two weeks at the end of every quarter. Fuck the accountant that's probably stealing from you. Fuck the schoolboard for letting me in because of a celebrity. Fuck the pictures you have on your hard drive. Fuck the money you have hidden in overseas accounts. Fuck the fans that encouraged you to run me as content.
"Fuck you, dad."
"@PapiRodriguez, password is 5wordf!sh, with a 5 for an S and an exclamation point for an i.
"He also has a troll account that's @Shivver333, same password. Read the DMs on that one, really interesting stuff.
"His three email accounts are all the same swordfish password - papi.rodriguez@gmail, questions@papirodshow, and big_papi@papirodriguez.
"Also, dad, I disavow you. I don't fucking know you. I don't want you in my corner. I don't want you at my funeral. I don't want you in my will. I leave everything I have as a legal adult to be buried in the backyard like a beagle. Fuck you, fuck Mom for producing it, fuck-"
His fists tightened.
"Fuck the secretary you're sleeping with. Fuck the other kid you have - the one you're hiding when you go to San Diego for two weeks at the end of every quarter. Fuck the accountant that's probably stealing from you. Fuck the schoolboard for letting me in because of a celebrity. Fuck the pictures you have on your hard drive. Fuck the money you have hidden in overseas accounts. Fuck the fans that encouraged you to run me as content.
"Fuck you, dad."
"...I rated him one star."
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The anger exploded outwards with puffed out cheeks, ending on a chuckle that had him gasping for air. He scratched idly at the F in his head, rotating his hand until his thumb raked across it, pain blooming under his nail's attention. He rose, dusting his jeans off, and collected Tenga as he stood.
"You probably don't have much more time with me, do you?"
"You probably don't have much more time with me, do you?"
"Not a lot. But what are they going to do, revoke the contract I didn't sign?"
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"Can you read me something?"
"Sure. Anything specific?"
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"There's - hah," Ivan began, "there's this terrible fanfiction that got big in the circles I ran in. On Discord and stuff. It's... I'm trying to remember the name."
Ivan scratched his chin, patchy hair growing there from days of not grooming.
"It was Dougie and Jewel, and was this weird retelling of their last meeting where they fuck. The Answers! The Answers to Questions."
He shook his head, smiling to himself.
"I could - uh, use the laugh."
Ivan scratched his chin, patchy hair growing there from days of not grooming.
"It was Dougie and Jewel, and was this weird retelling of their last meeting where they fuck. The Answers! The Answers to Questions."
He shook his head, smiling to himself.
"I could - uh, use the laugh."
Something mumbled in Korean.
"Okay. Um. Right. Let me just go and. find that."
A little bit of a laugh, a little bit of a sob.
She's back in two minutes.
"Okay. Um. Right. Let me just go and. find that."
A little bit of a laugh, a little bit of a sob.
She's back in two minutes.
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He waited.
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The announcements came. The announcements went. Ivan sat in the corridor, listening to the faint traces of Emmy's voice on the musty air, long since faded after they both talked through smiles about awful fanfic until her mic was cut off.
He'd picked the glass out of his feet using Rhonda's medkit, wrapped it using the last of its materials, and set it beside him, still open. It wouldn't go back into his bag.
Ivan sat and he listened to Ritzy Daggers rattle off Akeno's name, Verity's name. He stood up during the team wrapups, running a finger down the wall, dipping into the soft alcoves of the doorways, tense, waiting.
He stopped. Frowned.
There was a note on the wall.
He'd picked the glass out of his feet using Rhonda's medkit, wrapped it using the last of its materials, and set it beside him, still open. It wouldn't go back into his bag.
Ivan sat and he listened to Ritzy Daggers rattle off Akeno's name, Verity's name. He stood up during the team wrapups, running a finger down the wall, dipping into the soft alcoves of the doorways, tense, waiting.
He stopped. Frowned.
There was a note on the wall.
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Balling up the paper into a tight fist, Ivan let it drop with a tap tap onto the squeaky floor, fists clenched. His gaze turned to look down at the shotgun, quivering lightly in his hand, the handle cutting grooves into his callouses.
He gulped for air. Gulped again, squeezed his eyes shut, counted slowly.
When Ivan opened them, they blazed.
"Fisk," he said, voice small.
"Fisk," he said, louder.
He gulped for air. Gulped again, squeezed his eyes shut, counted slowly.
When Ivan opened them, they blazed.
"Fisk," he said, voice small.
"Fisk," he said, louder.