JELLYFISH APOCALYPSE NOW

@eileenxjuly

oh, it's unique! like living in a musical where the lead sometimes forgets you're in the cast too, but it's fun. mom's always moving literally always moving. i think it drives riley crazy but I love it. It’s like she never stops dancing and, you know, sometimes she’ll seriously start giving me life advice while holding a coffee cup in one hand and doing an arabesque with the other and i just can't take her seriously. It's kind of magical and she’s just wonderful, in her own very intense and sparkly way. great stories? absolutely. but I think the best ones are the ones where she’s just my mom, you know? like when she used to hum show tunes while braiding my hair or made me rehearse lines with her and then applauded like I’d just won a tony

Now that's the kind of live, laugh, love I can get behind. Couple follow up questions. 1.) Are they gonna be allowed to unionize, because we need to make sure they have the authority to advocate for themselves should you decide to become a tyrant boss. And 2.) can I sign up? My dream job is to stay fabulous, look cute, and have fun, I really feel like I would be a good addition to your crew.

I respect your commitment to it, it’s very on brand for what i'm building here honestly

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Don't tell me you had a dream too? Are you okay? Too much milk before bedtime for you kid. No but what was your dream about? You were in mine briefly, at the start. You climbed up a ferris wheel. How do you know you're going to dream about that though? Fine, I'll try my best.

oh no, I didn’t have a dream—I had an experience!!!! now that you mention it, climbing a ferris wheel sounds so much fun too. was I just casually defying physics or was I chasing something cool, like a super fast monkey who stole my earrings? and honestly, how don’t you know when you’re about to dream of something epic? It’s a vibe thing. you’ll figure it out. also, too much milk? please, I drink exactly the right amount of strawberry nesquik to fuel my subconscious adventures

Okay, see, now I feel like you'd be disappointed if there wasn't a board with your name on, glittery star and all...

oh my gosh, you know me so well?!? you just got ten times prettier, are you even single? how old are you again? would it be wrong considering addy is my mom? anyway but yeah you're right, I’d honestly feel like the system has failed me

Were you really? The shy? Is that me? Hi, Eileen.

hi, Shy! it’s always nice to meet someone named after a personality trait... jk I know you're Mack, the cutest. If I was gonna call you by a personality trait, that's def the one I'd use you know. lol this reminds me I once met a guy named Jumpy and he told me his mom gave him that name because he jumped right out of the nurse's hands the moment he was born, but Riley thinks he was just shitting with me

You really know how to paint a vivid picture, huh? See, if I was a surprise killer, I would've taken my shot there and then. I guess I never really thought much about the decorations, I think my mom has just always had weird, extravagant taste so it's always just been pretty normal to me... I guess I can see how it might be creepy, though.

so you're saying you just graciously let me live? and joni wouldn't believe me when I said out of her friends I'm def your favorite!!!! yeah sooooo maybe that suit of armor is just for show... or OR maybe it’s been watching us this whole time and reporting back to your mom

Hi. Do you want to hang out soon?

MACK YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS but I was about to message you!!! I love talking to you you know that right? and i was here thinking hey the shy is awake so I'm awake! so I want attention!! hiiiii

Is she not a fan of the eerie vibes, or just worried about having to fix it all now that things are back to normal?

well when you put it like that... oops?

I have decided to put my playlist on spotify on shuffle and considering there are songs from the last 10 to 15 years on there or so, any random songs are coming up. I have been thrown across so many memories from this. I have really found myself remembering things that have happened from songs. Like i have just listened to Flightles Bird, American Mouth, not only does that remind me of Twilight but it also reminds me of dancing on prom night. I am also being reminded of songs I forgot that existed. Anyone else have that? Does anyone have a specific song that rejogs their memory to something that they forgot or tried to forget? Or any quick lets skips songs?

oh, I’m right there with you. shuffle is basically time travel, except instead of going to the future, you’re stuck in all the weird, random moments of your past. like, one minute you're in your twilight fangirl phase and the next you’re reliving that time you ate a burrito that was way too spicy at 3am after a shit ton of vodka and bad decisions thanks to some forgotten indie track that never should’ve been on your playlist. oh i also have like, this one from my middle school years that takes me straight to a terrible haircut and a really awkward group project. and don't even get me started on the quick skip songs, those are like memory landmines, just waiting to go off.

did you know you look like you could be the ghost of natalie wood? @eileenxjuly

omg K, thank you?! I’ve always wanted to look like I have a glamorous, ghostly backstory. now I just need a mysterious, fog filled lake to drift across, clutching a dramatic vintage scarf and whispering cryptic messages to anyone who dares approach. easy peasy

What other kinds of experiments are we talking about?

oh, you know, just the usual harmless stuff: testing if popcorn really does pop faster on a stovetop fire, seeing if I can balance ten candles on a pumpkin without starting a mini inferno, a little potion mixing to see if I can create the world's most sparkly glitter slime. all highly scientific, of course

Not you quoting the Stan Lee at me. I live by that quote... Or kinda, my writing and Mindscapes lives by that quote, because it's so loaded. A lot of people look up to the show and me, for some reason, so I know how important that is.

good boy, zach boy. so are you gonna write for the show too or? i'm sorry if you've already said that, but you said a lot of things so I forgot half of them already

First up, love the name. You got a whole theme going on, since Estelle means star and you've got the moon in the surname. Zero notes. Second, I'm gonna need major clarification. Is Estelle training the monkeys to deliver her mail to her, or to deliver mail she's sending to other people?

awwww, thanks for catching that celestial vibe, it's all about cosmic energy over here! as for the monkeys, well, obviously they're trained for both. they’re like my personal postal service with a flair for adventure. I mean, who wouldn’t want their mail delivered by a monkey in a tiny hat? but of course they’re gonna be respected, loved and taken care of.

Oh yeah. There was a lot of people there and I'm not good with names so I didn't want to get confused. The whole universe? You have high standards and I like that. Yes, maybe the tarantula would still feel hungry, better make sure it doesn't go hungry and die what a shame.

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I had the weirdest dream. Something about a haunted mansion and cults and witches. That's enough coffee before bed for me. Did anyone else have any fucked up post Halloween dreams, or just me?

omg FINALLY! Our brains are synced in spooky dreamland! This is the best day of my life! I knew that if I held out long enough, you’d eventually get on my wavelength. It’s like… sister telepathy but with extra ghosts. Let’s test this! Tonight I’m gonna dream about an army of talking pumpkins staging a revolution. If you see it too, we’re officially unstoppable.

Oh... I don't have voices in my head, but I have intrusive thoughts.

oh, I think intrusive thoughts are just the voices with a better PR team