“ And as bright as the new world, her eyes shined. Brighter than wrong, A Cherishable Star. For it was Ms. Harris who showed me, showed us all, the true symbol of promise. " 

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                                       RESSE HARRIS –> THE QUAINT DETECTIVE                                                              Est. 13 July 2021

Do you like detectives? How about like female detectives? How about a detective who speaks in fluently in “philosophy” and “speculation”? If you checked YES in any of these questions then you may be interested in meeting RESSE HARRIS, the most respected detective in or from Odd Life City! She is a the protagonist of the story of my making, and would like to meet new people just like you!

❝ why are you doing this to yourself? ❞

❝ luck lasts for a few hours, sometimes a day or two, but not a lifetime. ❞

❝ please come upstairs and i’ll give you something to eat. talk to me for a minute. ❞

❝ there are just so many thoughts inside my head all the time. ❞

❝ i’m so full, i think i’m just going to go to bed. ❞

❝ robbing people was a way of making money, taking someone’s jacket was a way of staying warm. ❞ 

❝ it’s like i wouldn’t be where i’m at. not just physically where i’m at, but mentally where i’m at. ❞ 

❝ honey, this is all because of you and you have to pay the consequences. ❞

❝ i decided the only way to cope was to stay to myself. ❞

❝ hold on, hold on. let me think for a minute. ❞

❝ that hurt. that hurt bad. ❞

❝ the holidays are over. now it’s time for you to go back where you belong. ❞

❝ do you ever have nightmares? ❞ 

❝ i’m just so glad to see that you’re okay, baby. you had me so scared. ❞

❝ it felt like family, real family. ❞

❝ after a while it became normal. if that’s all you know as a kid, you get used to it. ❞ 

❝ i’ll make the best french toast you’ve ever had. ❞

❝ what do you mean “bright”? is there a light bulb over my head like in the cartoons? ❞  

❝ okay, baby, well you just stay right here. ❞  

❝ how about “i love you” or “i miss you” or “you look good”? ❞

❝ everyone crowded around and then somebody gave me a jacket to put under my head and i just lay in the street until the ambulance came. ❞ 

❝ a home is what you make it. ❞

❝ aren’t you too young to be buying beer, son? ❞   

❝ i was used to being locked up. ❞

❝ now i know that i didn’t try very hard either, but i was the child. ❞

❝ but for some reason, even though i was badly hurt, i didn’t feel nothing. ❞

❝ just make sure it rhymes. ❞  

❝ i was playing by myself in the street and found a dime. ❞

❝ but the good feeling didn’t last long. ❞

❝ for a time, i didn’t give a fuck. it was more like an adventure. ❞ 

❝ you wanna go where? to do what? ❞ 

❝ as long as you tell the truth, i will always support you. ❞

❝ it was also the place to find the best sunday dinner. ❞ 

❝ it’s crazy how different songs can bring you back to a certain memory. ❞ 

❝ i needed some money. i was hungry. ❞

❝ it’s all a bad dream. i’m going to wake up. ❞

❝ i was looking everywhere for you. ❞

❝ the mask made me do it. ❞

❝ why, so you can laugh at me some more? ❞

❝ i hate mints. ❞ 

❝ no, no, no, no, no, no. that’s too dangerous. ❞

❝ there you are. do you realize what time it is? ❞ 

❝ i don’t like being scared. i – i don’t like being afraid, okay? ❞

❝ well, we’ve hit almost every house in the neighborhood. ❞ 

❝ what happened to your hands? ❞ 

❝ i love you, i really do. ❞

❝ there’s no bottom to this mask. there’s no line in between the mask and your skin! ❞

❝ only you can, with a symbol of love. ❞

❝ you’re so scare-able, that’s all. ❞

❝ shut up, shut up, shut up! ❞

❝ i have been waiting to do that all night. ❞

❝ oh, it’s me. it’s who i used to be. ❞

❝ hey… don’t look at me like that. ❞

❝ how’d you change your voice like that? that was the scariest part. ❞ 

❝ but it’s too weird for words. ❞ 

❝ okay, okay. don’t have a fit. ❞ 

❝ i’ve had a long, weird night, that’s all. but everything’s okay now. ❞

❝ you’re like somebody else. somebody i don’t even know. ❞

❝ those aren’t my eyes. where are my eyes? who am i? ❞

❝ it’s just a mask. ❞

❝ that “old bag” said she’s calling the cops on you. ❞

❝ did you buy it at that weird store? ❞

❝ i don’t care! i’m freaking out here! ❞ 

❝ this is my night. halloween is my night. ❞

❝ i was like you. i did not love myself. ❞

❝ this isn’t me. this isn’t me in here! ❞ 

❝ oh, it’s just a funny mask, hon. don’t be afraid. ❞

“now, i’m going to look you over and see if you’re much hurted.”

“it is easy to get lost in this snow.”

“better put your coat on. it gets cool mighty fast after the sun goes down.”

“always take your hat off.”

“you’ll have to get new shoes and spurs.”

“well, you go on and eat your breakfast – here’s your coffee and some meat and bread, and i’ll tell you about it.”

“a fire may get started in forty ways.”

“here’s a bad place.”

“you can sleep all day, if you want to.”

“i’d be mighty lonesome if you were to go off.”

“it won’t be of much use in real rainy weather, but it’ll keep you dry in a drizzle.”

“i’m always scary about a gun.”

“that would be bully, wouldn’t it?”

“climb over and come here.”

“if we had a little more daylight, i’d send you out with that fishing rod of yours to catch some trout, but it’s too late for that.”

“oh look out, honey, look out.”

“you’ve got some broken bones now, and you’ll have to lie quiet for a while.”

“i believe that was an awful good lesson for you, and i hope you’ll always remember it.”

“either we got up early, or there’s a big fog.”    

“dark as a wolf’s mouth.”

“are your legs all right?”

“bring the ax with you when you come back.”

“it ain’t far and it ain’t a high climb.”

“ride over and kill that cow, son.”

“did anything happen on the road?”  

“don’t be scared, you won’t get hurt.”

“why it’s simple as rolling off a log; but you’ve got to understand the reason.”

“always get the best you possibly can, but never grumble if that best is pretty poor.”

“do you carry it with you everywhere?”

“well, we must fix you up, friend, you are bleeding badly.”

“ maybe something will happen that can never unhappen. that scares you, doesn’t it? ” 

“ sorry about before. ”

“ dilly dally shilly shally. ” 

“ get off my back. ”  

“ you know what i told you. ”

“ hey, let’s get you fixed up. ”

“ you doing okay? ”

“ sadness was the price to see it end. ”

“ (name) said to take you home, kid. grab on. ”  

“ i’ll be here. ”

“ so what if it looks hopeless? if it were me, i still wouldn’t give up. ”

“ i’m not fit to help anyone. not my family. not my friends. nobody. ”

“ hey, are you crying? ”

“ you’re a real handful. ”

“ oh, yeah! we rock! ”

“ we’re friends, right? ”

“ you were there whenever i needed you. well now, it’s my turn. ” 

“ don’t pretend you’re sad. ”

“ just run! ”

“ you see? everything’s all right. ”

“ which is it: a memory or us. ”  

“ whatever. like it matters anymore. ” 

“ you have geostigma, don’t you? ”

“ why tremble with anger that’s not even there? ”

“ they call it geostigma. ”

“ i think i wanna be forgiven. more than anything. ”

“ you’ve got the stigma, too? ”

“ there were a lot of battles. for every battle, there was more sadness. ”

“ there’s not a thing i don’t cherish. ”

“ please, i don’t know what to do. i can’t do this. ” 

“ you’re late. ” 

“ in the past you’ve always looked after me. ” 

“ so what if i’m a puppet? once upon a time, you were, too! ” 

“ c’mon, i’m here. ” 

“ i never blamed you. not once. you came for me. that’s all that matters. ”  

“ you don’t have a phone? ”

“ look at you. you think you’ve got it so damn hard. well you hate being alone, so let people in. ” 

“ but it looks like the planet is a lot madder than we thought. ”

“ i just thought … i couldn’t care for myself. let alone anyone else. ”

“ to rid the cosmos of fools like you. ”

“ is there a cure? ”

“ somehow, i knew you were there. thank you. ”

“ there’s no cure. ”

“ i’m not crying. ”

“ you came, even though you’re about to break. that’s a good sign. ”

“ i’ve gotta do this. ”

“ that’s right. i am your living legacy. ”

“ what, i don’t get it. why can’t we help out? ”

“ my honor, my dreams, they’re yours now. you’ll be my living legacy. ”

“ i guess that only works for real families. ”

“ everyone’s waiting, if you’re ready. ”

“ (name), you sure this is about fighting? ”

“ i’ll give you the grand tour afterward. ”

“ but you need to think about now, really take it in. ”

“ stay where you belong. in my memories. ”

“ i know. i’m not alone. ”

“ you never call. is something wrong? ” 

“ don’t run. let’s fight it together. ”

“ well, how does it look? ”

“ i guess that’s a no. ”

“ you don’t have to hang on any longer. ”

“ tough luck, friend. sounds like you don’t have a place here. ”

“ your call to sector seven cannot be completed at this time. ”

“ i swore that i would never forget. i tried, but i … ”

“ you’re gonna give up and die, is that it? ”

“ son of a bitch! ”

“ as long as you exist, the nightmares will come again and again. ”

“ they’re our friends. ”

“ giddy up! ”

“ i said i’d live out both our lives. easy to make that promise. ”  

“ are sins ever forgiven? ”

“ why don’t you ever pay any attention to us? ”

“ i feel lighter. maybe i lost some weight. from all that dilly dallying. ”

“ face it, (name). all you are is an empty puppet. ” 

“ dilly dally shilly shally. isn’t it time you did the forgiving? ”  

“ please give me some time. there’s a battle to be fought. but it’s not as simple as just fighting it. understand? ”

“ we can help each other. i know we can. ” 

“ someone i love went back to the lifestream, too. ”  

“  I don’t wanna talk about things we’ve gone through.  ”

“  Though it’s hurting me, now it’s history.  ”

“  I was in your arms thinking I belonged there.  ”

“  I was a fool playing by the rules.  ”

“  But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you?  ”

“  I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense.  ”

“  Now is all we get nothing promised, no regrets.  ”

“  I’m really glad you came.  ”

“  You know the rules, you know the game.  ”

“  I remember long ago another starry night like this in the firelight.  ”

“  We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die.  ”

“  There was something in the air that night.  ”

“  The stars were bright, they were shining there for you and me.  ”

“  If I had to do the same again I would.  ”

“  I wasn’t jealous before we met.  ”

“  I’m possessive, it isn’t nice.  ”

“  All I’ve learned has overturned.  ”

“  I beg of you don’t go wasting your emotion.  ”

“  I still don’t know what you’ve done with me.  ”

“  I feel a kind of fear when I don’t have you near.  ”

“  Don’t go sharing your devotion.  ”

“  The night is young and the music’s high.  ”

“  Here is where the story ends this is goodbye.  ”

“  There is nothing we can do.  ”

“  We just have to face it this time we’re through.  ”

“  Memories, good days, bad days they’ll be with me always.  ”

“  What happened to those wonderful adventures?  ”

“  It hurts to remember all the good times.  ”

“  All I do is eat and sleep and sing.  ”

“  Still I’m thinking about you only.  ”

“  There are moments when I think I’m going crazy.  ”

“  The sight of you will prove to me I’m still alive.  ”

“  I was defeated, you won the war.  ”

“  Promised to love you for ever more.  ”

“  I made up my mind, it must come to an end.  ”

“  How can I resist you.  ”

“  I’ve been broken-hearted, blue since the day we parted.  ”

“  Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find.  ”

“  I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind.  ”

“  Whatever happened to our love?  ”

“  The love you gave me, nothing else can save me.  ”

“  You made me feel alive but something died, I fear.  ” 

“  I’ve heard about him before.  ”

“  I can still recall our last summer, I still see it all.  ”

“  I was so happy we had met.  ”

“  We took a chance like we were dancing our last dance.  ”

“  There’s a lot you can teach me.  ”

“  Does it mean anything to you?  ” 

“  Can you feel it the way I do?  ”

“  You make me talk and you make me feel.  ”

“  If I trust in you, would you let me down?  ”

“  Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?  ”

“  Could you feel the same way too?  ”

“  I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild.  ”

“  Better slow down, that’s no way to go.  ”

“  I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile.  ”

“  I’ve never felt this strong.  ”

“  I am invincible, how could this go wrong?  ”

“  I see a road ahead I never thought I would dare to tread.  ”

“  You will be my love and my life.  ”

“  Now there’s nothing at all that can keep us apart.  ”

“  When you sleep by my side I feel safe and I know I belong.  ”

“  Losing you is a nightmare fate and to me.  ”

“  You make me think that you will change my life forever.  ”

“  I lay my life before you.  ”

“  I only want you more and more

“  You’ll see how much I care when you meet me.  ”

“  I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore.  ”

“  Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk.  ”

“  If you change your mind I’m the first in line.  ”

“  If you need me, let me know.  ”

“  If you’ve got no place to go when you’re feeling down.  ”

“  Come on, give me a break, will you?  ”

“  My love is strong enough to last when things are rough.  ” 

“  I can’t get you off my mind.  ”

“  Take it easy with me please.  ”

“  Touch me gently like a summer evening breeze.  ”

“  Oh please don’t let me down.  ”

“  There’s a shimmer in your eyes like the feeling of a thousand butterflies.  ”

“  One of us is lying.  ”

“  Now I’m changed and I want you to know.  ”