once upon a dream

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“Well…” So this was Fawn reaping what she sowed. Rose must have listened in to her complaining about her childhood teachers, and now it was coming back to bite her in the bum. “… Well, dear, I think… I mean, it’s good to test your memory every once in a while, mine’s all scrambled most of the time,” she tried to joke, with a little stuttered chuckle.

“But… I must say, as important as getting your education is, it’s true that… Well, that it doesn’t truly take into account how important practical knowledge is,” Fawn had to agree. She leaned slightly away from her green stem braids and towards the book Rose was holding. “Can you think of any way we can put what your textbook says into practise? Then you might have an easier time absorbing those lessons.”

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she knew her aunt was trying but unfortunately for fawn, rose had checked out and was far more interested in the idea of doing literally anything else other than reading her textbook. “ugh, it’s so boring”

“no not really” she was an environmental sciences major, there was only so much she could do outside of a lab. “does getting milkshakes count as practice?” she asked, perking up from her chair to see if she could get away with the suggestion. 

“Oh it’s baby don’t hurt me from Haddaway.” Which ironically sounded a lot like the name his brother adopted when he made his new persona. “You should google it sometime, if you have a phone that is.” Ares wasn’t one to assume.

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“baby don’t hurt me from haddaway” she repeated to herself, making a point to memorise the name. “i don’t have a phone. which is ironic considering my aunts are wildly overprotective and would put a tracking chip in me if they could” 

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Fawn sighed. She managed to pick herself up right away with a small tense smile, but she really wasn’t in the mood to start an argument, especially when her sisters weren’t around to put their foot down for her.

“I know, dear, but… I mean, maybe that’s how you feel now, but after you’re rested for a bit, you can keep going for a little more, and even manage to finish studying it for the day,” she said gently. “Wouldn’t it be better to get it over with?”

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she wasn’t a fool, she knew how important education was, but right now she wasn’t for listening about it. 

“it would be better to not have to do it at all” she huffed and flipped the page of her textbook over “how is this going to help me? all this does is test my memory rather than put the skills into practice” 

Looking over at Rose, Ollie chuckled a bit. They had to admit, this was the most beautiful place they had ever studied. And it smelled so nice. But, they did have to agree this was getting really boring. “Okay, well, what would you rather be doing?” They asked, slipping a post-it note into their text book to save their place.

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“i don’t know, sleeping, eating, going to see a movie. literally anything else is better than having to sit here and study all day. this is a form of torture” she exclaimed and shut her book over. “i have to get out of here” 

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she smiled at the young girl being over studying her textbook. turns out no matter what age you are, you hate studying. “morning rose, how are we today?” she asked while entering the store “studying hard?”

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rose hated this book with a burning passion “i’m bored, i’m tired and i loathe this textbook with every ounce of my being. other than that, i’m good. how are you?” she asked as she sent a smile to eilonwy “unfortunately, though i’d love nothing more than to just go back to bed. how could you standing doing all that studying to become a doctor? it’s awful” 

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Spring was coming! The days were moderately sunnier, most of all, but there were also the preparations for the festivities, the artisan market, and all the fun plans that came with such events. And of course spring also meant more sales at Maria’s flower shop, which was always fantastic. Fawn couldn’t be happier. But it seemed her darling niece wasn’t sharing her joy.

“Well, what if you take a little break, maybe ten minutes, so you can then go back to it with fresh eyes?” Fawn suggested, making little green braids with the discarded stems of trimmed flowers. “I read those sort of little rests can do wonders for your memory and concentration. I think it was in some magazine, at the salon… Hm, but I’m not sure.”

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she knew her aunts were busy and logically speaking she shouldn’t be complaining, but her eyes physically wouldn’t allow her to look at another word in her textbook “can i not just be done for the day?” she asked, pushing her luck to see if she could get away with it “my head hurts, i don’t want to do this anymore”

“it’s so boring!”

@happieststarters​

Morgan was in the middle of styling a client’s hair, listening and nodding along as they vented about their situation. When a particularly shocking twist was revealed, they pulled the scissors back and gasped. “They did not! And what did you say?” They asked, now completely enraptured in the story.

@happieststarters​

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against her will, rose was sent to go get her hair trimmed. her aunts had had enough of the young bryar’s unruly hair and decided it was time for a tidy up. “i said no, but i’m here now so i guess you can tell who won the battle” she huffed “maybe i’ll go get a piercing and send my aunts into madness” she sniggered with a grin. 

“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me don’t hurt me, no more” Ares sang walking down the streets, not long after the wedding his sight disappeared, and he was now walking with a cane - but he did get to see his husband’s face at the wedding, so he was content. His cane hit something, and he didn’t know if it was a tree or a person. “Hello?” He asked.

@happieststarters​

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walking down the path, rose heard a man singing a tune to himself. she didn’t know the song but she found it catchy “um, excuse me sir, what song is that?” she asked curiously. “i don’t know what it is but it sounds good”

LA BOUFF NEW YEAR BASH

Ghoul - What’s your favorite horror/Halloween song?

tubular bells pt 2 by mike oldfield which is also known as the theme for the exorcist. or the halloween theme music by john carpenter

Vampire - Fact or fiction?