#broken object

Prompt 27: Extra Credit

Who: Danyell Dwynwen, his sister Danicka, and their mother

What: An ill-fated biscuit jar. 

When: When Danyell was about ten, and Danicka was 12 (about five years pre-Calamity)

Where: The Dwynwen homestead, central Coerthas Highlands

Content notes: Food, broken crockery, sibling shenanigans

"Don't you try to charm me, sweet pea." His mother was trying her best not to laugh. "You'll be pulling weeds for a moon to pay your sister back." Danicka, meanwhile, was laughing so hard she was leaning on her broom, red-faced and starting to cough.

"But mam!" Danyell said with a grin undimmed by the crumbs decorating his cheeks, "Aren't sweets for eating?" He glanced at his sister, who gave him an encouraging wink. 

"Yes,” his mother said, “which is why we put them out of reach of little monkey-fingers, so there are some for the rest of us to eat!"

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Danyell was a moderately-active child, and while he was usually careful enough, there was the occasional mishap -- usually when he and Danicka ended up scheming together. Danyell was younger -- and smaller -- and so he was usually the one pressed into service climbing up on top of things... He’s very lucky he never broke anything besides a few pieces of crockery.

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Written with “Glencoe to Gort” by Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever (instrumental) in mind, though this was composed on my phone in a clinic waiting room....

I was so devastated and she said I'm overreacting and she'll replace it, but not only can you not replace a friend but also those aren't even sold anymore!! She knew that so she just lied to me

This is anti-objectum and general shitty behavior.

The fact that she promised you’d fix them and then tossed them anyways is what really angers me, and she knew they aren’t sold anymore either as well.

i see a lot of media where people get angry or something and smash their laptops or just belongings in general, and it feels like watching gore almost, especially with one of my more severe triggers being angry tantrums or meltdowns of the like (though thats really besides the point i suppose). its sad because a lot of the time you dont even really expect it at all, and all of a sudden youre forced to see something like that. i get why people dont typically provide warnings for this kind of thing but its still sad/disappointing to see

This is anti-objectum and I think can fall under ableism.

I think the bare minimum they could have is a loud sound warning, next best being a destruction of property one. Even outside of objectum experiences, seeing others destroying things can be very triggering to those with trauma, sensitivity to loud noises, etc. so I think they're necessary no matter what in the case of objects being smashed out of nowhere.

by the way he talks both to and about me I can tell he thinks I'm stupid for hugging one of our phones to calm it out of its glitching episodes even though IT LITERALLY WORKS-

he's trying to convince me to sell some of the tech we have to be able to afford repairs for the other ones (which I GUESS makes sense in theory if you don't understand I love themb,,)

but he's a boomer both literally and spiritually so what am I to expect, right? at least he's not against any of the """"normal"""" things I identify as like aroace or nonbinary 🙄🙄🙄

but noooo he just can't grasp that I feel the same way about technology the way one would about close friends.

- ♟💭, if that's not taken

This is anti-objectum.

🛒 Has being OS influenced a purchase before?

💔 Has an object ever broken your heart? (such as losing them in some way, breaking up with them, etc)

📦 What is the "weirdest" object you are into?

💛 If you could have time alone with a public object, what would you do?

🍝 I believe snowballs would count, and maybe orbeez? (Since they dry out)

🛒 I bought a lovely red magic 8 ball (she’s very sassy)

💔 I’ve lost a few of my marbles, sadly

📦 The sound of wind chimes and the library of babel are fairly odd lol

but selling isn't the way to go about that. saving is. I've told him this. Repeatedly. like. I know CRTs are worth hundreds of dollars to collectors. I also know that we need money.

but the most important thing to me is if we sold our CRTs we wouldn't be able to see them anymore :(

this Mission of ours is already going to take years, I'm aware. why would we willingly give up something important to us just to make it take a couple less months?

- ♟💭

Okay, in that case, set aside a small amount of earnings for just repairs, what you set aside shouldn’t eat into normal expenses (rent, food, utilities) and it should also leave enough for you to enjoy simple pleasures (small outings, games, etc.)

With maybe luv- that one guy over there with the laptop boyfriend!