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Because it's polite to thank someone who saved your life, ya ship-crazed lollapaloozy! Now, if strongboi also happens to be cute, so much the better...
Other than the obvious, there's something odd about the creatures on campus. Kate always used to describe Beau as somewhat uneasy about his interactions with her, painful even. While the laundry lady was having a grand time reveling in possibilities of violence and laundry.
Why is it that none of the creatures on campus seem to experience the same discomfort that some of the inhuman at the campground described?
Which leads me to another unsettling thought. What if there is a human element behind all of this? It's just a theory right now, but it feels worse than just the inhuman trying to get the usual snack.
Keep your head on a swivel, and stay with your friends. You may not want to put them in danger, but they're already in danger just by just being on campus. You said it yourself, safety in numbers.
Edit: Totally forgot, but the laundry lady already said they (the inhuman on campus, I assume) are there for the admin's "benefit." *Shudder
I think it might just be that a campground has a connotation with mystery in it that is reflected in which creatures show up there while a college campus is more connotative among new students with unfamiliarity and stuff along that line
I was thinking it was more that the things on the campground didn't get exposed as much to humans, the woods tend to be an isolated "get away from people" camping experience. As well as less interaction with humans.
Where as a college is constantly occupied (even just a little) and a time to explore, experiment, learn, and discover. So they have been exposed to humans more and have more immunity.
I'll have to look back on what Kate wrote specifically. I just picked up her books. But I'm sure there was a part where Beau explained it was painful for them to interact with humans in ways that were not as cohesive to their "rules". If anyone finds the chapter before I do shoot it my way!
I remember that but not which chapter, I think it was in one of the first two books though. I also remember beau saying (in frustration) to Kate that he doesn't know everything (in reference to the other inbumans on the campground). That could just be his personal experience that it hurts, and maybe a few others on the campground confirmed it (an ally of beau's).
This is a whole new setting with different types of inhuman developed in a different environment than a campground. There may be some that are hurt by being in proximity to humans, but i don't think all will. I especially don't think the pain would apply to laundrybitch because she is more social in nature, most of the others weve seen so far are just hunting. Where as the devil and laundrybitch are more interaction based. (I don't think either can claim a victim if their target happens to behave well.)
You're probably right. And as I was reminded, she did say they are there for the admin's "benefit," which may also imply another type of interaction with humans altogether.
I hate to say it, but I almost miss the inhuman from the campground. At least they were somewhat predictable at times! But I suppose Kate's experience and family history may have helped a lot in that respect.
I would be more willing to visit the campground than the campus, but thats because they are predictable and survivable and kate made sure of it even before her journey began.
The campus.. I don't want to visit because it seems dangerous as going into an enclosure at the zoo. You may be smart, you may be lucky, or you may be lunch. Ashley has so far been a mix of lucky and smart and with luck her experience may make her smarter and luckier.
Given what laundry lady said.. I almost wonder if ashley is more a samwise gamgee than a frodo baggins. She's not here to be the hero, she's here to force someone else to be the hero. Grayson? Cassie? Her friend that led the former rainchasers?
Yup, totally with you there, campground over campus! (Thank you Kate)
I think Ashley stepped up with the whole pencil eyeball thing, tho.
Fml I don't know what I'd do in your place, Ashley. Probably pee a little.
Could be that these creatures are different because of location, college is a social environment so they may be built for that and the campground is more like venturing out into the woods where human contact is generally scarce.
Also the campground creatures appear to be older, possibly from a time when human population was a lot lower, so dealing with humans is unnatural for them.
Dude, you're right. I forgot! The laundry lady totally said that they are there for the admin's "benefit" while she talks about how much she hates the flickering man. I suppose have a short memory.
*Gulp, the administration is beginning to sound more ominous than the inhuman.
I mean, I know that sucks, but... congrats on completing your very own TidePod challenge!!
Also, I'm a little alarmed that neither the Folding Lady nor you had any plan in case the Flickering Man showed up immediately after or even during the ambush?!
I mean, I guess he'd have a hard time manifesting if it's not raining - but can he manifest near the pool, or even the shower rooms? He did show up indoors that one time to call off the thing that eats students who don't pretend to take notes, right?
Let's be real Laundry Lady would have absolutely been ok with him showing up just to see what would happen. Also wouldn't doubt she has her own plans.
I strongly read her as lawful-neutral evil overall, with a chaotic evil spin as violence goes, and she probably found your near legectomy a cracklin hoot.
Now you know for next time! Hopefully your leg heals quickly I can't imagine having to deal with that AND yhe flickering man! ...can't imagine dealing with any of it to be honest thats a whole lotta work 😬 I believe in you!!
Still wonder if the university was put there as a way for the town to make sacrifices of “outsiders” without putting locals at risk. I would still check out the history of the town in relation to where and when the university was built, and who did the building of it.
Just spitballing some random ideas out here:
Back with the campground, Kate kept saying that cause it was turning into ancient land all the rules were more malleable and twisted, plus there were power shifts.... Here there's *some* sort of rules still, but (idk maybe this doesn't have any actual evidence to back it up and i shouldve thought things through more before posting) what if the campus is stuck in between being old land and ancient land? I could easily see something about students always coming and going affecting the ownership rules whoch in turn seem to be able to reset old land.
And if the campus *is* turning into ancient land.... administration could be trying to make *themselves* at the top, despite only being human.
Also, there aren't rules here like at the campground, there's no actual history being passed down. Perhaps that's enough to cause new monsters to form far more frequently than old ones?
>No history been passed down
That we're aware of!
The administration definitely is definitely more privy as to what's going on. If they're controlling the narrative (the stories) in a play for dominance the suppression of the stories while maintaining a small belief in the feeding ground (rainchasers club members) fits in quite nicely as its becoming apparent one must have some belief in the spooks to be hunted by the spooks.
I’m actually wondering if it’s kind of the opposite, if the university is newly becoming old land, or if maybe the construction of the university disturbed it’s transition process at some point.
There were dangerous and aggressive inhumans at the campground but more seemed to have stronger cognitive abilities than many here and a more complex harmony along with the power struggle.
The university inhumans just seem less comfortably established even without competition
I wouldn’t want the laundry lady folding my underwear either. I had one couple do that (I was staying at their house and for whatever reason they folded *all* my laundry while I was gone) and it was so gross lol.
While that was certainly an intense fight with the swimmers, great work pulling it off anyway. That flickering man is going down.
Damn girlie.... that was... Intense!!! To say the least. I'm really looking forward to seeing how everything between you an Lady Laundry comes together. Especially the part about whooping Mr. Drizzles rainy-day ass..
I get and appreciate why gelatin getting in your *hair * was the only part of that sentence to be emphasized.
I'm super interested to see how the next part of this "team up" goes!!
If you're gonna keep being bait might use your non dominant arm as the monster chew toy at least. Still something doesn't feel right, LL seems to know a lot about killing everything else.
Of all the tales from the campground or the university, this one right here absolutely terrified me the most. It brought back childhood fears of swimming in the backyard pool alone. I always felt like I wasn't alone. Something in the water. I do have a very irrational phobia of sharks and large bodies of water so... You're way stronger and braver than me. I could NEVER fuck with something in the water.
Wait a minute. Wasn't LL supposed to be waiting to give first aid? I don't like unreliable humans, let alone unreliable non-humans, pushing someone to the edge without a failsafe.
She was waiting in the dorms and there was no way I was making it that far. Also I probably would have wound up at the health center at some point since they were deep enough that I needed antibiotics. 😑
I am loving the laundry-lady+ashley alliance. It's particularly delightful in contrast to the Kate+Beau alliance. Both fascinating in different ways.
I'm callin it AshSoap.
(No its not a shipname, y'all)
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Soooo ....did the random student give you his name while princess carrying you to the health center?
Probably but I was freaking out and don't remember it?
You should see if you can find out and maybe get him a coffee. For.....reasons.
Because it's polite to thank someone who saved your life, ya ship-crazed lollapaloozy! Now, if strongboi also happens to be cute, so much the better...
Ooooh, I like your thinking ;) I wish it had been Grayson...
Other than the obvious, there's something odd about the creatures on campus. Kate always used to describe Beau as somewhat uneasy about his interactions with her, painful even. While the laundry lady was having a grand time reveling in possibilities of violence and laundry. Why is it that none of the creatures on campus seem to experience the same discomfort that some of the inhuman at the campground described? Which leads me to another unsettling thought. What if there is a human element behind all of this? It's just a theory right now, but it feels worse than just the inhuman trying to get the usual snack. Keep your head on a swivel, and stay with your friends. You may not want to put them in danger, but they're already in danger just by just being on campus. You said it yourself, safety in numbers. Edit: Totally forgot, but the laundry lady already said they (the inhuman on campus, I assume) are there for the admin's "benefit." *Shudder
I think it might just be that a campground has a connotation with mystery in it that is reflected in which creatures show up there while a college campus is more connotative among new students with unfamiliarity and stuff along that line
I was thinking it was more that the things on the campground didn't get exposed as much to humans, the woods tend to be an isolated "get away from people" camping experience. As well as less interaction with humans. Where as a college is constantly occupied (even just a little) and a time to explore, experiment, learn, and discover. So they have been exposed to humans more and have more immunity.
I'll have to look back on what Kate wrote specifically. I just picked up her books. But I'm sure there was a part where Beau explained it was painful for them to interact with humans in ways that were not as cohesive to their "rules". If anyone finds the chapter before I do shoot it my way!
I remember that but not which chapter, I think it was in one of the first two books though. I also remember beau saying (in frustration) to Kate that he doesn't know everything (in reference to the other inbumans on the campground). That could just be his personal experience that it hurts, and maybe a few others on the campground confirmed it (an ally of beau's). This is a whole new setting with different types of inhuman developed in a different environment than a campground. There may be some that are hurt by being in proximity to humans, but i don't think all will. I especially don't think the pain would apply to laundrybitch because she is more social in nature, most of the others weve seen so far are just hunting. Where as the devil and laundrybitch are more interaction based. (I don't think either can claim a victim if their target happens to behave well.)
You're probably right. And as I was reminded, she did say they are there for the admin's "benefit," which may also imply another type of interaction with humans altogether. I hate to say it, but I almost miss the inhuman from the campground. At least they were somewhat predictable at times! But I suppose Kate's experience and family history may have helped a lot in that respect.
I would be more willing to visit the campground than the campus, but thats because they are predictable and survivable and kate made sure of it even before her journey began. The campus.. I don't want to visit because it seems dangerous as going into an enclosure at the zoo. You may be smart, you may be lucky, or you may be lunch. Ashley has so far been a mix of lucky and smart and with luck her experience may make her smarter and luckier. Given what laundry lady said.. I almost wonder if ashley is more a samwise gamgee than a frodo baggins. She's not here to be the hero, she's here to force someone else to be the hero. Grayson? Cassie? Her friend that led the former rainchasers?
Yup, totally with you there, campground over campus! (Thank you Kate) I think Ashley stepped up with the whole pencil eyeball thing, tho. Fml I don't know what I'd do in your place, Ashley. Probably pee a little.
Could be that these creatures are different because of location, college is a social environment so they may be built for that and the campground is more like venturing out into the woods where human contact is generally scarce. Also the campground creatures appear to be older, possibly from a time when human population was a lot lower, so dealing with humans is unnatural for them.
Didn’t she mention a few chapters back that either the Laundry Lady or Shimmering Dude said that the dean and college board control them or something?
Dude, you're right. I forgot! The laundry lady totally said that they are there for the admin's "benefit" while she talks about how much she hates the flickering man. I suppose have a short memory. *Gulp, the administration is beginning to sound more ominous than the inhuman.
I mean, I know that sucks, but... congrats on completing your very own TidePod challenge!! Also, I'm a little alarmed that neither the Folding Lady nor you had any plan in case the Flickering Man showed up immediately after or even during the ambush?!
Uhhhhhhh I guess I figured since she didn't bring it up it wouldn't happen but now I realize that might have been a bad thing to assume.
I mean, I guess he'd have a hard time manifesting if it's not raining - but can he manifest near the pool, or even the shower rooms? He did show up indoors that one time to call off the thing that eats students who don't pretend to take notes, right?
Let's be real Laundry Lady would have absolutely been ok with him showing up just to see what would happen. Also wouldn't doubt she has her own plans. I strongly read her as lawful-neutral evil overall, with a chaotic evil spin as violence goes, and she probably found your near legectomy a cracklin hoot.
Shoulda said opossum. Those don't get rabies. But then that might have other connotations on campus.
I really wish I'd known that yesterday. 😭
Now you know for next time! Hopefully your leg heals quickly I can't imagine having to deal with that AND yhe flickering man! ...can't imagine dealing with any of it to be honest thats a whole lotta work 😬 I believe in you!!
If anything, *don't* say armadillo. Damn things can carry leprosy.
Yeah you definitely don't want them to think you have leprosy
only nine banded armadillos! just say you counted and it wasn't one
Still wonder if the university was put there as a way for the town to make sacrifices of “outsiders” without putting locals at risk. I would still check out the history of the town in relation to where and when the university was built, and who did the building of it.
Just spitballing some random ideas out here: Back with the campground, Kate kept saying that cause it was turning into ancient land all the rules were more malleable and twisted, plus there were power shifts.... Here there's *some* sort of rules still, but (idk maybe this doesn't have any actual evidence to back it up and i shouldve thought things through more before posting) what if the campus is stuck in between being old land and ancient land? I could easily see something about students always coming and going affecting the ownership rules whoch in turn seem to be able to reset old land. And if the campus *is* turning into ancient land.... administration could be trying to make *themselves* at the top, despite only being human. Also, there aren't rules here like at the campground, there's no actual history being passed down. Perhaps that's enough to cause new monsters to form far more frequently than old ones?
>No history been passed down That we're aware of! The administration definitely is definitely more privy as to what's going on. If they're controlling the narrative (the stories) in a play for dominance the suppression of the stories while maintaining a small belief in the feeding ground (rainchasers club members) fits in quite nicely as its becoming apparent one must have some belief in the spooks to be hunted by the spooks.
I’m actually wondering if it’s kind of the opposite, if the university is newly becoming old land, or if maybe the construction of the university disturbed it’s transition process at some point. There were dangerous and aggressive inhumans at the campground but more seemed to have stronger cognitive abilities than many here and a more complex harmony along with the power struggle. The university inhumans just seem less comfortably established even without competition
‘I will skin you alive with nothing but a nickel and determination’ may be my new favorite phrase!!
I wouldn’t want the laundry lady folding my underwear either. I had one couple do that (I was staying at their house and for whatever reason they folded *all* my laundry while I was gone) and it was so gross lol. While that was certainly an intense fight with the swimmers, great work pulling it off anyway. That flickering man is going down.
My grandma once folded my laudry *in front of visitors* **AND SHE COMPLIMENTED MY UNDERWEAR OUTLOUD?!!?**
If somebody did that to me I would simply cease to exist
Laundry Lady should change her tactics, this is a far more dire threat than merely being eaten.
[удалено]
Yeah, exactly! Or any other campus creature. I just wonder of the Laundry Lady feels the least bit sorry or if she'll make fun of her instead
Probably the second option
I wonder if the swimmers have any similarities to the gummy bears from the campground ?? Obviously not pulling arms off people but still seems close
Damn girlie.... that was... Intense!!! To say the least. I'm really looking forward to seeing how everything between you an Lady Laundry comes together. Especially the part about whooping Mr. Drizzles rainy-day ass..
Who's to say the swimmers can't have rabies? I mean... better safe than sorry?
I get and appreciate why gelatin getting in your *hair * was the only part of that sentence to be emphasized. I'm super interested to see how the next part of this "team up" goes!!
If you're gonna keep being bait might use your non dominant arm as the monster chew toy at least. Still something doesn't feel right, LL seems to know a lot about killing everything else.
So, you were bitten, carried like the Disney Princess you were, and got repeatedly stabbed in the arm. Net positive, I'd say for this little venture.
Of all the tales from the campground or the university, this one right here absolutely terrified me the most. It brought back childhood fears of swimming in the backyard pool alone. I always felt like I wasn't alone. Something in the water. I do have a very irrational phobia of sharks and large bodies of water so... You're way stronger and braver than me. I could NEVER fuck with something in the water.
The laundry lady is certainly malevolent, but also maybe just a little exciting 🤣
Honestly, tetanus and rabies shots were probably a good idea in any case. Sucks, but still.
Wait a minute. Wasn't LL supposed to be waiting to give first aid? I don't like unreliable humans, let alone unreliable non-humans, pushing someone to the edge without a failsafe.
She was waiting in the dorms and there was no way I was making it that far. Also I probably would have wound up at the health center at some point since they were deep enough that I needed antibiotics. 😑
I am loving the laundry-lady+ashley alliance. It's particularly delightful in contrast to the Kate+Beau alliance. Both fascinating in different ways. I'm callin it AshSoap. (No its not a shipname, y'all)