Also, I feel like we need some happy things, so here's some of my favorite clips as our characters :)

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*The gang is ghost hunting "for fun," and Cam (Briar's dead bestie) is totally fucking with them from the afterlife*

Briar, asking a serious question: "What happened to you?"

Garvin, snickering: "How many pickles can you shove up your ass?"

*Cam moves the ouija board *

Briar, already in disbelief: "9?!?!"

*The ouija board moves again*

Garvin, half-laughing, also in disbelief: "91?!"

*The ouija board moves again*

Briar, absolutely losing their mind: "910?!?!?!"

*Garvin is absolutely cackling as Briar slumps over near the ouija board*

Briar, on the verge of tears, half-laughing: "910 pickles?!"

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*Garvin on bed rest after doing something stupid with Nico, Briar, Aries, and Akira*

Garvin, still drugged up on pain meds, squinting at his phone camera as he tries to send Revan (who's out dealing with making food/setting shit up for his idiots + Briar and Aries (who are staying with the polycule at the moment) along with Ingall): "There's a big possibility that I'm high right now, but... I'm pretty sure Jesus is in the corner of my room."

*Garvin flips the camera to face Aries, who's in slightly better shape across from him in the make-shift bed*

Aries, also slightly drugged, smirking back: "Rest now, my child."

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*The polycule sightseeing on one of Nico's tours*

Garvin, grinning and pointing toward Buckingham Palace: "Ohohoh! I can't believe we're at Hogwarts!"

Revan, looking genuinely confused and concerned, turning toward Garvin while Akira films, Nico snickers, and Ingall looks equally concerned as Revan: "No... That's... That's Buckingham Palace. Hogwarts is fictional... Do you know that? It's important to me that you know that."

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*Just Narin being the best big brother/friend/caretaker/bartender... I don't even know what the fuck this guy is doing, but he basically temporarily (and sometimes not so temorarily) adopts basically everyone who walks into his bar, lmao*

Younger Amara, walking up to Narin holding a ripped doll, crying: "Rin!"

Narin, who was very much busy doing something else, immediately shifting his attention to his sister: "What is it, sweety?"

Little Amara, crying: "My toy broke!"

Narin, frowning and gently taking the doll from her: "Oh no! Well, you have quite a few more, they're right over there, why don't you go an play with those and I'll fix this up for you tonight, okay?"

Little Amara, sniffling but looking much happier: "Okay!"

*Later that day, at the bar, Calypso is doing homework in the corner while Narin works*

Little Calypso, narrowing her eyes at the paper before yelling at Narin: "Rin, how do you multiply this?"

Narin, actively making someone's drink, answering without looking up: "Oh, you just multiply the one digit, carry it, and repeat! Don't forget to add!"

Little Calypso, eyes lighting up: "Okay, thank you!"

Narin, smiling and serving the drink: "No problem!"

*Even later that night, Vida comes into the bar after a fight with her father*

Vida: *walking in, still crying a little, holding a hurt wrist, and going straight to Narin (who, by the way, is pretty much the only "stable" and trustworthy adult in her life)*

Narin, eyes darkening as he quietly gestures for a customer to wait, going straight to help Vida: "Oh no, Vida, what happened?"

Little Vida, sniffling: "Had a fight with my dad..."

Narin, suppressing anger in favor of helping: "Oh no! He hurt you? Oh, it's okay! We'll fix this up! Okay, do you want dinosaurs or robots?"

Little Vida, smiling faintly though still crying: "Dinosaurs..."

Narin, smiling and helping Vida apply a dinosaur bandaid before patting her head: "Okay, you take that!"

*Suddenly, a taller, scary-looking older man walks into the bar*

Little Siara (Vida's friend and a young musician who often plays in Narin's bar): "Rin-"

Narin, looking over: "Yeah? What is it, honey?"

Little Siara, pointing toward the man: "Who's that?"

Creepy man: "Ha, look at these kids."

Narin, clearly angry: "Okay everybody, we're going to the back now!"

Little Vida, looking up confused: "Oh no no, we were just gonna-"

Narin, interrupting and gently pushing Vida and Siara toward the back room of the bar, gesturing for Calypso and Amara to go too: "And the first one there gets a cookie!"

*The kids run off happily*

Creepy man, snickering: "That's right, run away kids!"

Narin, the second the kids are out of sight, pulling out a fucking gun: "YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG BAR, MOTHERFUCKER!"

*Tirion, who's been watching everything from the bar entrance, staring in absolute shock*

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*Garvin's drunk and "running" from the police while Akira records (knowing damn well they're just gonna send it to Revan as a request to bail Garvin out)*

Cop, already fed up: "Get on the ground!"

Garvin, dodging the cop and snickering: "It's really... Oop! You fast bro, but you ain't fast enoughhhhhhh!"

Garvin, stopping as the cop pulls out a taser, half-laughing as he speaks: "I just want you to know... You ain't get me. I got you! Oi, don't- don't tase me! That shit just stings. My safe word is 'Pineapple Juice!'"

Cop, literally so done with this shit: "Put your hands behind your back! Both hands!"

Garvin, laying on the ground and putting his hands behind his back, still smirking: "It's warm!"

Cop, ignoring him at this point: "Stay just like that, cross your ankles!"

Garvin: "Ooo! We gonna take pictures?"

Cop: "Cross your ankles! Bring your ankles up to your butt!"

Garvin, chuckling: "Swat man! What's my safe word?!"

Cop, still ignoring Garvin: "Bring your ankles up to your butt!"

Garvin, with his legs half-way to his butt: "That's how far I go! You think I'm in pilates?!"

Cop, approaching to put handcuffs on Garvin: "Stay just like that."

Garvin, as the cop cuffs him and empties his pockets: "Ooo! Oh, that's cute! Watch your hands, boy! Don't do that, that's- Oh. That's- That's my lighter... It don't work. Don't do drugs, kids! Those are my quarters! You wanna put those in your pocket? That is change! You know how long that took me to acquire those?! Some of those are limited edition!- Well that's my flash drive, don't look at that- Unless you wanna see big D! Watch your fingers, booty hole man! Oh! He strong~! Every strong man got a sensitive side. What's your safe word? Hey, real talk though. In my car, I got snacks, would you mind getting my snacks for me?"

Cop, absolutely done with Garvin: "No!"

Garvin, as he's being put in the car: "Hey! Remember what I said?! 'Pineapple Juice!!'"

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*Nico is over at Briar and Aries' during a hang-out and Briar and Nico arecooking together*

Briar, ranting to Nico and Aries as they get things set up: "And what do you do? You put it in a weird sock, alright? You put it in a weird sock, you cook it up on a skrittle... skittle? Ski-"

Nico, smirking: "No, you were right, skrittle."

Briar, half-laughing, struggling to figure out what they fuck they actually want to say: "Skrittle? Hold on- That's not it. Grittle? Grittle! Wait- What- What's the one that starts with an s?"

Nico, just watching in amusement: "You're gonna get there, I believe in you."

Briar, struggling and laughing: "Skimmer. Uh- Sk- sk- ski-"

Nico, chuckling: "Oh god, this is painful- Are you serious right now?"

Briar, dying of laughter and confusion: "I'm super serious. This is really bad!"

*They both die of laughter*

Nico, shaking their head: "I'm not gonna help you."

Briar, genuinely trying their hardest: "A skid- A ski- A skrittle... A skim- skur- A skib- A skibble?! No! What is it? Tell me."

Nico, holding back laughter: "You can do this!"

Briar, smirking: "A skittle!"

Nico: "You keep going in circles."

Briar: "A skibber!"

*Nico scratches her neck*

Briar, squinting at the hand motion: "A scratcher?"

Nico, confused: "No, this isn't a hand tell- This is not a hand tell!"

Briar: "Oh- A skittle! Wait, no!"

*They die of laughter again*

Briar: "Ski..."

Nico, trying to be encouraging: "Uh-huh!"

Briar: "Skid?"

Nico: "No..."

Briar: "Scare... skirll..."

Nico, losing his mind: "Oh my god-"

Briar, struggling: "Skrittle!"

Nico, very confused: "No!"

Briar: "I'm gettin' there!"

Nico: "You're not! What happens when you level up and you need to put your points into your..."

Briar: "Skilltree."

Nico: *Nods encouragingly*

Briar: "Skid- Skilltwerl..."

Nico, concerned at this point: "You can't be for real right now!"

Briar, fucking dying: "I'm 100 percent... Oh my god! Skilltree! Skill..."

Briar, coming to the realization: "SKILLET!!!"

Nico, so tired at this point: "There you go!"

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*Briar and Akira being the only ones left in the living room when Nico went to help Ingall with dinner and Aries and Garvin went out for a minute to do something... Idk what, just something XD*

Briar, laying on the couch and staring at the ceiling while Akira, who offered to do their nails, grabs the paint: "Can I tell you about my problems?"

Akira, slightly confused and distracted: "I'm not a therapist, Briar, I am a... uh... nail salon..."

Briar, not even looking over: "I'll give you 20 bucks if I can tell you about my problems."

Akira, still only half paying attention as they get the nail polish ready, looking over at the mention of money: "Alright!"

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*Narin and Little Amara are playing tea party with stuffed animals*

Little Amara, smiling at a stuffed avocado: “How are you doing today? Good?”

Narin, acting as narrator for the stuffed toys: “The avocado says he is sad.”

Little Amara, holding up a plastic tea kettle: “Oh no! Here, I'll pour you some tea and we're gonna make everything all better!”

*Amara acts out pouring tea and frowns*

Little Amara, humming: “... We are all out of tea.”

*Narin holds back laughter and Amara smirks*

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*Before Akira and Revan were actually officially dating*

Revan, after an outing with Nico and Akira, speaking to Ingall and Garvin: “Did I get anything out of this experience? No. It was completely and utterly uneventful.”

Nico, popping up behind Revan, grinning: “He kissed Kiki!”

Revan, in denial, lightly shoving Nico away: “No I didn't!”

Nico, darting out of reach and beaming: “Yes you did!”

Revan, blushing: “Didn't!”

Nico, enjoying the suffering of Revan, singing: “Did!~”

Revan, dying while Garvin laughs and Ingall chuckles: “Did! Not!”

Nico, wayyy too happy about the whole thing, still singing: ‘Did, did, did- did, did did did did did!~”

Akira, walking in with a bag of groceries, taking in the scene, and smirking: “Uh, I can break this tie! He totally did.”

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*Briar, Koler, and Haila hanging out*

Haila, squinting at Koler: “Wait, how old are you?”

Koler, looking over and shrugging: “Wait- guess!”

Haila, no hesitation: “36!”

*Briar immediately doubles over laughing*

Koler, in shock: “WHAT???”

Haila, also laughing: “You said guess!”

Koler, crushed: “THAT WAS SO FAR OFF!-”

Haila, laughing harder while Briar is literally on the floor laughing: “Why are you yelling at me?”

Koler, fucking stressed at this point: “That wasn't even CLOSE!?- WHAT?!”

Koler, half-crying: “Like, normally when people play that game they're like ‘Oh,’ they guess like a little bit younger- Was that the younger guess?!?”

Haila, confused: “Yeah-? Are you like 39?”

Koler, dying of emotional damage: “WHAT?!?”

*Briar somehow laughs harder*

Haila, unfazed and confused: “So was I right?-”

Koler, quieter, just upset: “No! :( I'm not in my 30s-”

Haila, knowing well what she's doing now: “Oh. Really? Oh! I knew it! I was just being nice!”

Koler, cutting her off before she can make things worse: “I'M NOT IN MY 40S!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN I KNEW IT?!? I'M 28! WHAT THE FUCK!”

Haila, snickering: “Goddamn, you're old!”

*Briar disappears into the abyss because of how hard they're laughing*

Koler, has never been this emotionally damaged before, lol: “WHAT?!?”

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*It's late and Briar is getting tired, but Aries is still up and talking to Garvin on the phone*

Briar, whispering and grabbing Aries’ sleeve: “Aries! I want to sleep, right now! But there's a problem, because you are not in bed!”

Aries, looking over and also whispering, amused: “That's because I'm not tired!”

Briar, pouting and narrowing their eyes: “Listen! This is gonna be a problem for me! Because I need you in bed so I can sleep!”

Aries, laughing quietly and hearing Garvin chuckle over the phone: “That's not how this works!”

Briar, huffing: “So how does this work?!”

Aries, smirking: “You go to bed when you want to, and I go to bed when I want to! Now take your little red sleeping pills and go to bed!”

*They both ended up laughing and, of course, Briar won and dragged Aries to bed for cuddles*

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*Akira gets sick for the first time after getting with the polycule, but refuses to rest*

Nico, sighing: “My love, you are sick and you need to let us take care of you.”

Akira, slightly delusional, pulling away and shaking their head: “No! You think you know me?! You think you can take care of me?!”

Revan, raising an eyebrow: “I'm sure that you practically raised yourself and you're not used to people being there for you, but guess what? Not anymore. So go to bed and rest, Ingall's making soup.”

Akira, shocked and confused: “How'd you know that?”

Revan, shrugging off the question: “Go rest! Ingall's making soup!”

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*Just Nico getting overly clingy*

Revan, glancing up when Garvin and Akira walk in on Nico koala hugging him and refusing to let go: “I fell into a trap. I went in for a kiss and now- he's got me, and he won't let me go!”

Nico, voice muffled from burying their face in Revan's shoulder: “Mine.”

Revan, struggling slightly, having been trying to finish up some work before this: “Yes, I know, but-”

Nico, holding on tighter when Rev tried to pull away: “Mine.”

Nico, sounding slightly annoyed as Revan tries to pull away again: “Mine!”

Nico, glancing up and giving Rev a death glare as he tries to pull away again: “Mine!”

Revan, sighing and giving up: “Goddamn it.”

*Spoiler, Revan did not get any more work done that night, lmao*

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*Breaking the fourth wall with this one, haha. Nico and Briar looking through a hypothetical fanfic where they got together for real*

Nico, giggling: “Look how silly this is! You have to like-”

Nico, gasping after reaching a certain part: “Oh- Ohhhh- Uh- Ohhhh-”

*Briar gets up to leave, disgusted, Nico dies of laughter*

Nico, reaching out toward Briar, laughing: “Rosy, don't leave! Rosy, don't leave!”

*The door closes as Briar walks out, Nico laughs harder*

Nico, shouting and laughing: “ROSYYYYY! I LOVE YOUUUU!”

Briar, yelling from the other room: “No! I'm fucking done! I'M FUCKING DONE!”

Nico, chuckling: “No, you're not!”

Briar, from the other room: “THIS IS BULLSHIT! IT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT!”

*Nico dies of laughter again*

Nico, still dying: “I can't get off!”

Briar, so pissed: “WHAT IS THIS?!?”

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*Ingall, Nico, and Revan are all ready to leave for, idk, something important, and are waiting on Garvin and Akira who are in the other room, supposedly 'getting ready'*

Nico (Who does not like Star Wars or Star Trek, by the way, but deals with it for Garvin and Akira's sake), having been going to knock on the door, only to pause and listen to what Garvin and Akira are talking about, walking back to the living room where Ingall and Revan are waiting, looking half-amused, half-annoyed: "No, wait, I've just tuned in and they're talking about Star Wars!"

Revan, rolling his eyes, knowing well what this means: "Ohhh! Noooo!"

Ingall, sighing and shaking his head: "We're done. We're done. Date cancelled!"

Revan, huffing: "Damn it!"

Nico, shaking his head: "No, literally, they're talking- They're talking about the palpatine! This is ludicrous! These guys have a real, diagnosable issue with Star Wars! Like- The second anyone brings anything even close up, they'll start- and, like, genuinely, I'll be in a conversation with them and they'll start going on Star Wars and I kind of have to, like- catch myself before I'm like 'No! You two! Stop! Stop! Ey- Bad! Bad! Stop it!'"

*Garvin and Akira walk into the room casually*

Garvin, smiling: "Are we ready?"

Nico, turning around accusingly, fired up now: "Stop it! Haven't we had this talk already, you two?!"

*Revan laughs quietly*

Ingall, hiding his own smirk: "Okay! They're back!"

*Garvin and Akira look at each other, already knowing exactly what's happening because nothing else makes Nico like this, lol*

Akira, nervously: "Uhhh- Us? Talk about Star Wars? Never!"

Nico, narrowing their eyes: "I walked to the bedroom to check if you were alright and you were talking about palpatine! What did we say? No Star Wars when we're on a tight schedule!"

Garvin, nervous but slightly defensive: "That- That was- We got distracted! We got distracted!"

*Ingall and Revan are both laughing at Nico's 'anger' (with no real heat behind it, of course, just some mild annoyance) and trying to hide it while Garvin and Akira continue to get scolded on their way to their destination*

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*Karma fucking with Irfam when Kostas walks in*

Karma, looking up and smirking at Kostas: "So, I'm trying to convince Irfam that I'm just a figment of his imagination-"

Irfam, in protest: "Stooooop! 'Cause it's probably trueee!"

Karma, grinning and raising an eyebrow while Kostas shakes his head in disappointment: "Oh really, Irfam?"

Irfam, dead serious: "Yes!"

Karma, highly amused: "How?"

Irfam, narrowing their eyes: "Why would I- Why would you ever enter my life?!"

Karma, could give less of a fuck about how sweet and sad that statement probably is: "I- Irfam, look at all these people who think how crazy you are because you- you're yelling in a room by yourself!"

Irfam: "Stop it! AM I?!"

Karma, laughing: "Ha, maybe!"

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*Briar, Aries, and Garvin hanging out*

Briar, after seeing a post, turning to Aries: "Aries?"

Aries, looking over: "Yeah?"

Briar: "If there was a zombie apocalypse and I go bit... would you shoot me?"

Aries, mildly concerned: "Babe, no! I'd- I'd let you bite me so we could be zombies together!"

Garvin, scoffing and looking over: "That's fucking stupid, I'd blow your fucking head off in a heartbeat, you would not survive!"

*All three die laughing*