Stars Dancing [Dreams-To-Lovers Romance]

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I put away the last of the dishes, showered, and got into jammies. What did I do next? Did I curl up with a good book under the covers like a responsible person? What do you think? Why would I do that when Discord was at my fingertips?

#SpecialStreamsGeneral

KimTheIntrepid: can someone read my book and tell me if it's good?

MagicMark: the whole book?

Sascha: if it's a book, it's good

Cady: oh, someone who wants to talk books. @KimTheIntrepid, I'll read two chapters if you read two of mine.

KimTheIntrepid: of course!

Cady: Go to #workshop. I just posted mine there. Add yours.

KimTheIntrepid: THX! XOXO

IAmSoImportant: Did someone just work in #general?

MerFolk: @KimTheIntrepid, @Cady, can I do this too?

Sascha: collaborating with other authors is the best way to market yourself

Cady: join us in #workshop @MerFolk

Apo Plex: What is even happening right now?

DysblurbicPedant: I think people are writing books today

InnerFire: server exploding in 10 - 9 - 8 - 7

SoXOXO: someone do something before we all die

Cherubella: killing is unkind. until it isn't

BeadBuddy: swords are a pretty good way to die

LordTyrant: and bullets

smack_pans: I like fish

B: new images up in #art, also animations coming in 2 days

GingerBollox: Someone stop these people from working. They're gonna kill us all!

ArlenKnight: writers gonna write

HC: except those who don't

CarlaCee: What's a witch's favorite penmanship? Cursive.

WarMarsupial: I GOT 20 FOLL0WERS

HC: ❤️‍🔥

ArlenKnight: 🎉

Ayela: 🔥

DickDaddy: My feet hurt.

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GingerBollox: My beans hurt.

CoolBeans: yea! we're not working!

Lily: some of us have day jobs

B: what's a day job?

CorkyCash: god I love teenagers

BearyBeast: try teaching them to play soccer. love gone

smack_pans: fish make more sense than this chat

HC: especially skillet-fried in butter

SpiritdeCacao: why butter?

HC: why not butter?

ArlenKnight: history loves butter

LordTyrant: so do warlords

BalMichi: my wife makes homemade butter

Luna_phile: how many people lie in chat on a regular basis?

Ayela: I'm 100% honest. 100% of the time.

GingerBollox: that time I said I had three balls was 100% truth

IAmSoImportant: I always put original art in chat. no lie

MerFolk: I thought this was a server for dragon lovers, but all I see is fish and butter

SpiritdeCacao: don't forget the rakija

HC: and the whiskey

ArlenKnight: baked chicken

GingerBollox: BEANS

InnerFire: tea with crumpets. Oh, I had the loveliest red bush tea for breakfast. Floral undertones.

GingerBollox: so pretentious

CoolBeans: you're one to talk

Exclamation: I'M AWAKE!

HC: sleep walking again

SoXOXO: stuck in hibernation mode

B: needs a good defragging

FallingMoon: that one's looping

InnerFire: a green tea'll straighten him out

SpiritdeCacao: those antioxidants will perk up his brain cells

SoXOXO: might need a permanent wipe

CoolBeans: who're you calling a wipe?

GingerBollox: I'll show you wipe

DickDaddy: wipe this: gif of plus-sized man in speedo running a towel back and forth between his legs

CarlaCee: that was an ass wipe thing to do

IAmSoImportant: What dis phonk?

HC: @SassySword, it's your line!

SassySword: I'm being quoted!

SoXOXO: another one for the queue

Bartt: happened to MaFloozy

Apo Plex: I like a nice jacuzzi

DysblurbicPedant: unless you're feeling woozy

SpiritdeCacao: rakija'll do it to ye

Bartt: except for when it's Tuesdy

LordTyrant: my mates just bought an uzi

CHASE: go and suck a chewy

GingerBollox: my eyes are feeling dewy

RabbitGuano: I feel like I'm watching a documentary on insanity

smack_pans: all the best people are bonkers

HC: we're all mad here

Bartt: I'm perfectly sane

SpiritdeCacao: two swigs of rakija will fix that

Luna_phile: Rakija? Can we get balkan plum liquor in the US?

SassySword: don't worry @Luna_phile, @Ayela's inventing teleportation for food

smack_pans: I knew I loved her

GingerBollox: don't start, she's got a giant head already

Bartt: yeah, thinks she knows about art

B: @Ayela, I need someone to test animations with me, wanna help?

Ayela: DM me @B

ArlenKnight: that's what's so great about this server. we have fun, then we get things done

BalMichi: 100%

BeadBuddy: seems like we have more fun than anything else

ArlenKnight: some of us are actually respectable authors

HC: defs not me

CarlaCee: not me either

Fudd: unsuccessful, i am

SassySwords: not guilty

Sascha: book, good, me

Lowland8675: exactly how are we defining "book?"

Cartoonist J: paper with drawings

HC: words over and over

Fudd: there's only one word

LordTyrant: rule

WarMarsupial: conquer

HiHo: I torture deer for fun

Cherubella: please taxidermy them when you're done. don't be wasteful

DysblurbicPedant: this is a disturbing thread

SoXOXO: I need to delete my brain

IAmSoImportant: you did that yesterday

SoXOXO: I forgot

CHASER: an anticipated hazard

B: I can upload you, DM me

HC: a sinister turn of events

Ayela: I have no idea what is happening right now

GingerBollox: imagine my surprise

ArlenKnight: do you ever understand what's happening?

Ayela: only on Tuesdays

Bartt: not even then

BearyBeast: I play soccer with assholes

GingerBollox: Is that a euphemism?

HiHo: if you have to ask, it doesn't count

LordTyrant: sounded like a threat

smack_pans: sounds like a good song lyric

DickDaddy: I wrote a song about my feet hurting

HiHo: go sing it in voice chat

DickDaddy: can't, too tired

HiHo: go to bed

DickDaddy: you wanna join me?

HiHo: I'm game

HC: 🔥

ArlenKnight: 🔥🔥🔥

RabbitGuano: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wooooaaaaah. What was that? A #SpecialStreaks love affair? Was something brewing between DickDaddy and HiHo? Curious.

And what was all that about me having a big head?

That stung, even if it was supposed to be a joke. It was obvious I didn't understand what was going on, and I tried to use that as part of my schtick: the clueless noob who likes to laugh at herself. But it didn't feel so playful today.

Actually, a lot of that chat had veered towards creepy. Torturing deer? Taxidermy? Sigh. Maybe I was too tired to be playing around on Discord. I seemed to be taking it personally today.

I checked my DMs to see if B had sent me anything about his animation project, but nothing was there. Another dead end. Good, my attention wasn't required. I closed the program down and picked up HC's book.

Yes, cozy slice-of-life moments in Seattle with my fave lesbians was what I needed. Curled up in my bed with the best book I could imagine, I let the discomfort of Discord fade away.

Good choice, Sam. Good choice.