Pentameron, by KH

Girl at the bar who offers water and cuts plastic to save turtles - Jacklyn

B.B. Gunn recoiling at the idea of reading any of these details 

Bob Ross stating that the Devil’s going to get him for telling stories 

Intro: Begin with the crash, smell, calling 911, hopping fence, the people who came to help, the crash site, the thrill of having the selfish power of being traumatized (Godlike), choice to immediately go on a bender the next day, loss of appetite, crash scene like a damn rager, animal hospital  

Sound of a fricative high pitched bonfire w/ an old cat mixed in – crash

Night 1 : Opening night, highest I’ve felt in forever on useful adrenaline x Adderall x 2 beers, lack of concern about all family, going to IHOP and watching DT Cooper faux pas the waitress when she brought out the cheesy omelet to a group of 30 +, time at the pourhouse w/ Hiram talking about him moving to Richmond and his casual taking of shots when bored god I hate being sober, anhedonically preparing for my grandmother to be there, avoiding her as often as possible, going to Matthews to see ol’ Cooper’s gf and her giant house w/ a brother in a Hegel shirt, her dad talking hand to hand combat, and her friends wondering how weed feels, getting high on new people, swimming in underwear for the first time in a year, dancers, sleeping on a couch 2 cushions apart from ol’ Coop, their PDA w/ Swell Giselle (S.G.), their hatred of it, watching Sinbad with them, passing out 3 minutes in, the hero’s hero dies 

Night 2: Having the closest thing to a zero sum day ever, waking up at 6, forgetting her dad’s name, marveling at his friendliness to strangers in the early morning, hearing him talk about how his daughter hits the lamps lining the driveway, talking to D.B. about how sweet the strangers were, hearing them explain their issue with long-distance long-term commitment (which I generally agree is a bad idea but tend to support my friends in all their choices if they feel right), remembering D.B. had a problem with S.G. not accepting she might be trans(?), wondering if this is some type of projection, wishing I had slept some before the 2nd performance, my friends attending dressed to a tee, assuming my friends were the rowdy audience members and then finding out they were the most polite, them saying I raped a woman on stage, throwing a function at my house, the innocent cast members leaving early, my friends stumbling in 3 at a time, hanging out with Kitty while she waited for her fuck that night to show up (H.N. Jones), being Dicky’s drinking partner, not being allowed to curse, not losing the game of circle of death ever, helping Hunk down the stairs, poking fun at L.N.’s gun, playing a useless game of Russian roulette, petrifying L.N. because I was the first person to ever pull the trigger during a game, thinking about my body on the ground with blood pouring out, drinking pbr and rolling rocks all night, watching Dicky fall to sleep on the ground/Tree w/ a chain in it, wondering the importance of it, helping Kitty escort him inside to sleep on the couch next to W.P. Parker, family telling me it’s okay to accept money even if I don’t feel like I deserve it, getting Ash drunk as hell off half a beer, Ms. (recently) Wright and L.N. farging, kissing W.P., Carey, and making out w/ Kitty, sleeping in my own bed, moving inside at midnight to help my brother and his wife sleep, bopping hard to Mason Ramsey’s verse in old town road and JBieb’s verse in Bad Guy 

night 3: Waking up well rested, drinking all the old beers left from the night before, eating breakfast at the local dive with Dicky x W.P., making fun of new Mike for flirting with my sister in front of his girlfriend, hearing his story and how he broke up with her not remembering what the hell we talked about, coming home and drinking more opened beer, having them go home and taking a short nap to prepare for the play, more Adderall in the bathroom, Troy and China coming to Gacey Jr. concert, Gacey Jr. being mad at one another on stage, Nathan Basquiet Alfred (N.B.A.) and W.P. hating Dicky at the function, Switchblade Knife as a whole ass ordeal, complete camaraderie outside of Dicky during every song, Troy pretending to know the words to sing along (#relatable), China being tired as all hell, heading to Gigi’s house, swimming in underwear for the 2nd time in a year, a whole ass group arriving with Gacey Jr. and W.P., doing a ton of coke with stranger, meeting his quiet and resting bitch face girlfriend, him calling Troy and I by each other’s names, fuckin’ with him, him saying that the deal is you have to do as much coke as he gives you, hearing that Troy, D.B. Cooper, and Dicky also indulged in the bad decisions, being in my underwear while I do it, Grant and S.B. being anxious as hell about the Russian roulette, Grant saying he dislikes L.N., holding Kitty close as I leave, driving home, staying up late and talking psychedelics with D.B. and Troy, admitting to how I get Puritanical after a tab, D.B. and Troy explaining the Rhizome to me, splitting 3 beers between two of us, taking Troy to the bed and finding out he was commando the whole time, going to the apartment to fuck China, having good ass sex, 

Night 4: Waking up to find out everyone is mad because I haven’t spent a moment with my grandmother, family calling us selfish and depleted of morality, Pauly meeting my grandmother first thing in the morning, Troy meeting her w/o me to mediate or talk, escorting China out at what I thought would be the perfect time, her running right into my dad, grandmother, and sister, my face being full of abject horror, hiding from family throughout the entirety of Troy and China being present, taking a quick ice cold shower as to not interfere with family’s shower, popping an addy, heading to the matinee and grabbing a small meal from Schlotskzys, going to dinner w/ my family, hugging Kitty at the show and planning to hang out later, going to Friends after dinner, drinking cheap beer and seeing Kitty’s enemy (who immediately leaves), seeing stranger awkwardly hang and then leave with his hot girlfriend, having Red and Black show up, having him ask me why I don’t have a girlfriend, me shaking my head idk, him saying “Oh so you fuckin bitches,” driving him to Kitty’s, Pauly telling me how he really likes a cute ginger boy who had been dm’ing me, leaving at midnight, drunk, to see B.B. Gunn x Geralt x Hawke x Maddog, family and Kitty fucking, drinking pbr coffee combo, Maddog finally seeming comfortable around me as “one of the boys,” seeing Hawke and Geralt for the first time the whole time I’ve been home, Gunn explaining some plans to build his tiny houses, Maddog going back to working Hickory Tavern, me explain how I’d like to train hop w/ grant money, go to Germany, go to grad school for literature, having them describe me as a strong gale of wind that comes into their lives to shake things up like a storm, hating and loving that description, explaining how rich people fuck kids, talking to Gunn about love and how to him it means he loves that moment forever and countering by saying that I never say I love you, sleeping in the apartment because a dog was alone out there, noting that B.B. took the 12 pack of unopened pbr 

Day 5: Waking up on the couch in the apartment, getting a call from my family explaining that now I’ve really done it and NEED to spend time with family since family was crying the night before about being a burden on those of us too busy to see family, talking with family for 2 hours about the play x dead family, I’m drunk the whole convo, best convo we’ve ever had, family come and go as participants in covno, I go take a cold shower, shit, drive family to the airport (still drunk) family gives me 50$ at the airport, I don’t remember any of our conversation, I go home and arrange to see friends at the bar after a nap, buy a gram of cocaine with that 50$ from a guy known for hitting on girls 12-15 years younger than him, oddly the same habit my (direct) family had, he also remarked that he was impressed by how jaded I was, end story