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[drewthetower]

WHO: August
WHERE: The network
WHEN: June 22nd
WHAT: Visions!
WARNINGS: August swears

[Gooooooood afternoon, everyone on this accursed app it is time for your monthly August Gives Bad News! The video today opens on August, as usually, but this time he is not in his house.

He is...in a cave? And there's sand all in his hair and on his shirt? The fuck?]

Guess what time it is? That's right, we've got visions and tarot readings and for once it's pretty fucking straightforward! Shocking, I know. Anyway.

[He pulls the Star card from his deck and shakes off a little of the sand.]

Star, upright, a really good fucking card! It's all hope and the universe not actually fucking you over for once and holy shit do I love getting this card. This is a good card.

[A beat.]

Unfortunately, everyone else got giant fucking tentacles and drowning and shit so...be careful of the beach for now? Last time I checked there's nothing tentacle-y in the water but that means fuck all. [Another beat. More sand falls from his hair.] Honestly, whatever's tentacle-y will probably show up in that fucking duck pond.

[As he shuts it off, more sand falls from his hair and he can be heard muttering in Spanish:]

How the hell do you deal with the sand in your hair, Bruno, it's way curlier than--

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[not_a_possum]

Um...I seem to be?

I just woke up like this in early May, so I guess I am one now? I've been getting these weird memories that aren't mine and seem to belong to the thing I've turned into.

But wait...you can fix the swim trunk thing?

[drewthetower]

Good news, you're not the only demon-like-person in the city. Even better news, yeah I'm a tailor. Swim trunks are tricky because of the material, but I've done it.

[not_a_possum]

Oh, that would be great, thanks! And...there's other demon-like people here?

...are you one of them? Not saying you look like a demon, because you definitely don't, I just...you know...

[drewthetower]

Yeah, I'm half or something and I can turn into a seven foot tall bird demon. Which I will not be doing in Bruno's room, because the ceiling is not tall enough.

[not_a_possum]

[Seven foot bird demon? Something about those words triggers a flash of memory in Moxxie's mind. His eyes go wide and he blinks a few times.]

Huh. That's...I just got one of the weird memories I've been getting, and I think I and the other imps in my flashback were working for a very tall bird demon?

...also, I think one of the imps was sleeping with him.

I wonder if that demon was the same species?

[drewthetower]

Wait, shit, really? Do you remember their name? The demon, not the imp.

[not_a_possum]

Yeah. His name was Stolas.

[drewthetower]

Not...fuck, what was his name...Ne-something.

[Nebiros, but the memories he get rarely say his name.]

[not_a_possum]

No, when the other imp was talking to the bird demon he definitely said 'Stolas'.

Maybe your guy has more than one name? Or maybe there's a whole bunch of bird demons out there?

[drewthetower]

Oh, yeah, there's a fuckton. I really need to get my own copy of the Ars Goetia...

[not_a_possum]

That's a great idea! Then you could maybe find that other name you were trying to remember, and we could see if Stolas is in there!

[Which, of course, both names would be in there, though Moxxie wouldn't know that.]

[drewthetower]

Yeah. August Villareal, by the way. Lemme know when you're free for a fitting and I can get stuff made.

[not_a_possum]

I'm Maxwell Lansky, but my friends call me Moxxie. And my schedule is...completely wide open...because with my size...uh...

Humans who aren't exposed to the supernatural see me as a small animal instead of a human. So lately I don't have any plans. Ever.