Average life would be normal and content for Samson as he counted the days until he got to hang out with Mae again. It would be Friday and he spent the afternoon working on his classwork for his Spanish, his least favorite part of learning the language. Conjugations, trying his best to get through the assignments with a somewhat passing grade. It would solid C at the moment and hoped that his assignment would bump him up to a C plus or a possible B minus. Out of boredom, Samson hits up Mae on ChattrBox
SBuenos Días! ¿Cómo estás?
MCi?
SQue?
Mwhat?
SSorry I'm doing classwork atm, and wanted to chat with you because it sooooo boring lmao
MHeh, I get it. Can't get enough of the nightmare eyes?~
SPerhaps
MWell, you'll get to see them and more tomorrow
SWhat time am I coming over?
MMaybe in the late morning
SDo your parents know what we're doing?
MYeah, I told them it's for a school project. You're taking art right?(edited)
SNo, but... close enough, I guess
MWhat classes are you taking again?
SDigital Imaging and Spanish
MRight! And then after this you can become a spanish speaking Graphic Designer
SCi!I should probably get back to it
MOk, well can't wait to see you~
Sbye(edited)
MWhat was that?
SNothing haha, bye!
Samson leaned back in his chair, covering his face with his hand "Thank god for that editing feature, holy shit" Samson removed his hands from his face saving himself from fumbling it with Mae. After talking with her, he'd get to doing his school work, which would take him a few minutes to do. Finally having nothing to do all day, he'd relax a little and have a piece of his Kush cakes before going into a heavy trip. Popping on some Psychedelic rock before it could officially start. Visions would range from languid to bizarre, beginning to look at the tv the screen would slowly jump out at him like bubbles in a lava lamp. With the hypnotic sound of a classic rock song playing, it was like the bubbles hovering around them were moving in a rhythm. Before the bubbles darkened and changed colors forming into the shape of Mae, he'd make eye contact with the blob closing his eyes to kiss it before he woke up. Looking at the clock, he'd notice an hour and a half went by with the loud noise of the psychedelic rock blaring from the speakers. "Man, I'm Hungry. I wonder if there are any deals for pizza today." Capping off his night by ordering himself some pizza for dinner and then after he goesto bed.
Samson was on his way to Possum Springs again, in the back of the car he was driving was his notebook and some drawing utensils. Ready for whatever excitement would come to him, approaching the sign that saysWelcome to Possum Springsagain, Parking the car to her place. Noticing her parents would be out for work today, He walks up the pathway to her house and rang the door bell. Waiting for her to respond, a small creak of the door opened as she was wearing some sort of cloak smiling at the raccoon holding his notepad. His heart skipped a beat once again seeing the petite cat in his vision once more. She smirks seeing him again, "Are you ready to witness greatness?" giving him a wink as he would laugh
Sitting in the bean bag, he shifted his legs so he could prop up the sketch pad so he could begin drawing. "Make sure to be in a comfortable pose, you'll be in it for a bit" suggesting to her.
"Ok, how about?" her arms were on the back of her head, in a fully laid back pose with her breasts being a bit more exposed to him. Giving her the thumbs he'd place the pencil to paper,
"Perfect, now don't move!" it'd be pretty silent except for the sound of a pencil scribbling against the sketchpad. Trying to avoid the awkward silence Mae would try to make small conversation,
"so this is your first time actually drawing a nude lady?"
"Yeah, but I had to do a few of these pieces in college for an assignment. The person I drew was pretty nice, and said she was a volunteer. She also taught a dance class." explaining to her while he focused on getting a small skeleton frame of her body via simplistic shapes on the sketchpad.
"So, outside of this have you seen a nude woman before?"
"Heh, yeah I had a girlfriend, remember?"
"Did you ever do things with your girlfriend?" being a bit vague of what she was referring to, but Samson picked up what she was putting down.
He would get a small smirk and respond in the same sarcastic manner she would have, "Perhaps... What about you? Did you do things with your significant other?" throwing the same question back at her.
"Sort of..." she began to trail off before continuing "I did have a girlfriend and we you know made out a lot and i guess during the one time we met up, we did something. I think it was sex."
"You met up with her? Were you two Long distance?"
"Yeah, it was kinda why we broke up... well she broke it off with me" she'd be a bit embarrassed about her confession.
Noticing the look on her face, it was a combination of melancholy and embarrassment, "are you ok?".
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine!" as her face shifted to a somewhat false friendly smile, "Can we change the topic?"
"Oh! Sure" looking around to see something to talk about. "You said you were in a band right?"
"Yeah, it was me and my friends; Casey on the drums, Gregg on the guitar, Angus on the mic, and then me on bass. Later on Bea would take over for me and Casey but... I came back later and it was a nice homecoming. Do you play any instruments?"
He'd think for a second trying to recall all that he played, "I do recall when I was younger I wanted to learn how to play piano, but besides that I at least know a bit about the guitar, Otomatone, Theremin, and recently got this launchpad from online and I've at least learn how to make beats from samples of movies. Other than that I want this thing called an Omnichord."
"What's that"
"It's this instrument that lets you make simple beats in the palm of your hand, it gives off a synth type vibe."
"Oh that's cool, and you said you have a Theremin?"
"Yep, I can easily make everything into a cheesy monster movie with it" chuckling at his awful joke before he'd get back to focusing on her and the drawing, he'd get some of her features like her breasts and pear shaped body. He was in the zone with the sound of him scribbling on his sketchbook would grow louder, "You know speaking of monster movies, do you have any plans for Halloween? It seems to be coming up soon."
"We really don't do Halloween here, we have this thing called Harfest and it's a small little festival like Halloween, usually I sit on my porch to watch the parade. Either that or kick it with my friend Selmers and we watch horror movies together. I don't really like going out after that whole... incident" she'd be a bit shaky, it'd be noticeable in her voice.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Are You almost done?"
"Almost, halfway through. You want to get lunch after this?"
"You read my mind" she'd get a smile on her face
"I knew i'd get her to smile"he'd smile back at her, going back to drawing her.
"What about you, do you do anything for Halloween?"
"Of course, I always enjoy dressing up in a costume. However, me and my friends either go to some Halloween party that we get invited to and sometimes see some freaky things. That, or we and occasionally invite a couple of other people watch those movies about the slasher what are they called again? Yowl? It's the one where they acknowledge the crumminess of horror movies."
"Oh yeah, i know what Yowl is"
"Anyway, after the fall out at the party I think we're all looking for new plans to do for the Halloween season now."
"Hmmm you know, my friends might be a bit busy during Harfest so i might be free for whatever"
"Are you asking me if I'd want to watch the parade with you?"
"No... Yes" there'd be a brief pause from there conversation again,
"Which is it? Do you want me to watch the Harfest Parade with you or..."
"Yes, I do want you to watch the parade with me... perhaps as more than a friendly thing.."
"Like a date?"
Mae would pause unsure of responding before, "yes, I want you to watch the parade with me on a date"
"I'd love to!" his heart would skip a beat out of pure excitement as he got another date with Mae. He'd put his entire focus back into the picture looking back and forth between Mae and his sketch pad. Getting all her features in one drawing, he'd. In about an hour or two, Samson would finally finish up his sketch. "Ok, I think I am done" Mae would sit up, walking over to see the piece. It was of her, it was a bit rough but he got most of her features in the sketch.
"Looks good, maybe i should start doing some modeling myself"
Samson would playfully laugh, "yeah, i think you'd be breaking beauty standards one art piece at a time"
"Obviously"
Samson would close the sketchbook before looking back at her, "wanna go get some tacos?"
"You read my mind"
"Alright, since you helped me with this, I'll buy us lunch."
"Hope so, All this modeling made me hungry"
"Yeah, I can't wait to try that new taco place here."
"Good timing, they actually have pizza tacos."
"Awesome, meet you at the door?"
"Yep!" After she got ready, she meets Samson outside so they could walk together. The two would walk down the street, Samson would look around to see most of the people that lived in the town with the occasional comments he heard either about them, or them talking about life in general. His great hearing had made him aware of all the people and noise around him. Looking down he reaches for her hand and she pulls away and looks over at him, "what are you doing?"
"N-nothing, I was just gonna hold your hand."
"Don't do that" Samson brushed her comment off and continued walking.
The two arrive at the taco place, there was a sign above the door called 'Taco Buck' where the previous pizza joint was. They walked in, the place looked to be a bit run down with music faintly coming from the speakers from the ceiling.
The two head over to the counter to the man working the front with the name 'Danny', "Hey Mae, Hey new person"
"This is Samson" Mae introduces Samson to Danny
"Hello"
"Hello"
Her eyes darted over to him, "He's uh.. my date..." hearing her say those words would make his heart beat again,
"Well, what can I get you two lovebirds?" Samson approaches the counter, before looking back at Mae "do you want to get some pizza tacos?"
"Yep"
"Four pizza tacos with Marinara sauce and two drinks"
Danny would put them in, and ring him up. Samson pays and hands him two cups. Samson would hand Mae one, "I'll let you go first" he'd say heading to the table sitting down waiting for her to come back to get his drink. She'd come back with a cup filled with soda. Samson then gets up to get his drink as well, now patiently waiting for their food. He idly taps the table waiting for his food, looking at Mae, "you know since I was coming over, maybe I could bring a movie to watch before the parade starts?"
"Maybe, Can I pick which one we see?"
"Of course, any horror movie"
"Well I know this one my friend Gregg had told me about this movie about these alien clowns? It's really cheesy"
"Oh, The Attack of the Clown Invaders? That movie is a classic. I can bring it!"
"Cool." The two would be looking around, Samson had felt a bit cold from Mae and her demeanor as a whole and wanted to talk to her about it, "Hey, can I ask you something?"
Mae would perk up not realizing he wanted to talk, "sure what's up?"
"You seem a bit finicky, are you ok?"
"Of course, why do you ask?"
"Well I don't mean to pry or anything but it just seems like you were a bit reluctant to call me your date and i tried holding your hand and-" before he continued Mae would cut him off
"It's just... I'm still new to this, even though I had a relationship with Bombshell; I barely got to see her in person. It was for the most part in video chatting and such, never really got to be with her face to face. Now with you it's a little different because well... you're here in front of me and not on my screen."
The raccoon would nod and listen to her, "I understand, guess I wasn't being too fair with you and should understand that you're new to this as I am..."
"Didn't you have a girlfriend?"
"Let's not talk about her, ok? I just mean it's hard to get back out there; my self-esteem was shot, and I felt like everyone knew about this secret."
"Yeah, I get that... It's like when you know when you... beat up some kid with a bat" He would listen and have a confused reaction of what she was talking about, "b-because.. you're just messed up in the head... and saw him as nothing more than shapes..." she trailed off a bit after talking to him almost tearing up a bit
"What's that about shapes?" hearing her mention it out of random, as it slowly would hit him, "was that the incident you were telling me about before?"
she wouldn't say anything but slowly nodded, "I put him in the hospital... it was all my fault I just..." she continued to tear up more, Samson would hand her a napkin to wipe away the tears.
"How long ago was this?"
"It was years ago, I may have had a relapse or two but... I did end up going to therapy, and jotting things down in my journal, then later on I started taking medication. It just made me feel a bit more... normal, you know?...
I'd understand if you don't want to hang out with me at Harfest anymore... I know I'm just a freak" she was feeling a bit sad now. The raccoon wanting to console her placed a hand on hers to assure her he'd be there.
"Don't even worry about it." She'd be shocked at him,
"Wh-why? Why would you want to hang out with me? I'm just a monster..."
"You're not a monster, you just have issues you're clearly dealing with. Everyone is dealing with something or another but... you've mentioned that you're trying to better yourself with your journal, medication, and therapy so I think you're pretty good for yourself. Besides, I just like hanging out with you." Samson would give her a warm smile while still placing a hand on hers. She stared at him, feeling a small sense of trust in him. Finally, to break the tension their food arrived as the two would eat their pizza tacos.
Mae quickly ate her tacos as Samson would take his time to eat his. Watching him finish up Mae would get an idea for one last thing she'd want to do with him, "...you don't mind if I show you something before you go?"
"Sure" after the two would finish eating their pizza tacos,
"We need to drive there, I'll show you" getting a small smile when she looked at him. The two would finish up eating their tacos before they walked back to his car.
The two took a short drive to the deep parts of the forest. Parking the car at the lot. After getting out of the car Mae rushed to the trail a little bit excited to show him what she wanted to show him. He would follow suit, "Hey slow down! I don't want to get lost in the forest." Samson shouted to Mae as she seemed to stop in her tracks enough for Samson to catch up to her. She was staring at a decrepit animatronic With its mismatched lengths of limbs. Though after some time it seemed to decay and wither a bit, probably would scare a ton of kids that'd see this in the forest.
"What's this?"
"My baby"
The raccoon would look at the animatronic, before looking back at her, "who's the dad?"
She'd have a small cute scowl in response, "No one, this was just a project my friend Gregg and I did to surprise his boyfriend, that he ended up not liking so we dumped it here because Gregg and I were legends...
I still miss him though..." Mae felt a sense of sadness as she talked
"He moved away to Bright Harbor with his Boyfriend, we keep in touch sometimes but I do want to visit him since it's been a year in a half since the last time we saw each other" he saw her a feeling a bit down but was unsure if he should give her a hug considering her rough exterior attitude she had ever since they met. He pulled out his phone to snap some photos around the statue. Doing a 180 to get good shots of every detail.
"What are you doing?" She asks
he ran back to her side, "Don't worry about it. It's a secret"
"Okay... Hopefully you aren't gonna send that in to get it removed"
"No, of course not. I'd never do that to you. Besides, it has a nice rustic tone to it. Being out in the forest." The two would admire the animatronic remaining silent as they looked at it, "you don't mind if i just get a photo of us in front of your baby right?"
"Of course not, you could be his new step dad if you play your cards right" lightly ribbing him in response. He'd pulled out his camera to get a selfie with the two and the animatronic in the background. After he got the two would look back in silence at the monstrosity.
"We should get ice cream on the way back."
"We should, I heard they have that new snickerdoodle flavored ice cream."
"That sounds awesome"
"I know right, Snickerdoodle is an underrated cookie honestly"
"It's a ten on the cookie scale"
He would chuckle, "so there's another scale for cookies eh?"
"Yep~"
"Well, let's go!"
They'd get into the car, to get ice cream on the way back. The two would have their ice cream in the parked car while Samson would read over his messages, "Oh hey, i got some messages from my friends"
"Oh really? What did they say"
"Let's see, Felix wants the car for the week starting tomorrow, Dex wants me to come to wingman for him Tuesday, and Isaac wants me to go to the shooting range with him on Tuesday."
"Wingman?"
"Yeah, he met this girl named Jen-"
"Oh I know her, she's my friend's cousin."
"Yeah, he supposedly met her at the party, but at least got her social media handle to at least talk to her before getting into an altercation with Isaac after catching her hooking up with this girl named Callie and... I'll be honest I kinda checked out most of the time he explains all I know is he doesn't like Callie anymore and she was using my other friend to make her ex jealous..."
"Geez, you got lots of drama in your friend group"
"Don't I know it, but at least I get to hang out with you a little." Looking over at Mae to see she had a cute little ice cream mustache, "you got something on your lip, looks like you have a mustache."
she wipes her face with a napkin, "did i get it?"
"Yep, you got it, Alright let's get you back. I have a long drive to do. I also got work tomorrow... But are we still down to hang out for Harfest"
"Of course, I couldn't watch the parade alone without my date."
"I will make sure to bring the movie over so we can watch it together before the parade. You think we should wear matching costumes?"
"Maybe, what were you planning on going as?"
"Well I do have a robot costume I was gonna wear"
"And I have a witches costume"
"And together we make Robot-witch"
"I like that, robot-witch that's our couple's costume idea."
"A robot and a witch, an unbelievable duo until one fateful day..."
"The witch meets a robot and they do crimes together, together they are.."
"Robot-witch!" both would say in unison before having a laugh before staring back into each other's eyes. A huge build up of tension between one another would occur, before the radio blared loud music ruining the mood, scaring the two. He turned down the radio looking at each other and had a small laugh before a pause happened again.
"I should probably take you home." He takes the car in drive and drops her back off at her place again, her parents would be back. Her dad would be walking to the steps to his porch while he was parked in the middle of the street. Her dad would wave at him, Samson awkwardly waved back at him thinking he hated his guts as he pulled away,
"What a nice boy" her dad would say to himself as he saw his daughter come back, "Hey kitten, how was your second date"
"It was great; tacos, ice cream, got to help him with his art, and then I showed him that animatronic Greg and I made"
"Hmm, looks like you two had an eventful day."
"Yeah... You wouldn't mind if I invited him over for Harfest would you?"
"Of course not kitten"
"Ok, I actually did invite him to watch the parade with me. We're planning to watch a movie before though..."
"Well, I can't wait to see him again. He seems like a gentleman."
"He is, he kinda understands me a little more..."
"Speaking of which did you take your meds this morning"
"Yes, I did. I didn't forget" she'd roll her eyes at his response, sitting down with him and drawing in her journal about today. Crudely doodling Samson and his Sketchbook, some ice cream, pizza tacos, and a small heart next to Samson's face.
Moments later, her mom would come back and she and her family would have dinner. After Mae would head upstairs, and notice Samson left his sketchbook at her place. She would message him on Chattrbox
MYou know you left your sketchbook here right?
SDammit, I knew I was forgetting something.
MLOL, it's ok
SYou don't mind if I leave there until the next time I visit, right?
MI don't mind leaving it here don't worry
SCool, well I should get going
MK, bye~
SWait! I forgot to ask you something
MOk
SHow would you feel about meeting my cousin and his girlfriend soon?
MHow soon
SWeek before Thanksgiving?
MMaybe, why the week before
SUnsure but I think he's assuming I'm spending Thanksgiving with you and your family
MHe lives in Bright Harbor right?
SYes
MCan we swing by to talk to Gregg and Angus too?
SI'll see if we can
MThanks
SOk, that's all I have to say. Gonna hop off now bye
MBye~
Mae would log off and shut off her computer, before going to bed once again. Having a similar dream from the last time Samson and her hung out. The dream featured a warped version of a city; it felt like a combination of Tins Haven and Possum Springs and same as before she activated the lights to bring out the band. Coming back to a more shadowy visage of the raccoon that vaguely looks like Samson before it morphed into a giant crow, flying overhead as she disappeared...