Even paradise could become a prison if one had enough time to take notice of the walls
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Oddities are individuals born with extraordinary gifts. Because of this they are hated, feared and generally persecuted across the globe. In an attempt to give them a refuge the billionaire Theodore Ashford has created Ashford Isle. Presented as a Sanctuary for the special some believe their to be much darker motives behind his generosity.
Ashford Isle
A state of the art city powered completely by renewable energy, gorgeous modern building erected against the backdrop of a tropical paradise. It has all the luxuries modern technology can afford accompanied by the natural beauty and serenity only nature can provide. This city is open to all Oddities and their families, along with several hundred A.R.I. employees, it boast a modest population of just over 5,000 individuals consisting of a mix between both human and oddity. This wonderful utopia however is shaded in mystery both metaphorically and literally. The United Nations have dispatched several fleets of O.S.E. ships near the island, this gives the coastline a ominous view.
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1/06/23
We would like to welcome our newest citizens to the island! David, Alice, Lynn, & Emmett welcome to paradise!
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chapter 19: i could give 1000 reasons why (Carter)
Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 14, 2023 12:18:18 GMT -5
After all the trips and being back, they'd made a deal. Carter was coming off of his medicine completely instead of the here and there that had been going on but since Carter was not sure what it would do to him he simply had asked Taylor to abide by one rule. "Stay," he echoed as he looked over his phone. "I hate that word," he said as he fiddled with his phone. How was he supposed to stay, more specifically stay away until the time was right and over. It also did not help that he could feel the pain, but he was going to stay away since he had been asked so nicely. This hurt though, it was not only a different level but the connection itself in it's entirety was different. It had a hold over Taylor that he did not realize even as he looked down at his phone as he heard the pilot speak. "Where to?" he asked as Taylor looked up at him. "Nowhere," he said as he got off the plane. "Think I'll stay a few more days." Dr. Carter Q. Stratin (sorry for the delay)
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 14, 2023 18:23:20 GMT -5
Withdrawal stage. He had no true idea how he would handle this so he had sent Taylor to be and hopefully stay elsewhere but now he regretted it in all truth. Still to get off this medicine he knew he had to go through the downs and then hopefully adjust to a life with so much more than he first had than when he had first started taking the medicine anyway. He simply had to get through it and then he could be deemed a functioning part of society and do his job better which would make him good because he was already great at it, but he hated staying himself. Still he sighed and gripped his pillow for he expected Taylor to be gone by now. That seemed to be his way even Carter had noticed that which was okay as he finished his day and made his way out. Yet just when someone had showed you all you thought you knew it seemed they knew how to stay after all seen him get off the plane and he spoke. "You stayed." Dr. Taylor Quinzell all good
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 14, 2023 18:53:38 GMT -5
He backed up. "Within distance," he said as he seen him. "Your orders not mine," he said as he looked at him. "Though if we could get a better word for it than you telling me to stay I would prefer that to so within distance I am here if you need me and if you do not need me or if you start going off on me I will just lock the door." He hated how this was going to test him in the worse of ways. "I also told Cami if I go missing for more than four days put an alert out on me and that you are the number one suspect." Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 14, 2023 18:54:13 GMT -5
He laughed. "It's not like you are a dog it's like stay away because I'm scared for you or stay away because it could be dangerous but I am so glad that you are here." He took a second. "I am also about to kill the distance because I need a hug like you need cuddles and I am considering this a middle man and if you say one thing about it I will put you on that plane myself and that will be that okay?" Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 15, 2023 17:26:17 GMT -5
Taylor looked at him. "Okay," he said. It was a little difficult letting someone else dictacte the moves but he knew if he did not want to allow Carter to go through this by himself then this was what he had to do. "You should know that I was honestly considering leaving though. It took me like all of three minutes to decide what to do, what would be the best decision for someone else who was not me and that was without the promise of cuddles." Yes he was still on that. He was honestly a little scared that if anything went wrong right now he was either going to pay a price or simply have to knock Carter out and neither one of those were options that he hoped either of them wanted to have to cross. "Maybe we should just go for a walk until you are more comfortable?" Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 15, 2023 21:42:12 GMT -5
"Considering and doing something are in two different leagues. I consider doing a lot but I do not do it. I do a lot and consider other stuff and do not do it. See the difference?" he asked as he shook his head. "Comfortable?" He thought about that. "Taylor I am comfortable I am just coming off of medicine but comfortable is not my concern, maybe a little shaking here or there and withdrawals but I mean that is just the normal when your body has become used to functioning with something and you want to learn to be without it." He walked right up to him and looked at him. "Told you once I get through this what we are it is going to be so much more than anything else that either of us have known since the last time. Hence why I am taking my time and treating it as it is, delicate and perhaps even precious though that is a lot of P words." He looked at him and he did not care as he leaned up slightly and hugged him and then pulled him down as he kept the hug. "You stayed," he said again. "For once you are not running." At least that was how he had seen Taylor. Doing this, doing that and then running and running and no one stopping him not that he thought anyone could and now seeing him staying and not running. He was glad because he was still withdrawing as he tightened his hug. "I'm so glad you stayed T, you have no idea." Simply because, well Carter only had one thought in his head even in his withdrawal :: I will always love you. He let go of the hug as he looked at Taylor. "Come on, you're coming with me," he said as he pushed his own curly hair back and looked up at Taylor. "I'm finally ready," he said as he took a second to straighten his posture a second and then spoke. "For it," he simply said with emphasis on the it. "Plus I kind of love this whole buttons look so yes. Should I get a place with a chair or no?" Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 16, 2023 7:10:10 GMT -5
"For once, yeah." Of course it was complicated but that was not what this moment was about. Truth was he had no idea what this particular moment was about he just was going on feeling and this felt needed and right. Connections, your body needing things, bonds, different levels and different ways as he was pulled down and through his uncomfortableness he did still stay. It felt like Carter was going to squeeze the life out of him as he felt the hug tighten and he tried to speak but literally could not for fear of lack of air to breathe. He was ever so relieved when he let it go. "Where are we going?" he asked as he heard him go on. "It, and a chair?" He thought about this for a second. "If you want a chair sure and you like me in buttons, I honestly never would have guessed. I hate them myself but I'm trying." Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 16, 2023 9:27:33 GMT -5
If he was going to have to explain it to Taylor of all people he would. "Home," he said. "Our home before the accident. Well I thought of it as our home but you had New York. I left something there for you." They seemed to all have their special way but he did not need that. He simply needed him to stay, a simple request that had seemed so hard for him to follow but just for perhaps this once he seemed to be doing it. Current Location : Seattle, Washington He took a second to look around as he closed his eyes for a second and then opened them looking out into the afternoon's sky. Carter had not been here in over two years because home was not a pretty picture not after the accident. "I remember it like it was yesterday," he said as he looked back at Taylor. His shakes were a little closer in time now as he turned and he could feel the tears coming down his face again. "I lost everything that day even parts of myself. I long to be able to change that day but I can't." His demons had sat for so long. "I have to get through this Taylor, it is holding me back and I do not want that. It took you from me, it made me push you away." He slid down and his tears followed still. "I'm not who I was and yet here you are. What if I'm not who you think when I am off of this medicine? A man can only take so much." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 16, 2023 12:28:11 GMT -5
"I have an idea," he said as he took a second and went and sat beside Carter. "If you eat a wish cookie and really want it, it will happen. We will only have two hours before we are put back in this place, but we could see what happened and as long as we do not interact with our younger versions then we will not mess up the time line or any of the events that we have did here." He needed Carter to understand this. "That means we can watch younger you and younger I, but we can not run into them. We can not mess with them or the events. Can you do that?" What was the harm in eating the cookie, none as far as he knew and why not help Carter heal? Huzzah! Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 16, 2023 12:36:50 GMT -5
"Okay," he said as he began to search Taylor and found the cookie. The fact that he ate it without any hesitation would become a concern later but for now Messing with time is bad, bad magic Seattle Washington ; 2021! "Relax," he said as he looked up at Taylor. "It was just one kiss, it's not like it meant anything," he said as he walked as the current version of Carter hid behind a tree, trying not to make any noise as he looked at Taylor. "Look at me, what was I thinking?" he whispered. Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 16, 2023 12:50:36 GMT -5
"I am fine," he said as he fixed his jacket. You're the one saying how life changing it will be and I do not agree," he said as he walked as current Taylor looked ahead. "I miss that jacket," he said as they continued to hide. He however was not as cautious as he made a lot of noise making the younger him turn around and spot the current him. "Oh shit," the younger him said as he turned the younger Carter around. "Carter look at.............US!!!, OLDER but not by much. Damn I get into button tops and you get into gym. Look at that, we must get together.Current Taylor looked at current Carter and spoke. "Come on," he said as he grabbed his hand. "We need to get out of here, we were never here," he said as he took Carter by the hand and ran. "They didn't see us for long so maybe we are not messing up much, we need to hide out." Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 16, 2023 15:58:19 GMT -5
He ran behind him as he looked back and seen the younger him. "Taylor, Taylor, stop," he said as they were still being followed by the younger versions of themselves. "Look what's the worse that could happen if we just look at them and answer some questions. Look how care free they are," he said as he looked back at them. "Plus I need that leather in my life," he said as he looked at him. "Let's just go tell them everything, it really will help me feel better." He did not care. "Look we get together, it's not as simple as it should be but I know we get together. What's the worse that could happen telling ourselves so that when the shitty stuff happens tonight at least we know we get through it instead of worrying?" He let go of his hand and made his way back to the younger versions of them. "We do get together so whatever this weirdness is completely goes away." He paused. "Well not completely but for the most part we gets tons better at our kissing and not so much spit on my part since I learn to control my excitement." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Sept 16, 2023 16:09:41 GMT -5
"No," he tried to say but Carter was gone. He however stayed a distance as younger him spoke. "I tried to tell him he put spit in my mouth but it was a slight bit erotic to me." So weird in the end. "Good to know that he outgrows it though. We look happy, healthy, relaxed," he said as he checked the older Carter out and even the older version of himself from a distance. "The older me seems a lot more reserved, so how are you here? What is it like where you come from?"He slowly made his way over and looked at the younger him. "Give my jacket," he said. "Magic," he said. "His fault though," he said as he pointed to Carter and the younger Taylor agreed. "Always," both the Taylor's said in unison and laughed which freaked the current Taylor out. "Look guys we really need to be going but whatever happens, you get through it. I know it sounds crazy but we get through it. It just takes a little time." He wanted his younger self to know so bad that it would be okay. Keep his innocence as he looked at Carter and he did not want to relive it. "Hey guys, want to get out of here?" If they left right now it could all be avoided as he looked at Carter. "Carter, we should take them to get food." Dr. Cami Q.- Carter, one post if you please <3 Dr. Carter Q. Stratin
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Sept 16, 2023 17:53:32 GMT -5
Jacob and Gillian Stratin!!!! "Oof," she said as she fell through the portal. "Come on, Jacob," she said as she made them both invisible. "Remind us to send Cami a thank you basket for this key. Come on, come on we need to protect our parents." Jacob looked at her and held onto his key. "When do we use this one?" he asked. "You will know," she said as they walked behind the four of them as she looked down at the phone. "Two minutes, you use that key in two minutes." She walked behind the younger version of Carter and Jacob walked behind the younger version of Taylor. "Three, two, now Jacob, now!!" He flipped that key up into the air and pushed all four men into one another. "Go go," he said to his sister. "That should fix it," he said as they went back through the portal. Dr. Carter Q. StratinDr. Taylor Quinzell
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Post by Dr. Carter Q. Stratin on Sept 16, 2023 18:11:47 GMT -5
He looked up as he felt something seem to go with him as he watched that key disappear and he grabbed on Taylor. "We got to go now," he said as he felt himself fall. Seattle Washington, 2023: He felt himself fall on the couch and he removed his shades off of his face. He went to go look around when he seen Taylor. "We messed up something," he said as he looked at him. He appeared fine. "Hey, I brought the jacket back this time. I do think it looks tons better on me." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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