1. TEXT ➳ UN: ALIGHT

[risers]

[ it comes in the middle of the night: ]

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

[ though he could easily write a post to engage with the network at large, doing that is too simple. alec isn't too interested in placing more of his personal information online for anyone to find — privacy is key, and being in the shadows is literally what he does best. ]

[ in other words: alec's bored but doesn't want to be clary levels of social. ]

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@purgatory

[makeyourpeace]

most people need it, some ask for it, some give it, and almost nobody takes it. what is it?

[risers]

I don't need advice, if that's what you're hinting at.

[ yes, he does. how does he make himself more likeable that doesn't involve smiling and laughing? ]

[makeyourpeace]

spoken like a true human being.
also, i never hint.

[risers]

Figured that'd be the hardest riddle to solve. I'm glad I'm at least seemingly doing that right.

[ what is being a human being? alec prefers to be grumpy cat: angry, line-facy, and left alone, even though the latter hardly applies to the biggest celebrity on the planet. ]

[makeyourpeace]

considering there's not many other options in... you know. what to be. pretty low standard there.

[risers]

I'm sure you can look deeper. You can be a caring person, a nice person, a quiet person, or a person who tells an entire network of strangers riddles.

[makeyourpeace]

you say "or" but none of those are mutually exclusive. you can easily be a nice, caring, quiet person who tells strangers riddles.

[risers]

[ alec likes to think the world around him is black and white, as it makes life easier to juggle. but this is a mere reminder it's all shades of grey — people are simply not labelled one thing with the inability to be the next. ]

Huh. It looked more simpler on paper.

Guess people really are the worst riddles to solve.

[makeyourpeace]

it's never simple. the minute it starts to look simple, something's gonna pull the fucking rug out from under you.

[ She knows this too well, dude. ]

[risers]

I don't know, sometimes I find even when it's complicated that rug gets pulled out from under me. Maybe we should just stop standing on rugs.

[ ba dum tush. ]

[makeyourpeace]

[ She's cringing, that's so cringy, Alec. ]

where are we when we decide to stop standing on rugs? cause that could lead to freezing cold feet where i'm from.

[risers]

Put on some good shoes?

[ this guy. ]

[makeyourpeace]

but who wants to wear shoes all the time? no one wears shoes all the time.

[risers]

I wear shoes most of the time.

[ spoil sport. ]

How about we just don't stand on rugs? Figure that'll solve many problems.

[makeyourpeace]

agreed. no rugs for anyone. we burn all the rugs we find.