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[ELIJAH]

Are you awake?

[ALEX AND MIKHAIL]

I need hel

ELIJAH

Hey. How are you?

LUKE

What is your favorite breakfast food?

ZOYA

I'm aware that Bridget is asking you to hang out, and I don't know anything outside of that, so I figured I'd offer my own proposition in the meantime.

What are you doing tonight?

Have nothing to do on Wednesday evening? You should probably consider 80 minutes of pretty fine music (if I do say so myself) as we perform Beethoven's Fifth at the Anthem.

LUKE

Please note that I'd like to hear everything about your weekend.

ZOYA

Hi, Zoya. I was wondering if you'd like to have lunch or dinner with me sometime?

ELIJAH

I'm asking Zoya to food.

ZOYA

If I think someone has the absolute capability of causing harm to someone I care about, is it my responsibility as a friend to warn them of that possibility, or is it my responsibility to let them figure it out for themselves and just be there to support them whatever happens?

Because I honestly have no idea which one I should be leaning toward.

GRANTS + ELIJAH + OCEANA

Sarah was the one that asked for an update, but I figured that I would end up giving one to all of you eventually and this gets the job done.

So, an update: The date went very well. I wore that red dress I never get to wear. I even wore heels. He was very charming. Like, ridiculously charming. I'm going to see him again. 👍🏻

LUC - added after talking to Elijah

I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to wait some arbitrary amount of time before doing this because Seventeen magazine told me as much when I was a teenager, but I've never been really good at following the rules. I had a really nice time.

ELIJAH

I I had

Since obviously no one has figured out how to stop these dreams and memories, what are some distraction techniques that work best for you all?

Ohhh, this brings me joy and jealousy.

And if you're not as enamored by violins as me (which is just silly if you're not, because 300-year-old Stradivarius), I instead offer you a picture of my most handsome and best guy: ( Cut for image! )

This was in my Instagram stories this morning, but I just want to have visual proof for forever that even though I forgot my gym shoes, I didn't wuss out. I've been getting up at 5am to work out for the last three weeks and I'm somehow still alive.

( Cut for Image )


[ELIJAH]

I know we're planning to go to the Masquerade next Saturday evening, but do you have any plans earlier in the day?

( cut for unfortunate Tinder conversation )

I literally had the app re-downloaded for 23 minutes and had just started matching.

Alright, Dunhaven. Some of you might be wondering what the construction is going on where the old feed store used to be. Well, after way too long trying to secure the necessary permits, wrapping up loose ends, and finding the right team, Marshall Consulting is officially under way. I've spent years working at a firm in DC as one of the consultants who goes into various businesses, assesses their processes and situations, and makes recommendations for various types of change in their organization. I decided it was time to take my expertise and the nest egg I'd built from my career and bring my own business and headquarters here to Dunhaven, which has always been my ultimate goal.

We're looking at March 1 for the Grand Opening and will have several positions available for anyone looking for work. Training will be provided, so no experience is necessary. More details will be provided about career opportunities in the coming weeks as we get our website to go live, but if you want me to forward you information when it's available, let me know.

Thanks for bearing with me in the meantime. Construction noises are annoying, so thank you to my neighbors for being patient while we get this done as quickly as possible.

I don't know, Dunhaven, 2019 seems to be a pretty good year already.

( Instagram Post )

Count this under things that make me upset.

SARAH

Hey! Have a minute?

ZOYA

Do you have plans next Saturday?

Happy Small Business Saturday! I hope you all didn’t blow all your money at big retailers yesterday and can still get out there and support our local economy, etc etc, but make sure you have a little extra leftover to come have one of the drinks off our seasonal menu. I gotta say, I think I have the most fun coming up with new twists on the holiday classics. Plus, we’ve got some cool stouts and porters on tap, too, like a chocolate peanut butter stout. I promise it’s really good.

I also have a wall of thankfulness up at the bar to remind us of the good things we’re fighting for every day, to keep us motivated when the world is bleak or on fire. Or, you know, just things to make us smile. My favorite is: I’m thankful that my boyfriend didn’t make me run a 5K this year. (That’s mine.)

The holiday might have been yesterday, but I'm stuck in the backseat of this car for five hours today. So tell me what you're thankful for, Dunhaven. It can be silly, it can be sassy, or it can be downright sappy. I want to hear about it.

NIALL

Did you get any sleep last night?

BRIDGET

Would you rather have everything you could imagine wanting for a day, or never risk losing all of it by not having it at all?

[ELIJAH]

If Vivian (the blonde, leggy one) calls or texts you out of the blue, that's undoubtedly my fault and I'm not sure yet if I'm sorry or not.

[ALEX AND MIKHAIL]

Even if it's a lie, tell me that moving back to Dunhaven wasn't the second stupidest decision I ever made.

Do you ever read an article and just laugh and laugh about a turn of phrase, and how it even got published that way at all?

You're Totally Going to Bone in Self-Driving Cars, Scientists Predict. Most of it's about some study about how self-driving cars are going to impact tourism industries like hotels, restaurants and prostitution, but then you get to the end: "But whether people are going to fuck in them feels like less of a question and more of an inevitability. Of course, that would require you to first choose to trust the machines. Unless the fear turns you on."

Has this person ever done anything risky at all? Ridden a roller coaster? Come on. It doesn't take a genius to know that the adrenaline rush is going to be a huge draw.

(First chance we get, Hunter.)

63.

[OOC: Warning: Probably spoilers for EITA in the comments.]