a small meta post about npc, craig matherson.
following on from main verse, craig comes into skoda’s life essentially offering him a career. a lot of how i envision his character comes from ex sex pistols manager malcolm mclaren. he’s an egotistical prodigy. an american man seeking ‘real culture’ in london, convinced that he is the new frontier of the city. that his vision for the future will prevail. anti-establishment to the point of exasperation yadda yadda yadda.
but it’s all self serving. the only thing real is skoda’s music. everything else is manufactured, all with the purpose of creating a media storm. for example, skoda isn’t allowed to make himself known as the dj -- causing speculation and mystery around his act. but skoda wants to be known! craig matherson? oh he’s on every headline. nor is there a real care for skoda’s well being. at the height of his career, he’s even playing in the usa for some dates and sunset strip culture consumes him. binging for days on end, before getting a flight back to london and being left to comedown on his own in his flat.
same with malcolm mclaren and sid vicious, i plan to have a lot of contempt gather for craig matherson once the inner runnings of his operation are exposed. i don’t know how, maybe skoda cries out for help. through therapy, through a lawsuit? that’s all to be decided, but the point is: craig matherson is a bastard of a man.
( p.s. he gives me very soft cell ‘non-stop erotic cabaret’ vibes )
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@childactress said, late night empty streets.
* ⠀ — ⠀there are two types of failures bygones in this world: those who are washed out and those who are washed up. he wonders which mara belongs to. for him, it was a mixture of both. the music scene had changed, he had not ───── getting junked up like he was still 18 years of age in an underground club. the people were tired of him and he was tired of himself.
“ people fall out of love so fast. ” his tone is casual and conversational, the sentences disrupted by a drag of his cigarette, “ today’s hot shit is tomorra’s ... shit. ” especially in los angeles. oh, to be back in england.
the city is cold at night. like receiving a hug from a friend that you suspect is going to stick a knife in your back at any given moment. skoda cannot quite comprehend how mara has lasted so long here.
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@bundledmisery said, late night empty streets.
* ⠀ — ⠀a piece of wall breaks away from a long-forgotten building and splinters at his feet. good ol’ manchester, always a pleasure. the inebriates are now out in full force, stopping their drunken fights only to ask if skoda has a lighter. “ yeah, i do mate. thanks for askin’. ” it is not usually wise to answer drunk mancunians with such cheek, but he figures they’ll topple headfirst before they catch him. kain tayo, kain tayo.
at long last he finds it ──── like a beacon in the darkness. but he has told her to meet him around the back, so he ducks to one side and slips down the empty alley. there’s no guaranteeing that she’ll even come out to speak, they’ve only met a few times. but he has a proposition for her. a saturday night proposition, if she can pull herself away from work.
there’s a wire mesh separating the alley from the back of the restaurant, but it’s no bother. it’s not like they can’t talk through it. skoda leans against the opposite wall, lighting a cigarette offhandedly and waits. is a wave too friendly, a ‘hello’ too nonchalant? he settles for a small wave.
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Liminal Space Meme
Send me a random number for a starter/drabble with our characters in the setting of a liminal space #1-104 (some repeats, mostly taken from this list)
a playground at night
rest stops on highways
deep in the mountains
churches at night
abandoned 7/11’s
your bedroom at 5 am
hospitals at midnight
warehouses that smell like dust
lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore
empty parking lots
ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods
rooftops in the early morning
inside a dark cabinet
A pond on a roof
early in the morning wherever it’s just snowed
trails by the highway just out of earshot of traffic
schools during breaks
those little beaches right next to ferry docks
bowling alleys
a cornfield next to a country road
your friends living room once everybody but you is asleep
laundromats at midnight
hospital waiting rooms
airports from midnight to 7am
cemeteries
abandoned penitentiaries
hilltops at night in full moonlight
empty barns
marshes
really anywhere quiet at midnight, the air vibrates
old stones and henge
the ocean when it’s still quiet with fog over it
train tracks that go through the middle of the woods
bridges
ancient places
stands of old growth forest
rabbit paths off hiking tails
trails between the main ski hills
winter twilight
back allies between houses
logging roads
dirt roads on fall evenings with leaves falling off the trees
libraries before closing
anyplace where it’s snowing before sunrise
the woods during a rainstorm
roads covered with snow with trees on the sideways while snowflakes are falling out of the sky
train stations after 10 PM
outside, right before a massive storm
the woods just after twilight
the beach in winter
the bottom of swimming pools
empty beaches when its snowing
back part of a library
late night empty streets
highways late at night
windy roads
windy roads at night when you can only see the immediate road
abandoned parking lots (office buildings, homes)
anywhere immediately after a really bad fight
little towns late at night when no ones awake and the only lights on are the street posts
the lakeside anytime between 2 and 6 am
firework shows when you’re sitting on the grass
House on a lake
being the only one downstairs on christmas
stepping outside in the early morning when it has just snowed
when its dark and you see snowflakes falling down in the light of a lamppost on the lonely road
that one clear spot in the forest with trees surrounding it
a parked car in a snow/thunderstorm
corn fields with the wind blowing over them
malls when they’re about to close for the night
woods at twilight/dawn
being on a train after midnight
theme parks at night
winding back roads with rolling fog
seeing “open” signs when its really foggy and cloudy
being in a train that was crowded when you got in and now its quiet, looking at the seats knowing that there were people sitting there moments ago and now they’re gone
hiking trails that have nobody on them
being alone in an elevator for a few minutes
looking down at the forest when you’re standing somewhere high and seeing the top of the trees with fog lingering over them
the ferry about to take off in the middle of the night
tree houses
empty seats on the late night train
4-6 am on a winter morning
Feeling chased
the clouds/damp coming out of your mouth when its really cold in the morning
stepping out on an unfamiliar metro/train stop
greenhouses that have been left to grow alone
cemeteries in the middle of fields
biking/walking on the main road when its dark without cars
swamps with fog
hotel corridors in the middle of the night
anywhere where you can hear a train whistle in the distance but you can’t see it or know just how far away it is
foggy mornings in a meadow
that flickering streetlight
working offices at midnight
long, dark hallways
the middle of a park when its snowing
being in a forest where there are train tracks not knowing if the train may even ever approach
bonfires
a little lake in the middle of the forest
lonely swings
overgrow field/yard
the woods on a night with a full moon
empty stables
rest stops
empty metro stations that are usually crowded
gas stations on long mountain roads
the old part of a city when you’re the only one in the street
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crystal parker.
@divingfaces: ❛ i wish we had grown up together. ❜ x.
it’s a thought she’s had a few times, but one that makes her chuckle a little bit even so, “ yeah? don’t think you’d’a liked me much. “ crystal stares at the ceiling for a moment as she considers it. same form class, probably. lived two streets over, probably bumping into each other in the bossman, thieving creme eggs off the shelves. he’d have annoyed her, all his chat about movies and shit, and she’d dread maths on a wednesday when she’d have to sit next to him. inescapable. lockers beside each other. though, they’d go on that shitty trip to the natural history museum and kiss behind a display about dinosaurs and hold hands for one day before deciding they actually hated each others guys.
her mind reeled for a good few moments, thinking of it. him getting pushed around by big ugly tom from down the street and her coming up and punching his lights out, being inseparable from then - maybe steering each other down a better path, maybe with him on her side she’d have gotten her a-levels, done something with herself. she’d have gone for tea at his house, his mum would’ve insisted she bring her sister along (because adults can always tell when a kid hasn’t had a proper meal, can’t they?). they’d have pushed each other to do better. gotten good grades and fucked off to the same uni, maybe. he’d do something music or film-y and she’d do something to do with english lit or working with kids.
but how can she say all that? it’s so fucking stupid of her to think about. so instead of lamenting on how they met with fistfuls of e’s in their pockets and a pack of gum in her hand, too far gone to come back from the brink, she turns to face him and grins, snatching the pot noodle from his hand, “ i think i’d have thought you was a nerd. “
* ⠀ — ⠀“ oh, piss off! ” but no, i think she means it. truth be told, skoda was never first pick for the football team, he didn’t get into fights if he could help it and his fashion sense was questionable. yeah, she’d be right to think that. with his light blonde curtains and ugly sweater hidden under a bulky anorak. he really was sent out like a lamb to the slaughter. and then, of course, she’d stop wanting to see him after his brother got caught. word would spread and she’d think he was a weirdo. maybe it was for the best that they grew up separately.
but then ───── wouldn’t it have been fun? to have each other so early on? skoda could’ve relieved the pressure of the social, crystal could’ve been an ear to rant to about his father. they might not have ever gotten�� into drugs ... at least, not as a form of escape. perhaps they’d have even dated. fooled around, had a child. stop, listen to yer’self. no matter what, you’d ‘ave still been the same. roads like ours, they all lead the same fuckin’ place. dunna’ matter who yer with, they just speed up or slow down the inevitable.
“ i’d have thought you were pompous and uppity. ” he wouldn’t really. but her reaction should be golden. the pot noodle is snatched back.
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