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i also got a koozie! anyway, i'm gonna start doing more crazy shit, because despite my insides being reduced to sludge, that was FUN. i'm bringing the sauce to the next family gathering and making them taste it. if you're reading this, this is your sign to go do something insane. here's the sauce.

winners are called, and i'm very obviously not one of them given that first place flawlessly ripped out "rainbow in the dark". first place gets his $200 in 100 TWO DOLLAR BILLS. i am awarded the fourth place prize of... the rest of the hot sauce. "this stuff's your problem now!"

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they open up regular karaoke while they tally up the points (judged on performance, song accuracy, and how well you handled the sauce), and i immediately get up and sing again. i was not admitting defeat to this sauce no matter WHAT it did to me.

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so i get my shit back together and i head back inside, and the last few contestants finish up. by this point i was properly well again, although every now and then my stomach was making a concerning noise about it. i start drinking again just because i can (i still had some left).

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midnight runs back inside and gets me the second ice cream pop she'd picked up for me, a slightly melty spongebob pop. also some napkins. i'm still on my knees, doing what i can to get rid of the burn a SECOND TIME. another contestant walks over to make sure i'm alright, and somehow i am.

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i hesitated for a minute and then i fucking booked it outside, ran to the edge of the pavement, and i dropped to my god damn hands and knees and threw up more violently than i ever have. midnight is holding my hair back, i'm once again crying and drooling, and someone's singing tubthumping.

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a few more songs pass. midnight had sped to a nearby gas station to get me some ice cream, and i was doing decidedly better. a girl got up to sing and had to quit mid-song because the sauce near INSTANTLY made her need to puke. my stomach, upon seeing this, decided that seemed like a great idea.

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i coughed and wheezed my way through tainted love through spit and tears. it was getting WORSE over time. i was thanking the powers that be that i chose a short song because by the time i was done i was in PAIN. the second contestant checked in on me and offered me pepto (she actually came ready).

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immediately the pleasant warmth in my stomach from the drink was replaced with what i can only describe as liquid hellfire. my mouth burned in places i didn't know could feel. it cleared my sinuses like a fucking battering ram at the cost of my ability to function vocally. punished for my hubris.

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a few songs pass, and i get called up. y'all i was AFRAID. i was a tiny bit tipsy off the drink i got (nothing crazy strong but enough to do the job), but that did not make me less afraid of this sauce. i take the spoon, forego a sniff, and swallow that shit in one quick go. downed it like a shot.

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so we start the competition. first contestant is so unfazed he takes two (which like, okay, whatever i guess) and then the second contestant manages to choke out "always be my baby" through tears, and she was doing ROUGH for the next half hour. i was starting to fear for my life.

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i had decided i was singing tainted love by soft cell, because i have it committed to memory and also i could get a little tastefully slutty with it, and ALSO also it's short and in a very comfortable spot in my range. this did not save me.

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something i noticed between entering and competing, which the event MC so kindly highlighted, was a trash can labeled the "fuck it bucket" with a clip art silhouette of a man puking on it. ever the optimist (or idiot), i decided i'd be fine, because the prize was $200 and I Needed To Try.

they let us all do a round of regular no-sauce karaoke to warm up, which was very good for me, since it meant that @ghouliebats.bsky.social could record a proper comparison of normal singing vs the agony i should've figured i was in for. i had gotten myself a drink to ease my nerves about the sauce.

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now i've been singing my whole life and i'm a fan of spicy food, so i figured this may be something fun for me to try to really test both my spice tolerance and my ability to perform in any circumstance i may land in. i show up, the venue is cool, the event runners are cool, and i'm feeling good.

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

sometimes life guides you to do something stupid, and today that was entering a HOT SAUCE KARAOKE CONTEST. here's how it went:

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i am forever honored to be the person who was there to help you free yourself and start living, and forever grateful that you came into my life, pulled me up from the pit i'd been stuck lying in, and helped me see the sun again 🖤

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

no clue how many of my followers are even slightly local to the area, but gaze upon my glorious flyer and its expired QR code

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

they released satanized on DID awareness day???? the lyrics??? the swapping places of the other guy and papa after he spins in the void for a minute?????? they did this for meeeeee systems stay winning (we don't. this is a little victory i'm claiming)

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

...and what if i said i've already started working on a papa perpetua cosplay

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

FUMATACAST???? y'all, i think it's happening

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

WHYYYY IS GHOST LIVESTREAMING A BILLBOARD!!!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

GOODWILL CAME THRU WITH A JACKET TO MATCH LET'S GOOOOO

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

just acquired the most 70s looking pair of pants i've ever held in my gay little hands, will post updates when i incorporate these beauties into an outfit 🫡

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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

the way to stop people doing nazi shit is to create an environment where doing nazi shit immediately gets you jumped by six guys, do not pass go, ass kicking first and ask questions later. every goth & punk bar on god's gay earth already figured this out in the 90s

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"map looks great, what's the walkthrough time on it?" "anywhere from 1 to 6 minutes"

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

making a haunt map is fun because it's LITERALLY impossible to gauge how long the experience is since some people walk at an absolute snail's pace and others sprint through like everything there wants to for real kill them

Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

listen, every day you tell yourself you have plenty of time, you lose a day of it. haunt building starts NOW

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I'M FINALLY 25 I CAN TAKE MY BRAIN OUT OF THE MICROWAVE NOW

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nothing happening at work so i'm putting this twink in outfits

a WIP ipad drawing of phantom ghoul out of uniform.

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@ghouliebats.bsky.social is very good at taking pictures that make me feel powerful

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thoroughly convinced that this pig saw my spending habits and decided holding that penny in his mouth wasn't worth it

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Aster Adams @asteradams.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

hello internet i'm back just long enough to be ✨delusional✨ about the HHN speculation maps, ask me about the perfect world i live in in my head rn :)

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the face of a guy who just finished crying and wailing at 4am because there's another cat outside

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I donated You should too Not just for the kids But because smart children annoy conservatives

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all this to say i have mad respect for the professionals, i hope to someday learn your ways 🫡

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—as it is, and then you add in the tragic reality of not having much space to work with, and the result is me constantly redrawing my maze map until i start feeling like i might have a better time laying in the middle of the road. i'll get it, that much i'm sticking by, but JESUS

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the main issue i have to account for is the behavior of your average haunt guest, as i have three jobs here and two of them sound contradictory: immerse them, slow them down, and keep them moving. my layout and setup has to keep them from sprinting but also keep them from stopping, which isn't easy—

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it's easy enough when i'm handed a map of a building's individual rooms with every measurement, but outside? where i have to build the walls myself? and decide where they go? in my mind this is an infinite stretch of grass and in reality this is a just-above-average backyard sized area

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what i'm quickly understanding about haunt design now that i'm actually doing it is that you have finite space and it is NEVER as big as you think it is in your head. space management is a skill, an art, and Hell On Earth