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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 4h

That’s nice. I love the idea of Rush getting to sleep peaceful to a tune he loves

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Headless🎃Horsewoman 🪉💎🏹 @acturek.bsky.social · 12h

#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #cousin Real late post for “Low-Stakes-Sunday.” I wanna show something peaceful for a change … Music in the hideout - Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power

But Theris wiped his mouth and stretched. He dragged his pallet closer to Rushak's and took up his letra. As the soothing and beautiful music filled the cave, Drisal could only bury his head in his hands.

The music stopped. Quiet voices penetrated his ire and Drisal realized his brother was speaking with Theris, asking about his letra. Theris showed him the fine details of its workmanship. The two appeared not to have a care in the world beyond the instrument.

"Would you know "The Tree Shaper's Jig'?"
Rushak asked, and when the music started with a nod from Theris he relaxed at last, falling into sleep with a faint smile.

"Sleep well, little COUSIN," Theris murmured.

Brother's Keeper
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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 4h

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Edwards is terrified of heights (and caves, deep water, ice underfoot, most animals...) but refused to admit this to Kenneth before climbing a very unstable rope ladder. He doesn't want him to think he's a coward. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity

“Careful!” Edwards called up when the vampire swung his legs over the edge. He had to bite back a sarcastic response, because if anything might have made him fall, then it was being startled by someone hollering at him. As he neared the bottom, the doctor held his waist to steady him the last few steps, though there was absolutely no need. “We are never doing that again!”

“Are you alright? You’ve gone a funny color,” smiled Kenneth, pretending to feel his forehead and take his pulse as an excuse to keep touching him. “Your heart rate is galloping. Would you like to sit down?”

“I’m fine, it’s just from that death trap.”
He was scowling. Kenneth reached out to Edwards’ thin, knotted brows and smoothed them with his thumbs. After the way the doctor had helped him off the ladder, he felt he could get away with it.

“So you are afraid of heights?”

“Yes, I admit it, I am a little nervous of heights,” Edwards sighed, as though he were the most exasperating man in the world. “Happy now?”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 4h

GEICO claims: And that’s the fourth car you’ve…(checks database)…had stolen this year, is it?

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💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 5h

October 12th – pulse #AnthropomorphicNovel, today! Ray deals with the aftermath of a small car accident she was just in. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I wrenched the door open and stumbled out, then glanced back at the other car. The succubus hadn’t moved. If I left her there, she would burn alive. Perhaps a fitting end for her, but I couldn’t just sit here and let her die.
I limped across the distance. The flames were gaining in intensity, so I needed to hurry. I tried the door handle, but the crash had warped the frame, and I couldn’t get it open. The window was broken, however, so I knocked out the remaining pebbles of glass with my elbow, then reached in, unbuckled Carla’s seat belt and hauled her out onto the grass. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, my back screamed in protest, but I got her out.
I dragged Carla up onto the road and over to the other shoulder then checked her pulse; it was strong and steady, but she hadn’t stirred. I bound her feet and hands with plastic ties, just to be safe.
Then I leaned back against a tree and watched the flames bubble the paint on my black Mazda. Maybe I could just tell the Geico guy that it had been stolen.

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 5h

From Losing Your Backward: Joric has just made a sudden inexplicable appearance in the cab Fion is riding in #WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Fantasy #SFF #FantasySky #GasLamp #TimeTravel

Fion’s gaze roved the floorboards, the ceiling, and the rest of the unlikely places an adult male might be able to hide inside a hansom cab, then back to her surprise companion. Her pulse thrummed in her ears, but the parts of her mind that were supposed to react to danger and seek reasonable explanations for inexplicable things were strangely mute.
Joric leaned back in his seat, chest still heaving. “I think you might need an explanation for that.”
“That would be lovely. Thank you.”
He eyed her sideways. “It’s … uh … would it surprise you to hear that I don’t have a good one?”
She sighed. “Not in the slightest.”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 4h

Blake, Ren, & Joy are investigating the disappearance of their relatives, & Blake’s sensed a demonic force on the other side of Uncle Huck’s door #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From A Paranormal Bromance 2 👻🚪

Black text, green background, “pulse“ highlighted pink

I'm trying to build up my courage to go in there. It can't hurt me because I'm dead. At least that's what I'm trying to tell myself as I stare at the doorway that Blake is freaked out about. If I go in and Huck made a circle of his own, I'll be stuck in the room with whatever the scary thing is. If it's bad mojo, I won't be able to see it, but if it's a monster, I probably be able to see it like the ghosts last year and Joy's fairies and the demon Blake summoned...

Four breaths
Four drops of blood

The words PULSE in my brain like a heartbeat.

"It's..." I say, but the word seems to barely get past my lips as I drift towards the door. "Blake, it's..."

Four flames to call you from beyond and keep you

Blake's trying to convince Joy that we're absolutely not going in, so he doesn't notice when I say his name, so soft, I'm not sure I said it. The air around us is pressing down on me, and I'm having trouble getting words past it.

Open the door and find this body

I shift through the wood of Huck's door.

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 13h

I only looked at the aPB trilogy because it was so obvious a place to find the word. Though I expected more than I did. Still, I pretty much knew I was going to use this scene before I looked. I saw the word and thought, "Oh. I'm a cousin."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 13h

Wow, I can't believe there's such a difference! Though I try to avoid Amazon anyway

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 16h

Also, I had to do a blurb about how this story fit the theme of the open call, and I used thoughts from this question to write it

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 16h

No. It's a bigger robbery. He would definitely have stopped someone getting hurt. It's more like, "Here's that tourist crap. Welp, I'm off to sell stuff from that museum heist I pulled while you were looking for it!" 😉

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 17h

At the end, he wants to stop the culprit from a bigger crime...but the culprit's like, "look over there, I'm leaving you the stuff from the first robbery!" & he chooses to return it, instead, because, after all, he promised It was a timely question, since I was working on this story 3

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 17h

In the short I'm editing, he & his sister go on vacation & a robbery occurs. He promises the victims he'll get their stuff back. He abandons several goals due to this promise. Every time sis tempts him with vacation stuff, he chooses to keep his promise, instead 2

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 17h

Coming back to this question because I'm editing a short that applies RIGHT NOW This is for Jesse/The Cheetah/The Greyhound. He's an interesting one. He believes in the League's rules & follows them, yet he recognizes when the organization goes sour & helps bring them down #AwesomeCharacters 1/3

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ghost Ren (aka Laurie) is so excited to be included by Joy and her mom (who cannot see or hear him) that he temporarily forgets that being a "cousin" would be bad news for his maybe/maybe-not crush on Joy #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From A Paranormal Bromance 2 👻🤦

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Of course, my words fall on deaf ears. Still, Joy says, louder this time, "Did I tell you that Laurie and Blake are here studying? In my room? I promised them Oreos."

Yep, she totally included me in that. I don't know if Sarah thinks that Blake's name is LaurieandBlake or if I'm an imaginary friend, or maybe "Blake"'s an imaginary friend, since I'm the one she names first. Or, hey, maybe she believes in Blake's ghost of a best friend. I don't know Sarah well enough to say.

"Oh, I didn't realize. Yes, go back and study with your cousins."

Ooh, I'm a cousin!

Oh. I'm a cousin. Hope Joy doesn't see me that way. I never thought about it before, but it would make sense if she did. After all, she only ever played with me at "Aunt Shannon"''s house, usually when Blake was over, too.

Darn it, I'm a cousin.

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Taking a small break✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

G'morning #WIPSnips! I don't have 'cousin' bot i do have family, and that should broadly vibely count, right? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“No, actually. While you have my deepest condolences for your loss of family and childhood, those details are not of interest to me on this occasion.”
And just like that the rug of righteous anger is pulled out from under me, and I sit back in my chair thoroughly embarrassed at my outburst. “Oh.”
“My interests lie with the people you protected since before you were a teen. From disgusting men and women wanting to prey on the defenceless, and you took the brunt of the abuse by yourself, risking your future at every turn.” The sound of flipping pages fills the room as Irena searches for a particular section in the file. “Ah, here it is. Even in college you risked your entire education saving a few other girls and even one boy from unwanted advances, always gaining backlash for your actions.”
I look at her for a few seconds, completely befuddled and grasping for words to respond with until I eventually find some. “It was happening right in front of me, and I wasn’t just going to let it happen without trying to do something about it.”
“That is exactly what I mean!” Irena exclaims with excitement. “I want that dedication to safeguard others to protect the students of this school! And now to answer the second part of your que-“
A knock at the door Interrupts Irena mid-sentence, and her eyes dart to it.

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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 22h

Exhibit 3672 of how down BAD Matthew is for Billy, and a sentimental moment interrupted by Cory #WIPSnips "cousin" from SmokeWIP #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #lgbtqWriters

Excerpt from SmokeWIP, a sage Owen m/m romance novel wip. Text as follows:

Billy softened. "I know you didn't really get it with Lark at first, but thank you for sticking it out with me. I couldn't imagine doing this without you by my side."

He put on his most inauthentic winsome smile, the kind that performed well at family functions and church banquets. "Of course. I'd do anything for you."

"Everything's coming up right for your special day." Matthew flinched at Cory's exuberant return. "I cleared out the vending machine around the corner-five packs of your disgusting favorite chips, since your wife won't be around to smell your horrible sour cream and onion breath after."

Billy was grinning. Matthew forced down a memory of tasting those exact chips so he could imagine the flavor of Billy's mouth. Cory dumped the armload in his cousin's lap and picked up the fresh beer

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo 😈🧄👻 @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 22h

#WIPSnips 11. “Cousin” Since barely anyone will read this today, here’s a longer and very rough scene from Book 4 of #WorldWithoutLove — yes, Book 4! This will be especially significant for those who read TIHID and GoRR. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Even though the gryphon riders aided them in repelling Poseidon’s aquarium, Carys kept her grip on the dagger and summoned a heart-shaped bloodball on her free hand as the mysterious warriors slid down their mounts.

They wore scaled linothorax armour above plum chiton and himation, greaves, and vambraces; pieces that she could find in any army or wanderer endowed with enough coin. What drew her attention were their helmets and shields. The former was a Corinthian sort with an imposing dark plume, the mask painted a dark magenta, and the latter was emblazoned with a withered red rose encircled by a blood moon. Both patterns sent a message—one that Carys had never seen anywhere before, and judging by the Party’s confused stares, neither had they.

A man came forward and placed his spear and shield on the ground before taking another step. Though most of his gear was identical to the others, one piece stood out: a pair of pauldrons in the shape of a dog’s head. Slowly, he raised his arms and took off his helmet.

Curly black hair bounced free. When Carys met the man under the armour, her heart forgot to beat, and she only avoided falling thanks to Ishana. The man had a strong, rounded face with a well-trimmed beard, hazel eyes tempered with tenacity, and a ragged scar below his left eye to the tip of his nose—an old, unhealed scar. He had the perfect looks to play an Olympian hero, yet Carys remembered him as something else: a boy with a passion for sharing stories around the campfire and a kindness that persisted even as the darkness intruded on his home, but never on his heart.

“Cai…?”

“When modryb Arianell told me we’d meet again someday, I thought it was wishful thinking. But here we are.” He smiled. “How are you, cousin?”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 20h

Fun to get to describe the differences in your dragon types!

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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 21h

Alexander's much-older step-cousin Lord Ingrave is a major character and antagonist in 1660. In 1661 he shows up at the beginning to glower at "bad influence" friend Thomas Hunt (tho of course Alexander is the actual bad influence in that relationship) as in this scene: #WIPSnips

“They’re in the window,” Klein warned.
Alexander tugged Hunt’s hat-brim down. “You’d best fly ‘fore Cousin Ingrave comes down to shout.”
“I might bear that easier than the parting,” Hunt hiccuped.
Alexander put his hand gently to his friend’s pitted cheek. “But you needn’t. I am not gone forever. We will meet again—as lord and his lawman, perhaps.”
“Let it be sooner than that,” cried Hunt, rueful, though he smiled; “and always as friends.”
“Always, always as friends.”

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Hope Engel 📚 @hopeengel.com · 21h

In Brayden's spinoffWIP, we'll see journal entries from the love interest because I love playing around with what dual POV means. Her cousin is her bestie and gives her a dress that she might pull out for the semi formal now that this year she has a date...

I have that old New Year’s Eve dress my cousin gave to me in the back of the closet. Normally I’d feel like that dress is too extra especially if I was going solo, but maybe I’ll try it on and see if it fits alright.

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

lolz #cousin #WIPsnips

An attractive woman with amazing golden curls flounced up and squeezed in next to Rewind.
“Niwa, this is my cousin Gemmi. Gemmi, this is Niwa,” Ukiuor put his arm around Niwa.
“Hi,” Gemmi gave Niwa a cursory nod, then leaned into Rewind.
“It’s so good to have hot, fresh, meat around here!” she grinned impishly at him, wild blond ringlets bouncing.
Rewind flushed and stared at the meat he was two fisting into his mouth. “Uhhh…”

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

From Miraculous Horrors: Hadrian is making Dainn's identity crisis so much worse. #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SFF

“You know, we were friends once,” Hadrian said. “When we were kids. Do you remember that?”
“Some,” Dainn replied.
“So why did you do it?”
Dainn pressed the heels of his hands into his eye sockets. “Why did I do it,” he repeated.
“Don’t play dumb, cousin. Why did you take her from me?”
Dainn spun the tiny glass of liquor that sat on the table in front of him. “I brought her back to you,” he said. “Like I was supposed to.”
Hadrian turned his empty shot glass upside down with a clink. “But you also took her from me. Eight years ago.”
“Antony did that.”
“Right.” He pointed the glass at Dainn. “That’s you.”

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💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

October 11th – cousin Nik is pretty sure this will all work out fine. No one else seems to share her confidence… #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“What do you mean?”
“I mean he defected only a few days ago. He probably knows the people they are sending after us. This could be a trap, and even if it isn’t, he could still betray us. You really aren’t concerned?”
“Relax, Rinne,” Nik clapped her on the shoulder. “He is on our side. The Hierophant confirmed it.”
“And he would know, would he?” Rinne folded her arms.
“He seems to be a good judge of people; it has kept his own group safe for years.”
“I am concerned that you are placing too much faith in his judgement.”
“You are just paranoid because you have been talking to your cousin. J’ossu is sometimes a bit overcautious.”
“And perhaps you are sometimes less cautious than you should be,” Rinne countered.
“Fair enough. How about this: we can compromise.”
“You’ll send him back?”
“No, that isn’t a compromise. He’s here, we might as well see where his loyalties lie. You’ll just have to keep an eye on him.”
“I was already doing that.”
“Well then, what’s the problem?”

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Mack's uncle manages his duchy for him because he is underage. When another relative accuses the uncle of mishandling his finances, Mack doesn't know who to believe. Kenneth would have found "the talk" less awkward. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity

“No. Maybe. I’m not sure,” Mack said hesitantly. “Can I ask your advice about something private?”

Kenneth, had half-expected a conversation like this, and had been subtly trying to evade it by ensuring Jo’s constant presence whenever Mack was around. He did not see himself as a suitable role model for the next generation of men like them. A cautionary tale, perhaps, but not a role model.

“Shouldn’t you talk to your uncle, if it’s private?” he suggested, not unkindly.

Jo shot him a reproving glance over the boy’s shoulder, which Kenneth ignored. It was different for Mack than it had been for Kenneth at his age. The boy had no reason to hide who he was, at least not on this side of the Circle Sea, and was making no attempt to. He had wealth and power in his own right; enough that he was pondering reshaping the very landscape around him at the age of fourteen. Not to mention a stable home, a doting uncle, and a married older cousin if he was in need of someone to mimic.

“It’s about my uncle, that’s the problem,” Mack said miserably, looking at his hands again.

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Everyone’s been complaining about allergies, & I’ve been mostly free of them… Until the rain started. Now I’m sneezing up a storm! 🤧

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sheet music for the harp A unique gem A salve to ease pain in cuts and bruises

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🥰 Ace has a funny sense of honor for someone so set on being a supervillain. You expect him to be totally goal-oriented, then he’ll throw it all way to save a friend…or even a rival

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Wouldn’t you like to know! Part of his problem is 2 competing vows serving 2 competing goals 😅

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That's kind of what I expected from Light, tbh. Like, I feel his results can be seen as honor to him

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yes, Ray will fall for any invitation. Jack had to put on a special signature so Ray would know it was actually him. (There's a reason I chose Jack, not gullible Ray 😉)

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"I need cold! A Popsicle, perfect! Oh, no, I'm trapped (but at least it's cold)!"

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

He'd probably be too cynical to fall for it, and his main emotion for his dad is fear, but it's true that he wants JFS's approval, too.

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