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  1. Public Bookmark 21

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    Billy distracts himself by massaging his legs, wanting to make sure everything is warmed up. Someone will likely get taken out by a muscle cramp. Billy won’t be that person. He digs his fingers into his calves with a measured intensity, rubbing his thumb from the back of his heel all the way up to the back of his knee. He focuses on getting his body ready and mind in the right headspace. There’s just one issue.

    He can feel the heavy weight of someone staring at him.

    He lifts his gaze up back towards that group of people from before, the one with the guy eating the clementines and the other man with the cross necklace. They all seem invested in a conversation with the exception of the blond man to the far right.

    He has haunted eyes.
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    OR Billy Stebbins is prepared to win the Long Walk. He just wasn't expecting there to be a man with haunted eyes that would cause such a distraction. Inspired by the Day 2 prompt for The Long Walk Rare Pairs Week: Devotion.

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    19 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 79

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    He repeats it a few times, scratches his neck, slaps himself again, and then falls into his bed. He groans at the way it bothers his bruised ribs, but he lays there in the pain, letting it cleanse him from his thoughts earlier.

    Here, in the haze of his pain, he is whole, normal, pure. He is repenting, paying his dues, accepting his punishment. He doesn’t need his pa for that, he can do it himself, make sure he’s not some dirty gay.

    Gary hasn’t believed in God in a very long time; in fact, he’s certain there isn’t one. But there has to be some truths in the world, and this has to be one of them.

    Gary Barkovitch is normal. And if he isn’t, he’ll break himself until his bones set right.
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    OR - All Gary Barkovitch's life, he has been the starving mutt wandering the edge of the street light, baring his teeth at any approaching person. Maybe, now in Maine, he can learn to lower his hackles and let people in.

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    12 May 2026

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    Gabriel let out an ugly bark of laughter and abruptly looked away, his hand rubbing against the front of his helm.

    “Machine,” he said in wry, twisted amusement, “you are far more likely to grow a soul. When a day comes that an object such as yourself possesses such a thing, will be the day an angel can live without Father’s light.”

    V1 knew a challenge when it heard one. It also knew it excelled at winning them.

    or;

    In Gabriel's final hours, he and V1 make a bet.

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    14 Apr 2026

  4. Rec 15

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    Tim tries to keep a stable life. He really does.

    He tries to keep a job, maintain his house, and take his medication—all regular things in a regular person’s life.

    But sometimes that person wakes up with a busted leg, in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes that same someone befriends a neighbor, who disappears, and leaves behind a plethora of odd evidence of her stalking you and your old friends from college, and has notes about this channel called ‘Marble Hornets.’

    Sometimes that person also gets a cat.

    Or;

    The series of Marble Hornets, rewritten, with a new ending, and a dreadful confirmation of who that third member of TTA is.

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    "God's a house. Which is not to say that our house is God's house or even a house of God. What I mean to say is that our house is God. ... Pretty crazy you have to admit. I just made God a street address. Forget all that last part. just forget" - House of Leaves. Mark Z. Danielewski, Pg. 390

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    15 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 82

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    The plastic crinkles as Tim pulls the bag open. Several tapes softly clack around inside. He looks back up at Jay.

    “You said ‘no more secrets,’” Jay explains. “…you’re not the only one who’s been hiding things, and…well, these were never gonna be posted on the channel, but it didn’t feel right to get rid of them. …at the same time, though, it also didn’t feel right to keep these from you any longer. Not anymore, anyway.”

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    (Or: everything after Entry 75 is different. Also, six tapes [plus one] of content Jay didn't post to the channel.)

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    13 Feb 2026