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L.A.

it was a pretty dank place to live, but, for all its negative aspects, it was still pretty amazing too.

granted it was no las vegas, but it was second best. disney land, hollywood, the whole shebang.

you loved it here. . . most of the time. I mean, how couldn’t you? It’d been your home the past few years.

college was. . . chill, almost everything you’d hoped it would be.

you didn’t have many friends, but you weren’t exactly here to get distracted. you were here to learn. . . as boring as that sounds.

it felt like a decent enough reason, and it was half of what kept you pushing, kept you here through constant nagging from your peers and classmates, kept you strong and focused every time you walked down that massive campus hallway just to get your first class everyday, kept you working through endless minimum wage shifts at the bar with no promotion in sight.

. . .

ok, so you had it pretty rough, but, you couldn’t just give up.

right?

. . .

the sun set was breathtaking as you took in the view from your apartment balcony. your body just barely fitting into the small metal/concrete framing.

you were still dressed in your casual attire, procrastinating having to get ready for your second double shift that week, when you heard a strange sound coming from behind you.

you turned away from the horizon, focusing your optics on where you assumed the sound had come from before hesitantly approaching it.

your supply closet was a pretty cramped space, maybe something big had fallen over.

only, you couldn’t think of anything you owned potentially making such a racket.

when you opened the closet door, you saw a strange looking man head deep in one of your moving boxes from months ago.

he was grunting and cursing to himself, horns on his head, something that resembled a tail standing stiff and long, twitching with minor irritation before he slowly emerged from the boxes. eyes widening when they met yours.

“Oh, shiiiiit—”

The creature looked both amused and slightly annoyed.

For a few moments, he remained silent before chuckling awkwardly.

“Hey there, stranger. Say, you wouldn’t happen to know anyone by the name of Brad Simmons, would you?”

Who was this guy?