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zoingeroni) wrote2019-06-08 12:35 am
zoingeroni) wrote2019-06-08 12:35 am
Former Strangetown: Olive Specter
Olive Specter was the kind of kid who filled ant colonies with hosewater and trapped flies in containers as she watched them suffocate to death.
But it wasn’t until she moved out on her own, and an unfortunate incident involving chasing an annoying visitor up a power line pole, only to be zapped down, that Olive found she quite enjoyed witnessing the process of death.
Only if they deserved it, of course. Like her helicopter parents who had the nerve to tell her she ought to hire a gardener to keep up her weed-infested lawn. Or when her husbands whistled too off key or finished the last slice of cake. Or the grocery deliveryman who got her a ¾-gallon milk instead of a gallon of milk.
Seeing the Grim Reaper so much, she couldn’t help but develop a fondness for him. He was the only one who she didn’t have to put on an act around. But even the Grim Reaper couldn’t take Olive’s fascination with innocent deaths, and decided to end it. Who knew the Grim Reaper’s anatomy was fully functional? Olive was surprised and disturbed after she realized she was pregnant.
But having a son changed her. No longer would she kill people for minor incidents. Only if they like, really really deserved it. Like Lyla Grunt who said it was too bad Olive couldn’t get her son’s father involved in his life. Or the electronics repairman who told her VHS tapes were going to go extinct soon. Or her sister and his husband for trying to “console” her by saying Loki and Circe Beaker paid very close attention to her son, more than she ever did. At least Olive eventually got to give Loki the same kind of “attention” Loki had given her son.
What do children need more than access to a stash of food, free roam of the house, and a lock to prevent them from getting into your collection of sharp sticks, anyway? It was his choice to only attend school sometimes. Olive almost stabbed the social worker that took him away, but was mentally put-off when her son asked the worker if his new parents would attend his band concerts. Was he…glad he was leaving? When the shock wore off, they were already gone.
But Olive hadn’t thought through the whole drowning-her-sister thing, because that meant Ophelia, naturally, would want to move in with a relative. Plus Olive would have to put on a “nurturing aunt who cares that her niece is grieving terribly” act. Hoo boy.
Fortunately, Ophelia kept her emotions bottled up, and rarely talked about Willow Nigmos. Ultimately, Olive was kind of glad to have someone else in the house, because when she was alone, she was convinced the ghosts in her backyard were plotting to ruin her life.
Maybe she was right, because after the ghost of Willow jump scared her, she stumbled backward and hit her head on the side of the stone house. She was extremely displeased to hear the Grim Reaper laughing and claiming she got what she deserved, but is glad she won’t have to see him in the afterlife. But wait, will she meet the people she killed there? Answer the question Grim Reaper, maybe Olive can choose a realm without them–wait Grim Reaper, you haven’t finished her question, don’t push her–well, who knows.
But it wasn’t until she moved out on her own, and an unfortunate incident involving chasing an annoying visitor up a power line pole, only to be zapped down, that Olive found she quite enjoyed witnessing the process of death.
Only if they deserved it, of course. Like her helicopter parents who had the nerve to tell her she ought to hire a gardener to keep up her weed-infested lawn. Or when her husbands whistled too off key or finished the last slice of cake. Or the grocery deliveryman who got her a ¾-gallon milk instead of a gallon of milk.
Seeing the Grim Reaper so much, she couldn’t help but develop a fondness for him. He was the only one who she didn’t have to put on an act around. But even the Grim Reaper couldn’t take Olive’s fascination with innocent deaths, and decided to end it. Who knew the Grim Reaper’s anatomy was fully functional? Olive was surprised and disturbed after she realized she was pregnant.
But having a son changed her. No longer would she kill people for minor incidents. Only if they like, really really deserved it. Like Lyla Grunt who said it was too bad Olive couldn’t get her son’s father involved in his life. Or the electronics repairman who told her VHS tapes were going to go extinct soon. Or her sister and his husband for trying to “console” her by saying Loki and Circe Beaker paid very close attention to her son, more than she ever did. At least Olive eventually got to give Loki the same kind of “attention” Loki had given her son.
What do children need more than access to a stash of food, free roam of the house, and a lock to prevent them from getting into your collection of sharp sticks, anyway? It was his choice to only attend school sometimes. Olive almost stabbed the social worker that took him away, but was mentally put-off when her son asked the worker if his new parents would attend his band concerts. Was he…glad he was leaving? When the shock wore off, they were already gone.
But Olive hadn’t thought through the whole drowning-her-sister thing, because that meant Ophelia, naturally, would want to move in with a relative. Plus Olive would have to put on a “nurturing aunt who cares that her niece is grieving terribly” act. Hoo boy.
Fortunately, Ophelia kept her emotions bottled up, and rarely talked about Willow Nigmos. Ultimately, Olive was kind of glad to have someone else in the house, because when she was alone, she was convinced the ghosts in her backyard were plotting to ruin her life.
Maybe she was right, because after the ghost of Willow jump scared her, she stumbled backward and hit her head on the side of the stone house. She was extremely displeased to hear the Grim Reaper laughing and claiming she got what she deserved, but is glad she won’t have to see him in the afterlife. But wait, will she meet the people she killed there? Answer the question Grim Reaper, maybe Olive can choose a realm without them–wait Grim Reaper, you haven’t finished her question, don’t push her–well, who knows.