Okay. Lets See If Mars Is Here

Okay. Let’s see if Mars is here

*Gordon opens the door and enters the room. It’s cold and quiet. Things are- different.*

*The Cat has uploaded your last save.*

(Death Art was provided by: @sixtyune!)

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3 pages of HLVRAI doodles of the team celebrating Chinese New Year.

Tommy contemplates a big bottle of Orange Fanta in a supermarket aisle. His attention gets drawn to Benrey when he hears him call out "Tommy!" excitedly. Benrey holds out his precious find - a pair of orange-patterned socks - and grins: "nice, eh?"

Separate Scenario: Halfway through new year spring cleaning, Tommy whips out his phone, hit by sudden inspiration to look up rabbit-themed new year phrases fitting for the Rabbit Year. Meanwhile, Benrey, who is on dusting duty, finds a spider and promptly eats it. The house is decorated with Chinese New Year decorations, including a potted Pussy Willow plant, small lanterns atop the shoe cabinet, and a chinese "fu" (good fortune) wall hanging decor with a bunny face on it.

Separate Scenario: The Science Team, who were invited to celebrate the new year, lounge in Tommy's living room. Tommy's Golden Retriever, Sunkist, watches as Joshua, Gordon's son, hangs himself over the edge of the couch gleefully, his shirt riding up over his belly. Gordon keeps hold of one of his son's ankles to keep him from falling off while he chats with Bubby, the old man standing behind the couch with his weight leaned into the side of it and a hand on his hip. Benrey, wearing his orange-patterned socks, is slumped over half of the couch with a leg hanging over the back of the couch and the other over the armrest. The back of his head is pressed up against Gordon's back like a headrest as he snacks away at the chocolate coins from a plastic bowl on the coffee table next him. Apart from chocolate, there is also a container of pineapple tarts, a prosperity tray of goodies, and a couple of mandarin oranges on the table. Meanwhile, Darnold shows off a new potion in a test tube to Dr Coomer, who studies it curiously. Sasha, Darnold's Spore Launcher, sits politely in a front-facing baby carrier worn across Darnold's chest. As Tommy looks at his friends, he is hit with a sudden realisation. Wait, did I prepare enough? he panicks internally, thinking about the single red packet he'd prepared for Joshua, the only kid of the bunch. Per tradition, red packets are usually gifted to single family members and children. All of his friends are unmarried.

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Chinese New Year (Eve) be upon ye. Happy CNY to celebrating folks and everyone else :O!!

I’m thinking about the TWH AU and how Benrey can just access Gordon’s memories and act just like him with no problem. And I’m thinking about how it’s possible that Benrey entirely forgets he’s not the body’s original owner, becoming Gordon even. It’s what his memories says, what they are, and really it just slips his mind at this point to think otherwise. He forgets Benrey is a thing, nothing to worry about after all when he’s Gordon Freeman runninglateforworkpickingupjoshuafromschoolputtinginthespecificsugarsandcreamshelikesinhiscoffeesayinghowdynotlookingatthatgameignoringthrowingawayfearingthevrsetlaughingwithhiscoworkwersaboutthegameawards he’s.

He’s.

He’s…

He’s…?

Right. He’s Gordon Freeman and he’s once again scrambling to stuff his phone into his pocket at he dashes to the door. He’s late for work, caffeine already in his veins and fueling him for the day.

Gordon, the one in Benrey’s sickening body on the other hand? Doesn’t have the same experience and can’t even fucking forget who he was. He clings to it too, crying when he can’t even slip away into forgetting his misery as himself but fastening himself in place. He’s Gordon and can never be Benrey, no natural instincts to guide him. Just stumbling and crying and wheezing as burning falling chilling breaking glitching energy floods in and out of the body and house. It’s not his body, it’s the body. Benrey’s body. And he will never be Benrey no matter how much pain he’s in.

(I have yet to go fully through the tag and blogs but I have Thoughts)

I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far and that it’s now rotating in your mind concocting thoughts :))

Little guy

Character doodles of the well beloved Italians and a very confused pizzahead