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Day 11: Yusuf's favourite cuisine.

I don't think he'd be too picky, but if he had a choice he'd probably go with Thai.

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Day 12: What is each character like when they get drunk?

Saito is really good at hiding how drunk he is, up to a point. After that, he'll still try to act normal, but it's hard to pretend like you're ok when you're slurring your words so badly no one else can understand you.

Cobb definitely cries a lot. At first, it's super depressing, but as he gets better (and goes to therapy) it becomes more of "I love you guys so much 🥺🥺🥺😭" and weepy hugs.

Eames will start buying them all drinks or food. It's nice at first but they quickly learn they have to take his wallet when he starts drinking so he doesn't end up spending hundreds of dollars on bar food.

Ariadne is the classic giggly drunk. She spends most of her time talking to whoever will listen about literally anything. It takes a lot longer for her to get drunk than anyone else - not because she holds alcohol better but just because she hardly stops talking long enough to take a drink once she's started.

Yusuf starts to open up a lot more. He's not as emotional as Cobb or as talkative as Ariadne, but he's more chill. If they need a designated driver, he volunteers, but usually Saito pays people to drive them.

Arthur just gets really sleepy and quiet. He admires Saito's ability to power through alcohol, but he just can't do it. By the end of the night he WILL fall asleep face down on the bar or on someone's shoulder.

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Day 20: A headcanon about your favourite pairing.

They all travel for business often, so they keep a handful of safehouses/apartments in major areas. These get covered wall-to-wall in little post-it notes they leave each other.

Highlights include:

Cobb,

I saw some interesting buildings downtown. Left you sketches of my favorites. You should totally check them out!

- Ariadne

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Tried to catch the spider that was in the corner. It escaped and now I can't find it. If I don't make it, know I love you. God save us all.

Eames

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The bowl outside is because I saw a stray dog. There is a bag of dog food in the cupboard. If you don't feed him you are a bad person

Yusuf

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Arthur & Saito,

There's an art museum in this town. Left you the flyer. You two should check it out.

Cobb

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Cobb,

Thanks for the recommendation. We had a great time. Got souvenirs for everyone, they're in the box.

Love,

Arthur

Saito

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Day 14: Arthur’s childhood hobby.

Arthur was 100% the gifted kid who could read a book in one afternoon. I think when he was a teen, he probably would've really been into Asimov and other sci-fi works. He probably also liked books of myths, or classics novels.

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Day 29: Your favourite team friendship.

There's no real evidence for this, but I'd like to think that Mal and Arthur were friends! Arthur is the one who nudges the team towards using Je Ne Regrette Rien for the kicks, and out of everyone it's most likely that Mal liked it first. They totally bonded over good taste in decor too, and I think they'd have the same sense of humor.

you're cruel for this but imagine

seward: dr. helsing you MUST hear about my new patient he keeps telling me the strangest delusions he's having about men who drink human blood!

van helsing, sweating bullets: i'll be there in 5 minutes

Jonathan Harker and the ‘Brain Fever’

Because I can’t just let it be a nice update, I want to put the situation of Jonathan’s ‘brain fever’ under a magnifying glass. Then turn it into a period-accurate knife and twist it.

Because while I don’t doubt Jonathan might have gotten sick/addled during his nonstop Get the Hell Out of Transylvania Marathon, I think it’s important to mention that Sister Agatha brings up the horrors he was apparently raving about in what we’ll assume was his early time at the hospital. He was absolutely ranting and rambling about what had happened to him, what threat there was in Castle Dracula, the other now en route to England.

A tidbit that ties into the fact that he got off the train and went straight to a hospital and not, say, onto another lap towards the shore, a boat, and Mina, which was undoubtedly the only thing on Jonathan’s mind. Why is he there instead?

At a guess, he was not allowed an option. The same people who sold him the ‘Please Get Far Away from Us, Crazy Englishman’ ticket likely sent word ahead that, hey, there’s a crazy sick dude on this train, you might want to get somebody on that. That or he was clocked the moment he got off the train. Maybe he collapsed. Maybe it was just his behavior. Either way, Jonathan being Jonathan, you know this man would have dragged himself half-dead onto a boat home if he could.

But no. He was ‘helped’ to the hospital’s care—his physical needs and diagnosis of brain fever likely being the only buffer between him and a permanent stay in the sanitorium.

“He’s speaking madness, but it is a temporary symptom! Poor man. We must make him well!”

And Jonathan had to catch onto that quick and play into it. If he hadn’t? Kind as his new keepers are, benevolent as they are, once his physical maladies subsided, there would be a very real threat of them helping him into a padded room.

Assuming he didn’t miraculously overcome his ‘fever’ and shut right up about all that monster talk. Instead, let’s talk about how much better he’s doing. Let’s talk about his boss, who he simply must report back to. Let’s talk about Mina, his fiancée who he means to marry soon. Let’s send letters out to them to get confirmation that he is, in fact, missed, that these people exist and can vouch for him* (*bring him home to England). He will be a good patient. He was terribly sick, but he is on the mend. He is good. All is well.

(Please don’t lock me in my room again, Count.)

(Please let me go home.)

In a grimmer universe, I imagine Jonathan does get sent back to England, if not in the way he’d hoped.

And Mina visits him whenever she can in Seward’s asylum.