I'm Reading, As Ya Do, And I May Or May Not Have Gotten Inspiration And Written The Ending For How To

I'm reading, as ya do, and I may or may not have gotten inspiration and written the ending for How To Balance Your Daytime and Nighttime Activities So That You Don't Burn Yourself Out More Than You Already Have....

Crazy idea:

What if I give the characters I write the character growth canon seems to give up on?

What if I give those characters both healthy and unhealthy ways to process trauma and emotion?

What if, instead of giving those characters one personality trait each, I give them so much personality that they change how they act depending on who they're around?

What if I give those characters responses to situations that are logical to their character, but not the situation, or vice versa?

What if I write those characters like they're human? (Or human adjacent)

They've just come by again. They saw me, slowed down, and just kept going.

I think they're waiting for me to leave and are circling the building.

Should I tell them I'm here till 5? And that either the door will close or someone will be here to replace me?

Nah.

I'm at a credentialed entrance. Everyone has to have one of 5 credentials to come down here today. This is roughly the exact conversation I just had with two kids. (It's a sloped tunnel and they're on scooters)

"Do you have credentials?"

"Can we go down there?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Because you need credentials."

"What's going on?"

"There's an event here tomorrow, so they're loading it in."

"Oh. Can we just ride down the slope? Go look at the set up?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"Because you need credentials."

"Where do we get credentials?"

"The white tent over there had a list of names. They all get credentials."

*someone walks by* "Well, why does she get to go in?"

"Because she has credentials."

"What's the event? Is it a rave."

"Nope; Skateboarding."

"Can we go ride the track?"

"Nope. Ya need credentials."

"Is Tony Hawk gonna be here?"

"Probably." It's his event.

"Well, my dad owns the venue. Can I go in?"

"You need credentials."

"My dad's Tony Hawk."

"I don't care. You need credentials."

"My dad owns this lot."

"You need credentials."

"Can we get in tomorrow?"

"With a ticket, yes."

"Do the tickets cost money?"

"Probably."

"We're gonna go get our credentials."

And that was the last I saw them. 20 minutes ago.

I wanna be whatever gender let's me live in a cottage in the woods with books and cats and a garden and no people around to bother me

I can't decide if I want no gender or every single gender

Do I work here? Sometimes

Do I know where food is? No

Am I from around here? Not this city, no

Why am I here? Work

Why don't I know my way around? It's cute you think I'm told anything