Who: Billy Hargrove (& the mind-flayer) driving + open and closed prompts
What: Billy comes back from home and a lot has changed.
When: Early October.
Where: The ocean surrounding Deerington in October + all around.

Content Warnings: Possession, body horror, discussion of death and trauma likely.


[ 1 - the return - ota ]

[ Throughout early October, Billy can be found in a panic, his breathing fast and heavy. He isn’t in good shape: he’s paler than normal and in some lights his skin has an almost gray undertone, and he’s covered in sweat like he’s sick.

Sometimes he’s crying, despite his efforts not to. Sometimes he’s grabbing his head and yelling out things like ‘stop, stop’ and ‘leave me alone’ (to no one, it seems). Sometimes, he gets desperate enough that he might ask for help, whether he knows who you are or not. ]

[ 2 - the mind flayer - ota ]

[ This wasn’t right, the mind-flayer thought. Why was it here? Where did the rest of it go? It had been separated from its comrades before but was always at least able to contact the rest of the hive-mind, now when it tried to reach out it found nothing but a great empty void.

It was alone. It wasn’t supposed to be alone.

At least this place was cold and dark - a small mercy, but mercy nonetheless. It was weaker here but when its fool host isolated himself for long enough it could win the constant internal battle for control of his body.

Billy - or rather, the mind-flayer - can be found standing waist-deep in the ice cold water, unnaturally still and staring up at the starless sky. ]

[ ooc note: Billy’s returning from a major canon update and is going to be a bit different than he was before. See my canon update details for some information on what’s changed and the physical and mental effects he’s currently going through.

Prompt #1 is for interaction with Billy, prompt #2 is if you want the mind-flayer. If you want a personalized starter you can reach me at dandymott or #Velocett#7191 on Discord.]