W1KI R3ASONS WHY: Tape 3, Side A
who said i took three and a half years from this fic? time is an illusion.
TAPE 3, SIDE A
tw: mentions of homophobia
Lizzy: Paranoia does things to people. It causes them to be constantly worried, always wondering when something is going to happen. When you’re paranoid about your reputation, however, it can get a whole lot worse.
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Xav sees Kieran at the picnic table at lunch.
Xav: You asshole.
Kieran: Why am I an asshole now?
Xav: That picture of me! I know it was you!
Kieran: Whatever could you mean?
Xav: I saw you outside my window! As soon as I turned around!
Kieran: Doesn't feel good to be stalked and exploited, does it?
Xav: I apologized!
Kieran: Apologies won’t bring her back.
Kieran throws his apple on the ground and walks away.
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Lizzy: I couldn’t brin…
W1KI R3ASONS WHY: Tape 2, Side B
TAPE 2, SIDE B
tw: stalking, sexual harassment
Lizzy: We live in a virtual world, where you can find out anything about anyone with a few taps of the finger. Want to see what they look like? Instagram. Their feelings? Twitter. Their friends and family? Facebook. Essentially, we’ve created a society of stalkers.
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Flashback
Lizzy is dancing around her room and singing anime openings. She takes her shirt off to slip into her pajamas. Suddenly, she hears a noise, similar to a camera click. She freezes with fear and stares out her open window.
Lizzy: What the hell?
Common sense comes back to her brain and she hurriedly closes her blinds and pulls the curtains over them.
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Lizzy: Of course, facing stalkers in real life is a completely different b…
W1KI R3ASONS WHY: Tape 2, Side A
TAPE 2, SIDE A
tw: sexual harassment, mentions of suicide, bullying, alcohol use
Lizzy: I’m sure at this point everyone has heard of the butterfly effect, right? A butterfly flaps its wings and suddenly there’s a hurricane in the Gulf Coast. You see, this is what we call a chaos theory. One action leads to several reactions, mostly bad. This is where the story truly starts its downfall.
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Flashback
Kieran and Lizzy are on the top of the comic book store.
Lizzy: So listen. That star there, that’s Aquarius. She’s a badass mermaid who is temperamental. Rumors are that she’s dating Scorpio, who is over there, but their relationship is rocky.
Kieran: And how do you know all this?
Lizzy: Of course I have my sources. What’s your star sign, Backpack Boy…
W1KI R3ASONS WHY: Tape 1, Side B
Tape 1, Side B
tw: drug mentions/use, mentions of suicide
Lizzy: Welcome back. I see you’ve decided to keep listening. Are you drowning in anticipation? Is this your tape? Will you finally become a player in this game? Well, keep listening. And one more thing, I’m still dead.
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Kieran is eating breakfast with his family.
Zai: Kieran, sweetie, make sure you run by the Bakers’ pharmacy later. I had your prescription refilled.
Kieran: What prescriptions?
Zai: Your antidepressants.
Kieran: What? Why? Y’know what it doesn’t even matter. I’ll get them.
Zai: We’re just worried about you honey. Especially with the news about your friend.
Kieran: I didn’t even know her that well! Whatever, I’m going to school.
Kieran rushedly grabs his backpack and heads…
W1KI R3ASONS WHY: Tape 1, Side A
Tape 1, Side A:
TW: exploitation, bullying, sexual harassment
Lizzy: Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. Mine began at that little house on the corner at 6th and Main, marked by the number 1 on your map.
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Kieran: What the fuck are these, Katie?
Katie: They're from Lizzy. You need to listen to them.
Kieran: Why? I didn’t even know her that well. We weren’t close.
Katie: Your name is on the list I was told to give these tapes to. You have to listen to them, you don’t have a choice.
Kieran: Like hell I don’t.
Katie: Respect a dead girl’s dying wish, would you?
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Lizzy: I was so scared to be entering a new school, a whole new county. I had never been away from my hometown you know. I had one friend who lived here, Jo. She told me about…