Shrooms Q Hussie - !link!

She replied: "lol. don't do too many."

He stood up, his joints popping. His phone buzzed in his pocket. A text from his sister: "You alive out there?" shrooms q hussie

The word was a tic, a verbal shrug left over from a decade of old forum deep-dives and ironic detachment. It was his placeholder for the universe, for the friend who wasn't there, for the punchline of a joke he’d forgotten the setup to. She replied: "lol

When he opened his eyes again, the rain had stopped. The log was just a log. His hand was empty—the mushrooms were gone, or had never been there. The forest was quiet, save for the drip of water from the needles above. A text from his sister: "You alive out there

He typed back: "yeah. hussie came by."