gargoyles: brockton (Patreon)

11:21 pm: pregame for cool costume party in sketchy part of town

12:11 am: arrive at costume party rave in old boarded up church, text friend your location

1:46 am: amidst the heat and the noise and the darkness you find yourself dancing with a very tall guy dressed in high production value demon costume (you got yours from party city!)

2:12 am: follow demon costume guy up narrow stairs to the church attic

2:15 am to 5 am: at some point during the festivities, you become fairly sure it's not a costume, and is in fact a real winged demon currently getting to know you in a biblical sense. you see steam rising from his nostrils and his shaggy shoulders, feel hot drool fall on your lower back, hear the diesel truck rumble every time he comes. a strange new paw runs a finger down your cheek and pushes a leathery thumb into your already-open mouth. "fuck yes, another, another" you remember thinking, greedily

7 am: wake up on your own fire escape with a headache, your pants on backwards, and a bottle of water in your jacket pocket with a phone number from "brockton" written on it in sharpie