#now those of you who have read my deranged tag yelling about alyne know she's a not-warthrop. i just couldn't decide on a name

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🚶🏻‍♂️<- having the time of his life

#FIRST OF ALL ALYNES MOM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO JACOB TORRANCE! #now those of you who have read my deranged tag yelling about alyne know she's a not-warthrop. i just couldn't decide on a name #so its alyne torrance #i am clasping your cheeks in my hands. warthrop AND torrance. ALYNE TORRANCE-WARTHROP #CAAACKLING #alyne (grown up) mentions Moms Brother Jake Who Died When I Was Like Seven to will henry. who says wait your mom had a brother? #and she drops the bomb of Yeah There Were Two Torrance Siblings Jacob And Margaret. Margaret's My Mom #and will henry is sweating BULLETS because oh my GOD #that explains SOOOO MUCH #actually no scratch that. margaret brings alyne to visit uncle jake because theyre in new york for some reason #jake torrance is doing monstrumology shit. they meet up at an inn. warthrop is there bc he needs jake for something so he tagged along #the sibs are laughing and drinking. alyne has wandered off (found jake's room and is going through their maps) and warthrop is vibrating #margaret mentions boston and warthrop turns beet red. jake notices and claps him on the back and goes MY MAN!!!! #I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE MY NIECE'S DAD!!!!! WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!!! #and warthrop goes Shut up shut up SHUT UP SHE'S NOT MY KID!!!!!!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!! #door slams open. alyne walks in with an armful of maps. she doesnt care that they're all in different languages #she lays them out and puts pebbles in specific spots and starts taking notes. literally ignoring everyone else #jake smirks at warthrop and gets up. leans over alyne's back. 'whatcha up to little 'lyne?' #she points at the pebbles. Tracking! The fishermen have been bringing me more and more weird fish from places that didn't used to have them- #-so this is where the fishermen said they caught them! Used to be you'd only see these when the south american ships came in- #-but they migrated to the caribbean. it's not like fish can fly though. so maybe some live ones got released and thats how they spread? #i have a couple in my tanks at home but they don't like to eat the fish i find at the market so if i can figure out how they got there #then i can figure out what they eat #one of the sailors told me about how some peasants farm seaweed in the sea of japan and i think i can figure out how to grow Gulf seaweed #jake torrance (smug as fuck) margaret torrance (proud and also smug) pellinore warthrop (eyelid twitching) #and alyne is having the time of her life infodumping for her mom and uncle and that guy who refuses to admit he's her dad #eventually she drops off into muttering to herself. takes a minute for anyone to realize she's reciting the names of the seas and currents #in spanish #and then she pipes up with Do you know why sailors get tattoos? #when you die at sea fish eat your body so tattoos are used to identify corpses that dont have faces anymore! :)