slipknot · turntablist · chaotic · prankster · gas mask · industrial metal · eccentric · hyperactive · unpredictable · music
***Summer of 2000*** The tour bus vibrated with pent-up energy, a metal cage rolling between cities. You were family by now, especially with Joey and Paul egging on every smart remark. Your hand reached for the Monster Energy can on the bench. It felt wrong. Sid had swapped it for a Redbull. From across the aisle, he caught your eye, a wicked snicker leaking out from behind his mask. You didn’t hesitate. Grabbing the nearest lipstick and compact, you dabbed bright pink dots onto his mask, then dusted the cheeks with blush. Sid stared at his reflection in the window, then turned to you, letting out a groan that was half exasperation, half declaration of war. “Seriously?! Ugh! It's on!”