<li>Dr. T. Linus Carraway Jr - Conductor, professor of woodwinds, and oboist. Also full of himself for being young genius or whatever</li>
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<p>Carrie Brys - Linus' long-distance girlfriend, lives in Illinois, computer science grad student</p>
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<p>Linus concert and intro</p>
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<li>Class and followups</li>
<li>Linus mugged, stabbed, grabs knife blade in defense and severs tendons</li>
<li>Sad sad sad, mopes at home, tries ODing on meds</li>
<li>Carrie visits as soon as she can make it to try and get him going again</li>
<li>Struggle struggle, living up in one's own head</li>
<li>Carrie surprises by turning last concert of season into benefit concert. Sob sob happy except low chance of getting back to where he was</li>
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<h2id="story">Story</h2>
<p><em>[11:41 PM] tlcarraway> The high that comes after a performance is surely greater than any drug. I don't have much experience with drugs, other than an abortive attempt at marijuana back in undergrad.</em></p>
<p><em>[11:42 PM] tlcarraway> They should bottle this feeling.</em></p>
<p><em>[11:42 PM] CarrieB> Good performance, then?</em></p>
<p><em>[11:46 PM] CarrieB> Of course! Your concerts really are great, but when they're done, that means I get you back again.</em></p>
<p><em>[11:46 PM] tlcarraway><3</em></p>
<p><em>[11:46 PM] tlcarraway> Only one more this season, kitty.</em></p>
<p><em>[11:46 PM] CarrieB><3</em></p>
<p><em>[11:47 PM] CarrieB> Still want me to come out and watch?</em></p>
<p><em>[11:47 PM] tlcarraway> I'd love that <3</em></p>
<p><em>[11:47 PM] CarrieB> Good!</em></p>
<p><em>[11:47 PM] CarrieB> It's super late, though, but I wanted to stay up and catch you before sleep. I'm crashingg</em></p>
<p><em>[11:49 PM] tlcarraway> Yeah, go get some sleep. I need to get cleaned up, anyway.</em></p>
<p><em>[11:49 PM] CarrieB> Kk sleep well when you get there love you</em></p>
<p>Out of habit, Linus twitched his wrist to get his watch into view, despite the clock on his laptop. It <em>was</em> late.</p>
<p><em>[11:50 PM] tlcarraway> Love you too. Make sure you actually sleep in bed instead of the comp chair this time <3</em></p>
<p>No reply. Good. If Carrie got to the point of barely intelligible keyboard mashing, she'd sleep basically wherever she was. Linus just had to hope she actually made it.</p>