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Tweak says, "Bow wow chicka wow wow!"

Stephen Jameson (synergized) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2018-10-14 11:41:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !log, clove (sweetsadist), ~2018 october, ~25 points, ~~stephen jameson (synergized)

Who: Stephen Jameson & Clove
What: Awkward run in
Where: In town
When: Sunday morning
Warnings: tbd
Status: closed/in progress

Stephen felt like he had too much time on his hands. He'd gotten so used to living a chaotic life thanks to Ultra and the Tomorrow People that now only dealing with school seemed almost boring in comparison. It didn't help that he missed his family and friends. Maybe he needed to make more of an effort to connect with people here. And maybe he should think about getting a job to have extra income coming in. It would also put him ahead of the game when he graduated in the spring.

Up early, he was wandering around town, trying to decide if he should hit up the culture fair or find something else to do when he spotted a familiar face coming towards him. "Uh, hey," he said, giving an awkward wave to the girl that he'd been convinced was his wife during their time in the old west. She was cute and he wouldn't mind getting to know her in this world, but wasn't sure how she might feel about that. "How's it going?"

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sweetsadist
2018-10-14 11:33 pm UTC (link)

Clove had been wondering when they'd get to this part of the program. Apparently the answer was "while she was heading for the culture fair". Well, could have been worse.

"Not bad," she said with a shrug. "This place is actually kind of boring when it's not going off the rails, so."

Well, it was. Which wasn't to be confused with an invitation for the dome to make things worse.

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	synergized 2018-10-15 12:49 am UTC (link)
	When they woke up together the morning that everything returned to normal, Stephen pretty much took off immediately without conversation and he was regretting that now. They should have already done this. "Sorry I kind of took off that morning," he said. "It was my first time dealing with any of this weirdness. I guess that's not the same for you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sweetsadist
2018-10-15 01:12 am UTC (link)

She waved a hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it, it's fine. And yeah, I've dealt with my fair share of this shit, and I've only been here since February." Clove couldn't help making a face. "I'm glad that I'm not one of those people that's been here for years. I can't even imagine what it's been like for them."

And she really didn't want to. It was enough dealing with the town on her own. Her empathy pretty much just extended to the people she already knew. New people happened slowly.

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synergized
2018-10-18 09:11 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, I have no interest in being here for years," Stephen said. He knew it didn't work that way though, which sucked a lot. "I've only been here like a month. February sounds like an eternity."

She seemed to be pretty well adjusted though. Or at least as much as anyone could be. "What other kind of shit have you dealt with?" he asked. He'd seen things on the network, but was curious to hear first hand experiences.

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sweetsadist
2018-10-19 10:26 am UTC (link)

"You don't really get a say in the matter," Clove said with a wry smile. "And let's see, there's... there was the countdown clock, mostly. Everybody thought it was counting down until we all went back home. That one turned out to be a no-go, just the dome fucking with us. We did get the nifty ability to travel, though, so that's pretty nice."

A frown as she thought. "That was the big one. Well, that and the whole 'dead back home' thing, also a big thing. That's always good for freaking out some of the new people. "And one of my friends looking exactly like a guy from back home. That's kind of creepy, but eh."

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	synergized 2018-10-19 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	Stephen blinked in confusion. "Wait, what? What do you mean 'dead at home'?" The rest of what she said barely registered when he got stuck on that. The clock thing sounded like a bitch and he knew all about the face twin thing thanks to meeting Lisa, but he wasn't entirely sure what the dead at home thing was and it was disconcerting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sweetsadist
2018-10-20 10:33 am UTC (link)

"Ooh, yay, explaining things is fun." Because she's mean like that. "Okay, so, have people told you about the whole part where this place will pull people from the same world but different points in their timeline? Like, there are a few people here from my world but they're all from after the point I am."

She ran a hand through her hair. "Well, there's also one other fun little wrinkle this place can throw into the mix. Of course, I think most people actually like this one, but whatever. This place seems to like pulling people -- some of them, I'm not sure how many -- from when they're either dead or dying back home. Case in point, me."

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synergized
2018-10-20 09:03 pm UTC (link)

That was... possibly the weirdest thing Stephen had heard since arriving here and that was saying something. "Wow, that's, uh... shitty," he said, unable to find a really appropriate word to describe the situation.

"I guess you don't mind being here so much then," he said. That actually made sense. Maybe a lot of the people who he saw making completely new lives were in a similar situation. If this was the only life they were going to have, he could understand making the most of it. It was just too bad that they couldn't control how long they stayed.

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