InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "I WILL NEVER STOP THE TORTURE!"

Derrial Book (1st_chapter) wrote in undertherainbow,
@ 2009-01-18 14:28:00

Entry tags:

book, marco, marcus rogan, rei hino, timey wimey plot

And here I was starting to think I'd dreamed this place up during my ... somewhat re-directed Mission.

Though I'm not sure that's much of a comfort, knowing that the last thing I remember before coming back here was a pretty severe case of lead poisoning.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	imthecuteone 2009-01-18 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	That's the truth. My philosophy pretty much boils down to this: There's a time for struggle, but sometimes you've just gotta look at things and realize that what you've got is what you've got. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1st_chapter 2009-01-18 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Something they taught us at the Abbey was 'choose the hill you're going to die on', which basically comes down to the same thing. If it ain't worth dying over, don't die over it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imthecuteone 2009-01-18 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like a fine philosophy, that. Sounds like the Abbey was a good place to learn, for those that wanted to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1st_chapter 2009-01-18 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	I like to think it was. After all, I turned out alright. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imthecuteone 2009-01-18 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Seems like it. So, you learned at an Abbey. That makes you a man of the cloth, right? I was never overly religious, but I'd like to think I've got the terms right, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1st_chapter 2009-01-18 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	Most folk use the title 'Shepherd' and that works well enough for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Shepherd

imthecuteone
2009-01-18 09:20 pm UTC (link)

Like a guide, or a teacher. I think that fits.

I...actually have a question for you. It's come to my attention that the other me got married, and his wife from the future is here. She's pregnant.

I don't know her, but technically she is my wife, and it is my kid. I'm going to talk to her, obviously, but after that, I don't really...I don't really know what to do here. I want to do right by her, and by the baby, but I don't even know her...

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Marco

1st_chapter
2009-01-18 09:30 pm UTC (link)

Exactly like that.

That sounds like one helluva finicky situation.

Let me see if I got this right: When you were here before, and younger, you got married, and now you're back here from a different time-strand than she is?

Don't suppose either of you has been through one of these before? Where time just kind of does what it wants to and leaves the rest of us trying to keep up?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Shepherd

imthecuteone
2009-01-18 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Something like that, although I don't remember ever being here before. So for all intents and purposes, it's like I've never met her.

She has. But she's pregnant, and my friend, who is also from the same future, says she's good for me, and she's pregnant. If it were just the two of us to think about, I'd try to feel her out about whether she even wants to be married to a man who might be quite different from the one she married. But that's unfair enough to her as it is, and even more unfair to the kid.

I'm not going to abandon this woman. If she asks me to go away, that's one thing, but I can't just knowingly leave her to handle this all herself.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Marco

1st_chapter
2009-01-18 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Sounds to me like you're already on the right path: Talk it over first, see how you both feel about it after that. Come to a decision that works for both of you, mutually beneficial conclusion of some sort.

And keep in mind that these things never seem to last long, a week, sometimes two, rarely more than that.

Best advice I've got is the advice I give everyone: Trust your gut. That's what instincts are there for.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Shepherd imthecuteone 2009-01-18 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	A week or two? Huh. I guess that would make things easier. Still. I think it's best to prepare for it to last longer, just in case. Thanks. This is...it's going to be complicated, but I think it'll work out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Marco 1st_chapter 2009-01-19 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Doesn't hurt to make plans for the long haul, just in case. Just as long as those plans are flexible. Things do tend to work better when you look at them from that angle, the 'this will work' angle instead of the 'there's no way this can possibly work' angle. Like I said, I think you'll do fine. (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -