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Much is the reason the squirrels are hiding (muchnotmulch) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2014-09-18 12:30:00

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Who:Much and Jesse
What:A random encounter
When:Today
Where:Not far from Robin's Sherwood
Warnings:tba but likely none

Much thought about signing on to the internet, but his heart wasn't in it. He wasn't ready to face the masses just yet. He couldn't even come up with anything worth while to say anyway. Instead again he walked away. He did that a lot lately when it came to facing groups of people. Today was no different. He couldn't even face Sherwood itself, and ended up sitting just outside of it on a small park bench instead. At least today he was showered, he'd been fed, and he had a pair of new clothes that didn't smell like Sherwood forest. He looked much less like a hobo and far more like the Much that this city had become familiar with, but he didn't feel like that Much.

He didn't feel like much of anything at all. Robin was now alive, but he really didn't know how to process it or react to it. He was dead when Much had been forced to leave him. His last memory of the Forest was of Little John pulling him reluctantly away from his master and brothers body. He couldn't get that image out of his head if he tried, and damnit he tried. He buried his face in his hands as he sat there attempting to get ahold of his bearings again. Robin was alive, he had his son, and his godson, Marian was with him. He was alive, why didn't it sink in? Why did all this feel like some horrible dream he was just waiting to lose all over again? He rubbed his eyes and looked up at the sun, not paying a single ounce of attention to anything else around him.

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alphadaughter
2014-09-22 10:04 pm UTC (link)

After school was over, Jesse started the walk back home. She was working on getting her license, but for now all she had was a permit so she couldn't quite drive to school on her own just yet. However, it would all fall into place in due time and she knew it. Every day, she took a route that took her by Robin's Sherwood. Sometimes, she'd poke her head in and see how things were going, but mostly she just found the route was quicker than the old one she'd taken before she found this one.

She usually didn't see anyone outside, but today that was different. Today, there was a man sitting on the bench a few feet down from Sherwood. She tilted her head and wondered who it was, and if they were waiting for someone, but as she got closer, she realized that she knew that person and a smile split across her lips as she jogged the rest of the way up to him. "Hey, Much."

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muchnotmulch
2014-09-25 08:04 pm UTC (link)

Much hadn't been expecting company of course so he wasn't even bothering to pay much attention to the passers by. Nope, instead he'd gotten to fussing with a shirt collar. It was strange being back in modern clothing again. Everything was taking adjustment for him. The first time around it probably took some as well, but this time it was an obvious amount of discomfort.

He was trying not to be frustrated, but that alone was hard. Much was not the most patient of people. Jesse's voice broke his train of thought and caused him to look up from his debacle with the shirt with a confused look. "Jesse?" She almost looked grown up now compare to before. She had matured a great deal since the last time he saw her and he gave her a little smile. "How are you?"

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alphadaughter
2014-09-28 02:41 am UTC (link)

Jesse smiled brightly when he recognized her. At least they could avoid the weird akwardness that would have been trying to explain how she had known him before and they were friends. "That's me," she said, setting her bag down beside her as she sat down on the bench next to him.

"I'm okay. Back in school cause the new year started, I guedd about a month ago now." she nodded. Things weren't as simple as she was playing them to be, though. She has actually been through something relatively traumatic not all that long ago. She still couldn't stand angel statues. She'd thrown out the few that had been in the house. She'd rather not focus on that though, so she kept to the simple and light things. "I'm really glad you're back. I missed you."

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muchnotmulch
2014-09-30 09:49 am UTC (link)

People he recognized, however things were another case all together. He still had issues trying to remember how to turn on the computer, or remembering the phone. He'd forgotten it basically every time he left the house so far, it was likely Robin was planning to tape it on him at some point. Cut out the forgetful problem all together. It had taken Much a great deal of time to figure out how to use it the first go round, he wondered how much longer it would take to remember this time.

When Jesse sat next to him though he was glad not everything was done electronically. He was better off in person. He nodded to the school thing. "I remember once going with Marian to her I think it was called big school?" He didn't remember the exact name of Marian's higher education. "I fell asleep. It was boring, didn't understand ay of i really." He shrugged some, and then smiled at the statement. "Thank you. I've missed you all as well. And indoor plumbing."

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alphadaughter
2014-10-01 08:36 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not really sure what that translates to in modern days, but it was probably a lot the same, just that they maybe teach different things now than they did then." Jesse wasn't really sure, but she supposed it didn't matter much, either way. "That's okay," she smiled, "you're better at other things. Like cooking!" She grinned up at him. She had always loved the things he made and she thought she might ask him to teach her some, once he was settled back in properly again.

"I bet." she said, wrinkling her nose. "I don't think I could make it in your time." she admitted. "I think I'd just quit." she laughed a little. Of course, she could have made it if she had to, or if it had been all she'd known, but she was a girl of the modern era and if she was dropped in a time like his, she was quite sure she'd freak out.

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