THE GANG

[headmt]

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[fjorge]

Beau said we're from nearby each other? Why, what happened? You were fine, more or less.

[katzepaw]

Oh. [well, that complicates things.] I was fine, but you, Jester and Yasha were in hot water. You do not know what I am referring to?

[absrasive]

He's closer to you timewise than he is to me, is what I said. For the record.

[headmt]

[ whisper: ] Does he know?

[ pointing. to himself. ]

[absrasive]

[ whispers back: ]

Uhhhh. Not sure. Last thing he told me he remembers is us getting high, man.

[headmt]

[ loudly again ]

Fjord, do you know I died?

[absrasive]

[ MOLLYMAUK TEALEAF ]

[fjorge]

Yeah, Beau told me.

[ Like gently but you guys are gossiping so he just says it like this. Despite the verbal blase-ness though the emotionshare betrays his concern regarding this point. ]

[absrasive]

[ i forgot if she told him or not and i can barely get dreamwidth to load anything so i didn't want to go look. however. ]

Oh, good. Fuck.

[fjorge]

[ Yeah dw she did. ]

Were you able to tell them about me, being here and everything? Or was it all red tape for you?

[absrasive]

Nope, couldn't tell them. I've been sitting on this for like, two weeks. Three? How long has it been, time is a fucking nightmare zone.

[headmt]

[ if it helps, molly doesn't seem that distressed about it at this point. patting him on the arm. ]

Hey-- Lemons in the lead! Means we can fix it.

[fjorge]

Congrats on turning the tables. Condolences to Caleb.

Beau told you about what she's here for too?

[headmt]

We're splitting, he'll be alright.

[ he will basically give caleb his wish if he wants it. ]

Uh-- Yeah. If it's still the same.

[headmt]

[ watching this conversation carefully. ]

[fjorge]

[ Just fjordstanding while Beau and Molly are also here. ]

Right. That. Sorry, it's been a while since we -- I went on that Fear Factor thing with Junpei, Sandrone, and Elise. It took almost two and a half months, or felt like it.

[ Which in effect had basically the same result on him as That Incident had. He looks a bit more scarred, wearier, a few more grey hairs. ]

No, I don't think so. It was Harvest Close.

[katzepaw]

Elise told me what happened. And she told me about someone she met there on the other side, but could not say much.

[but it makes a lot of sense and also considering things he knows about both elise and fjord such funny cr.]

A few weeks later than that for me.

[i think??? he would know the exact days but i don't want to check critrole stats right now.]

[fjorge]

[ It was two weeks later, 15 days precisely. Becomes your notekeeper DM. ]

So that means I'm the most behind.

[ He shrugs a little haplessly at that. Well, makes sense. He is more susceptible to suspicious promises the earlier on he is. ]

I've got a lot of catching up to do, huh?

[katzepaw]

Thinking I was the most behind had me considering I needed to catch up to their time.

[but now it is so complicated!]

[fjorge]

Well, congrats. You weren't at the bottom.

But Beau's worried, right? That if we do anything weird with all this, it could fuck everything up.

[ Messing with time is always dangerous etc. ]

[katzepaw]

Yeah. She has good reason to be.

[though she has not shared this particular fear with him.]

[headmt]

Oh, yeah, I was wondering if you'd run that one by Beau yet.

Can we talk about it? I still don't exactly like it.

[absrasive]

What.

[headmt]

[ looking over at caleb!!!! he doesn't want to be the one to explain it!!!! ]

[katzepaw]

[okay well. he gets a sharp spike of anger for just doing this in front of everyone like this.]

I was just trying to work out how to catch myself up. If I go back and change things, it is certain to disrupt everything that happens subsequently, or will mean we're in separate timelines.

The simplest way would be to find a way to send me back without remembering any of this, and then if that could be undone at the time I catch up to you, no harm done.