THE GANG

[headmt]

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[fjorge]

-- Hey, what the hell --

[ HE JUST THINKS YOU'RE ATTACKING HIM AGAIN he's in one piece though. He has a few extra scars, looks definitely a bit more worn in a bone-settled way than when she saw him in person last, and seems to have a few more grey-white hairs. There's some faded discolouration on him on the neckline but it's not like he sustained massive large injuries like Vin and her EYE!!!

Wait I lied you can see that one of his tusks has grown out enough that it just pokes out from his lower lip but the other one is not visible. ]

[absrasive]

[ GRUMBLES AT HIM, but she lets him free after a minute. ]

Okay, you're not falling apart. Good. [ I was worried when Junpei told me about the hole monster. ]

[fjorge]

Not anymore, no. Trust me, I'm just as glad as you are for that.

[ Fixing his collar, jeez. The mention of monsters gets a brief flash of a familiar corpse in a truck bed, the thought, the raw memory of claws digging into his skull, the smash of hard concrete into his face, the --

He blinks it off, staring a little too hard at Beau's alive face. ]

[absrasive]

[ oh okay that's delightful

she startles sharply at the familiar corpse, instinctively just grabbing for his wrist? like, to steady. who could have done that to you... ]

... The fuck. Okay. Worse seeing it than it is hearing about it. [ ... ] I'm here.

[fjorge]

[ Who did this to him... his wrist tenses a bit but it's less because Beau grabbed him and more because he realises what probably just happened. ]

-- Sorry. Fuckin' -- can't believe this extra shit is back for the kicks.

[ Either the show or because of their invaders fucking shit up, he's not sure, but he's not a fan of all effects back on!!! ]

[absrasive]

[ stands here in a hot dog costume ]

Really? Because I can. Ups the fucking drama. [ dryly. ] Don't apologize.

[ even if she's getting distinct it evokes imagery you've seen before ptsd from all that, good god. she's fine. ]

[fjorge]

[ I know it's a meme but I truly cannot not parse this as Beau being in a hot dog costume suddenly after getting traumablasted and I'm having so much difficulty trying to tag this

Anyway he rubs his eyes a bit. ]

Yeah. I guess so.

I'm alright.

[absrasive]

[ this mental image is very quickly joining firt in the ranks of things that make me giggle uncontrollably for like ten minutes ]

They stick with you, I get it. [ he can get blasted by her own little half-thought, half-memory. it's blurrier, but there's a vision of standing on a ship in the rain and a green figure falling from very high up. ]

[fjorge]

[ He has flickers of questions. Fear Factor? Or another thing in the far future? It seems like a lot of shit await them all, doesn't it. ]

Wish you didn't have to see any of that either.

[absrasive]

[ little of column a, little of column b. ]

Kind of the norm for these things, right?

[ she has not told caleb and molly how long she's actually been here so that'll be a fun surprise for later. ]

[fjorge]

Yeah, starting to seem like it.

Which is why it's imperative we get the fuck out of dodge, ASAP.

[absrasive]

Working on it, Captain.

[ absently just lets that nickname slip, as she thinks. ]

You tell them about all the crew shit yet? I only know some of it from what I've read in the letters people have sent Lemon.

[ commits mail fraud because she's nosy ]

[fjorge]

[ Is it Beau if she's not committing mail fraud? Anyway there's like, a delayed little spike of something in the nickname but he tries to keep it down. It shows in him absentmindedly rubbing his neck instead. ]

Uh, right. There's like, a million things we gotta get through. I can talk about that now right? It feels stupid to try to keep it a secret now.

[absrasive]

[ true! she also half frowns at the spike, but doesn't mention it. ]

Yeah, you can. I mean, you're here, what are they gonna do.

[fjorge]

I don't even remember if you know. Season 66. Some wilderness survival type shit.

Choi and Yen were my teammates from that. Remind me to introduce you guys proper sometime. Well, you -- Beau knows, she stood in as our team lead for a week.

[headmt]

So you've been stuck here too?

[fjorge]

Went through one of these seasons like you did, yeah. Didn't make it to the end, unfortunately, though considering the team that did, I could only be so upset.

Was assigned backstage here afterwards to fulfill my wish contract in another way.

[absrasive]

[ looks away with the emotion of don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious ]

[fjorge]

[ Looks at her with the emotion of that makes it more suspicious, shoulders back, be casual ]

[katzepaw]

[looks at both of them suspiciously?]

What.

[headmt]

[ also looking at both of them like, what? ]

[katzepaw]

I have met both of them, but would be happy for more of an introduction.

[fjorge]

Yeah, great. Everything's happening a lot right now, but -- they were my teammates, so it'd be nice. I think you already get along, I know you've been keeping up letters with them too, but it'd be good. Officially.

[ Unfortunately the emotions feel a little complicated and strained but it's fine. He's been through it. ]

[katzepaw]

...A bit complicated?

[fjorge]

Maybe some. It's fine. It ain't nothing bad.