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yeah were alright
clint is well
hes clint
you know how he is
but were still going and lucky is alive

[Which is about as much as he can ask, he feels, apart from a sense of 'hurry and come back.' But it took Watson about two days; he can wait longer.]

so are you alright
clint told me what happened but i mean right now
i dont know what you lost and the admin seems vicious about it lately

I'm not sure what I lost, either. Sorry. At the moment, doesn't seem to be anything I'm really missing.

[Are you going to tell him you think this is a dream? Mary asks.

John's not planning to. Even if Davesprite isn't real, he's still a kid and upsetting fake kids bothers him as much as upsetting real ones.]

He's got a chip on his shoulder about that. I'd rather not.

[Mary shrugs and glances away.]

I'm better than I have been in a bit, I suppose. I've got two eyes.

[Because in this dream, he used to be a cyclops.]

[That is definitely not the kind of improvement he expected to hear.]

what is with you and terrible injuries
first the bucky thing now this
when did it happen
was it the maze or the thing with andromeda and the glowy paths the other day or something else

[Oh, right... he hadn't widely publicized what had happened with Stein. Probably best not to now. Davesprite's proved he has trouble keeping horrible things under his hat.]

Something else. I'd rather not talk about it.

[John, he's going to ask if you don't say more than that.]

It wasn't to do with Bucky.

[Davesprite does the mental equivalent of going "uh."]

ok great but i wasnt going to assume it was him
not necessarily
you know i made up with him right
im not saying you have to tell me either but im not going to start a witch hunt if you do
i know i screwed up that time

It's fine. It doesn't matter anymore, anyway. Thanks for being concerned, though.

Did I miss anything apart from what you've already told me while I was out?

[He can live with that answer.]

alfie is a liar who took advantage of someone not being able to disobey orders to steal his stuff
so id say dont trust him
and we found a food source out east that can be stayed in overnight
also sherlock seemed to think telling people its totes safe to commit suicide here because you wont die permanently was a good idea
so you might want to tell him what the actual fuck

Edited 2017-01-31 14:45 (UTC)

[Alfie shouldn't surprise him, really.

You've always known the sort of man he is.

But John can usually just glance the other direction and not have to deal with it. Plus, Alfie's a 1920's London gangster. He's tropes... not a real person, just a dream.]

I'll look into it. Appreciate the heads up on... all that.

[Christ, John. Say something else.]

Good job finding food. Is it anything good, or should we still be running food to you lot?

its vending machines
theyre fine
they dont restock if you stay there but theres stuff to eat and drink
now do you want to tell me why you sound so detached about the rest
did you lose your emotions or what

[Davesprite isn't exactly a top candidate to be level with.

You need to tell him something or he'll worry. Tell him you've gained a few years. He's a time-traveler.]

Sorry. I've got about five years of memories running around my head that weren't there a few days ago.

Edited 2017-01-31 16:51 (UTC)

[Thanks, Mary, but the whole concept is pretty alarming to him for a variety of reasons. It takes him a second to answer.]

ok well
youre not the first whos mentioned that kind of thing to me

[And five years is a lot more than the few months Tifa mentioned to him.]

how did it go
did you have any memories or signs of being here while you were there
did it end ok

[And regardless of whatever happened to Tifa, he has to check here too.]

I didn't remember anything about this place.

[And he's leaving it at that for the moment.]

I remember Steph said this happened to her. Do you know of anyone else apart from Sherlock and me?

tifa when she died recently
please dont ignore the other question because im asking for good reason

What reason?

i know time doesnt work the same in every universe
but i want some measure of if coming here affected literally anything at all in your universe
even if you didnt remember or look changed i cant know if it made things go bad or what unless you tell me
and in my world that kind of thing could end up with me and jade dead if we go back
theres also the fact i consider you a friend but what does that matter after five years away right

[It's more of a snap than he might like, but the talk of timelines is a stressful topic. It wouldn't be the first time a friend lost interest because of things beyond his control, either; it's the kind of thing that gives a guy trust issues.]

[John sighs and considers just hanging up. The look Mary gives him at that thought stops him, though.]

It's like nothing here happened. Things are bad right now. That's nothing to do with this place, though.

how bad

Bad enough for me to say it's bad.

thanks watson that explains everything
i am just rolling in these huge heaps of knowledge
its a goddamn miracle i didnt drown under the deluge
watson youre a doctor about how many tv specials are we talking for this medical marvel going on

You saw the state Sherlock was in when he woke up with his message. I'm assuming you can make a guess from there. We're from about the same point now, as near as I can tell.

sherlocks an asshat and i was more concerned about the stupid suicide thing than why he looked like a human disaster
or maybe i skipped right past it now that he finally looks like the person he is
but im glad weve established you still dont care enough to tell me
heres to friendship right
so how about a question do you even care that natasha is dead or is it just one more piece of forever ago you cant be assed to give a shit about

[John reads through that message and then just stares blankly ahead for nearly a minute.

Just tell him you're sorry. Don't tell him she's not real. Just lie.]

I'm sorry. It's not the years. It's just not anything I want to talk about. My wife's dead, and Sherlock was about to die for real. I haven't talked to Sherlock in months apart from recently. It's that kind of bad.

Yes, I'm sorry about Nat. I'm sorry about a hell of a lot of things.

Edited 2017-02-02 21:21 (UTC)

[The wait doesn't help. Neither, in fact, does the actual message once it comes. Dead—two people dead, and how long until it would happen to John? It might have taken five years, but his first timeline gave months, and the second three years before John had to figure out how to fix it by what Jade told him. Time span isn't a guarantee. Not remembering isn't a guarantee. Time not even working the same isn't a guarantee.]

fuck

[Maybe he should have guessed it from what Karkat told him. Someone dead out of a bad end being brought here doesn't bode well for the rest, does it? And even if Jade won, things can't be that great if she came here anyway.]

[But Watson's the one currently dealing with it.]

im sorry
this is the kind of thing i needed to know
but hassling you probably doesnt make it easier when its this fresh and youre here again anyway

It doesn't matter. Is that all you needed?

[It takes him a little before he can answer.]

i guess so

[Things still don't feel great.]

im sorry you have to be here again
take care of yourself watson

[And he hangs up.]

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