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[givesyouaboner]

_{[If anyone hasn't seen Dirk for a while, it's because he hasn't been here. But he's back now, oblivious to what's been happening in the tower for the past month. The more pressing issue for him at the moment is processing what he's experienced in that wasteland.]}

I refuse to believe that was my home world.

_{[And that's just all he has to say on the matter. What's probably most disconcerting is at this moment, as much as he hates this place, he's glad to be back here. At least here, he's not alone.]}

Comments

[knightime]

woah
was not really expecting that bright asshole orange showing up anytime soon
i bet you had a shitton of fun on an empty wasteland

[He is the smoothest on the network. Soooo smoooth! No one can tell he flipped his fucking shit.]

[givesyouaboner]

Define soon.
I had such a blast there that it was difficult to keep track of time.

_{[Translation: how fucking long was he gone?]}

[knightime]

well
i guess the better term was at all
its common for people to come and go in this place
idk man
probably around a month or so
shit hit the fan recently so its felt like at least a week or two longer than a month for me

[That probably makes no sense to Dirk. He was kind of time hopping a lot during the whale fiasco though.]

[givesyouaboner]

_{[Was he really gone that long? But really... he's not sure if he's surprised or not. It certainly felt like a lot longer than that, but considering he had no way to keep track of time, that at least makes sense.]}

Well damn.
You didn't have too much fun without me, did you?

[knightime]

it was a goddamn party and you missed it
we had the time of our lives and everything

[No, it fucking sucked. People died and there was basically an army of dead Dave Striders and dead Jade Striders. Not that Dave will mention.]

[givesyouaboner]

Guess I'll have to stop doing the solo thing and party with people.
I can honestly say I've had enough of it for a while.
There's only so much you can do in a place that has nothing.

[knightime]

its a fuck load of boring
welcome back i guess
lucky for you the tower is brimming with friendly folk
im sure you can strike up a conversation with someone here

[papshooshing]

MAYBE IT IS AND MAYBE IT ISN'T.
THERE'S NO *REAL* WAY TO KNOW, NOW IS THERE.

[givesyouaboner]

Oh yeah, the friendliest of people here, all the way down to the oatmeal pushers.
I guess it's good to be back so I can make sure you don't get into stupid shit.

[givesyouaboner]

I suppose not. But it defies scientific explanation.
How would a completely flooded planet be devoid of water without a significant change in temperature?

[knightime]

i made it a month without your guidance
i think i can take care of myself
no need to worry about me
my shit is handled
no extra costs in shipping
everything will arrive safe and how they should be

[givesyouaboner]

That's comforting and all, don't get my wrong.
I'm sure everything is intact and functional.
I trust you on that; it's the outside forced that I don't.

_{[He doesn't know what's happened over the past month, but he doesn't want any more bad things to occur.]}

[knightime]

[Too late. You missed the army of dead Daves. It was pretty awesome, except not really.]

its not like we always get a choice to run into stupid shit or not
its more like they just force us into a scenario where we get stuck in ridiculous crap we cant apparently avoid
but if it helps you sleep at night ill be extra cautious

[chronomancer]

i think thats wwhat evveryone wwould like to believve

[alephbet]

Good. Letting it get to you is the worst thing you can do.

[thereisnopie]

that's the way to be, bro.
you motherfuckin got it.

[papshooshing]

IT WOULDN'T BE.
THIS IS ALL HOOFBEAST SHIT OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER.

[voice]

[cant_be_tamed]

[Wow that...text is kinda weird to read, but whatever, he can talk...]

...Di...Did you actually see it?

[Curiosity overwhelms him.]

[text]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch has to squint to see the text, but he can make it out, luckily.*

What did you find there that caused you to doubt it?

*He needs to know. If there's anything that may point to it being nothing more than an illusion...if there's anything that could point to not everything being in vain...*

[reddeadvirtuoso]

holy shit its another orange creamsicle
whats got your panties all in a twist?
deadland 2k9?

[givesyouaboner]

It would help if I could manage sleeping at all.
At least stay around people you know you can trust. Chances are that anything they throw at you will be more manageable if you aren't alone.

[givesyouaboner]

It's good to know someone else around here has common sense when it comes to that, then.

[givesyouaboner]

I suppose the moment when you start to doubt that is when you know there's no point in anything.

[givesyouaboner]

I wouldn't ever. That would give them far too easy of a win.

[givesyouaboner]

Yeah.
Have you been sent back before?