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[longwinded]

[Say hello to John Egbert. Say hello to John Egbert's angry texts.]

all questions aside about what the hell is going on here.
who broke my hammer?
because that is just messed up.

[He sends another out a few moments later.]

who is even seeing this?
hi i'm john.
to anyone out there.

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[longwinded]

Rest easy man. Rest easy. [John isn't necessarily worried about dying right now. He thinks he's going to be just fine.]

Whoa man. With you and I together, as best bros. Nothing is going to get dull anymore.

[knightime]

Well, it can either end with us being never bored or we can enjoy each others' company while our brains rot. Seriously. You'd be surprised. [When things aren't terrible and all you wanna do is cry and never leave your bed.]

[longwinded]

Well. We can only sit back and wonder what happens, right? I'm sure we've got many months or years here to sit back and reflect and how much there isn't to do.

[John hasn't even experienced the worst yet, sigh.]

[knightime]

I'm hoping years isn't actually gonna be how long we're stuck here. This ain't exactly my idea of home.

[longwinded]

It isn't my idea of home either. But what we have to go back to isn't exactly the ideal home either.

[knightime]

I guess. Not that I know much passed what everyone has told me. For all I know, I just start living at the Green Sun from my point in time.

[longwinded]

I passed out on my fucking sidewalk, I think. The world was pretty dark. But that is pretty hardcore man. Living it up on the green sun and all.

[knightime]

Good job, John. You never cease to amaze me with the stupid shit that happens to you.

Man, That sounds pretty shitty though. I would not want to live there for the rest of my life. I would take the shitty death by explosion and staying dead than that.

[longwinded]

Thanks, it really is my specialty to find the stupidest situations to be in. For example, the sidewalk! Also here. Ending up here was a stupid thing that happened. It needs to cease being a thing.

[He laughs.]

Man, I think you're overreacting a little bit. We could totally get you out of living on the green sun.

[knightime]

It can stop being a thing. This wouldn't be the first time you disappeared from this shithole.

[Just like the iterations of Roses and Jades that have gone by too.]

I'm sure you would just love to make a pit stop there. Now leaving for Green Sun. ETA is probably some stupid amount of time.

[longwinded]

I wouldn't leave without you. That would be plain stupid. So don't count on me leaving again.

[He's a true bro, okay??]

I mean if Jade could steer us that way, sure thing.

[knightime]

You don't exactly get a say. I'm pretty sure people don't exactly just ask to leave and they get tossed out.

Shit. Jade. [He hasn't seen their version of Jade in awhile...]

[longwinded]

But do we know that for sure? [He snickers.]

Yeah, Jade is pretty badass. What with her space powers.

[knightime]

I didn't ask to leave and got tossed out. Why the fuck does it matter?

I forgot about Jade. [He doesn't mean to be an asshole about it, but-] I mean there's Jade Strider here, but it's been a damn long time since I've seen Harley. [He misses her a lot.]

[longwinded]

I guess it doesn't? Mostly anyways.

[He raises his brow- oh.] Yeah, I don't think our Jade needs to be here anyways. I mean it would be nice to see her? But under these circumstances I don't think so.

[knightime]

She's been here a few times. But she hasn't stuck around for the long run, so I guess it's for the better.

I wouldn't mind seeing her again though. [He probably sounds a lot lonelier than he realizes. It's been so long since he's had her particular kind of cheer in his life.]

[longwinded]

I would love to see her again. But in the long run her being here means her being hurt or something, I mean I don't know how this place works just yet but.I don't like it already.

[It kills him to even think about what could go wrong.]