breath two | text

[longwinded]

surprise!
i'm not dead.
so what's up with everyone?
the atmosphere is heavier than usual.
i for one took a fantastic vacation.
destruction all around me.
sorry i didn't get anyone a postcard.


oh hey.
other me.
i hope you got my mail.
:)

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[ghostytrainer]

AHAHAHAHAHA FUNNY.
no, yeah i got your "mail."

[Right in the cheek, to be exact.]

good one, top of the line prank.
anyway, when did you get back?
just today?
i was beginning to wonder how long you were going to be gone dude.
you uh... missed some stuff.

[longwinded]

i thought you could appreciate it.
special delivery from the pranking master himself.

[Good. He feels successful.]

last night.
i just didn't feel like doing anything last night.
such is the life.
i got to a destroyed homeland and i miss things.
so what is going on?

[ghostytrainer]

wow excuse you, no!!!
you WISH you were the pranking master!

oh. okay.
that's fine.
where are you?
i really think this might be a conversation better done in person.
kind of a lot to take in.

[longwinded]

no i think you have that backwards.
just because you look like me doesn't mean you're the pranking master.
there can only be one.
youngster.

i went up to the library.
is it that serious?
did dave die again?
dude if you died i'm gonna be so pissed.

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[raichung]

You went back to your world and it was really was destroyed...?

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[longwinded]

yeah.
crumbling and rustic.
things were familiar but falling apart.
it was so surreal.

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[raichung]

And... everyone is dead...?

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[longwinded]

the people that aren't here.
i can only assume are passed.
though i don't really know.

[anonymous]

[semantating]

I am offended, good sir! We expected a signed card! How untoward, not bringing us back any gifts!

[longwinded]

whoa.
sorry for offending you then good sir.
let me just knock myself out again and go get you a postcard.
i mean if that's what you really want.

[tentacletrainer]

So you'll send mail to yourself upon your arrival back, but not your fiancee?
I'm hurt.

[longwinded]

sorry rose.
:(
i didn't think you would appreciate a sucker punch to the face.

[tentacletrainer]

You gave him a sucker punch to the face?

[longwinded]

via a mailbox prank.
i sure did.
it was my greatest creation yet.
i was so proud of myself.

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[the_word_is]

[Maka has never let things like "being complete strangers" stop her from contacting someone.]

Yeah, me too. I guess I could have grabbed a postcard, but there wouldn't have been anyone to send it.

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[longwinded]

did you feel a sense of emptiness?
the destruction really wasn't what got me.
it was the solitude.

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[the_word_is]

[It's only been a couple days. It's only been a couple days since she stumbled back in here trying to reorient herself to the reality of being surrounded by an entire population.]

Yeah. It was pretty bad.

[Understatement, but that's what works right now.]

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[longwinded]

how are you handling being back here?

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[chainsawn]

That's a pretty amazing surprise. Did you manage to pull off a trick where you made everyone think you were actually dead? I've never heard of that before..

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[longwinded]

it wasn't a prank this time.
:/
if it was then that would be awful.

[chainsawn]

But if it wasn't a prank, then you were dead for real, right? You can't be fake dead if it's not a prank.

[longwinded]

okay here is the thing.
i wasn't actually dead.
but i disappeared.
i went back home, i guess that is where i was?
everything was destroyed.

[no_longer_a_king]

John?

[And then she reads the 'other me' portion and realizes what's going on.]

Ah, I see. You are John from another timeline.

[longwinded]

Really the only difference is how much knowledge we have about certain events and our height. We're essentially the same.

[He seems confident in that.]

You must know my counterpart better.

[no_longer_a_king]

A little better, as I've known him longer. Seeing as you are talking about coming back, how long have you been in the Tower?