[Much better than the main topic. Much better than Emily losing Jess all over again. That fucking bitch couldn't even stay long enough for them to really talk out their shit.]
[She doesn't want to say she misses Jess -- because she doesn't, not anymore than since Jess started going out with Mike. What she misses is that dim hope that they could be friends again.]
[She thinks for a second about what she's about to type next, then just goes for if. They're already discussing the impossible. May as well go full-on bleak world.]
[He doesn't respond immediately, because that last comment makes him think. People come here from all different times, even from the same world--none of the people from their world are from the same point in time--so... It might be possible. It really could happen.]
Yeah. That'd be pretty awesome.
[Seeing them again would hurt but also be incredible, though he wonders if it would be better or worse for Josh if the twins somehow showed up here.]
Flamethrower guy too while we're at it. It'd be cool to actually know his name.
[It really sucks not to. Also having him around would be pretty badass.]
i don't know, maybe he could at least hear it from them that it wasn't his fault
oh yes let's hope for him to show up, so the next time the gods decide to feed us human flesh, he can torch everyone while they're still fucking human!!!!
[Josh is pretty dead set on blaming someone--everyone, really--whether or not they were responsible, and it's... Understandable, but Chris doubts that will ever change. He doubts it would've ever changed even if Josh had the rest of his life to think about it, not just whatever time he's here.
With Jess disappearing, it suddenly hits him again that Josh could leave any time too. And that would be it.
Fortunately Emily's next comment distracts him from those thoughts.]
Wow, Em, geez. He helped us, remember? And he'd probably be pretty good at dealing with whatever monsters attack even if they're not wendigos.
oh i'm sorry, you don't know what it was like to be turning into one of those things and wondering when one of your friends would come into your cell and kill you to keep you from attacking someone
[Because that's where her mind goes first. Sure, flamethrower guy would be a great ally here, but he wouldn't have though twive about killing her.]
maybe now that there MIGHT never be human in our food again, i could deal with him being around. maybe. if he showers
Yeah, I don't, but we didn't end up doing that either.
[Even if it would've been the smart thing to do. He'd wanted to save her and Josh so badly, but he'd screwed that up like almost everything else; there had been no good choices there, and he's torn between feeling guilty for failing and defensive because he'd really tried to do the right thing.
But he doesn't want to argue with Emily about this--he'd kind of rather go back to sleep, if it's possible--so he'll leave it at that.]
That's fair. Hopefully he'd bring his gun and the flamethrower too; those would be pretty great to have.
[She'd rather have Matt. A thousand times over, she'd rather have Matt, even if it meant turning into a wendigo and getting killed every goddamn month.]
We probably could, with the alcohol at Delight's bar. It wouldn't be the best fuel for one, but it'd probably work.
[He may or may not have experimented a bit already with trying to make molotov cocktails, but a flamethrower would definitely be more convenient in a lot of ways. But the whole idea is really more a distraction at the moment than anything else.]
you go do that. i'll be here while you blow yourself up
i'm gonna go look for jess one more time
[And if Emily finds her, she's going to bitch ber out so hard that it'll either take them years to reconcile, or it'll move them right through the awkwardness and get them talking almost like normal again.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 02:23 am (UTC)[This is a totally stupid topic, but it's a lot better than the main one.]
Yeah.
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:01 am (UTC)[Much better than the main topic. Much better than Emily losing Jess all over again. That fucking bitch couldn't even stay long enough for them to really talk out their shit.]
fuck this place
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:08 am (UTC)Yeah. I haven't been too psyched about being here lately either.
[While still better than the mountain, the margin has narrowed a lot more than it had been to begin with.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:12 am (UTC)[She doesn't want to say she misses Jess -- because she doesn't, not anymore than since Jess started going out with Mike. What she misses is that dim hope that they could be friends again.]
god fucking damnit
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:15 am (UTC)[Ugly is fashionable, Em.]
Hey it's only the first day. We might be overreacting and you just missed her in the search and she'll show back up.
[Hopefully, but he doubts it.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:23 am (UTC)right. and i'll find matt too while i'm at it
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:26 am (UTC)Bring back Sam too, if so.
[It's a lame attempt at making the situation less horrible, because he can't really argue with her pessimism. She's probably right.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:30 am (UTC)[She thinks for a second about what she's about to type next, then just goes for if. They're already discussing the impossible. May as well go full-on bleak world.]
and hannah and beth
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:37 am (UTC)Yeah. That'd be pretty awesome.
[Seeing them again would hurt but also be incredible, though he wonders if it would be better or worse for Josh if the twins somehow showed up here.]
Flamethrower guy too while we're at it. It'd be cool to actually know his name.
[It really sucks not to. Also having him around would be pretty badass.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:42 am (UTC)oh yes let's hope for him to show up, so the next time the gods decide to feed us human flesh, he can torch everyone while they're still fucking human!!!!
[Idiot.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:47 am (UTC)[Josh is pretty dead set on blaming someone--everyone, really--whether or not they were responsible, and it's... Understandable, but Chris doubts that will ever change. He doubts it would've ever changed even if Josh had the rest of his life to think about it, not just whatever time he's here.
With Jess disappearing, it suddenly hits him again that Josh could leave any time too. And that would be it.
Fortunately Emily's next comment distracts him from those thoughts.]
Wow, Em, geez. He helped us, remember? And he'd probably be pretty good at dealing with whatever monsters attack even if they're not wendigos.
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Date: 2016-04-30 03:56 am (UTC)oh i'm sorry, you don't know what it was like to be turning into one of those things and wondering when one of your friends would come into your cell and kill you to keep you from attacking someone
[Because that's where her mind goes first. Sure, flamethrower guy would be a great ally here, but he wouldn't have though twive about killing her.]
maybe now that there MIGHT never be human in our food again, i could deal with him being around. maybe. if he showers
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Date: 2016-04-30 04:02 am (UTC)[Even if it would've been the smart thing to do. He'd wanted to save her and Josh so badly, but he'd screwed that up like almost everything else; there had been no good choices there, and he's torn between feeling guilty for failing and defensive because he'd really tried to do the right thing.
But he doesn't want to argue with Emily about this--he'd kind of rather go back to sleep, if it's possible--so he'll leave it at that.]
That's fair. Hopefully he'd bring his gun and the flamethrower too; those would be pretty great to have.
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Date: 2016-04-30 04:09 am (UTC)maybe we can build a flamethrower of our own
[Maybe. Emily is starting to hate that word.]
goddamn this shit. goddamnit
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Date: 2016-04-30 04:13 am (UTC)[He may or may not have experimented a bit already with trying to make molotov cocktails, but a flamethrower would definitely be more convenient in a lot of ways. But the whole idea is really more a distraction at the moment than anything else.]
Yeah.
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Date: 2016-04-30 01:44 pm (UTC)i'm gonna go look for jess one more time
[And if Emily finds her, she's going to bitch ber out so hard that it'll either take them years to reconcile, or it'll move them right through the awkwardness and get them talking almost like normal again.]
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Date: 2016-04-30 04:14 pm (UTC)[He's actually pretty decent at this sort of thing unless he trips or drops something or whatever. Which is... A distinct possibility, to be fair.]
Okay. Want help? We can split up where to look.
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Date: 2016-04-30 05:41 pm (UTC)[Oh. She wasn't expecting anyone to help, but--]
okay. im gonna check the shops first
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Date: 2016-05-02 12:29 am (UTC)[Says the lamest person in their whole group. And he tries not to think about the fact that 'are' should really be 'were' both here and at home.]
Okay, I'll go out and check by the bar and the library. Meet up at Delight's temple after that to figure out where to go next?
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Date: 2016-05-02 12:58 am (UTC)[Hey, there's a time somewhere out there where Chris and Josh are still bromantic as hell, so 'are' still applies.]
sure
thanks
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Date: 2016-05-03 03:38 am (UTC)Yeah, no problem. See you in a bit.
[Hopefully after finding Jessica.]