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Ha! Hahah.
[It's a genuine laugh, though it peters out fast. She leans, briefly, into the hug, stink and all.]
How long have you been in there, huh? Maybe we should pry you out. I bet the enclosure could offer us a nice woods.
[It's a genuine laugh, though it peters out fast. She leans, briefly, into the hug, stink and all.]
How long have you been in there, huh? Maybe we should pry you out. I bet the enclosure could offer us a nice woods.
[Hange scoops an arm around his shoulders and walks him in that direction.]
Sorry I was gone for so long. I wish I knew why that happened.
[Comas disturb her.]
It's not like you to be so unsociable...
Sorry I was gone for so long. I wish I knew why that happened.
[Comas disturb her.]
It's not like you to be so unsociable...
[he gives a watery grin, going with Hange without protest for a change]
Damn I missed you. Glad you’re back.
Yeah. Um. I fucked things up bad with Tiffany. Seriously burned that bridge. And Rhys is gone. Elijah too but at least he stuck around long enough to tell me he was gonna try to find the little guy.”
A breath. It’s been rough.
“Can’t really seem to snap back to my old self after that. Is Bill....?”
Damn I missed you. Glad you’re back.
Yeah. Um. I fucked things up bad with Tiffany. Seriously burned that bridge. And Rhys is gone. Elijah too but at least he stuck around long enough to tell me he was gonna try to find the little guy.”
A breath. It’s been rough.
“Can’t really seem to snap back to my old self after that. Is Bill....?”
"Still here. Doing terrible! I mean, just awful. I'm worried about him. He really wants to be out of here and I want him out too, but graduated, not sucked back to whatever... pit he was stuck in originally, to claw at the walls and go nuts."
Jesus she is so worried about the little bastard. So worried.
"Tiffany didn't work out at all, huh? I am sorry. Sometimes it just doesn't, and there's nothing you can do. Not a fun lesson, I know."
Jesus she is so worried about the little bastard. So worried.
"Tiffany didn't work out at all, huh? I am sorry. Sometimes it just doesn't, and there's nothing you can do. Not a fun lesson, I know."
He gives a huge sigh. At least Bill isn't gone, but he worries about the guy too.
"Yeah. I feel that."
BJ gives a rough shake of his head when Hange asks after Tiffany. "S'my own fault. That's what kills me. That I put me in that situation and now we're not gonna ever pal around like we used to."
Anyway. He tries to put on a cheerful smile, and it only makes it halfway there.
"Well, you already got one horrible demon out. What's another?"
"Yeah. I feel that."
BJ gives a rough shake of his head when Hange asks after Tiffany. "S'my own fault. That's what kills me. That I put me in that situation and now we're not gonna ever pal around like we used to."
Anyway. He tries to put on a cheerful smile, and it only makes it halfway there.
"Well, you already got one horrible demon out. What's another?"
With the candlestick, murdering Colonel Mustard?
[oh hang on he's knocking. BJ scrambles up to go answer.
He smells terrible. Looks worse, like he hasn't moved in months. Unshaven, unwashed, general depression-level stink, but he breaks into a watery grin when he sees Bill]
[oh hang on he's knocking. BJ scrambles up to go answer.
He smells terrible. Looks worse, like he hasn't moved in months. Unshaven, unwashed, general depression-level stink, but he breaks into a watery grin when he sees Bill]
"Ha! I could specialize."
From titanologist to demonologist, that'd be fun. A new, weird, scary field of study, that'd fit her down to the ground.
She pauses in their little stroll, takes him by the shoulders, spins him around to face her.
"I'm sorry."
It's... pretty serious.
"I know this is hard for you. Not a fun lesson to learn. But sometimes, when someone doesn't want you or anything you have to offer, the best thing you can do for both of you is just to... stop."
From titanologist to demonologist, that'd be fun. A new, weird, scary field of study, that'd fit her down to the ground.
She pauses in their little stroll, takes him by the shoulders, spins him around to face her.
"I'm sorry."
It's... pretty serious.
"I know this is hard for you. Not a fun lesson to learn. But sometimes, when someone doesn't want you or anything you have to offer, the best thing you can do for both of you is just to... stop."
WELL, HE CAME AS A WARDEN ...
[Okay. Bill Cipher is good at making plans and solving problems. Gears are turning.]
AND HE'S GOT SOMEONE FROM HIS WORLD HERE THAT CAN GO HOME, THE ROBOT THAT ACTS LIKE A KID. NEXT TIME SHE GOES HOME, I'LL ASK HER TO SEE IF HE'S ALIVE AND REMEMBERS THE SHIP. UNTIL THEN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PANIC.
[Okay. Bill Cipher is good at making plans and solving problems. Gears are turning.]
AND HE'S GOT SOMEONE FROM HIS WORLD HERE THAT CAN GO HOME, THE ROBOT THAT ACTS LIKE A KID. NEXT TIME SHE GOES HOME, I'LL ASK HER TO SEE IF HE'S ALIVE AND REMEMBERS THE SHIP. UNTIL THEN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PANIC.
He blinks in surprise when Hange stops him, stopping in his tracks with his arms flat to his sides. He'd pretty much go wherever she directed him at this point, and it's telling that he doesn't really burst into tears or direct his sadness on Hange.
Instead, BJ gives a nod bad, slow and sad but reserved.
"Yeah. Yeah, I...get that now. Took me like two thousand years to get it. There's a lotta regret tied up in wishing I learned it earlier."
A sniff, and a small grin;
"Hey, but then we probs wouldn't have met, right?"
Instead, BJ gives a nod bad, slow and sad but reserved.
"Yeah. Yeah, I...get that now. Took me like two thousand years to get it. There's a lotta regret tied up in wishing I learned it earlier."
A sniff, and a small grin;
"Hey, but then we probs wouldn't have met, right?"
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AFTER THIS? 'CAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I'M TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM. I CAN SCOOP UP RHYS AS LONG AS HE EXISTED AT SOME POINT, WHICH HE DID.
"And I'm glad we did."
Hange drops her hands from his shoulders, takes his grubby hands in hers instead.
"It's not easy to learn. It's not easy to do. I know. I... when my comrades died again and again... the loss was almost unbearable. I felt like I'd go insane... you'd think it would be easier if they were alive. For me it is in some ways. They're alive whether they appreciate what a gift that is or not. But I know that it still hurts... I know that it hurts you..."
Hange drops her hands from his shoulders, takes his grubby hands in hers instead.
"It's not easy to learn. It's not easy to do. I know. I... when my comrades died again and again... the loss was almost unbearable. I felt like I'd go insane... you'd think it would be easier if they were alive. For me it is in some ways. They're alive whether they appreciate what a gift that is or not. But I know that it still hurts... I know that it hurts you..."
YEAH, I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN. I'M SETTING UP A BARGE OF MY OWN! I WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE MULTIVERSE WORKS, AND HELP WORLDS LIKE HANGE'S THAT HAVE PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE EASILY SOLVED WITH MAGIC OR TECHNOLOGY THAT ONLY EXISTS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A DEAL WITH ME FOR THAT KIND OF THING...
YOU SHOULD COME!
AND, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A DEAL WITH ME FOR THAT KIND OF THING...
YOU SHOULD COME!
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