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[theothermrgray]

[Excuse the random audio post, but Dorian has something he needs to get off of his chest.]

Well... It seems my birthday is approaching once more.

[He hesitantly sighs.] It's very strange. Before I came to Wonderland, I was sure that at least three weeks had passed...

[Since the incident with one of his old friends. He dare not speak of it, not on the network, but the guilt is trickling back and he needs some excuse to feel it in front of all these perfect strangers. Anything.]

... I don't know. Should I ignore it this year or celebrate it twice? And if I do celebrate, how?

[OOC: Possible content warning for gore. Dorian won't bring it up himself, but he's going to be thinking about it.]

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[postictal]

[Lost time is something Tim's familiar with, at least. So they've got that in common. Woo-hoo.]

time doesn't make any sense man.

Hello old friend, how's the mind?

[theothermrgray]

It should, and it did make plenty of sense for me before Wonderland. Recently, though, I've found myself thrust into the future, and yet the day of the month is earlier. It's enough to make you giddy.

[Wait... Tim? Is this the frightened, hallucinating boy he met in Neverland? Might as well check.]

I have the strangest feeling we've met in Neverland. Do you remember a boy wearing a fox pelt who attempted to get you to the spring?

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[postictal]

[Crap. Yeah, there's no way he's conceding this one. Neverland was not a good time for him, and even less does he want anyone linking that frightened little kid who babbled about shadows and nightmares to him.]

doesn't ring a bell sorry.

Alright fine. Be a jerk.

[theothermrgray]

Ah, forgive me. I must have mistook you for someone else.

[He's going to keep an eye out for whoever that kid was. In the meantime, he can try to be on better terms with this Tim.]

That was a horrid event, though. The constant hallucinations were awful.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[postictal]

hallucinations?

[That's right. Play it off. Pretend it didn't happen to you.

He's always been a liar.]

[theothermrgray]

Yes. Pretty much everyone seemed to have hallucinations in Neverland, wither they became Lost Ones or not.

I think the worst of them was the drowning woman. Her screams were dreadful to hear...

[You're not the only liar in the room, Tim.]

[postictal]

jesus dude.
sounds rough.

[At least when he came back to himself, he'd known well enough that he was grimly, resignedly used to it. Just his mind being as fucked-up and self-autolyzing as it is on the regular.]

[theothermrgray]

[Rough? You mean... Oh!]

It was an absolutely dreadful experience. Thankfully they've only reappeared in nightmares.

It's a sad thing when a place called Wonderland gives you horrid dreams, isn't it?

[postictal]

yeah. really sucks.

[He's no stranger to that, personally. So Wonderland can't touch him there. Which is...maybe not nice, but slightly less sucky maybe.]

not much very wonderful about wonderland.

[theothermrgray]

[You lucky bastard.]

It's ironic, isn't it?

[postictal]

i guess.
ironic is one of those words people use a lot when they just mean that things are fucked up.

[theothermrgray]

They must be using it wrong.

I say this is ironic because Wonderland is supposed to be wonderful, and yet... Well, you know the rest.

[postictal]

it's not really.
the story back home is mostly just a really bad trip.

[theothermrgray]

Hm...

Lewis Carrol's story, you mean?

Wasn't it supposed to be a satire of some sort?

[postictal]

i dunno man.
ask someone with an english literature degree.

[theothermrgray]

Ah well.

At the very least, we get room and board when we're not suffering though whatever this place throws at us.

[postictal]

and no student loans.
that's a bonus.

[theothermrgray]

I'm not sure what "student loans" are exactly, but it's good to not have to worry about debt.

[Not that Dorian really has been in debt, as far as he's concerned. Being rich has its perks.]

[postictal]

yeah you got it.
it's debt basically.

[theothermrgray]

How unfortunate.

[postictal]

yep.
guess there's a plus to no economy after all.

[theothermrgray]

No economy would be much worse if the closets didn't give us things as well.

[postictal]

i guess yeah.
wouldn't know.
i'm not an economist.

[theothermrgray]

Neither am I.

[postictal]

guess we're right where we belong then.