[audio] you can't say that all my friends are not dead or in jail

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket came back from his trip back home awhile ago, promptly ignored any messages he may have received, trapped his room, and then just for good measure retreated into an empty room, so he could mull this over and work the problem out. This was worse than Yondu. This was something he under no circumstances wanted to sit down and be sympathized with about.

But he can't hide forever, so when he finally makes an appearance on the network (audio only), it's to pretend he didn't just fall off the grid and make some (seemingly) unrelated observation.]

Has anyone ever, like... Met people here, and then went back home, and met those same people again, only you didn't remember 'em until you got back here, and now you've got two sets of experiences with that person?

And if it sounds crazy and don't make any sense, then try having it happen to you. It's a real headtrip.

Comments

audio.

[mucked]

[ rocket. it's been a short jaunt of time since they last spoke -- but peggy's inclined to keep in touch with someone from home. even if that definition of home is on a scale beyond the galactic.

still. his question resonates. ]

No. But I can well imagine the possibility. [ considering everything she's learned and the connections she's gained. one man in particular -- tony stark -- makes her feel like family and she never met him before wonderland. ]

I also imagine you're not asking based wholly upon hypotheticals. Did you just now get sucked back into Wonderland, Rocket?

[beatupgrass]

[Peggy, at least, will understand the significance of the part he's willing to talk about.]

I met Cap and Barnes. Sorta. It was kind of a whole thing, and we weren't exactly swappin' stories.

[mucked]

[ it's just as well there isn't a video component to this conversation -- because peggy finds herself caught somewhere between a grimace and a smile. despite all that's happened here in wonderland, there persists a spark of camaraderie for all the howling commandos.

she can read between those lines. the meeting wasn't a casual one. ]

On Earth or elsewhere?

[ good heavens, if her soldier lads have landed themselves in outer space... ]

[beatupgrass]

Earth, which I've been to now, I guess.

No offense, but I definitely ain't a fan.

voice

[choosetruth]

My office. Now.

[She knows him well enough to read between the lines. He's been gone for a distressing amount of time, enough that she was worried, and he comes back, won't use video, is acting like nothing is wrong, but clearly had something happen....

Yeah, she's not fooled.]

[beatupgrass]

I missed the part where I work for you.

[USE YOUR POLITE WORDS, GEORGIA.]

[choosetruth]

[NEVER.]

My office, now, or I'll have to come find you, and since I'm still recovering from my damn surgery, that might mean reopening a wound, and then Shaun will murder both of us. Your choice.

audio

[outstandingbalance]

How about if it sounds crazy but it does make sense? Just considering how things happen around here, two people from the same world, different times...[Natasha trails off meaningfully, the shrug apparent in her voice.] It adds up.

Still crazy.

[beatupgrass]

[and in the most deadpan voice ever, he replies:]

You were there.

[outstandingbalance]

[The most?] Lucky me. Should I ask how that went?

[audio]

[wriggedywrecked]

Haven't experienced it personally, but I know the cure for it.

[beatupgrass]

Is it alcohol? 'Cause I tried that.

[wriggedywrecked]

Well damn, th-then I'm fresh out of ideas. Unless you'd rather try hardcore drugs.

Video

[suspense_kills_me]

I haven't, but nothing about it sounds crazy.

[Then again, Red has a different version of crazy than most.]

[beatupgrass]

You can say it sounds crazy, Red, 'cause it sounds really frickin' crazy.

[suspense_kills_me]

Maybe it does, but it's certainly not impossible. This place is...strange.

[I mean, he is talking to a raccoon about how crazy things sound.]

° audio

[henrydaniel]

I'm pretty sure, actually. Yeah. Maybe not specifically the same but I was here for three years, left, got cursed at home to forget my life and came back here in that week time frame, but didn't remember Wonderland. But then, curse got broken and now I have these two sets of memories for all the people I know.

It's weird, and hard to explain, but I get it.

[beatupgrass]

....That is way more complicated than what I just said, but it actually makes me feel better about my situation.

[henrydaniel]

My family has a way of doing that.

You doing okay?

[ Just making sure. ]

[audio]

[chief_of_staff]

I have not, since I've just arrived here, but that certainly sounds like a mess.

How many people have you met twice here?

[audio]

[beatupgrass]

As of right now? One. But I definitely saw another two I know here, even if we didn't have a conversation back home.

[audio]

[chief_of_staff]

I've seen one person I recognized from back home here, but we never actually interacted before. Kinda like the two you're talking about.

I have to wonder how people are chosen to be sent here.

audio (omg i meant to tag this SO MUCH EARLIER)

[directed]

Actually, yes. Made all the more complicated as I wasn't entirely myself at the time.

[In a manner of speaking.]

I will admit though, I didn't consider it the most "headtrip-y" bit of my experience at the time.

[beatupgrass]

That's 'cause your life would kill an ordinary person, Rip.

[directed]

…Fair enough.

[He’s even got the memories to prove it.]

Which of your compatriots did you end up meeting again back in your world?