[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

[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.]

[beatupgrass]

It is that. And to top it off, there are people who were there who're here right now, and I'm like... should I tell 'em what we all got together for? Or do I just wanna do it 'cause I don't wanna be the only one carrying that.

[suspense_kills_me]

Why did you all get together?

[Then he might offer an answer to the other questions.]

[beatupgrass]

Basically a war for the sake of the entire universe. Kinda. Look, a lot was happening all at once. I was just on a quest to get a frickin' hammer for some god dude and then it escalated.

[suspense_kills_me]

Quest to get a hammer for a god sounds like the type of thing they write epic poems about. I suppose the only thing that could happen toe escalate that is saving the universe. Did you win?

[beatupgrass]

Yeah, it seemed like a cool thing to do at the time, but now that you mention it, that does sound kinda epic.

[He heaves a sigh.] But no, I don't think we won.

[suspense_kills_me]

[It really does.]

No? What happened?

[beatupgrass]

That's the bitch of it, man. I don't even know. One minute everything's comin' to a head and then it just went to hell in a snap.

["He could destroy half the universe just like that." And Gamora had snapped her fingers.

God, could she have literally meant that so literally?]

[suspense_kills_me]

I'm sorry. Though in my experience there is always some way or another to turn it around.