[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]

Ugh. Not that crap again. Glad I missed that.

[Except it would've been preferable to the alternative.] 'Course it just means the next one'll be twice as irritatin'. That's how it usually goes.

[outstandingbalance]

I guess so... depending on what you consider more or less irritating.

[Natasha would rank having your psyche exposed higher than most, probably.]

[beatupgrass]

At this point? More zombies. Or that one event we had a few years back where everyone got new identities and we all had to live in a small town doing things we definitely wouldn't be doing if we were in our right heads.

[outstandingbalance]

More of that, hm. [Her voice is dry. Which is actually worse? Does it even matter.] Maybe we should start a betting pool.

[beatupgrass]

Oh no, no. This one is worse than like... The magic school or the one where we went to Georgia's world or whatever. You'll understand if it ever happens again. Trust me on that. It's bad.

But a betting pool on events ain't such a bad idea.

[outstandingbalance]

If it gets worse, I'm not in a hurry to see it.

[But she'll see eventually, she's sure. Either that, or she'll be out.]

So... you think it'll be zombies next time? Seems likely. Or some other kind of monster.

We're due for it.

[beatupgrass]

No more zombies. Please no more zombies. [You can almost hear the sound of him dragging his hands down his face] Monsters, sure. I love shooting monsters, and I got some stress to alleviate. But the fun of zombies has been ruined by the sheer amount of 'em.

[outstandingbalance]

[Sorry, but that's almost funny. Almost.]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind next time they give us a say in what's coming down the pike.

But you're not making a strong case for why there won't be zombies again.

[beatupgrass]

We have to have run out of people with- no... No wait. I don't think the two actual zombies have had events yet. Shit.

[outstandingbalance]

So can't rule it out. Still... I'm going to go with monsters. It's been a while since we saw some straight forward monsters.

[beatupgrass]

That would improve my mood immensely. Let's hope.