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[charming_jerk]

[Looks like you're back to having young Mr. D'Amico back amongst your ranks. Aren't you glad? he looks very distraught, and it's clear when he's talking that he's having trouble forming his thoughts.]

What the fuck even happened? I-- How was it that I was here from the future but... I remember it! I fucking remember everything, I remember the things I said! How does that even work? How is that possible? I-- [He quickly rubs face with a hand, trying to regain composure.] I didn't wanna know how fucked I was gonna be ahead of time. Goddamn you Initiative fuckheads.

[The video snaps off quickly after this. Housemates will find him storming out of the house quickly. Guess where he's heading! Yep, to a bar. But he won't be having a good time or stirring up trouble like usual. He'll be sitting alone on a stool, several empty glasses on the bar in front of him, looking unusually gloomy. Care to approach?]

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AT THE BAR

[robomurphy]

[It has been a long few weeks for Murphy. First, he arrived in this place and was told to help save the world - all worlds. Then, he went to the Old West. Then - then he found out what happened to him in his world. Turned into a machine - a product. Not a person - a monster, a thing.

So now he finds himself sitting next to the moody young man. He hasn't interacted with Johnny previously but he can see the kid has something on his mind - judging by the empty glasses in front of him.]

Weird few weeks.

[charming_jerk]

[Johnny has his arms folded on the bar in front of them, chin resting on them. He doesn't look at Murphy when he talks, and his voice is slurred.]

Yer tellin' me. I hate this stupid place.

[robomurphy]

[Murphy throws back the remainder of the liquid in his glass and hails the bartender for another.]

People say they wanna know their future. I was happy not knowing most of what I saw.

[charming_jerk]

I didn't wanna know mine. I knew mine was gonna be shitty an' I was right. [Johnny absently fiddles with an empty glass in front of him.] I just didn't wanna know that till it happened.

[robomurphy]

Likewise. I knew it wasn't gonna be pretty and I was right. Coulda done without going through it. And then knowing what happened after...

[He notices the other man fiddling with the glass.]

Whatcha drinkin'?

[whatsupcroc]

Oh -- oh. Hey, Johnny, where are you heading out to?

[charming_jerk]

[He stops when she calls out to him, but he doesn't look at her.] Dunno. Somewhere where I don't gotta think. For drinks, I guess.

[whatsupcroc]

Drinks.

( Do adults do nothing more interesting when they're upset. Still... )

Think you'll be heading anyplace that does Shirley Temples?

[charming_jerk]

I dunno, ain't a thing I check for honestly. [His comments definitely lack that sharp sarcastic edge they usually have.]

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[bittertears]

I imagine what you learned of yourself wasn't particularly what you were expecting?

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[charming_jerk]

What was your first clue. [Stately rather flatly and quietly]

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[bittertears]

A surprisingly accurate guess.

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[charming_jerk]

Why couldn't they've swapped me out with my younger self? I know how shitty my childhood was already.

[video]

[demonbloodblade]

[Her voice is a bit wheezy.] Wow. I missed out on a lot.

My roommate owes me a LOT.

[video]

[charming_jerk]

Whattaya mean? Ya didn't miss nothin' but my older beaten-ass self.

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[demonbloodblade]

I was dead while it was going on. I didn't see anything at all.

[Meliantha is as yet unaware of her future self's presence.]

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[charming_jerk]

Wait, what? You were dead?

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[shortcaptain]

[ Private feed because she can't be bothered finding her irritating hat right now. ]

The you I met last time, with the guitar... that was an effect of the time distortion?

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[charming_jerk]

Yeah. Apparently most other people got swapped with their younger selves. Not me. I guess the Initiative wanted to make sure I was more miserable.

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[shortcaptain]

... So that means you're happier now, right?

[ Right...? ]

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[charming_jerk]

Oh yeah, I'm fuckin' tickled pink. Knowing my future is a hundred times shittier than my present is awesome.

[kingdom_of_song]

I ended up younger, but I didnae remember what happened until I came back. Which didnae happen until earlier today. But I didnae remember being here before I was here until...

[Swann is going to sit down right over here and stop talking, just for a wee moment.]

Bloody hate this time shite. And here, the daft wee bugger went and drank up all my reserves as well!

['Reserves' being that small crate of questionable, unlabeled bottles he usually has under his bed. It's now completely empty. Grumpy-Cat-Face Swann.]

[charming_jerk]

My older self didn't remember being here till I showed up here again. So I said, anyway.

I fuckin' hate it too. The Initiative needs to stop screwin' with shit they know nothin' about.

...Seriously? Talk about insult to injury.

[kingdom_of_song]

[Swann sighs, pushes the crate beneath his bed again, and rubs the bridge of his nose.]

Och, I'd have done it if... well, I did do it, though I remember not having a bloody clue what it was. I was such an eejit, me. It doesnae surprise me, but does rob me of my usual solution to annoyance.

What's it like, knowin' the future? Or the past in the future right now or... ngh.

[charming_jerk]

I wish I didn't know it. I didn't wanna know it. A lotta people might wanna know their future, but I ain't one of them. I didn't want confirmation that it was gonna be terrible.