[Voice]

[deservinghell]

[For Henry, the past month has been rougher than any other in recent memory. Confessing to the only person in this wretched place he is comfortable calling a friend that she'd been keeping intimate company with a vampire was more emotionally trying than he expected. But that paled in comparison to a week spent living--finding himself with a pulse for the first time in four and a quarter centuries--and then having it taken away again.]

Surely I'm not the only one who'd rather our personal timelines never sorted themselves out.

Comments

[ex_havenofear960]

I can see how that would be kind of disorienting. But hey, instant face-lift, right? Who could say no to that.

[ Because that's why you liked being younger, clearly. ]

[deservinghell]

If you happened to be lucky enough to move back instead of forward, certainly. I expect most folks would find it even more disorienting to wake up older.

CLIMBS BACK IN HERE

[ex_havenofear960]

[ This is probably too nosy, but nobody's really given him crap for being nosy yet, so- ]

Yeah, maybe. But you really liked being younger, huh? I mean, I thought the whole "wanting to relive high school" thing was a myth. Nobody in their right mind wants that.

CURLS AROUND YOU SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE

[deservinghell]

[For Henry, at least, a trip through high school would have actually been a novel experience.]

No, I suppose youth had less to do with it than the opportunity to change the course of my life for the better. A fresh start.

PURRS

[ex_havenofear960]

Oh. Well, that's - that sounds kind of heavy. [ Brain to mouth filter, teenagers don't really come equipped with those.

And now there is just a really long

awkward

pause

because he totally wants to ask what Henry would want to change, but even he knows that'd be rude. Maybe if he does it in a roundabout way. ]

So, like... go back and buy winning lotto tickets?

Re: PURRS

[deservinghell]

[Henry chuckles, but it's a sound lacking in much humor.] That might be a more practical goal if we weren't stuck here, yes. But no, I committed mistakes I'd rather avoid. Done things that can't be undone.

[arachnoid]

[ He's quiet for a moment, distracted by his own thoughts. There are definitely a few things he wouldn't mind taking back. ]

I don't think it works like that. [ Or he could just not talk about feelings with a stranger, let's do science instead. ] Time travel. It's usually either linear or multi-universe, right? So everything that's happened has always happened somewhere, no matter what you do. You can't change it. I mean, you can, but even if you do, it still - you know?

[deservinghell]

No, you're likely right. But I wouldn't know any better, and that in my mind is what's alluring about it.

[He's a sharp kid, and despite the tenderness of the topic, he finds himself enjoying the conversation.]

I don't think I got your name.

[arachnoid]

[ Peter can definitely appreciate that - ignorance really is bliss, sometimes. He's busy thinking instead of listening because of it, so there's a delay before answers. ]

Oh - sorry. Peter, Peter Parker. Did I catch yours?