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[amoral_savior]

[The video is shaky and whoever is communicating with the network is breathing hard. Not like that you perverts.

Topher pops up and he's slightly bloodied, but don't worry it's not his blood.]

This isn't...I mean...no way. There are like a million reasons me being brought here right now is in the category of very bad. Yeah I get the whole "world pauses" thing, but I don't have time or energy for my world to pause, not when it's about to end.

[A pause as he leans against a wall]

Boyd? Are you still here? Is, uh, is anyone who knew me still here?

Geez, I don't even know how long it's been.

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[andromynous]

[...oh, this is a pleasant surprise. Her smile falters when the blood registers, though.]

Do you need some help, Mr. Brink?

[amoral_savior]

An-Andromeda. You're a nice sight for these very sore eyes.

I'm very confused right now. Is Boyd still here? God, I really can't be alone with this...

[andromynous]

Yes, Boyd is here.

[Back to the question at hand, though.]

Do you want me to call him? To come and get you?

[amoral_savior]

Yes. No.

[sigh]

I should clean up. I need to clean up because she... Oh, god I don't know what I'm suppose to do right now.

[andromynous]

...in that case, would you prefer me to come and find you?

[This is the sort of scary nervous-breakdown Topher that she remembers from the fear gas incident. Great.]

[amoral_savior]

[He nods. Life is so much easier when he lets other people take care of important things, like keeping him from freaking out]

I'll wait. Better not to freak out the locals with a brain spla--

[No, he doesn't want to think about that]

I'm going to just wait, okay?

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[magicalworld]

[HAPPY CHILD ALL OVER YOUR SCREEN TOPHER]

Topher! You're back!

[Wait blood]

That's ketchup or something, right? Right?

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[amoral_savior]

[Oh geez that happy face makes him feel slightly awkward. He forces out a small grin]

Yay, I'm back.

[That wasn't as happy as it could have been, but then he was wearing bits of Ben--no he didn't want to think about it]

Y-yeah. I was just goofing around with a friend.

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[magicalworld]

Oh, good. [Bless the gullibility of small children.] It looks like you made a mess.

Anyway, things were really boring without you. No one's given me a limo ride or a science kit or anything cool in forever. I got Ported home too, a while ago. That's about it.

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[amoral_savior]

[So much frowning. Oh god Calvin, why must you be so innocent!?]

Yeah, I big mess.

[He's going to force a smile just for you]

No limo rides? Man, that sucks. Do your guardians just expect you to take the bus to school like a normal kid?

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[magicalworld]

That or fly. [His life is so hard.] I mean, I like flying, but I liked the limo a lot more.

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[remarkablyspry]

Oh, dear...

I'm terribly sorry to hear you're in some kind of pinch! Won't a lapse of paused time, perhaps, help you recover a little?

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[amoral_savior]

I don't need time to recover. This is a sort of do or die moment and I need to keep my head on straight.

[remarkablyspry]

Oh. Goodness, I am sorry to hear that. I'm afraid my understanding is the artificial intelligence in charge of our arrivals and returns is rather...difficult to negotiate with.

[amoral_savior]

Yeah, well, add to that knowledge that She has terrible timing.

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[hellionated]

[ The hugest sigh.

Also you don't get to see his face Topher. ]

Man, I thought we got rid of you for good. [ So sympathetic to your plight here. ]

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[amoral_savior]

[Wow, what a jerk.]

Haven't you gotten yourself killed yet?

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[hellionated]

[ Wow rude. He came pretty close okay. ]

See, that right there is why I didn't miss you. [ SOUNDING BORED. ] So it's, like, June. How long were you home?

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[amoral_savior]

[Not even close]

I'm tearing up.

[Funny enough this conversation is calming him down slightly]

Months. Long enough to hand over the map to Alderaan to Darth Vader.

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[hellionated]

[ Julian's just a calming effect on all mankind. He should get a medal. ]

Are you comparing yourself to Princess Leia now? Cause I'm not buying it until you wear the dress.

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[futureleader]

Oh my god, it's you.

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[amoral_savior]

It's me.

[He doesn't quite remember the voice but the name on the comm is familiar enough]

I see you haven't taken over the world yet.

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[futureleader]

Who said anything about taking over the world?

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[amoral_savior]

We genius' can't be tamed.

Have I missed any good game releases?

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[futureleader]

You missed Rioting and You, the hit popular game that has everybody rioting.