@jtodd, text

[mind_blown]

long shot but
anyone find a key recently?

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[webshoots]

I didn't want to build up your expectations of me too much.

I've got a carefully cultivated image to look after here.

[equinoctials]

What's that, lame substitute teacher?

[webshoots]

Lame? Geez, and here I was, thinking that teaching chemistry made me cool.

Thanks for the reminder. I'll make sure it's printed beneath my TA credentials, just for extra posterity.

[equinoctials]

Was that the class where you set stuff on fire and saw what colors they turned into?
Arguably cool.

[webshoots]

[ there's a thought at this, something along the lines of and now I know how Doc Strange feels when I ask him questions about magic. ]

Yeah, I always thought so.

Turns out, kids find the why of that a whole less cool than the fact that it happens, Mr. "I remember the fire and the colors".

[equinoctials]

I don't. Only heard about it.
I missed all the good parts about school, go figure.

[webshoots]

For what it's worth, I preferred college.

What happened, by the way?

[equinoctials]

[ That's a whole can of worms. ]

Long story.
The short version is I screwed up. Cost me everything. My friends, my home. I lost control of myself.
My friends put me back on the right path. There was a war to win, and then we ended up here.

[webshoots]

I don’t mean this as flippantly as it’s probably going to sound but: if your friends put you back on the right track, you probably didn’t do as good a job at losing them in the first place as you think.

[equinoctials]

Sora was never really that good at giving up.

[webshoots]

Sora? I could throw that accusation back at another guy I know.

[equinoctials]

Yeah, seriously. Who'd have thought you'd still be here?

1/2

[webshoots]

2/3 JESUS ONE DAY i will be able to work this out pre-tag

[webshoots]

I'm going to be honest: I'm torn between taking that as a compliment and as an insult, so for the sake of my ego, I'm taking it as a compliment, and...

You absolutely know that wasn't the grander point I was making there.

[webshoots]

And by the way, I don't think I apologized for being a bit of a heel earlier in the month.

[equinoctials]

[ Peter's turned stuff around on Riku enough times that this is completely warranted. ]

What do you mean?

[webshoots]

[ ugh. how dare. ]

Well, when a guy discovers he's been asleep pretty solidly for two weeks and a whole host of other people have had to protect him, he might feel a little thrown by the entire experience...

Something about bad memories and nightmares? You know how it is.

[equinoctials]

THAT'S what you call being a heel?
You gave me a lot of information, so give yourself a little credit.

[webshoots]

Not strictly, but I was short-tempered.

But yeah, yeah, I'm not THAT self-deprecating, thanks.

[equinoctials]

[ Riku's temper typically involves slugging people in the face... ]

Don't sweat it.
Honestly... I'm not at my best right now, either.

[webshoots]

[ so does peter's, which is One Reason why he Hates beacon. ]

You want to talk about it? I promise I'm not just a pretty face.

[equinoctials]

Maybe. Not here.

[webshoots]

Did I ever tell you Robin got me Pop-Tarts? You should try them.

[equinoctials]

[ Pop-Tarts? Is that candy? That sounds like candy. ]

Bribery, huh? Tell you what. Something stronger and you've got yourself a story.

[webshoots]

Shameless is my middle name.

But stronger than Pop-Tarts? All I've got is a recipe for chicken curry that's great when I've got the ingredients, and that recipe for wheatcakes that I keep mentioning.

Everything else is along the lines of "and I promise I won't talk about magnetic fields for more than five minutes".

Stronger than that and you'll need to ask the spirit behind the bar for his recommendation on spirits. I'm lacking the qualifications.