[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

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[thewarningafter]

No? I like my body.

[Said a little too quickly. They've just gotten off painful topics; he doesn't need to bring another one up now.]

[mrcreamsicles]

Mhmm. Sounds defensive.

[He's not expecting anything painful. For all he knows, Strange just messed up and left it somewhere dumb by accident once.]

[thewarningafter]

[He's just not going to talk about it. They can talk about the other time he left his body in an operating room.]

Look, you haven't lived until you've assisted with your own surgery.

[mrcreamsicles]

[Davesprite shudders audibly.]

Oh hell no. Hell fucking no. I don't like seeing blood even regularly, let alone for that kind of thing.

[thewarningafter]

You know, I hear that from a lot of people, but I can't say it's ever bothered me.

[mrcreamsicles]

Good for you, doctor, but we can't all be medical professionals. I've seen enough of it that I don't like seeing more.

You want to maybe put this stuff on hold until sometime when we're not blurting out weird stuff? I kinda lost track of where we were going with this, and I don't want to get sidetracked into laying out the times I've been grievously injured.

[He doubts Strange is particularly interested, but he doesn't trust his mouth right now.]

[thewarningafter]

Mostly I'm just trying not to talk about anything important. I kind of get the feeling we're on the same page with that.

[mrcreamsicles]

Pretty much. I keep feeling like whatever I lost is feeding into this and making it worse, and the last thing I need is to textually vomit my feelings at somebody else when I've done it too many times already.

Kinda makes it hard to talk about anything interesting, though. Seriously, how about I just get back to you when we're back to normal, and we can chat weird magic shit to our hearts' content?

[thewarningafter]

Yeah, alright.

[If he's disappointed, it's only because he's tired of being alone in the dark -- but it wouldn't be fair to Davesprite to push him to stay on the line.]

I'll catch you later.

[mrcreamsicles]

[He can't keep himself from letting out a clear breath of relief.]

Thanks, Strange. Later.

[He hangs up.]