[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [DAY 246]

[snowblindmods]

We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:

John Watson
William Sherlock Scott Holmes
The Joker
Stephen Strange
Clint Barton

Comments

[howdull]

Obviously.

[John is his best friend, of course he's going to go looking for him.]

[devoutish]

Glad to hear it, mate.

[howdull]

[That seems like all that needs to be said, so Sherlock doesn't bother responding again.]

[thewarningafter]

[More fool him in this climate; at least Stephen's chin is warm.]

I'm pretty sure I can blame you, yeah. Look, you don't need to be jealous just because your bestie likes my look better.

[howdull]

And such is the indisputable proof that your facial hair is terrible, John's sense of style when it comes to these things is abominable.

[thewarningafter]

Who hurt you?

[howdull]

John.

He grew the most atrocious moustache once, it was truly a crime against humanity.

[keepscalm]

Indeed. I'm inclined to think they're more important than we realise, or there would be no reason to prioritise them over, say, the medical technology keeping us alive.

[Or just barely alive, at this point...]

I'm just not certain what additional purpose they're serving.

[thewarningafter]

[Who is John? The bestie in question? It's annoyingly hard to follow even when the same name is referenced twice.]

Well, I'm very sorry you had to go through that. It's obviously left an indelible mark on your soul, and I am just...so sorry for you.

>private

[rubikscomplex]

captured and imprisoned

[Call a spade a spade.]

and possibly experimented on
giving you a taste of your own medicine

[House is wracking his memory for a literary comparison to figure out who this might be. Sebastian Moran? But he'd only been Moriarty's lackey. Maybe he held a more prominent role in the modern version's timeline. Difficult to say without more information.]

anyway, it's possible
but this isn't a game that you just can't play
gotta come down from the tower and deal with the dragon yourself sometime, princess

[fanboyascended]

Nothing? I thought that was part of the deal.

[ Billy doesn't think Strange will actually tell him if it is something important - after his conversations with Bucky, he's painfully aware these people aren't who he knows - but it's worth a shot. ]

Just as well. Think I'm too far away to get there any time soon.

[fanboyascended]

well that's ominous.

[ He's not pushing just yet. Part of him feels like he doesn't have a right to; Clint barely knew him, whatever their relationship was in Billy's time. ]

I'm pretty much always up for complaining about time travel but I'm not sure you're ready for this level of salt.

[mrcreamsicles]

try me

[Anything to get his mind off the worse subject.]

[fanboyascended]

It's a way to make whatever someone just said sound dirty. You know, "said the actress to the bishop?"

@beyonce | audio

[thewarningafter]

Well, actually....

[mrcreamsicles]

ok thing one congrats on being back alive already
thing two the story you told me didnt sound that much like a party strange

[thewarningafter]

It did what it needed to do.

[mrcreamsicles]

same for me
still doesnt mean i enjoyed the necessity

[thewarningafter]

Didn't say I enjoyed it. I just wouldn't say it messed everything up.

[mrcreamsicles]

even despite all the dying?

[thewarningafter]

[He just died after spending several days halfway reliving those deaths. He's been about as far from okay from all that as he can be. ]

Yeah.

Yeah, it's fine.

[mrcreamsicles]

sounds like a hot steaming pile of bullshit to me strange
you want to pick someone more gullible next time

[thewarningafter]

[ Stephen lets out a hollow huff of laughter. ]

Yeah, well, I'll try.

private;

[mrcreamsicles]

seriously how are you holding up
all this monster crap happened and then you dying
im glad youre back already but it makes a bird wonder you know

[howdull]

Thank you. It was a trying time, but somehow we got through it.

[Mostly because John shaved. It's a good job he did it himself, or Sherlock might have tracked him down while he slept and did it for him. He's not entirely sure why they're talking about John's moustache any more, the start of the conversation has faded somewhat.]

Was there anything else?