[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [DAY 246]

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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

[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.

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[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

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[thewarningafter]

[Bird...? Stephen mouths the word so faintly the microphone probably doesn't pick it up. He doesn't know any birds, does he? It seems like if he knew someone who was a bird that would be the line in the sand where he'd be sure to remember what they looked like.]

I'm...I'm okay. It's over, at least for now.

[He's not okay. He doesn't know what happened to the traveling companion he forced to kill him and the worry is gnawing at his gut.]

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[mrcreamsicles]

[That doesn't sound okay to him, but he doesn't know Stephen well enough to push deeper. And sometimes, "it's over" is the best you can hope for. That's about how he's feeling.]

can i ask what your loss is

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[thewarningafter]

I think you just did.

[He's being cagey and he knows it. The clues are here -- time traveler; more importantly, someone he told about Dormammu. Once that would have been enough to make him sure who this is, but others have picked up on it by now.]

It's looking like memory loss.

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[mrcreamsicles]

smartass
but man theres been a lot of that going around seems like
do you remember who i am

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[thewarningafter]

[There's a moment's pause, and then:]

I'm not sure.

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[mrcreamsicles]

davesprite
orange bird dude
you sang bohemian rhapsody for me in a big white maze once while i beatboxed backup and then you told me about dying a bunch from time travel

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[thewarningafter]

[He recognizes one of those three things.]

Oh, good. That's who I thought I was talking to.

You're a bird? Seriously?

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[mrcreamsicles]

[Davesprite swaps over to video. He looks tired, but that's nothing new. He flutters his wings and caws.]

Yep, actual bird dude right here. Half crow.

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[thewarningafter]

That's...a thing. Wow.

Seems like remembering what you look like ought to be easy mode.

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[mrcreamsicles]

Seriously. I'm the only bird guy here, orange or otherwise. But losses are fuckin' stupid, and I know from experience that just being told the thing doesn't automatically jar the memory back in place. You just have to wait for it to run its course.

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[thewarningafter]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what happened the last time.

But do me a favor, will you? Call me in a while and see if I recognize you, because this is ridiculous if I don't.

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[mrcreamsicles]

How long of a while? You talking in a day or so, or like this evening?

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[thewarningafter]

This evening works. Last time this happened I couldn't keep a face in mind as long as it took me to look away and back again.

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[mrcreamsicles]

Okay, got it. I'll call you then.

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[thewarningafter]

Thanks.