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day 379; @tw; text;

[maskintape]

uh ok I guess I was gone for a while if the state of my inbox is anything to go by
thanks for the messages you sent showing off your body for me @lelric
just what I always wanted
p sure I'm on like ten fbi watchlists now. maybe more. imagine
which is AWESOME I mean imo the worst thing about this place is that we don't get watched enough
@admin alone doesn't cut it
like I just hauled myself out of the body bag and was immediately like hey. you know what I'm in the mood for rn? intense scrutiny. by multiple people. at all times
so thx for fixing that you're a pal

uh anyway if somebody could tell me what day it is that'd be great
details on what I missed in general would be good too but I can probs guess most of it
like I'm assuming there's been a lot of snow and spooky bs right
just a hunch

@curiouschloride | text

[motherserpent]

No idea how long you've been gone, but it's day 379 now. Welcome back, I guess? No signs of the FBI as far as I know. No signs of Russians lately, even. We found a bunker full of mold and ants, so that's probably good.

Hi. I'm Tess.

[maskintape]

[ It's day what? That's a typo, right?

Tim holds off on replying for a few minutes while he scrolls through the network a bit. Brian's still alive, so there's that. There's a couple of other usernames that are familiar, too, but almost all of them are complete strangers.

Day three hundred and seventy nine. He was never one of the people who kept track of the date very well, but at his best estimate that means he's been dead for, what. Seven months? Jesus.

Time to get started on that pack of cigarettes he's been holding onto, huh. ]

379. ok
it HAS been a while then
w/e
gotta say tho isn't it natural for there to be no signs of the fbi
they can't spy on us if we know they're there so
they're probs hiding out in little toasty warm offices drinking hot chocolate and reading everyone's private convos. I mean that's what I'd do in their place
ppl here probs don't have THAT many juicy secrets to listen in on but you're sure to find a gem or two right
it defs sounds better than mold and ants at least

and uh I'm tim I guess

 

well I mean I'm defs tim there's no guessing involved but
you know
shrug

[motherserpent]

[The rambling makes her wonder if this guy is related to Davesprite...but if he knew Davesprite she's not so sure she wants to be the one to break the news that the kid is dead.

Too many dead kids in this place.]

Isn't the admin supposed to be filling in that function? She's got the spiders. If she's got cocoa too I'm going to be pissed. Plenty of secrets around here, though, I'll give you that, but it's all kind of useless when we're stuck here.

I'm glad you don't have to guess that you're Tim, Tim.

@prettypinkflowers; text

[lacecase]

omg??? OMG! OMG!!!!

[A riveting welcome.]

[maskintape]

jesus that's more exclamation marks than I usually deserve
hi ginger
glad to see you're still kicking

 

this is where you tell me you lost your legs in a tragic ice skating incident or sth just to make it awks

[lacecase]

actually it happened when I was trying to fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming a prima ballerina
I thought I was finally ready!!! :(
jk lol!!!! let me know if you need anything okay? its so nice to see your cutie patootie on the network again! :)

[And there it is.]

@totheark; text; 1/2; Text version of aborted audio message

[0thingsonmymind]

@totheark; text; 2/2

[0thingsonmymind]

youare
back

*He doesn't know how he feels about that.*

[maskintape]

[ Aaaaand here we go. It's not a surprise that Brian's alive, since Tim's brief bout of network scrolling showed him that, but.

Ehhehrgh. It feels weird, knowing Brian's been here so long without him. Like a redo of all that time spent hoboing it up in Rosswood, just. Snowier. Which means Tim is already guilting it up a little because of fucking course he is.

Maybe he'll have a second cigarette. He can always find more, right? ]

good observation skills there buddy
a+ grade
nice to see you've been keeping those sharp while I indulged in extended naptimes
I'm guessing it was you who decorated my corpse drawer. cute.
and by cute I mean that's real goddamn creepy don't do that

is jay back
or jade
or alex even

[0thingsonmymind]

yes



no
weare a lone

*Of people from their world. But he's fine witout Alex, thx.*

@Enoch, text

[warriorscribe]

She finally revived you. Welcome back, Tim. You've been gone for several months, but I think you've learned that already.

So much happened while you were gone. Do you remember the pattern, of having only a week at most before something awful happened again? It's held all this time.

[maskintape]

[ Hey, another familiar name! Enoch was obviously more Clayton's friend than Tim's, but even seeing friends of friends around is still reassuring.

Or. Well. It beats the situation back home, which is what counts. ]

oh hey!
yeah seven months by my count
longest nap I'VE ever taken
can't recommend it tho
I have serious bedhead rn and I'm p sure that's worse than any weekly horrors you've been through in my absence
like
it's REALLY bad

is clayton around orrr

[warriorscribe]

[That question completely killed any of his ability to joke about bedhead and the potential benefits of seven-month naps. Much as he'd like to give him a reason to be glad he'd returned...]

He's gone. He was killed months ago, and he hasn't revived since. I'm sorry.

@LELRIC; audio

[armoured]

[This...

This can't be happening.

Al is sure that he's dreaming for a long few moments. He's spent so many nights dreaming of his old friends that this could just be another one. But Tadashi had come back only a few weeks ago, and now Tim? Why? Why now?

He scrambles to reply, voice barely restrained excitement.]

You're really here? I--

[Don't cry, don't cry.]

I'm so happy to hear from you.

[maskintape]

well I mean technically you're not hearing from me
bc text
did you forget how much of a contrarian SOB I could be because there's your reminder

[ HI AL. HI. Behind the safety screen of his text, Tim may or may not be grinning fondly into his jacket collar. It's a mystery. No one will ever know.

Except the very real FBI that are now very really tracking him for reals, obviously. Duh. ]

how're you holding up
people have been saying it's business as usual on the spooky cold torture box front so
but I mean you're alive so that's a pretty good start I'd say

[armoured]

It’s a figure of speech, you big idiot.

[But he couldn’t sound more fond, voice all warmth with no exasperation at all.]

I sent you messages, I didn’t forget you, but... uh, I guess you know that already, huh? Since you were talking about it rudely.

Day 379 | @Summoner | Video

[ninjainviolet]

[ She's baaaack and waffling between confused and impressed. ]

Well, I'm back I have no idea where I am! It's like some weird morgue/memorial building with a drawing of a snake in a hat wrapped around a tower?

[ Columbarium. You guys have been busy little beavers, haven't you? ]

I also have no idea how long I've been gone, but it must have been a while, since this thing acted like I had just arrived again. So, I have to ask...

Al? John? Steph? Zell? Are you guys still here?

[ Ironically, "yes" would be a good thing. Which means they aren't dead. ]

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

theyare

Text always

[ninjainviolet]

[ It takes her a moment to place the handle with a name. ]

Brian?! You're still here, too? Are you and everyone else all right?

Text always

[0thingsonmymind]

no

*But then no one ever was here.*

@hexappeal, video

[sleight_of_fate]

[Rhys peers into his camera, a man of about thirty with close-cropped black hair under a black stocking cap and a scruffy, half-hearted attempt at a beard that's pretty much the Norfinbury usual.]

There should still be some familiar faces around, yeah.

Big marble place with a lot of plaques, right? You're in the Columbarium. There isn't much there, but at least it's easy to get to the tunnels from there. The tunnels help a lot.

video

[ninjainviolet]

[ She looks at him curiously, trying to figure out if she had met him before she "left". ]

I hope so... But we haven't met before, have we?

The where?! [ And she'll just look at House's map again before returning with a low whistle. ]

That is nowhere near where I was last time! I was near the museum and apartments and industrial area last time!

Can you tell me what day this is? Please?

@standardissue; video

[deus_ex_phs]

[Well, there's a welcome sight. It's been long enough now that Kunsel had doubted that Sheena was coming back. Have a smile from a familiar, if somewhat worn and maybe a little scruffier face. Look, his razor is getting dull.]

Sheena. Welcome back.

[Looks like most of her other questions have already been answered, though, so...]

Zell's still here. Same for Al, Steph, and John.

Permavideo

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena gives him a genuine smile upon seeing him. Scruffy or not, he's a sight for sore eyes. ]

Kunsel! It's great to see you! You kinda need a shave though.

[ Oh yes, she's definitely back, and already joking with him. ]

They are? Are you with them right now?