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[blackfly]

Hold on, slam the breaks and put your finger on the rewind button here for a second because okay. Okay? Okay. I can kind of believe in the whole bestowed with supernatural abilities things for reasons (which we need not get into,) but like - it's the interdimensional travel that's getting me here. I'm - I'm seeing names? I'm seeing names. Certain names. And I can't be the only one who sees these names and feels like I'm freaking out just a bit. What do you do when you meet your idols? Didn't someone say you should never meet your idols? Oh my God. I can meet my idols.

Getting back on track. Dimensions. Multiple. Crossing? Sharing. Hyperventilating. No speaking of bikinis.

How is nobody else freaking out? How are we all asking weirdly vague questions and not being like "Oh my God, I just saw [*Barney the Dinosaur] in Whole Foods"? (*Name changed to protect the identity of probable space smugglers, Crusaders in Capes and other miscellaneous HEROES and LEGENDS from my CHILDHOOD. Adolescence? And well, who am I kidding, a lot of my teen years.)

Am I hallucinating? I don't have six fingers so this can't be a dream. I'm not dreaming. This is real.

I also really really really really really think I'm going to need to know where to get an ADHD script filled now because I really really really really think I'm going to need it.

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[blackfly]

I'm not gonna pass up this illicit Adderall trade, but I can and will slide you my usual script details if that's cool.

You're like some medicinal guru though?

[lesterzeppelin]

Very cool, but also totally legal. I happen to work for one of the two imPort clinics around.
So I can get you an appointment in De Chima, and that guy can prescribe you your meds. No problem.

Kind of? I used to have healing powers, but I got demoted recently, so it's now just your average mortal-type medicine.

[blackfly]

Does my current status matter or impact me getting said meds? I'm registered, at least until the Swear In or whatever - after which point I'm still on the fence about how I wanna roll. But I get the vibe that in order to get my meds at least subsidized, I'm gonna have to sign on the dotted line. Y/N?

[He'll end up staying registered, but knowing his options helps him feel justified with his decisions.]

You're not a druid by any chance, are you...

[lesterzeppelin]

If you want health insurance, then yeah, you should stay registered. I'm Registered mainly for the free housing and money.
That, and the government knew who I was anyway. Not much point in staying hidden.

[ pragmatism > everything else, really. ]

Nope.
Try a son of Zeus. As in the actual Greek god Zeus.

[ because honestly, the full truth - his real identity being the god Apollo - is far harder to believe than a partial truth. ]

[blackfly]

oh.

[He can't even say that sounds crazy, with his experience with wolves and lizard people, bacon faced druids and more.]

you must have a LOT of siblings.

[lesterzeppelin]

Tell me about it 😞
Dating was impossible for at least two or three centuries...

[ wait. he's supposed to be sixteen, not three hundred and sixteen. ]

But yeah. No stranger to crazy, considering what I was born into.
My name's Lester, btw.

[blackfly]

[Stiles will remember that.]

I was more or less pulled into some crazy by my best friend, so I can relate.
I'm Stiles.

[lesterzeppelin]

What else are best friends for, right?
It's nice to meet you, Stiles.

Which city did they stick you in?

[blackfly]

Heropa. Isn't too bad, not unlike Cali in a lot of ways.

Not exactly how I imagined getting to see the east coast but, hey.

[lesterzeppelin]

Hey, that's where my main job is :O
Heropa grows on you, tbh. If you haven't had a tour yet, I can show you around!!

It wouldn't be a big deal or anything, since I'm there five days a week anyway. (The other two are in De Chima.)

[blackfly]

I don't think I could say no to a tour in good conscience, especially since I've already gotten lost like twice.

You've got 2 jobs?

[lesterzeppelin]

Then it's settled. I'm taking you for ice cream and the sights. 😎

Yeah, I technically work as a music teacher, but when the clinic's short-staffed, I head over there and work as a medic.

[blackfly]

I'm physically incapable of saying no to ice cream, so deal.

But now you're just showing off? Medicine and music? What else do you do, son of Zeus? Wicked breakdancing?

[lesterzeppelin]

LOL gods, I wish! The art of breakdancing is one I have yet to master.

I dabble in a lot of different things. Music, medicine, archery, poetry... I write a pretty mean haiku, if you feel like reading one sometime. (But between you and me, they're better in-person.)