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[munies]

[ okay, she's not pissed, but Teresa's definitely annoyed, and impatient enough to take to her communication device before she's managed to talk herself down a little more. so yeah, she sounds a little harsher than she did that first time around, again - not mad! just. impatient. ]

So. I'm back, I guess. Not that it feels like I was ever gone. I fell asleep here, woke up back in that room - new job assignment, new apartment. And apparently I've missed some time. Does that happen a lot? Some kind of Porter glitch, maybe? Or should I be concerned for my state of mind right now?

[ yo please someone just tell her it's not the chip in your brain. ... not that she really told anyone about that. but you know. ]

To anyone with answers, thanks. To anyone I was getting to know and I guess just- disappeared on. Um, sorry. I'm going to make sure it won't happen again. [ what a weird thing to apologize for, it makes her brow furrow before she huffs a laugh. ] And to anyone I haven't met - Hey, I'm Teresa. I'm new. Ish. And I'm apparently a member of the Parks and Recreation department here now. [ she nods, then shakes her head - okay, right, whatever - and shuts the feed ]

[ private to NEWT and THOMAS ]
Hey. [ her attempt at seeming calm drops now that the feed is locked, and while she's not in compete panic mode, she just seems- really overwhelmed. more than she'd like to admit. ] Can one of you explain this to me? Please?

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[gluestick]

I told Tommy you'd still be around. Same thing happened to me last month, just vanishin' for a couple of days and coming to back in the Porter. Happened to Tommy too. Did you get anything else from it? New memories, new power? The disappearing act is apparently real common, no matter how buggin' annoying it is.

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[munies]

[ "new memories" makes her brow furrow, because that's not possible, but it's not like he knows. ]

No, nothing new. Like I said, it was like I fell asleep and woke up, simple as that. -- Did you two come back with new memories? Thomas left for a few when I was still here, remembered more of the Scorch - did he leave again?

[ kluuuuuuunk ]

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[lurings]

I've heard of that happening before. Girl seemed fine though. [ she's girl instead of flame princess because she doesn't want to be throwing people's business around. ] Still fine, also.

[ hmm, something else she should say, but what? oh. ] Hey.

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[munies]

Oh. Good. Fine's definitely good.

[ no really. uugh. she's just had too much terrible experience with missing time and missing memories. ]

Hi. [ she cracks a grin ] How was your ..month?

private; video

[shuckit]

[ it's more of a compulsion that he answers her in his mind rather than video, despite the fact he also turns the video on, almost as an afterfact. ]

I missed you.

[ just... blurted out. like a loser.

he'd felt her the moment she came back into the world, and even through all of what's happened so far in the scorch, and all he knows is coming, thanks to Minho, a torrent of relief had washed through him. anxiety he'd been holding on to all month finally started to ebb away, and his mental voice sounds worn but relieved. well, until he realizes what a loser he's being, and actually clears his throat to talk. ]

Hey. No idea. You missed about a month - totally gone. [ his lips press, breathing out through his nose. ] I looked but, you know.

[ he knew. if she were here, he'd know. it's weird, even if their telepathy doesn't work like it did, and even if his is something he has to actively turn on to use, he always feels where Teresa is, always knows when she's in the world with him. it just is. ]

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[munies]

[ she doesn't project any words back at him, but the way the corner of her mouth quirks and that distinct feeling of "oh" / pleasant surprise fills her mind, it's obvious she's pleased. no, go on Thomas. keep blurting things. it's helping her calm the heck down. ]

Sorry. [ and she actually means it, even if her half-smile is turning into a definite-smile ] I didn't mean to.

If any time had passed for me, I would've missed you too.

[ which is probably obvious, but she'll throw him that obvious bone for the sake of making sure he knows the sentiment was appreciated. like, a lot. ]

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[rathercommon]

Hullo. I'm Kitty.

[ But that's just a polite prelude to what she's actually interested in, which is: ]

So you didn't...return home at all? You're only missing time?

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[munies]

Yeah.

[ she could mention that it would have been awful to return home for any period of time, because of the whole- being crushed to death right before showing up here, but she won't ]

I don't have any new memories, at least, which is apparently how that normally works.

[Video]

[weapabilities]

You went home and came back? I didn't know that was possible.

[munies]

Technically, no. It's possible, I know people that have gone home and come back after some time passed, but it- This wasn't like that. I don't have any memory of actually being home again.

Hence the confusion.

[ and frustration ]

[Video]

[anthropophagite]

You didn't go home?

[munies]

No.

[ wellll maybe she did, but she's dead, so- ]

Or at least, if I did, no time passed at all, so it felt like I didn't.

Does that even make sense?

[ frustrated Teresa is prone to rambling a little, apparently ]

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[humanistic]

[well that's... weird...]

Your tattoo's looks the same? They didn't give you some extra marks for round two, or anything, did they?

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[munies]

[ she looks down at her wrist, even though she knows full well she's not going to be able to see it, but ]

Nno. Yeah, it looks the same. No new memories, no new powers. It's basically like I took a month-long nap for no reason. But I have no clue where I took said nap, so that's fun.

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[daintylegs]

I've done that before! Went to sleep and woke up way later with no idea what happened.

audio

[munies]

[ OH phew. hopeful! ]

Did you ever find out why? How it's possible?

[selfimage]

Sounds like an unfortunate glitch.

Double-you-bee.

[munies]

[ it takes her a second "double-you-bee" oh W B. weird. ]

Thanks.

I heard it was a pretty uneventful month, so at least I didn't miss much.

[ it sounds a little more like "miss much?", but she won't admit to being more curious about the holiday season. since it seems to be over now. ]

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[fistofthejoestar]

A friend of mine was absent for some time before returning, although I don't believe that they gave him a new home in the meantime. It seems like the sort of thing that's possible, although that doesn't make it any less alarming.

[he can just imagine how weird and possibly upsetting something like that could be, and his voice and expression convey that sympathy quite well]

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[munies]

Oddly enough, as long as I'm not the only one, I'm not too worried. It means it's not something from home trying to mess with me, at least.

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[gevurah]

Not a lot, but enough.

[ A measured pause. ]

Let me guess: zero experience with that particular job?

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[munies]

I'm sure there's some ironically offensive reason I've been placed there, but I can't really figure out why I've been placed there just from the description alone, no.

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[bratziska]

I've heard of that happening. People leaving and then returning. This place seems awfully inconsistent when it comes to such events.

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[munies]

It just seems pretty counterproductive to me, that's all. Why give me time to get used to the place just to throw me back a month?

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[kinesia]

[ He hadn't seen much of her before. He recognises her, though. Or at least he thinks he does, and that's why he turns the video on.

Otherwise he's using text, because he can't talk either way. He just thinks that, for once, he ought to show his face. ]

teresa

you are tommys friend arent you ?

hello

video + text

[munies]

[ it's probably lame to feel pretty damn pleased at being "Tommy's friend", but. she's pleased. it's a nice feeling. she'll do her best to be known as more than that like, right away, but it's not a bad first impression ]

Yeah, that's me.

[ it's probably a little obvious she's not sure if she should be texting back or not, but she's still grinning ]

Hi. How're you?

voice.

[glowsferatu]

I wouldn't call it necessarily a glitch. That assumes an expected method of operation from the Porter, something that is worked against when she does something else. We spoke a little of this before, how her operators assume everything she does to be the result of a malfunction.

If you want a proper explanation of the process you've just experienced, the most succinct way of describing it is that Lachesis is fucking with you.

[ so no teresa, you aren't going crazy. it's the porter that's the crazy one. ]

[munies]

Oh, yeah. [ luckily! but now she's not as !!! frantic over this, not as rushed to find some kind of answers, so it's easier to think back and remember her first time showing up, who she talked to and what they talked about. she remembers. ]

Well that's not a very gratifying explanation at all.