003 | video

[textualhealing]

[It's video time with Jeff! Why can't he just do text like normal people, you ask? Because then the world wouldn't be able to see his beautiful face, duh. He's at his desk, lounging like a pro with a full glass of scotch held at eye line, managing to look somewhat thoughtful as he keeps his narrowed eyes on the alcohol before him.]

I went home like a month ago. Did one of those away for a day, lived a year things. Kinda makes you wonder what game the Porter's playing with crap like that, some weird ass brand of temptation and torture all in one.

So, real talk here, imPorts... If we all got told they didn't want us any more, that we got 24 hours to decide whether to go home or stay here forever, what would you do? Is what you built up here enough to keep you? Or are you just gonna be counting down the hours to get back and see those you left behind?

Pretty deep stuff, huh?

[He finally looks to the camera, just starting to reach to turn it off, before...]

Oh! And uh, season one of my show is drawing to a close soon. I know you've all been watching it avidly. Gotta start considering my options for next season, so wanna guest star? Got ideas? Wanna be in the crew? Hit me up. Time to make season two even better than the first. [And he's out, with a final, winning smile.]

Comments

[textualhealing]

He'll be back to make your life as awkward as possible. I'm pretty sure that's how this place works.

[acclimatized]

Is this from personal experience?

[textualhealing]

Actually not. [He wishes it were :(]

Just from observations. Plenty of people coming and going. Same sorta people keep coming back. I've not even been here six months and I've gone and come back twice already...

[acclimatized]

Ah.

[ forever alone jeff. ]

Did anything exciting happen while you were back home?

[textualhealing]

Nope. Not a single thing. [Except everything BUT THAT'S PERSONAL, BRO.]

You been back yet?

[acclimatized]

When we were all in the City, I went home once and stayed for a bit. I can't remember but that's what people told me.

But since I've been here? Nope.

[textualhealing]

What city?

[acclimatized]

The City. It was in New York, but no one ever called it that. It was sort of a, erm, alternate reality thing.

[textualhealing]

Here? There was an alternate reality in an alternate universe?

[acclimatized]

No, in the other world. Before this one.

[ a beat ]

Jesus, I sound like a lunatic. It doesn't matter.

[textualhealing]

You don't sound that crazy considering this place is what it is. You trying to say this place was something before it was this...?

[acclimatized]

Yeah, something like that. I wasn't actually around when it happened but it sounded pretty bad. A proper apocalypse.

[textualhealing]

Ugh, I know someone who'd love to hear that. All this multiple realities crap. [It's more than Jeff ever really wanted to know about.]

How long did you say you've been here?

[acclimatized]

A trekkie?

God. It must be well over a year now. [ pause while john figures it out ] Yeah, it'll be two years in February. Quite a long time.

[textualhealing]

That and everything else. All out nerd. [Misses his nerd buddy :(]

Jeezus, though, that's a hell of a while. Got bored of this place yet?

[acclimatized]

Nah. This place has some quiet spells every now and then, but it's never boring.

[textualhealing]

Amen to that. I mean, from my short experience. Although I'm pretty amazed it's already been almost half a year. I swear this place has some weird hold over time.