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[earnedmystripes]

[Enter: one disgruntled looking old middle-aged man. Sup network, it's been awhile.]

Seriously? April Fools' Day? Does the Porter have a sense of humor now, or what??

[BIG HEAVY SIGH]

Soooo. Do I wanna know what blew up while I was gone?

[Something always blows up while he's gone. It's bizarre that way, much like how he always ports in and out with Barnaby. He's Trying (TM) not to have a complex about it, but it sucks.]

Comments

[devoutish]

A number of things. It was a right fucking mess.

[earnedmystripes]

[That's...helpful....]

What kind of things?

[devoutish]

Several bricks off my flat, for one. Public buildings, I'm sure. There was quite a lot of commotion. But if you'd like to take a look for yourself, I suggest doing it quickly. I'm sure they'll have it all cleaned up within the week.

[earnedmystripes]

[Uh.]

...I mean, what happened?

[devoutish]

Roman soldiers. Can you believe it? I saw a battalion of them marching down the street.

[earnedmystripes]

Like, ancient Roman? What the hell, that's so weird. Porter screw-up, or was it an imPort?

[It says so much that he's been here long enough that he has to ask.]

video;

[23wishes]

Where did you go?

video;

[earnedmystripes]

Uhh...I dunno.

[He scritches at his cheek. It's a bit uncomfortable to think about so he generally uh, avoids thinking about it.]

Wherever people go when they Port out if they don't go home, I guess??

[Or maybe he just went home for like, a nanosecond or something and that whole weird time dilation thing drew it out for like three weeks???? Kotetsu isn't a theoretical physics guy ok shhh]

[23wishes]

W...wait, why didn't you go home? That's weird, isn't it?

[earnedmystripes]

I mean, maybe I went home for like, a second or something? I dunno, it's happened a few times, now. The first time I got Ported out, I went home for an hour, but the times after that I just kinda ... lost time.

[He shrugs, helplessly.]

Like, I'd go to bed one night, then woke up in the Porter and it was a month later.

[23wishes]

[That's fucked up. She's not gonna say that out loud, but, wow, that's fucked up.]

I'm sorry. That sounds really... scary.

[earnedmystripes]

[It is. But like other things that make Kotetsu uncomfortable, he tries not to think about it. He rubs at his neck.]

It's okay, I'm kinda used to it by now. Plus, my partner and I always port in and out together, so that helps, too. Not having to deal with it alone, I mean.

[23wishes]

[Partner?]

Aww, I didn't know you were married. How long have you been together?

text; private

[attainment]

You could always just read the news, you know.

[Don't mind him, he's crabby because of all the work he has to catch up on, not to mention all the spoiled food he has to toss out of his fridge. Ugh.]

[earnedmystripes]

the network version will be less annoying

[this media grudge will last 5ever]

[attainment]

But asking the network just comes across as lazy.

[You can see where their priorities diverge...]

[earnedmystripes]

everyone does it, its fineeeee

[attainment]

All the more reason not to do it, honestly.

[earnedmystripes]

?????

[attainment]

[That text just conjures a vivid image of Kotetsu peering at his phone, eyebrows furrowed in confusion. It almost makes him smile.

Almost.]

Unless you want to be just like everyone else, that is.

In which case, I guess there's nothing to be said about it.

[akito]

Ah? When did you leave?

[ because they pay so much attention. sorry, man. ]

[earnedmystripes]

[he feels the love :|]

...'Bout three weeks ago, give or take a couple days.

[akito]

Oh! Um, well... Some weird things were happening to individuals but we weren't affected, so I don't know a whole lot about that. Then a bunch of different ancient ghost army groups came and started attacking everyone, so it was very busy.

And right after that, Newt and Mr. Hermann got married.

[earnedmystripes]

...Ancient ghost army. That's uh. That's a new one. Even for this place.

[...]

Good for them, though!! I hope they had a great time.

[AH LOVE. LOVE IS GREAT AND WONDERFUL. he thinks, while completely clueless about why aerith is suggesting presenting Barnaby with flowers at some point. alas for this poor embarrassing tigerdad]

[akito]

It was still a generic 'bad guys attack and cause lots of damage' thing, but at least there were ghosts!

I think they did! We kept falling asleep, since it was the day after the figuring, but they were really happy when we were awake enough to notice.