text - YA BLEW IT

[h2no]

[there's a lot of things archie wants to say. should say. needs to say. he spends 2 hours working on a text broadcast to explain everything that happened, trying again and again when nothing comes out how he wants it. eventually, he just sends what he has.]

sorry

[#nailedit]

Comments

vOICE

[fauxmarth]

Archie.

[no sir, text will not do.]

Answer me with your voice, please. If that truly is you.

Re: vOICE

[h2no]

[shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit]

Uhh-- yo. It's me. Not crazy. [a pause. his voice is even less confident than before.] I don't think so, anyway. Fuck.

Text

[d33tached]

You've returned.

[Oh thank the God that does not exist.]

Re: Text

[h2no]

for some fucking reason, yes

not here

[versusseeker]

[Red opens up the post, begins to type.

[Closes it, opens it again.

[ur back

[He deletes it.

[r u ok?

[He deletes it.

[i need 2 tlk 2 u

[He deletes it.

[No. He can't do this right now.]

also not here

[h2no]

[thumb hovers over red and blue's numbers while sweating heavily]

[dreadinquisitor]

[Thank the Maker.]

If there's anything you need, let me know.

[h2no]

[a long pause. he's not sure how to-- he has to know. he has a chance to get a solid answer where he couldn't get one back home. it's not fair to ask such a question of max, but archie also literally came back to life screaming out the porter like 5 seconds ago. he's hardly in the right mind to think about the finer points of the social etiquette in regards to attempted mass murder.]

how many people died?

Text

[caduceusvalkyrie]

[She takes so long to comment because, he's back? Is he really back and this isn't some horrible trick?]

Archie...

Re: Text

[h2no]

you're back

i mean
not
you're organic again. right? like human flesh organic.

Video

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina flicks the video on, opens her mouth, closes it. She's so glad to see Archie's alive again but at the back of her mind alarms are blaring this is not normal, people should not come back from the dead and yet she's seen so many extraordinary things here, it's not all that unbelievable... is it?

All that escapes her mouth is a groan.]

text

[h2no]

[TEXT TO HIDE THE EMOTIONS]

hey t
i'm glad you're safe
is linda okay too?

video

[fehus]

[have a relieved smile. he might be trying to bait Archie into using video, so he can get a look at him]

I figured you'd be back. Hey, happy deathday?

text

[h2no]

[bait fails; he only used voice with lucina because they directly fought. everyone else gets text. fool.]

thanks? technically it was uhhhhh
a day after i originally went bananas
don't know the date

does this mean i'm undead? it's overhyped, frankly. i feel the same.

[Text]

[centelha]

I'm so glad you're okay! Are you feeling alright? Hey, can I come over? I have a surprise for you. It's kind of a welcome back gift.

Re: [Text]

[h2no]

i'm fine
i'm at the maurtia falls porter right now
you can come but

just

look if the police come for me just let them grab me, okay

private

[ghoulking]

Where are you?

Re: private

[h2no]

mf porter

Voice

[drivesadesk]

Archie! You're alive!

[He sounds excited. He had a million questions he'd been wondering, like whether there was any part of him that was there during all of that, but right now he doesn't even care, because he spent so many days worried he'd never see Archie again.]

perma text get rekt

[h2no]

yeah
i'm glad you're okay jon
sorry for what i said. that wasn't me.

[subroutined]

[ Ash had heard that Archie had been killed. Yet here he was on the network. A dead man.

Ash wonders if this Archie is like him now, a copy of a dead man. That thought makes it easier to imagine talking to him. If it were the real Archie, Ash doesn't think he'd have anything to say. ]

Who brought you back?

[h2no]

[it's something he's not sure of himself, but... he has a bunch of problems right now, the existential crisis of being alive again being probably the least of currently.]

the porter

[pummelgranite]

It's cool.

[h2no]

no, it's not
i killed people. i tried to kill you.

are you okay? i guess you're not a tree anymore.

Voice (And probably action in a bit)

[bindsthedead]

Where are you. [It's a question asked in a flat tone, one that doesn't allow for refusal.]

Re: Voice (And probably action in a bit)

[h2no]

maurtia falls porter
the waiting area
i haven't moved
and won't

Voice

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[Jacob sees this post. Stares at it for a long minute. Slowly starts texting a response to it. Deletes the response, then initiates a voice call.]

Archie. Talk to me.

[He wants to hear his voice.]

Re: Voice

[h2no]

[jacob is another one he decides to go voice with immediately. it only seems fair.]

Jacob. It's me. No crazy plant powers.

[text]

[cigarbribery]

[Goddammit.

Goddammit.]

Welcome back from the dead.

Now. What the hell?

[There's a reason this is text, and that reason is the fact that Foggy does not currently trust himself to start yelling at Archie. He's too much of an old hat at this, by now.]

Re: [text]

[h2no]

this stupid rock told me to do stuff and i did it because i got my dumb ass possessed





sorry i treed you

text

[functusofficio]

[ Things she absolutely should do - respond to this. Speak to him in her official capacity. But what to say, or how to say it, is something that takes her a while to determine. ]

I believe there are many who will be happy to see you yourself again.

I'm afraid there may be some discussions to be had about what happened, though.

Re: text

[h2no]

yeah
i'm at the porter if you wanna meet up. the one in maurtia.

[Text | Private]

[sleight_of_hand]

I owe you a punch.
I owe you SEVERAL punches.
Also to let Riza gnaw on your leg.

Re: [Text | Private]

[h2no]

i'm willing to let it all happen
are you guys okay?
i can't believe i kicked her

text;

[marriedmedium]

🍸❤️

Re: text;

[h2no]

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gotta face consequences for my actions first sadie
then i'm gonna drink that amount with you

text;

[itssacrifice]

We are never discussing this.

Ever.

[Yeah being turned into a plant had sucked and it hurts him on a deeply personal level that Archie had been able to best him. But...allowances can and will be made for mind-control.]

Re: text;

[h2no]

that sounds healthy
if it helps
i was possessed

text

[devoutish]

??

[Part 2, Electric Boogaloo.]

Re: text

[h2no]

remember when i joked about stealing a relic

text;

[heisenbitch]

Nice going, asshole

Re: text;

[h2no]

whatever i said when i was trying to destroy everything, i didn't want this

i'm sorry if i hurt you or your friends