Worlds that never were

On the surface, Samuel Lyons seems like your typical guy. He goes out to the pub on weekends, travels a lot, keeps to himself a fair bit. Truth is, Samuel can't die - whenever he does, time reverses just long enough for someone else to die in his place. And he hates it. ((Independant OC. Character and writer are both of age.))

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[Well. He was right on one account. Mostly. Not truly immortal.]

 Go a’ead. [The Doctor invited, swinging an arm towards the table, stepping up to lean against it languidly.]

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[All to be discovered, in good time. Rest assured.]

If you insist. 

[He placed the cue ball on the table, lifting his stick and resting it on his hand. He'd done this plenty of times before, though not with anyone making such claims in a number of years. Made for an interesting game. Pulling the cue stick back, Samuel hit the cue ball, watching with satisfaction as it hit the triangle of balls with a loud crack.] 

[littlecarolineisinheretoo-blog]

deathisaresetbutton started following you

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No. I can’t, I mean. She’s part of me. I’m part of her. I have to stay here, and you have to leave.

[Somewhere in the back of the room, a golden circle began to glow. GLaDOS’ optic. She was enjoying this little exchange.]

[deathisaresetbutton]

[He stared at her, silently questioning everything the woman had said.]

How can you be part of her? Who's her, anyways?

[littlecarolineisinheretoo-blog]

deathisaresetbutton started following you

[littlecarolineisinheretoo-blog]

Her name is of no concern. You need to leave.

[deathisaresetbutton]

I mean, if it's so important, can you blame me for being so curious? Shouldn't you leave too?

[littlecarolineisinheretoo-blog]

deathisaresetbutton started following you

Hey there, hun.

You might want to take the elevator back to the surface soon. She’s starting to wake up.

[deathisaresetbutton]

Who is? 

[therewasawar-archive]

[Let the other puzzle it out. He wasn’t about to explain.] I’m about to, aren’t I? [He scooped up a cue, already reaching for the chalk.]

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Bring it on. 

[Oh, he'd figure it out, rest assured. The man couldn't be a time traveller, after all, that was silly. Maybe he was immortal too.]

You want to break or will I?

[therewasawar-archive]

Yeah. An’? [One word: cheeky.]

[deathisaresetbutton]

[Besides the fact that he'd been dead fifty years?] 

And if you're gonna make a claim like that, you gotta back it up. 

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[Why not?] A bit, yeah. Once beat Willie Hoppe. [It was just a game of angels and force after all. Not too hard.]

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[He paused, surveying the man up and down with a raised eyebrow.] You beat Willie? Willie was an international champ. 

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Exactly. There's loads of thing we don't know.

All you've gotta do is ask!

[deathisaresetbutton]

Dunno. Probably could be.

True enough. Plenty of weird stuff is real, who says time travel can't be?

[deathisaresetbutton]

Yeah, yeah. Not 30 or 40 and born in '89. Watch it turn out that you're like a time traveler or something from 5089.

Definitely not a time traveller, promise. Is that, uh, is that even possible?

[deathisaresetbutton]

Basically. Everything except your age apparently.

I answered everything honest, though.

[deathisaresetbutton]

Sorry, you must not be subtle enough. Not many know about it. And I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

Are you saying I make everything obvious?

[deathisaresetbutton]

I don't want to brag or anything but I've gotten a few awards for it. And nah, I'm good. It's all yours.

Really? I've never won any sort of award like that. 

[He shrugged, taking another swig.] Suit yourself. The offer stands, though.

[deathisaresetbutton]

Oh now you're just confusing me. I'm going to oh-so-subtly change the subject. Is the whiskey any good?

Ten out of ten for subtlety, well done. And yeah - it's pretty good. You want some?

[deathisaresetbutton]

No way. You'd only be 24 then. And you've gotta be older than that if those guys would be dead by now.

You so sure about that?

[deathisaresetbutton]

Thank you so much for clarifying things. Not 35 or 40 or whatever other number I said. Not like theres dozens of other ages you could be. At least give me a decade.

If it helps, I was born in '89.

[deathisaresetbutton]

Hey, don't leave me hanging. How old are you then? 35? 40? 29603? And true.

I'm none of those ages.