soldier keep on marchin' on

Head down til the work is done Waiting on that morning sun S o l d i e r keep on marchin' on

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themousebombs​:

Need…  I had.. Swore I had some…  Didn’t I?

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Do you have any scissors?

Scissors... Maybe. A knife, yes.

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themousebombs​:

Mm..

…

…Not trying to distract you, promise…

[quiet exhale] Wouldn’t mind if you were. Thinking on it all night doesn’t make tomorrow get here faster.

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themousebombs​:

I do, too.

You should have something turn out right, once in a while.

Mm.

I think he deserves this turning out right. ...      Hate that he went out like that.. That he went out at all.

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themousebombs​:

…Hey.

Hey.   

... I do want it to be him.

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themousebombs​:

You might.

... C’mere.

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themousebombs​:

Mhm.

But sometimes, it works out.

And I might have to figure out how to fit this all into my worldview.

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themousebombs​:

We can’t all be wild cultists.

…

I was.. that was a bad joke.  What I mean is, good.  It’s reaching and superstition, most of the time, anyway.  But sometimes, some of the things out here…  Hard to tell how else to explain it.

Until it might have brought someone back from the dead.

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themousebombs​:

Not what?

.. All this, with the, kid, and the fanatics, and even- //a small, aborted gesture around the shrine//   ... ... Superstition. And religion.

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themousebombs​:

From what he said, it was.  I don’t know if it’s gone or not, but it.. doesn’t usually stick around for very long after first contact.  I think I was…  

…

Maybe a couple of weeks, at most.

I lost some time, once.

... You know this isn’t-   I’m not–

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themousebombs​:

Easy, easy…

What if it is him?  Would that be so bad?

What if it isn’t. What if this is some.. thing, running around wearing his face. Desecrating his name.

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ex-agentcherri​:

The Hound lady?

…Yeah, do that, if you can.  This whole… thing… was his job, once upon a time.  Maybe some of it rubbed off on her.

... Sure... I’ll run it by her. She’ll probably come along.

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themousebombs​:

It’s happened before…

I just…  Who knows.  I can’t say I trust Cherri, but people in his line of work usually have good instincts.  Usually.

Not just out of the blue.

... I don’t know. He came with me... I can’t even say I could stay objective.

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ex-agentcherri​:

Yeah.  We’ll be there in the morning, ‘round ten or eleven.  

Figure the longer we wait…

Yeah.

I could bring Mouse, maybe? Seemed like they were getting along well enough earlier.

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themousebombs​:

@scxretxsettle

…

What do you think?

I don’t know. I think it sounds like him. And I think whoever his is, he’s convincing enough to have thrown Cherri for a loop.

... People don’t just.. come back.

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ex-agentcherri​:

I can make it work.

Okay. [insert coords] Tomorrow work for you? You can pick the time.

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ex-agentcherri​:

I want to know I’m not crazy.

…Could take him somewhere else.  What’s the joke about secondary locations?

... Yeah, I’ve got a few places... You trust him enough to sit in a car with him?

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ex-agentcherri​:

…I’m keeping an eye on him here.

At the station.

If you want to come by.

... You want the second opinion?