5 x 5

Mouse.  Separate.

[themousebombs]

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

@scxretxsettle

Do you have any scissors?

[scxretxsettle]

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.

[themousebombs]

...C'mere, baby.

[scxretxsettle]

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.

[themousebombs]

Mm..

...

...Not trying to distract you, promise...

[scxretxsettle]

themousebombs​:

…Hey.

Hey.   

… I do want it to be him.

[themousebombs]

I do, too.

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

[scxretxsettle]

themousebombs​:

You might.

… C’mere.

[themousebombs]

...Hey.

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

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

You might.

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

Until it might have brought someone back from the dead.

Mhm.

But sometimes, it works out.

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

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

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.

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

… You know this isn’t-   I’m not–

Not what?

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

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

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.

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

Not just out of the blue.

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

Easy, easy...

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

[themousebombs]

scxretxsettle​:

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.

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.

[themousebombs]

@scxretxsettle

...

What do you think?

[themousebombs]

lucksrunout​:

Yeah, ‘s what we’ve been doin’… He’s sharp. Picked up quick that somethin’ was wrong, even b’fore–  …

… Think ‘f he does, I should bring Cherri. Just in case.

I don’t think he’ll let you go alone, anyway.

He better not, if he’s got his own mind rattling around up there.

[themousebombs]

lucksrunout​:

.. I’unno. I don’t think so? Haven’t.. lost time, like I did. ‘n’ my dreams’re different, now.

...

Have Cherri keep an eye on things.  As much as both of you can.  I’m sure Midnight’s gonna want to see you for himself, sooner or later.

[themousebombs]

lucksrunout​:

Mm-mm…   He was ridin’ shotgun.

Oh.

Oh.

And are you...  Is it still...?

[themousebombs]

lucksrunout​:

… Wasn’t just me.

No?