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[At first, there's just a rush of air over the mic. It stops short for a long moment, instead picking up only the normal background noise of the City. Then, softly and irritably,]

Oh, man...

[The rush picks up again-- in the other direction, not that you can really tell. It pauses again. Then picks up for a minute. Then pauses. Starts again. Then, having traversed the City four times or so, Tommy stops and sits down on a convenient bench, not tired but certainly frustrated.]

Sooner or later one of the others will-- Hey, what's-

[BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP]




[ooc; open for action but please try to leave me a little wiggle room to maintain continuity? ;D also feel free to mistake him for Billy, now and forever and ever. <3]

Comments

1/?

[inmyothertights]

[inmyothertights]

Holy...

[inmyothertights]

Tommy? Is that-

[inmyothertights]

Dude who else is it gonna be, your other identical twin?

Done~

[inmyothertights]

How many times did you cross the City before you checked your pockets?

1/2

[team_sociopath]

Billy? good, it's not just me.

[team_sociopath]

A couple. I was looking for a way out. There isn't one, by the way.

[inmyothertights]

Yeah, I know. I can't even use a spell to get out of here.

Hold tight for a second, I'm coming.

[team_sociopath]

Well it's not like I've got anywhere to go.

[action]

[inmyothertights]

[See that friendly blue light? It's right above you]

Tommy?

[action]

[team_sociopath]

[It's a welcome bit of familiarity in the middle of.... wherever they are. Tommy is sprawled across a bench, trying to look less lost than he feels. He waves a little.]

Hey.

[action]

[inmyothertights]

Dude are you okay?

[Of course he is is]

You have no idea how happy I am to see you.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

Fine. I mean, I have no idea where we are and there's no way out, but. [There is a shrug. This is not entirely anything new, right?]

I thought it was just me, too. Where are we?

[action]

[inmyothertights]

It's called the City. It's pretty much like being stuck on Long Island except that there's no way out and the crime rate is higher.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

[He huffs, because 'Long Island with no way out' is not his idea of a good time.]

Never heard of it. You figured that out fast.

[Because dude, he saw you like twenty minutes ago, obviously they've both just gotten here in Tommy's mind.]

[action]

[inmyothertights]

Oh, yeah, so.

There's a temporal vortex around this place. Basically when you get here time stops moving for you back home, so I've been here, uh...

Something like a year.

And three months.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

[It takes him a moment to process all that, but... well, it's weird, but he's heard weirder. They've both lived weirder, right?]

Sucks, bro. Just you here? Or did I crash a party I wasn't invited to?

[action]

[inmyothertights]

Kate and Teddy used to be here. But they're gone.

[Not moping, honest]

But dude, you're here now! So...uh, well, at least we're stuck together.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

Lucky us.

[He stretches, straightens up a little.]

So no doors, no magic, no way home. Now what?

[action]

[inmyothertights]

[He sort of shrugs a little]

We find an apartment. I show you the guide.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

What guide? And where do you live? And what do you do, I mean, is it same stuff different dimension?

[action]

[inmyothertights]

Well I have a couple of roommates but I'm totally not moving you in, we don't have enough room, unless you want to sleep in my bed.

[The suggestion is followed by a raising of the eyebrows that says 'I know you don't want to']

So we'll just move back to the place that I used to live in with Kate.

And I work in a bookstore. And take care of a cow.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

[The epic eyeroll confirms that suspicion, Billy. He kind of glosses over most of this though, because...]

A cow?

[action]

[inmyothertights]

Her name is Jean.

[action]

[team_sociopath]

Why are you taking care of a cow named Jean.