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voice; immediately after port

Someone want to tell me what the hell happened? Not the short version; I want the details.

How long was I gone?

[SPAM for Perry Dawsey]
[As soon as he gets his answers, Arthur heads over to Perry's room and knocks on the door. Between Perry's coma and Arthur's temporary departure from the Barge, a meeting's long overdue.]

[OOC: For reference, Arthur disappeared shortly into the Reboot event because he either got sucked out a window or sucked out of one of the panels.]

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[Perry waves a hand at the little table and rickety-looking chairs, meaning Arthur can take a seat if he wants, then sits heavily on the end of the bed with his elbows resting on his knees.] You had to remind me of that, huh?

I woke up less than a week ago. I hate the comas but there's fuck all I can do about 'em. [He shakes his head.] My biggest problem so far was wondering if I was going have to start this stupid process all over again with some new guy if you didn't show up.

Well, it was a pretty big deal. [Arthur sits down on one of the chairs.]

You think it would've set you back if I was gone for good? [Or are you at a stable place now?]

[Pause. Perry shifts uncomfortably.]

We've been paired for a long freaking time, man. You know my shit.

Yeah. [Pause.] What about progress? Do you think you've come a long way?

[It would be easy for him to just give a dismissive, flippant reply, but he's been thinking about this lately. There's another pause. He looks at his hands.]

I have changed. [That's a big thing for him to acknowledge, even if it may not sound like it.] I'm not the same guy who woke up here way back when. Hell, I don't think I'm the same guy who came back after being on the road with Dew and Margo and the crew.

It's something; I don't know if it's progress.

Edited (wurds) 2013-04-11 05:29 (UTC)

It is something. I'd call it progress.

[Arthur smiles slightly.]

We're not even hitting each other as much as we used to.

[Perry snorts, joking:] Don't tempt me.

[A short pause, then he glances back down to his hands, rubbing his palm with his thumb.] How far do you think I've come, Arthur?

[Arthur leans forward a little.] I think you've come a long way from when we met. But we've still got a ways to go. [You know, what with you still freaking out over aliens.] What would you do if somebody came to the Barge with Triangles?

I'd know the moment they woke up. I'd hear them. [He shakes his head, expression grim.] I'm not going to get to a point where I say I won't do anything. You expect me to say I wouldn't do something and we're both going to be here for a long time.

I wouldn't expect you to do nothing. [Arthur rubs the back of his neck.] The question is: would you do something to save the people here, or would it be because you thought they were weak, that they'd given up?

Is doing something because I hate the little blue fuckers an option? [He's not necessarily talking about killing the host right now but that's not particularly clear.]

Depends on what that something is.

I'd-- If they got close to me I don't know what I'd do. They're still dangerous, man.

Edited 2013-04-12 07:23 (UTC)

They are. But you're not alone here; there are geniuses, scientists. And wizards and angels. There are people who've got your back, who can help. [JUST LIKE BACK HOME, HINT HINT.]

They don't know them. [That sounds weak, even to him. He fidgets.]

They could learn if you gave them the chance.

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