video, un: agl; part of the left behind crew

[lionheart]

[Talk about a fun-filled week. Boy howdy. And while Alec isn't exactly ignoring all of these awful things that keep happening to him and everyone he's met, there is one thing that still weights on him a little. It's probably not that important in retrospect, but it's weird and his life is weird and he just wants one thing to make sense. He just hopes the, uh, guy (male? skeleton?) is still around.]

To the walking skeleton. [What was its name? Papyrus? (Why did it have a name?) At least he doesn't call him a corpse...]

Uh. [He scratches the back of his neck. It's come to this. Apologizing to a corpse. Granted, if his arrow had actually hit it, it probably would've obliterated it, and whether the skeleton/ghost/corpse has a soul is still up for debate, but it was weirdly friendly and maybe it's not the weirdest thing he's ever seen?

No. That's a lie. It's the weirdest thing he's ever seen.] Sorry.

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video; un: strongfish91

[aspearation]

A walking skeleton, huh?

[ By process of elimination, and only knowing of two walking skeletons on their team, only one of whom is missing, she guesses he means Papyrus.

Her eye twitches. She forces a smile, bearing her fangs. ]

So, uh. What is it that you have to be sorry for?

[lionheart]

[So he's faced down a lot of demons. A lot of demons are related, because a lot of demons tend to have very pointy teeth. They tend to have a lot of very pointy teeth.

They sometimes tend to smile like that. Like they're very happy to eat him.]

Are you interrogating me?

[aspearation]

Just a friendly question. That's all.

[ She's trying so hard to be nice about this. But something in the back of her mind makes her feel that much more uneasy. Like a bad memory she can't quite conjure up. ]

[lionheart]

[Why does he not feel that way...

Also, it might say a lot he's weirded out by talking skeletons, but not fish, uh, women. (?)]

He knows. Are you... do you know him or something? It was a misunderstanding.

[That seems a nice way to put it. Not that he's defending himself.]

[aspearation]

Yeah, I know him.

[ Said with a very heavy air of thinning patience. Her nerves are already shot, and she's trying very hard not to jump to conclusions but... she still hasn't found Papyrus. And blaming a storm isn't nearly as appealing as blaming a living thing that she can actually confront. ]

So I'm gonna ask again. What is it that you have to be sorry for?

VIDEO - un: p. parker

[webdesigned]

The... what now?

( no matter how crazy his week has been, somehow he neglected to notice the walking skeletons. )

[lionheart]

It's... [His sigh is very, very long-suffering.] It's the first one I've ever seen.

[webdesigned]

It's... man, that'd be a first for me, too.

( this place just gets crazier every day. )

[lionheart]

Really? Great. So it's not just me who's surprised to see walking, talking corpses. I was getting ready to see mummies next.

[Zombies? Okay, he understands those. He's never seen one, thank the Angel, but sure. They exist. Talking skeletons? With personalities? That say gee and golly?

No.]

video; @magnusficent

[warlocks]

[ there's actually a good full minute (or you know, ten) of Magnus staring at this broadcast before he manages to respond. luckily, no one witnesses this except for Magnus himself. so when he does reply, his jaw is considerably less open and his voice is somewhat steady. ]

Alexander?

[lionheart]

[???????????????????

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????

WHAT. If Alec looked unaffected in any of his other posts, he DEFINITELY is not now. He'd looked for anyone. Isabelle, Jace, even -- even Clary, because he was desperate, but in the end it was easier to accept it was just him. If he could trust Clary to do anything, it would be to find Jace.

Alec isn't ready to take time out to post a proper response.]

Magnus? Where the -- how did you -- You're. Here?

[warlocks]

[ It is Alec; somehow, he hadn't believed it until he heard his voice now. There's relief, but his expression is troubled, too. ]

Unfortunately, almost a month, actually. [ His eyes narrow, because that's not really the response he would have expected if Alec were aware he's been missing. Which can only mean one thing: ]

You didn't just get here, did you?

[lionheart]

[He looks so. Calm. Alec's head returns to the moment right after he'd walked away from Lydia, when his mind was in a whirlwind and he couldn't make it stop spinning.

It was bad enough, this alternate universe stuff. The fact he thought he should have been taking over some other Alec Lightwood -- from what Clary had told him.

He runs a hand through his hair, visibly twitchy in the feed.]

A month. Almost a month. Were you -- where are you?

video; un: king

[agrizzlysin]

Which walking skeleton?

[...He's dead serious.]

[lionheart]

[Internal voice: no. No. NO.]

Don't tell me there's more than one.

[agrizzlysin]

[Embrace the madness, stranger.]

They're brothers. I think.

[lionheart]

[....................

but it's --

they're reanimated bones and --]

That doesn't make sense.

video; chillbonedudexcv

[humerous]

S'up.

[He knows this isn't towards him, though.

But yo.]

[lionheart]

[WHY ARE THERE TWO OF YOU why are you doing this to his already broad world view]

You're its -- uh, his -- brother?

[humerous]

Yeah, his brother.

[Dude. Its, really........]

You want me to take a message there, champ?

[lionheart]

[LOOK, CAN EVERYONE STOP JUDGING HIM NOW...

oh god, why are there two, what the hell is this dimension. He clears his throat.]

It's not that important. [Just accept it. Move on. Talking corpses. Sure.] Just thank him for the help, I guess.

voice; un. hawkeye; walks in 2wks later with sbux

[strictdiscipline]

You can message someone directly, you know.

[Said lightly, more an imparting of common knowledge than any sort of chastisement. That said:]

Though I suppose that would require you to know his name.

aw yeah thx for the white mocha frappe

[lionheart]

I didn't know, or else I would have done it.

[It's not as defensive as it sounds. Probably. As helpful as the jewelry is -- he'll give it that -- it's not entirely intuitive.]

It's good to know.

i gotchu bro

[strictdiscipline]

[Might as well go through a basic run-down of the jewelry while they're at it.]

Anything else about the jewelry that confuses you?

[lionheart]

[Wait, that's not sarcasm? Weird. He's kind of thrown off balance by it.]

A bit, actually, but I'll figure it out. Thanks. [A pause. Wait.] Unless there's some secret hidden features I'm missing.