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[dislocked]

Those of you who have been here awhile, are you still searching for a way back, or is this a better deal than where you were from?

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[wrathfulkhan]

It's a better deal. But I think if I go back now...things might eventually end up okay.

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[dislocked]

Eventually?

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[wrathfulkhan]

They ended up okay here. They might end up okay there.

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[dislocked]

They went home?

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[wrathfulkhan]

No. But if and when we do...I think we might be able to recreate what we have here.

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[dislocked]

how?

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[wrathfulkhan]

I'm not quite sure. But I know if we did it here, we can do it there. It'll take a while.

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[dislocked]

Anything that's worth having will take awhile.

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[wrathfulkhan]

It has, and if and when we go back, it will again.

I won't like it. But I've done it before. I can do it again.

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[jinzhong]

I can't go back.

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[dislocked]

Why not?

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[jinzhong]

I'm dead.

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[dislocked]

Sorry to hear that.

You can't go back even if you tried?

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[jinzhong]

Haven't tried. Don't want to. I have a better deal here than I ever did there.

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[dislocked]

Yeah.

[ He knows the feeling very well. ] Turtle takes some getting used to, but.

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[jinzhong]

Yeah, I remember. Been here for a couple years, so I keep forgetting people gotta adjust.

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[dislocked]

was the turtle ever awake?

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[starspangled]

[Why you gotta worry him with questions like this.]

How long do you think it'll take you to have an answer?

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[dislocked]

[ lbr you'd worry even if he hadn't asked questions like these. ]

do you have one?

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[starspangled]

I'm not looking for a way back.

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[dislocked]

[ ... that's surprising. ]

Why not?

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[starspangled]

Well, if what they say is true, my world is still ok without me.

On a more selfish level, this place has something that it doesn't, and I'm in no hurry to give it up.

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[dislocked]

already forged a bond with that stupid bird, huh?

[ he knows what steve really means, probably. it's just -- complicated. ]

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[starspangled]

I'm teaching him how to whistle the Star-spangled Banner. You should listen to him sometime.

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[dislocked]

no

[ that's it, that's his whole answer

that stupid bird will sing that stupid song in his window at buttfuck am and he'll kill steve ]

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[starspangled]

[Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light- Yes, Bucky can and will.]

He takes requests.

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[dislocked]

[ why ]

he doesn't need requests

he needs a diaper

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[starspangled]

Papa Bird.

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[dislocked]

What does that make you?

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[starspangled]

Proud Mama Bird.

Look, I've been told that I've got the speeches downpat.

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[dislocked]

you mean the guilt tripping.

[ yeah he's heard of that one ]

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[starspangled]

It's not a guilt trip.

It's just that sometimes I get disappointed.

[aka, a guilt trip]

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[dislocked]

[ ...steven. ]

and you express that disappointment clearly.

[ he's smiling a little, even if he's sure steve can't see it. Yeah, he's really good at that when they were younger, too. ] How's things on the gym front? Need any input?

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[starspangled]

About as fast as can be expected. We could always go over things together though.

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[dislocked]

business plan, blueprints, or location

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

I definitely want to get back. It's tough at times back home, and it's been known to keep a guy hoping for a break sometimes, but I got a family I want to get back to.

[dislocked]

Family, huh. [ What's that like? ] Married?

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[denyamenti]

What makes you think that choice is still an option for everyone?

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[dislocked]

I don't. I'm curious.

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[denyamenti]

I went back, when the magician offered to us. Right after Malicant was defeated. I had something important to finish.

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[dislocked]

Did you finish it?

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[denyamenti]

... No.

[ One very difficult word to type. ]

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[lasergrenades]

It's better in some ways and worse in others. But I figure I can't control when I go home, so I might as well enjoy what I've got while I've got it, you know? Friends, family, that kind of thing.

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[dislocked]

You have family here?

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[lasergrenades]

Family I've made, yeah. People who aren't from home that I care about a lot.

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[dislocked]

So you've been here awhile.

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[lasergrenades]

Over a year. Some of my friends have been here for three or four, like the guys I live with.

What about you? Do you like it here better than where you come from?

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[pushtheboundaries]

There's not much for me to go back to.

[text]

[dislocked]

I get that impression from a lot of people here.