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[voicelog]

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T (private)
space donuts (public)
Iron Man (public/deactivated)
@tony.stark (neural implant)

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[voicelog]

the feeling's mutual

[rehandle]

[ Give him a second, he's busy catching up on the Confluence information and taking a small, despairing second to figure out what the hell is going on. ]

The Confluence sent me home. [ For all of a handful of seconds here, apparently. ] I'd like to return my welcome back gift please

[ He'll stop being flippant when he's stopped debating whether or not he's about to have some kind of a Situation. ]

[voicelog]

to your earth?

when? for how long?

[ he has questions now. ]

[rehandle]

Just now. Can't have been gone long here, but I was in my original timeline [ Timeline, important distinction - he visited too many universes to call it his world ] for about a year.

I think. It's hard to know, I can't remember how much of it I'd already lived. There's no real gap in the memory of my life there to account for the time I was here, none of this ever interrupted my experience of the original timeline.

[ So looking back just looks like looking back at his life as he already knew it was - no marker in it to tell him each of the time he paused to go somewhere else. And that's extremely strange to reconcile now that being back here instantly feels like he was never away. ]

[voicelog]

[ for a whole year jfc ]

how're you holding up?

good? bad? worse??

[rehandle]

It was fine

[ It wasn't fine, objectively, but compared to how it could have ended, how some other things in his life have ended, one of which is coming back to haunt him live and in the flesh as they speak... ]

There were some pretty bad parts but it ended ok. I'm fine. Just could've done with a little more time to process.

[voicelog]

wanna talk about it?

[rehandle]

At some point.

I should deal with this first

[voicelog]

is he yours?

[ how do you even ask that question without making it sound weird tbh? ]

[rehandle]

Yeah

[ You can't, so he'll roll with it. ]

[voicelog]

going to meet up with him?

[rehandle]

When he's finished making a salad

[ Read: fighting plants in Excelsior ]

[voicelog]

do you want me to come with you?

[rehandle]

I don't think either of you would enjoy that very much

[ He knows already how T feels about running into alternate selves, which makes the reply take a second as his lack of hesitation to offer anyway sinks in. ]

But thank you

[voicelog]

[ what are friends for, if not to make the occasional sacrifice or two? ]

you don't have to be considerate of me

i might be flying out there anyway

[rehandle]

Oh? You're going to go and join the floral fray?

It's ok. We might not have the conversation we need to have with anyone else there

[voicelog]

that's part of it

if he doesn't take up too much of your time, then we can talk tonight

[rehandle]

The other part?

Sounds good

[voicelog]

snooping

[ pretty straightforward. ]

[rehandle]

Of course it's snooping. Our friendly new suburb or the new arrivals?

[ Are you going to spy on Arcadia Tony ]

[voicelog]

can't it be both?

[rehandle]

Evidently it can

[voicelog]

hey, i'll be careful

[ you know he will. ]

[rehandle]

I'm not worried

[ He's a little worried ]

[voicelog]

great

gl with old me
lmk how that goes