[ there's a man standing in the forest, staring intently up at the sky. he doesn't seem to feel the cold and just stands like that, unmoving, for quite a while. then he sighs and looks down at his feet. ]
We just wanted to go home. Isn't enough enough, yet? Haven't we paid our dues?
[ he's not exactly expecting an answer, and it shows. speaking
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Dude. Mr. Affleck, it's an honor.
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I'm sorry, but... who are you talking to?
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Oh. Um. Sorry. You look a lot like someone from home -- I thought you were--
Really? You're sure you're not Ben Affleck?
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Last time I checked. [ FRIENDLY HUMAN FACE, GO. ] It's Barry, actually.
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You're either stuck a long way out from the important one, or you've got a friend who's got bad taste in nicknames. Good luck with that going home part, though.
[I also have no idea if Bartleby's ambiguous canon would let him spot this one as a shinigami/fancily-titled grim reaper. BUT. He is one. In case it matters.]
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The important one?
[ because obviously that is the important part of that sentence. WHO EVEN KNOWS let's play it by ear sob. ]
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The mythological one. [Because it's easier than saying "the one who works three departments down and is too self-absorbed to tip the waiters at the larger office parties."]
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Ah. [ loki's pretty mythological himself and in my headcanon he helped trickster legends along because look, wisconsin during the late archaic period had no cartoons okay but until bartleby decides otherwise, loki is just a nickname for his good old pal larry. ] No, that's not the one I thought I'd find waiting three steps away.
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[ because oh for sure, b. that was the important part. pride's a sin, sir. ]
Captors?
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Have you not been informed? You're now a research subject and nothing more.
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...This is even less believable than the Mars thing.
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[ beat. ] Grease Travolta or Pulp Fiction Travolta?
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He... who, exactly?
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Mm, no one at all, love.
New to town, are we?
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Was it that obvious?
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