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So I'm new here and I figured this might be the best place to ask around for suggestions. What are some of your favorite distractions here? Places, things to do... I'm open to anything.

[He just kind of needs any sort of distraction really bad at the moment. While there's work to do and getting to know his surroundings... he could use something more involved than any of that, something that ca help him stop thinking for five minutes. Keeping busy seems like the best use of his time than any of the other options... which basically consists of moping by himself somewhere. Not all that productive.]

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And just one more thing. Has anyone arrived here later than other people they knew back home? Friends, significant others, family... Not in the 'I came here from the future' sense, but in the 'I arrived late to the city and they seem to have made a new life without me' one. Was it hard to find your place with them again or did you even try? I know it's natural that people would change over time, that maybe they'd have a life that doesn't even include you, but... I have no idea how to deal with it. It feels kind of like a bad dream I'm managing to make worse.

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Mindless destruction of public and private property.

[ He kids, he kids! It's clear from his tone of voice he's joking.

(Mostly.) ]

But man... That sounds like a raw deal. My advice is-- well. It depends on who this person was to you, you know?

I don't know, that sounds a little illegal to me...

[... He is totally hoping that is and taking that as a joke though.]

Boyfriend... guy I thought I was going to marry one day.

Well, this is awkward.

[Wow, fml right now. Still, it's not like he's going to be a jerk on a public network or anything.]

The kind of awkward you kind of brought on yourself though, not the kind you accidentally bump into.

It wouldn't be half as fun if it wasn't!

[ A beat. ]

Ohhh... ouch. [ There's a rare moment of genuine sympathy. That really blows, man! Unfortunately, Chase is Chase, so he's a font of bad advice: ] You should try to win him back. Make him jealous with another guy! It's win-win: either it works, and he comes crawling back, or it doesn't work, but you got to make out with a hot guy for a good cause.

Edited (wordssss) 2018-06-05 19:22 (UTC)

We ought to meet up.

Wow... I'm going to take it you're not on the Perimeter Guard or anything? They might not like that.

[Teddy will absolutely take all the advice though. Even the bad kind.]

He's apparently in a serious relationship... I'm not even sure if he'd get jealous. [That, and you know, playing with some guy's feelings would be bad, right?]

But maybe getting out more couldn't hurt. Or finding someone to make out with again one day.

Why is that? I doubt that'll help either of us.

I don't need help, if you hadn't guessed I'm just fine.

[ Because Billy chose him and obviously Loki isn't still an internally panicked mess over the matter, no. He's just fine. ]

I have some thoughts I've been meaning to share with you, whenever it is you arrived here to join us.

I guessed.

[Because Billy did choose Loki over him, even with the lies and all, and it's not like Teddy honestly expects that to change in the slightest. Billy's made that clear.

He has no doubt seeing Loki is just going to make it hurt that much worse, but he has some things to say too.]

Fine... You want to meet up now? I'm grabbing a milkshake, so it's not like it isn't neutral ground.

Where are you? I'll be there shortly.

[ Speedy like that. ]

[He sends over the address.]

Sure. I'll be waiting.

[ Loki is different when he strides out of thin air and across the threshold of the milshake bar, no longer a child. Tall, with the bearing of a man, he plays it all down wearing a galaxy hoodie in green (a gift from Angela and consequently one of his favourites) over faded jeans. He pauses when his attention lands on Teddy, then paces over while raking him with his eyes.

He feared the moment Teddy would return and take Billy from him, he crafted his own blithe response and laid down instructions for his heart not to care; but Billy stayed with him, and now Loki has the unhappy duty of being the Bigger Man.

It's worth a shot. ]

Hi, Teddy.

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[He's older than he'd been, sure, but it's still definitely Loki who walks in. It's weird, but everything's been weird here. Teddy straightens up a bit from where he's slouched in a corner booth, nodding his head.]

Hey.

[It's not a warm greeting, but it's not an entirely icy one either. He's had his fill of arguments and fights at the moment, and he's really not interested in public embarrassment either.]

So, sit down. What did you want to say?

[ Sliding into the booth, he raps his nails on the table. Hmm. Where to begin? ]

I never intended to steal Billy away from you. At least, I knew I wouldn't be able to in the long-term. It's obvious he misses you intensely ...

[ Which Loki always suspected would happen but it's different to see in person. ]

I thought he would gently part ways with me when you arrived. That was what I prepared myself for, if we're being totally honest.

But you did lie and manipulate me in one of the worst ways, whatever the reason.

[Making him doubt his own ability to decide things for himself, in a way he couldn't even disprove if Billy wasn't confident in his own ability to control his magic.

He shrugs his shoulders when Loki continues on, not entirely sure what to say to that. None of that happened and it isn't going to happen, right?]

Look-- whatever. None of that happened and I'm sure you're very happy about it and you can rest easy knowing I intend on staying away from both of you. But just know if I ever catch wind that you're lying or manipulating Billy, or hurting him in anyway, I'll rip you apart without a second thought.

[God or not, Teddy is fairly certain he'll find a way to do just that.]

What? No, back then I definitely wanted to hurt someone. Whoever it took to get what I wanted, really. I'm not talking about that, I mean here, on this moon.

Billy still needs you. [ Ignoring those threats tyvm. Loki sits up and squares his shoulders. ] I can see that whatever we have hasn't dented what you had at all, that's not a lie that flies.

Yeah, well, you succeeded at that. And for whatever reason, Billy trusts you a lot, so I'm willing to believe you haven't actually done anything. I'm pretty sure I did most of it by needing a break... he seems to think I meant to break up, not clear my head.

[But that doesn't mean Teddy is ready to forgive and forget things that just happened a matter of days ago for him, not six months... He'll need time for that. A lot. He can give Loki the benefit of the doubt for things that had happened here though.]

... What exactly do you want me to do, Loki? [Teddy lets himself slouch a bit, frowning across the table.] I can't be his friend right now. Besides, every time we talk, things get worse.

[ OKAY PLANS, so. ]

That's because Billy has the emotional control of an otter overdosing in a lake of Mountain Dew. [ He loves him and so will not lie about that. ] I know he's being needy and pushy, just as I know he means no ill by it. The problem is, he's only doing it because (annoyingly, for me) he still adores you.

If he kisses you or anything of the sort happens, understand that I am chill with that. I won't break up with him over it, nor will I rage and cry upon your doorstep if it happens again, and again ...

[ He sighs. ]

There is no firm line in the sand here, only a line of sticks already trampled through by expectations.

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You're definitely not alone on that part. I'm not trying to be mean about it, I'm glad they've got friends and a place to live and all that, but it just feels so weird that they've gotten all settled down here, met people...

[Picked up girlfriends is what she doesn't say directly. That sounds... wrong, like she's jealous. Which she isn't, but it's still people who are important in her teammates' lives, when she was used to them all being in a circle together.]

I can't give you any words of wisdom, though, cause I'm still figuring it out.

You should try baseball! It's very very very very very good for distraction, I promise!

[ At least for him, who has been swinging a makeshift bat for hours upon hours after discovering that two of his three brothers here now have a significant other and he's now falling behind big time. Definitely not going to touch that other question. ]

Definitely not. I'm more of the Wicked Witch type.

[ Please, Chase, you wish you were half as hardcore as her. ]

Okay, okay, jealousy might be a dead end for now. But at least you're on the right track with getting out there. Making out: the best cure for a broken heart.

[ Which probably brings things back to Teddy's ORIGINAL QUESTION: ]

There's a lot to do here, by the way. I mean, besides the property damage. What're you into?

Uh-huh. I didn't think he meant ill by it... [Just that right now? He can't handle it, and Billy can't seem to handle that very well.

Teddy is about to open his mouth, but whatever he's about to say dies on his tongue pretty fast when Loki continues on. For a moment, he just stares as if Loki has suddenly grown two heads..

Actually, that might have been easier to digest.]

What the hell are you talking about, Loki? He's not trying to kiss me, trust me. [He asked when he first saw Billy and he said very firmly no.]

I don't even know what to say...

[How many times can someone say something that sends him so far off kilter, he has no way of knowing if he'll ever find level ground again?]

Baseball, huh? I was always a basketball guy... But it can't hurt to learn a new sport...

[And hey, he'll take answers to any of the questions, honestly.]

Were you big on it back home too?

Is that just a saying or are you an actual Wicked Witch?

[Because that ex of his was totally an actual witch... he wouldn't be surprised.]

Are you a guy with some experience?

[Not trying to pry, but it just sounds like he might have some...]

Before I came here, I played basketball a lot. Video games... collected comics. I guess I used to go to clubs, but I wasn't exactly legal then.

[But that's not a huge issue when you're a shapeshifter who could impersonate other people...]

I guess I am now though, especially here.

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