video post † 003 † 05-23-10 (Backdated)

[slantedcross]

[FILTERED FROM: Alice & other children]

Not that I object to staying in bed for two weeks, but some company might have improved the experience.

[End Filter]

Did anything exciting happen while I was asleep?

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I'll work on it!

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

...that I've never heard before, that the week-long crazy things are somewhat new.

Have I asked you how long you've been here?

Take your time on that. There's no rush!

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

*Shrugs.*

Uh. I've been here since....

*Somehow, his mood darkens still further as he tries to count. After a few seconds, he gives up.* ... Since May-ish. Last year.

It's coming along~

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

[Eyebrows raise. At least you're older than Alice, though.]

Quite a little vacation you're enjoying.

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, if this is a 'vacation', I want a refund.

A few days, or even a week, that's fine. I can handle that. An entire year, though--that's more than too much. By now I'd give anything just to go home.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

You may well get it.

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

Uh... what, a refund?

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Something like that, if what I'm told is true. My roommate was here before, then left; to him it's like the previous visit never happened.

Not exactly the same, but close. Though I'm sure you've had your own experiences along those lines.

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

I've heard of that kind of thing happening, but all I've actually done has been those hallucination weeks.

If you ask me, both those things sound more like ripoff than refunds, anyway.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

It'd be more of a refund if you never returned to Somarium. Mainly in the sense of it being a zero-sum game.

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

*Doubtfully,* I guess.

If it's all the same, though, next time I'll take the zero-sum of 'just staying home'.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

[Non-committal.]

I doubt you're in the minority there.

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

Probably not.

*There's a slightly awkward pause. After so much discussion of current going-ons, the conversation has lost its previous momentum.*

*Fidgets a little, glancing away.* ... Anyway, uh, I should probably... you know, go...