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[medials]

[This icon has never been so appropriate.]

Well. I suppose it's meant to make sense that I spent three years without so much as a hint that I'd been here before.

Is the headache normal? I think it's all those memories coming back. [Wasn't he a woman once? And... who knows what else. Let's not think about it.] Or probably the fact that I landed face-first in a fountain.

At least I won't be asking anyone for a trip to hospital this time.

[Pause. He sounds like he's mostly talking to himself, but he really hopes there's someone out there listening.]

Can't believe this is still here. It looks like nothing's changed.

[Anyway.]

I need a drink.

[Feel free to take him out for one. Or just join him wherever you find him.]

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[prosopopoeia]

[...She totally doesn't even look up from her paperwork...]

Welcome back.

[medials]

Marie.

[Oh, look. He remembers her name. Huh.]

Vous... n'avez pas changé un peu.

[prosopopoeia]

Je n'ai pas remarqué que vous étiez parti.

[Which is an answer more than an insult....]

[medials]

Moi non plus, honnêtement.

[prosopopoeia]

Ces choses se produisent ici.

[eiremagic]

I'll buy you a drink, boyo.

[medials]

Why does everyone look young but me?

I'm drying up by the fountain, if you'd like to join me.

[eiremagic]

Because you're old, that's why.

[medials]

Rub it in my face, will you.

And remind me not to invite you to my birthday party.

[eiremagic]

I will, then.

You'll do it, I'll bake your cake, yeah?

[mortemscintilla]

...Maybe you should see a doctor anyway? Landing face-first in a fountain can't be good for anyone.

[ Hi Peter hi :3 ]

[medials]

Maybe I've been cursed to feel strangely well, despite everything.

Hello.

[mortemscintilla]

That's not the same as actually being well.

Welcome back. I should say I'm glad to see you, but, um... I wouldn't want to wish this place upon anyone.

[medials]

Oh, no, please do tell me you're glad to see me. It might make this whole ordeal seem a little less - [er. He's struggling to find the right word.] You know.

[mortemscintilla]

[ Er is a good word. It sums up the City Experience to perfection. ]

I ...think I do. [ He summons a welcoming little smile, although there's a speck of uncertainty in his eyes. ] You ... seem different. Older, maybe.

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[hexuality]

Peter. Doing alright?

[medials]

With a mild headache, but quite all right thank you. Unless feeling self-conscious counts.

[hexuality]

Being a little damp from the fountain's normal.

[medials]

I'm surprised it wasn't double-booked.

[hexuality]

I'm surprised I've never fallen in.

[vengefully]

It's normal— if you've been gone that long at least.

[medials]

The headache?

[vengefully]

Yeah. Though the same goes with coming back and not remembering this place while you returned.

[medials]

Speaking from experience?

[vengefully]

Yeah, it's happened to me before.