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[trenchknives]

[Jimmy's walking down the street near the fountain, uncharacteristically bright smile on his face. It's obvious he doesn't know he's recording this, since he's not at all paying attention to the camera. His pace speeds up a little as he heads towards the fountain, the tone in his voice full of amusement as he calls out.]

Hey, Tommy, c'mon, I'm not gonna chase you!

[That is, however, exactly what he starts doing. There's a little kid running in front of him, a boy of about four, who seems completely unconcerned with the fact that he's in a new and unusual place. He's running, giggling, holding onto a bag of candy, and Jimmy's following behind him as closely as he can.]

All right, all right, slow down! You're too fast for your dad, kiddo.

[The little boy sits down on the edge of the fountain and pops a piece of taffy into his mouth. Eventually, Jimmy sits down beside him, brushing the little boy's hair out of his eyes. The little boy looks up at him, looking serious for a moment, and asks "Where's mommy?"]

Well, y'know...

[Jimmy pauses for a minute, slightly uncomfortable, and then grins down at the kid.]

We're on a little vacation, just you 'n me, okay? Just the guys. Mommy's at home, workin' on her paintin', and y'know she can't get anythin' done when we're havin' this much fun.

[He ruffles Tommy's hair, then immediately realizes his device is on, and switches it off with a bit of a sheepish smile.]

[[OOC: Jimmy's son is here for the fourth wall, and you can run into Jimmy and Tommy around the fountain, or anywhere else in town, really!]]

Comments

[trenchknives]

[Why did you have to bring this kind of thing to his knowledge, Alec? He'd been perfectly happy knowing nothing about a world like that, and now he has to worry about it being a possibility. After all, if he can get stuck here...]

Fuck, 'n I thought it was bad here. Guess I ain't gonna be complainin' as much anymore.

[That's a lie. He'll still complain.]

[element_wizard]

[BECAUSE HE LIKES SHARING THE PAIN. HE LIKES SHARING THE PAIN.]

This place is pretty cool comparatively. I mean, I wouldn't mind hanging about longer than the couple of days I'm allowed.

[trenchknives]

You'd get over that feelin' pretty quickly, I can tell you.

[element_wizard]

I guess so. [He glances at his sister, still oblivious.]

She's been taking it all right. But she doesn't have that much experience with these things.

You've got a hellavalot more life experience than she does.

[trenchknives]

That so? I'll keep that in mind. She seems to take care of herself pretty well, though.

[element_wizard]

Yeah. But... I mean... she's never really had anything bad happen to her. We're nobility back home. Rich. Sheltered. Never really had to work for anything. Never saw anything bad. It happens to other people.

Here bad things can happen to her and I can't be here to protect her. Which is frustrating.

[trenchknives]

Yeah, but y'know, there're people here who care about her, too. I mean, sure, they ain't her brother, but she does okay.

[element_wizard]

[What he wants to do is yell something like, 'yes but you're all human and can't do anything about it' but that really doesn't help much. And it would require more awkward explaining. So he settles for...]

Good. I'm glad. Someone should. She's a good person. I'm not.

[trenchknives]

Yeah, well, join the club, but you're right, I guess she probably is a good person.

[element_wizard]

She hasn't had to make horrible choices like we have.

[trenchknives]

[Jimmy suddenly looks very serious.]

I dunno what you think you know about my choices, but you're probably wrong. 'n I don't know anythin' about yours, either, which is probably for the best.

[element_wizard]

[He gets a very quickly sad look on his face but it vanishes faster than a blink.]

You're right. I don't. You don't.

And I'm sorry for saying so.

[trenchknives]

[He waves a hand.]

Don't worry about it. I didn't mean to snap at you.

[element_wizard]

I hit a nerve. It happens. I sometimes get my whens mixed up and my sense of self-entitlement is overly done.

[trenchknives]

Well, hell, it happens to all of us, right?

[A pause.]

Okay, maybe not the gettin' our 'whens' mixed up, but still.

[element_wizard]

Time travel does that to a guy. But yeah.

I guess I should bring them back into the conversation? I can buy you a drink or something?

[trenchknives]

I'll take you up on the offer another time, okay? I got the kid with me, 'n I wanna spend some time with him before...

[A sigh.]

Before everyone suddenly vanishes again, y'know?

[element_wizard]

Sure. Next time this happens. I understand. You want to have your kids with you while you can.

[He wiggles his fingers and the odd whatever it was that was blocking their conversation vanishes.]

Hey, Lar, Jimmy wants to finish being dad of the day, come on. Show me who else I can bother!

[trenchknives]

[Jimmy nods at Alec thankfully, and then grins at Laruna and Tommy as soon as that bizarre barrier between their conversations disappears.]

C'mon, Tommy, let's go get somethin' to eat. We'll see Laruna 'n Alec later, okay?

[Tommy waves gleefully at Laruna, who he, apparently, quite likes.]