Matters of Black and White

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:02 am

"I'd be more concerned with Viv and Tereza than with me or Robin, in that scenario," Will said, with a slight frown.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:14 pm

"The point is, every time we've asked you, you tell us you're fine, well past when you're actually fine, until the part where we need to force you into it."

"And it's not like this is going to the dentist."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:49 pm

"That's...not entirely fair," Will said carefully to the Goddess sat before him.

"For the first thing, you don't hang out with your dentist socially, one would imagine.

And secondly, my..let's call it 'less inhibited' self did bring up several things, and every time, got...looks. Looks I'm not really a huge fan of, if I'm honest."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:55 pm

"I'm trying to be better about things, aye?"

"But if you're not comfortable with me doing it, there's alternatives."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:20 pm

"Oh, I'm comfortable with you. I'm very comfortable with you.

But you have two girlfriends, neither of which who are. And you're having enough problems with Tereza as is, aye?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:54 pm

"I don't think either of them would want you to be hurting."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:57 pm

Will sighed a little. "You're probably right. As usual.

I just don't want to be the cause of drama in your House."

How he managed to capitalize a word in speech, the world may never know.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:06 pm

"I mean, I know you tend to stew. That things get magnified into... well, what Robin found down there."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:14 pm

"She has done a fantastic job of not talking about that with me, which tells me how bad it must have been.

I also understand some of it bubbled up here, before Tereza froze it all."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:21 pm

"Means it's a bad coping mechanism, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:26 pm

Will shook his head. "I'm not so sure I agree with you there, Red.

I mean, you're right in that it shouldn't be kept bottled up, but better in me than out there, you know? No one needs to deal with my shit on a regular basis."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:27 pm

"An entire river of liquid pain and self-loathing sounds a bit unhealthy."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:32 pm

"Hey, you know what they say. Live, laugh, loathe," Will said, in a really, really bad attempt to deflect.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:59 pm

"And from there it's what, literal nightmare fuel?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:21 pm

Will nodded, getting serious for a moment. "Dreams are a way of...coming to grips with things. They let you relitigate and retackle situations which, perhaps, you didn't handle quite so well in the moment.

And one person's nightmare, and all that..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:51 pm

"And how well do you sleep?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:53 pm

"Less well since I've been here and brought back to my senses," he admits. "But then, it always takes some time to get used to a new place, doesn't it?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:10 pm

"Certainly seems you've got a backlog of nightmares down there."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:14 pm

"Something like that. Doing my best to make lemonade of the lemons and all that, but yeah. It's tough; you're right. I shouldn't have let myself be split for that long, at a bare minimum."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:15 pm

"I think you started getting backed up down there well before you were split."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:17 pm

"Ah, there's a difference between generating a lot and being backed up.

You're dead on target that my self-loathing levels are through the roof. It's something I work on, but well, I mean, look at me," he said, with an abashed shrug.

"But I like to think I normally do a better job of working my way through them. Generally speaking."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:18 pm

"For sake of argument, what if we upped the production budget? So to speak?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:21 pm

Will cocked his head. "For the sake of argument, let's pretend I'm an idiot and don't quite get what you're saying.

Just for the sake of argument, mind you."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:22 pm

"Robin said that the sewage gets pumped to a little... studio of sorts in your head."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:24 pm

"Ah, yeah, that's what I'm told. My brain can be very literal about these sorts of things. That's apparently where the dreams come from; they're used as, uh, raw materials to help shape things. Hopefully blended with enough not terrible stuff to, uh, make things a little less...

Well, sludgey."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:39 pm

"So what if we gave the movie magic a helping hand, there?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:40 pm

"What you're saying is, what you really want to do is direct?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:49 pm

"We can find crew from inside your head, but if we give them more resources, better studios and so forth, perhaps we can get the backlog moving better."

"...and maybe we have you eat a book on modern sanitation to take care of the plumbing up to that point."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:57 pm

Will chuckled. "Ah, so you want to executive produce. The Morrigan shoots for bigger and better targets, hrm?"

"I'm...wary of anyone messing around too much with the muck, to be honest. You won't like what you see. For multiple reasons.

If you want to help, though, I suppose I can't rightfully say no..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:03 pm

"That's why I'm saying it'll be you doing it. We just have to give you the tools."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:03 pm

"Mmm. I suppose something internal to replace what I'm missing isn't the worst idea in the world."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:14 pm

"Seems like it's that or group therapy."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:22 pm

"My therapist back home would generally suggest the latter, and they get peeved on how I misinterpreted it," Will smiled. "I always preferred the more interesting ways of dealing with things, anyway."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:23 pm

"I mean, I don't want to upset what your wife and your goddess did, but it's clearly a bit past its warranty, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:28 pm

"Well, it was built for a different place, wasn't it? I don't suppose I can call the military and get them to send this universe's Sara over here to help me out when I need it, and you and I have a ....different relationship here as well," he said, dancing around the issue. "Not past it's warranty by any stretch of the imagination, but not operating at full power."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:39 pm

"I'm not knocking it. It lasted a few million years."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:40 pm

"And hasn't had an oil change for quite some time," Will nodded. "Alright, alright, you've made your point," he smiled, with an eye roll.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:44 pm

"I know I'm not ready to be what she was to you. She had a few decades on me."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:49 pm

"Oh, no, don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you to be. She's my goddess and...other things. You're my friend, and that's all you need to be," he said, putting a hand on Sam's shoulder. "And you ARE my friend, and I value that very much."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:04 pm

"Aye, but you miss the support structure and all."

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