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by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:07 pm

Brown-haired Will, while waiting for Tosh's results to tesselate, poked his face into the XUB bar for a light drink and some thought.

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by **Leo Eskandari** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:22 pm

Leo sniffed on instinct, identifying Will before he even turned his head away from the bar to look at him.

"Hey."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:41 pm

"Hey yourself," Will said, with a wave.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:10 pm

"I see Shark Boy hasn't figured things out yet," he said gruffly, having yet to develop much faith in Tosh's brain.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:16 pm

"Eh, he'll figure it out. He's gonna use the campus computers to chunk through some things, get back to us then."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:24 pm

After a second, he said, "I bet you can't wait to get your body back the way it was. I can definitely sympathize with that."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:27 pm

"It's not so much the body itself, though I'm certainly not...feeling right. It's the feeling of being locked in once place.

And, of course, the friendships I'm trampling on the way, but that's another issue entirely."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:49 pm

"Well, okay, I don't know what that first thing is like. But I do have experience fuckin' up friendships, if for what I assume are different reasons."

"So... if you, yanno, wanna talk about it..." he added awkwardly.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:52 pm

"Ehhhh," Will said waivering his hand around.

"Accidentally used my power on a couple of friends, both of whom reacted strangely in different ways. Got called out by a third friend for traumatizing people. I'll get over it; I'm just on edge because of all the shit."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:02 am

He gave a sympathetic grunt.

"Sounds to me like you need a beer."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:07 am

"That is why I came here, yeah," Will nodded. "Their chicken fingers aren't that good."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:53 am

"That's one bonus of being like this. Almost all meat tastes amazing. I think my ego is the only thing keepin' me from eatin' it raw."

That and the screaming goat in my nightmares.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:08 am

"Eh, eating meat raw never hurt anyone. If it feels good, you should lean into it. And if people give you a hard time about it, well, you can tell them where to shove it."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:56 pm

"I just assume not. Bad memories," he answered, "Like, I dunno, tryin' to eat you."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:16 pm

"Well, not everyone likes hunting. And there's a difference between raw meat and alive meat."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:57 pm

"I know that, but it still feels too... animal. Less me, not more. So forget I said anything," he said curtly.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:41 pm

Will put his hands up. "Geez, alright, alright. You're the one who brought it up, man."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:11 pm

"Sorry," he sighed, "Not sure where my head is. I should be in a better mood after successfully fighting without losing myself."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:35 pm

"Eh, when I was first starting out, even victorious fights usually ended up with me in here. And that was back when alcohol effected me more than it does today. It happens."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:03 pm

"It doesn't help that the guy I fought was a victim that took one look at me and thought he'd prove his newfound might by taking down the monster."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:58 pm

"They were all panicky, most of 'em. One of me basically had to cut out of the fight to just try to get someone to calm down and stop hurting people. People lash out when they're scared."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:25 am

"This felt more like a psychotic break, but I get what you're sayin'. I'm a pro at misplaced aggression."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:02 am

"Well, you know what it's like, for all this," he said, gesturing vaguely, "to kick in all at once. It's tough times."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:34 pm

He closed his eyes briefly as memories of the facility flooded in: the screams, the sobs, the confusion, the fear.

"You're right," he said with a sigh, "I shouldn't judge. I almost lost my mind myself, even before the drugs."

"Thanks again for helping get me... no, us away from that place."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:21 pm

"Of course, man. That's what this place is for."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:13 pm

"And I'm glad to be here. I never even expected college with my grades."

"Or that I'd meet someone who makes me want to be more," he added with a smile.

Remembering something he heard, he asked, "You were married in your world, weren't you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:45 am

"Three times," Will said, holding up three fingers. "'Cause if it's worth doing once, it's worth doing again."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:55 am

"Third time's the charm I guess," he said, assuming Will meant at least the first two didn't stick.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:36 am

"Well, we'll see. Stick around long enough, and weird things start becoming the norm. Especially round these parts."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:10 pm

"Did they feel like 'the one' each time?" he asked curiously.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:33 pm

"Well, my situation is complicated, but...yes. Yes they did. And still do, honestly."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:59 pm

"Three soul mates? Share some with the rest of us why don't you?" he joked.

"Seriously though, marryin' anybody is the last thing on my mind but... how long did it take to know?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:07 pm

"Well, in one case, it's technically someone else's soulmate; I just carried the water for a while, there.

...It's a thing."

"Uh, how long, how long...it differed, you know? With Sara, we hit it off almost right away. Pretty much from day one, that. Not that it always was easy; good lord, no. But there wasn't really a gap between hello and you're amazing. With Sam, there was an age difference and a power differential that really took any feelings like that out of the question at first; it was just good friendship that got sparked by a very devious woman. Doesn't make the eventual feelings any less real, but probably slightly less relatable to most people."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:32 pm

"I guess fallin' hard and fast is one thing we have in common," he said with a small, warm smile.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:36 pm

"When you're open-hearted, it tends to happen," Will nodded.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:06 am

"Open-hearted, huh?" he mused.

"I'd try and argue for the sake of my ego but, honestly, pretendin' I'm all hard is exhaustin'."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:05 am

"Not worth the effort," Will agreed.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:14 am

"I was never that good at it anyway. Heart on my sleeve and all. "

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:48 am

"Different strokes for different folks,' Will agreed.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:19 pm

"So, uh... how are you hangin' in there anyway? Besides on edge, I mean?" he asked, awkwardly shifting the topic back away from himself.

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