hahaha ha...ha...

[scarabsuited]

No, no. By all means, take all the time you need. It's not like I've been more-or-less actually dead for two-or-so weeks while the Scarab plays puppet-master or anything. No big deal. Perfectly okay with this.

Seriously. Who wouldn't enjoy it?


(That was sarcasm, by the way. All of that. You remember sarcasm, right? That thing I used to do before I got dead? Good times.)

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[ahandinthedark]

Jaime Reyes.

[scarabsuited]

Oh-- Wait.

[squint.]

I'm getting deja vu. Who are you again?

[ahandinthedark]

Perhaps some day you shall call me friend, but for now I am but a Stranger.

[scarabsuited]

Oh.

Uh.

Cool? I guess? What's up, then?

[ahandinthedark]

I am here to offer both my condolences and reassurance that all will be set right in time. You must trust in the one who pulls the strings, Jaime Reyes.

[scarabsuited]

Yyyyyeah, I dunno about that one, man. You know the ones who find it more interesting to make people suffer than, y'know, have a normal day with nobody dying? Kind of stuck in one of those situations.

Kind of.

[ahandinthedark]

I was unaware that the mundane you are attached to had those... inclinations.

Shall I have words with her?

[scarabsuited]

I'm not sure how much that'd really do.

...I mean, aside from the fact she adores you for...whatever reason. Weird.

Who are you?

[ahandinthedark]

I can only guide, not interfere.

Jaime Reyes, I am known by some as the Phantom Stranger.

And every now and again, I do enjoy being flattered.

[monopolyonsnark]

I can't believe I want you back.

[scarabsuited]

Pigs are flying and hell's freezing over already? Wow. It has been a long time, hasn't it?

[monopolyonsnark]

Quite. It was rather pleasant for a while.

[scarabsuited]

Before or after getting bludgeoned in the face repeatedly?

Which I'm only a part of by extension, you know. I think the Scarab might like you less than I do.

[monopolyonsnark]

Before the Scarab decided to get me involved. And if it dislikes me, that is entirely your fault. You ruined it.

[clement]

Keep hope alive, Jaime. I have confidence in your restoration, in due time.

[sandsmark]

Sucks to be you, huh?

Get better?