roadoftrode AU-verse.

[blots]

No. I don't want to talk about my ... revelations. Why would I? I was brain-dead, jacked from the system for 31.3 seconds. And then the antibodies kicked in. I didn't live another life. It was a delusion. There's no such person as Thor, or Frigga, or Odin -- it's not real.

If it were real, I would have won.

Comments

[worldserpent]

I wish sssometimes it was delusion.

[blots]

It was spinstream. Anything can happen in spinstream.

[worldserpent]

What is.. 'ssspinstream'?

[blots]

The net. The web. The conglomeration of all data linked between every interface along the Ark. The imaginary that's more real than the flesh.

[hulkish]

Psychotic breaks often feel like revelations.

[blots]

Note, then, that I used the word 'revelation' with sarcasm befitting my doubt.

[hulkish]

[ bruce smirks. ] Noted. But someone thinks they're important.

[blots]

I've always been important. That's not something that changes about a person.

[hulkish]

So everything about you is important-- except the delusions, which you don't want to discuss. [ he's unconvinced. ]

[blots]

You're arguing nonsense. They were a streamspace-induced hallucination. So what if it bears a passing resemblance to my own life?

[wwii]

In your dreams, as they say.

[blots]

Exactly.

And who are you? A soldier boy?

[wwii]

Been one in two lives, don't see why I shouldn't go for a full three.

[blots]

The Capitol hasn't fought a war in two centuries. All they have now is the militia.

[wwii]

Then I guess you know where to find me.

[deshabille]

Hallucinations can be as real as anything.

[blots]

These weren't.

[ They were. ]

[deshabille]

Maybe you're hallucinating now. A man dreamt he was a butterfly, et cetera. Anyway, there are worse hallucinations to have than losing.

[blots]

It wasn't losing a game of cards. It was losing everything.

[disbenefits]

I'm sorry. I think I have a handkerchief around here somewhere . . .

[heartnoglow]

[ squinting.

hey loki.

there's that jackass who can outcode you. ]

You just get the short end of every stick, don't you?

[blots]

[ You wish. He can take magical shortcuts. ]

Oh, Mr. Stark, I didn't know you cared.

[heartnoglow]

[ magical fagical. ]

I don't.

I was just stating the obvious.

[blots]

Funny; this would say otherwise. Looks like I've got an invitation to your next party, right here. Addressed right to me.

[heartnoglow]

[ wait what.

he leans over and in to see it. ]

... Huh.