Old muse back again, Homeless, no real plans.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

Okay, so I help save the world, spend almost half a year doing it, finally finish my mission, and my final reward is that I wind up in your head. And I'm stuck with a name that constantly reminds me I'm not normal, no goal, and nothing to look forward to.

Great.

You could have at least come up with some sort of plan before you dragged me out here. I know skin-of-my-teeth is normal operating procedure for you...and most of my friends, if I'm being fair...but that doesn't mean I have to work like that also.

I mean, right now I'd rather be fighting off a J'avo attack than doing this. That's how tedious this is.

Okay, maybe not. A zombie attack, at least. Except that means a lot of people would have to die..

Erm.

I'd rather be doing paperwork, okay? And that's pretty bad!

Comments

[punches_boulders]

Think of it as an extended and forced vacation. I have a feeling we're both going to need 'em.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

I'd rather get back to normal work. Less monster filled work. I already had a twelve year 'vacation' of not getting to do what I want.

[punches_boulders]

I hear ya. Still, don't be too eager to be thrown into the fray again. Trust me, I wish I had taken more time between tracking leads on Wesker and volunteering for random missions.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

If you're anything like Claire I doubt you would've had any luck sitting around, Chris.

[punches_boulders]

Heh, maybe. But I'd much rather be helping her refit another motorcycle than fighting BOW's.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

I guess.

I've done that a couple times with her. It's not really...any...fun.

[badborscht]

After enough time in the field, a little paperwork can actually seem like a well-deserved rest.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

Yes, I get that now.

Although I think I passed 'enough' time several months ago.

[badborscht]

From the sound of things, you provided crucial support to the mission. Are you saying you would have preferred not getting involved?

[thelegacyofmadmen]

What? No. Of course not.

I...just would've preferred if it had gone differently, that's all.

[badborscht]

The wheel of fate is difficult to turn back.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

More like impossible. Trust me, no one wishes we could do it more than me.

[badborscht]

After all you've witnessed, would you actually consider such a thing impossible?

[here_take_this]

At least you got to grow up. [Hey Sherry, meet mini!you, who's currently sipping at a juice box watching her older self]

[thelegacyofmadmen]

[Okay. This is weird.]

Well, you have to grow up eventually. Right?

[here_take_this]

I don't want to be taken away from Leon though... even though where I am he disappeared. So did Daddy. [She frowns a little.] Claire's there though, and her brother!

You're still friends with Claire?

[thelegacyofmadmen]

Yes, of course. I mean, I haven't seen her in...a while, but she's my closest friend. Like a sister.

[She smiles faintly, then it turns into a frown.]

...Dad was where you are? Was there? What?

[Sherry had over a decade to think about her father. She missed him, yes...but she knew what he had become, what he had turned her into, even unwittingly.]

[here_take_this]

I remember saying that to her just a few weeks ago, how she was there for me when Mom and Dad weren't. [She looks down.]

He infected you didn't he? I showed up on the boat my tummy hurt. Daddy took something from my necklace, I think the STARS medic has it now since Leon and Dad both left. Though I haven't felt sick since that first day. Maybe the Project head's doing something to keep me from turning into a zombie.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

...Yeah, he did. But I survived it. Thanks to Claire and Leon.

[She hesitates.]

Where are you, exactly?

[dodgeslazers]

Always been the least favorite part of my job, too.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

...Hi Leon.

You think paperwork is worse than zombies?

[dodgeslazers]

Hey, Sherry. [His voice softened when he said her name.]

Fieldwork's better than paperwork. The zombies were never actually the job.

[thelegacyofmadmen]

You'd never guess that reading your reports.

[dodgeslazers]

[He sighs.]

I'm just to the goto guy when it comes to getting out what they're guarding.

Anyway, that's not important. How are you?

[thelegacyofmadmen]

Well, alive? That's about all I can really muster lately, it's been a long year.

And stuck here, though I don't know what that's about yet.