Someone does like the idea of being canon updated... Here there may be spoilers for Season 3

[theleader]

I get it... I do, but I'm... happy where I am.

[Well, not happy, happy. But happier than he is at a more current canon point.]

Lori is gone. I've got a baby t'take care of... I'm not ready for that. And you're plannin' on takin' me away from them, sendin' me t'another place.. The prison is safe. We took it. I'm not leavin'.

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[keepsthemsafe]

Prison?

[theleader]

[...awkward.]

Mun wants t'update me, put me at th'prison... As far as that is concerned I'm inclined to agree, right now we're on the road, and I'd rather be somewhere safe- but I don't like th'idea of... [Lori dying.] I'm not sure if I like it or not. She says... bad things happen...

[keepsthemsafe]

[Really awkward. Rick in prison.]

What kinda things are we talking about here?

cries quietly because apps open in 2 days

[survivinghell]

[Oh boy, is there going to be some kind of shit hitting the fan when Rick shows up in Somarium. Shane ain't gonna take that too well, especially given what he's been told by both Lori and Andrea. Killin' him? Yeah, not cool, brother. And leavin' Andrea behind? Again, not fuckin' cool, brother.]

Shit, man.

[Shane pauses, deciding what to focus on... Cause, wow... Prison, Lori gone, baby? What the hell...]

Congrats on the baby. Boy or girl?

sdkfjlkd thank god mine is like 90% done or else I'd be FREAKING out.

[theleader]

[Trying to kill him, TWICE? Not cool. He even went back for him. He tried everything he could, and Shane still... He did what he had to. To survive. To make sure they all survived.]

Shit don't even start t'cover it.

[Well, thank god for that.]

Girl. Her name is Judith.

[theleader]

Well...

[How does one tell his dead best friend these things?]

We lost the farm, a herd over ran us. We lost Andrea. And Hershel's daughter's fiance or boy friend, Jimmy. We survived the winter... [It wasn't easy, and they did it all on the road, but they did it.] We've found a safe place... Or a safer place, but I lost Lori.

[Then he lost himself for a little while. But he's working on that.]

The baby is a girl. Carl named her Judith... Daryl was hopin' we'd call her Ass-Kicker.

[keepsthemsafe]

[Oh. Ah. shane just...sits and stares. Lori.

Lori, Lori.] ...I haven't seen her.

[Here in this land of the dead]

Judith that's...that's real pretty where'd Carl get that?

[theleader]

[He won't mention he's spoken to her on the phone, because... well that's just crazy.]

It was his Third Grade Teacher's name.

happy tears

[survivinghell]

[Well, if this ain't awkward...]

Judith... I like that. [Well, now that that's taken care of...] So you gonna tell me 'bout this prison? Cause I know I didn't make it off that farm, Lori told me all about that one.... And I been told some other stuff too, but that's a whole other ballgame, brother.

[Heh] But we're gonna take this one step at a time, okay? Startin' with this prison.

[keepsthemsafe]

[Seriously Rick even Shane would be worried after that.]

...Really? No shit.

[theleader]

[No joke, but then again talking to dead people seems to be Rick's new normal, so really not all that awkward for him.

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So, there's that.]

No, you didn't. [And he's sorry, but he's not ready to say that. He's also certainly not going to say he wishes he could take it back, because it's better this way. It really is.] We spent the winter on the road. Lost the farm when a herd over ran us, not long after... [He wavers there briefly.] We were run down, but we've learned to work t'gether we do it well... The prison, was over run, but we took it back. We're safe there. [Mostly.] We lost Lori, gained Judith.

The prison... it could be great. It could be... a new start.

[theleader]

[Yeah well, he's done doing that now... if you don't count him talking to you. But if being in that other game with you has proven anything, it's proven that you're real and maybe just maybe he's not really crazy.

Then again...]

Yeah.. He came up with it all on his won, from what I understand it was after a bit of debate. I was... a little grief stricken and out of itbusy cleaning up.

[keepsthemsafe]

He's a good kid.

Hell of a good kid.

[theleader]

Yeah he is. Tough too. Wish he didn't have to be, but he's damn tough.

[keepsthemsafe]

[So grudging]

...Takes after his father.

[survivinghell]

What prison you talkin' bout? The one down there near Newnan? [He shakes his head at the thought] Y'all made it a long way from that farm if that's the case.

[Shane chooses to ignore tree words in particular: We lost Lori. Didn't sit too well with him and he's sure there'll be plenty of time to talk about that in the future.]

A new start at what, Rick? Livin' in the middle of a nearly dead world? What's that gonna get you, huh? That ain't life, that's just survival, man. And a prison, hell, that ain't no better than Dale's RV or Hershel's farm 'cept for the fact that it's got a fence around it.

[theleader]

That's the one. [Rick nods.] We did. We were on the move all winter.

[Don't blame you for that, and yes, yes there will be.]

Yes. To start livin' and not just surviving. To get stronger, and eventually to start working on taking back the world. A little at a time. [His brow creases. Clearly, you aren't seeing the bigger picture here. The prison is a chance to start rebuilding. First, farming. Then maybe livestock, chickens... etc. Then little by little, like a snow ball.. Maybe not in his lifetime, but probably in Carl's. It will get better. This prison is the first step.] You're wrong. We can breathe here, for the first time in a long time, we can breathe...

[theleader]

[Yeah... the effort is appreciated.]

Like to think I had a little help.

[Yes, he means you.]

[keepsthemsafe]

[The smallest, smallest of amused looks]

He'll do fine and she'll do fine. Hell if the baby's got Carl as a brother you ain't got nothin' to worry about.

[survivinghell]

Huh. [A brief pause] Whatever, man, you're gonna think that no matter what I have to say so I ain't even gonna try.

[And it's not worth it. Not right now, at least. He and Rick clearly don't see eye-to-eye anymore and that was obvious the moment Shane decided that barn needed to be broken into.]

But you said you're goin' somewhere else? Thought you said that prison was your new home.

[theleader]

Naw, see... The mun-lady wants to move me up to the prison, then take me from there to some game... She says Lori is there though...

[That's the most important part. Another chance.]

She calls it a 'canon update'. I call it just fuckin' with my head.

[survivinghell]

Yeah? [A small laugh] Where's she takin' you now?

[theleader]

I'm already at a place called Haven, but I think Atlanta was safer. At least, in Atlanta you knew what to expect.

Now she wants to take me to some place called Somarium, or some thing. I don't even know anymore, I quit arguin'.

[survivinghell]

[Shaking his head in disbelief] You gotta be shittin' me, man... Come on, you seriously comin' to Somarium?

[theleader]

That seems to be the plan. Yes.

[survivinghell]

Looks like I'll be seein' you soon, then.