Homeless, Old Muse Rising From the Headspace

[pseudotimelord]

Bringing me back? That only took...what was it? Almost ten years now? Not exactly timely.

By the way, the user name? Not funny. The default icon doesn't help.

["Return to the past" justifies it.]

No, it doesn't.

Comments

[daddyissues101]

Ten years?

You and your mundane have been together that long, Jeremy?

[pseudotimelord]

Unfortunately, yes

Hard to believe, but...[Shrugs.]

But your mundane is new to you, isn't she?

[rocket_man]

So you have some sort of power over time, do you? Interesting.

[daddyissues101]

Yes, though she mentioned that she's thought of connecting with me for a long time now.

She says she needed to "catch up on things first", whatever that means.

[pseudotimelord]

Yeah, mine's saying she needs to "review". I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

OMG. XD

[pseudotimelord]

Not exactly. My mundane likes to think she's funny.

[daddyissues101]

It does sound a bit menacing - does she have plans for you?

[pseudotimelord]

I really, really hope not.

She had me in two games already. One was an alternate universe where I was a mutant with the power to see the past of people, places, and things. Sort of like rewinding time around me, but I couldn't affect anything I saw. Oh, and I discovered that power by reliving the murder of some guy's wife for six months basically in a coma because I couldn't break the loop even before I was added to the game. The other I was an alternate version of myself playing host to XANA.

1/2

[daddyissues101]

...

[daddyissues101]

I-...oh, those both sound awful!

I do hope my mundane doesn't send me to anything like that.

[pseudotimelord]

The worst part is she devised the AU backstories herself. [Mundane giggles a little, nervously.]

[daddyissues101]

...that's frightening.

...and now my mun is smirking. I hope yours didn't give her any ideas!

still not done watching, but I couldn't take it anymore

[cybersamurai]

Whoa, ten years? Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right. You still look the same.

[He's so confused.]

[myfeetdontstink]

What are you complaining about, Jeremy? At least your name's cool.

[lyokoprincess]

Ten years...?

Did you get to have some pleasant moments during those years together?

(She's heard from her mun's other muses about their pasts and already assumes the worst.)

[pseudotimelord]

Aelita, if you hear the words "alternate universe", run as fast as you can. Don't look back. Just run.

[pseudotimelord]

That's one of the weird things about it. You don't age in a mundane's headspace at all. It's like being perpetually stuck in a return to the past sequence.

XDDD

[pseudotimelord]

[Mundane cracks up. Jeremy coughs, trying to hide his snickering. Failing miserably most likely.]

Well, you do say that quite a bit.

[pseudotimelord]

[If this wasn't old hat to him, seeing two Aelitas would've freaked him out. Because it was, Jeremy is surrounded by Aelitas and is a very happy Jeremy as a result. He was so lonely the last time he was in games. No Aelitas for miles. Or anyone else for that matter.]

I found the long hiatus to be pretty peaceful. Mostly because her ideas were diverted to other muses.

As I explained to the other you, in past AU games I was a mentally-scarred mutant in one and still the host of XANA in another. Not exactly fun. As long as I can keep her away from AU games, I think I'll be set.

[Mundane awkwardly closes browser window.]

[daddyissues101]

Well...perhaps, since I'm here now, our mundanes will keep us together! Then crazy things like that wouldn't be as bad, right?

[...]

Or...they could make everything even worse. I don't like the look on my mun's face, Jeremy.

;)

[myfeetdontstink]

I do not! What, a guy say something once and he's stuck with it forever?

[pseudotimelord]

Sorry. I guess I mixed that up with "I'm not scrawny; I'm svelte".

[pseudotimelord]

If it's anything like the look on mine's face? We're in big trouble.

[notelizabeth]

Your user name's a reference to something nerdy, right? So of course it's funny!

Oh my gosh, a Sissi! :D I never expected to see one!

[pseudotimelord]

Yeah, it is a reference, but not sure "funny" is the word I'd use for it. It makes her laugh though.