Possibly headed to Zodion for the September app round

[throwing_stick]

Give me one good reason why I should go there.

"But Dick is there" is not a good reason. He's got his own problems to deal with over there and I have mine to deal with, with you.

There's no argument about this. You haven't given me a single good reason for wanting me to go over there.

I thought I said I didn't wanna play your stupid games. That hasn't changed. And it's not going to.

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[sciencewhizard]

Sorry to say, buddy, but Dickiebird disappeared today. Dunno if that's a game changer but (despite what I've got to say), my mun says it's still a pretty fun game.

[throwing_stick]

Good. Less reason for my mun to even consider me.

[sciencewhizard]

Aw, c'mon, s'not like the whole thing's a bust.

I mean- I'm there! [ And fifteen. And utterly full of himself.

... Yeah, he's not helping, is he? ]

[throwing_stick]

You're there? That reason ain't good enough, either.

Besides, we technically don't even know each other.

[sciencewhizard]

Yeah, yeah, I know. But you're my cousin-kinda-sorta-through-Bart, aren't you? From an alternate universe, even.

Okay, time travel's weird.

Ah, well. Who knows? If you show up, it might keep me around a little longer.

[throwing_stick]

I'm apparently his half-brother. Which I don't even get to find out.

Time travel might be weird, but I hear you guys sorta good at it.

Might it? What's keeping you there in the first place?

[sciencewhizard]

Not much, t'be honest. My mun says he's feeling kind of burnt out with me in games, but maybe interesting and familiar faces'd get him to work it out some. [ Shrug. ]

[throwing_stick]

Yeah well, my mun makes no guarantees. He never does. But he says your mun's doing an awesome job with you.

[flyingg]

... ouch. Sorry, Owen. Roy'd probably have been glad to see you, too, but he vanished, too.

That said, it's not an all-bad place? I'm just a bit too... stiff-necked to accept some aspects of it. And she... [thumb over shoulder] ... is going to be out of touch for about two weeks, and didn't think she'd feel like trying to catch up, after that.

[throwing_stick]

[He shakes his head.]

Don't apologize. And don't worry about it.

I'm more than likely not gonna end up going, anyway.

[flyingg]

Yeah, but if you were looking forward to the company...

That said? I am up and about here, other than that trip to Dragon*Con. My mun sometimes looks around the memes, too.

[Beat.]

A game would do the most to give you some sort of a purpose, on the other hand.

[throwing_stick]

Purpose. Yeah. I guess.

[flyingg]

[Sigh.]

[CHANGE OF TOPIC? In the least amusing way, ever. But Zodion.]

So. Your mun thinks getting it on would be good for you?

[throwing_stick]

My mun thinks getting it on would be good for anyone in this "headspace."

[flyingg]

Just for the record - in the right circumstances, it kinda really is.

[throwing_stick]

But who's to say when the right circumstances are? I don't think I'm in any position to determine that right now.

[flyingg]

Well...

[A little wry.]

It does start with 'not forced,' which makes Zodion unlikely and the rest of the sex games even worse.

Other than that, you generally... just know. You've experienced that, right?

[throwing_stick]

Jesus, is everyone accusing me of being some virginal soul or something?

I'm being brought back from the dead, Dick.

[flyingg]

You're the one who was asking how you'd know! That was a logical follow-up question!

[And then, softer.]

Yeah. I remember.

[throwing_stick]

I asked that because that's not the first thing that's gonna be on my mind once I've been "revived."

[He sighs here...]

I'm sorry, I really shouldn't be bothering you with any of this...

[flyingg]

... Owen.

[Deep breath.]

It's okay. I can take it, all right?

[roy_harper]

Dude, I just escaped there. Trust me, you don't want to go there. You're kinda...uptight for that place. 'course, Wingster being on sex island was all sorts of funny to watch too.

[throwing_stick]

Tch yeah. Uptight.

No, I'm probably not going anyway. The mun's still not coming up with a very good reason for me to go over there in the first place.

[roy_harper]

[Hey, would you prefer angsty and full of daddy issues? Not that Roy wasn't JUST as guilty as the last one himself.]

There's always other games. My mun really enjoyed it but that whole 'real life' thing interfered. Weak sauce if you ask me. I mean, how can you not make time for a fine specimen such as myself?

[throwing_stick]

Can't really answer that question there except your mun.

Besides, I really don't want to play in any of these games.

[roy_harper]

The answer is obvious "You should". [This one had noooo problem in the ego department, that was for sure. Though Oliver Queen certainly had a hand in creating some of Arsenal's more...colorful personality quirks.]

Oh, cry me a river, junior. Be happy you're getting some play. Would you rather be locked up in their headspace somewhere gathering dust? Or flip-flopping back and forth over the line between good and bad? Seems to me a trip to sex island might not hurt you. [Of course Roy thought everything could be fixed with sex.]

[throwing_stick]

[He kind of just stares right here.]

Maybe I do.

I'm so sorry for this

[roy_harper]

Well, if you do end up going there, just follow the age old adage huh? Cover your stump before you hump. [Yes, this conversation just got ten times more awkward.]

Haha, don't be.

[throwing_stick]

[Ten might be underestimating it a little.]

What the fuck Roy. I don't even wanna know where you heard that.

[roy_harper]

[He had been raised by Green Arrow after all. One can only shudder at the thought of that awkward Talk about the birds and the bees.]

What? Doesn't make it any less valid advice to keep in mind. That place is 'sex island' for a reason. Those Gods make you do all manner of strange and bizarre things. No sense in taking risks. [He shrugged lazily.]

[throwing_stick]

[Roy at least had that. A family and a place he 'belonged.' Owen wasn't as lucky.

Still, he couldn't disagree with Roy. He had a point. Especially so since all those 'manner of strange and bizarre things' are true.]

Taking risks? Isn't that our forté?

[roy_harper]

[Oh yeah, orphaned twice before he was fourteen, an absentee guardian and a pathetic tale of wasted youth that culminated in becoming a heroin junkie before he was eighteen. They all had the skeletons in their closet and baggage that shaped them into the adrenaline junkies and crazy 'capes' that they were today.]

Those are two totally different kinds of risks, Mercer. Or did no one ever have the "talk" with you? [He even made the ironical quotations with his fingers.]

[throwing_stick]

[To be fair, Roy had an actual past. One that was built upon from the '40s onwards. This dude, on the other hand, was just adopted by some unknown family and was one day found by his dad.]

A risk is a risk is a risk. You either go for it or you don't, whether or not the "talk" has been had with me. Which it has, don't take me for someone who's inexperienced.

[roy_harper]

Yeah, but the risks we take out in the field every day rarely end up with our dicks rotting or burning like Hades. And that's not even mentioning the more deadly consequences to be had.

[Roy shrugged one shoulder languidly.] But, you're a grown ass man so do whatever the hell you want, right? [There was a trace of mocking irony in the older man's tone when he said that.]

Roy. ROY. Look who's talking.

[flyingg]

[For at least two reasons, Dick'll just facepalm quietly at this phrasing. Roy's better off not knowing one of those reasons.]

No kidding, right?

[roy_harper]

[STFU WINGSTER, YOU'RE NOT EVEN HERE.]

SRSLY

[flyingg]

[OH FINE, but just saying.]