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[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ room filter ]

[ gil hasn't been in his room lately, trying to get out more. fresh air and all that jazz. anything to keep him distracted with recent events and the fact elliot really knocked him around verbally earlier.

he pauses outside his door, feeling something is very wrong. slowly, he turns the knob and pushes the door open quietly and immediately spots a figure in the dark of his room-- in his bed? so, he reaches for his gun and points it at whoever or whatever it is-- flicking the light open at once ]

[ sometime later. or before elliot. OH PARADISA TIME. ]

[ allen ]

Are you available right now?

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[imply.livejournal.com]

Then what do you see right now, Gilbert.

[it was probably the best thing to not mention it unless Gil wanted to follow him while he went to find Vincent to rage at him. but on the other hand, he was also probably likely to rage at Gil for not telling him if he found out somehow another way. it was pretty much damned if you, damned if you don't.]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ what does he see? he sees elliot; the only adoptive brother who ever showed a genuine interest in him. the only person right now from his world who's paying attention to him. (ada's taken by vincent, sadly she doesn't count for now.) ]

Let's go back so you can rest. I can fill you in on things that have happened here unless Vince has already?

[imply.livejournal.com]

[...that's about what he pretty much expected and why he didn't rage at him for being an idiot. even so, he could still see how the other really did seem to need someone at the current time. even if it might only be temporary.

standing up, he offered his hand out to him.]

You can go ahead and share as well.

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ takes his hand and gets to his feet as well while trying to recall past events ]

It was already mid-November when I was brought here. Vince was here before me.

[imply.livejournal.com]

Vincent can be awfully vague about things, you know.

[come come, Gilbert. he'll lead you back to your room now.]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

I know.

[ following and-- shouldn't this be the older brother's job? ]

...Jack Vessalius was here.

[imply.livejournal.com]

[it should be, but Elliot dared him to try and lead him around.]

He didn't tell me that.

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ oh vincent. but then again vincent threw a hissy fit when jack left. ]

He was really here... in the flesh.

[imply.livejournal.com]

[sigh. of course it figured that Vincent never gave completely helpful advice and such. he felt like he had to pry what little he did learn out of the other, anyway.]

From 100 years ago?

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ nods in response ]

[imply.livejournal.com]

Hm. [it made more sense that way, after all.

...but there was still that moment of pause.]

Before or after death.

[in the meantime, he opened the door and led Gil inside.]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

After. [ he really doesn't want to say 'present time' because... well... ]

[imply.livejournal.com]

[...well. that certainly put an interesting twist upon things, didn't it?]

So then it's very likely that this place is not bound by life or death as it relates to one's own world as well.

[invokes.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Even death here isn't permanent. About three weeks ago now, there were several people who were killed by the Joker but they've recently returned.

[imply.livejournal.com]

What a place of irony.

[what a comforting way to think about things. it lessened the meaning of life and made it nothing more than a joke.]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

More like a place of great frustration.

[imply.livejournal.com]

That goes without saying, Gilbert.

[invokes.livejournal.com]

There are people here who have been here for three years.

[imply.livejournal.com]

You're saying this like it's some great revelation. I kind of got the hint that it's really random about who stays and who goes and when it happens.

1/2

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ wkakjhfjse ]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

What is it you want to know then?

1/2

[imply.livejournal.com]

[imply.livejournal.com]

I guess nothing. [there was a quiet sigh as he pulled a cover off the bed and draped it over himself as he settled down upon a chair.]

[invokes.livejournal.com]

[ takes off his coat and hangs it over the little couch in the room ]

You can have the bed.

[imply.livejournal.com]

It's your room. I don't wish to impose.