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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[the sound of Billy's front door closing, and a short sigh]

...Well.
I guess it lasted longer than I thought it would, at least.

[fridge door sound, hiss and pop of a can opening]

--Speaking of things that last longer than I thought it would...are we ever going back to the Castle?
Not that I'm eager to or anything, of course.

It's just that... well.

[staring forlornly at where a certain mad-scientist laboratory should be]

...Anyone else end up somewhere that is juuuust different enough from home to be really unsettling?

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[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[okay... fine. She's done arguing. Because, yeah..]

...you got shot, too?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Yep. [drinks more]

Because of magic, ironically enough.

[then stops and thinks about that, because he's pretty sure he just incorrectly used 'ironically']

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I have more of an issue with the fact that someone purposefully set out to use that magic. [she's mostly forgiven Barney, but... still]

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...And it doesn't bother you that the Castle does that on a daily basis?

[gestures around them with his glass again]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Of course it does.

[frustrated sigh.] Look... I get that magic is dangerous. And, I know you hate not being able to understand it.

But the world is dangerous. Any world. Terrible, shitty, unfair things happen. And I didn't understand it any better when it was caused by "normal" people. Maybe even less, then.

That's why I look so hard for the wonder. Because, without it, the rest is just... too much.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[frustrated sigh of his own]

...But...why do you need magic for that??

[then kind of...shuts up. and drinks more of his drink]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[she blinks, and then gives him a surprised smile]

I just like it. I don't need it.

[smile] which is probably a good thing, since there's not a lot of that to go around at the moment.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[stirs his drink, staying silent for now, thinking in the general direction of his glass]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[taking another drink]

I take it there's not a lot of magic in your world?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

There are some people with pretty crazy abilities, but other than that...no.

It's alot like this place, otherwise.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[considering his feelings towards magic...] it's got to be a welcome vacation, then, right?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

...Aside from the whole creepy 'sort of like home' factor, of course.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[confused]

Isn't that a good thing, though?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Kind of.

But...not really?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[head tilt]

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[shrug]

I guess I'm one of those in the 'not in a hurry to go home' club.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

...I didn't realize. I'm sorry.

[a pause. she's really confused now] But... I didn't think you liked the castle?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

I don't.

[looking at his drink]

But, it's not like I have it really bad at home or anything. It's...kind of the opposite, actually.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[he's really not making this any clearer]

You don't like the castle. And things are good back home...

but... you don't want to go back?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[kinda sighs. Really doesn't want to try and explain this]

It's just...I'd reached end-game there.

Figured everything out, made all my choices, reached the end of the world so to speak.

[ugh, another shrug]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm going to guess it wasn't everything it had been made out to be?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[shrugs]

It just didn't exactly turn out how I'd wanted.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

...what happened?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

I just...screwed up something important.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

...is it something you can fix when you go back?