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[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Sweets is in the kitchen, fixing lunch with the journal open next to him as he does. He's making ... a heck of a sandwich, with lots of different ingredients spread out across the counter. he's in a sub sandwich kind of mood]

You know, I always found the levels of high school psychology fascinating, however I can't say I wanted to go back there and actually study first hand. Reminds me why I wanted to get through high school so quickly when I was younger. Though I should probably be grateful that they didn't put me at the actual age that I was when I was in high school.

[a beat]

Though the alien invasion was a nice touch.

[Open, either over the journal or in person. Have at him.]

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[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Granted. But rescuing brainwashed friends wasn't exactly on my list of 10 things to do before I die.

[a smile, though. Honestly, she's pretty relieved that was the worst of it]

That's quite a sandwich.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[looks down at what he was doing]

It felt like that kind of day.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I don't know that there's ever a wrong day.

[she's just gonna start heating up a can of soup. Fancy sandwiches are for you silly people who wish for things]

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[he's making his from scratch, adding the lettuce and tomato]

True. But more so than usual.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah? What's the occasion?

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[shrugs]

I survived another World Change?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a laugh] True. That's worth celebrating.

[turning the burner up on the stove, she'll drop down into a chair at the table while she waits] Have you been here through a lot of these, then?

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

I've been here for over a year and a half now. I've seen my fair share.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[blink] A year and a half?

And I thought nine months was a long time.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[nods]

It feels like such a long time ago now, but ... in the grand scheme of things it really hasn't been.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I guess that's true. Still... even with nine months, sometimes it feels like home was a lifetime ago.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

You haven't been privy to one of the castle's many unsolicited trips home?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Well, LA was my world... though the wrong side of the country.

[a head tilt] Unless you mean actually going back home, home. I've missed out on that bit.

[a small smile] Maybe a good thing, too, since the way back usually seems pretty painful.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[nods]

I haven't either. But no one from my world has been past my point in time, so ... I'm not sure if I want to.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

You have others here, then?

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[face takes a bit of a sad turn]

I did. They've all gone home, though.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry...

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[shrugs]

The nature of the beast, I'm afraid.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

It's not so different from real life. [a pause] Normal life, I mean. This is certainly real. But back home, we never know how long people will be around, either.

The risk of having them just disappear or appear is clearer here, though.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

True. Here, though ... it brings people back. It's almost cruel that way.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Cruel and kind. Even forgotten... there are some people here who we'd never get to see, or who are dead back in their world. I don't know that I trust the castle to do anything intentionally good... but it's something.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is. It gives and it takes with the same hand.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a small laugh, though it has that humorless edge to it] Like god.

[zone-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[head tilt]

Not a fan?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Hmm?