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 -- chessAficionado [CA] began pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] at 00:23 --

 [12:24] CA: ((this is the right AA?))

 [12:24] AA: (( Yes. ))

 [12:24] AA: (( Should I assume from the handle that this is Beau? ))

 [12:24] CA: Sami! I just finished speaking with Rubi!...

 [12:24] CA: ((yep))

 [12:26] CA: She is certainly a delightful child...

 [12:26] AA: Yeah, she's really cool. I'm glad you two hit it off!

 [12:26] AA: How are things on the ark?

 [12:27] CA: Well as people start getting portaled down, it gets a lot less noisy...

 [12:27] CA: I've managed to make my goodbyes though, so that is well...

 [12:29] AA: Oh! So everyone is being sent off then?

 [12:29] AA: Well now I feel shitty leaving you there all alone. :(

 [12:29] CA: Oh, don't you worry, not everyone has left yet...

 [12:30] AA: Yeah, but it's probably just a matter of time. And then you're going to be stuck there with no one for company but twinks.

 [12:33] CA: I'll be fine, really. I have a library full of books, a whole 3 seasons of soap operas, and the twinks...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:34] CA: Besides, I'll still be able to talk to you, it will be like being at my old home again...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:35] AA: Well I'm glad you'll be okay, then.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:35] AA: I miss you pretty bad though. It would've been nice to have you here with me. Especially what with the Darmok situation.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:35] CA: Oh dear, has something happened?...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:37] AA: Not yet, no.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:37] AA: But Darmok....things have happened to him. The same sorts of things that have happened to me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:38] AA: And he thinks worse stuff is on its way.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:38] CA: Like, the sweater?...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:38] AA: No, not that. Other stuff. The sort of stuff that I haven't been able to talk to you about.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:39] CA: Oh, that stuff...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:39] CA: that IS troublinh...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:39] CA: *troubling...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:40] AA: And....it gets worse.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:40] CA: oh my...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:41] AA: I think he was waiting for me to get here because he thought I could save him. Only he figured out the stuff that happened to me, and now...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:41] AA: ...he seems to think it's hopeless.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:41] AA: And I'm afraid he's right.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:43] CA: Hey now, you don't have to give up...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:45] CA: I know it seems bleak, and I don't have the answers myself, but there must be a way...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:46] AA: I'm not giving up exactly....I mean I'm definitely still going to try to save him...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:46] AA: ...it's just that....I don't know. You don't know what he and I know. I'm afraid that no matter how hard I try, this might not be one I can save him from.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:46] AA: And I've only just met him!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:49] CA: Sami....

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:50] CA: I wish I knew some way I could help.. Maybe if I did some research, I'd be able to find some way to help...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:50] CA: and besides, now we have 20 new planets to explore, maybe one will hold an answer...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:51] AA: Don't worry about it. I....actually think I have ways to get answers. I'm just scared to ask because I'm afraid of what I'll learn.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:52] AA: And who knows what the price will be, this time?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:52] AA: ...but this sort of thing is why I'm in this mess in the first place, I guess.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:52] CA: Remember to be careful...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:52] CA: I don't want you to have to join me in the bubble...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:53] AA: There are much worse fates that could befall me, Beau.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:53] AA: Hell, if I knew I was going to end up in the same dreambubble as you...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:53] CA: Yes, and I fear for what they could be...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:54] AA: Anyway....I kind of have my doubts that's an option for me anyway.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:54] CA: These new kids need all the help they can get...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:54] AA: I think if I fuck up, *I'm* not the one who's going to end up dead because of it.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:55] CA: and yeah, I doubt they'd let you slip away from their grasp...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:56] AA: Oh....I wasn't sure if you had figured that out.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:56] AA: Sigh.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:56] CA: I'll be here every step of the way for you...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:57] AA: Thank you Beau.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:57] AA: I may have to cry on your shoulder again soon. Assuming I've even got any tears left.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:58] AA: Double sigh. Every time I think I'm going to get a chance to go back to being fun to be around, some new thing comes up that makes me a Debbie Downer.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:58] AA: You're a saint for putting up with me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:59] CA: You're still fun to be around...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:59] CA: Besides, you put up with me everytime I broke down crying... bout time I repaid my debt...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:00] AA: Speaking of....things have been okay since I left, right? You're not having....episodes or anything, are you?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:02] CA: ...I'm sorry, I've been trying to get better...but...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:03] AA: Oh, sweetie. I wish I could be there to help you through it.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:03] CA: They aren't happening as frequently, but sometimes I'll end up thinking about what could happen to you...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:03] AA: Or that you could be here with me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:05] CA: Well, 5 years of research have brought up nothing...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:06] AA: Yeah....I guess if it were easy to come back from the dead, everyone would do it.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:08] CA: Well Scarlet did it, but I doubt people will be clammoring to be my host, and according to Libby, she's never seen anyone else do that in all the sessions she observed...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:09] AA: Yeah. And I don't think we have a Thief of Life to help us. Rubi's a Sylph of Life, but....I don't know if Sylph powers work on ghosts. And I think Libby would know if it were possible, given how many Sylphs of Life she must have seen.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:12] CA: Well if it truly is impossible, all I can do is move on with my life...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:12] CA: I'll try to help anyway that I can...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:14] AA: Yeah, you can still be a big help as Mission Control! In fact, I don't know if there's anyone who would be better! Put those Chess Master skills to use!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:14] CA: hehe, you flatter me...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:21] AA: I should probably try to get some sleep. But it's so hard to fall asleep without hearing you snoring next to me these days.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:25] CA: Try your best, I'll try mine as well <3...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> -- arcaneArtisan [AA] is now an idle chum! --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:33] AA: (( Sorry, had to step away for a sec. ))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:33] AA: I guess that's all anyone can do.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:34] CA: good night Sami, maybe soon we won't have to pretend...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [01:35] AA: Good night, Beau.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> -- chessAficionado [CA] ceased pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] at 01:36 --