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You're back from New Tokyo?
Sure, though I don't really know where. Any ideas?
Sure, though I don't really know where. Any ideas?
got back today. there's only so much we can do when we're stretched thin.
there's a park near my place.
there's a park near my place.
Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
[ He sits up when the door opens, blinking a little as he closes up the text he'd been looking at. His attention turns to his brother, taking in the whole sight of him--how tired he looks, frayed at the edges in the ways Sam knows how to spot.
He doesn't say anything about it. Instead, he offers: ]
Dunno if you've looked at any of the history books around here. Couple hundred years starts to distort things even more than they were back in our time.
[ Has he been reading about Avery? Don't worry about it. ]
[ He sits up when the door opens, blinking a little as he closes up the text he'd been looking at. His attention turns to his brother, taking in the whole sight of him--how tired he looks, frayed at the edges in the ways Sam knows how to spot.
He doesn't say anything about it. Instead, he offers: ]
Dunno if you've looked at any of the history books around here. Couple hundred years starts to distort things even more than they were back in our time.
[ Has he been reading about Avery? Don't worry about it. ]
How am I going to be able to tell what's a park and what isn't with all these plants?
[He's joking, following immediately with--]
I'm not that far. I'll meet you there soon.
[He's out in the city, so it doesn't require much of a change in course to head toward the park near where Nate lives; overgrown as it may be, he knew where that park was already and so it isn't too difficult to find it.
He physically looks a little better than last time Nate saw him, since he'd gotten some impromptu rest, but Nate knows him well enough that it's probably easy to tell he's not doing that great otherwise. His arms are crossed protectively over his chest, he keeps glancing over his shoulder at any hint of a noise, and his gaze keeps flickering between present and clearly somewhere else.]
[He's joking, following immediately with--]
I'm not that far. I'll meet you there soon.
[He's out in the city, so it doesn't require much of a change in course to head toward the park near where Nate lives; overgrown as it may be, he knew where that park was already and so it isn't too difficult to find it.
He physically looks a little better than last time Nate saw him, since he'd gotten some impromptu rest, but Nate knows him well enough that it's probably easy to tell he's not doing that great otherwise. His arms are crossed protectively over his chest, he keeps glancing over his shoulder at any hint of a noise, and his gaze keeps flickering between present and clearly somewhere else.]
busy, but ok. coming back soon, we're stretched pretty thin so there's not a whole lot we can do besides organize existing people and i'm pretty recognizable now so i think i'm doing more harm than good.
wow. why didn't i think of that?
Edited 2021-01-01 03:47 (UTC)
have you eaten today? you're cruel when you're hungry
i don't think that's how that works but i'm not the science person
i've never wanted to be invisible so badly in my life, and i used to steal for a living.
sorry, i don't mean to get all "woe is me." i know there are bigger fish to fry.
i know, i know
but i'm not that great at talking about it, either, so it's a catch-22
but i'm not that great at talking about it, either, so it's a catch-22
i don't like being this seen and known. i had a reputation in certain circles back home, but even that was like a field so niche it's under the normal radar.
general lack of anonymity. people having an extremely specific, extremely inaccurate impression of me.
the latter i can deal with when it's a few hundred mercs who want me dead but it's everyone.
the latter i can deal with when it's a few hundred mercs who want me dead but it's everyone.
For what it's worth, I think there's a collective understanding that who we were there isn't exactly who we are here. More so for some than others, but at any rate, anybody with common sense won't cement that image of you in their mind.
The only way to really fix it is to let yourself be seen being who you actually are.
For the record, I'm pretty sure I like that guy.
( You know, based on what he's seen so far. Just in case that'll coax a few more doors open. )
The only way to really fix it is to let yourself be seen being who you actually are.
For the record, I'm pretty sure I like that guy.
( You know, based on what he's seen so far. Just in case that'll coax a few more doors open. )
[ Nate isn't convinced that even with the communal understanding of that being a whole other world, people won't rely on their initial perception. First impressions are everything and there will always be some itch at the backs of their minds: Nathan Drake the actor, the advertising face, the brand.
He gingerly hedges, not out of avoidance, but habit. Ian's sincerity always feels a little like an unanticipated right hook. ]
i don't know. maybe he's not the guy people think he is.
He gingerly hedges, not out of avoidance, but habit. Ian's sincerity always feels a little like an unanticipated right hook. ]
i don't know. maybe he's not the guy people think he is.
( It matches up so closely with the doubt that started growing after his conversation with Kyna, he actually has to take a minute to respond.
There's a lot going on, a lot he's trying to work through about that, but right now isn't the time to get caught up in it. )
Some things are impossible to fake
As long as those parts of the picture are real, the rest of it's just color
There's a lot going on, a lot he's trying to work through about that, but right now isn't the time to get caught up in it. )
Some things are impossible to fake
As long as those parts of the picture are real, the rest of it's just color
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