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[maskintape]

It's Tim. I guess I'm busy, so... Leave a message.

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[maskintape]

oh right yeah
I forgot
you're the caring sharing doctor guy
brb hauling ass to give you pills that probs belong to a dead guy anyway
sounds legit

[rubikscomplex]

so you DID find another prescription?
last name house?
might want to give it to him since you're headed that way anyway
no need you to go out of your way

[maskintape]

hey uh just fyi
not heading up there for clayton's benefit
I'm going to get brian and get out
no time for niceties
if the guy was desperate for his meds he'd have put the word out by now
I know how that works
shockingly

[rubikscomplex]

[ God damn it. Why you gotta be difficult Tim? House pulls out his bottle of Vicodin and pops a pill. God damn this crap. ]

shockingly
so do i
not everyone wants people to know what meds they're on

[maskintape]

l m f a o
like how some people don't want to have their symptoms dragged out of them and discussed openly in public
especially when phrases like ~psycho killer~ get thrown around
lmao god. god
jfc man now you've REALLY got me wondering wtf your investment in this is
they're not YOURS right

[ He is, of course, joking. The thought of that actually being the case doesn't even cross his mind as being a genune possibility.

BLESS U TIM WRIGHT

BLESS U. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[ House looks down at his bottle of pills and shakes it. He's down to a little over two weeks. What are the chances another round of his prescription will turn up? Pride or pills?

Pride wins out for now. He might change his mind in a week or so. ]

well GOSH, timmy, when you put it like THAT
epps seemed invested and i owe him for a monster attack
i can say i REALLY tried now
thanks, buddy

enjoy hanging with hoodiefriend
and stay really safe

[armoured]

Are you sure it was a joke.

[Two can play at this teasing game.]

[maskintape]

I will on both counts man
your concern is touching
later :)

[maskintape]

Of course.

Jay always gets the better pillow, or he wakes up cranky.

[ a muffled "OH MY GOD TIM WHY" can be heard from a short distance away, quickly followed by one of Tim's asshole snortlaughs. WHAT A GOOD FRIEND. ]

[armoured]

[He chuckles, though he's definitely on Jay's side in this.]

Oh! That explains why you're so cranky all the time, then.

[maskintape]

Please. It'd take a goddamn four-poster bed with feather pillows to stop me being cranky.

[armoured]

You mean there is a way to do it?

[Cue an overly shocked and dramatic gasp.]

[maskintape]

Cigarettes would help too, just - just putting that out there.

[ The physical cravings might be over with, but GDIT HE MISSES HIS GROSS CANCER STICKS ]

[armoured]

If I find any then I'll make sure to save them for you.

[1915 Amestris has no problem with smoking, go right ahead and suck that cancer into your lungs, friend.]

Cigarettes and a four poster bed, I can't wait to see what you'll be like when you've had both.

[maskintape]

Heh. If we were back home, I could get you a tape. Exclusive footage of the lesser-spotted Happy Tim in its natural habitat.

[ No four-poster beds involved or anything. ]

[armoured]

I'd like to see your home one day, it must be amazing coming from a place where motion capture is so freely available.

[Amestris is so technologically backwards.]

[maskintape]

Nah. Not much different to here. Less snow. More trees. Same problems.

Absolutely nothing there worth going back to. Or - going to visit, I guess. Whatever.

[armoured]

You don't want to go home?

[Surprise bleeds through clearly, he hadn't expected Tim to feel that strongly.]

[maskintape]

Wow, uh, you didn't know? Nah, man, I'm staying here no matter what. Would've thought that was, uh. Pretty obvious. Considering.

[ He's mentioned it offhandedly to people before, and honestly thought it was an easy assumption to make. Why the hell would he want to go back there? ]

[armoured]

[That really punches him in the gut. He knew Tim's home wasn't great, but to prefer Norfinbury of all places?]

What if you didn't have to go home or stay here?

[He's already dragging Steph to Amestris. Tim might not be his all time favourite person, but he can't just abandon someone to this hell hole.]

[maskintape]

Ugh, okay, you're doing what Clarke did - Jay's dead. There's no guarantee that he won't just start - start corpsing it up again if we leave, no matter where we leave to. And now Brian's here too, so...

[ He's not leaving his dead friend. Or... whatever Brian is now. Neither of them. ]

[armoured]

[He falls into a brief troubled silence, Tim is right, he has no idea if going through to another world would cause Jay to keel over immediately.]

Then... then we'll find out, we'll make sure we understand how this works before we leave. And if it does turn out that he can't leave, then I promise that I won't leave until I know all the dangers have gone.

[He means the admin and the monsters, he can't exactly help with the snow.]

[maskintape]

Don't be an ass. You have stuff - or people, or whatever - to go back to, so. It'd be pretty rude to keep 'em waiting. Remember your manners.

[ I-it's not like he finds that touching anyway or anything, you baka!!!!!! ]

[armoured]

[He chuckles, but he's not going to be swayed.]

Brother will go back and start the fight, and I'll help as soon as I can, but I'm not going to abandon anyone here in danger. I understand why you might not be able to leave, so... so there's no way I'd just walk away from that and leave you to cope.

[maskintape]

I've been coping all my life, man, I'm pretty sure your brother will need you way more than I will. Plus, you know. Me and my guilt issues.