Codswallop and tomfoolery

[deaths_heritor]

[phone, morning]
If they aren't back by the end of the month, I'll eat my poker.  What trollop.

And please, if you're wrought with utter despair and you absolutely must subject the rest of us to incessant blather about how wonderful Disappeared Whom and Whom was and how unworthy you are to still exist, etc., ad nauseam, try to space it out evenly so

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[hintcoinplz]

[Luke was also surprised to find that he actually didn't disappear, even though his name was also on the list.]

What are you talking about?

[deaths_heritor]

[...Susan's eyes flash briefly as she staunchly walks around him.]

Did you want me to humor you or can we skip to the part where you get into a fistfight with yourself on the front lawn?

[hintcoinplz]

[He takes a couple steps back.]

I don't know what you mean. The incident with the pods happened months ago, why are you bringing this up now?

[deaths_heritor]

Perhaps because there are certain parallels that may be drawn between the two incidents.

Luke is supposed to be good at problem-solving, as a tip.

[hintcoinplz]

[He bristles at the last comment, thinking that she's making fun of him.

Why was she being so hostile all of a sudden?]

I am good at problem-solving, thank you.

What's gotten into you anyway?

[deaths_heritor]

Irksome little duplicates pretending to be people I'm rather fond of, I think.

[hintcoinplz]

I'm not a duplicate! That's ridiculous, how could I be!

[deaths_heritor]

Now, ostensibly, this is the part where you think back to the pod incident and connect the dots.

[That is a very condescending smile.]

[hintcoinplz]

[...She thinks he was replaced by those pod people way back?]

...Now you are being ridiculous.

[deaths_heritor]

You'll excuse me when I say you're only a slight improvement on the last duplicate.

[hintcoinplz]

How many times do I have to tell you I'm not a duplicate?!

[Angry as he is, he's starting to panic. Nothing changed about him, right? He was still the same Luke...

Except that list.

Did they do something strange to everyone on that list?]

[deaths_heritor]

As many times as I have to tell you you're not convincing, I think.

[hintcoinplz]

I'm...!

[And it dawns on Luke he's fighting a losing battle. His shoulders slump and he looks down.]

I'm not. I'm not a fake.

[...Right?]

[deaths_heritor]

You're free to believe what you like.

[Good. He was quieting.]

If we're about done here, do run off and go play with your 'brother'.

[hintcoinplz]

...Right.

[Without another word, he quickly leaves.]