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[inmyothertights]

Who: Billy and Strange. Also, capes? ... Yeah
What: Astral projection I guess
Where: Truth or Consequences SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE........
When: After Strange shows up
Warnings: Magical bullshitting, sentient fabric, etc.
Summary: Billy is down because in an alternate reality he broke everything; Strange's apprentice-sense is tingling.

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[averyoddman]

[ the faintest hum of a ghostly breeze, and then suddenly, mentors. Thousands of them! ]

[ well, one of them, to be precise. Translucent in shades of grey and blue, and currently in the process of drifting down through the bus shelter roof. ]

[ he looks rather like one of those half-a-shark shopfront gimmicks, except sorcerers do not look much like sharks. Usually. Unless you're really unlucky, or come from a world of sharks. ]

[ anyway. ]

There you are, I feared I had been led astray. [ settles cross-legged on the empty air outside the shelter in a flurry of intangible Cape. ] Would you like to talk about it?

[inmyothertights]

[ doesn't notice his mentor as soon as he might normally have done because fuck this magic hangover, but when he does look up Billy smiles, if just a little bit and kind of lopsidedly. He feels like shit right now but he's still relieved to see Strange. ]

[ except then it morphs into a pained sort of expression that more or less reads, oh god are we talking about my feelings? ] I ... did someone tell you?

[averyoddman]

[ with an air of patience that stems from years of experience: ] The laws of magic take the bond between apprentice and master very seriously no matter which dimension we are in. That includes being able to tell when you are particularly troubled.

Of course, if you would rather not discuss it with me, we can speak of other things.

[inmyothertights]

[ oh. right. uhm. ]

[ hesitates a moment ] ... No, uh. It's just, um ...

... I just found out there are people here who come from a world where I - screwed everything up.