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[tinderfoot]

[It’s early morning, the morning sirens have yet to sound. And here, in the corner of the food court at the Underground Mall, sits Tyrell. Tyrell, who found himself strangely just outside the boarding house several hours ago, Tyrell who was declared dead just over a week ago, not that he knows this yet

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[madeinoblivion]

Tyrell! [Bro, someone is happy to see you back among the living]

Man, the paper said you were a goner! And that you saved this girl's life? You should find her!

[tinderfoot]

[Tyrell's brows knit; the legs of his chair reunite with the floor again with a satisfying bang. He remembers the girl, of course, but what's this about the paper?]

... I was in the paper?

[He doesn't read it thoroughly every day, skims it, mostly, but he knew enough to understand that it wasn't an instantaneous process -- it seemed like much too soon for any of that, and that was just the most obvious problem, not the largest.]

[madeinoblivion]

She wrote for the university paper. At Hawthorne. You're famous now.

[tinderfoot]

[The idea's nice, so it's unfortunate that it still doesn't make sense.]

What, really? So quick?

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[tinderfoot]

[He's now staring at his hand again.]

No, no, it's not that. It's just that I thought that I'd got eaten. By one of the monsters in the Darkness.

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[tinderfoot]

... Yeah, apparently. I think I remember it, though. I really thought I was a goner!

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[quackery]

[Surprise, a little bit of anger-]

I told you to be careful!

[...Which quickly gives way into concern.]

Are you alright?

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[tinderfoot]

[He actually looks a bit guilty -- well done, Ahiru!]

Look, it's just one of those things that happen, all right?

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[quackery]

It's more than that!

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[tinderfoot]

Yeah? How?

[mediumdrip]

Are you okay? Do you remember anything about what happened?

[tinderfoot]

[He thinks about this, now with all four of his chair's legs steady on the floor.]

The monster... it touched me. And then...

[Tyrell swallows, looking away. Still not facing his NV, he adds quietly:]

... I thought it ate me.

[mediumdrip]

[Blaine swallows, afraid that he might feel sick again. This isn't really about him though, he's more concerned for Tyrell. In a soft, careful voice:]

The papers said that it did...

[tinderfoot]

But I'm not dead!

[That was the most obvious fact, the one he had to cling to for now just so he could figure out some way through this.]

[regeneratesalot]

Welcome back. [ She's glad he's okay. ]

[tinderfoot]

[And he's just confused!]

Uh... thanks?

[regeneratesalot]

You were dead for a while. [ she cant remember when she saw the newsfeed. ]

[tinderfoot]

... Yeah. I keep hearing that. Still don't really think it makes much sense, though.