Camp Drop Post

[ihulk]

[Today, just outside of Camp's barrier there is a kid with a backpack on his shoulder. He looks pretty confused, like he doesn't know how he got there.]

Wait, what?

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[the_ex_in_xp]

Yeah, you like that stuff right? I'll show you the sights, whatever you and Brianna missed the first time. Short cuts, hole in the wall eating spots, the stuff you can't find on Google Maps. Whatever you're interested in...

[ihulk]

I'm interested in all of it.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Then we'll totally do that.

I know most of the reasons you want to go to Toronto are pig-tailed and bossy, but I'll try not to suck as a guide. I mean, you're an okay dude and I'm sorry I didn't spend more time with you so it would be less weird if this happened...

[ihulk]

Huh? --No, it's fine. I don't talk to a lot of people anyways. You're pretty cool, and it's not like Brianna and I need you to babysit us or fuss over us or anything.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Good, because I'm a shitty babysitter.

What I meant was more, like, have you be excited about living there for more reasons of your own. I don't want you to think you're out of place for...however long it is until someone else shows up. And I realize I really don't have any friends that I'd say were "reassuring" as a contact...maybe Wallace. If he can remember to put pants on...

[ihulk]

I'm not worried about that. We checked it out, and it was a cool place. I just don't want to leave without Brianna.

[the_ex_in_xp]

And I don't think she wants to stay while you go, but I don't think it's going to let you back in any sooner than it's going to let her out.

[ihulk]

Doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.

[the_ex_in_xp]

I'm not expecting you to. In fact, I think you're handling it a lot better than most without the throwing stuff at the wall fits...

[ihulk]

I know how it works. Sort of. So I know that's not gonna get me anywhere.

[the_ex_in_xp]

It's cathartic or whatever.

[looks like she wants to try giving it a punch but puts her hands in her pockets]

There's always vacation. And maybe those letters getting delivered. Hell, they had the barrier down for a couple days to let all kinds of weirdos back in.

[ihulk]

I know. It can happen.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[shrugs] Maybe I'm repeating it for my own benefit too.

If you need anything, I can give you my Amazon account. They've got that Fresh program that has groceries delivered to the door, and... anything else pretty much.

[ihulk]

I'm good, I can hack bank accounts.



Unless you don't want me hacking bank accounts.

[the_ex_in_xp]

I'll say that the bank account hacking is a skill that can be explored at a later time since I'm totally fine with you getting stuff from my account and will let my employers know I am not dead and my cover story of "visiting family" isn't total bullshit.

[flips open a note and writes down her username and password (thankfully not connected to other accounts) and displays it against the wall]

Seriously. Go buy stuff. Watch everything streaming or whatever.

[ihulk]

[pulling out a notebook and scribbling it down]

You don't have a fixed income?

[the_ex_in_xp]

It's fixed for the regular deliveries, but I do a lot of freelance and overtime work for them when they get backed up.

[ihulk]

Do you make money for the stuff you do here too?

[the_ex_in_xp]

Not really, but doing deliveries seem to keep my bank account the same even when I order things. The only thing I've been directly paid for has been rollerblades.

[ihulk]

That's pretty good. Nothing to complain about anyway.

[the_ex_in_xp]

And I'm not complaining. About that at least. But there should be more than enough to keep you comfortable for a long time, and the way time works, we'll definitely be back by then.

[ihulk]

It--you know. Means a lot. Thanks.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Hey, you guys had some top choice picks for where to go after Camp. I have to at least make my world seem slightly cool by comparison.

[ihulk]

It's plenty cool! And at least a little normal too. Other worlds would have been nice, but I'd like to be able to finish collage without having to save the world more than once.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[nods] Saving the world is a pretty steep extra-curricular. But most of our threats are local, like your principal getting replaced by a robot uprising or riots if a Canadian team can win the Stanley Cup, but that one's a long shot. Also, thanks for not being all "ugh school" like Brianna.