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[microbrobotics]

also good

truce on actually doing anything until after the road trip tho

[nohalfway]

aw booo
camping trips are the best time to pull an elaborate prank
shame on you two for being noble and honest brothers

[microbrobotics]

hey we have a strict no civilians rule in our prank war

[nohalfway]

im still trying to plan something big for joel
things have been so slow and im so not used to it

[microbrobotics]

what were you used to before
zombie attacks all the tiem?

[nohalfway]

pretty much
infected hordes and hunters
quiet is kind of unsettling you know?

[microbrobotics]

yeah i guess so. the zombie thing here was bad too but i still feel better with things normal

[nohalfway]

yeah uh
consider yourself lucky, dude.
it was haywire status back where im from

[microbrobotics]

yeesh. is it ever gonna get better?

[nohalfway]

[ Ellie can't totally help herself from feeling a bit odd at the question. She goes back and forth believing things will get better, and the question brings her attention to her left arm. A thick sleeve covers the white and red, horribly scarred over mark from the bite that never spread an infection. The scar that gives this sort of heavy-loaded promise of a vaccine. ]

um
i want to say maybe? but...

[microbrobotics]

but not likely huh

[ That sets some wheels turning. ]

[nohalfway]

im not sure
i mean
i go back and forth on that answer.

[microbrobotics]

maybe you dont have to go home then. ever.

[nohalfway]

god i hope not
this place still sort of makes me uncomfortable? im not used to all the noises and how clean everything is
when the water in my shower is hot as soon as it pours out it still shocks me but
joel keeps telling me ill adjust eventually
if i had to choose i wouldnt go back

[microbrobotics]

give it more time, yeah. bet youll get used to it just fine

and ... i mean, im building a portal with some other people right now. theres someone i have to get home with their memories intact. so ... maybe theres somewhere else nice? not here but. not zombies either.

[nohalfway]

[ That... The mention of a portal back to people's worlds? The idea of that completely scares her, regardless of the curiosity it brings. Going back to her world before everything went to shit? A tempting question to ask. ]

well
thats sure as shit an option i wouldnt want to take haha
that world...
id rather it stay behind for good

[ But she can't help but wonder how it's moving on without her. How she's probably screwed humanity over by being here. ]

[microbrobotics]

thats what i mean. i dunno, some parallel dimension. mine's pretty good. or someone else who's got a decent one. not home.

[ He's not really suggesting time travel. ]

[nohalfway]

do parallel dimensions even exist?

[microbrobotics]

dude. were living in one, arent we?

[nohalfway]

no i was
oh fuck i guess youre right huh?
haha this shit is so confusing to me dude dont even get me started i didn't even know holograms existed until four weeks ago

[microbrobotics]

pfffffffft

sorry i guess i shouldn't laugh
just not super amazing tech where i come from

[nohalfway]

hahaha
dude sometimes it is so embarrassing how much i dont know
still freak out when my phone rings

[microbrobotics]

or you get texts out of the blue telling you to come to disneyland

[nohalfway]

hey that was totally a pleasant surprise
nearly shit my pants when my phone went off but that helped me bounce back
im really excited

[microbrobotics]

have you tried setting a different ringtone maybe?
something less jumpy