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un: lucas

[scarecrowed]

dorothy.

i have good news.

[tornadoed]

tell me

[scarecrowed]

a native delivered toto to me.

[ also his sword but he'll refrain from mentioning that for the moment in case she thinks he's going to kill her with it or something. ]

i'll bring him to you. [ since he belongs to her. ]

[tornadoed]

toto is here??

[ that’s amazing — and possibly also terrible ]

is he okay

[scarecrowed]

he seems well.

[ obviously not from the same point in time as Dorothy since he's being friendly towards Lucas, or the dog is smart enough to recognize he is more Lucas than he is Roan right now. ]

are you?

[tornadoed]

i'm fine

[ things have been hard — but she's been keeping busy, trying to make herself useful, at least. trying to help people. after a moment, she adds: ]

better now
you?

[scarecrowed]

[ better? Dorothy, don't get his hopes up. ]

i have an interesting housemate who has taught me about pizza.

[ he still doesn't really know what it is? ]

[tornadoed]

did you like it?

[ there's something endearing about lucas learning about things that are normal for her. she's trying not to let herself be endeared, though.

and she's better because of toto, obviously. ]

[scarecrowed]

i've not tried it yet. but i've been told i've been living under a rock for not knowing what is is.

[ or what fries are.

or what a garage is.

...Lucas doesn't know a lot of things here :( ]

i tried a hot dog. that was good. and not actually made of dog. [ which is misleading! ]

[tornadoed]

you should
and pasta, too

[ and fries and a burger. ]

i don't know where the name comes from?? but they're good right

[scarecrowed]

[ perhaps i could try those with you, he types, then deletes the words. ]

they're good.

where are you so i can deliver the dog?

[tornadoed]

at the house

[ she knows he remembers where she lives. she's seen -- glimpses of him around. ]

[scarecrowed]

i'll wait outside for you.

[ Not quite in the usual spot where he stands guard - that spot is more hidden, or so he thinks. He waits with Toto on the porch of her house, pointedly ignoring the dog seeking attention from him. He's giving the dog what he wants, isn't he? He's returning him to Dorothy, so why is Toto looking at him like that? ]

3/15;; un:hotdog

[oorah]

how's everything on your end?

[tornadoed]

not shittier than usual
did i tell you my dog showed up

[ her dog. sort of lucas' as well. ish. maybe. ]

[oorah]

no shit. [ a joke but also: ]
so did mine
you met max right? maybe doggy playdate

[tornadoed]

doggy playdate sounds great
i bet toto would love that

[oorah]

nice name

[ her name is dorothy and her dog is toto, this is officially the best thing in his life. not that he had high standards to begin with- ] i have something else to tell you

[tornadoed]

it means dog [ in the language of some tribe in oz that dorothy should know the name of but doesn't recall right now. ]

shoot

[oorah]

even better. mike keeps trying to get me to change max's name.

i think the vaccine worked.

[tornadoed]

into what? toto? why?

[ but more importantly: ]

what makes you think so? [ did you do something stupid, frank ]

[oorah]

no just anything that's not max. it's that girl's name from his world. i can't tell if he's got a crush or what, he's pretty adamant about it.

i ran into him at town hall. it wasn't on purpose, i swear. [ which is probably better for them in the end tbh ]

[tornadoed]

tell me what happened

[ the rest of the message is less important for now. after she knows everything about kilgrave, she can talk about mike possibly having a crush on a max ]

[oorah]

after that weird dust shit. were you there everyone was colorblind. i was trying to help people out, i grabbed him. he's not that special without all the bright purple ok. i didn't even see him.

he told me to let go. and to leave him alone.

[tornadoed]

i'm glad the colorblindness went away again
that was weird

and you didn't?