[Jaunt] Not long after the beginning of Week Four

[awondrousplace]

Can anyone tell me what in the bloody hell is going on? One moment I was a professor, and now I am... myself, but also still somehow Professor Cavour.

Also, whoever decided I should be called bloody Cavour has some explaining to do.

At any rate, darlings, I'm back. What's been going on?

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[rustyhonesty]

Welcome back?

[awondrousplace]

Thank you! It is distinctly odd at the moment, as I am both myself and my overlay.

... I also seem to have made friends with... well, shall we say a Hanging Pogcreature.

[rustyhonesty]

You'll continue pretending you're still your overlay? You could just probably make an excuse why she's away.

I think I... know who you mean. I tried talking to him, but it was pretty difficult.

[awondrousplace]

Yes. At the very least, for my overlay's daughter's sake. I cannot leave a child without a parent.

[It is against her very nature.]

He has never been the most forthcoming of individuals, but I'm oddly fond of his cantankerousness.

[rustyhonesty]

Ah... yeah. I wouldn't want to leave my overlay's children alone either.

[If something had happened that brought him back from being Orion or Jaiden, he would have likely pretended to be them, still.]

I can't form an opinion of him just based on that, really. Although, I suppose we should be making a decision on who wins this round...

[awondrousplace]

I have already lost a child. I do not have the heart to lose someone else's.

[She pauses, thoughtful.]

To be honest, I am not certain he even cares what the outcome is. He is here because it is required of him, but he is content to... hang around, pardon the pun.

[rustyhonesty]

Oh... I'm sorry to hear that.

[It's a heartbreaking though. He can't even imagine the pain of something like that, nor does he want to.]

... that is a rather terrible pun.

[awondrousplace]

[If Helena could snicker through the network, she would be doing so now.]

My apologies, darling. It seems my wit escapes me sometimes.

[rustyhonesty]

I guess that's something I've got to get use to, when talking to you.

[It's an amused, positive emotion that gets carried over sensory livestreaming.]

[awondrousplace]

You certainly will, darling.

Now. How are you doing? Do you need a break from this Jaunt? I can take you back to Liminal Space for some tea if you would like a more familiar surrounding for a while.

[rustyhonesty]

It hasn't been an awful Jaunt so far. [He hasn't gotten stuck in the Pogworld yet.] Though I certainly wouldn't mind the company.