that one time travel psl

[eyediot]

sad bad end s5 jon and tim on a monster road trip



[Algric had given the trio a fair warning of what was happening. Not the specific details of what he was coming from, but he was from a little further along Algric's timeline, and came through Hilltop Road. Never pleasant, but he's here now. IT took a few days of settling, readjusting, and putting some firm self-imposed boundaries on himself before Jon felt comfortable enough to see the others.

After a few minutes of surprise and staring, Jon ends up sitting alone with Tim for a few minutes; the others having some things to take care of themselves. He sits there, fiddling a bit with his fingers, trying not to be self conscious. He can't do anything about the myriad of different, newer scars, nor about his black sclera or so many other things about himself now.

But god... Tim. Alive and not shouting at him right this second. How novel.]

Tim... I.. [Where does he even start.]

Comments

[curriculum_fictae]

Oh, I. I know. I read statements while you were in America, remember?

[eyediot]

I.. I remember.

...Why do you want to be here for them?

[curriculum_fictae]

Because - because. You said Elias tricked you, right? Once you started reading, you couldn't stop.

[eyediot]

[Jonah watches him as something shifts in his eyes. Recognition, then fear. His heart rate is spiking laying there next to him.]

...You really think he'd have a second one stashed in all this.

[curriculum_fictae]

I - I think it's possible. And that me sitting in the room with you is such a small thing against the world possibly ending.

[eyediot]

It's not.

[That has Jonah up and moving again, back to the small pile of statements he'd had with him and. Clears his throat before moving back to Algric.]

You could look over them? Just- You read the, the one before. You'd know what to look for.

[curriculum_fictae]

... Are you sure that will be enough?

[eyediot]

It's... I think so? A bit like checking someone's food for allergies.

[There's the hint of a nervous laugh there, trying to make light of something that very truly scares him.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Algric brightens a little, though not much. ]

R-right, right. Okay. I'll try that next time.

[eyediot]

Thank you. [He sounds so relieved and grateful. He hadn't even considered letting one of them look the statements over first. Was just... not even thinking.]

Plus side, if it's clean, that means you don't have to be with me either. Sooo... win-win?

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Algric is here to remind you of stuff like that, okay. ]

R-right, yeah. I - I guess so. You get your privacy again.

[eyediot]

[He visibly winces at that; just having it called out.]

Sorry.

[curriculum_fictae]

... What's to be sorry about?

[eyediot]

You just... seemed really. Gung-ho about staying in here while I read them. I-is all.

[curriculum_fictae]

I - look. Don't get me wrong. I don't - I don't like listening to them. Not at all.

But it's important.

[eyediot]

Yes... [Welp he sounds a little defeated.] Yes it is.

...Thank you. F-for caring. [He's trying to get better at not brooding; Helen commented on it enough before he came through the rift.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Jonah, you loveable idiot. ]

Of course I care, Jon. I love you.

[eyediot]

[He really wishes things were just... this.]

I love you too, Martin. [Just... watching him.


But it's going to keep bugging him.]

You said you both talked more about that? And that i-it was. Obvious? Really?

[curriculum_fictae]

[ At that, Algric laughs a little. ]

Really kind of was, Jon.

1/2

[eyediot]

Really. Since when?

[eyediot]

Or am I just-- A moron?

[Where's Algric heard that before.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Gee. As much as he wants to agree... ]

You're just a bit blind on this, that's all.

[eyediot]

I suppose so.

[He trails off, getting comfortable in bed again with all the blankets.]

Maybe... once everything is over, things can be like this. [It's odd, Jon Sims day dreaming anything hopefully positive. But a marginally fed stomach and the man he loves with him, his best friend alive still. Let him have this for now.]

[curriculum_fictae]

It's - it's a nice thought, isn't it? And I like staying here with Tim and the others.

[eyediot]

...I think I do too.