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[Alfie greets and makes nice with newcomers when he comes across them, but he doesn't go out of his way to seek them out. He's not interested in being part of any de facto welcome wagon, especially not now that more and more people are filtering their way in, either to use the Meadous as a waypoint or to settle down and stay; that can be a job for people like Meulin and Harley. He does, however, notice new houses as he passes them by, and today there's one on his regular walking route. He takes note of the name on the mailbox - Beauregard, good lord - and is all set to continue ambling onwards when a flash of movement catches his eye. Is that--

-- yes. That absolutely is his cat, leaping up onto the windowsill and slipping in through the open window.

With a sigh, he turns and heads towards the door instead, giving it a firm knock.]

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[ she wrinkles her nose. ]

You... wait, what? [ that doesn't make any sense to her. the rest of their memories? they didn't... have all of them? ]

Don't ask me; I don't know how it fucking works.

[ well, okay. beau flops back down onto the couch, staring up at the ceiling. ]

Sounds like it sucked.

We were meeting people who'd been there longer, and who remembered more than we did. Royce did not like that.

I guess that makes sense. I think it'd drive me nuts not knowing everything that happened.

Just Royce didn't like it, huh. [ but both of them got their memories back... she's observant. she might be starting to see how this arrangement works, based on what gwen told her. ]

Well, I wasn't jumping for joy over it, was I.

[But no, if it had just been him, he wouldn't have wished for the memories. Still, it wasn't an experience he was going to let Royce go through alone.]

[ she looks amused. ]

These places make you real ride or die for people, huh. [ she adjusts her beanie again. ]

"Ride or die"?

[He's learned plenty of modern slang - he hadn't even blinked at "sucks" - but this one is new to him.]

[ she's picked up so much slang from her murder games it's ridiculous. ]

Yeah, like - you'd do anything for someone. Ride out their shit with them. Or die trying. [ she's not sure she understands the origin of the expression but she gets the gist. ]

Mmmmm. That's a good turn of phrase for it. "Ride or die".

[He'll have to teach that one to Royce.]

[ royce, walking around telling people alfie is his ride or die ]

Yeah. I liked it. I got a few of those. I just hope they got to go home and didn't end up somewhere else.

You might ask Zephyr about that. They found Gwen for Royce, long before she found her way here.

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Oh - shit, really? [ huh. ] ... I will, then. Just to know where they are. I mean, I can get there just fine, this should work.

[ she shows him the scrunchie on her wrist. it looks like bunny ears. ] It's just the whole... residual thing.

Is that a hair tie?

[what]

Yeah. A scrunchie.

Uh, it - opens rifts to other worlds. It was the reward for making the misery monster happy.

And the misery monster chose to give it the form of a hair tie.

I mean, we had them from the start. We got there and had to keep them on in order for us to not get taken out by the residuals.

People who took them off had bad shit happen to them.

Have you tried it now, here?

Nope. I haven't. I don't want to use it here, not until I'm sure the residuals are gone. I'm not gonna risk sending my bad energy to my friend's houses.

Smart. And the rest of us here appreciate it, as well.

[Just gonna low-key speak for everyone, nbd.]

[ she lifts her eyebrows. ]

Yeah? Why's that?

Would you not be risking spreading it to us, as well, if you took it off before you were sure?

Oh. Yeah. I thought you meant me opening rifts. No, I'm not taking it off.

I'd check with Zephyr before opening rifts as well, mind. I'd like to avoid unintended consequences.

Probably a good idea. [ she sighs. ] I got a lot to talk to them about, I guess.

[ sniff. ] Actually - I might go do that right now. Gonna kick you out of my house while I do.