text: UN: JustGansey

[affection_for_research]

Has anyone went to sleep at home and woken up at the information hub?

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text; un: cloak

[too_honest]

No. Is that a thing here?

[affection_for_research]

It seems to have been for me. No one else has mentioned it.

Jerry said that I went home.

[too_honest]

Wait, like you were here before and came back?

[affection_for_research]

I'm assuming that's what he meant.

I've been here for months. I went to bed last night where I live here and woke up at the information hub.

completely lost track of this. Ignore if it's too long ago for you, no hard feelings

[too_honest]

So you were just gone for the night? Did Jerry explain what happened? What's the point in that?

Text; un: magician

[forleaving]

Are you alright? Is that all that happened?

[affection_for_research]

Physically I'm fine.

I went back to Henrietta and then returned here.

[forleaving]

And mentally? What happened in Henrietta?

[affection_for_research]

In my 'dream' it was June of our senior year before I woke up here again.

[Which means things he didn't want to talk about and things he's not sure he should ever talk about had happened.]

[forleaving]

[Oh. He typed and deleted a message about three times before finally settling on something:]

If you need someone to talk to about it, I'm always here.

[affection_for_research]

Maybe after I've become acclimated again.

[He's not sure that he should discuss what happened with Adam. They'd discussed it before in his 'dream' and here... their last few serious conversations had been utter failures.]

I'm more concerned with what I should tell Ronan.

[forleaving]

There's no pressure.

[He just wanted Gansey to know Adam was here for him, no matter what they'd been through.

Also, welcome to his life, having the burden of knowledge and experiences and not being sure what to tell people.]

Tell him what won't hurt him.

[affection_for_research]

Thank you.

The last time we discussed this subject, you didn't want me to keep secrets from him. Now it sounds like you're advocating hiding the truth.

audio: un: witdeased

[hadbaddreams]

Forgive me, I find this easier than navigating the numerous small squares of letters. But you may answer in the fashion that pleases you.

I went to sleep on a ship and woke up at the information hub, as you call it.

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[affection_for_research]

This is all right.

When I originally arrived here, I was asleep in my home, then found myself at the information hub.

I think that I may be the first one to have this happen a second time and they remember it.

I don't believe that we've met. My name's Gansey.

[hadbaddreams]

Doubtful that we've met, as I've arrived only recently. But a pleasure all the same, Gansey. I am Hamlet, of Denmark.

text; un: d.lynch - private

[declanisms]

Obviously I haven't been here long enough to comment on the prevalence of your experience.

But I did find myself a bottle of not entirely terrible alcohol.
I could use someone to share it with.

text; - private

[affection_for_research]

I've been here for months and I think I may be the first this has happened to.

'Not entirely terrible alcohol'?

[Yes, he's amused by that turn of phrase and what it might mean. For the rowing team that meant it wouldn't cause a person to go blind. To his parents, a very expensive and exclusive wine.]

I'd like to share it with you. I should be able to come over this evening. After I figure out what I'm going to tell Ronan about certain subjects.

permaprivate;

[declanisms]

Single malt whiskey.
The sort you find at the *beginning* of an Aglionby party.

[He catches the amusement, and matches it. He was aware of the variance, and Declan's definitions ran somewhere in the middle.]

Take your time. I know how my brother can be.

[Declan's trying to resist the urge to push Ronan, so far. But more than that, he wants Gansey to have a space to figure out what he needs.]

[affection_for_research]

That's better than what I found at most Aglionby parties.

Usually I had to use my fake ID to get anything from that level of 'not terrible'.

I'm trying to decide how much to tell him. I have to tell him something, but everything was a mess even before I ended up back in Henrietta.

[declanisms]

Clearly you needed better parties.
But I'll concede the point.

I know it's not going to be easy for you.
But remember it's your choice. What do you need him to know?
You don't owe it to anyone.

[Declan and Ronan admittedly tend to have different opinions on that point.]

[affection_for_research]

I was too busy with Glendower or keeping Ronan out of the wilder parties to find ones with better quality alcohol.

No, it's not.

[It surprises him that Declan understands that it isn't simple. Everyone else seems to think his decisions are easy to make, that he can sort through the truth and lies and find simple solutions. With this, there isn't any simple solution.]

I don't know what I need him to know or if he needs to know anything.

Everyone thinks that I owe them some version of the truth.

text | un: realbrucewayne (☑)

[menarebrave]

Not that I'm aware of. Was it useful information?

[affection_for_research]

According to Jerry, I went home and returned here.

[menarebrave]

Just an overnight stay? That's all?

[affection_for_research]

No. I was there a few months.

Remember what I said would happen if I went back home?

It happened.

text; un: justbiggs

[alphabeticalplans]

Can't say I have. You feeling okay?

[affection_for_research]

Physically, yes. Mentally I feel off balance. I supposedly went back home and returned here.

[alphabeticalplans]

And you just woke up in front of the welcome center?

That's where I first showed up.