bardish: 40s; SCD (scd530)
Jeff Calhoun ([personal profile] bardish) wrote in [community profile] villagememes 2021-05-24 12:34 am (UTC)

[ Jeff flops down on the offered chair, gaze drifting along with Peter's hand, as if he hadn't just come in from the fog. ]

We're in Washington?

[ He sounds genuinely confused for a second, before the joke clicks and he lets out a soft: ] Ohhhh...

[ Wait. Athena has a twin now? Jeff turns to her, eyes wide. ] Dude. So we've both got twins? [ He turns to Peter, just to explain. ] I've got a 'what the fuck' twin, too. If you see me walking around later, but I'm, like, a cowboy? Then that is not me.

[ A beat. ]

Because we're in a creepy murder town.

[ Just to reiterate Athena's point. ]

By which I mean the town... itself wants to kill us. My theory is? [ He leans in closer and lowers his voice, so the... town... can't overhear him. ] We're, like, on another plane of existence. [ He gestures vaguely, but broadly. ] Between worlds! Which is how the twin thing happens.

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