.09. [VOICE] i return

[tangentdarko]

I gotta admit, I didn't really think I'd be coming back here. I think I got trapped in some kind of time loop, because I went back there just to come back here again and I.. I experienced the same thing over again there anyway. Who cares if I die again if I'm going to come back here to be redeemed? Again. [...] You can't just.. take a person away for a month and expect them to come back all eager to change. I didn't wan-- [...]

Okay. I'd rather be here than just.. gone. It's like chapter seven said.. "The Manipulated Living will do anything to save themselves from Oblivion." Grandma Death was right. I don't want to fall into Oblivion. I'd rather be here.

[Long pause.]

Are Paddy, John, and Warren still here?


[Fail!Private to Tommy, meaning public:]
Hey, Tommy.. Are you still my warden? I know it's been a month, but I didn't really have a choice to leave and I don't want to come back and start all over again unless you moved on and you want me to start over..

Comments

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

I didn't really choose to leave either..

Were you a friend of his?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

A friend? Nah. He's my husband.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Then why aren't you with him?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

He went where I couldn't follow.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Have you tried?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

It's not really any of your business, fella.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

I guess. I'm just saying you should try to be with your husband if you're actually married to him. It's not like he beat you or anything because John's a good guy-- or was a good guy, depending on where he ended up and if he returned to his own Universe or a new one..

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

John died. If he was taken back to our Universe - as you're callin' it, he's in the ground now. An' I can't follow him.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

..No one wants to die alone. Didn't you even want to be there for him?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

You're right. Nobody wants to die alone, an' John didn't. My boy and I found his body and buried him on the hill, an' I lived for three more years after.

I didn't think I'd find him here when I showed up, but I did. Whatever brought him here took him back though. That's all.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

How did you die?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

Consumption, or something like it.

Genius in some ways, retard in others.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Consumption of what?

And this is why he's "endearing"

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

Coughin' fits. Coughed up blood an' ran fevers.

Or something. :3

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

[A little bit later.]

Everything's going to be okay.

indeed. <3

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

As you said, here's better than oblivion.

<3

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is. I can only hope that things get better for you.

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

That's why we're here...or so they tell me.

Anyways, welcome back. You need anything....hell, did I even ask for your name?

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Donnie Darko. It's.. it's better than Donald. Who are you?

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

Donnie Darko ain't such a bad name. I'm Abigail.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

That fits you.

[left-that-life.livejournal.com]

I'll take that as a compliment. I'll be seein' you around, Donnie.