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[arrowpoint]

[Still adjusting to his new super-sight, Liam is wearing glasses when he shows up on the screen. A hint of general anxiety is shown by some fidgeting.]

Okay so... things are bad in Locke, right? I haven't been back in a while. People are talking about moving, and I don't want to move. It's like a second home to me, you know?

[He'd spent a lot of time feeling like he wanted to get away from Locke when his sea-longing first kicked in, but now...]

My family has had property there since I was a kid... I mean I get that the property won't go anywhere, but I'm kind of attached to it.

[Liam takes a deep breath then sits back from the camera. When he speaks again, he's less somber.]

Okay, distraction time. So, a lot of people I know have names for their past lives or old selves or whatever - is that pretty common? I figured I should get one too, if that's the case. Don't want to be left out. Any ideas?

[Wait.]

...Okay nobody say "butthead" or something.

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[espigeonage]

Things are bad, bossboy. I'm not sure I should visit it again at all, now... [Unsurprisingly Julien does not wish to get killed.]

Mmm. Well, my guy has my last name but I still call him the Apostle, 'cause he had a ridiculous nickname-minded friend. I like the names to not be anything too serious.

[arrowpoint]

If you need to go back for something there, I can get it for you maybe. Or Halloween is coming up, what about then? We can all be in costume or something.

So why "Apostle?"

[espigeonage]

Haha, I'm not sure I could pass as a costume! Someone in a truly impressive hooded cloak and stilts, maybe.

My first memory of him had him addressed as "Apostle of the Violet Rose", later I found out that's a manga character who looks like me - well, looks like I should look, but with armor and a sword, and healing powers apparently. Hang on, I have the book somewhere...

[arrowpoint]

I don't know, maybe you could actually wear wear a costume and then confuse the hell out of people enough to let you slide by.

Wait, so you had healing powers, or just this guy in the manga?

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[youngestone]

Vegan?

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[arrowpoint]

Uh, yeah I'm a vegan. Good of you to remember, thanks.

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[youngestone]

No, call him Vegan.

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[arrowpoint]

Call my dude Vegan? That's kind of lame... He was more awesome than just an everyday word. I think.

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[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

Nothing wrong with owning homes in different places.

So, you want a name, hmm? You seem very green in a lot of ways... Let's work from that. Green man? Green boy? Tree? Leaves? Salad? Of course, elements can be mixed and matched.

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[arrowpoint]

Oh my God, can we just let the salad thing die already?

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[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

Not until you learn to cook properly, no.

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[youngestone]

Why didn't I think of salad?!

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[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

Because I've been at this game a lot longer.

[video] shhh gonna pretend he responded yesterday

[gogoghostpowers]

[Normally Danny wouldn't broach a topic so sensitive, especially when the guy's clearly trying to divert from it...but hey, he brought it up, and Danny's gotten very defensive of Locke after being one of its more prominent heroes for the better part of the past year.]

Don't move. Don't leave Locke. I know things look bad here right now, but we can't just give up and leave! It's our city as much as it is anyone else's.

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[arrowpoint]

Dude, I wasn't planning on it, I'm just...

[Frustrated sigh, which was directed towards the situation and not Danny.]

It sucks, okay? Like I said, we'll still own the property and when this all blows over, it'll still be there. It's the whole family's place, not just mine. I haven't even lived there for that long.

[gogoghostpowers]

Well...I guess I can't fault you for taking a break from it. Especially with how tense it's gotten--if anyone knew I was numbered, I wouldn't feel safe either.

But I don't know if this is going to blow over. I wanted to wait it out too, but... [sigh] maybe we need to do something to put an end to this. I don't know what.

[video] also i promised this stupidity

[grannyfucker]

Twatrag! Dickpounder! L'Oreal, Ariel's blonde fish sister! [GAAASP] FISH FIDDLER! Baywatch!

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[arrowpoint]

The hell, man?! I said not to give me the dumb ones!

[Pause.]

...You know Ariel?

[grannyfucker]

[???]

Of course I do! What do you take me for, some kind of uneducated charlatan?

And I'll have you know, those weren't dumb at all! I put a lot of love into those names, Baywatch, you'd do well to at least consider them!

[moreweaponsthanyou]

Bad isn't the word I'd use. More like 'completely awful'.

I second the L'oreal suggestion.

[arrowpoint]

Okay, well, still in that "not good" area. You know what I mean.

[The next is said in a snotty tone.]

Aww, really? Because I'm worth it? Thanks Fil.

[moreweaponsthanyou]

Yeah, we all know.

[Fil rolls his eyes.]

You'll have to add in the hair flip action too. Or the name doesn't stick.

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[vaimo]

I don't want to move either. I know things are bad now, but I'm sure that they'll get better! We haven't done anything wrong, after all. ...Well, most of us, and we haven't done anything as bad as they're saying! [Hope springs eternal for this girl.}

You know him best, so you're probably best to come up with a name for him! I still don't have a name for mine. Or a nickname or anything. Maybe I should think of something for her, but I don't know enough about her I think.

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[arrowpoint]

I'm hoping it will blow over, yeah.

[When she mentions the part about not doing anything wrong - Liam pauses, thinking of the guy from the mafia that he killed. In self defense, of course but... He focuses on the other topic to get away from the uncomfortable memory.]

Well, you don't want to be left out. What do you know about her?

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[vaimo]

Hopefully sooner rather than later, my parents still want me to come home!

Umm... I know that she was some sort of immortal viking lesbian who was good with guns. [With an embarrassed chuckle.] But I thought she was just going to be a housewife for the longest time so who knows!