[October debriefing post!]

[julienned]

[Over the dulcet tones of the Barney wearing sentinel singing about how it hates them  even more now that they crushed everything twice, we have a bunch of very sorry mutants who perhaps shouldn't have drunk half as much as they did.  This does not stop Julian doing as he planned, even if he too looks like he really should have drunk less.]

All right, everyone sit down, shut up and try not to throw up on each other.  You need to pay attention to this.

Comments

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That's why we didn't want to tell you.

[romeowned]

...

... It's my life, Julian, and you shouldn't have kept it from me this long.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

It's your death. That wasn't who you were.

[romeowned]

It's still my future. You had no right to keep it a secret. None of you did. If I'm going to. End up dead, then...

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Don't blame them. I made that call.

[romeowned]

It wasn't your call to make!

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is. If your knowing causes ... I don't know, a really crappy future, then that is my responsibility.

[romeowned]

[not trusting himself to even reply at the moment]

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Unless we're from the bad future and God why doesn't this stuff come with instruction manuals.

[romeowned]

... Probably because nobody really expects to have to deal with things like this.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Well, they should. It happens often enough.

[romeowned]

That doesn't-- why would you say that right now?

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

That was the plan. We work out what you do, and stop you doing it.

[romeowned]

... So you were going to what, follow me around until it looked like I was going to be killed, then try and prevent it? Do you really think that would've worked?

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Don't be stupid. We know about when you lose your wings. We just have to stop that.

[romeowned]

Stupid? Sounds like your big plan was to babysit me in the hope that whatever happened to me, doesn't happen. Which is something you came up with without ever mentioning it to me.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

You came up with a way of how to get yourself killed without mentioning it to us.

[romeowned]

That's not fair! Whatever happened, it wasn't because I wanted it to.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

You still died!

[romeowned]

I'll change that. When I go back, I'll... I don't know, I'll change something. Things won't end up the same.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Yeah, because you did a bang-up job last time. I'll fix it. You just don't do anything stupid.

[romeowned]

...

No.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Don't push me on this, Guthrie.

[romeowned]

My death isn't something you can just fix, Julian. You can say whatever you want, but it's my responsibility to change what happens to me.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

And if you don't?