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[ownperson]

dude i don't care enough to fuck with someone i literally don't even know
i got shot and i woke up here
fucking bullshit i shouldn't even have been at that fucking point in my timeline UGH

[sometimespawnskillkings]

That's strange. You forgot basically everything that happened here, and got new memories instead.

[ownperson]

that's not how this shit works! i saw people fucking come and go on the rig sometimes they didn't lose their fucking memories when they got back
like idk what to tell u man
i am so not convinced you're not fucking with me still

[sometimespawnskillkings]

The rig?

[If South ever discussed that with Temple, it was only once or twice, so he has no idea what she means.]

cw: shock collars, corporate slavery

[ownperson]

the place i was before i got fucking thrown back to get shot in the fucking face
fucking post-apocalyptic hell world
got enslaved by some fucked up corporation still doing capitalism in a nearly dead fucking world
shock collars and everything it fucking sucked
we'd just overthrown the bastards and got out and then bam
UGH

cw: shock collars, corporate slavery, temple being a bit of a revenge-driven jerk

[sometimespawnskillkings]

[Temple's tempted to shoot something back like, 'now you know what it's like for sim troopers,' but he stops himself. Instead, he says:]

I didn't know. Sorry. That's awful.

[Half of him takes a vindictive pleasure in hearing about it, but the other half feels a new compassion for her - and is very aware of how much Sombra cares for her, how much South's suffering would hurt her.]

[ownperson]

no shit its awful
this place feels like a fucking upgrade even tho its clearly a hot fucking mess too
sure as shit not better than just being alive at home like i was fucking meant to be

[ She'll change her tune on that once her memories come back, but right now she's back to feeling like she got her do-over ripped out from beneath her feet. ]

[sometimespawnskillkings]

I know what that's like.

[Not entirely, Temple wasn't ever dead and wasn't ever somewhere like where South was and he likes Duplicity better than their own universe, but he knows what it's like consider Duplicity an upgrade.]

[ownperson]

sim trooper huh

[sometimespawnskillkings]

Yeah, I already said.

[ownperson]

yeah, i know
not actually a mind reader couldn't figure that out from just that
not one of the crazy assholes wash and lina were surrounding themselves with i'm guessing

[ But she never did get many names besides Tucker's, on the ship, and Carolina killing one of them wouldn't not fit with what info she got about her coming out of hiding... so how's she supposed to know? ]

[sometimespawnskillkings]

[Temple is offended by the very idea.]

Certainly not.

[ownperson]

damn dude what part of that's insulting
the idea ur crazy or the idea ur with the specific bunch of crazy

[sometimespawnskillkings]

How about both?

[The latter is what had initially offended Temple, but he can multitask.]

[ownperson]

honestly dude i've long fuckin accepted everyone ever involved in freelancer is assfuck crazy
me included
not even an insult its just fuckin reality

but fine whatever ur brand of rogue sim troopers all your own i guess
sounds like a hell of a grudge

discussion of death

[sometimespawnskillkings]

She killed my best friend.

[ownperson]

we killed a lot of fucking people in the project dude
like not to be all 'for me it was a tuesday' but i guarantee for her it was just a fucking tuesday

discussion of death, murder, revenge

[sometimespawnskillkings]

That is basically what she said, yes.

[Back when Carolina was in Duplicity. Though Carolina and Temple had met in their own universe, they only really talked in the city.]

Still, it was much more than a Tuesday for me, and I have reason to be upset about it.

[Not to murder as many Freelancers as he can, Temple's realizing, but certainly to be devastated by Biff's death and furious at her for causing it.]

[ownperson]

well yeah ofc you fucking do
the project was fucked up dude even fucking freelancers weren't safe from other freelancers
i'd fucking know
even got into fights with some of the assholes when we were back on the fucking rig about it
be as pissed as you like about it but not like it can fucking change shit

[ Long pause between messages. ]

wait how far does this grudge fuckin go
just the boss ass bitch herself or what
like weren't you trying to invite the fucking mystery south to your dinner thing

[sometimespawnskillkings]

Yes, I was. Because I'm friends with Sombra.

[ownperson]

friends enough you were gonna invite a freelancer despite a hate boner for freelancer
damn dude how long've you been here

[ Look that speaks to someone who's been here so long their priorities have gotten weird, in South's extremely skewed perspective. ]

[sometimespawnskillkings]

Exactly. The other South Dakota was dating Sombra, and I thought it would be rude to the both of you if I invited her but didn't invite you.

(Yes, I allowed 'plus ones,' I know, but I figured that, if I didn't go to the effort of specifically inviting you, she'd think I didn't want you there and it would be rude of me.)

I have been here for four years.

[ownperson]

[ She was in fact about to point out plus ones as a concept, so, like, smart immediate rebuttal there. ]

better manners than i'd have tbh

dickshitting hell 4 years?
the longest anyone was on the rig was fucking 2. jfc

[sometimespawnskillkings]

Thank you.

Yeah. I wouldn't describe it as hell, though.

[Temple likes Duplicity much more than their own universe.]

[ownperson]

idk man i think anywhere where the fuckers up top are making you do shit is some kind of hell

[ That includes home, honestly. She was never actually a fan of following orders, even when she did. ]