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[notyourfathersosborn]

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[resipiscent]

[Riku doesn't mind. It's not like he doesn't have time. Until they can figure out what's going on, where they're supposed to be going, any rescue effort is stalled.]

Not confidence-inspiring.

[Something occurs to him. If their powers are nullified...]

... how's your friend?

[notyourfathersosborn]

i'm an osborn

i refuse to show weakness

especially to someone too afraid to show their face after all this time

[But he's scared. He's just too stubborn to admit it.]

small

hungry

weak

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[He gets it. For him, had he shown weakness when it mattered, he might be dead right now. So hearing that from Normie doesn't make him want to tell him any differently.]

... yeah. I thought you might say something like that.
Normie, if I go to your house, do you mind if I borrow something of yours? I'm working on getting a feel for what I need to track.

[He knows what Normie smells like, generally. But it can't hurt.]

[notyourfathersosborn]

anything you want is yours

just dont go near peters stuff

and dont open anything locked

because theres probably a cache of bombs in there

unless you want a bomb then by all means

[Seriously, he has a lot of bombs. He really should stop making them whenever he feels compelled to do something with his hands.]

also

keep an eye on oscorp for me

i just got it

it cant crash and burn now

1/?

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Right. That's fair.

2/3

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[And then Normie sends him what is possibly the hugest bomb he's had dropped on him here.]

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Um.
Are you sure you want me for that?

[The most business experience Riku has is probably lemonade stands with Sora as kids.]

[notyourfathersosborn]

im not asking you to run the company

i had come up with some safeguards when i was vice president that should still be in play now that im president

just keep an eye on it

i wont let anyone take it from me

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So what, do I go and just intimidate everybody once a day? I'm not trying to be an ass but I have no idea what 'keeping an eye' on an entire company entails.

[notyourfathersosborn]

[There's a long pause.]

look i dont know

i dont know okay

do it or dont

i dont care

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[Shit. Offline, he scrubs at his face a little with both hands, trying to figure out how he's going to remedy this foot-in-mouth situation.]

I'll figure it out. Don't worry about it. I promise it will still be there when you get back.

[notyourfathersosborn]

theres just too much to think about
and nothing i can do
youre the one not stuck in fucking space


or wherever the hell this is

i dont think its space

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["You're not the one stuck in fucking space", says Normie, and Riku sighs quietly -- no, he's not. But while he could take offense to the way that was written he's not going to, because he gets it, in a way. He'd be anxious too, out there.]

From what I've heard, I don't think it's space, either.

I
you know you're one of the reasons I'm invested in this, right?

[notyourfathersosborn]

what have you heard

really

[He finds that hard to believe. Not because of Riku, but because he's not used to people going to bat for him.]

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First, that there's gravity. I didn't know this world had the means to generate gravity in space. And Kang brought up the idea of the cost of holding fifty people in space for an extended amount of time.

Yeah, of course. I mean, I'd still help, but it's kind of personal at this point.

[notyourfathersosborn]

fifty people

plus crew

at least 20 by my estimation

i agree though

thats why its not space

still probably somewhere dangerous

thanks

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Yeah. I don't know yet what to think. I've been compiling some notes, though.

I'm sorry I don't have anything brighter for you yet.

[notyourfathersosborn]

i wish i could be more useful

they're being really careful not to let us know anything

and all we do is stare at things











i'm scared i'm going to go crazy again

shit i didn't mean that for that to send

[resipiscent]

It's okay. I would be feeling the same way, to tell you the truth.
Don't... feel like you need to keep that stuff in, if you need to talk about it.

[notyourfathersosborn]

look i dont do well with downtime

all i do is think

about how i screwed up

about how i might do it again

now all this place is is downtime

im tired of thinking

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I'd... if I could, when I feel like that, I always feel like sleeping is the easiest option. But that's not necessarily possible, so
I can keep talking to you, if you want me to. I don't sleep all that much, so I can match however much time you need.

[notyourfathersosborn]

too many people to sleep

been stepped on

too hard to sleep even if there wasnt

what if the moment you close your eyes the soviets decide to make their move

none of us look too pretty ill tell you that

i wouldnt want to keep you

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I wouldn't offer if it were an inconvenience.

[notyourfathersosborn]

i dont even know what to talk about

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That's okay. I'll tell a story.