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[askedtobe]

Nathan! Wait-- shit!

[ Even with Peter's voice in the background, everything is black for a few moments before he pulls his NV out of his pocket, accidentally swiping blood across the lens with his fingers, turning everything a lovely shade of red. Because Peter never posts on the network if he isn't covered in blood.

He's crouched out in the baseball field and he stands a moment later, obviously massively concerned as he looks around. A second later, his NV's being ignored as he lifts his other hand, a bolt of crackling blue electricity shooting out into the darkness as Peter's attentions turn to frying a particularly lame Darkness monster. A few moments later everything goes quiet and Peter finally looks back down to acknowledge his NV, taking a second to wipe it off.

... and, to everyone who knows him well enough, he looks like he's had a rather radical hair-cut. ]

I've been here before, right? Awhile ago, I was just-- Can someone tell me what day it is?

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[Immediately nervous at the sight of that blood, at the Darkness, and at his suddenly different hairstyle.]

Peter? Are you alright? Did you go home!

It's the seventeenth of March.

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[ex_stakes70]

[ Oh, so THAT'S what that voice looks like. ] Um -- Didn't I just... talk to you? You like - I dunno, gave me big time rundown on the place. With information. Gobs. Head-bonking much?

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[askedtobe]

[ It's not actually his this time? Yay? ]

I'm fine-- I wasn't even gone two days? [ a beat ] Yeah, I went home.

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You need to get inside! How long were you there?

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[askedtobe]

[ This... would be his face indeed. Boy does he ever miss his hair. ]

Yeah, that would be me. Memories get kind of fuzzy when you're thrown between worlds. Probably has something to do with the space-time continuum.

Or the head-bonking.

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[askedtobe]

About six months. [ yeah, yeah he's walking. ]

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[motioned]

[She's surprised, enough so that she stops talking for a moment. And then, the only thing she can think of to say:]

Your hair looks nice.

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[sharp]

[ SOB. Amy doesn't even know what to say to you anymore, Peter. But it doesn't mean she's not worrying or noticing when he's gone, even if she hadn't said much lately. ]

Ehm. You look ... [ bloody. ] different.

I know you probably don't, but do you need help?

[ Who would Amy be if she didn't ask? ]

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[askedtobe]

[ Ohh... hey Amy. Give him a couple of minutes to look really guilty, he's still working on getting most of his memories back. Including those. ]

Yeah, I know-- [ And watch Peter make the fateful mistake of starting to run his hands through his abysmally short hair and then stop halfway through. Cringe. ]

I just.. need to wash my hands. Thanks, though.

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[askedtobe]

[ ... snort. ]

You think so? Wasn't really my idea.

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[hostage]

Uh... You got a little...

[You know, blood.]

I mean - you okay?

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[askedtobe]

Not the first time it's happened. [ Yeah, he's used to it. ]

I'm fine, it's not mine. And even if I was.. i'd still be fine.

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[sharp]

[ For a second, she almost wonders if he didn't remember her. Would that have been better? Amy decides she would rather not think about it. ]

Don't worry, it looks fine. You know, except for the ... red. [ WOW so eloquent today. ]

But right. Looks like bad timing.

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[hostage]

[Not something people normally brag about, buddy.]

You get into like a fight?

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[askedtobe]

[ Most of what Peter brags about, people normally don't. Like his death-count. ]

My brother got shot. [ ... he might sound a little tense. ]

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[askedtobe]

It looks like I want it to grow back out. [ Sigh. Oh, how he misses his hair. ]

Really bad timing. Port couldn't have waited just a couple more minutes.

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[hostage]

Shit. Like, now? Just now?

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[askedtobe]

Like a minute ago, just now. And the last time I showed up here, he was put into a coma. Place has the worst timing.

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[hostage]

So he's back there? Back where you came from?

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[askedtobe]

Stuck back in New York, yeah.

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[hostage]

[That's nightmarish in its scope of shittiness. He's imagining if he just watched Jake get shot, and turning up here right at that moment, and there's really nothing to say to someone in that kind of situation. He just nods slightly.]

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[askedtobe]

[ Peter's trying to remain in a fake state of calm. Almost destroy the world with deadly virus? Check. Nathan getting shot? Check. No big deal.

It's just... been a bad day. So he sort of shrugs and tries to wipe his hands off on his pants. ] Probably get to wait another year and a half before I go home and find out what happens next.

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[hostage]

Maybe he'll turn up here, yo. Someone I talked to said she was supposed to be dead back where she came from, but she got here and she wasn't even hurt.

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[askedtobe]

Think i'd rather him be alive at home than show up here after he's died, but you never know. Shouldn't be surprised anymore by who shows up. My niece is already here.

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[inthejunk]

[Squint.]

...Petrelli-san?