devoutish | IC contact for snowblindrpg

It can be both, can't it. More lonely, but a relief all the same.

I guess. If there were more people, then maybe we'd be further along. Or someone would've noticed what happened. There's enough 'magic' universes for someone to be versed in trans-universal teleportation.

[ There's a short pause, and then he sort of chuckles at himself. ]

Eh, I'm just looking for some other way, something that'd give us an advantage. But we still don't know enough about what's even going on to know what we'd need. Wouldn't mind more programmers, though, too. Makes me wish I actually picked up that talking-to-computers ability I heard about awhile back, just in case.

What was the man like, that you would have had to kill to do that?

Ah-

[ That actually brings him up short for a moment, a difficult task at this stage. But he realizes he let his mouth run a little too wild. ]

Micah Sanders. He was just a kid. Eleven years old, smart. Probably smarter than his parents, after everything I heard about them. I wouldn't have- I don't think I would've gone after him, even without what I've learned here.

You don't kill kids, or have you got another reason?

I've always avoided it, even when that might've been the kinder thing.

[ Everything at the Walker home had gone picture-perfect, and he even found out that James' daughter had an ability, too. It was a bonus, but he hesitated as he pointed at her and she managed to hide. The whole thing had unsettled him, for reasons he didn't understand. Not then. ]

I think I've got an idea why that is, now. The whole- everything that happened in that tower, with the converts...while I was all messed up, I remembered something new. John thought it was a delusion, but it hasn't gone away this whole time. It's just gotten stronger.

Oh?

[ Right, he didn't actually say what it was, did he? He's hesitant, now, but he does spill it. ]

Yeah. Think I saw my dad kill my mom, when I was five.

Ah. That's a tough thing, mate.

Yep. [ He sighs. ] Apparently tough enough that I completely forgot it and most of my childhood. Didn't even know I was adopted until a couple weeks ago. But- it makes sense.

I'd like to face my dad down, make him answer for what he did, but- obviously that's not happening here.

[ He wasn't sure what to do with it, honestly. ]

Would you kill him, do you think?

Maybe.

Probably. I want to know why he did it. Why he didn't even wait till he was out of the parking lot, at least. Why he killed her like that.

But yeah. I'm trying to grow a conscience here, but him? I think I'd be okay with killing.

The parking lot?

Yeah. She was in the car, and fought with him... [ His voice gets something of a far-away quality to it, but he reins it back in. ] They were clearly yelling at each other, and he killed her with telekinesis and dumped her body out of the car. And then he drove off. I watched from the entrance to the diner.

[ It occurs to him that might not have been what Alfie was asking about. Oops. ]

Do you have parking lots back in your time period?

No, but I understand the meaning well enough. Fucking hell. What happened to you after?

I don't really remember. I assume I was taken in by the people I thought were my parents.

My dad- adopted dad- he left probably that same year. Went out for cigarettes, never came back. Mom was- [ How to put it? He goes with the harsher phrasing, because he has no idea if Alfie's heard of anxiety or panic attacks. ] -not very stable and needed a lot of help. I started working as soon as I could.

Mm. You've had a hard life, then. And yet, Norfinbury is what redeemed you. Funny how things work out, innit.

I didn't think it was a hard life when I was living it.

[ But he'd always known something was off. Monumentally off. ]

But yeah. As much as everyone hates this town- and with good reason- it has done me that favor. Took me out of my own situation long enough that I could see what was happening. I'm pretty sure I never would've known without it.

Yeah. It's a shame you'll never get to put all those revelations to use.

[Because when it comes down to it, Alfie really doesn't think they're likely to get out alive.]

[ Gabriel chuckles quietly. ]

You think so? You'd be amazed at how stubborn I am at surviving. Whenever anyone wanted to complain about me, they'd call me a cockroach.

And maybe it's a coincidence, but cockroaches can survive nuclear fallout. I'm not going to let my reputation fade now.

Mm - but would you want to survive, if you were the only one that did?

[ That catches him up short, and he's silent for a long moment. ]

The time traveler in my world once told me that I die, alone, with no one to mourn me. Don't think he had Norfinbury in mind for that, unless he comes here specifically to laugh at me.

But at least if I'm alone here, I have the option of dying. So- no, if I were the only one left? No.

And this time traveler - is he someone whose word you can trust?

[It's kind of a digression, but Alfie's curious about this now. Even if Sylar considers him trustworthy, that doesn't mean Alfie will, but it's still an interesting thing to consider.]

Because if he's telling the truth, that means either he comes here and gets out, or you get out yourself.

[ That's a good question. Does Hiro tell the truth? Gabriel thinks it over for a few seconds. ]

I think he's telling the truth as he knows it, but time travel can get pretty damn complicated. Maybe Norfinbury broke the timeline by bringing me here. It's hard to say. I'd ask Davesprite, but I'm pretty sure I'd get tons of words I've never heard of in response.

Still- it seems like the sort of thing that'd happen to me eventually.

Yeah. You've done things that are un-fucking-forgivable.

But you're just making things even worse by wallowing, aren't you.

IC contact for snowblindrpg

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject