And I Feel Fine

[beetlebutt]

[Jaime has kept himself suited up, largely because he's not sure if he'll be able to power up again after powering down. The suit is still visibly damaged. Something about this place has messed with both scarab's ability to repair itself and his ability to repair Jaime. Which means he probably won't last long in this place without help.]

[The help he's gotten is...unnerving. But considering how much the scarab has tripped off the senses of other people in this world, how much it's registered as dangerous, he can't judge them. Vampire, alien killing machine, it all kind of pans out equally, doesn't it? He gets why he registers as dangerous to them, too.]

[Which is why he's grateful one of them was willing to help him get to the point of thinned reality the scarab thinks he can use to open a portal back to Jaime's world. So far Kevin has proven himself helpful and trustworthy and how nice he is definitely is disarming.]

[And at least the scenery isn't as scary as it could've been. For a world post-apocalypse, he wasn't expecting to be chilling in a forest.]

I still haven't thanked you for doing this. So, uh. Thanks.

I'm sure other superheroes are used to getting trapped in other dimensions or whatever, but I'm kind of new at this.

Comments

[beetlebutt]

Kind of sounds the same for you, bro.

I mean, world ends and you're still trying to do what good you can? If my world ever goes that far - and it might, one of these days - I hope I have it in me to do the same.

[He's not sure how his spirit could still be in it.]

[likeits1999]

I hope you guys can get back to things being less of a shitshow without this kind of thing coming up.

But like... if it does and it's too much for a while, don't kick your own ass too hard for it, dude. I think that is a big normal reaction to super traumatizing shit.

[ He can't help Jaime fix it in a real way, but maybe giving him some of the things Kevin thinks he might have learned by now can help him in a weird brainfake way. It's worth a shot. ]

[beetlebutt]

I'll try to keep that in mind, 'cause I can see myself falling into the "you could've stopped it" hole for years.

[He climbs up over a fallen tree.]

Scarab says we're almost there.

[likeits1999]

I guess like, you can't help anybody from there. Is a way to think about it.

[ Kevin clears the tree with an uncanny, effortless jump. ]

Cool.

[ He smiles, a little selfconsciously. ]

I feel like I am giving you some kind of pep talk or something.