Danny Fenton (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
schrodingersghost) wrote2022-07-10 05:45 pm
schrodingersghost) wrote2022-07-10 05:45 pm
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Hey, this is Danny. Leave a message if you want.
...I'm not sure if that's actually how trauma works.
Maybe? I guess? But what kind of scientist is the question.
[Apparently the kind that thought experimenting with their inventions during breakfast made sense.]
Maybe? I guess? But what kind of scientist is the question.
[Apparently the kind that thought experimenting with their inventions during breakfast made sense.]
It might be? If we really want it to be.
[Varian that's really not how it works and you know it.]
The kind that work with portals from the looks of things. Do you think they might have been attempting interdimensional travel?
[Varian that's really not how it works and you know it.]
The kind that work with portals from the looks of things. Do you think they might have been attempting interdimensional travel?
Greetings.
You are being contacted in regards to your involvement with the manmade portal constructed August 2022. Due to the damage done from the portal, in lieu of the ability to bring this matter to the courts, we've decided to assign you 150 hours of community service, to be completed by December 31st.
The nature of your community service work may be to your choosing from the list provided. Report your hours worked through the Libra app. Failure to comply will result in fines and stricter consequences. You may go to the Zodiac Office if you have any questions about your service.
Thank you for using the Libra app.
[Attached to the message is a long list of different volunteer positions offered throughout the city (think the typical types of volunteer work available). You're free to decide what your character will do for volunteer work and can handwave it happening over the next few months or use it as a CR opportunity. Feel free to contact Yuff if you have any questions!]
You are being contacted in regards to your involvement with the manmade portal constructed August 2022. Due to the damage done from the portal, in lieu of the ability to bring this matter to the courts, we've decided to assign you 150 hours of community service, to be completed by December 31st.
The nature of your community service work may be to your choosing from the list provided. Report your hours worked through the Libra app. Failure to comply will result in fines and stricter consequences. You may go to the Zodiac Office if you have any questions about your service.
Thank you for using the Libra app.
[Attached to the message is a long list of different volunteer positions offered throughout the city (think the typical types of volunteer work available). You're free to decide what your character will do for volunteer work and can handwave it happening over the next few months or use it as a CR opportunity. Feel free to contact Yuff if you have any questions!]
I don't think I really saw enough to say that.
[It was kind of a leap to go from tinkering with something in the kitchen to say they were working on interdimensional travel. But it would kind of explain why he'd been in a portal? It didn't really seem like the kind of thing just anyone would have sitting around.]
[It was kind of a leap to go from tinkering with something in the kitchen to say they were working on interdimensional travel. But it would kind of explain why he'd been in a portal? It didn't really seem like the kind of thing just anyone would have sitting around.]
Oh. Hrm. I just thought that portal had to come from somewhere, right?
[That's definitely the leap Varian made.]
[That's definitely the leap Varian made.]
I feel like portals like that wouldn't just come from anywhere? I guess it would make sense if it was family that built it.
But maybe it wasn't. I don't think I've remembered enough yet to say.
But maybe it wasn't. I don't think I've remembered enough yet to say.
Yeah, it sounds like they were engineers at least- it wouldn't be hard to connect those dots.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see if any of your other memories come in. I'm sure they will eventually and you can build a better picture.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see if any of your other memories come in. I'm sure they will eventually and you can build a better picture.
"I'm starting to wonder if any of these memories will make any sense."
"It would make sense if they did, right? I mean...maybe it's like a jigsaw puzzle. At the moment everything you're getting is only partial - pieces that don't match up. But eventually, they've got to start fitting together, right?"
"You got that right," Danny says with a sigh. "I mean, it all has to make sense eventually, right?"
He just wished he knew for sure. Right now all he had were questions.
He just wished he knew for sure. Right now all he had were questions.
"I really hope so, anyway. Guess all we can do is wait for those pieces to all show up."
[Varian's been stressing out over this conversation for a while. After all, his experiments have occasionally inadvertently harmed Danny and with the other boy pretty convinced he's a superhero in his other life, learning his friend was once the opposite of that might be...bad.
He doesn't want Danny to hate him- even if he knows that there's a chance he won't. But he knows he can't...not tell him any more, either. Especially after Danny put his neck on the line for him after the portals. He owes his friend this much. ]
Hey. There's something important I need to talk to you about. Are you free?
He doesn't want Danny to hate him- even if he knows that there's a chance he won't. But he knows he can't...not tell him any more, either. Especially after Danny put his neck on the line for him after the portals. He owes his friend this much. ]
Hey. There's something important I need to talk to you about. Are you free?
[Danny had been distracted recently. Between suddenly gaining the ability to fly (or at least to float with purpose), and the revelations that he had recently found in the library's record room it had been a few days since he'd met up with Varian. But he was always happy to talk to his friend.]
Sure. What's up?
Sure. What's up?
[Okay, he can do this, he can. He takes a few deep breaths. If he knew, he'd be so much more interested in Danny's findings than what he has to say. That's gotta be better than this. ]
It's definitely an in-person conversation. And it's ...really bad. Just preparing you for that. Can I drop by?
It's definitely an in-person conversation. And it's ...really bad. Just preparing you for that. Can I drop by?
[And that was enough to get Danny to worry. Because if Varian thought whatever this was was bad...]
Uh, sure? My parents are out today, so you can come over whenever.
Uh, sure? My parents are out today, so you can come over whenever.
Thanks, I appreciate it. I'll be there soon.
[He still dithers for a while, before finally plucking the courage to leave the apartment to go to Danny's, knocking on the door once he gets there, looking deeply worried.
Safe to say, this is bad. ]
[He still dithers for a while, before finally plucking the courage to leave the apartment to go to Danny's, knocking on the door once he gets there, looking deeply worried.
Safe to say, this is bad. ]
[Danny opens the door and lets him in, leading the way to the living room.]
So what is it? It sounded kind of important.
So what is it? It sounded kind of important.
[Varian sucks in a breath as he follows his friend inside, rubbing his arm in self-comfort, trying to keep the wave of panic from swallowing him whole. He can do this.]
Yeah- um. Yeah, it is. I've...not really told you anything about my past and I think after everything that happened with the portal...you deserve to know. You deserve to know who you're friends with.
Yeah- um. Yeah, it is. I've...not really told you anything about my past and I think after everything that happened with the portal...you deserve to know. You deserve to know who you're friends with.
[Danny turns to look at his friend with confusion.]
We've been friends long enough that I think I know who I'm friends with. I don't need to know your past to know that.
We've been friends long enough that I think I know who I'm friends with. I don't need to know your past to know that.
[Varian lets out a nervous laugh at that.]
Yeaaah, you might not say that after this. I-uh. I was a really, really bad person, Danny.
Yeaaah, you might not say that after this. I-uh. I was a really, really bad person, Danny.
[Danny frowns in concern.]
This isn't about the whole accidentally releasing dinosaurs on the city thing again, is it? Because you already know my opinion on that. Making a mistake doesn't make you a bad person.
This isn't about the whole accidentally releasing dinosaurs on the city thing again, is it? Because you already know my opinion on that. Making a mistake doesn't make you a bad person.
[Oh Danny, bless your heart. Varian raises his hands in mock surrender. ]
Oh, no no. Well, the portal thing got me thinking about it, especially seeing as you wouldn't let me take the fall alone on that. [Why YES, he is gonna be salty about that forever, thanks for asking.] It's...this is what I did before I came to the city. This is stuff I did back home.
Oh, no no. Well, the portal thing got me thinking about it, especially seeing as you wouldn't let me take the fall alone on that. [Why YES, he is gonna be salty about that forever, thanks for asking.] It's...this is what I did before I came to the city. This is stuff I did back home.
[Danny maintains that taking responsibility for his part in that was the right thing to do. so good luck convincing him otherwise. In response to Varian's comment on that he simply grins at him, faintly smug.]
If its something that happened at home, does it really matter? The only thing you did here was try to get home, right?
[And regardless, Varian hadn't done anything to Danny. (Apart from all the explosions.]
If its something that happened at home, does it really matter? The only thing you did here was try to get home, right?
[And regardless, Varian hadn't done anything to Danny. (Apart from all the explosions.]
Of course, it matters! [Does he sound a little panicked about this? He sure does!] It still happened. It-it still makes a part of me. It...it wouldn't be fair to the people I've hurt to just...ignore that.
[Because boy, has he tried that and it failed miserably. He exhales slowly. ]
It just...it's really important, trust me.
[Because boy, has he tried that and it failed miserably. He exhales slowly. ]
It just...it's really important, trust me.
[Danny still didn't think it could possibly be as bad as Varian was making it out to be. But...]
Well, if you really think its that important, I'll listen.
Well, if you really think its that important, I'll listen.
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