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[yousayyes]

[As Winston's second day at sea starts, he feels the distinct creeping anxiety of his mind preoccupying itself with worry over what could be happening back home in his absence.]

[Normally, he'd try reading to pass the time and keep his mind busy from those thoughts- but Mom only packed him two books, and he's already read through both of them cover-to-cover multiple times by now. ...he started to realize somewhere in the middle of his fifth re-read of the trainer's guide that he wasn't actually working to absorb the information. By that point, he was just glancing down at the turning pages to feel some amount of productivity as he's stuck waiting for the cruise ship to reach Kanto.]

[Setting the books back in his bag, Winston opens his Pokégear, thumbing through its features until he reaches a text posting option. ...it can't hurt to put something out there, right?]

Hi.

Current events outside of my control have left me temporarily unemployed, seeing as I'm now stuck in a different dimension from my former workplace.

I know- we've ALL been there before... /endsarcasm

While I'm sure my coworkers will be understanding of the situation and leave my spot open until I return... I don't see that reunion happening anytime soon. So in the meantime: if anyone could point me towards a job listing in the Kanto area, I would appreciate it a lot.

Many thanks.

- Winston Zeddemore

Comments

[yousayyes]

I heard about the eight months from Ray. Not all the details, but I know you were here without me for a while.

[Part of him feels bad for being surprised that they miss him this much. Another part of him feels bad for feeling bad about himself, when they're the ones who actually experienced the pain of an eight month separation. Yet another part feels bad for not wanting to tell them about these feelings because it's not nearly important enough to talk about compared to everything else, even though he's sure Venkman would tell him that his emotions are his and he should express them even if they're not "as important".]

[All around it's. Bad! A Bad Time for Winston Zeddemore.]

That sounds terrible, Pete... I can't begin to imagine how it must have felt to be apart from them for so long, and when you guys have been together for well over a decade by this point. ...but I'm glad you wound up finding each other in the end again.

Promise I'll wait for you.

[neverstudied]

goddamnit ray talked to you first

its fine i'll still get to SEE you first

the other two'll have to catch up

and dont beat yourself up over it man its nothing you couldve changed

[On the surface, it looks like he's referring to Winston's sympathy over Venkman's 2-month separation from Ray and Egon. In reality, Venkman knows Winston well enough to read between the lines and pick up on some of what Winston's thinking. Not all of it. But some.]

we always find each other again. all four of us.

[yousayyes]

That's true. If this doesn't prove it, I don't know what will.

[Then something dawns on him.]

Oh boy, so it'll just be "us" for a while then, huh?

...were there any places you went to in Kanto that you didn't have the time to appreciate on your first time around? Maybe somewhere you'd want us to go together?

[neverstudied]

["Oh boy" is right.]

yep. just us

alone together

:-)

to be honest i was rushing through the place so fast i never even went to pewter city and the only time i showed up in cerulean was during one of this place's temporal fluxes and i wound up with two dogs and a 28ft long snake after that and no memory of catching them. so no i didnt appreciate them all that much

or... really anywhere except saffron and celadon to be honest. i was only in pallet and viridian for a day or two each

protip though we probably shouldnt go to celadon at any point

theres a good chance i'll get my ribs broken again

[yousayyes]

You know for a moment there I almost lost sight of how long "eight months" is and how much could happen in that time.

Especially if TIME ITSELF just "fluxes" sometimes!

At least we don't have to pass through Celadon to get to anywhere else on the map so I guess you picked the best spot to break your ribs at?! Let's try keeping it to just the one place then okay. Love you Pete. For the love of god please stay safe on your way to me.

[neverstudied]

youre goddamn right its a long time im dying here and the fact that i gotta wait even longer to see you is torture

i'll be fine i know this place pretty well now

i love you