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basic_powers) wrote2007-09-25 06:11 pm
basic_powers) wrote2007-09-25 06:11 pm
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Time After Tyler: The Castle
The front door was open, if a large portal with no doors in it could be called a front door. Tyler stepped inside, looking around. Big doorway, big hallway. Big, empty hallway. Silence. So much for people.
"I don't suppose this place will have a phone I could use to call for help..." Then he realized what he had just said. "Call... wait a minute." While his backpack and grappler were back at school, he did always keep one thing in his pockets for emergencies.
He dug around his right pants pocket a bit before taking out the communicator that the Revenant had given him. It was a direct link to the vigilante's com unit, and right now seemed like a good time for advice. He stuck the earpiece into his ear and pressed dial, waiting for a response.
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The communicator rang. Unfamiliar signal. Odd. No matter, he answered it anyway. Might be the boss trying out something new.
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«Hello?» An adult voice came through on the other side, but... it didn't sound right.
"Hello, uh.... is this the Revenant?" Tyler asked, confused. First blurring, now this.
«No, he's not here right now. Who is this?»
"I'm Tyler, who are you?" And what was he doing on the Revenant's com channel?
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"Tyler? That's not-- oh. Oh!" He sat back and chuckled. This was priceless. "I remember this now! Wow. It's been a while."
«Huh?»
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"Huh?" What was this guy talking about?
«Nevermind. Just go into the castle. It'll get weird, but everything should turn out okay.»
"It will? Are you sure?"
«Positive. Keep going straight and turn right at the fountain in the middle of the hallway. There's something interesting down that hall you need to see. Got it?»
"I think so."
«Good. 'Bye!»
"'Bye..." Tyler removed the earpiece and tucked the com unit into his right pocket again. What was that all about?
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The Revenant came in just as the young man in the helmet logged off the system. "Patrol tonight was a bear, and I think we're going to see more activity from the Orion Cabal. Did I hear you talking on the com system when I came up?"
"Yeah."
"With whom?"
The younger man sat back in his chair and smiled. "Oh, just someone calling from fifteen years in the past."
"Oh, really? Our phone bill better not be obscene this month or it's coming out of your salary." The hooded vigilante shrugged and went for the coffee machine.
"I don't suppose this place will have a phone I could use to call for help..." Then he realized what he had just said. "Call... wait a minute." While his backpack and grappler were back at school, he did always keep one thing in his pockets for emergencies.
He dug around his right pants pocket a bit before taking out the communicator that the Revenant had given him. It was a direct link to the vigilante's com unit, and right now seemed like a good time for advice. He stuck the earpiece into his ear and pressed dial, waiting for a response.
The communicator rang. Unfamiliar signal. Odd. No matter, he answered it anyway. Might be the boss trying out something new.
«Hello?» An adult voice came through on the other side, but... it didn't sound right.
"Hello, uh.... is this the Revenant?" Tyler asked, confused. First blurring, now this.
«No, he's not here right now. Who is this?»
"I'm Tyler, who are you?" And what was he doing on the Revenant's com channel?
"Tyler? That's not-- oh. Oh!" He sat back and chuckled. This was priceless. "I remember this now! Wow. It's been a while."
«Huh?»
"Huh?" What was this guy talking about?
«Nevermind. Just go into the castle. It'll get weird, but everything should turn out okay.»
"It will? Are you sure?"
«Positive. Keep going straight and turn right at the fountain in the middle of the hallway. There's something interesting down that hall you need to see. Got it?»
"I think so."
«Good. 'Bye!»
"'Bye..." Tyler removed the earpiece and tucked the com unit into his right pocket again. What was that all about?
The Revenant came in just as the young man in the helmet logged off the system. "Patrol tonight was a bear, and I think we're going to see more activity from the Orion Cabal. Did I hear you talking on the com system when I came up?"
"Yeah."
"With whom?"
The younger man sat back in his chair and smiled. "Oh, just someone calling from fifteen years in the past."
"Oh, really? Our phone bill better not be obscene this month or it's coming out of your salary." The hooded vigilante shrugged and went for the coffee machine.