The 1st Pipe [Text] When in doubt, leave a note.

[pipefan413]

GODS OF ASGARD.

WHILE I AM FLATTERED TO HAVE BEEN RECRUITED FOR WHAT SEEMS A MOST NOBLE CAUSE, I MUST INSIST THAT I BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY AND ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE BUSINESS I HAD BEEN CONDUCTING PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE MY ENERGY BE FOCUSED ON MY OWN AFFAIRS AT THIS TIME. IF ALLOWED TO LEAVE PEACEFULLY, I WILL GLADLY CONSIDER RETURNING TO OFFER MY ASSISTANCE AT A LATER DATE. HOWEVER, FORCE WILL BE USED IF NECESSARY.

PLEASE MAKE HASTE WITH YOUR RESPONSE(S). IT IS URGENT.

[Added later, after this conversation:]


'NOTE: GODS OF ASGARD.

'IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT IT WAS I WAS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE BEING BROUGHT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT I WAS IN THE MIDST OF SEARCHING FOR MY SON, JOHN EGBERT. THOUGH I DO PLAN TO SEARCH YOUR CITY THOROUGHLY FOR HIM BEFORE DEPARTING, IN THE EVENT THAT I AM NOT SUCCESSFUL I SHOULD LIKE TO BE RETURNED TO THE PLACE FROM WHICH YOU BROUGHT ME IN ORDER TO CONTINUE MY SEARCH FOR HIM.'

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[pipefan413]

WELL YOUNG MAN, WHILE THESE GODS MAY NOT HAVE UTILIZED THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORM OF RECRUITMENT, I AM AFRAID THAT THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME FOR MY SON AND I'S SEPARATION BUT ME.

[After all, he was the father who had allowed himself to be carried off by imps...He is the man who let himself stand too long under the Archagent's imprisonment...He was the one who had yet to find his son before being brought here...

[Not a moment goes by where he does not feel that shame.]

I APPRECIATE THE OFFER, THOUGH. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP, I WILL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW.

[timesnewroman]

theyre to blame for not giving you the opportunity to find him then. i dont know you but i can tell you care about your son a lot.

a friend tells me that when you come here whatever was happening at home sort of pauses. hes a bit of an expert on time stuff. i dont know if that helps you at all but it helps me to at least get sleep at night when i think about my wife.

[pipefan413]

IS THAT RIGHT?

I MUST SAY, YOUNG MAN, WHILE I AM SKEPTICAL, IT IS A RATHER INTRIGUING IDEA.

[Not to mention comforting...]

JUST HOW WOULD SUCH A THING WORK, I WONDER?

[timesnewroman]

im not sure honestly. but he knows time and how it works. id trust him on this subject before id trust anyone else.

[pipefan413]

IS THAT SO?

WELL, YOU CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE A VERY KIND AND TRUSTWORTHY YOUNG MAN. IF YOU TRUST HIS WORD, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD ALSO.

WOULD YOU MIND GIVING ME HIS NAME? I THINK I SHOULD LIKE TO CONTACT HIM MYSELF FOR MY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TOPIC.

[timesnewroman]

i dont know his real name. no one does. weve always just called him the doctor.

...but now theres more than one of him here so you might get more than one response.

[pipefan413]

WELL.

THAT CERTAINLY IS STRANGE, BUT I SUPPOSE THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. I WILL MAKE SURE TO CONTACT THIS SO-CALLED 'DOCTOR'. PERHAPS HE AND THOSE WHO SHARE HIS NAME WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE.

[timesnewroman]

well they dont really share the name.

theyre the same person.

[pipefan413]

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

[timesnewroman]

theyre all the same man at different times in his life. and with different faces. i know its a little strange.