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[freezerburned]

Okay... okay this 'random arrival' thing was cute. [This is as sarcastic as someone can be without holding up a sign saying I'M BEING SARCASTIC.]

Nice trick the gods pulled, ha ha everyone is laughing.

[Isaac is not laughing. His voice is deadpan, a little tight, and when he glances behind him, there's... another Isaac. They look practically identical, save for wearing different clothes, a slightly different hairstyle, and Isaac- the one making the post- takes a deep breath and looks back to the feed, still in. A little bit of shock.]

But this.

This is a little creepy.

[Another deep breath. Deep breaths are important when the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers goes from Tuesday night B Horror to actual real life.]

...any explanations?


[[ooc: other Isaac is fugitive_but_great! Threadjacking is encouraged everywhere, and other Isaac will tag around a bit/threadjack too.]]

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[hollowchild]

[she'd encountered the other isaac and this is still weird.]

A multitude of universes, or the fact that we're returned to exactly where we come from.

Are you all right?

[video]

[thoughtless]

You're right. This is my worst nightmare.

[ not that he's staying except psych he is. that said, jackson's clearly been laughing his ass off prior to responding. enjoy the identity crisis, bro. ]

[freezerburned]

Shouldn't the two of us in one place- I don't know, implode time and space?

[He's seen a few sci-fi films, alright.

Isaac just sort of shakes his head.]

...I don't know. This is weird.

[video]

[freezerburned]

Shut up.

[Because he's pretty sure they both still hate you.]

Good news is, we can both kick your ass now.

video ||

[better]

[holy world of... she's really confused.]

You know I only have one couch... and you don't even really fit on it.

video || THAT ICON omg

[freezerburned]

Yeah.

[He rubs at the back of his neck.]

I'm taking him home anyway. I don't really know what else to do.

threadjack!

[algidity]

You know I'm standing right here?

[He's not impressed with any of this, at all.

Wait.

Erica?]

Erica?

[hollowchild]

You'd have to ask the Doctor that, there are probably near a half-dozen various hims running around here at this point. I think it's mostly existentially uncomfortable. You're probably from different times.

video || IT WAS PERFECT!

[better]

[Home as in his apartment downstairs or home as in her place? She never knows which is which.]

I'm pretty sure he's not a stray dog... [Just because he follows you doesn't mean you have to keep him!! It's weird, Isaac.]

Do you need anything? [She saw that you ate the ice cream...]

video ||

[better]

[This is already weird, but she's going to try and roll with it. Adjusting to change. Being okay with it and not letting it trigger anything. Stress is fine.

She's calm. She's on her meds.]

I don't know what to say... [Anything would be good. She knows that.]

Yes?

Hi...? [WAIT... is this going to be another thing where she's not leather jacket wearing enough for him?]

threadjack TO OFFLINE

[freezerburned]

[And Isaac is going to stop him right there, turning to reach out and grab at his sweater, alarmed.]

-she doesn't know.

[If you get anything from your stay, other-Isaac, get this. It's important.]

She doesn't know she runs away. She hasn't even been bitten yet. Don't tell her.

video || it really was

[freezerburned]

[Home as in her place...? Ice cream for all? :)?]

Uh- [YEAH HANG ON dealing with a crisis here.] -no. No, I think we're okay. Can he stay with us? I mean, he's... me... I guess I can sleep on the floor.

[freezerburned]

Different times.

[Like Erica and Isaac different times, or like Scott and Isaac, or- well, it had been hard enough accepting that Jackson is from the future, he doesn't know how he'd manage if the other-him had that advantage on him too.]

This is just... great.

video ||

[algidity]

[After being warned abruptly by his other self, he still seems distracted but answers her.

His reponse is simple, but here's something in his tone, something wounded but adoring.]

Hi.

[Isaac has to force him out of it, whatever it is... Seeing Erica alive after knowing she's dead???]

I'm pretty sure I'm just as confused as you are, so that works.

[video]

[thoughtless]

Obsession, Lahey. Look it up. There'll be a picture of you.

[ his mocking tone takes on a note of fake sympathy, and it sounds a bit like he's gently letting down a crazy ex. ]

I've moved on.

video || thank you, lifetime movies

[better]

[She will have to go steal some from the kitchen downstairs. She's stealing things now, apparently.]

On the floor? [She's not even sure if she can suggest he can take the other side of her bed. She doesn't want to be kicked in her sleep... but she doesn't want him sleeping on the floor either.]

We'll figure it out, but you can bring... yourself home? [She looks point blank at the display ie: him.] You know it sounds really weird, right?

[video]

[freezerburned]

Then why are you replying at all?

[Huff.]

This is just something stupid the gods did. It has nothing to do with you.

video ||

[better]

[She doesn't know what to think, but she knows she can deal with this.]

Isaac... I mean, well, you know what I mean, but he's going to bring you here. Derek kicked his door down a bit ago and no one has fixed it yet, so he's been staying with me. [At least, she doesn't think his door is fixed. Either way, he's been staying with her.]

It'll hopefully get less confusing.

[hollowchild]

Different times.

[she looks at him for a long moment. she certainly wouldn't want to meet her own future.]

Would you like some company?

video ||

[freezerburned]

I don't know. Maybe I can make a... shadow... bed...

[That sounds really lame, but it's sort of all he has to work with, here.]

Trust me, I'm well aware of how weird it sounds. I'm sort of living it.

TO OFFLINE

[algidity]

[Isaac jerks away from him roughly, offended by the sudden movement and grab to his sweater. Excuse you.]

She's dead.

[He hisses the words out. She's dead. She doesn't just run away!]

What do you mean she hasn't even been bitten yet?! Because last time I checked...

[His voice trails off, anger seeming to ebb into some form of depression.]

not here.

[thoughtless]

[ bitch did you just say shadow bed ]

[video]

[thoughtless]

[ shut up he's replying because he doesn't care!! ]

Do they ever do anything that isn't stupid? Gotta say, their track record? Not looking so hot.

[ he's included in this, he's aware. still worth it. it's not like isaac hasn't already used that insult a billion times. ]

Is he amnesiac too? [ timelines, whatever. it's amnesia now. ]

offline wow my heart

[freezerburned]

[That sort of. Stops him cold.

Isaac's grip immediately falters and his hand drops to his side, heart plummeting into his stomach. She's not dead. She can't be- what does this guy know that he doesn't? You're probably from different times, Sophie had said, but Isaac didn't want to really believe it, not when she said it. This guy can't be from his own future, he can't know more than Isaac himself.

His fingers ball into fists at his side, and it makes sense. Running away in the midst of the Alpha pack's invasion to Beacon hills, their trail going cold, the missing signs going up.

To be honest, he doesn't really even register the second question, breaking eye contact with the other him and just trying to breathe. Erica is sixteen goddamn years old. She let him stay with her here, she made him cookies, and she's-]

-you're lying.

[It's barely audible, and Isaac's voice trembles.]

She's not dead. She's not.

video ||

[better]

Right, no, I know.

[She offers him a tight smile, trying to help, but she knows it's not helping.]

If it's not weird... which it could be, but maybe not as weird as this... this is, but I don't snore and I don't kick in my sleep. [He might, but she's just offering a temporary solution.]

It wouldn't be the floor, at least. [She'll probably figure out that they could also just steal his bed from his room downstairs and shove it into her room somehow... make it fit. In a corner somewhere.]