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un: fern; early October

[laminae]

hey uh
totally get if you never want to talk to me again
but i wanted to tell you that stuff i texted you a few weeks ago wasn't actually me
it was my doppleganger
who is extremely dead now by the way, so you won't be getting any more messages from him
and also
i don't care what your alignment is or will be
you're cool either way

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[ At first, Gwen's really pissed to see a message from Fern pop up, but as she reads it, things start to make sense and she calms down. ]

it's ok.
you're not the only one whose double texted me weird shit.
and Cebulski knows my double harassed other people enough.
i forgive you.

[laminae]

ok

[It doesn't feel okay, though. He hesitates, then sends the following:]

i'm sorry for not killing that guy sooner
before he sent you those texts

[variantcover]

it's ok.
you don't have to go killing yourself for my sake.

[laminae]

ha ha

i'm not sure if that was a joke but it sounded funny
in a morbid way

[variantcover]

it was at least 1/3 a joke.
witty banter is one of my redeeming qualities.

[ Or so she would like to think. ]

you didn't get any weird texts from my double, did you? so far she was harassing a few people that i know about.

[laminae]

hey
you have loads of redeeming qualities
they aren't even redeeming, they're just good qualities

nah nothing from your double don't worry

[variantcover]

qualities that might stop me from going full on supervillain?

good. i'm glad she didn't bother you.

oh hey... i met a guy last month who looked like you, only human. is that like... related to all the doppelganger shit or something else?

[laminae]

qualities that make you cool whether you're good or evil

oh

that


yeah that used to be me when i was human i guess
some messed up town stuff
not worth talking about

[variantcover]

thanks. :)

so... not a double? just a different version of you?

[laminae]

not a double
just me

[variantcover]

do you not want to talk about him?
we don't have to talk about him if you don't want to.

[laminae]

i don't
sorry
i'm not him anymore

[variantcover]

that's cool.

SO
S U B J E C T   C H A N G E

what are your top three least favorite parts of October in Creepsville?

[laminae]

oh uh
no sunlight
no dirt
the guts in the ground

what are yours?

[variantcover]

guts ground (Jeff keeps digging into the floor and eating whatever he finds)
no sunlight/no sleep schedule
all the freaking rats everywhere.

[laminae]

oh my glob
Jeff's gonna get sick
or fat

[variantcover]

fat for sure.
so far he doesn't look sick, but i've been trying to keep him from doing it too much, just in case.

[laminae]

prooobably a good idea
man this is a real bad month to have a shark for a pet

[variantcover]

sort of?
my meat budget's a lot less than usual.
i just have to teach him to eat the ground OUTSIDE not IN THE HOUSE.

[laminae]

i guess that's the bright side....

[But Will's network message talked about the organs matching the DNA of Sleepers, so does that mean Jeff is eating Sleepers....]

but he isn't very good at learning commands huh

[variantcover]

[ If Gwen knew that bit about the ground organs being Sleeper organs, she'd be a lot less likely to let Jeff chow down whenever he wants. ]

he learns eventually, with enough...
$#!& what's it called?

positive reinforcement.

[laminae]

aw, that's cute
who knew that would be the way to train a shark?

[variantcover]

apparently that's what you gotta do with pets.
some dude online told me.
they learn better with positive rewards than they do with punishment.

[laminae]

i wouldn't know
the only pet i've had is a sea lard