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[ Deposited without context in Strange's inbox are three pictures of an erect penis, all from different, clinical angles. Were there any attention paid to the allure or tone of these pictures, it would probably be an attractive penis. As it stands, it's the sort of pictures you take when you're trying to sell something on Facebook Marketplace. ]
hey
how are you holding up after all that?
how are you holding up after all that?
Fine. I've had worse in the last several months.
[ and what's another death on the tally? though, she'd been there too. which most likely means... ]
How about you?
[ a learned indifference to ones own experiences doesn't mean the same blanket should be placed over everybody's. he might not have thought to ask without the prompt, but he really does want to know. ]
[ and what's another death on the tally? though, she'd been there too. which most likely means... ]
How about you?
[ a learned indifference to ones own experiences doesn't mean the same blanket should be placed over everybody's. he might not have thought to ask without the prompt, but he really does want to know. ]
[ boxing day is no more a tradition in new amsterdam than it is in late 2010s north america — and yet, the day after christmas day, daisy still finds it important to deliver something to a friend.
maybe more than a friend. family, really, both in that false world and in this one. stephen strange has been filling a father figure role in her life for almost a year now, and so giving a gift is hardly something she has to think about.
she finds him at a cafe, as agreed, sitting under an awning at an outdoor table, a cup of something hot in front of him and an expression (for once) not of total agitation. he looks calm. she's happy to see it. ]
Hey, Doctor Dad.
[ a familiar tease, but with some fondness in it now. dad doesn't feel so strange anymore. ]
maybe more than a friend. family, really, both in that false world and in this one. stephen strange has been filling a father figure role in her life for almost a year now, and so giving a gift is hardly something she has to think about.
she finds him at a cafe, as agreed, sitting under an awning at an outdoor table, a cup of something hot in front of him and an expression (for once) not of total agitation. he looks calm. she's happy to see it. ]
Hey, Doctor Dad.
[ a familiar tease, but with some fondness in it now. dad doesn't feel so strange anymore. ]
[ It's been a wild couple of weeks. All told, life after death comes to him as a kind of clean slate. His thoughts are muddied occasionally by memories of another life lived, his dreams odd with overlaps across multiple realities, but he sleeps. He sleeps well, some nights. It leaves him with a mind that no longer needs wrestling into stillness.
They agree to meet and Stephen leaves early to take the commute at his leisure. Arrives early too, early enough that he sees her coming and meets her greeting with a smirk that lacks the usual need for sharp corners. ]
You're— [ obvious pause to check the time on his implant, clearly setting up for "late", ] — almost exactly on time.
[ A couple minutes early, in fact. It's a return tease rounded off with the same affection by ending at his own expense. He stands. ]
What'll you have?
They agree to meet and Stephen leaves early to take the commute at his leisure. Arrives early too, early enough that he sees her coming and meets her greeting with a smirk that lacks the usual need for sharp corners. ]
You're— [ obvious pause to check the time on his implant, clearly setting up for "late", ] — almost exactly on time.
[ A couple minutes early, in fact. It's a return tease rounded off with the same affection by ending at his own expense. He stands. ]
What'll you have?
You're going to have to specify. There are a lot of stupid and dangerous ideas floating around.
[ All of them, so far, involve people launching themselves on a wing and a prayer toward the headquarters of the UNA. AI or no AI, that's foolhardy. So he supposes his answer is: ]
Yes.
[ All of them, so far, involve people launching themselves on a wing and a prayer toward the headquarters of the UNA. AI or no AI, that's foolhardy. So he supposes his answer is: ]
Yes.
I have.
[ Good in some ways, less so in others. But he's strong enough to take it without going off the rails and he's glad, if he had to lose her to this, that he could at least take some of the heat off of Daisy. ]
Something had to be done.
[ Though it doesn't appear to have done as much good as he might've hoped. ]
[ Good in some ways, less so in others. But he's strong enough to take it without going off the rails and he's glad, if he had to lose her to this, that he could at least take some of the heat off of Daisy. ]
Something had to be done.
[ Though it doesn't appear to have done as much good as he might've hoped. ]
Hello Dr Strange, my name is Silena Beauregard and I read on Bobbi's guide that you are one of the people to go to with medical questions?
[ #polite! ]
[ #polite! ]
Is this Dr. Stephen Strange of Greenwich Village?
[ He's going through the list. ]
[ He's going through the list. ]
The bad news is that we didn't bring enough food.
The good news is that Arren broke his ankle.
[ Yes, she just made up a fake Displaced for this insinuated cannibalism joke. Believe it or not, there's cause for this message. This is just the ice breaker. ]
The good news is that Arren broke his ankle.
[ Yes, she just made up a fake Displaced for this insinuated cannibalism joke. Believe it or not, there's cause for this message. This is just the ice breaker. ]
I know every bone in your body is likely screaming 'I'm so worried I'm going to do something drastic (AGAIN)' right now, but I want to assure you that I am watching over the team heading to Mt. Everest with the eyes of someone well-used to watching over impulsive children.
[ wwx you ARE an impulsive child don't be like this ]
[ wwx you ARE an impulsive child don't be like this ]
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