[Audio, backdated to the evening of the 23rd]

[fedorafan]

Right...for anyone who cares I'm home...I missed you all very much I promise.

Has anyone seen Pico? If not I'll need an escort to the primary village.

Oh...Jungle Karma Pizza is closing at six on Christmas Eve and won't be open again till the 26th. Enjoy your holidays, have some Chinese food.

For the rest of you, what'd I miss while I was gone?

Comments

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

Hopefully that's true. Shade seems pretty reasonable though.

A splitting headache, but nothing serious.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

So...when were you back home before you came here?

Because if you knew about Dad doing what he did and didn't tell me...we're gonna have words sister.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

What I knew about dad was his little campaign against meta humans and saying you're an imposter.

The monster form is new.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Oh good, because last I saw you were in Japan...and you had better be staying there working hard.

Bastard was raising all holy hell in town trying to stomp out the Titans...I threw the first punch.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

But how did he end up like that?

...it's times like these I think I shouldn't have left. You two are too hotheaded.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

The hell should I know we haven't gotten that far yet.

Hey it's his fault in the first place! He disowned me, blamed me for moms death and wouldn't even let me see her before the fact. Top it off by telling the world I'm fake I'm surprised I didn't hit him sooner.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

...wait, you mean this is something new?

Your hitting is justified, but still not the right move, all things considered.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Brand new as in, just learned about it two hours before I got here.

It may have been the wrong move but it felt damn good. You see those sawed off tusks he had? I busted those.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

Well...that's unexpected.

I-I see.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Yeah I got alot of that when I went home.

Oh chill it's not like it hurt him that much, and it's not like he needed those points on his fangs.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

Really? I don't know a lot after I left Japan except what I got in letters.

....point.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

You're worried about him aren't you.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

...

Maybe a little.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

[Sigh] I can understand why... me too it's hard for me to be sympathetic after being treated like scum for almost half a year.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

He's a jerk and an idiot! He needs to get it through his thick skull that you're his son!

...I know that. It's just...you know.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

He wasn't always like that.

Listen...I'm not gonna put you between us...alright that's a lie I know that as long as I fight with the bastard you're going to want to get between us and make it stop...but I'll do my best to avoid letting you get in the middle of it.

He's not gonna last long in this world with his attitude.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

...I've dealt with this before James.

I'll find a way to deal now.

So just make sure to do what you want to do, all right?

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Yeah see...there's a problem with that.

What I want to do and what's the right thing to do aren't the same thing.

For example I WANT to tell you to stay away from him, call him a bunch of names and forbid you from contact (Which I already know wouldn't work)

But that's not right and I shouldn't so I won't...just...be safe, and ask for my help.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

Well, just because I say do what you want doesn't mean I'll do what you want.

...I'll be fine. I'm not the one he's an idiot about.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I have this annoying force that makes me do things I don't want to do because they're right.

Yeah but we don't know what he did to become that...thing. Or if it's affecting his mind.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

That is the hero thing.

Well, he certainly isn't used to the strength, at least.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

At least can you take someone with you as backup? I mean if he loses it and his partner dark evolves...

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

Jeeze, James, it's me. I'm the great escape artist of the family!

I'll only get caught unawares once. Never twice.

[fedorafan.livejournal.com]

Don't make this an issue of pride on your skills, I'm allowed to worry about you.

[mendettamagic.livejournal.com]

And that's why you're a sweet big brother, James.