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[livingdeadgirl]

ive been told that in places like this
its not uncommon for people to disappear suddenly
sent home by the same mysterious force that brought us here to begin with
but i was wondering
if someone does disappear
is there any way to be sure thats what happened
as opposed to them being lost in the basement
or the wilderness
or dead

on a related note
has anybody seen ben hargreeves

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[livingdeadgirl]

ok
where is that again
i can meet you there

[ Right now? Right now sounds good. She'll be on her way as soon as she has directions. ]

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter forwards her the location and then leaves to meet her there. He will probably be on the ceiling when she arrives, because that's how Spider-Man rolls.]

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami arrives via walking on the floor like a normal person, because alas, she cannot simply say "fuck you" to gravity. She's distinctly upped her goth game in the last few weeks, ever since her trip to Hot Topic (which she would have excitedly told Peter about immediately afterward). Today she's even using the red mascara she found there.

But she's got a notebook and pen in one hand, and the urgency of her steps and the determined look on her face suggest she is taking this quite seriously. Obviously Ben and Reynir are both grown-ass men who can take care of themselves citation needed, but they're not the first people who have just quietly disappeared in the night. It's inexcusable that it's taken her this long to really question what happened. ]

I'm here.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter is also not super thrilled that it took him so long to realize that something was up. He looks a little worried when Ami shows up, dropping down from the ceiling (don't ask why he was up there) and immediately turning his attention to getting the security room open.]

If-- if whatever happened didn't happen somewhere with cameras, obviously we won't find anything this way. Just um, figured it couldn't hurt to look."

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami nods. ] Yeah. It could help us narrow it down, at least. Rule out places he didn't go.

[ She pauses, waiting for him to get the door open. Her racing mind keeps coming back to one thought in particular, though, so after a moment she decides to voice it. ]

Hey, Peter... those couple of days when we couldn't find you. You went home then, too, right?

[ She already knows he did, it's just establishing context for her actual question. ]

[itsnotaonesie]

[Once he's got the door open, he heads right for one of the computery stations and boots that puppy up, glancing over at Ami when she starts asking him stuff.]

I-- yeah, I went home. Spent a few years dead and about eight months actually alive and like, doing stuff.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami follows him, sort of, but stops in the doorway, her gaze drifting down to the floor. ]

But you did go back to being dead.

[itsnotaonesie]

[He frowns, stares at a random screen across the room while he tries to work out a reply to that. It was a little more complicated than one might think.]

I... I know that from the point of view of everyone back home that survived that I was dead for five years, but I can't say for sure if... if I was there floating around in some afterlife or something. The only memories I have are of dying and then waking up whole again, nothing of the actual being dead part. So-- so it's possible that I could have just been brought back directly from here. I really have no way of knowing for sure.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami frowns, considering that. Normally you get sent back to the same time you left, right? Or is that just anecdotal? There's no rhyme or reason to the time periods people arrive from, so why would there be on the return trip?

It sparks a tiny glimmer of hope, at least. On this detail, maybe some uncertainty is a good thing. ]

Okay. I hope that's it.

[ She walks in and joins Peter by the screens, following his eyes without any real idea what she's looking at. There's even a hint of cheer restored to her voice as she adds- ]

Either way, I'm glad you got to skip being a ghost. It sucks pretty hard, would not recommend!

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter isn't sure if the uncertainty makes him feel better, but it seems to have worked for Ami. That's always a plus.]

I feel like it would be interesting to experience for a little while? But yeah, I'm not too upset about skipping the ghost thing.

[As for the screens, he's still sifting through old footage, trying to pinpoint the general time frame that Ben might have vanished from. There's a lot of footage, it might take a bit.]