016 ❖ The Greatest Twist Yet

[noluckduck]

[Phone]

[Oh, damn, you can almost hear Clover breathing into the receiver.] Mother of shit.

I just looked at the goddamn calendar.

[Whatever this is about, it must be serious. She sounds absolutely mindblown.]






My birthday was last motherfuckin' week.

Thanks a bunch, Mayfield! Lovin' my time here, ya know?! God, fuck this town.

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[noluckduck]

[In all honesty, Clover is starting to find Cain weirder and weirder.

But honesty can wait. She takes the cake in one hand and the present in the other.]

Well, damn, you're flatterin' me today.

[kinship]

[Alas, his weirdness is not hidden for long.]

Don't you think birthdays should be celebrated properly?

[noluckduck]

I dunno, it's weird doin' it here.

[kinship]

I can see why, though we do still age here so it makes sense to mark the passing of that time.

[noluckduck]

Ehh, somebody on the phone said... apparently agin' here doesn't count, or somethin'.

[kinship]

That can't be true, I've seen people changing from seventeen to eighteen and being moved to a position of parental responsibility.

[noluckduck]

Nah, I mean, when ya go back home.

[kinship]

Ah. No, I think you're right, I've not heard of anyone even remembering their time here in Mayfield.

[noluckduck]

That'd be weird, anyway. And pretty pointless.

[kinship]

You think it would be pointless to remember the new friends you've made?

[noluckduck]

I-- [SHIT] I didn't mean that!

[kinship]

Then what did you mean?

[noluckduck]

I meant... Hell, who'd even believe ya, if ya tried to tell 'em about Mayfield?

[kinship]

I can't argue with you on that... and there's a lot I might want to forget, but if it came at the cost of forgetting the good things as well?

[He'd never do it. Not because of the good things, but because of the knowledge he'd gathered here.]

[noluckduck]

Look... [How to say this without making Cain flip out again?] I'm not sayin' there haven't been any good things about bein' here, but... I'd much rather be home, y'know?

[kinship]

I can't blame you for that. [Even if he doesn't share those sentiments.] But what if we found a way to return home and still remember everything that happened here?

[noluckduck]

That'd be cool, I guess.

[kinship]

That's what I'm hoping to work towards, but... that's a bit of a heavy discussion for your birthday, why don't you open your present?

[It's a massive box of candy.]

[noluckduck]

[Oh, yeah, that's a thing, isn't it? She'll just shrug and open it now!]

Whoa! Where d'ya even get this much candy?!

[kinship]

This is only a fraction of what's in my house, my brother hoards it.

[Seriously, they have cupboards full of the stuff.]

[noluckduck]

Damn, do ya two just eat this stuff all day?

[kinship]

Not me, I can't stand candy, but Abel will gorge himself on it constantly if he's allowed.