turbo heaven 🌼 marcoh

[outdistanced]

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[outdistanced]

[ hm. aight. ]

Kind of a weird tradition, isn't it? A present's fine, but why a tree?

[ time to unwrap this thing he guesses... ]

[boxcar]

A tree can be a stand-in for a lot of things. Like a cross.

...

But I don't know that much.

[ Enjoi your present, whatever it is. ]

[outdistanced]

If you say so.

[ it's... a picture? he stares at it for an uncomfortably long moment and then puts it back in the box. ]

What if we don't want it? Can we send it back?

[boxcar]

You don't like it?

...You can probably leave it if you don't.

[outdistanced]

It's a photo of someone I don't even get along with. What kind of present is that?

[ puts the box down... he might come back for it later when no ones looming. ]

[boxcar]

Really?

I guess sometimes, this place makes guesses too.

[outdistanced]

And it's not always right. [ anyway ] Is there one for you, too?

[boxcar]

... Maybe?

[ He looks... and retrieves a box. Everyone is getting pictures so he is getting one too.

He looks at it and his expression is a mix of soft but also conflicted, even a little guilty. ]

[outdistanced]

[ oh. hm. ]

Did they get yours wrong, too? [ sighs. ] Well, I guess we already knew this place was a little off.

[boxcar]

No, they didn't.

It's a picture of my sister.

[outdistanced]

Oh. [ didn't know you had family, big guy. ] You just didn't look that happy to see it...

[boxcar]

...

I'm worried about her.

[ That's why. ]

[outdistanced]

Oh... Yeah. I can understand that.

She was in trouble?

[boxcar]

[ A bit more silence before a nod. ]

... I put her in some trouble. It's my job to get her out of it.

[outdistanced]

[ there's an uncomfortable pause as laurence stares at the present box he left on the ground. ]

I can understand that, too.

I hope you can help her after all of this.

[boxcar]

[ Looking at Laurence looking at the box but Marcoh doesn't have that much insight. ]

It is the plan. I just need to make sure she is safe.

Whatever happens to me afterwards doesn't matter as much.

[outdistanced]

[ marcoh honey... that's fine though he doesn't really want to talk about it. we will focus elsewhere.

laurence doesn't really like the disregard for marcoh's own safety, but. ]

What kind of danger is she in? Or... both of you, maybe?

[boxcar]

...

Got involved with bad people.

It should be me they want, but they'd stoop low to hurt her to get at me.

[outdistanced]

...I'm sorry. That's really messed up.

[boxcar]

[ He shakes his head. Not to disagree, but because saying sorry won't fix it. ]

It's why I have to do what I can, here.

[outdistanced]

[ nods. ]

I get it. There’s someone who needs my help back home, too.

But that’s why we’re supposed to support each other here, right? So we can all take care of those things once we're done.

[boxcar]

... Yeah.

Be on our best redeem-like behaviour and we'll be on our ways.