Darkest Timeline AU Flashback Meme

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DARKEST TIMELINE AU FLASHBACK MEME
Did you work out something for your character's darkest timeline AU that you love so much it would be an absolute crime not to be able to write it out for real? WHAT LUCK! This meme is here for all your flashback-from-the-future needs. It's also the place to display sad single-character vignettes, letters that were never sent to dead friends, and anything else your dastardly little heart desires. Go forth and suffer.

The contents of this meme do not count for AC. For AC, you must participate in the real logs for the event, which will take place in Cloudreach 9:48, or else continue your normal non-event RP in the present (Guardian 9:43). However, you can count log threads in this meme toward your rewards points for the month.

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[wontforgetyou]

The man that steps forward seems to be fond of wearing darker things. Dark leathers, dark gloves that cover his hands - even the brown hair that's been pulled back is being held in place with a dark strip of cloth. But for the moment, there's a flicker of something lighter to be seen in all that darkness, although it's coming from a face that's no-longer clean shaven, the beard hiding some scars that weren't there a few years ago. It's a crooked smile, slightly lopsided just like it always used to be back before things went bad...and maybe the warmth that's in the perhaps-familiar brogue is the same as it used to be, as well.

"Depends on how you feel about having those efforts undertaken by an old friend."

[justice_is_blond]

"Jamie." There's a great deal of warmth in his voice in return as he gets up from his seat and crosses the distance, holding a hand out for a shake and the other arm out in case he wants a hug.

"I'm glad to see you." He has a mental list of Rifters he's been worried about, and Jamie's high up on it. "And you'd be welcome."

[wontforgetyou]

He's more than happy to turn that handshake into a hug, indulging for a moment in the simple joy of touch - and maybe a couple of glad back-thumpings, if Anders doesn't mind those. When he pulls back, though, it's with a small shake of his head.

"It's not Jamie anymore. At least not in places where it's not safe."

If Anders is here interviewing people who want to join his cause, though, it's likely safe enough for the moment. Still-

"It's Black Donald, now. It's nice to hear my old name from time to time, mind, it's probably best not to use it too often. Not if you're needing me to keep both hands to help out with what you've got in mind."

[justice_is_blond]

He nods quickly. "I'm sorry. I'd not heard. Black Donald, then." After the hug and back-thumps, he gives Jamie a smile.

It's an interesting contrast to what he's done, gone from Anders to Detlef and back to Anders. Anders is a name that can be useful, and while he's had to resort to what he'd wanted to leave behind, he's made his peace with this. More or less.

"I'd like you to keep both hands. I can't accept what the people of my world are doing to rifters, and that's part of the reason why I'm leading this group. ...Not to get going on a speech. Sorry. It's been a day of telling people why they should join up when they're not at direct risk."

[wontforgetyou]

Jamie's smile turns more than a touch wry at the comment, even as he goes over to fetch something-or-other to sit on.

"Oh, aye, I'm a bit fond of them myself. I'd even say that I'd need them to play the pipes, but-"

That's not likely to happen again even if he keeps both hands and he knows it, which brings out a shrug on his end. Still, he's made his peace with that part of things, and has put it behind him to focus on other things. He plonks himself down on his impromptu seat, no longer bothering with the little bit of extra adjusting that he used to once back when he still wore his kilt. He learned to stop that a long time ago. Safer that way.

"At any rate, I get where you're coming from. Figure you've had to give that one a fair few times today, given I'm thinking that maybe not everyone's got quite the same level of personal interest that I do, to tell you the truth. But make no mistake, I am interested, if you'll have me."

[justice_is_blond]

"There's no if. I'd be glad to have you." There's no hesitation there. Anders has some trustworthy people, but he's not about to turn away another. Jamie's proven himself friend time and time again and if he's willing, Anders will gladly take his help. And while he wishes he could offer some hope in regard to the pipes, Anders isn't an optimist. They're fighting a war of attrition at best right now, and he doesn't know that it can be turned around. But he also isn't a quitter.

"So do you have a preference as to what you'd be doing? It's... been a while." War changes people. He's not sure what Jamie's been up to, and so he can't say where the man's talents would best be spent.

[wontforgetyou]

The last remnants of the smile on Jamie's face vanishes, replaced with a more somber expression.

"Aye. It has."

There's days where it seems like it's been longer than just a while - days where it feels like it's always been this way and that will never change. But Jamie's not a quitter either, and if they can't turn it around, at least he won't go down without a fight.

"Think you might know what I'm going to say, though. Seems to me you'll need people who're able to be mobile, to go somewhere and be in and and out before the enemy knows what's hit them. Raids, small strikes, the odd ambush when you need it...I can do all those things. Some of them I've been doing since I was old enough to fight. That's not changed."