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[The person in the video might look familiar to some, if slightly more tired and banged up than usual. Still, despite the bruise on his forehead and the dark streaks of ash on his face and clothes his eyes are bright, indicating to anyone even slightly acquainted with him that he's about to say something ridiculous.]

Surprise, bitch, I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me.

[His voice is a little weak but he delivers the line with all the sassiness it deserves, before suddenly offering a grin.]

Okay, so like maybe two people here got that reference, but I so don't care. I punched a shark, so I can make whatever meme references I want.

[That's how it works, right?}

So um... Who's still here, I guess? Or who's new? How long have I been gone, because it feels like no time and like, a long time all at once. Sort of.

[He blinks a few times, smile fading a bit, mostly because he's totally exhausted.]

I'm um... I'm Chris, by the way. Been here before and whatever so... Got the general idea. The sharks are sort of new, though. Fucking sharks, man.

[Really, what even.]

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Yeah, well, to be fair I think dealing with not speaking the language but interacting with normal people is a lot easier than speaking the language but interacting with monsters.

[So count him in on the Mexico plan.]

Dude, I don't even know. I guess I should just be glad I knew what was trying to eat me this time.

This fuckin' place, man ... I mean, it ain't Canada ...

[But the bullshit quotient sure does keep them all on their toes. Nick sighs loudly.]

Look, I'm gonna come find you, OK? Sit tight - unless something tries to eat you, obviously.

Kinda super lame that our bottom of the barrel is now Canada, but whatever.

{He's already accepted how weird life is now.]

Okay. Yeah, I'm good I think, just... Hanging out.

[In other words it's safe where he is, he's just taking a breather.]

[It takes Nick about twenty minutes to find the shop where Chris is holed up - slightly longer than it would have taken if she hadn't had an unpleasant encounter or three of her own with the sharks. A good couple of Shadow Blasts apiece, and each one skittered off, leaving Nick's Morphus form mostly unscathed - mostly. There's a large toothy rip across one sleeve of her dress by the time she arrives, firing off a parting bolt at the most recent attacker.]

Go back to the fucking beach, you fucker!

[Nick sighs in disgust at the torn fabric on her upper arm, then pokes her head into the doorway of the shop.]

Yo, Chris! You in here?

[Chris is so not expecting Morphus!Nick, and he jumps about five feet in the air where he's sitting on a store counter. But he soon recovers from his near heart-attack and sighs dramatically.]

Geez, Nick. Yeah, I'm here.

[Nick laughs, partly out of relief and partly as a response to the reaction itself, and quickly changes back to her more human appearance.]

Hey, I know you.

[She's smiling broadly as she crosses toward the counter, and if Chris allows it, she's giving him a hug. There are not many people who get Nick hugs, but Chris is at the top of that list.]

Shit, I missed you. I missed you a lot.

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