27 traps filled with new memories

[ectobabble]

[… "MARSHMALLOW. Now wake up, before your day gets any worse!"

There were stranger words to hear right before regaining consciousness, but Ray was at least pretty sure that now was NOT the time to be thinking of them. as he opened his eyes, instead of emptying his mind, he filled it as far as it could go. marshmallow marshmallow marshmallow marshmallow marshm--

the stone altar was a lot more comfortable than he remembered. and this didn't look like Central Park West.

and the people around him didn't look a thing like Idulnas ....

it was all a trick, had to be. Raymond Stantz, chosen Selector of Gozer, forced his mind back on track and uttered the only word he dared, as he glanced around the clinic.]

Marshmallows.

((OOC: And with that, Ray is canonbumped! Clearly, this is open to the clinic, but it's open over the journals, too!))

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Dictated

[checklist]

Marshmallows?

[ectobabble]

[with more conviction than that one word should normally deserve]

Marshmallows.

[blabs]

[ dictated, wistfully. ]

Graham crackers.

[ectobabble]

Oooh. [WAIT WAIT WHAT NO. there's a little strangled sound on his end]…

No. No, marshmallows!

[bearcub]

[Hello, Ray. have a small child.]

...are you okay?

[ectobabble]

[he looks down. okay. that's not a face he recognizes. why would Idulnas do this? try to play on his little kid sensibilities? nngh. minions of Gozer NEVER play fair]

... I'm fine. ... Marshmallows, damn it.

[squirrelhunter]

[Guess who heard that word over the journal and is instantly dropping what he's doing and going to see?

That's right, Ray.

Daryl barges into the clinic, goes straight over to Ray and smacks him upside the head.]

The hell were you thinkin'?!

[ectobabble]

OWWWWW! You already hit me once, you don't have to do it again. Marshmallows, okay? Hit me all you want, Idulnas, I'm not changing my mind!

[he scowls at Daryl. ... who might notice that Ray has a fresh lump on his jaw that wasn't there earlier]

[doublethefun]

Ray. 'Tis good to hear from thee. [even if thy words are somewhat less than meaningful.]

[ectobabble]

[distractedly] Thanks Luna can't talk now gotta make sure the Destructor form doesn't change be right with you.

[workaphilic]

[Hey, bro! You're sounding kinda cray-cray today.

Sherlock seems to think it's pretty funny.]

Not a fan, myself.

[ectobabble]

[you would be too if the demonic minion of a Sumerian god just socked you in the jaw so hard he sent you back to Paradisa with three years' worth of new memories.

memories that are making him think EVERYONE's a hallucination from the same minion]

Too bad, I'm still making it happen.

Dictated

[kungfuwitch]

[She had wanted to be nearby when he woke up, but Peter needed her more right now. However, that doesn't stop her from grabbing her journal when she hears the familiar voice.]

Ray! So happy to hear your voice. Are you okay?

[ectobabble]

[sorry, Phoebe, for at least another moment or two he's going to be pretty one-track-minded. the fate of the world is at stake, back home, if not exactly here. insistently:]

Marshmallows.

Dictated

[sameteam]

You can put those on s'mores.

[ectobabble]

[idly, trying not to lose his focus until he's sure he's in the clear with this whole Manifest The Destructor thing]

Mm-hmm...

[common_name]

[If one took a look a few beds over in the clinic, they may see signs of something that hasn't been present before. Not for at least a week, maybe more. A subtle shift in breathing, a slight jerk of a head.

Someone else is beginning to stir.

Her eyes open just in time for her to catch that word being spoken, and they wander over in the vague direction of it. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but then again, not much does when you're as disoriented as she currently is. How long has she been out? How did she....--?]

[ectobabble]

[Ray catches the movement out of the corner of his eye, and looks over.]

Julia...

[and then his eyes widen. OH CRAP, he'd better not have just accidentally made Julia the form of the Destructor. that would be terrifying.

to say nothing of how much Pete would keep trying to look up her skirt as she rampaged downtown New York.]

[ectoparody]

[Peter had been slumped in a chair, staring almost blankly at Ray since he had been admitted. Most would assume his usual deadpan by the expression on his face, but he was deeply concerned for his friend...until he woke up with the word Marshmallows on his lips. He reached over and gave Ray a few gentle pats on the shoulder, talking in an unusually calming voice]

You okay? Do you need marshmallows or are you having a relapse again.

[ectobabble]

[he'll take the off chance that this really IS Peter, that he's found him - he'd be the first one to think of the roof of Central Park West out of all of them, after all, because of reasons]

Pete, I can't talk, I gotta concentrate. Go get the guys.

Marshmallow.

[fredless]

...Ray.

[There's a release of breath]

Thank goodness.

[ectobabble]

[by now, we'll say Daryl and Pete have brought him to his senses. he fi.wishes a mouthful of pizza as he pulls his journal into his lap] Fred! Oh, Fred, you're not gonna believe this! I got displaced! I was home! But time fell out of sync,too! It's phenomenal!

[neverplays]

One time, I made a Greek God eat one.

[ectobabble]

.... [is it cool if we say this is after he's got his wits back about him?] Really? Which one?

dictated

[psych0p0mps]

marshmallows?

/post-crazy ok?

[ectobabble]

Yeah! I uh.... I was confused for a second, thought I was back home -- But I was! Sort of. Aradia, it's so neat! While I was unconscious here for a week, I somehow got simultaneously displaced and spent three whole years back home!

[kinky_stopwatch]

Dr Stanz?

/post-freakout OK with you?

[ectobabble]

He-eey! Ianto, right? It's been a while.

Dictated

[wizard_redfive]

You can always wish some up if you'd like.

[Guess who's relieved to hear from you, Ray? Yup. This girl.]

Post-freakout...

[ectobabble]

Dairine! ... No, it ... it's okay. [he laughs, sheepishly] I thought I was somewhere else. And Pete got me a pizza.