( if i don't get some shelter, gonna fade away )

[heckofashot]

Who: maccready + closed
What: searching for some books, and green fog things.
When: april (onwards?)
Where: milton, probably

Content Warnings: listed in headers where applicable.

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[heckofashot]

[ Maccready follows the man, careful not to bump into or otherwise disrupt anything. As he walks, he glances to some of the other books that are stored, tries to glean anything he can from their titles. Maybe he can look into some of the literature at some point, but for right now he has his priorities. ]

Of course… Uh, thank you, by the way. I… probably wouldn't have known where to start, honestly. [ He scratches at his jaw, idly. ] Knowing that this world is so different to the one I came from, y'know.

[ While he speaks, he's looking at the cover of one of the books Rorschach set out for him. The binding has an image of a flag printed onto the front with red and white stripes, a blue rectangle in the corner with too many stars to count. While similar to the worn flags he's seen at home, it's a pretty glaring reminder of just how different things actually are. It's almost uncomfortable to think about. ]

[moralabsolutism]

Hurm. Yes. Told me you came from the future.

[He remembered that from when he first met him in the woods. Rorschach shifted around the books he'd put into Maccready's hands and then put one on top. It looked like any typical high schooler's history book. He figured for anyone wanting to learn about what this world was like, that was the strongest start he could give him.]

This one. Start here.

[heckofashot]

Yeah… I'm not so sure that it's the future any more. At least, not in the sense that the history is the same. [ He skims the first few pages of the book — honestly, all things considered, high school level is probably the best bet for Maccready anyway, with no real formal education to his name whatsoever. ] It's just… everything here is so different; especially the technology, even if it isn't working.

[ Not for a second does he think he's alone in this experience, but it doesn't make it any easier; there are others here who seem to be doing just fine, and he wonders if it's because they're from here, or a world close enough. It's weirdly alienating. Still, he gets the sense Rorschach isn't here for casual conversation, and gives a little shake of his head. ]

That probably sounds really stupid, sorry.

[moralabsolutism]

[Rorschach shook his head, not in a manner that was to suggest it sounded stupid, merely that he had nothing to say upon the subject himself. It was amazing what people said around someone who wasn't warranted to talking much himself. They just filled up the silence with whatever came into their own minds.

The idea that people might have been coming from different worlds was something he wasn't sure was the truth. As far as he'd seen thus far, most people came from the same type of Earth he did, plus or minus a few factors (vampires for one sprang to mind). To think that might not all be one coherent timeline wasn't something he was certain he wanted to poke too much at.]