@ZekariVoblis"What... the...
fuck...?"
Duncan was, despite the thunderous ache in his skull,
alive. Laying face-down on the ground, sore and feeling like the hangover after a week-long, post-deployment bender in Cyprus, but still
very much alive.With a chorus of more growled profanity and several loud pops of his joints, the red-clad man heaved himself to his feet and put his hat back on, which'd been lying on the ground next to him as he took a look around and dusted himself off.
"Seriously?" He grumbled tiredly, realizing he was on the same damned street that he first popped into... whatever the hell this place was "...Back to square one?"
It was at this moment that his brain finally came back up to speed and fully processed the breadth of his experiences that day- Ramen for breakfast, standing guard outside parliament, taking the afternoon off to drive his buddy to the VA and nearly getting into a fistfight with the clerk working there, having to listen to Nickelback on the way home while stuck in traffic because Ottawa radio is utter garbage, getting all dolled-up because some relative of the Queen was coming across the pond for some big state dinner, showing up here,
getting blown up...'Wait, what?'The Mountie's eyes abruptly flicked down to his hands noting that they were, in fact,
actually there this time around instead of the burned, fleshy stumps he saw last time he bothered to give them a good stare down.
In fact, all of him was intact... and he wasn't entirely sure whether he should be relieved or profoundly disturbed by that.
"Well, alright then..." He managed out after a long exhale, his feet beginning to carry him down the road and around the corner while his thoughts began to ponder the ramifications of what all this meant "That's a thing that's happening now, I guess."
Idly, Duncan fished a cigar and his lighter from his breast-pocket.
He needed nicotine
now, dammit.
"I...How the fuck did this all go wrong so fast? Th...they can't both be..."His eyes snapped up, finally realizing he'd been walking and not paying attention this entire time and that he was now standing within earshot of that same man who'd been waving him down before... well...
he got blown up.And wait, what was he saying, standing there looking like a battered puppy wanting to go home? Did something happen?
...
He sighed.
'...Shit.' He thought, stepping forward as his conscience got the better of him
'Better see what's up.'Not before lighting his cigar, however. Chances were he was gonna need a whole lotta nicotine to make it the rest of the night without murdering someone.
'...Swear to God, if I get blown up again for this...'"Bud, you look about as bad as I feel right now..." Duncan stated as he got closer, probably catching the guy by surprise as he stared morosely into the distance "...And lemme tell ya, I feel like my head's been set on fire and then shoved up a horse's ass."
He took a drag and then exhaled, politely off to the side where it wouldn't blow into the man's face.
"So what's wrong?"