Ruby's bodyguard leaps down onto an outcropping, nailing the landing. Brightsprite, who is also occupying this outcropping, turns around when he notices her.
BODYGUARD: Bright
BRIGHTSPRITE: who the hell are you
BODYGUARD: That's a complicated question
BODYGUARD: You can call me whatever you want
BRIGHTSPRITE: dont give me that bullshit
BRIGHTSPRITE: Description: i have my own identity problems to deal with
BODYGUARD: Fine
BODYGUARD: Call me ruby calderaro
BRIGHTSPRITE: your sense of humor is strange
BODYGUARD: How so
BRIGHTSPRITE: you know exactly how so
BRIGHTSPRITE: are you her guardian or something?
BODYGUARD: In a sense
BODYGUARD: I have some questions for you
BRIGHTSPRITE: dont care
BODYGUARD: Yes you do
BODYGUARD: You obviously want to get this situation under control
BODYGUARD: And you know that anyone who could find and follow you here is worth having on your side
BODYGUARD: Don't lie to a mind reader
BRIGHTSPRITE: Addendum: this is why i hate telepaths
BRIGHTSPRITE: fucking insufferable
BODYGUARD: And this is why i hate foundation staff
BODYGUARD: They think they're entitled to privacy when they've done nothing to earn it
BODYGUARD: Quite the opposite in fact
BRIGHTSPRITE: i doubt you came here to lecture me about the morality of my previous job
BODYGUARD: As much as i'd love to do that
BODYGUARD: You're right
BODYGUARD: I need to know how to get out of this session and back to earth
BODYGUARD: Somehow i doubt that catching a ride on a meteor would be feasible
BRIGHTSPRITE: there are transportalizers on prospit and derse
BRIGHTSPRITE: they lead to a frog temple that should be on earth
BRIGHTSPRITE: theres no telling when youll end up though
BRIGHTSPRITE: it has something to do with when you quote unquote need to be there
BODYGUARD: You're kidding me right
BODYGUARD: That's a rhetorical question i know you're not kidding me
BRIGHTSPRITE: so you consider yourself familiar with the dream planets then
BRIGHTSPRITE: otherwise you wouldnt be surprised
BODYGUARD: I spent eight years on prospit and five on derse
BODYGUARD: I swear i would have seen them by now
BRIGHTSPRITE: how the hell have you been here for thirteen years
BODYGUARD: Time travel
BRIGHTSPRITE: a time traveling mind reader
BRIGHTSPRITE: this keeps getting Object Class: better and better
BODYGUARD: Its exactly as stupid and exasperating as it sounds
BODYGUARD: My second question is what sprites are active right now
BRIGHTSPRITE: why would you need to know that
BODYGUARD: I want to make sure that the timeline is working right
BODYGUARD: Only wise when you're as temporally displaced as i am
BRIGHTSPRITE: okay let me check
BRIGHTSPRITE: hm
BRIGHTSPRITE: Item #: 5827-2 has one prototyped with a bust of vladimir lenin and nothing else yet
BRIGHTSPRITE: Item #: 5827-11 got me
BRIGHTSPRITE: Item #: 5827-9s was prototyped with a poster of john lennon and then her own phone
BRIGHTSPRITE: Item #: and 5827-5 got one with an anime figurine and then... you
BODYGUARD: Okay good
BRIGHTSPRITE: so youre telling me that your plan is to go to earth
BRIGHTSPRITE: live there for god knows how long
BRIGHTSPRITE: and then come back here and become her sprite
BODYGUARD: It's not so much a plan as something that's destined to happen
BRIGHTSPRITE: and i suppose thats when youll be rubys guardian
BRIGHTSPRITE: you dont look old enough to have done it already
BODYGUARD: Right
BODYGUARD: That's all i need out of you
BRIGHTSPRITE: and what about your side of the deal
BODYGUARD: We didn't have a deal
BRIGHTSPRITE: it was implied by your talk about having you on my side and me wanting things under my control
BRIGHTSPRITE: i gave you what you wanted now give me what i want
BODYGUARD: Oh right
BODYGUARD: Well the first thing you need to do is go back to chop and make sure he's alright
BODYGUARD: You don't have to like him or what he did but i don't have to tell you how useful a thief of time is for getting things to go your way
BRIGHTSPRITE: obviously
BODYGUARD: Once he can take care of himself you need to go find two alien kids in colorful pajamas
BODYGUARD: They have superpowers and they know what's going on
BODYGUARD: Do what they tell you to do and things will get a lot more manageable
BRIGHTSPRITE: ...
BRIGHTSPRITE: youre shitting me
BODYGUARD: I do not shit you
BODYGUARD: If i wanted a fake but believable story i wouldn't involve aliens
BODYGUARD: It's basic conservation of weirdness
BRIGHTSPRITE: oh i believe you about the aliens
BRIGHTSPRITE: Special Containment Procedures: i just cant believe youre asking me to do what they say
BRIGHTSPRITE: i think ive earned the right to not be bossed around by children
BODYGUARD: And what if i told you that this is already dictated by the timeline
BRIGHTSPRITE: then i would probably do it
BRIGHTSPRITE: fine
BODYGUARD: And lastly i know what you're thinking
BODYGUARD: Just remember that death isn't quite all its cracked up to be
BODYGUARD: If you think you see an easy out don't take it
BODYGUARD: We both know you don't really want to die alone and irrelevant
BODYGUARD: Too much pride
BODYGUARD: So don't get any smart ideas
BRIGHTSPRITE: ...
BRIGHTSPRITE: Addendum: ill think about it.
BODYGUARD: Good
BODYGUARD: I'm going to hit up one of those portals now
BODYGUARD: Hit chop up when you stop sulking