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[ihavecharacter]

[At first it's just an eyebrow with some muttering about stupid contraptions.] How does this thing work?

[He pulls it closer, but there's an eye now. You wanted to see an eye, right?] And just how are you supposed to tell if it is working?

[He sighs before holding it a little farther away.] Well, I do not know if it is working. This thing is unusual at best. I suppose I might as well make an introduction. Hello. [He goes to tip the hat that is not there before making an annoyed expression and moving on.] My name is John Henry, but you may call me Doc. If anyone is better with these things, I believe I may be in need of some instruction.

Unless I am talking to myself. [This is said softer and meant to be mostly to himself.] Perhaps I ought to stop this before I make even more of a fool of myself.

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text ↪ un: 十五

[zangetsu]

（ zeroing in on that username like a laser. welcome to having a dad that's older than dirt (or, well, at least a few centuries) and a love of old american cowboy movies... hell, most of ichigo's familiarity with english was hammered home by john wayne and the like. ）

'doc holliday'.

like from tombstone?

（ his first thought drifts to 'cowboy otaku' rather than 'meeting the real deal', but. as one does. ）

[ihavecharacter]

[His initial reaction is to say, 'Now, that would be ridiculous' but if there are gods and other beings here, perhaps Doc Holliday is not necessarily a great surprise.]

From Georgia, but yes, I was in Tombstone.

[zangetsu]

fanboy, huh?

[ihavecharacter]

[Well now he's just insulted.]

You are aware that I was born in Georgia are you not? Did that miss the historical texts? Or is the assumption that Wyatt Earp and I grew up in Tombstone together?

[zangetsu]

（ calculating... ）

so more like a LARPer?

（ it's okay. he'll get there eventually. ）

[ihavecharacter]

What in tarnation is a…whatever that is? How do you even pronounce that?

[He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. Perhaps he should have just responded with his initial instinct.]

Were you not inquiring as to my identity before?

[zangetsu]

LARP. live action roleplay.

（ which he knows about for

reasons. ）

and yeah, but like. the real one.

though you pull off 'cowboy' pretty well i guess.

[ihavecharacter]

[There's a long moment of silence as he reads the words. They make only a minute amount of sense.]

You are correct. What a fanciful notion that a man could, in fact, be who he says he is. I should not have assumed I could fool someone so astute and educated as yourself.

[zangetsu]

（ hey, who asked you for sass!!! val kilmer!holliday wouldn't be giving him this kinda attitude — actually no, no, he would.

hm^TM. is that really a compelling argument, though...? ）

first of all

（ first of all what. come on, kurosaki, you've got something for this. ）

you're saying you're the real thing, of course a normal person is going to be skeptical!

（ #nailedit ）

[ihavecharacter]

[Doc cannot help but roll his eyes]

And what, pray tell, would be the point in lying about my identity? Surely, it would make more sense to pretend I was someone else.

Either way, I do not suppose it is worth the argument as you will believe what you will believe. I am sure there are more pressing matters.

[Can you feel the sass tonight? And the hypocrisy after disbelieving Loki earlier.]

[zangetsu]

not if you're someone who thinks they have something to gain by pretending to be a famous lawman!

（ look sometimes teenagers are

they are

...

well.

dumb. ）

ah, see if i care anyway! you showed up here, same as the rest of us. so your identity really doesn't matter at the end of the day.

[ihavecharacter]

And what, pray tell, would I have to gain? No one likes the law. And I am retired from the law as it were.

[Doc is tired. So tired. Waverly would surely have much more patience than he does.]

No, I suppose it would not matter to you, but to someone, it certainly does.

[zangetsu]

（ honestly, he has no idea what the hell to do with this. he's torn between trying to get to the bottom of this or just abandoning ship altogether. ichigo's not the most social asshole on the planet to begin with, and this conversation is just so weird (his fault, probably) that instead he just.

makes a frustrated noise he's definitely glad did not get captured in a voice call, and then tries again: ）

okay.

can i ask one question?

[ihavecharacter]

[There's a long sigh before he nods.]

You may ask one question.

[zangetsu]

（ he has the good graces not to preface this by saying, if you are who you say you are. ）

most people don't expect to be famous after they die.

what makes you so sure there's historical texts to read about?

[ihavecharacter]

No, I suppose they do not. It is true that Wyatt and I could have faded into obscurity despite the OK Corral. I happened upon someone who kept me from dying, so my aging is on pause as you were.

I have heard Waverly go on countless rambling talks about myself and Wyatt. I have seen the information myself. Not that I have spent much time reading it, but that is what it is, I suppose.

[zangetsu]

（ 'aging on pause'. where has he heard that before...

was this guy actually picked up by a shinigami?? is there even an american branch of soul society?

wild. ）

okay.

thanks.

（ for... ）

for answering i mean.

so i guess a place like this must be a pretty big change.

（ he's not saying he buys it. but. he's more convinced than he was, and he'll listen at the very least. ）

[ihavecharacter]

Of course. It is certainly a change from Purgatory. But most places would be.

[zangetsu]

（ an afterlife by any other name... ）

and you remember it? being there, i mean.

[ihavecharacter]

Of course I do. I remember everything. [A beat.] It is just a place named Purgatory and not a part of Hell. Should that be your thinking. Though, it may seem that way to the Revenants.

[zangetsu]

christian purgatory, right?

[ihavecharacter]

Yes. But it is just a city in America. Truly.

[zangetsu]

is that a set-up for a bad joke?

[ihavecharacter]

I have no reason to make a joke. I have lived there for some time. Inside the Ghost River Triangle.

[zangetsu]

（ ghost river triangle.

well.

okay then. ）

is that related to the bermuda triangle?

（ look, at this point, even ichigo doesn't know if he intends that to be a joke of its own or not. ）