#radicaltm

      ❝ Ah-- ❞ Okay.  Well, that was a lot to take in.  He'd heard her, it was just all sorta ...processing. ❝ Just-- slow down, Tree.  Are you-- you're telling me that this-- this time thing that's happening to you-- I mean, it sounds a lot like Groundhog Day-- but okay... ah, if it's not then it's... what, exactly?  And if this is a time thing then I'm assuming we've had this conversation before... hence you just... bursting in here like this. ❞

        He definitely seems more excited than he should at the news that one of his students has been killed, you know, again and again.  But he just likes time things.  It was thrilling, even if it was horrific.  ❝ Okay... okay... do we know what would happen if we just, ah, go to the future?  Not just tomorrow, but decades from now?  Or-- back even?  Before you were born.  I mean, just take you out of the equation entirely for a bit...  I ah, I told you about the DeLorean, right? ❞

      ❝ Hey, ah, Doc-- I was wondering if I could talk to you about... things? ❞  Geez, that was awkward, but he didn't mean for it to be. Doc was still Doc, even if the timeline had changed.  That wasn’t even the issue really.  It was a little, but the main problem, at least the way Marty saw it, was that from Doc's perspective, well, Marty worried that the change wasn't so good.

      ❝ I'm sorry if I've been ah, weird-- ...you know, with the timelines... I mean, you and Doc weren't around and now you are and it's great! Super glad you're not-- ah, I just like you guys being home.  ❞

      ❝ So... you and Clara-- eleven days, huh, Doc? ❞

                                          “     listen  sid      —      college  is  the  time  for  havin’  fun     ,     not  just  studyin’ .     ”                               erroneous  logic  in  abundance         /         attempt  to  entice  companion  will  be  made  .   fallacious  speech  is  a  catalyst  for  the  lift  of  singular  brow  t’ward  dark  hairline     ,     expectant  glint  soon  setting  within  oculars .          ——           beguiling  as  ever !         /         guise  so  charming     ,     it’s  no  wonder  he  is  a  master  of  deceit  .     languid  smile  soon  spreads  ‘cross  breadth  of  his  mien     ,     leftward  corner  of  his  lips  tugging  upward  in  lopsided  slope .          mickey  never  did  claim  to  be  a  good  influence  .      (     or  a  good  guy     ,     for  that  matter     )  .                                “     ‘sides     ,     the  zeta  tau’s  are  throwing  a  party  tonight   -   they  might  all  be  a  bunch  of  fuckin’  airheads     ,     but  they  sure  know  how  to  party .    you  in  ?     ”

                                          “     hold  it   —    ”                               ringing  bell  !   pealing  chime  of  the  door  will  signal  other’s  arrival     ,     something  which  devon  has  come  to  anticipate  like  clockwork  .      single  index  digit  is  hastily  raised     ,     silencing  sidney  ‘fore  she  even  has  an  opportunity  to  speak     ,     and  cherried  brims  slant     ,     amiable  smile  coming  to  bloom  ‘pon  redhead’s  mien     ,     lips  peeling  ‘part  just  enough  to  reveal  peek  at  pearly  whites  beneath  .        ——           wave  of  her  hand  !   she  will  gesture  t’ward  usual  corner  booth     ,     or  more  specifically     ,     the  steaming  mug  of  coffee  already  atop  the  table  .                               “     one  step  ahead  of  you  .     ”