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	BUZZ	Jessie, I think we should talk about Peter.
	BUZZ	I think I'm ready.
	LARXENE	Soooooooooo...
	ALICE	Jessie, hi. It's Alice.
	MAUL	I am not good at this sort of thing
	WILL	if i tell people about it, it'll freak them out
	CHLOE	hey it's chloe
	BUZZ	There's a deer come to visit in the garden
	VENKMAN	Strings
	BUZZ	Found my Fluid
	MAMI	A gift
	BUZZ	doggopic.jpeg
	FERN	dude! you and Buzz are dating? that's great
	BUZZ	So...Woody asked me about what we were hiding from him.
	BUZZ	Sorry. I'll be okay.
	BUZZ	--Rex would be a real dinosaur?!
	THE DOCTOR	Hello, this is The Doctor. Is this Jesse?

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	BUZZ	Hey howdy hey
	RUBY	Oh my god I found lemonade in the toaster this morning.
	SANA	Howdy there. I um... wanted to apologise for when you last saw me
	VENKMAN	I gotta keep this short because...
	VENKMAN	Hey-howdy-hey. This is your afternoon check-up call...
	BUZZ	I still don't know why we all go so many presents anyway.
	WOODY	Hey. You around? To talk, I mean?
	BUZZ	Mami fucking died

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[jessie might've noticed that mr lightyear has not been very present for the last couple of days. that is because he's been laying in the mud somewhere. feelings suck, actually.]

So... Woody asked me about what we were hiding from him.

[She HAS noticed, in fact, quite a bit. She's had a mighty concern going on. ]

Well.
That explains what's been going on with you, I guess.
How did he work out something was up?
Is he okay?
Are YOU okay???

Yes. Sorry. If it means anything, becoming one with the mud has helped. Even if I'll need to sit under the tap for three hours to feel clean again. He saw Bonnie's name on the bottom of my boot. I'll be honest, It could've gone better.

You became one with the mud.

[Just. Give her a second to process that one. ]

Whatever makes you feel better, hon.

THE BOOT!!!
Why didn't I think of the boot?!
Dangit

That's ominous.
How bad did it go?

Momentarily. There are a lot of puddles that are quite a bit deeper than they look. So look out for that. I've been busy being productive,[looking for batteries, actually. he knows he's getting low.] don't worry. It's not that bad. Neither of us did. Bo didn't think to say to hide it either. Even then... I don't think I'd want to scratch off Bonnie's name for that.

[it's-- it's a thing. maybe he picked up on that thing woody does sometimes where he looks at the name to remind himself they have someone. something he does here, specifically, to try and make sure he's not losing his damn mind.]

I'll need to talk to him again to know for sure. There was no way he could understand why he made the choice he made. I knew that before I even told him. It's partly why I didn't tell him when it was just us two. Frankly, I think I'd be even more worried if Woody accepted it without issue. I did essentially tell him he's a lost toy by choice.

Out of curiosity.
Do you ever think I actually believe you when you tell me 'it's not that bad'?
Or do you just keep trying hoping that this time I'll buy it?
Because I don't.
Every time.

And of course not. The name's important.
To her and you.
Shows you belong somewhere to someone.

[Which... admittedly has always been a harder thing to trust implicitly for her. But Bonnie... well, she's something else.]

I guess that makes sense.
He is pretty loyal above everything else.
Not so good at imagining he can do anything for himself.
That'd take time to get his head around.
Espeically if he didn't experience the past year.

Honestly, for the last couple months I've been saying it for myself. "Oh, it's just a couple mutilated corpses. That's not so bad. Oh, looking at the moon makes people crazy now. Okay. That's fine. Transported to a different realm of reality within someone else's brain? Sure, why not." You know how it goes. I did my best to tell him it was a good thing for him, but I think that's where I went wrong. Like telling him how he should feel about his own future instead of letting him work it out himself. I don't know. I don't think there's etiquette for it?

[there's a pause.]

I feel like a bad friend. Most of all.

I guess that's fair.
I don't really do that repression thing so well.
But if it helps you get by in this place I can't blame you for that.

I don't think there IS etiquette for telling your friend he's a year in the past to everyone else.
I'd be real concerned if there was.

Hey. No. You're not a bad friend.
You're one of the best friends anyone could ask for.
You have been for as long as I've known you.
You did your best and this ain't exactly a regular thing to deal with.
You're not a bad friend for trying to help him with this.

I don't think it's actually good to do. The pillows in the spare room are good to scream into. Good thread count for it.

[it is literally impossible to tell if he's being serious, at this point.]

I know, you're right. It's just hard not to feel crappy when I know he's unhappy because of what I told him, even if it was unavoidable. He doesn't know about the badge you have, for what it's worth.

*Bad Feel bad.

[She should ignore this. This is a serious conversation and she should take it seriously. Buzz is feeling bad and she should support him and just let it slip on by. ]

OH NO BUZZ HOW COULD YOU?!!
That was almost a whole swear!!!
But it's okay I won't call the Swear Police on you.
I'll harbour you like the swear fugitive you are.
Go on the lamb with you and everything.
While some Whitney Huston song plays in the background.

[Sorry, she had to get it out of her system. She's cool now. She's cool.]

Anyhoo.
I tend to do my screaming sans pillows anyway.
Though punching them helps sometimes!

All we can do now is be here for him when he's ready to talk about it.
He probably needs to process it.
It's A LOT to take in one sitting.
This'll just take time, is all.

Thanks for not telling him about the badge.

You know, I could probably throw together something that can take some punishment. Balloon full of cornstarch, or something. Double bag it. Draw Lotso's face on it. ...Though if it starts talking then I'm officially checking out. While I'm not sure if we ever should've kept what happened a secret from him, I know for certain that some things are better left unsaid for now. If he's going to find out about that, he deserves to hear it because the new Sheriff herself decided to tell him. Not because her dumb spaceman suffered a severe case of verbal slippage.

[he is so close to not even commenting on her CYBERBULLYING.]

I might have a whole one if things get even more complicated.

Yes please!
I'd very much like to punch something with Lotso's face on it.

Also yeah. I think I'm about done with inanimate objects coming to life now.

[And then they'll go home and in a year there will be KNIFEY.]

Well, the new Sheriff really appreciates her spaceman managing to keep his verbal slippage to a minimum on that one.
I'll... figure out a way to tell him eventually.
Maybe once things have calmed down a little.

[She does it out of love WOW.]

I wouldn't blame you if you did.
This place is a mess and it sure ain't letting up.

Noted. I'll get what we need them come back. You don't have to tell him at all. I hope you know that's an option.

A true hero.

I know.
But I don't think I can keep it from him forever.
I hate keeping the secret anyway lying to him and ... everything.
It'd be better to get it out into the open.

Of course. Do whatever you need to. You know I'll support you.

Thanks. I appreciate it.
I'll work something out eventually.
Just... not just yet.

[Because putting that final piece down would make it real, something she can at least pretend isn't the case in Deerington. But all things must end and she can't go on pretending forever. It really would be better for all of them for it to be out in the open.

She just wants to take her time getting there. ]

Maybe when we get five minutes when things aren't trying to kill us.

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