[Coming back up for air feels amazing. There are bright lights in the room again, and he's not stumbling over himself to try and treat these ghostly garments with the respect they deserve. Are they unidentifiable? Maybe a good wash in the laundromat would reveal their true armor bonuses.
And once the entire spectacle dies down, he looks at the skateboard. It's hard to make heads or tails of it, like he's looking into a piece of purely fabricated bullshit, and he's seen two artifacts that had the same qualities. And has nil patience for any of its bullshit by this point.]
... Dude... is this forreal...
[But he's also somewhat amused by the fact that Dave can hold onto it. It's like these things come with levels of fried- gently to a golden brown or blackened and willing to crumple away, begging for its own non-existence to be brought back to it. Like the shades, he's guessing this is more the former than the latter. Better to pay attention to something actually real, like the varsity jacket in his arms.]
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And once the entire spectacle dies down, he looks at the skateboard. It's hard to make heads or tails of it, like he's looking into a piece of purely fabricated bullshit, and he's seen two artifacts that had the same qualities. And has nil patience for any of its bullshit by this point.]
... Dude... is this forreal...
[But he's also somewhat amused by the fact that Dave can hold onto it. It's like these things come with levels of fried- gently to a golden brown or blackened and willing to crumple away, begging for its own non-existence to be brought back to it. Like the shades, he's guessing this is more the former than the latter. Better to pay attention to something actually real, like the varsity jacket in his arms.]
Whatcha think this stands for?