You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr  is typing...

Sitar-Hero: Hello?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...George?

Sitar-Hero: ...yes, that's me?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: oh my god.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: and John is here? and Paul?

Heeeeere'sJohnny: That would be correct.

Maccaroon: All of us, yep.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...I can't  believe it.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I've finally done it, after all this time.

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon: Done what?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: found all of you, of course.

Starr_in_the_sky is typing...

Starr_in_the_sky: guys, I'm getting a bit scared.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: So am I--

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm not going to hurt any of you. give me time.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: wow...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: hello, Ringo.

Starr_in_the_sky: ...hi?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: don't be scared, mate.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: you may not know me yet, but I know you, very, very well.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: you're all old friends of mine, in fact.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: So we know you from somewhere?

Heeeeere'sJohhny: Pete? Is this you?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: man! That's the funniest thing I've heard! 

 You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I'm nearly insulted, John. what kind of drummer do you think I am?

Sitar-Hero: You drum?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ah, George, maybe you'll be able to figure this out.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: and I do mean you, because you've had experience with these sorts of users before...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...as my friend Sitar-Hero 2.0 tells me.

Sitar-Hero is typing...

Sitar-Hero is typing...

Sitar-Hero: Wait.

Sitar-Hero: Ringo?

Starr_in_the_sky: what??

Sitar-Hero: No, him!

Sitar-Hero: Ringo! In the future! Is it you? Is it really?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing... 

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: took you long enough!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I thought the starr in the username would have given it away, but man, you Beatles certainly were a slow bunch in '66.

Maccaroon: I... I don't believe it!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Neither do I.

Heeeeere'sJohhny: So tell me, "Ringo".

Heeeeere'sJohnny: What's your favorite color?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: oh, that's easy, red!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: except for red on rings. I don't think I'll ever be able to stand looking at a red ring again after the... incident.

Heeeeere'sJohnny is typing...

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Hm.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Well, our Ringo has quite the affinity for Indian food now -- it seems he's taken after George. Is this still the case?

Starr_in_the_sky is typing...

Starr_in_the_sky: but I--

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Sh.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Well?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: nah, John. You must know another Ringo.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I can't eat a bite of that spicy stuff. Never could.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I'd be sick all morning...

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon: You know, John, I think this actually may be Ringo.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: WE DON'T KNOW YET! HE COULD STILL BE SOMEBODY ELSE!

Starr_in_the_sky: wait.

Starr_in_the_sky: ...Ringo.

Starr_in_the_sky: there's something that happened the other night that I haven't told anyone else about, not even any of the lads.

Maccaroon: ...Ringo, what is it?

Starr_in_the_sky: the night I came home from that interview early, and not many others were home...

Maccaroon: Ringo....

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: Oh, that's easy! 

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I came across Paul tucking his mascara tube into bed and giving it a goodnight kiss! It was bloody adorable!

Maccaroon: RINGO, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Paul!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: So you tuck your mascara into bed at night, but not me?!

Maccaroon: ...MaYbE ThIS Isn"T RinGo AfTER All!

Sitar-Hero: I'm convinced!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...so am I.

Starr_in_the_sky: and so am I...

Starr_in_the_sky: ...wow.

Starr_in_the_sky: wow!

Starr_in_the_sky: hello, Ringo!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: hello, Ringo!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: finally, I get to type those words.

Starr_in_the_sky: ...how long have you waited?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: years and years and years.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Long enough for him to learn to capitalize all the words in his username.

Starr_in_the_sky: SHUT UP!!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: watch it, John, don't be mean. I'm several years older than you.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: How many, exactly?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: let's see, you're in sixty-six, about...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...I'm in ninety-five.

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon: YOU'RE FIFTY-FIVE?!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: fifty-five years young!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Oh, God, that is something you would say.

Sitar-Hero: Who wants to bet he looks better than Paul?

Maccaroon: wHAT I

Maccaroon: YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT

Maccaroon: I DEMAND A PICTURE COMPARISON

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: 

Starr_in_the_sky: AAAAAAAAAAAH!

Starr_in_the_sky: I LOOK LIKE A BLOODY CAVEMAN!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: AHAHA!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: that's the point, mate!

Maccaroon: YOU LOOK LIKE A CAVEMAN?!

Maccaroon: I LOOK LIKE--

Sitar-Hero: Jesus, Paul.

Sitar-Hero: You still have all your hair, and I can barely see a wrinkle on you, calm down.

Maccaroon: ...I'd like to see what you look like.

Sitar-Hero: Joke's on you-- I've already been shown pictures. I have the best hair out of all of you.

Maccaroon: L I E S

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: you were really reluctant to tell me, you know, George, about all of this. A few years, back -- '88, I think it was? -- you called me at 3:30 in the morning. Sounded like you were about to have a heart attack, too. I asked you what was wrong and you sort of grew uneasy, said you must've had a strange dream, and then hung up.

Sitar-Hero is typing...

Sitar-Hero: Aha... yep. That sounds like me.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: even now, you're a shy thing.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: You mean I still haven't gotten him to come out of his shell yet?!

Sitar-Hero is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: George will be George, Johnny. And the both of you have much bigger agendas to take care of than to waste time annoying each other.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Like what, meeting Jesus?

Maccaroon: HA!

Sitar-Hero: ...ha.

Maccroon: I highly doubt that. You're going straight to Hell.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...it does one good to expect the unexpected...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...but I'd advise you to keep some holy water with you at all times, just in case.

Starr_in_the_sky: Ha!

Sitar-Hero: ...ha....

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...God... I missed all of you.

Starr_in_the_sky: but we haven't gone anywhere, really. We're all still in the future, right?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ...naturally. We all just... have side-projects. Movies, children, things of that sort.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I just haven't had the chance to joke around with all of you in a long time. That's why, when George finally decided to mention the chat-hacking, I had to find all of you.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: So it was George who taught you how to properly hack?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: HA! No, that's hilarious!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: it was you!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ME!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: SO THAT'S HOW... THE FIREWALLS...

Heeeeere'sJohnny: RINGSY... I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: These old hands can do more than just drum!

Maccaroon: Well, obviously. Mo had to like him for some reason.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: Oh, man, dear Mo.  How is she, Rings?

Starr_in_the_sky: oh, she's fine! Lovely as can be. Tell me she's still as lovely, Ringo?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr is typing...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: ever-lovelier by the day, though I don't... see her much nowadays.

Starr_in_the_sky: ah, is she traveling? She loves to travel.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: yes, all over. She's... she's with John, actually!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Ehehey, look who got lucky!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Where am I traveling to in good company?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: my future-ly lips are zipped, but it requires some air travel.

Heeeeeere'sJohnny: MORE AIR TRAVEL?!

Maccaroon: Don't mind him, Rings, he still hasn't quite left his Buddy Holly phase...

Heeeeere'sJohnny: IT'S A VALID FEAR! I DON'T WANT TO MEET HIM JUST YET!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: you will, all right--

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr has gone idle.

Sitar-Hero: ...where'd you go?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: sorry, sorry! George messaged me. He says it's about time I leave.

Maccaroon: George 2.0? Tell him to come on!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: nah, he said he wanted me to have this moment with all of you. If I stay any longer, I'll start revealing things to you that I shouldn't.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Like what?!

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: like the fact that your son will share a middle name with a tropical plant.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: WHAT?!

Sitar-Hero 2.0 has joined the chat.

Sitar-Hero 2.0: RINGO!

Maccaroon: AAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sitar-Hero: George!

Maccaroon: THAT'S ABSOLUTE GOLD!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: You mean Jules is going to have a brother?!

Maccaroon: Unless there's a Charles plant out there somewhere, I'd very well think so.

Sitar-Hero 2.0: Now you've said enough.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: I didn't tell them about--

Sitar-Hero: George--

Sitar-Hero 2.0: For the sake of the time-space continuum, as large a pleasure as it is to see you all, I think the two of us should leave.

Starr_in_the_sky: aw, okay...

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: but George's principle applies! Anytime you feel like talking, send me something.

Maccaroon: ...good to know you don't look completely better than me.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: just you wait, Paulie.

Maccaroon: hmph.

Macaroon has left the chat.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...I salute you on behalf of your hacking skills, sir. Talk soon?

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: gladly.

Heeeeere'sJohnny has left the chat.

Starr_in_the_sky: it was... it was really nice to talk to you, Ringo.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: always a pleasure, Ringo. Take care of yourself, lad.

Starr_in_the_sky has left the chat.

Sitar-Hero is typing...

Sitar-Hero: Ringo, about John--

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: later, George.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: another day. Another time.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr: you'll see me around. Take care of yourself.

You_Earned_A_Gold_Starr has left the chat.

Sitar-Hero: I...

Sitar-Hero: I need answers...

Sitar-Hero has left the chat.

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