Abed squinted at the space he'd been looking at, then looked over a Nico.
"One time I thought the entire world had turned into a stop motion Christmas special. And another time I thought I'd had my body stolen by an alternate evil version of myself from the darkest timeline, which was created one time when I almost rolled a dice to see which of my friends went to the door to bring up the pizza we ordered. And another time, I blanked out and thought me and my friends were all in a sitcom. And then when Troy left, I thought the floor had turned to lava -"
He turned back to the empty space backing away slowly in the air, head tilting as he looked thoughtfully at the tree tops below.
"Troy left. To travel around the world." He looked up at the empty space. "You left."
All of a sudden, someone appeared there, a young black man about Abed's age. "And I came back. I'm right here. I've been here all along. Who are you going to believe, me or a ninja turtle?" The man paused. "To be fair, I'd believe every single thing a ninja turtle said. Like, religiously. But you should still believe me more."
"But they said they didn't see you. Why didn't they see you?" Abed asked, clearly alarmed.
"Because they're not real."
Abed turned to look at Nico and Raph, clearly trying to figure it all out.
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"One time I thought the entire world had turned into a stop motion Christmas special. And another time I thought I'd had my body stolen by an alternate evil version of myself from the darkest timeline, which was created one time when I almost rolled a dice to see which of my friends went to the door to bring up the pizza we ordered. And another time, I blanked out and thought me and my friends were all in a sitcom. And then when Troy left, I thought the floor had turned to lava -"
He turned back to the empty space backing away slowly in the air, head tilting as he looked thoughtfully at the tree tops below.
"Troy left. To travel around the world." He looked up at the empty space. "You left."
All of a sudden, someone appeared there, a young black man about Abed's age. "And I came back. I'm right here. I've been here all along. Who are you going to believe, me or a ninja turtle?" The man paused. "To be fair, I'd believe every single thing a ninja turtle said. Like, religiously. But you should still believe me more."
"But they said they didn't see you. Why didn't they see you?" Abed asked, clearly alarmed.
"Because they're not real."
Abed turned to look at Nico and Raph, clearly trying to figure it all out.