[Event Post]

[maximumogredrive]

You can find some scruffian stooping at your place of work if you work in a supernaturally themed business. This includes SAI or OOPARTS, but isn't limited to that. He can also be found in the DA or local library, pouring over newspaper articles and history books.

He seems like he's trying to make conversation, but is waaaaay too awkward to know how to approach something.

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[maximumogredrive]

"... huh. So it ain't just me. And if that's the case..."

He taps on his chin, thinking.

"What the hell does all of it even mean?"

[windsbygone]

Well, it probably means that if you fought your older version of yourself who's Trena's actual dad, you'd have probably fused together and there'd be an unholy mess of a person walking around.

[maximumogredrive]

"... holy hell.

I don't like that idea at all."

[windsbygone]

Yeah, just saying it and imagining it is terrifying me right now.

But I also feel like the other Tsurugi felt like she couldn't go back to where she was from or something...?

[maximumogredrive]

"Let's never talk about this again.

... Hrm. I know the feeling, but I'm still holding out hope, even if it feels kinda... in vain at this point. But even then, attacking someone like that..."

[windsbygone]

I mean, you don't have to.

But what'll happen if you just start, I dunno. Vanishing?

[maximumogredrive]

"I, uh. I dunno.

I keep worrying about that lately, honestly. Which kinda sucks, because I think it may be force of will keeping me from that anyway."

[windsbygone]

I mean, it's been a while, right? And you don't, uh...

Feel any less "real", right? *prods at your arm a little to make sure.*

[maximumogredrive]

He's solid. Disturbingly so, like the rest of the clan.

"Not really, which means I guess I stabilized or something. Maybe the entry point was crucial? Like I blew off that voice and didn't let it get to me, so I was real but if someone didn't, they'd have to find a different anchor?"

[windsbygone]

*okay so you're very real.*

Or maybe it's because you've accepted that you're separate enough from the "Kaz" that's here?

[maximumogredrive]

"I guess that could also work.

Which means that people who saw too much of themselves in the alternate one... I don't like any of this one bit."

[windsbygone]

Yeah, well, no one would, right? How would anyone like the feeling of their entire life getting flipped upside-down by a situation they can't actually control and beyond the scope of normal human understanding?

[maximumogredrive]

"... another Tuesday in Domino, is what you're saying."

[windsbygone]

Maybe. *though now he's wondering a little why he put it that way, himself. felt a little too close to home there for some reason. Huh. Whatever.*

Still, you seem kinda stuck.

[maximumogredrive]

"... Yeah. I dunno what to do about it, it's not like, bad.

But it's not home."

he sighs, resting his head on the table before sitting back up.

"I'll figure something out. Maybe... Maybe warn people to have their friends deal with clones or something? I can't, but someone's gotta be able to stabilize the unstable ones, right? And then people can go forward."

[windsbygone]

Do you think that's how it'll work though? To stabilize them and all that.

[maximumogredrive]

"I think so. If I can do it solo, who knows what someone with actual ideas of how this stuff works can do.

I mean, what're the other options? Let two people merge into one? Let someone think they're going crazy and reality might eat them?"

[windsbygone]

Well, I mean... What if those are usually the only options? Then what?

[maximumogredrive]

"We just gotta make them the lame options no one wants to pick!

Or... I dunno, man. I just don't want people getting hurt or fading away is all."

[windsbygone]

Yeah, it's... awkward, but I guess I can figure why it usually happens, at least. Even if it sucks.

[maximumogredrive]

"I guess..."

He rubs at his face.

"What about you, Soran? What's been up with you? Beating the ladies and men off with a windy stick?"

[windsbygone]

Actually, no.

Since the only girl who actively tries to jump me is Trena, and she's been bizarrely quiet, recently.

[maximumogredrive]

"... it's the small mercies in life that make it worth it, huh?"

[windsbygone]

You say that, but it actually worries me a little.

One might say "no news is good news", but with Trena, it means "what horror is she inflicting on what place without my knowledge"?

[maximumogredrive]

"... is that your way of saying ya miss her and are a little worried?"