bishop mingle

[invigorates]

Who: Bishop crew and visitors!
Broadcast: NO!!!!
Action: On the Bishop!!!
When: JANUARRRRYYY!!!

[ DEAR BISHOP CREW: WELCOME YOUR NEW MEMBERS, BE MERRY, DO STUFF. YEAH!! ]

Comments

[bloodbiter]

Are the monsters mostly extinct, then?

...I don't understand the purpose of taking people away if our purpose is to be observed. That would be like ending a story in the middle of a chapter in a book designed for many people to read.

[everydayhero]

I guess you could say that, yeah.

[he shrugs]

... Well, the point is to make a good show for people watching, not just to be watched. Taking away people we care about makes us upset, and drama makes for good entertainment.

[bloodbiter]

How lucky.

[a small nod]

I suppose I can follow that logic. It's awfully cruel, though.

[everydayhero]

Well, I won't argue with you there. A long time ago, one of my best friends from home was here, but she disappeared. Everyone I was working with to figure out where Atroma took her left, too.

[he shrugs]

But this place gives us a lot of chances, too.

[bloodbiter]

I'm truly sorry to hear that. I hope you're able to meet her again soon.

May I ask what you mean?

[everydayhero]

... Well, when it takes people from their homes, they can be from different times. And sometimes, that means giving a person a second chance to live.

[he smiles, a little fondly.]

Sometimes you get to see people you never thought you would again.

[bloodbiter]

[she... doesn't know how to feel about that, and her expression grows skeptical.]

That's impossible.

[everydayhero]

I'd say it was, but...

[he hesitates.]

Someone from my world died. I was there, I saw it happen. But I also got to see him here.

[bloodbiter]

That's...

[she doesn't think he's lying, necessarily, but it's hard to believe all the same.]

Does that happen often?

[everydayhero]

I wouldn't say "often," but enough that people know about it.

[bloodbiter]

I see.

[she still has very mixed feelings about that, so she's going to try to shift the conversation along.]

May I ask who this person was? The person from your home you mentioned a moment ago.

[everydayhero]

Uhh.

[he hesitates again.]

My brother. Tadashi. He's our lab support, actually. I wouldn't ask him about it, I don't think I should be telling everyone.

[bloodbiter]

[she looks surprised for a moment, and then sympathetic.]

I'm so sorry. I didn't think it would be someone that close to you...