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[keythatconnects]

Who: Sora and OPEN
Broadcast: Video, Fleetwide
When: Sometime during the glitches.

Hey, so, this might seem weird but...

The last time I had weird dreams that had real-life consequences and saw things that were kind of there but not really, I had all of my powers and strength taken from me. It was not fun. I seem to be okay this time around, but, uh...

Maybe someone else isn't?

Consider this a way to check in! Is everyone doing okay?

Comments

[abracafcku]

Yeah "stuff?" That's not the greatest descriptor. Stuff could be "oh look at those fugly slippers everyone has to wear" or stuff could be "hey I'm pretty sure the Marsiva is eating my memories of things and that's some existential horror." Kiiiind of a big gap between the two.

[keythatconnects]

That second one.

[abracafcku]

Fun.

[Taako sighs. It's not like he's not used to having memories stolen from him, but it's a bit of a sore point.]

So? What kind of gaps do you have? The staticky headache inducing kind or the "huh what the hell just happened?" kind.

[keythatconnects]

Oh. All of that stuff was taken care of for me back home. Well, not totally. I still haven't recovered my strength completely, but I will soon!

I was worried people here might have the same effects since we're all experiencing weird dreams and seeing things and... all of that.

[abracafcku]

Nah, no one's losing powers as far as I've heard. I got a brand new swath of memories I can't access though, so your mileage my vary on this shit-----[His voice pitches up at the end as he remembers he's talking to a kid and shouldn't curse in front of him.] -hole.

...Yeah sorry, I got nothing on that one. My bad.

[keythatconnects]

Huh? Your bad for what?

[abracafcku]

[He laughs suddenly, glad to be off the hook.] Well, if you didn't notice? Then nothing. Nooo worries, little dude.

What's your name anyway? I'm Taako. Have we met? I have no idea anymore because everyone's starting to blend together to me.

[keythatconnects]

I'm Sora! And... I'm not sure?

Do I look familiar at all?

[abracafcku]

[Taako shrugs and shakes his head. Taako might not recognize Sora, but Sora might think he looks a lot like Lup - even down to the cadence of his voice.]

Probably not. I don't make a habit of hanging out with babies. Or however old you are. You're like, what, twelve? Eight?

[keythatconnects]

Whaaat? I'm sixteen.

[abracafcku]

[Taako shrugs and tries to hide a smirk. He loves playing this game.]

Same difference? Is there some big deal about being sixteen?

[keythatconnects]

You think I'm a child.

[abracafcku]

Pumpkin, I'm over a hundred years old - you are a child to me.

[keythatconnects]

Just cause you're old doesn't mean you should look down on someone for being young.

I mean, what? Are you jealous?

[abracafcku]

Of going through puberty? Heeeeeell no. Once was enough, thanks.

[He laughs again because humans and elves technically matured at the same rate, so he knows the kid's probably well out of puberty and into his growing years already.]

But also, yeesh, sensitive much? I was just teasin'.

[keythatconnects]

I guess I just hate it when people act like my age means I'm not capable of stuff.

[abracafcku]

Aw hell no, kiddo. [His tone actually softens now because wow, didn't know that was a sore spot.]

I know a ten year old who is quite literally the world's greatest detective. And I know a dwarf that's approaching gods know how old who still can't do his godsdamn only job we brought him along to do and won't fuckin' heal anyone.

[Okay, so maybe he got a little heated there. Sorry.

Taako takes a calming breath.]

[keythatconnects]

[His eyebrow lifts.]

You got a mage who won't heal you?

[Maybe that's something that feels familiar.]

[abracafcku]

I've got a cleric who's too distracted by other junk like casting Zone of friggin' Truth to heal me, yeah.

Why? You got someone like that you know?

[keythatconnects]

Sorta. I think he just does it to be stubborn.

[abracafcku]

What is there to be stubborn about? Make sure the rest of the party doesn't friggin' die. Is that hard to do? Considering if we beef it, then so does he, you'd think there wouldn't be that much to be stubborn about.

[keythatconnects]

[He chuckles.] Next time it happens I might have to say something like that.

[abracafcku]

Definitely do. Put the fear of-- Uh, whatever, dying? I guess? Into him.

I'd do that with Merle, but the dumbass has died more than any of us apparently.

[keythatconnects]

Died and come back?

[abracafcku]

I mean, yeah? [What other kind of dying, but still being alive is there?]

Otherwise I wouldn't have known him. Also the time in Refuge where we all died in a time loop like...a lot, but that wasn't quiiite the same seeing as we died, sure, but ever crossed to the Astral Plane.