[chuuya... hands over the coffee, because shit, baren looks like he needs it too. he's just gonna get up to go make another cup, talking over his shoulder--]
Found out all the other weird shit we've been dealing with these last few months were also unreality. They can't always control it, I guess, but sometimes they can. Sometimes we might be able to fix it like we've been doing.
[a short pause, before:]
Got an answer on their hiring practices too, before we did the weapon protocol shit. She said having nothing to lose helps.
[ . . . a gently pointed look before he moves on.]
Ah - Maury made good on his promise to me too... sort of. What did he say....
[He changes his tone so it's a little pinched, nasally like a stereotypical nerd.]
"When people forget, their soul sort of slips out of place. At that time, they become their own little twist of unreality, and need to be rewritten a little in order not to unbalance everything."
[ . . . and then back to normal - ]
So... y'know, next time I see Chiyuki, I'll be thinking of that, I guess.
...god, this unreality and rewriting shit is too technical for me right now, remind me later--
[he needs more coffee, holy shit.]
Kind of fucked up, though. Like- if it's necessary, I can get that, but just the fact that they can actually do it-- did he say what it is that makes them forget? Like, is the soul thing a result of it or is it slipping out of place that makes them lose what they remember?
No, that's all he said before Jojo got to giving us our weapons. I think she has a crush on him since she was so against me getting Maury's number.
[that's baren's personal take on the retrospec scoop]
It sounds like the slipping out of place is the issue... and in order to get their soul back in order, they need to have their memories wiped and fixed so they never heard of Retrospec.
He didn't tell me anything about the selection process for who gets the app though.
[ . . . he might still have some people he's waiting on.]
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Baren is headed over when he gets the text though, yawning because.... yeah, he's tired... he might have to sleep like an old man tonight.
But he's entering, tsking softly at the door being unlocked, and then locking it behind him as he shuts it.]
M'listening.
[and mumbling. he's not going to get a wake up call until the actual battle to be honest]
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Found out all the other weird shit we've been dealing with these last few months were also unreality. They can't always control it, I guess, but sometimes they can. Sometimes we might be able to fix it like we've been doing.
[a short pause, before:]
Got an answer on their hiring practices too, before we did the weapon protocol shit. She said having nothing to lose helps.
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he listens just as intently though.]
Fix....
Nothing to lose?
[he huffs]
They still could've hired me months ago.
[but that's a lie. he still has okuni, even if that's all he has.]
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Thing is... she said after we finished the protocol that she's from a world that couldn't be saved. She's the last one. That's what she meant by that.
[he takes a looong sip.]
We found these books down there that we couldn't read. They're books of the dead, from worlds like hers.
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an annoyed mutter]
Hey, tell Zukkini he's useless the next time you see him.
[He'd asked about the language, he'd asked about the books - and Sena said it didn't matter... he's gonna throw him off a balcony next time.
And there's more annoyed grumbling.]
"Saved"... So what, there's universe destroyers out there? Something like that? That's real sci-fi.
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[chuuya shakes his head, slightly.]
Kind of an asshole move to be like hey, so your whole world's dead, tell me more about that.
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[ . . . a gently pointed look before he moves on.]
Ah - Maury made good on his promise to me too... sort of. What did he say....
[He changes his tone so it's a little pinched, nasally like a stereotypical nerd.]
"When people forget, their soul sort of slips out of place. At that time, they become their own little twist of unreality, and need to be rewritten a little in order not to unbalance everything."
[ . . . and then back to normal - ]
So... y'know, next time I see Chiyuki, I'll be thinking of that, I guess.
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[he needs more coffee, holy shit.]
Kind of fucked up, though. Like- if it's necessary, I can get that, but just the fact that they can actually do it-- did he say what it is that makes them forget? Like, is the soul thing a result of it or is it slipping out of place that makes them lose what they remember?
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[that's baren's personal take on the retrospec scoop]
It sounds like the slipping out of place is the issue... and in order to get their soul back in order, they need to have their memories wiped and fixed so they never heard of Retrospec.
He didn't tell me anything about the selection process for who gets the app though.
[ . . . he might still have some people he's waiting on.]