@kijyo(?) | audio

[saudadist]

If you know Lucy-san...or, I suppose her name is Kaede-san...

Please, I want to speak with you.

I want to know who this person is within my mind...



[ private to Tezcatlipoca ]

Tezcatlipoca-san, may I have a moment of your time?

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audio; @CURSE

[gimu]

Hm? I know her. What would you like to know?

[saudadist]

What kind of person is she?

[gimu]

A weird and toothy individual who uses words like a bludgeoning weapon. Very good tastes.

[saudadist]

[ That is a string of words she's never heard used to describe someone. ]

Toothy?

Private; @rubber ducky; Text

[curingidiocy]

[ Privated because he's not interested in having various people come at him for contacting Lucy or whoever this person is using Lucy's username when by all means he should be taking a break from the network. ]

Who are you?

Private

[saudadist]

[ Initially, she's puzzled at the private message accompanying a cute username. But if it's a private conversation, that means they must know who she's talking about! ]

My name is Nyuu.

[curingidiocy]

Judging by your words, you are another consciousness residing in the same body as Lucy?

[ Dissociative Identity Disorder? Or another entity entirely? Perhaps something akin to possession?? ]

[saudadist]

[ She doesn't answer. She doesn't answer for a long time. Seconds, minutes. She stares at the message intently. She reads every word on its own, together, splitting it into chunks then whole again.

Nyuu's glad he chose text. The shallowness of her breath would be mortifying for anyone but herself to hear. ]

Yes.

[curingidiocy]

[ There's a surprisingly long stretch of silence between his question and her answer. Perhaps she got distracted, or the question impacted her far more than he thought. Was she not aware?

Hm. ]

Very well. I am not close to Lucy, but I may be able to provide some answers to help further your understanding of her. What is it you wish to know?

[saudadist]

I would just like to know what kind of person she is, in your perspective. Please.

@goddess of death

[queenofkur]

I know the both of you, but I think there is a better way for you two to get to know each other.

Why don't you ask her directly?

[saudadist]

I don't know how.

[gimu]

According to Gongle, sharks investigate new things with their mouths, being that they have no hands. Lucy is much the same in that she meets the world with a metaphorical maw full of teeth, and that she doesn’t mean harm when she pokes someone full of holes in the process.

But also if she’s angry, you’ll definitely know.

[curingidiocy]

[ If this is some elaborate ploy by Lucy to learn how other people think about her, well, he doubts she'd be so civil to him, at least. Or perhaps she's actually a decent actor.

But it's easier to accept that Nyuu is truly another identity. Occam's Razor: the simplest hypothesis is the most likely one. It wouldn't change his response, either way. If Lucy wanted honesty, she need only ask. ]

I would describe her as someone who has been greatly affected by her past. It has left her unwilling to trust others, especially humans, whom she views as a self-serving species. The missions we have gone on as Outsiders has only further exacerbated her distrust and hatred, and she dislikes me in particular, due to my altercations with Godzilla.

[queenofkur]

I thought you would say that.
I've given it some thought after we last spoke of it.

You should write her a letter!
Something in which you introduce yourself as Nyuu and explain you'd like to get to know her.

When you fall asleep and take over,
She'll see the letter and reply to it.
Then every time you switch control, you can leave messages for each other.

[saudadist]

[ His words paint an image she's not sure how to view. Someone unwilling to trust is the antithesis of Nyuu herself; it's hard to imagine someone with so closed off a mindset. Is that why Nana said she was a killer? Was she able to hurt others because she refused to connect with them? ]

I see. I'm sorry to hear that. Though I don't suppose my apology will take back anything harsh she may have said to you.

[saudadist]

[ Compared with what Ratio's said, Choso's description offers yet another view of such a harsh person. She meets the world with fangs bared, but it's only to protect herself. If she's a killer...could it be that...it was to... ]

Is she kind to you?

[saudadist]

What if I say the wrong thing in my letter?
I don't want to offend her and have her not answer.

[curingidiocy]

There is no need for you to apologize, as you are not her. If she wishes to apologize, she will come to me of her own volition. I, too, must speak to her at some point in an attempt to put our ill-will behind us.

I do not hold it against her, regardless. Many people dislike me; that is a natural consequence of my abrasive personality. In addition, I believe her distrust to be quite logical, given what she has divulged of her past. She has informed me that she was kept captive and abused, perhaps by scientists who were fascinated by her biology. There are quite a number of researchers who lack the ethics to reject experimentation on sapient species, so I am not surprised to hear of this, though I am of course disappointed.

[gimu]

She has always spoken to me with honesty. She does not fear what I am, and taught me new things when I was new to the world, too.

[ a fine senpai in the izakaya. ]

[saudadist]

Do you think she would hurt someone else for no reason?

[queenofkur]

Well I could help you write it.
And then deliver it for you.
She will probably feel awkward at first...
But if I encourage her, she'll reply.

Then it should go naturally, I think.

[saudadist]

[ Another pause, but this time, it's considerably shorter. She's taking care to read each line. ]

Then, she doesn't strike you as a bad person?

[gimu]

Never. There is always reason behind everything she does.

[saudadist]

At this point, you know her better than I do. I will trust your judgment.