@ nice toy (locked to the non au'd folks)

[fursuit]

so you've all noticed that about half of us are totally fucked in the head right

best I can tell they think they've always lived here? in this world I mean. kinda hard to ask too much more than that without looking like you're the one that's insane but man

apparently they've also got backstories for all of us??? so how the fuck am I supposed to know that shit???

anyways. wanted to toss this out there for discussing and strategizing how to deal with this fuckin mess. I figure once we kill this kaiju they'll all go back to normal but

I dunno. be gentle with them. I know that's ironic coming from me but whatever

lemme know if there's anyone I missed to add to this filter.

(( ooc ; this is a discussion post about the people with au'd memories for those who do not have those memories! ending up on this filter is an icly handwaved process, so feel free to jump in if this applies to your character. threadjacking is very much open and welcome!

there's also a sister post for the au'd characters here, so if you're looking for that, go for it! ))

Comments

[followyourstar]

Yeah, I'd appreciate not having anything in my head damaged, thanks. I need this thing to live.

But I do like having this speech module installed. I'm still a little miffed my head didn't come with one to begin with, so I'll give LILITH credit where it's due.

[harboredfeelings]

See, it's not all bad. You've gotten an easier way to communicate, I've gotten numerous new ways to destroy enemies. LILITH may not have given us a choice in being here but they've done well enough providing for us.

Although I can't help but be struck by just how incredibly awful your world continues to sound. How the hell do you do your job without speaking?

[followyourstar]

You're not going to hear me arguing with you about my world, but I can speak to some people. Only twelve, but that still counts as some.

I usually have one person that I go to to help me translate, but lately there's another person among those twelve who's been willing to help out too.

[At least a little. Hong Lu has yet to be Translator #2 in earnest as of Dante's canon point]

[harboredfeelings]

So that's why you keep Vergilius-san around then? I had wondered about that, he seems rather diametrically opposed to yourself, personality-wise.

[followyourstar]

Oh, no. Vergilius isn't one of those people. He's just really, really good at reading me. It's pretty impressive.

[harboredfeelings]

Well.

A little bit unsettling to know the filicidal man who barely talks can read someone like that, honestly. How do you sleep with him around?

[followyourstar]

???

Pretty easily. He's not that bad. Gruff and more than a little threatening, sure. And he did have a habit of scaring the others into silence on the bus there for awhile... But it's not like that now!

[harboredfeelings]

Not that bad. We've met the same person right? He's almost as psychotic as I am.

[ Hey. At least she's aware of it. ]

[followyourstar]

Hey... He doesn't like people that much, but isn't that going a bit too far?

[......]

Look. Things where I come from... They're bad, and that's putting it as light as it can get. It's the kind of place that makes attitudes like that the sort of thing that helps people survive.

And it's the sort of thing that'd see me eaten alive if I was out there on my own.

So I can't blame him. I'm not even sure it's my place to do so.

[harboredfeelings]

When you put it like that I feel a little guilty for needling the man.

"Aww Kaga, you're going soft~"

Be quiet.

...

Dante-san, I'm curious. With a world like that, what's your plan once things here are over?

[followyourstar]

Well, I'd be going back to work so... More of the same? A Manager's work is never done. It'll be nice to see the others again.

[harboredfeelings]

Just back to normal? After all this?

You know about other worlds, that life can be better. And you've surely grown to know quite a few powerful people.

No-one says things have to stay the same in your home world.

[ She's not exactly saying Anarchy Smash the System.

But the Sakura Empire certainly wouldn't mind a grateful reality with magically inclined inhabitants, she's sure. As a, uh, "protectorate"...]

[followyourstar]

Maybe... But I don't know if I'm the right person to make that call, either.

Sure, I know things need to change. I don't like the way things are either. But even if it all gets torn down, someone has to build it back up again, right? And then you have to make sure things don't just end up exactly how they were with the faces changed around.

And that's assuming we can even get that far.

[harboredfeelings]

You're assuming you'll have to do it on your own.

You've made allies and friends haven't you Dante-san? I'm sure even the coldest amongst us would be willing to assist.

The Sakura Empire and Crimson Axis fromy my world would certainly be capable of helping with restructuring. Our Wisdom Cube technology would provide a start, unlimited energy tends to make everything else fall into place.

Just something to keep in mind.

[ Ironically enough at this point? You actually can trust a faction called Crimson Axis. Go figure. ]