synnet | 001. [text] | CW: talk of death

I would hope so, for other, yes. I'm not so lucky. I'm fairly certain it's why I was brought here in the first place - saved from the brink of death by whatever you call all of this. I awoke completely healed from my injuries.

same story really

there's some things you don't want to heal from but hey at least it's healed up right

[He really needs to sit with that one for a minute.]

Correct. There are lessons to be learned, and you won't learn anything if your mistakes are wiped clean.

are the scars physically there? or all mental?

When I awoke here, I was back in perfect shape physically. But mentally, nothing had changed. Lesson learned.

it's strange

when you can remember the feeling of a mark that's supposed to be there
but it's gone when you look for it

Perhaps in time you'll forget. Time heals all wounds, as people like to say.

[ It's good advice. She knows it is, but still she can't bring herself to believe it. There are some wounds that just ache and fester for decades long after their physical marks are gone. ]

has it ever healed yours?

No. There hasn't been time.

I died, and I woke up here.

It feels like it happened yesterday, because technically it did.

Time will tell, I suppose. But I don't know if there will ever be enough time.

ideally, you'll have your whole life to make that one time hurt less

or so I've heard

One day at a time. From what we know of this place, maybe we won't have the time to think about things. Maybe that's a good thing.

it's definitely easier to forget some things when your life is on the line
can't say it's any less stressful though

It remains to be seen whether or not it will be more or less stressful than my previous life.

From one job to another. I guess this is just how it's going to be. All that has changed for me now is the time and location.

unless where you came from also had kaiju running around
might be a bit more stressful

just a little

Not kaiju. Demons. Of all shapes, sizes, of all power levels. And it was my job to exterminate them, to protect the city and its people from being their prey. If the simulation is anything to go by, then things will not be much different for me here in that regard.

[ "Demons." Something about the way he says that, even if only in text, makes her skin crawl. For a moment, she can only wonder if she'd be counted among them in any other instance. That is, if they're anything like her species to begin with. ]

at least you're not doing it alone

You're right. I'm not used to working with others. It's not that I didn't have anyone back home, but it was much different than this. But I wonder, now. Was a hinderance to them, or them a hinderance to me? Would it have been better off if I worked alone?

Have you experienced anything like this place before?

better off not thinking about that stuff
if they cared about you, they wouldn't think of you as a burden

for me, this kind of place is the stuff you'd see on television in the afternoon

I hope you're right. I don't think of them that way. But if I wasn't there, perhaps less danger would be brought into their lives.

I don't know exactly what you mean. But I'm taking it that it's a no.

[ Yeah, she's got nothing for that first part. She doesn't want to say she feels the same way. For everyone's sake in that house, it's best if she never returns. ]

a television show? kids watch lighthearted versions in the morning and afternoons

Sorry, I don't follow.

[This is happening to him a lot.]

It's fine, really. I'm a little out of place here.

[ The physical ability to have question marks floating around her head would be real helpful right now. ]

where are you from

if you want to answer

I suppose it will only make sense if you're from a place similar to mine, yes? Earth, I suppose? Japan, the Capital, Taishou 20.

[Fun fact: the Taishou era was only 14 years long elsewhere. He's from a weird place. But, the 1920s or thereabouts.]

[ Okay that does narrow her frame of reference considerably. However... ]

I'm from Japan
not familiar with Taishou but
is that a year?

history wasn't something they taught me

It's okay. The idea of any of us being from the same Japan is probably pretty slim.

[He actually has some experience with this weird interdimensional travel business.
Not a fan.]

It would be 1922, if that helps.

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