That's about what Alex and I got, too. We should be fine. Hopefully you and Haru can find another pair that'll work for you, too. If you haven't already, I mean.
[ but yeah...that. ]
You think it's a real thing? Or just what he wants people to think?
Just the first day. Or second? Ran into him in the bowling alley. [ so not enough to really get to know a person, just first impressions. ] Seemed harmless enough, but...until we really get into the competition I doubt we're gonna know what people are really like. It changes people.
[ oof. oof, oof, oof. he doesn't reply right away because he has to think of what to say that's the right amount of reassuring and also the right amount of realistic. ]
Well...it should be normal to not kill people and not know people who've killed people. [ first of all. ] But since we're all from different places, that makes it a little harder? I think...
[ he trails off for a second, because he's not sure if rin will want to hear this, actually. ]
Maybe it depends on what the reasons are. Not that killing people's a good answer to anything, just. There could be exceptions. [ hm. no. okay, dial that back. ] We'll have to do what we can to maybe convince people not to try something like that here.
[ he's not entirely confident that's possible, but it's something of a plan of action. ]
So far people are okay enough, but yeah. Tell me about it. Libby was talking about this...thing. A Many Worlds Interpretation or something like that? About how a lot of places can be the same in a lot of ways but still be really different. We're both from Earth, but her world has a bunch of witches.
[ which is to say, no, no magic. ]
We don't have magic like what you'd expect magic to be. But there's other stuff that I'm not sure other people would believe or know about. [ tilting his head. ] I'm guessing you don't either since you're asking?
[ Many Worlds Interpretation... Well, it sounds right. ]
No, no magic or anything other than humans around. [ He leans back, looking at the sky. ] At least, not that I knew of. Eiden was saying that his life was pretty normal too until he touched some magic object?
So there could've been all sorts of things that I just didn't know about. [ Too focused on swimming. ] What kind of stuff wouldn't people believe?
Wait really? I haven't talked to him much but he seemed pretty normal. Guess I'll have to ask again? [ magic...object. ]
I'd say that it seems like the kind of thing you'd still have a guess about even without experience, but...maybe not. [ hrgm. ] Ours was more, uh, supernatural.
It. [ he's not sure how much he wants to explain the ghosts, actually, given all of this happened so recently. ] It was pretty bad. They weren't exactly friendly or that willing to negotiate with us in the first place.
[ thank you for the sympathy pat. rin strikes him as so normie and actually pretty decent so far which is why jonas is withholding like 90% of what happened. for his sake :') ]
We, uh. I mean I know why it happened even when we didn't know what would happen. Let's just say it was a really long night. [ but. ] Alex figured stuff out. We came up with a plan and put an end to everything there. Which, you know, makes the whole "waking up dead" thing a little funny.
[ in that it isn't funny period but he can at least see the irony. ]
[ someday, maybe, rin will get to know...live until memshare spoon i dare you. ]
Don't give me too much credit. [ sometimes you are panicking and just not appearing to be because there are ghosts. ] Alex and a few other people were really the brains behind all of it. I just sort of went with their ideas.
Yeah. There were three other people on that island with us, and we all got off of it. They were on the ferry out with us in the morning but Alex and I are the only ones who woke up here.
[ so you know. kind of weird to wonder what the hell happened to the others that caused alex and jonas to die and not them. ]
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[ but yeah...that. ]
You think it's a real thing? Or just what he wants people to think?
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... Could be an act. Like I said, he did show up out of no where to try and help me. Have you talked to him much?
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[ And then, just because this is a lot, ] I've never even met someone who killed another person before. I thought that was normal but...
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Well...it should be normal to not kill people and not know people who've killed people. [ first of all. ] But since we're all from different places, that makes it a little harder? I think...
[ he trails off for a second, because he's not sure if rin will want to hear this, actually. ]
Maybe it depends on what the reasons are. Not that killing people's a good answer to anything, just. There could be exceptions. [ hm. no. okay, dial that back. ] We'll have to do what we can to maybe convince people not to try something like that here.
[ he's not entirely confident that's possible, but it's something of a plan of action. ]
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At least, I don't think so. Seems like most people are pretty nice and friendly, it's just a little weird how different some of our backgrounds are.
[ Looks over at Jonas. ]
Did you have magic where you're from?
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he has enough tact not to say that. ]
So far people are okay enough, but yeah. Tell me about it. Libby was talking about this...thing. A Many Worlds Interpretation or something like that? About how a lot of places can be the same in a lot of ways but still be really different. We're both from Earth, but her world has a bunch of witches.
[ which is to say, no, no magic. ]
We don't have magic like what you'd expect magic to be. But there's other stuff that I'm not sure other people would believe or know about. [ tilting his head. ] I'm guessing you don't either since you're asking?
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No, no magic or anything other than humans around. [ He leans back, looking at the sky. ] At least, not that I knew of. Eiden was saying that his life was pretty normal too until he touched some magic object?
So there could've been all sorts of things that I just didn't know about. [ Too focused on swimming. ] What kind of stuff wouldn't people believe?
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I'd say that it seems like the kind of thing you'd still have a guess about even without experience, but...maybe not. [ hrgm. ] Ours was more, uh, supernatural.
[ there's a pause. ]
Do you believe in ghosts?
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[ He smiles. ]
If I didn't before, I do now.
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Okay. Well, yeah. That happened. Alex and I...ended up finding them. Or they found us? Something like that.
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Uh... [ OKAY ] Was that as scary as it sounds?
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It. [ he's not sure how much he wants to explain the ghosts, actually, given all of this happened so recently. ] It was pretty bad. They weren't exactly friendly or that willing to negotiate with us in the first place.
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Oh. That's... sorry. [ jonas is at the top of the slide so... pats his foot... touch week... ] That must've been tough.
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We, uh. I mean I know why it happened even when we didn't know what would happen. Let's just say it was a really long night. [ but. ] Alex figured stuff out. We came up with a plan and put an end to everything there. Which, you know, makes the whole "waking up dead" thing a little funny.
[ in that it isn't funny period but he can at least see the irony. ]
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Yeah... funny. [ 6_9 ] That's pretty impressive that you managed to figure it out, though. I feel like I would've just panicked.
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Don't give me too much credit. [ sometimes you are panicking and just not appearing to be because there are ghosts. ] Alex and a few other people were really the brains behind all of it. I just sort of went with their ideas.
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It wasn't just you two?
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[ so you know. kind of weird to wonder what the hell happened to the others that caused alex and jonas to die and not them. ]