@fuckthis (text)

[evocation]

hey
so me and wash and gene were gonna go on an adventure in the woods
see what we can find, you know?
but we're looking for a couple of people to bring with us
maybe two or three
gene's a medic, wash is a marine, and i'm a wizard with experience dealing with monsters and nasty magic
anyone that thinks they could round that out would be great
but no serial killers or anyone that would like
murder us in our sleep
and sorry, but no kids yet
i know some of you are gonna argue that, but we have no idea what we're dealing with and we don't want that on our consciences
anyway, let us know
thanks

Comments

[replicates]

hey
cool it

it's like talking to a bunch of walls, they're not gonna listen
don't waste your time.

[dualikey]

he can't cool it

he's vanitas

[replicates]

too bad we can't put him on ice

[dualikey]

oh... that was so corny....

[replicates]

i'll be here all week

[dualikey]

this is worse than a riku joke this is just a dad joke!

[replicates]

come on
all of his jokes are dad jokes

[dualikey]

UGH NO now i'll never unhear it!!!

[replicates]

good

[ a beat, and then: ]

are you ok
?

[dualikey]

i


[it's close to the question that doctor had asked him, what do you need? but- he's still not sure what the answer is. to either of those questions.]

yeah

i'm okay

[okay enough. okay enough for the reason you're asking. okay because what other answer is there?]

[replicates]

ok

[ there's an expectation, he thinks, that comes with being sora and being around sora. people look to him, people believe in him — there are things he does as sora that people rely on, things that only he can do. and the moment he stops, the moment he shows a hint of something else, that shakes them. it scares them.

you put someone high up enough, the farther they'll have to fall. ]

but if you're not
if you don't know
that's ok too.

[dualikey]

[The words swim, bubbled up somewhere inside his chest where he hasn't had to string them together or put them out loud, where they might become real.

I'm okay is easier than figuring out what the truth might be. What's underneath it.]

maybe
[somewhere else. not here. not where just anyone could-]


later?

[replicates]

whenever you want

i'll be there

[evulsed]

yeah? you backing them up now?

i'm right

they'd deserve it

[replicates]

i'm not backing anyone up
what they do or don't deserve isn't my business and i don't care

but you're proving their point and that's not a satisfaction i want them to have.

[evulsed]

i'm not going to shut up just because you don't like what i have to say

[replicates]

i never said i didn't like what you have to say.

but i don't like letting them win when the game's been set up against us
and i wanna even out the playing field.

[evulsed]

[ he can understand that, and while it doesn't take the wind out of his sails entirely, it slows him down enough to consider what the replica is postulating.

after a moment:]

fine

have it your way, puppet

[replicates]

[ so we're on a first name basis now. 👀 ]

puppet, huh
that's cute

[evulsed]

[ shut up!! ]

what are you talking about?

that's exactly what you are

[replicates]

can't be a puppet if i don't have the strings

maybe i'm darkness
like you

[evulsed]

don't make me laugh

whatever you might have been before, you aren't darkness anymore

[replicates]

your pets seem to think i am

[evulsed]

[ record scratch ]

what pets?

[replicates]

the ones you leave behind in your room
the ones you left at your grave