Dusk Heart

[schrodingerscockroach]

Ever wonder why we're here?

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[voreaciously]

It is good to see you, too. Why did you not?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Because you're not the best at emotions and the password is an emotional thing. And weird mental trick. Thing.

[voreaciously]

I had immense help.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Nothing wrong with that.

[voreaciously]

[DON'T BE NEGATIVE, DON'T ARGUE, DON'T BE DISTANT, DON'T SELF-DEPRECATE

god why is she a garbage person this is hard.]

How are you?

[that should be safe]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[LISTEN, Dusk heart is basically an 80H nightmare.]

I'm doing all right. Though I guess that's kind of the point of me.

How about you? I imagine some stuff here is really rough. We could read or play a game if you want a breather.

[voreaciously]

I don't breathe. [A beat.] Most of the time.

What is the point of you?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He chuckles.] I meant a break.

[He shrugs.] To be all right. So the rest of him doesn't have to be.

It just has to be what works for the time being.

[voreaciously]

I see.

Is that alright, though? Surely the ideal is for all of him to be alright...

[schrodingerscockroach]

Yeah, but that ideal hasn't existed since we were a kid.

[voreaciously]

Hn.

[THAT SOUNDS NEGATIVE LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT.]

What have you to read?

[schrodingerscockroach]

... [He gestures to the bookcase.] I mean, it's not the worst way to be.

It helps me deal with fucked up things. And let's be fair, I deal with a lot of fucked up things. And it's not like I can't be happy like this. Just means I'm a little... [He shrugs.]

Anyway, I have a lot. A little in every genre. Have a lot of manga, a lot of magical girls which I suspect is Aoko's influence. Sci-fi, history, stuff about machines and ships and weapons.

Warriors which is this whole old series cats that's pretty cool and intense.

[voreaciously]

I see. [he does deal with quite a lot.]

Aoko?

[oh wait, could it be--]

Your sister?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He really does. Sometimes you have to be a little crazy to be mostly sane.]

Ah, yeah. Faito. Remembered the heart game, remembered her name in her right body, whole thing. Aoko's her real name, though I think she's still going by Faito until it feels right again.

[voreaciously]

That is fair, that often happens with amnesiacs.

[she thinks about a number of people who have done that. Dark. Hardcore...

but she shouldn't think about them, now.]

[schrodingerscockroach]

True. Wash still feels a little weird.

[Because that's. Healthy. His codename. Yep.]

But I like honoring team names and Dusk is a good one.

[voreaciously]

Does it? That has been your codename for some now, has it not? Dusk is a good name, though.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Yeah. Well, Washington was. But I'm pretty much Wash to the guys and that's been years.

It is. And it's part of Clover so. It's good.

[voreaciously]

You like Clover, then?

[schrodingerscockroach]

I do.

Well....when people are here.

Just Meridian and me at the moment.

[voreaciously]

I see.

[THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD GET NEGATIVE she'll change the subject]

Well, perhaps it will not stay that way. Do you have mystery novels?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Hopefully not. It gets kind of eerie when it's empty.

I do. I actually seem to have a lot.

[There's like a whole shelf full of classics. Also gentleman thief novels. FUNNY THAT.]

[voreaciously]

[ooooh. she tries. not to seem overly interested, but she will peruse his titles before picking one out.]

This sounds interesting...

[schrodingerscockroach]

They must be if I have so many. I never pegged myself as a mystery fan.

[Picking up a book himself.] But I can remember the stories pretty well...

[voreaciously]

Why would you not be, it is a very good genre.