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[gallitrap]

[Hey, it's the ninth of February, which means it's time for the anniversary post from Ruka! Plus with Remus' announcement that morning, it was only a matter of time. It's an audio post, and her voice sounds pretty level, actually. Not really happy or sad or upset, or emotionally swayed any particular direction. All things considered, that is

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[hackeralastair]

I'm with the buzzy kid, I think you're overthinking it.

Besides, just among us from Domino we already know there's at least two different timelines. I just give up and go with it. Either people know me or they don't.

But if they come back here, and I say hey, and they don't remember, well. It's too weird for me. I tend to just leave 'em alone and not talk to them again. It's too hard making friends when they just keep getting ported out.

[gallitrap]

Mm, I do that a lot, too. I don't always mean to, but...

Would you still go that way, if it was someone like Ryou, or Kiryu?

[hackeralastair]

...tough to say. I mean, I was pretty good friends with JP when he was here, and then he left, and came back totally different. I tried striking things back up with him but it was just awkward. Now I don't even try.

[sigh] I don't know what I'd do if it happened to them. Kyosuke...

[no, that's too painful to think about. Stopping now]

[gallitrap]

Yeah. Because, even if they look the same, it doesn't always mean it's the same person behind all that. Right? Not remembering the important things just makes it worse.

[hackeralastair]

Yeah. And in this place, really important things happen to people all the time. So for someone to come back and not remember it at all, it's just. It's hard to pretend like you can just be friends like before.

...there a reason you're on this topic?

[gallitrap]

Yeah, there's a few. I'm mostly curious about what everyone else thinks, though.

[hackeralastair]

...I bet I can take half a guess at one of 'em.

[gallitrap]

Yeah. That's the easy one.

[hackeralastair]

Did he tell you anything? I mean...no, maybe I shouldn't ask. That's between family.

[gallitrap]

You can ask.

[now private/encrypted]

[hackeralastair]

...there.

He told me some things, under encryptions. About who he was or wasn't after he got ported back in last time.

[private/encrypted]

[gallitrap]

... Yeah. He told you?

[private/encrypted]

[hackeralastair]

Yeah.

So you know, then. Good. I'd hate to think he'd keep something like that from you, even if it's the ultimate in awkward.

[private/encrypted]

[gallitrap]

Yeah, I know. He didn't actually tell me, though. He wouldn't even admit it when I confronted him about it.

[private/encrypted]

[hackeralastair]

What? That jerk!

You figured it out on your own?

[private/encrypted]

[gallitrap]

Alastair! He... He wasn't sure how to handle having so many things pushed on him so quickly, so I think he was still sorting all that out. Don't call him things like that.