[Week 13, day 4] [Voice/Video]
--can't get it to work! [A muffled voice.] Stupid thing doesn't like me or something...
Nonsense. [ A different voice cuts in. ] It works like a golem, only with more functions. [ Buttons are pressed, and the screen switches to video, revealing a blond-haired man and a blue-haired boy. ] Look, it works now.
Well it's still stupid, it should've ( Read more... )
Nonsense. [ A different voice cuts in. ] It works like a golem, only with more functions. [ Buttons are pressed, and the screen switches to video, revealing a blond-haired man and a blue-haired boy. ] Look, it works now.
Well it's still stupid, it should've ( Read more... )
He just has an expression on his face for quite a while, queasily looking down at his Hitomi and Link's face still there. Link was here and... looking for him and demanding answers already. Publicly and without a shred of hesitation.
Allen's not surprised.]
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Well, Lavi's already spoken to them. That's good. It is strange to suddenly see both of them there, though. But at least it seems they've been here a while and Link's already knows basically what's going on, considering-]
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This can only end badly.
Although Allen has his own questions that are a convenient way of avoiding Link's.]
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I didn't think two people from our world could arrive together... How long have you two been here? Where are you?
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He's already gone back and seen quite a bit--not everything, but enough to let him know what's happened. ]
Walker. [ He begins slowly, with an enigmatic look on his face. ]
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I am...outside? [ Looks around him. ]
...is it really good to see me? [ He almost snorts. ] I can generally guess what you are thinking: more monitoring. More notes. [ He's shakes his head. ] You really make my life difficult, with all these incidents in this place.
What do you have to say for yourself?
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You don't have to put it like that. [Nervous grin? A little.]
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...Incidents?
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[ Incredulously, he looks at you. ]
These "dreams." And then I think you were killed? Or something with the Fourteenth? [ ... ]
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You can switch calls and the like to private, you know...
[Trailing off, he looks a little ill for a moment, but offers a deflecting smile.]
There were some... incidents. But this world does things to people regarding dreams.
[But his mind is racing; as much as he'd like for Link not to know... ... well, Allen hadn't realized that you could go back and see things before you got your Hitomi... Link's the sort to sit down and go through everything. Could he really hide some of that?]
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You can't hide, Allen Walker. ]
Ah? Well, you just did that.
[ That smile does nothing to deflect Link. Because he is disturbed maybe worried too...and he wants answers. Taps his fingers on the side of the Hitomi--
...was he still holding Timothy's? ]
Wait.
[ He cuts this feed and switches to his own, being careful to set it to the "private" function. ]
Start at the beginning, Walker. You really wouldn't want me to find out on my own and be "surprised" in that way.
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I've been here for quite a while, you know. The beginning is a ways back.
[Uncomfortable pause, although mostly in the sense that he's frowning.]
Lavi, Lenalee, Kanda, my master, and.. one of the Noah are here. Road. As well as others from different worlds. And now the two of you. We've been trying to find a way back home, but-
[Uneasy.]
We're not really gone, either. At least I don't think so.
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The last time I remembered, you had a fair enough memory. How many months in this place?
[ ...and now you're giving a general explanation. Fair enough; he was more, but right now he'll tolerate them. ]
"Not really gone"? Explain.
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A few months. Time is hard to tell in this place. It... feels longer sometimes than it should.
[A bit of a sideways glance away from the Hitomi. Well, that had been confirmed by his 'dying'... but he doesn't need to mention that part.
And Allen had been ready to even tell Link the theory Cross had on the matter he had inadvertantly seemed to prove... except he remembers how badly trying to explain such a mind-numbing concept can be for people, and with Link-]
... You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you.
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...a few months? Strange.
[ You're going to have to end up mentioning it, in any case. Once Link drags that out of you. ]
Does this mean I should being doubting your word? Not that your word is always one-hundred percent truthful, but ninety-seven percent of the time I take it. [ The three percent of doubt is attributed to the fact you're labelled as a traitor. ]
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