[VOICE] ☯ Reasonless.

[amidstreason]

[ Naoki has had better days. Luckily, he's one of the few who, although he is being followed around by that stupid bubble, is not too bothered to switch to audio. All for the better, considering his looks. Besides... he'd really rather not be seen right now. He's pretty miserable. ]... This place has caused me to wonder why what one person

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[rainbowarch]

Wait, what?

I...

...Oh.

[There's a pause.]

What's wrong, bro?

[amidstreason]

... This place seriously needs to stop throwing us around like a ball, that's what's wrong. I don't think that everyone's going to bounce back up, either.

[ Some people come to mind. Like Crowley. Poor guy. He saw that. And Joshua, too. ]

[rainbowarch]

Is it really dat bad?

I mean, I ain't been here long, but it seemed peaceful enough aside from de bubble t'ing.

[amidstreason]

... It isn't always peaceful.

[ He sounds a bit bitter. ]

The people you make friends with here are likely to be stolen from you the moment you get close to them.

[rainbowarch]

What do you mean, stolen?

[amidstreason]

... Taken back by force. To say people are being returned... that's not right. A boy I knew... his home world was a horrible place. Here is... better.

[ A sigh. ]

And then they... made him go back, wiped his memories of here. How is that fair? Our memories are the things most precious to us. The one thing any living can share. They make us who we are... and then they just erase them.

[rainbowarch]

Oh... I hadn't heard about dat.

I miss my comrades, but I was startin' ta wish dey could be here too, since dis place is much nicer dan where we came from, but if you sayin' it ain't...

At least you got ta know dose people when dey was here, ja?

[amidstreason]

... It's not that... it's a bad place. It's just that the people who brought us here don't seem to care how we feel when they take people, or when they make them leave.

[ He's just hurt by it, really. ]

But it's a lot better than where I was too.

[rainbowarch]

I'm sorry you've had ta go through losin' your friends, bro.

I know dat ain't easy.

[amidstreason]

... Oh. That's okay.

[ He's used to it. ]

It's not like their homes were... that bad. I'm sure they're happier there, you know? I just wonder... if it's really necessary for them to mess with our memories like this.

[rainbowarch]

I can't claim ta know anytin' about anytin' havin' ta do wit' dis place.

[There's a pause. you can almost feel the sheepishness.]

If you needin' anudduh friend around ta cheer you up, den I'd be willin' ta help.

[amidstreason]

[ ... Actually, you can SEE his confusion and sheepishness too. Kid's just been a little down lately. ]

W-what, you mean that? You're... okay with that?

[ He's not used to this... friendliness, what is it even-- ]

[rainbowarch]

Of course I am!

Demons should be stickin' togedda here. Unless you worried about me devourin' you.

[He was incredibly thankful for the coral on that account at least.]

[amidstreason]

... No, why would I be?

[ He's never heard that from a person, though... but then don't judge a book by it's cover, huh?

He's a little baffled at that, though--as far as he knew, demons from his world ran on energy. Though the basic principal was the same: kill you for your energy. ]

[rainbowarch]

You a demon, I'm a demon. Dat's how it works most a' de time where I come from, unless you be comrades.

Don't have ta do dat here, at least.

[Not that he really has any comrades to speak of here either.]

[amidstreason]

... We're probably from different worlds. Mine works a little differently, but the basic principal is the same.

[ ... Though he really is glad that they can just go to the coral. Demons on his world run on energy. ]

I'd prefer not to hurt my friends either. Or really anyone else. I'm... not really someone who likes to fight.