Array 014 [Voice] [Filtered away from the Joker]

[bloodseal_soul]

[Al mutters something about his penmanship sucking.A supposedly fictional character being here opens up a whole new can of worms. Apparently there are so many worlds and realities that somehow... somehow, even fictional ones exist

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[stalwart_flame]

Al, I just can't see you being evil no matter how many realities there are in the whole universe...or in all the universes. But the thing that lets us see into other worlds, I think is our imagination.

If you don't ever stop to think on what other worlds are like like or other people, then you never see anything at all...at least that's my thought.

Also, your brother may kill me for this, but that trip into the wastelands I mentioned? Would you like to come with me?

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[bloodseal_soul]

... thanks, Skyler. I think I needed to hear that.

The only problem with me thinking too much is I tend to either worry or depress myself, and I'm trying to get out of the habit of doing that. So long as I stay busy I'm fine, but sometimes, like tonight, it creeps up on me.

Maybe I should just stick to science and stop playing the what-if game.

... I think I might have to pass this time. With the Joker showing up, I'm... to put it bluntly, I'm scared out of my mind over what this guy might pull, and I want to be here just in case.

Also, I promised Ginia I wouldn't worry her. She doesn't need anything else to worry about right now.

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[stalwart_flame]

No worries, everyone does that sometimes. And when that happens having someone to reassure you is one of the best things.

I understand, and I definitely wouldn't want you to break a promise like that...be careful around him.

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[bloodseal_soul]

I'm always car-!

[Al gives a little sigh.]

He makes it hard to be. Especially when he pulls the stuff he does. He's really putting everyone on edge.

[alle_halle]

..my bet is on different experience, but similar character.
Thinking about it too much brings another question - which world is real?

Overthinking it isn't good for health.

((ooc: ...now I want to see Konata here _O_))

[bloodseal_soul]

... Alle. It's good to see you again.

Similar character. I guess... I mean, I don't know for sure. I've been thinking about this for several days now, before all of this happened, and it's rare that something bothers me more than one night.

I don't know why the thought of another me is stuck in my head. Maybe it's just some advanced form of narcissism.

Here, everything is real...

No, it's not. Do you have that problem too?

((ooc: Ohgodyes.))

[alle_halle]

Thanks.

I remember Kamui talking about it once. Even if it's another world, the person soul stays the same - the ties with the others and character traits.

Here, we are real and that's enough.

Unfortunately. Having someone to discuss it with in my own head is not helping at all.

((ooc: ...maybe we should find someone to rp her? xDDDDDD))

[bloodseal_soul]

Kamui - the esper Kamui - he's the one who first mentioned it, but I talked to the other one about it too.

I think I'm a little freaked out because they seem so different... but I guess when it comes down to it, I can see the similarities.

I'm just wondering how different I would be, if I'd never had my brother, or if my mom stayed alive, or I'd never heard of alchemy. It's both fascinating and terrifying to think about.

Exactly.

... augh. I would bet. Halle's not such a good conversationalist, no offense.

[Al laughs a little.]

You're such a sweetheart, Alle, it's hard to believe you're the same person sometimes.

((ooc: I can think of a couple of people...))

[unlucky_blood]

You shouldn't think too much about ever meeting another you.

[bloodseal_soul]

Too late though, right?

I mean, what if it happens? It's entirely possible, especially here.

[unlucky_blood]

If you only remember one thing then it's not the best idea to talk with yourself.

I thought I already told you that another you would act differently to you specifically.

[bloodseal_soul]

[Al sighs.]

I dunno. But I think I'd want to talk with myself a lot. It'd be just about the most interesting thing in the world...

You did say that, yes.

[highland_sword]

Hm... that leaves a lots of questions... I never thought about that, but perhaps than I am able to meet some of the Sindar?

And other versions of ourselves... hm... could be interesting...

[bloodseal_soul]

Sindar?

I know, right? Would you want to talk to them, see things through their eyes, or would you want to leave them alone?

[highland_sword]

The Sindar was an ancient people in my world. Their technology and knowledge seemed to be far higher than ours. There are also lots of ruins left from them...

I guess... I would like to talk to them. I would want to know what someone, who is myself, would do in my place. That would be interesting. How about you?

[wiser_fool]

In my experience, there are things that cannot be explained through common means. But the possibility of alternate worlds with the same person...

Through the looking glass, some would say. The reflection you see is really another world with variations on the same people. Both would be viable worlds, but under normal circumstances, the two worlds (and thus its people) would never meet.

However, I can say I've had personal experience with an alternate version of a person I knew, though the circumstances there were quite different.

[bloodseal_soul]

We can try to explain them, but they're impossible to grasp sometimes. Perhaps there are sciences and formulae where everything is rational, but for some things they must be so complicated, none can figure out, much less work them.

It's a strange thing to think of, and I'm not sure why I'm so fascinated by it... maybe because of the very real possibility that I could meet the "me" of another world here, if anywhere.

You have? What was it like?

[wiser_fool]

But even if an answer cannot be found, it makes for an interesting discussion.

When a heart is corrupted by Darkness, the body and soul is lost and a Heartless is formed. The resulting body and soul is turned into a Nobody (the belief being with no heart one cannot exist). In some cases, if the person had a strong heart, they maintain a human form, but are only shadows of who they were. They cannot feel emotions.

My assistants met such a fate.

[bloodseal_soul]

Of course.

[Al listens quietly, and his breath slides out in a soft sigh.]

I'm sorry about your assistants, Ansem...

How did you manage to keep yourself... you, if that was going on all around you?