MISSION TWO

[with_liiiiiight]

If one more person comes up to me and goes "it's you again!" I'm just gonna shoot. No questions, just quality time with my girls. Is that clear, Template? First it was that Lady chick going all "we're friends and I shoot you in the face to show how much I care", and then there's that blond kid who won't leave me the hell alone. Can't for the life

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[captaininnuendo]

Heh, I can understand that feeling. But for entirely different reasons.

[with_liiiiiight]

And what would that reason be?

Enlighten me. I could use a story.

[captaininnuendo]

Well, when I've got it going on, I've really got it going on.

Need some help with that nose?

[with_liiiiiight]

You and me both, lady.

It's already healed. I just haven't mopped the blood up yet. Perks to being pretty much indestructible, I guess. If only my clothes could take a beating like I can. [sighs, looking down at his ripped shirt]

[sevenxsorrows]

If you don't remember it, then it's not that big of a deal, and neither should you be compulsively worrying about it. You can't change it, so why bother?

[with_liiiiiight]

Just because I can't change it doesn't mean I don't have to deal with it.

I'm not going to just roll over and accept that there's some serious holes in my memory, if that's what you're getting at.

[sevenxsorrows]

Survival, Dante. You're not the only one with holes in your memory, sometimes it's just better to accept it, before it holds you down.

[with_liiiiiight]

You might've missed this somewhere along the way, sweetheart, but I survive no matter what.

[mach_kick]

[Oh yes, Zell is angry. Being an ass to him one-on-one? Bad enough. Telling all of Template? It's surprising he hasn't spontaneously combusted out of rage. He's practically glowing.]

Half the city is pissed off at you because you're an asshole to 'em, or because you WERE an asshole to them. I'm "not leaving you the hell alone" because I'm trying to be nice to you, although you're making that pretty much impossible. And Agni & Rudra mention me because I used to chat with them when I was bored and nobody else was in the house.

And now, I will leave you the hell alone, since you made it pretty damn clear to the world that you don't want me around.

[with_liiiiiight]

Look. Kid. All I'm saying is that I have no reason to believe that you and I were all...buddy-buddy or whatever. You're human. I don't really...do humans, you know? I kind of keep to myself, so whatever bizarro version of me you took home is not me.

There's another version of me here. How're you to know I'm the one you knew?

[mach_kick]

You could, you know, ask around. But you know what? It doesn't matter. You don't remember me, you'll be staying someplace else. End of story. Maybe I'll get back to you if you ever stop with the attitude that humans aren't, I don't know, worth your company.

It's possible that you're different. I don't know. You look exactly the same, your stories also seem to be the same. And usually, if one version of someone disappears and then another takes their place, there's a spell where they're not there at all. Not so in your case.

I met you---or not-you---under different circumstances. The weather was awful, you needed a place to stay, I was nice and you decided to invite yourself over to crash and never left. My neighbor said you were taking advantage of me. Maybe you were.

Like I said, though, doesn't matter much. I'm having my own problems right now. I'll leave you to it. [Sighs, trying not to let his emotions show on his face.]

[with_liiiiiight]

[Dante lets him say all this, actually...listening. He's frustrated with this kid, frustrated with how many people know him who HE doesn't remember, frustrated with his shoddy, misshapen memories, but he knows better than to interrupt a monologue when he feels one coming on.

Finally, Zell trails off and he crosses his arms over his bare chest]

Your own problems? This damn place seems like it's just full of 'em.

[it's the only thing he feels like he can comment on, because the rest just makes him...uncomfortable. Getting that close to a human? Really?]

[vera_essentia]

...I'm sorry. My name is Kyrie. We met once before. At least... I thought we did.

[with_liiiiiight]

I've had so many people claim to know me in the last week, it's been like being a celebrity. Not a bad thing, but...it'd be nice if I met some more single women through this, and fewer angry drunks with lead pipes.

Though, I think I'd remember meeting such a fine lady. [winks]

[limitlessworld]

Heya. Want me to fix your coat, too? I know your double. Sorta.

[with_liiiiiight]

Yeah, that old man who's got my face and name? You know him?

[...looks a little reluctant to hand over his coat to anyone, especially someone he doesn't know. It's his coat! It's special.]

You, like...sew or something?

[limitlessworld]

Yup! Made the clothes I'm wearing and everything.