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[bratherine]

how many of you have been through shit like this before

( Just checking. For reasons. Not because she's one of those people or anything, no siree. )

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[nonbinding]

Twice.

So far, this is proving to be the most pleasant experience.

[bratherine]

( Well, that's something to keep in mind. Though the question is whether that reflects more on this place or the other places this guy has been.

So, nothing like asking! )

aye?
what happened in the others

[nonbinding]

The people there gave in to show their most degenerate selves. The worlds I found myself in allowed them to indulge in their worst behaviors. It was unseemly behavior to a degree I never expected to see.

I suppose when you never have pride, you don't care much about upholding it.

[bratherine]

( Honestly, that... doesn't sound so bad. At least not to a teenager who's spent the last few years doing just that. And who arrived here from a world that seemed to encourage that as well. )

so you never did any of that?

( Gave in, that is. )

[nonbinding]

No.

To be honest, people who cannot hold back their base desires lack refinement. I’d prefer not to deal with them.

[bratherine]

you'd hate my old boss

( Tamamo was all about giving into your desires, after all. )

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[fluorite]

[ Well, there's no reason to hold back that he's traveled through worlds, so he might as well answer. ]

I have been other worlds before, but this is the fist one I haven't voluntarily visited.

[bratherine]

you mean you normally do this
walk between worlds or whatever

[fluorite]

Well, not normally, but I've done it a few times by now.

So, this is definitely an unusual experience for you? Have you been through this only once?

[bratherine]

second one
this one never asked though

( Jigokucho might have been a fucking lie, but at least she had a heads up about it. )

[fluorite]

It's unsettling, isn't it? Not being asked if we want to be here at all.

[ And the whole thing with being charged with crimes right off the bat. ]

I'm surprised there are so many of us.

[bratherine]

what do you expect
shit that brings us here is powerful
probably thinks it can do anything it wants

[fluorite]

Perhaps. I think it's biding it's time for the most part, though.

Waiting to gather enough of us here before doing something big.

[bratherine]

( Honestly, that's the kind of conclusion she would draw as well. )

wouldn't be surprised
but fuck knows
bet they don't think logical

[fluorite]

Probably not. People that use their power to this degree usually don't.

Are you adjusting alright, though? I know going from one world to the next like this can be difficult.

[bratherine]

fine
nothing i can't handle

( Things that are... well, not a lie, but not entirely true, either. )

[fluorite]

Well, if you find that you're ever unable to handle things, feel free to reach out to me and I'll help you.

[bratherine]

and how are you gonna help me

( ... brat. )

[fluorite]

[ That just makes him laugh. ]

No clue! Maybe through a nice cake or a mug of hot chocolate? That's what I'd do for myself.

[bratherine]

don't like sweets

[breakin_ur_lore]

I've been to another world before...but I know how I got there. And how I got back home. It was through a portal.

Or do you mean...being accused of a crime? This is my first.

[bratherine]

( Mostly the former, but the latter's still good to know. This place doesn't ask them to fight a turf war, yet Kate is still making notes on everyone who answers this question. )

what was that world like

[breakin_ur_lore]

Outland? It's...kind of a mess. A lot of things have been destroyed...some of the wildlife has mutated or taken over...that sort of thing. The portals weren't actually...good things to have around.

But people still live there. They're thriving in their own way, I guess.

[...]

Have you been to other worlds? Is that why you're asking?

[bratherine]

( Well that... )

sounds shitty

( There's a pause, a moment where Kate weighs up the truth versus a lie and eventually decides, that since she's mentioned it elsewhere... )

something like that
were dragged from one

[breakin_ur_lore]

[Fair, tbh. Outland is pretty messed up.]

I'm...sorry. That sounds shitty. Do you know why it happened?

...I mean, I guess that's what's happened to all of us, now. But it's weird that it's happened more than once for you.

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[murderingjustice]

if by "shit" you mean kidnapped to another world against your consent? enough to be tired of it.

[he counts Maruki's bs into this category!![

[bratherine]

( As a Maruki RPer: Valid. )

so... at all?

[murderingjustice]

More than enough.


What about you?

[bratherine]

one other place
were nowt like this though

[murderingjustice]

what do you mean by that?

[bratherine]

it were more modern than this

[murderingjustice]

so it was still a foreign world rather than a copy of your own?

1/2

[bratherine]

aye

[bratherine]

( ...Wait. Copy of your own? )

why'd it be a copy?

[murderingjustice]

that way it'll make it less obvious that you're kidnapped against your will

did you ever find out who was behind it last time?

[bratherine]

...last place asked us

( At least Jigokucho claimed to offer something worthwhile for this bullshit. )

doesn't matter who were behind it, does it?

[murderingjustice]

I believe it matters greatly. What do you mean by 'place asked you'?

[bratherine]

not really
weren't like we could stop 'em doing it

( Oh, and; )

were interviewed, i guess
asked for a wish
dumb shit like that

[murderingjustice]

so you'd prefer being left ignorant?

interesting. who were "they" and what they did with such information?

[bratherine]

don't see the point in wasting effort on something that doesn't matter

the bosses
wanted to find out which faction we were best in

( Well, that's what seemed to be the case. Who knows. It was some vague, pre-multiverse, half-reality half-dream bullshit. )

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[dialetheism]

[ They feel a little silly using the speech-to-text option on the charm, but being the only one to use voice would be embarrassing. Hashtag peer pressure. ]

Hm...
My first instinct would be to also say 'once', but that was... different then my arrival here.
...And I'm not sure if it counts as once or twice, come to think of it.

[bratherine]

( Kate does too, but she detests the idea of the other options. At least this way only she has to hear herself. )

how can you not be sure?

( It seems pretty cut and dry in her experience. )