[Limelight] Inbox Pt. Deux

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Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

He's waiting for... something. But I don't think it's me. Booker assumes that because he's got some fixations of his own. But actually, they're more in line with each other than me.

I think it's better if they figure it out together... whether or not they're actually interested in becoming the people in their 'visions'.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

That doesn't sound right.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

[just turns a bit to look at him

?]

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

... I don't know. Obviously I don't remember enough about him as a person, but isn't he supposed to be the protagonist who regresses hundreds of times and keeps on fighting no matter what?

Maybe if he didn't have any memories of that life, but...

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[thefaultinthestars]

He is, and... he's not.

...Or maybe he just is, but the difference is, this time he has a choice.

In the novel, Yu-- the protagonist never chose to become a regressor. The only escape for him was to clear all the scenarios and reach the end. It's not like he even dreamed that 'the end' would somehow be worth it. He just... had been struggling for it for so long.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

But here, in this life, he got to get a taste of the hell the protagonist went through, and also was able to skip the end. And he decided it wasn't worth it.

And I can't exactly blame him for that.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

The end wasn't worth it...?

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

Well, how could it possibly be? It's an entirely different story if the protagonist has a choice. Nothing is worth that kind of hell.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

Giving up on him doesn't sound like you either.

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[thefaultinthestars]

[his tail uncurls from Curtain's ankles so it can lash slowly but restlessly across the deck boards]

...I can't exactly beat him up and tell him to come to his senses and accept a miserable story he doesn't want. Especially when I remember so little of it myself, and I won't even be able to talk to him again after today.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

So I'm just leaving him in Booker's hands for now. Honestly, I think they've been doing well. I've been enjoying reading how things are going with them.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

[glances down at the tail again, then looks away. up, towards the sky]

And your approach for "Shura" was going to be...?

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

I absolutely did not have a plan for that.

[swish swish swish]

He said 'just annoy him like you usually do, it seems to work' so I guess I was expecting to be annoying.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

[curious]

Annoy him for what?

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

Hmmm... I guess I was going to bully him a bit for trying to throw my memories into the ocean that one time.

[his tail wags tho, he thinks this is funny]

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

[chuckles]

They're a mess, those two.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

I seem to remember you once hijacked my body for nefarious purposes. So it's kind of fitting.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

Oh, I did it more than once, I'm sure.

But they willingly chose this, so they can't complain.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

More than once? Please share if you've remembered more.

And... they did. What do you think of all this? As a constellation it isn't that strange to me, but...

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

Frankly, I don't know if I want to gossip or just pretend none of it has ever happened.

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

It is a little... too much sometimes.

[but his tail curls back around Curtain's ankle and he turns so his back is against the rail]

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[fullcursemeal]

[sighs]

It won't be my problem anymore after this is over, and it's not like I don't understand where he's coming from, but...

[his mouth twists a bit in distaste]

Knowing I have the potential to become that kind of person under the wrong circumstances is... cringe.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

Or maybe I've gone too soft and I'm the cringe one!

Re: Day 280

[thefaultinthestars]

You have literally always been cringe.

Re: Day 280

[fullcursemeal]

—But there's levels of it!