He's gonna change her like a remix, then he'll raise her like a phoenix

[otomechapilot]

(For a second, there's a certain gathering tension in the network. Both bewilderment and fear. It comes to a head in a single, piercing telepathic cry, not quite a scream, over the network.)

Oh my GOD, what did I DO!?

Oh my god I nearly killed Hebe! Is - was Hebe one of ours?! Was Atlas? Athena? Nike?! Kallias!? The manticore!? Doctor whatsisname was definitely one of ours but I just -

Oh god oh god please tell me I didn't kill any of ours.

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[truerevelation]

[Works for him, then.] Yeah. Just some'f my old favourites.

Anima... ugh, think that came up in one of Margaret's talks but I forget what that's about. What's it, uh, in your case?

[otomechapilot]

Yeah I really wish Don Orlea had mentioned that part when I asked him what was going on.

...answered everything I asked him, but didn't mention anything else, now that I think about it.

So, uh. Even if that wasn't you, thanks for... for everything.

[otomechapilot]

Anima the word can mean a lot of things. Someone's soul, or the feminine side of a dude like an animus is the manly side of a girl.

A N I M-A the acronym is... a thing from my world that Naoki said you needed to know about, now that I think about it. My world is probably weird. At least I hope it is. So where do I start?

[truerevelation]

Right. Think a lot more people could do with learnin' about those things.

He did? Did he tell you about the stuff from our place too? Then ... yeah. I'd like to hear. Here, or in person or ... whatever's best.

[reallymean]

I've never met him, but I would guess that if you confronted him about it, he'd say he didn't think to warn you because you didn't ask.

Thank you. You were a good friend to...to her.

[otomechapilot]

Yeah, he told me a little. Talked about weaponized Persona, and said my big deal reminded him of 'Questing Country,' wherever that is.

- I'm heading to Aiya. We can talk more in person there.

[truerevelation]

Sounds like a plan. Catch you there.

[otomechapilot]

...no, you've gotta be right cause that's the most Foolish thing I've heard since I got here - and I heard about the Goat Of War in the council. Or she did. Or - is this what dreaming is like for people who don't Pilot?

If it's okay with you I'd like to be your friend too. ...forcing it won't work, but, just throwing it out there.

[reallymean]

I think I'd like that too.

...I wouldn't say it's exactly like dreaming, but it does feel that way sometimes. Don't you dream?

[fridgeninja]

It might not happen.

[otomechapilot]

Yeah, but dreams for me are more like liminal space, and I remember them after. It's one of the reasons I...

...one of the reasons I should tell you about ANIMa Pilots when we get the chance, huh.

[reallymean]

[There's something naggingly familiar about that, and so she's silent for a moment before replying.]

I'd love to hear about it - and about your world - once we've both had a chance to rest.

[otomechapilot]

I promise to.

...I am probably going to live at the Aiya when I'm not sleeping at the Workshop. That's a good place to meet me.

[reallymean]

I'll look for you there, then.

[Once she figures out where 'there' is. Her last stay in Liminal Space had only left her so much time to explore.]

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[bite_the_hand]

[Eren waits for a brief moment while others help calm her down from the initial freaking out. A few people telling her to breathe is good; half the Network telling her that would be less good. Once she's had time to catch her breath, Eren speaks up.]

First time you Infiltrated as someone like that, huh? It helps to remember they were the one that did all of that, not you. Doesn't fix everything, but... It's a start.

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[otomechapilot]

Sarai wasn't even that bad. Compared to other Greeks, anyway. Just... really into killing monsters.

It's not that she wasn't like me. It's that she was a LOT like me.

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[bite_the_hand]

Of course she was a lot like you. You wouldn't have ended up Infiltrating as her if she wasn't. But just because she was a lot like you doesn't mean she was you. You had no control over her actions so whatever she did wasn't your fault. Even if what she did is what you would've done before you became a Traveler that doesn't mean that's who you are now. Who you are now is what's important.

Psychic Protection 1

[otomechapilot]

...Yeah.

I wish... I really hope being orphaned isn't a running theme with my Infiltrations. That's not something anyone else needs to go through, and it's... bloodthirsty Spartan stuff aside, it freaks me out that what happened to her parents was as close to what happened to mine as you were gonna get in Legendary Greece.

unprotected / audio forever

[bite_the_hand]

You might have to get used to that. Chariot told me we possess the people most like us. I think what our Overlays have been through in the past is a big part of that. Most of the people I've Infiltrated as have been orphans too. Or they might as well have been.

At least that's better than being somebody that still has a loving parent. Even if you think you want that at first, when it finally happens it just reminds you how much has been stolen from you.