Doing that veteran thing...

[inexecution]

Did anyone else notice the train seems to loop back on itself?

[That sudden psychic broadcast is brought to you with a great deal of excitement, because of course it is. For those new Travelers who didn't already get an introduction via Joscelin, welcome to the Psychic network! Confusion is to be expected. It's okay, Souji's got your back.]

And I saw some new faces while I was walking around, so, hello! This is probably confusing, but don't worry. You can ask pretty much anyone here for help, we're used to it by now. I'm Souji, by the way. [Well, one of them, anyway...] Don't worry. This is all perfectly normal. [...ish.]

Comments

[fridgeninja]

If I'm counting correctly, I died four times in Moebius and once in the Spark.

[surveyor]

You're full of shit.

[He's having a hard time reconciling this with, well, everything he's ever known. People die, and then they're gone. They don't come back.

That's not how it works. It can't be.]

[fridgeninja]

You're welcome to check with someone else.

[upcard]

[Oh no....he seems a little embarrassed, and that's the last thing Mai wants him to have to feel. So she's quick to respond, earnest as ever.]

Oh...it's okay...! I know that things were a little strange, and um... I probably shouldn't have pestered you so much...

[It wasn't like she was much help in the end, truthfully.]

[surveyor]

[Levi doesn't answer- because as far as he's concerned the conversation is over, he isn't about to listen to any more of this- but... Something in his gut is telling him he could stand to do more investigating on the subject.

Not now, though, not without a clearer head. Compartmentalizing is one of his greatest strengths and always has been, but contrary to popular belief there's actually nothing inhuman (or particularly unfeeling) about him; this topic is too close for him to step back just yet, even after everything else he's seen here. It's wrong, fundamentally, it's--

He can't accept it. It doesn't fit. Sorry, stranger.]

[inexecution]

You never know, he might have.

[Because... Remy, really.]

I'm really surprised more people don't just walk away mid-explanation. It's all got to be pretty crazy sounding.

[Probably. He can't really speak from personal experience on that one]

[inexecution]

That's true, but I think I might prefer that to not knowing if we did something wrong or not...

[inexecution]

Probably not!

[He's not even bothered by that bluntness, either.]

I guess I'm just used to it.

[inexecution]

[A glorious and terrible team-up.]

Probably not.

[It would depend. But Souji's not too keen on the whole 'human experiment thing' because of reasons.]

[inexecution]

Not far enough!

[inexecution]

No, you did what you thought was right. It's just...

[He's not even sure how much he should try to explain. It might just leave a bad impression, and he doesn't want to do that...]

That place was from a Jaunt that happened a long while ago now. It wasn't a good place.

[And he hadn't been a good person, then.]</small.

[surveyor]

[THEY MAY GET ALONG JUST FINE, THEN...

Still:]

...You're used to not being able to dump in peace?

[What a miserable existence.]

[solvethepuzzle]

[As any team-up with either of these two would be.]

Understandable, though unfortunate in that it closes off an avenue of investigation. [Yeah, Near is more about results, generally. But at least he has a line.] Well, no matter. I'm sure there are other theories to be explored.

[purseownerisme]

My partner learned not to piss me off otherwise I will get him back and get him hard; the look on his face when I got him for the crossdressing pageant was priceless.

And Chie kicked Teddie for the swimsuit suggestion.

[Questions? Well, this was a lot for him to get into his mind so for now, she might stop.]

I think I'll hold off for now; the thought of another version of yourself running around has to be overwhelming.

[knightceties]

How long should I keep going? I want to see this looping for myself!

[knightceties]

[Ace, for his part, might find the concept of a looping train to be rather boring...if he had any ability to recognize places he's already been. Sadly, his horrible sense of direction doesn't allow for it.]

How long are we talking here? I want to see how this looping works for myself.

[wholeheaded]

Still, it might help to be reassured that we're all in this together and that nobody's gonna hurt you. Thought... trust is more earned than that, right?

[capital_asset]

Yes.

[...which unfortunately reminds him of exactly the recent liminal stuff he would rather not be thinking about.]

[fridgeninja]

It's not a choice we should be faced with at all.

[fridgeninja]

Speaking from experience?

[inexecution]

Ideally, no. But ideally, we wouldn't be here at all, hmm?

[inexecution]

[He finds that funny enough that he actually bursts out laughing aloud, so now anyone who happens to be in his vicinity probably thinks he's crazy... er.]

No. But back home, privacy was sort of a luxury.

[Even for people who hadn't be raised as weird lab experiments.]

[inexecution]

I'm sure there are. I just never thought to ask anyone...

[It wasn't all that weird for him, so he'd just sort of... taken it for granted, to be honest.]

[inexecution]

Until you wind up where you started, of course.

[knightceties]

Let's see... I started in a dining car, and so far I've passed some other dining cars, but none of those were the ones I started out in, I'm sure about that.