Inception or Double Rainbow, pick your meme

[triggerhappytraitor]

I'm talking with Matthew Cuthbert, one of the Travelers from the first time we were here. Azure is very insistent that he's Stone, and has been this whole jaunt, only Matthew himself had an overlay, one who died in the storm last week.

Has there ever been this sort of... layered infiltration before?

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[scarsolderthanyou]

That's not encouraging. He'll "try to be gentle". Will this hurt...?

The worry doesn't last long, though, because then there's Stone, blinking a few times and then scowling. The expression makes Matthew's face look more like Stone's. "What? What the shit happened?" he asks, looking around in confusion.

Yeah, that's Stone. Matthew didn't really swear.

[carbonatedscientist]

"And so the experiment was a success! I knew I could do it; I'm a genius, after all." Sento's beaming now. "Welcome back."

[thornsofmalkav]

"And so humble," Thorne observes dryly. "Congratulations, Stone, my student here de-infiltrated you."

[scarsolderthanyou]

Stone thinks back, and yes, there are some odd memories there. It feels weirdly removed, especially the "Sam" memories-- which is good, because remembering dying would... suck. He continues to scowl. "That was very, very weird," he says with feeling. "Thank you? I think."

[carbonatedscientist]

"You're quite welcome." Sento seems oblivious to the crack about his humble nature. "It's good to have you back."