Unfliltered

[nicotinized]

[Toshi's mental voice sounds a little anxious - he's trying to hide it, but he has no idea when he is, just that finally there are other people around and some of them look familiar]

Hey, what did I miss? Is Souji still here?

[there's a pause, and then he sounds a little calmer, and a little embarrassed]

I got stuck in some weird patch of liminal space where time was all fucked up - watch didn't work right or anything.

Comments

[fridgeninja]

Well.

The problems between us aren't based on that, anyway. They're based on the different ways we've handled staying sane through some rough Jaunts. It took us a while to understand that difference... which made me look callous, and Yua look remote. Once I realized she made connections, and she realized that the bad things that happened mattered to me... things got better. And by then I was with Naoto, so the crush matters less.

[purseownerisme]

...honestly, you should think about putting up a filter before saying things about others.

[Hi.]

[fridgeninja]

Ah.

[purseownerisme]

And it's still weird since you have said you want to see me more as family.

[fridgeninja]

I know. But I can't really help that I see you both ways. And I'm not actually looking for us to be anything but brother and sister.

[purseownerisme]

[...and now she sees why she's better around the other Souji. She has a feeling he only sees her as a sister and nothing else so it's much easier.]

This is the kind of thing I try to avoid. No wonder why I friend zoned everyone back home.

[fridgeninja]

I know that, too. And in any case, I have a girlfriend. So it really isn't something you should need to be concerned about.

[purseownerisme]

[Same face 'onii-san'.]

I really hope not because if you infiltrate and ask me out again weither I'm investigating or not, I will slap you. I'm thankful that every time I infiltrate we've been siblings.

[fridgeninja]

I really can't promise what my infiltrator personality might do. But if one of me misbehaves, and you slap him for it, I won't mind.

[purseownerisme]

Good.

1/3

[truthvalue]

I see. That makes sense.

[truthvalue]

Maybe you could teach me some tricks on how to stay sane.

[truthvalue]

... Can I talk to you about something?

[fridgeninja]

... Something else?

[truthvalue]

Something ... personal.

Maybe in person would be better.

[fridgeninja]

There are ways to be private here, if that's better. But I can come and find you, too.

[accommodating as ever]

[truthvalue]

I think I'd rather talk in person, if you don't mind.

[Something about having voices in his head is still pretty unsettling.]

[fridgeninja]

That's fine.

[truthvalue]

Thank you. I'll try to find you ... somehow.