whatdeheckisdat | 004 - [Action/Written]

004 - [Action/Written]

[When had Dhaos returned to Luceti...? On the first of August, as he recalled. With the kidnapping effect in place, the confusion in its subsequent removal, the return of Luceti Land, and the draft, Dhaos has had little time to reflect on anything that has happened since then. But now that everything has quieted down again, he can think...

If you are content to wait and let time take its course, then the world will have returned to nothingness long before you recall your purpose.

Those words were not meant for Dhaos, but the truth in them rang clear in his ears. Time might not move while he stays in Luceti, but he is no closer to saving Derris-Kharlan than he was when he arrived-- or when he left. And he's been in Luceti for half a year now. Regardless of how helpless he might seem, sitting here and doing nothing would get him nowhere. There was a planet waiting for him.

He doesn't trust the humans and half elves. Arche is an enemy. Kratos is a mystery. Yuan, while apparently trustworthy as far as Dhaos has seen, already knows more than him-- and is too intelligent for Dhaos to risk widening the knowledge gap between them by telling him what he knows. That leaves one person-- the one person from Aselia Dhaos knew for absolute certain would never intentionally compromise him.]

[Written, Filtered to Martel: 80%]

Forgive me, but there is

[The filter breaks.

...

Dhaos closes the journal and hurls it into the opposite wall. Sorry, Luceti, no announcements from him. Feel free to question the filter failure-- or not.

Anywho, regardless of his mood when she arrives,

lostinmyway has decided it's about time she fulfilled that promise to introduce Dhaos to all her friends. If you are on Grune's CR chart, if you have ever spoken to Grune even once, or even if you've never met either of them in your life, Grune wants you to meet Dhaos. Come make the poor Demon King's life as awkward as possible! He's also available at night, as always.]

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[Pommy chews thoughtfully on his cookie.]

Pommy's friend Bomberman once said he met other versions of himself, too, so maybe this is like that.

Do you think so?

[Dhaos and the other Dhaos only share the same name, so isn't it a little different?]

...I believe it is.

[Thank you, Pommy, for giving him an excuse to clear this up.]

[Dhaos is very welcome! Even if Pommy totally didn't intend anything of that sort.]

Yeah, Bomberman said that he met a kid version of himself, a present version of himself, and a future version of himself. Since there's a kid version of Dhaos, maybe there's also a future version of Dhaos! [Pommy should not sound so cheerful at this prospect.]

Oh, meeting another you sounds like fun! I wonder what you'd be like.

[Grune has already met another him-- two, in fact, not counting his child self. And, though he doesn't know, he is the future version. Pommy is unlikely to want to meet the present version.]

...Hopefully, cooperative.

[Is he admitting to being a party-pooper? Maybe.]

Pommy's sure he will be! Kid Dhaos was really nice, and this Dhaos is nice [just vewwy, vewwy quiet], so obviously another Dhaos must be nice!

[Ahahahaha...ha.]

Yes, that's right! And when he got here, we could all go on a picnic together!

[Dhaos is beginning to wonder if something happened to make Grune adore picnics so much. Not that she would remember it if it had.]

...That would be rather strange, going on a picnic with myself.

[He's not going to argue against the suggestion this time, even. It's futile.]

[Pommy considers Dhaos' words after finishing a cookie.]

Myu...that's true. Pommy wouldn't know what to do with another Pommy!

[Grune, being as slow at eating as everything else, is still only halfway through her first cookie.]

Why, you could be friends!

[Her solution for everything.]

[She's farther than Dhaos, who has yet to pick one up.]

That... would be the most obvious solution, yes. [Probably be easy for someone like Pommy, too.]

Myu, but it'd be weird to be friends with yourself, wouldn't it?

[Such intellectually stimulating conversation!]

I think it would be very nice. [Of course.] That way, you'd always know what kinds of games you wanted to play right away.

[Dhaos can tell that they're both totally putting a lot of thought into this.]

...Or what you would not want to do, at any rate.

This is true! Bomberman didn't seem to like meeting other versions of himself, though.

Hmm.... I wonder why not.

...He may have thought the situation too strange to be very happy about it.

Myu, that makes sense. Especially because Pommy heard that one of them tried to kill him!

Oh, my. That isn't very nice. Why would he do something like that?

...He might have thought the other him was an imposter.

[...Pronouns. Sigh. Well, hopefully they would understand anyway.]

Pommy doesn't really know. He doesn't like to talk about it much. Pommy only knows because Pommy overheard it once when Bomberman was talking to Sheba.

Hmm.... That's too bad.

...It is probably best if you leave the subject alone, then.

[YEEEAAAAAAAAH not gonna happen. :Db!]

Myu...you know, Dhaos sounds a lot like Frederic! Why is that? Are you both different versions of each other, too?

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