homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[camena]

God, it sounded like a ton of time to get to know someone, but it's really not.

[ she got to know jonas in one night, so with that as a metric, she figured picking teammates would be easier??? ]

... At least after all that we have a few people I know we don't want.

[westedge]

It's really not. [ he's not going to point out that what happened with them was really, really unusual. alex is better with people than he is, but he's not going to be the downer right this moment when they need to figure things out. ]

The guy outright asking about erasing people? Yeah, pass. I'll pass on the guy who asked about what we were trying to get home for, too.

[camena]

Yyyyeah. Pass on that guy. And the librarian is cool, but I have no idea what he's talking about half the time.

It might be better to team up with people with, uh. Experiences closer to ours. [ normies. ]

[westedge]

The librarian isn't motivated at all, so even if I understood what he was talking about I'd pass.

[ ... ]

But about that. Have you talked to Setsu much?

[camena]

Fair point.

Not a lot, yet. They seem alright from what I've seen, though. Why, you like them?

[westedge]

Besides that. [ so yes, but that's not the point. ] They, uh. Might have more in common with us than you think.

[camena]

[ she just assumes the wrong part. ]

What, like ghosts? Oh, Valerie deals with them a lot too. Apparently.

[westedge]

[ hold on. ]

That...explains a lot about Valerie. [ hm. he does not elaborate. ] But no, not that. I mean the looping thing?

[ it's questioning, like "are we talking about this at all, or are we pretending it's not real, too?" ]

[camena]

Oh.

[ huh. ]

Like... little loops like we've been having? Or the—bigger ones where we get sent way far back? [ or... something else...? ]

[westedge]

Both? They made it sound like it could be both. It might not be the same day. It could be a longer period of time or even shorter, but it's the same chain of events where something new happens.

[ so. he's not an expert in what was actually going on, but he kind of thought it was similar? ]

I didn't tell them about the island. Just agreed that I got what they were talking about.

[camena]

[ alex pauses for a very long time and nearly lets the dialogue tree expire okay.

but maybe they should talk about this. ]

Well... Why didn't you tell them?

[westedge]

[ a pause of his own. well... ]

Not really my thing to tell, is it? I could barely tell when the loops were even happening.

[camena]

But you're still there. You're still going through them. Most of them.

[ except sometimes he just fucking vanishes until she solves a stupid music puzzle but that's maybe not important? who knows. ]

[westedge]

And we know the ghosts were the ones causing it and that tuning in the cave is what made them wake up and piss them off, right, but it's not exactly the same, Alex. You still remember some things I don't about those loops.

[ but since she's asking: ]

Do you want me to be the one to tell them? Are we even thinking about telling people?

[camena]

I don't know, man. I hadn't really been thinking about it.

[ that's... obviously a lie because it could have come up multiple times and she veered away from it?

but she sighs. ]

I don't want you to—not be able to talk to people for my sake. So. You should tell people whatever you want to. With what's going on it's not like they won't believe us.

[westedge]

Really? [ said in a tone that says he does not believe her, but he will let it slide. it's not like he's really ready to talk about any of it yet either. does it matter? they're dead, so it's probably whatever. they have to focus on getting back and going home instead. ]

That's not what it is. It's... [ ...ugh. he stops again. ] Never mind. Just thought you should know since we had talked about maybe asking Setsu to work with us.

[camena]

Yeeeaah?

[ sure just double down on that. why not. ]

I'll keep it in mind, but until they mention it to me on their own that's their business. [ ... ] You wanna ask them to join our team, then? I mean that's definitely... a big thing to have in common.

[westedge]

[ he just sighs but still doesn't argue about it. that's another time. still very funny they are not even on the same page about why they don't want to talk about stuff. ]

Alright, alright. [ ...but he nods uncertainly. ] Even besides that, we've talked strategy a little. And they're part of the military. I mean it's in space so it's not the same as what we know, but same idea.

[camena]

[ amazing. i'm sure this will never blow up on them.

anyway sorry but she does immediately light up at this mention of space military. how cool is that?? hello??? ]

Aah! Okay, yes! So they're a strategist and have a cool future world! I'm sold.

[westedge]

[ absolutely never, 10/10, they're doing great. he looks faintly amused by the sudden change in demeanor though. ]

That was easy. [ joking. ] They were telling me about how long it's been since they've been grounded. They were traveling through space for a while.

[camena]

[ look, the other subject wasn't fun? this is fun. ]

Must be weird. Like when you get back on land after a really long boat ride and forget how to walk without the ground moving.

[westedge]

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. I had to explain what bowling alleys were for. They were talking about being on a base for a long time but it sounded like it didn't have much.

[camena]

Huh. I get that people from the magic worlds don't have bowling, but I would have thought worlds with space travel would know about it. [ but as she's saying that out loud she realizes that's kind of a random distinction, maybe. ] For some reason.

I wonder if it got boring, being stuck there with nowhere else to go.

[westedge]

Space is part of our solar system, so you'd think. [ he really just kind of just goes along with agreeing, like an idiot. ]

I didn't get a chance to ask. [ they started talking about time loops instead. ] But we'll probably have time to do the whole "getting to know you" thing more in-depth when teams are settled.

[camena]

[ yeah, see. ]

Let's all go bowling once we've got four people. It'll be like a team outing!