homophonic: wolfwood

[camena]

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[crucifer]

[ He shifts a little, clearly uncomfortable that she's Seen Things that should be strictly private. ]

That's none of your business...

[ It's a yes, but he clearly doesn't think that's Alex's business, or that she can do anything about them anyway. ]

[camena]

Mm, okay.

[ she likes to avoid talking about things too. she's usually pretty nosy, but not in a purposefully unkind way, so. trying to steer away a little. ]

Do you ever get to visit the orphanage for real?

[crucifer]

[ There's a long pause here, and then a jerk of his head that's probably a no. It's definitely not a yes. ]

Haven't been back -- haven't seen it in six years.

[camena]

[ hmm she feels that was probably just another misstep but. oh well. ]

Sorry. Bet you miss it.

[crucifer]

[ He just has difficulty talking about it, because he usually doesn't, is all. ]

...

Yeah, I do.

[ He can admit that much. ]

[camena]

How come you can't go back? Just busy, or...?

[crucifer]

They wouldn't recognise me.

[camena]

[ alex, who knows nothing: ]

But it's only been six years. And, like, do they need to recognize you?

We used to have family come over for the holidays once every like five years, and they pretty much felt like strangers at first every time. But they were still family. It just took a minute to get back into it. You know?

[crucifer]

A lot's changed in six years.

I'm a stranger to 'em now, and they'd be happier off that way.

[ He gets that Alex is trying to help, in her own sort of way, with her mundane life that also isn't actually that mundane given off of what little I know about Oxenfree the hit game that I just bought last night on Steam and am also eyeing the Switch version of the sequel as we speak. ]

[camena]

[ no everything is normal and mundane don't worry about it and also play oxenfree and get ready to scream about cults for oxenfree ii ]

If you say so...

[ she'd be pushier if she felt like she had a better grasp of anything about his world or life. ]

[crucifer]

[ Wow! I am into cult tropes honestly, let's goooo. ]

Some people, you're better off just having memories of 'em.

[camena]

[ she makes a small sound of disagreement, but isn't going to argue necessarily

but

pig time. from 3:01:48 to 3:04:50 ]

[crucifer]

[ Huh. ]

...

Friend of yours?

[ It doesn't... seem like a bad, or sensitive memory, but what does he know? ]

[camena]

... Brother.

[crucifer]

[ Brown haired Alex feels so fake in his world... ]

Sounds like you two are close.

[camena]

We were, yeah. We were like best friends.

[crucifer]

[ Past tense... ]

Sounds like things changed.

[ It's phrased in a way that Alex doesn't have to give more information if she doesn't want to. ]

[camena]

[ she's feels comfortable enough with wolfwood to talk about it a little. ]

He drowned about a year ago.

[crucifer]

[ Oh, shit. Damn, that's actually way worse than he was expecting. ]

...Sorry to hear that.

[ Drowning by death is not a typical thing that happens on his planet for like, obvious reasons, but he hears it isn't pleasant... not that he's going to say that out loud. That makes it so much worse that she found Rin's body though help? ]

He seemed like a great guy.

[camena]

He was. He—everyone loved Michael.

And not in the way where people just think they love popular guys because they're good at sports or know how to pretend to be cool. He was just actually cool. And nice. And good at everything.

[crucifer]

[ A year ago. Based on the form of the memory, it... sounds like maybe he never got that chance to leave like he wanted. He wonders if this is an assumption he should be able to make, because he feels like asking about it seems a bit too personal. ]

Sounds like an ace. Really...

[camena]

[ :) ]

Yeah. He hated being thought of like that, but... it was true.

[crucifer]

You still miss him, huh...

[camena]

[ just. repeating. ]

We were best friends. I just... everything would be easier if he were around. I know it would. Everything would be better.

[crucifer]

[ He finds it hard to really approach this in a honest way, because in the grand scheme of things, he is the Michael in this equation. Which is... hilarious... given he got adopted out by the Eye of Michael... touches the ground. I'm glad we both got to go 'lmao' at the 'what do you think of when you hear Michael' question on the survey. ]

I'm sorry.

[ That's really all he thinks he can offer, as meaningless as it is. ]