w0 curfew (the other half of the game is in the sim room)

[messy]

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[inequals]

You know parallel universes and stuff?

Sometimes we borrow strengths that other versions of ourselves have to give us a little extra boost in missions and all.

[ The curse of being ICly aware of your own gacha mechanics. ]

[barriermaddened]

[Sora stares at Rodion for a few seconds, then nods]

I believe I have an idea of what you mean.

[Dang, I brought Sora from the route where she doesn't get the memories of all the other routes, haha. She'd be nodding all 'yeah I get it completely']

[inequals]

Oh great, saves me the time of having to explain it all!

[ Since she's not the expert, she really doesn't know how to explain it in a better way. ]

[verminous]

[just like nodding along in the bg here... yeah sometimes you just know about the gacha.]

You get used to it after a bit.

[inequals]

It was pretty weird the first time...

[ Thanks Yi Sang and your freak tech. ]

[verminous]

No kidding. Can't say I like the idea of some of those other Gregors...

['is this mostly about bistro gregor' yeah.]

[messy]

What's wrong with the other Gregors?

[verminous]

At least one of 'em went down a real weird career path. No idea how some version of me ended up that way.

[messy]

Like, he was selling feet pics?

[inequals]

At least you didn't get brainwashed into Hammer und Nagel?

[ Its REALLY hard to beat N&H. ]

[messy]

[huh

simply nods and accepts this]

[inequals]

[ Both Sora and Harley being like 'yeap' is so funny to me like yeah this is girl hobbies. ]

[messy]

[yeah! girl's night is just breaking the laws of space and time for fun. ]

[frotag]

Like . . . that mirror thing you mentioned before?

[inequals]

Oh, yeah. It's that!

[frotag]

...

Y'know, I don't know how I feel about the idea of another me running around somewhere in the...multiverse. I mean, it's in my name and everything.

[barriermaddened]

Would it make you feel better if I told you the great majority of alternates likely make the same decisions as you, but with minor differences? Perhaps if you were to peek at the alternate version of you directly adjacent to this reality, you'd find him, sitting in this bar right where you are right now, identical in every way except perhaps with a different hairdo.

[the ichiban kasuga who instead of getting the afro back decided to keep the ponytail look forever and ever and ever]

[frotag]

[ gently reaches a hand up to his hair ]

... My punch perm...

[barriermaddened]

Oh, I guess I didn't make it sound better.

[Your punch perm, Kasuga, where would you be without it]

[frotag]

[ still in 1990s kamurocho probably ]

...Heh, you're good. Just brought back some memories, is all. [ laughs ] This 'do wasn't really my choice, though. It just kinda happened... but it's really grown on me!

[barriermaddened]

[She tilts her head]

It does make you stand out, in a good way.

[frotag]

It's got its pros and cons.

[ pro: you'll never lose him in a crowd of people! con: you'll never lose him in a crowd of people... ]

[inequals]

Well, if it helps...

Nobody is going to do you better than you.

[ Live and die by her philosophy that you are you and you're the best. ]

[frotag]

[ there's a passionate flare from ichiban. ]

Amen to that.