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[tortileghostwriter]

[New post on the network! New ID, new typing form...might ping some of you.]

i will readily admit that being pulled from a null universe doomed to be yet another footnote in the annals of paradox space and into whatever dimension that this school occupies was quite felicitous indeed
and i suppose that i owe our ever so gracious hosts some credit in that regard
however
i have business to attend to in the incipisphere
and i will simply not be kept from it
so i believe that my first order of business will be to find a way to reverse whatever process snatched me away from the land of crystal and mirage
and proceed to aggrieve aggress and attack
until i have stolen away the secrets that balamb garden has to hide
as i said to strider once before
lets rock the fucking house


[On the action side of things, have a kid who looks...a lot like Dave Strider? Sitting under a tree on the quad, reading a book and looking pissed. OVERDRAMATIC? A LITTLE. But seriously he'll get to the bottom of this shit. "Time compression"? Of all the...those scientists that letter mentioned had better work fast. Is it you, or did his shadow just start moving...?]

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[tortileghostwriter]

Of course. Nothing less would do.

Under your sedulous vigil, the races of that galaxy will no doubtlessly learn all that lies beyond them in the infinite stars.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

And if they don't they can expect my dimension devouring wrath at their inability to learn simple quantum mechanics while still evolving out of the amoeba stage.

[tortileghostwriter]

How dare they not be the most precocious races in history?

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

It's an absolutely travesty considering the former personality of the galactic phenomena that allowed them this flickering chance at life in the first place.

[tortileghostwriter]

Isn't it just? They've got such high expectations to live up to, it's on them if they can't handle it.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of other viable star systems they could have used as an incubation tank. If they can't live up to my standards it's their own fault for picking that spot.

[tortileghostwriter]

Precisely.

[A pause, before...]

I assume that the array of our merry band then, in your universe, is John Egbert, Dave Strider, yourself, and... Jade Harley?

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Correct. I've already gotten your lineup from your red companion, so we may now take a moment to revel in the collective yet distinct horror that the mere ideas of our opposing universes bring.

[tortileghostwriter]

John is the only one who seems largely unchanged. Life on Hellmurder Island or in Maple Valley hasn't caused great upheaval to the boy.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Honestly I don't think anything could displace him from his general trusting nature. It's almost like a terminal disease.

[tortileghostwriter]

One hopes it isn't catching.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

There's nothing to worry about for me - I've been vaccinated.

[tortileghostwriter]

I wonder if they have a supply at the infirmary? I seem to be naturally immune, but one can't be too sure.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I think that would depend on whether the disease is a naturally occurring phenomena or merely isolated to all the Johns of the rainbow.

[tortileghostwriter]

This is what science is for.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Are you suggesting that I should volunteer my John for a pathology study? I think I've seen this film already.

[tortileghostwriter]

I'm not saying that you should. What sort of person would that make me? It simply might be helpful in puzzling out this slightly unimportant problem.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

No, it just won't do. Whatever plaguing my dearest friend will just have to content itself to a single host body. Science can muddle towards illumination on its own in the meantime.

[tortileghostwriter]

The most merciful thing in the world, after all, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I've never been one for extraneous mercy, but I suppose bending just the one time won't do any permanent damage to my twisted-up psyche.

[tortileghostwriter]

If nothing else, it should keep us from going even deeper into the jaws of madness.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

But that's where all the fun is.

[tortileghostwriter]

Point.
So do you propose a backflip swandive into the depths?

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more of an armstand forward triply somersault. I only get to jump once, I might as well make it an impressive move.

[tortileghostwriter]

[He chuckles.]

This is nice. Utterly surreal, of course, but enjoyable.