[In lieu of a name, Eliza draws a sketch of Zan's face at the top of her letter.]
I noticed you said something during the fight about doing what Stephen did to you for fun. [She includes a quick doodle of the Infinite Portal Fall trick.] Did you actually use to know someone who would set that up for you, or were you just talking about jumping off heights like your mom suggested? Also, what do you find so fun about that?
[What a strange question to get out of the blue. But it seems harmless enough that he opts to answer it.]
I was trapped in a world that was something like an infinite loop. If I jumped off a particular point, I could just keep falling forever in nothing but sky. There wasn't really anything else to do. Couldn't go anywhere, get inside, and there weren't any people either. Boredom's a real killer.
[It is terrible but it feels wierd when someone else says it. Like pity.]
Uh. I didn't? Unless you count worlds like this. I pretty much live there. Forever. I only get out rarely and it tends to go badly. That's just how my existence is
What do you mean, your existence? [Eliza scribbles that out pretty quick. That feels too intrusive to ask.] Well, I'm very glad Zephyr found you then. And I hope however they got you out of there didn't make things go badly.
[Wow, Eliza thinks that sounds horrible. It reminds her of B, a bit, and his own plan to go back and trick that detective rival of his...but he wasn't going back to a featureless plain.]
Do you think you'll be able to bring things back there, at least? So it's not just going back to that blank world?
It's not entirely blank. It looks like a city. There's just no way in to any of the buildings.
I can't bring anything with me. But I can bring my mother back to her home when I go. I'm not going to explain to you the details, but it will make things better for me back in the city.
[Man, no wonder he was so excited about everything when they first met. Eliza wants to know more, but it's pretty obvious he doesn't want to say more. She decides not to ask why Masaki was away from home in the first place.]
That's good. I'm happy things will be better for both of you then.
I was just curious, that's all. I didn't get a chance to ask about it after your mom showed up. And I figured a letter would be less extreme than just knocking on your door to ask about it.
[Heeeee. She's not quite sure what else to add, so she just draws a scoreboard with both their faces and a "+1" on her side.] Anyway, thanks for answering. Good luck with bringing your mom home.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2018-09-10 04:37 am (UTC)I noticed you said something during the fight about doing what Stephen did to you for fun. [She includes a quick doodle of the Infinite Portal Fall trick.] Did you actually use to know someone who would set that up for you, or were you just talking about jumping off heights like your mom suggested? Also, what do you find so fun about that?
-Eliza
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on 2018-09-10 08:20 am (UTC)I was trapped in a world that was something like an infinite loop. If I jumped off a particular point, I could just keep falling forever in nothing but sky. There wasn't really anything else to do. Couldn't go anywhere, get inside, and there weren't any people either. Boredom's a real killer.
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on 2018-09-10 09:47 am (UTC)That sounds terrible! So it was really the only thing you could do? How did you get out of there?
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on 2018-09-10 11:37 am (UTC)Uh. I didn't? Unless you count worlds like this. I pretty much live there. Forever. I only get out rarely and it tends to go badly. That's just how my existence is
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on 2018-09-10 04:28 pm (UTC)What do you mean, your existence?[Eliza scribbles that out pretty quick. That feels too intrusive to ask.] Well, I'm very glad Zephyr found you then. And I hope however they got you out of there didn't make things go badly.no subject
on 2018-09-10 06:16 pm (UTC)I don't actually get to stay. There are things I have to go back for. I owe Zephyr a lot, just don't mistake that I'll be sticking around.
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on 2018-09-11 01:04 am (UTC)Do you think you'll be able to bring things back there, at least? So it's not just going back to that blank world?
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on 2018-09-11 09:54 am (UTC)I can't bring anything with me. But I can bring my mother back to her home when I go. I'm not going to explain to you the details, but it will make things better for me back in the city.
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on 2018-09-11 02:24 pm (UTC)That's good. I'm happy things will be better for both of you then.
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on 2018-09-11 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2018-09-12 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2018-09-14 12:34 pm (UTC)Alright. That's fair. You win this time, Eliza.
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on 2018-09-15 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
on 2018-09-16 01:00 pm (UTC)I don't need luck. I'm going to bring her home. :)
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on 2018-09-18 03:26 am (UTC)Alright. You don't mind me writing you again if I have other questions?
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on 2018-09-18 07:45 am (UTC)no subject
on 2018-09-20 12:09 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2018-09-21 02:18 am (UTC)