refractures | wenis / karamatsu

[ It is time for pizza. It's also time for newspaper reading, which Seodore is doing at the table. ]

All these are really sensational, don't you think?

[ karamatsu's got some music magazine that has a feature on rob thomas and his collaboration with carlos santana or something, and takes a seat on the other side of the booth. his vibes are kind of uneasy, but that emotion probably isn't exactly out of place today. ]

Haha, the world really was in quite the panic back when this was going on, though. I imagine these flashy headlines sold a lot of copies.

[ He's really glad the not usual emotions are very common today. There's no need to question any of it like an unspoken rule, or at least that's what he thinks is happening. Convenient. ]

People were so afraid. If I remember right, some even built personal underground bunkers for themselves. Then there was another scare in 2012...

Ah... there was, wasn't there?

[ THAT one i can actually say he was in high school for, vs 2000 when i think he was probably still in his fourth decade of being 10 ]

Though that one probably didn't have anything to do with the computer systems like this did.

[ fuckin help ]

It's really all just a fear of the unknown. I think computers were more popular around this time? At least among the masses, yet most people didn't know what they were capable of.

[ aimlessly wandering around in the snow after trial i guess!! karamatsu's got his hands in his pockets and is just kind of looking blankly ahead, but he blinks his eyes back into focus and gives a nod of acknowledgement when seodore enters his line of vision.

... ]

Really not how I thought that was going to end up.

[ Seodore also returns the nod. His current cigarette is just about done, so he'll toss that in the local trash can after putting it out. ]

What did you have in mind instead?

...I don't know. I mean— before we got to the studio, I hadn't even seriously considered that one of us had killed them. I thought it was just more of this place's bullshit.

And seeing how upset Majima was about Kiryu today... he was just about the last person I would have suspected at the start.

... I also thought the same. Regarding Majima and Kiryu... I agree on that too. I wonder what drove them to do such a thing against each other.

[ Surely not some yandere thing?? ]

It's got to be like what Amy suggested, right? For all of them, something must have messed with their heads just like when we got... spirited away to those places the other day and thought we were living different lives.

[ which wasn't really a novel thing for him, except that there's usually some part of him that knows he's playing a role when he gets cast in an AU for a segment. that wasn't the case this time. ]

[ Ah.

He stills at the mention, his emoshare temporarily turning rancid for a few seconds before it going back to normal levels. ]

That... could be true. It's fine if you don't want to recount them, but... what was the setting of your scenario?

[ yikes... he flinches a little at the spike in bad vibes before it subsides again. he's just pretty steadily emanating depression himself, though guilt becomes a more prominent part of it when he starts describing their situation. ]

It was a different version of this city, and the three of us were working as safety inspectors, investigating this flower shop that had gotten some complaints.

[ PLANTS AGAIN???

But man. Seodore can think of what happened in that sort of scenario, especially with Falin's legs cut off. Also, that guilt? Mood. ]

... Alright, you don't have to continue. I think I can more or less guess what happened. I imagine the aspect of a different life aspect heavily affected you too.

[ YEAH! MATSU W1 PLANT TRAUMA IS A UNIVERSAL CONSTANT I GUESS!!! anyway unless seo is imagining little shop of horrors he is probably not actually guessing what happened but that is fine. ]

That part wasn't too bad, actually... aside from being disorienting to come back from. All my brothers were just old friends from high school instead.

[ he was a lot more successful in that life than in his real one, and that might be why... ]

[ Just Venus flytraps eating stuff. No big deal... also damn. The brothers are like mutual shackles. ]

... How does that feel like? Were you close to your brothers?

Haha, we're identical sextuplets, so... it's a special kind of family bond, yes.

[ he did not question why all of his best friends looked exactly like him in that other life.

anyway, he says this and there are indeed feelings of great fondness, but also a kind of nebulous loneliness that could either be because it's hard for him being apart from them or because he knows the feelings aren't entirely mutual. (it is both.) ]

[ He looks surprised. Identical sextuplets... He's never seen them before and he thought he's seen a lot. He feels the nebulous loneliness coming from him though, and he can only wonder what that means. ]

Do you miss them?

Of course! I'm pretty sure this is the longest I've ever been apart from them, actually.

[ but he wouldn't exactly be surprised if they haven't even realized he's missing. again. ]

[ HELLO??? ]

I hope you'll be able to return to them soon.

[ Like everyone else! And hopefully not dying. ]

... and that it's something you look forward to. There's no better motivation than that.

[ there's this whole heartfelt wholesome episode that's basically a setup for the punchline that karamatsu was absent the whole time without anyone noticing :face_holding_back_tears: ]

Yeah... I do. Thanks. [ ... ] I don't know about the others, but... I know Falin also has a brother. So I hope we can get her back to him too.

[ what the fuck!!!! karamatsu deserves better!!! ]

... I can only imagine what kind of brother she would have.

[ She seems so sweet?? Seo imagines that her brother is probably protective of her.

Then he remembers seeing her in two.

... ]

[ he does!!!

and yeah he sure also remembers that. all the time. ]

I never got to hear much about him either, but she said he always cheered her up with his songs. So. Sounds like he's probably a pretty good guy.

[ one who'd probably be devastated if she never made it back. ]

[ Oh, he's thinking the same thing. That's fucking rough, man. ]

Ha... I really don't like resurrection plots, but if they really are elsewhere, then I would have no problem with it.

Hm? It doesn't have to be part of the plot, just... once an episode ends, you go back to normal and start fresh for the next one. That's how this should work... I think.

Our problem right now is that we're stuck in this loop so it never ends.

[ ...?

Seo looks at Karamatsu. There's something familiar about those words. ]

Ah, right. Didn't they say that solving things would help with breaking the loop? As far as I know, I didn't get anything for participating in today's... episode.

[ looks back like ?? ]

They did, but I have no idea what that was supposed to be. Seemed like they didn't either.

Oh. Great. So we were lied to.

[ What's the point!!! ]

Or at least they passed the lie on to us.

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