audience: aventurine

[mygod]

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[tactic]

I should start contacting you guys on Tuesdays. This can't keep falling on me.

[egodist]

We do a lot of running around and errands today. We don't have the time to catch up that you think we do.

[tactic]

No, I understand. I just thought someone else could beat me to it.

[ BUT GUESS NOT. ]

The people here are writing letters to send over to your side.

[egodist]

Oh?

What do you think of that?

[ aventurine had stronger feelings on it than scien ]

[tactic]

[ HE STILL DOES he's been agonizing over this all day. ]

I'm of two minds. On one hand, if these letters do get sent over, it exposes our side to practically everyone and the chances of the cult discovering us grows exponentially.

On the other, it means the barrier between dimensions is thinning enough for us to be able to do this. Which also means we're making progress and heading in the right direction.

[egodist]

Just because you're making progress does not mean that you should... what's the saying? Eggs and hatching?

[ count your chickens before they hatch ]

Well, it's out of my hands if this is what you all choose to do.

[tactic]

[ Slowly slides down his chair. ]

It's out of my hands now too.

[egodist]

No one you want to spare a word for? Cold.

[tactic]

Yeah, well. The others have been with that side for longer than I have. I...

[ His voice falters, hesitates. ]

I only knew them for a week.

[egodist]

Does time frame matter?

[tactic]

Ha... Maybe not. Maybe I'm just worrying for nothing.

[egodist]

At the very least...

[ his gaze flicks elsewhere, as if deciding how much he wants to say ]

Something useful may come out of this.

[tactic]

[ CATCHES YOU!! SCIEN!!! ]

It looks like you might already have an idea.

[egodist]

I do.

[ just says it because geniuses always think they have the whole world figured out ]

See what the letters that come back to you say, whenever they do. Maybe those puzzle pieces will start to align.

[tactic]

Sure. It's not like I'm going anywhere.

[ OTHER THAN A CYOA OF MY NIGHTMARESSSSS ]

Hey... Scien?

[ Tries to get used to this name that is not Famine. ]

[egodist]

[ wow your funny silly lil cyoa

scien tilts his head at his name like when you talk to a cat. ya? ]

[tactic]

[ thought that said 'nya' and had a moment ]

You got to hear about my eyes last time. Thought I could ask you about yours.

[egodist]

[ (scien voice) nya? ]

My eyes are naturally a lavender color.

However, when I updated my body to avoid dying at the age of 23 about a hundred years ago, I needed the model to be different from average humans to avoid the abuse of my technology. [ so he points at his eyes - the bright blue unnatural pupils

and then gestures toward the floral tattoo on his throat ]

The pupils and a Reliver mark, whicch is unique based on each person's DNA sequencing, are the indicators of a Reliver.

[tactic]

[ There's so much happening right now. ]

... About a hundred years ago?

[egodist]

[ scien would be a part of the genius society in honkai easy ]

I did say that I am both 26 and much older than you.

[tactic]

Are you the one updating this hole's technology? Is physical touch next week's update? Let me pinch your face.

[ He's adopting the pinching behavior he has learned it from all of YOU. ]

[egodist]

You don't have permission.

[ but he'll glance around - to his left, right, over aventurine's head, and then to aventurine himself ]

No. This is more akin to magic, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was slightly related to the machine we made since that was an experiment in technology that allows transportation between dimensions.

[tactic]

[ ? ]

What or who were you looking for just now?

[egodist]

I was thinking about if I have the ability to replicate this technology.

I decided I could.

[tactic]

... Just like that?

[ Scien... you're actually a genius... ]