westedge | PC: Kyoko

[The K-names have to stick together... maybe?

Kyoko isn't so nosy that she'll push into what those skills might be.]

I do. They're still clear. [That little apartment, the comfort of a home. Wolfwood and coffee. the unfortunate fate of her detective agency. Having to work at the game company. Falling off a building.

The next life. Perfect. Her agency thriving. Wolfwood as her partner. That little apartment. Wolfwood at the balcony and trying to rip a choice away from her. The feeling of cold metal in her hands. Clearer than I'd like.]

[ he just...frowns. ]

...I'm sorry. That's even less fair than I thought. [ how does a person just fix that? ]

I'll need to write them all down. Just to make sure which ones are really mine.

That's actually not a bad idea. As long as you have somebody who can help you crosscheck the list. I don't know if I'd trust myself to fully remember everything about which is which right away.

That's somewhat difficult to do.

[ My whole life doesn't come up that often. ]

I mean it doesn't have to be everything-everything. Just like the most major important facts and the details to go with it.

The looping adventure was so close to my real life.

...oh, right. The whole digital thing, isn't it?

It gave me my detective agency, free of any looming danger. [And also wolfwood.]

Is that like...does that happen a lot? Constant looming danger.

Not that often. It's just come to a tipping point recently.

That doesn't exactly sound great, Kyoko. [ and he vaguely wonders if that's how she thinks she ended up here. ]

We're working it out. Or... we were before I came here.

...I've never really asked what was happening for you before this place. Was it that bad?

It's the end of two worlds if we don't fix it quickly enough.

Okay, well, that's bad. That's like. Really bad? How do you even fix that?

We have a plan, don't worry.

[Time travel and some reality warping.]

[ . . . ]

Is it a plan that will work for sure?

Absolutely.

[ he sort of just snorts about it. ]

Well. I don't know enough about it to disagree, so I will simply have to believe you.

Hehe. That's right.

[ easy enough, he thinks. ]

...do you know where you're staying tonight? It's Thursday. [ he mostly want to make sure she has plans to be with people before he ventures off so we can start to wrap this thread. ]

Yes, I'll be at Milk & Cookies tonight.

[... She doesn't like sweets.]

[ kyoko... ]

We thought about going there, but I think we're going to the workshop. Seemed better. [ and then it was on fire apparently, god. ] As long as you're not alone though.

Don't worry, I'll always be with Wenzhou.

[And then this weekend happened.]

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