[mingle] the space (january).

[fracturamods]

interim mingle

( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )

There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.

When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?

The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.

You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.

There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:

There's still much more ahead of you.

Comments

[decryptic]

[ As if 9S intended to meet back up with sportsland Kano anyway!! ]

Nice try, but I stand by what I said. It's true that stealing isn't exactly moral, but taking an android leg isn't the same as taking, say, a human leg. I was closer to a humanoid tool with replaceable parts. Property, basically.

[ Which he was and is still fine with. He is to humans what pods are to androids, and pods are ultimately that: high-performance tools. ]

If I see you chopping off some human's arm and trying to make off with it, I'll be happy to revise my assessment.

[suddenlybees]

[ What would 9S say when he finds Kano in the possession of human teeth in the next world jump? Even if they're things that anybody could so innocently get their hands on, they don't compare to an android leg that might as well be a person's leg, a prosthetic regardless of who's using it, and Kano can't help but pull a face when 9S likens himself to a tool, or property. ]

I'll hold you to it! But, hey, from one humanoid tool to another: shitty people are shitty whether they're destroying property or people, you know? You gotta draw your line a bit lower~

[decryptic]

[ 9S will say what the fuck maybe but also Haku will own a gun so 9S will probably be adjusting this expectations for that world??

He understands a little better now that humans are prone to sentimentality. They can get attached to their clothes, their phones, even fictional characters -- so it doesn't surprise him that Kano might make the argument that property is anywhere on the level of people. For a human that might be true, but androids rarely get attached to objects or even claim personal belongings, and so he has to beg to differ.

He won't bother trying to argue the point, though. Humans will be humans. ]

Okay, then. True or false: you helped getting all that tomato gunk off me, unprompted, when we first met.

[suddenlybees]

[ Being reminded of the tomato gunk makes him laugh, because that sure was a thing, wasn't it? Dumping water on the guy was a shoddy fix to begin with, too, and only a monster would have just walked away.

It doesn't help Kano's case, so he just shakes his head and waves his hand dismissively. ]

Haha, is that what happened? Sorry, sorry, I don't remember~

[ Can't use anything against him if he can't remember to corroborate! ]

[decryptic]

[ 9S just... shakes his head and throws his hands up. KANO KNOWS WHAT HE DID. ]

Then let's make number eleven "prone to spontaneous yet convenient memory loss".

[suddenlybees]

[ Nobody can prove it! ]

Haha, it's a real medical problem, you know! Can't take it lightly! If I ever seem a bit out of sorts, just play along, 'kay? It'll come back sooner or later~ Probably.