a thing

[heroinhisowntime]

[In the tradition of Aather games, the setting is a stone room with no windows... or doors. There is a simple table with two chairs set with some basic food - meats, cheeses, fruit, etc. There is also a piece of paper on the table with instructions, but it just reads Take this chance how you will.

There is nothing else in the room except for its two inhabitants, who both appear in it suddenly.]

Comments

[verypointed]

And how many do you play until you get all your memories back?

[heroinhisowntime]

Uh... I think it probably depends? I met some people who'd gotten all their memories back... it took them a few months.

[verypointed]

Well, I didn't think you'd be spending your retirement in this kind of place. So you better hurry back.

[verypointed]

... provided I get out of here as well.

[heroinhisowntime]

...You'll probably go back... I really don't think you're supposed to be able to be here like this.

[verypointed]

So you're saying I'm here specifically because of you?

[heroinhisowntime]

I guess so.

[verypointed]

[Sighs, and just... stares at him.] Well?

[heroinhisowntime]

Well what?

[verypointed]

What am I supposed to do?

[heroinhisowntime]

How am I supposed to know?

[verypointed]

You're familiar with how things go around here.

Honestly, the last thing I wanted was seeing you as an amnesiac after not seeing you for months.

[heroinhisowntime]

I just said they go all different ways, didn't I? At least everything's not covered in weird-colored mistletoe this time.

[verypointed]

Mistletoe?

[heroinhisowntime]

Er... yeah. It made people kiss, and the weirder colors made them share a memory when they did it. That was a game too, somehow.

[verypointed]

... you've been making out with people?

[heroinhisowntime]

What? No. Not like that.

...Is that... I mean, do you... we...

[THERE IS NO GRACEFUL WAY TO ASK THIS QUESTION]

[verypointed]

What?

[scratches his head]

No... we're not like that.

[heroinhisowntime]

R-Right, okay.

[verypointed]

...

Why don't you just... I don't know, ask me questions until we figure out what to do?

[heroinhisowntime]

It's hard to know where to start.

[verypointed]

... as long as we don't run out of oxygen, we seem to have a lot of time on our hands.

[heroinhisowntime]

...Tell me something that happened later on? In our partnership.

[verypointed]

Well... after the whole Jake Martinez, we continued to do well in Hero TV. I was crowned King of Heroes shortly after, and I think you were in fourth place?

Things were going well, until we met someone who was developing robots designed to replace us. And... uhm... some other things happened.

[heroinhisowntime]

[Robots??]

...Some other things?