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]

With dangerous games.

[heroinhisowntime]

Not... always. ...Well, it's true it would be better if some of the other personae didn't run games.

[verypointed]

I really want you to not consider this place as someplace... homey and want to stick around.

[heroinhisowntime]

[but I literally do not remember any other home]

...Hey, come on, I promised I'd hurry back, right?

[verypointed]

[Don't make me kick your ass]

So you did.

[heroinhisowntime]

So I'm not gonna stick around any longer than I have to.

[verypointed]

...


[sighs]

I'm holding you to that promise.

[heroinhisowntime]

I wouldn't expect otherwise.

[verypointed]

But don't expect me to like the idea of you being here at all.

[heroinhisowntime]

Of course. But it won't help anything for me to just sit around hating every second of it.

[verypointed]

. . . Okay.

[long-suffering sigh]

[heroinhisowntime]

And it's not just whatever Syndrome, alright?

[verypointed]

Stockholms.

[heroinhisowntime]

Right, that!

[verypointed]

[shrugs, and crosses his arms across his chest]

[heroinhisowntime]

Are you mad at me?

[verypointed]

I'm mad and frustrated about your situation, you less so.

[heroinhisowntime]

Well... sorry. Again. I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better.

[verypointed]

Me too.

[heroinhisowntime]

[makes a frustrated noise and rubs at his head]

[verypointed]

[Just going to watch him]

[heroinhisowntime]

...Well, you know, if this is a game, I'll get a memory back if I do well. That's a start, right?

[verypointed]

How do you define "well"?

[heroinhisowntime]

Er... however whoever's running it defines well.

[verypointed]

And who is running this one?