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route666radio2025-02-20 08:38 pm
undyingcrow) wrote in route666radio2025-02-20 08:38 pm
[Voice]
[In the middle of a restless night, Akechi addresses the radio.]
One thing has become abundantly clear since my arrival: the vast majority of us hail from different times, if not different worlds.
[He pauses, letting that sink in.]
For instance, I'm from Japan in the year 2017. However, it is specifically the same version of Japan shared by Akihiko Sanada and Naoto Shirogane... in the future. That places the three of us in a shared reality, but not the same point in time.
However, our version of Japan has endured a number of odd, even supernatural occurrences, such as a "Dark Hour" and, more recently, the vigilante work of a group of "Phantom Thieves" who quite literally changed the hearts of wicked adults through the use of a parallel, cognitive world.
[His voice remains calm, if tinged with a subtle weariness.]
But that is far from universal. In my time here, I have encountered a talking turtle from a world where yokai and mutants are real. I've spoken with someone who had been sent into a digital world, like an isekai protagonist. I even had to explain the concept of religion to Serph-san, as well what a horse is.
[...]
All this to say, it may be worthwhile to cross reference the worlds and time periods we hail from. If nothing else, it may help us discern patterns that could in turn heighten our understanding of our present circumstances.
One thing has become abundantly clear since my arrival: the vast majority of us hail from different times, if not different worlds.
[He pauses, letting that sink in.]
For instance, I'm from Japan in the year 2017. However, it is specifically the same version of Japan shared by Akihiko Sanada and Naoto Shirogane... in the future. That places the three of us in a shared reality, but not the same point in time.
However, our version of Japan has endured a number of odd, even supernatural occurrences, such as a "Dark Hour" and, more recently, the vigilante work of a group of "Phantom Thieves" who quite literally changed the hearts of wicked adults through the use of a parallel, cognitive world.
[His voice remains calm, if tinged with a subtle weariness.]
But that is far from universal. In my time here, I have encountered a talking turtle from a world where yokai and mutants are real. I've spoken with someone who had been sent into a digital world, like an isekai protagonist. I even had to explain the concept of religion to Serph-san, as well what a horse is.
[...]
All this to say, it may be worthwhile to cross reference the worlds and time periods we hail from. If nothing else, it may help us discern patterns that could in turn heighten our understanding of our present circumstances.
Voice
We're from a place called Remnant.
And... I'm like a few weeks ahead of where my friends are from.
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[She did mention Remnant during their first meeting, after all.]
All things considered, the time discrepancy could be worse. I'm several years ahead of Shirogane-san and Sanada-san, though we'd never personally met even in my time.
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[She is not surprised to hear that her sister is out there making new friends.]
Yeah. The most I really had to explain to them was that I got haircut. Which is good because I totally wouldn't trust me to remember all of the other details if we did something really important.
That is pretty wild though, being like years apart from other people where you're from.
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[Notions of family are so distant for him. The only relative who ever treated him with kindness left him behind in the end.
Still, there are more pleasant topics to cover.]
It's an odd feeling, having people from the same world, but no one I knew personally. Of course, it's likely for the best that it's me and none of my... peers.
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[This is not true. At least not entirely true. They are both beings of chaos.
Still, she can kind of relate to what he's saying.]
Yeah. I get what you mean there, it'd be kind of awkward meeting people like that. When there are totally normal ways that you could have run into them instead.
But I think that says a lot about you. That you'd rather take on the burden of being here instead of them. Shows how much you care.
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[A grunt of derisive laughter escapes him, directed at himself.]
Not that I'm thrilled, mind you. Truthfully, I'm rather tired of being a play thing for some higher power.
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[Okay. She's not laughing at him, but she can join in on that laugh.]
Boy howdy, can I relate to that. That like what I have to look forward to when I get back home, huuuuuuge pain in the butt.
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[No, he only got to find out in hindsight. How lovely.]
The second time, the one with the power was a crackpot therapist so idealistic he bordered on idiotic.
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You know. It's not every day someone gets a second chance like that.
I think you're doing great with it so far.
Is that therapist of yours accepting new clients? There are some people I'd love to introduce him to.
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If she knew what he'd done, perhaps she wouldn't be so sure, but that's hardly relevant here.]
I wouldn't advise it. Dr. Maruki's idea of helping his clients included brainwashing, with the end goal of creating a world scrubbed free of pain and trauma, disregarding those who saw their pain as an important part of their growth and individuality.