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[notyourfathersosborn]

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[resipiscent]

[Shit. Offline, he scrubs at his face a little with both hands, trying to figure out how he's going to remedy this foot-in-mouth situation.]

I'll figure it out. Don't worry about it. I promise it will still be there when you get back.

[notyourfathersosborn]

theres just too much to think about
and nothing i can do
youre the one not stuck in fucking space


or wherever the hell this is

i dont think its space

[resipiscent]

["You're not the one stuck in fucking space", says Normie, and Riku sighs quietly -- no, he's not. But while he could take offense to the way that was written he's not going to, because he gets it, in a way. He'd be anxious too, out there.]

From what I've heard, I don't think it's space, either.

I
you know you're one of the reasons I'm invested in this, right?

[notyourfathersosborn]

what have you heard

really

[He finds that hard to believe. Not because of Riku, but because he's not used to people going to bat for him.]

[resipiscent]

First, that there's gravity. I didn't know this world had the means to generate gravity in space. And Kang brought up the idea of the cost of holding fifty people in space for an extended amount of time.

Yeah, of course. I mean, I'd still help, but it's kind of personal at this point.

[notyourfathersosborn]

fifty people

plus crew

at least 20 by my estimation

i agree though

thats why its not space

still probably somewhere dangerous

thanks

[resipiscent]

Yeah. I don't know yet what to think. I've been compiling some notes, though.

I'm sorry I don't have anything brighter for you yet.

[notyourfathersosborn]

i wish i could be more useful

they're being really careful not to let us know anything

and all we do is stare at things











i'm scared i'm going to go crazy again

shit i didn't mean that for that to send

[resipiscent]

It's okay. I would be feeling the same way, to tell you the truth.
Don't... feel like you need to keep that stuff in, if you need to talk about it.

[notyourfathersosborn]

look i dont do well with downtime

all i do is think

about how i screwed up

about how i might do it again

now all this place is is downtime

im tired of thinking

[resipiscent]

I'd... if I could, when I feel like that, I always feel like sleeping is the easiest option. But that's not necessarily possible, so
I can keep talking to you, if you want me to. I don't sleep all that much, so I can match however much time you need.

[notyourfathersosborn]

too many people to sleep

been stepped on

too hard to sleep even if there wasnt

what if the moment you close your eyes the soviets decide to make their move

none of us look too pretty ill tell you that

i wouldnt want to keep you

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I wouldn't offer if it were an inconvenience.

[notyourfathersosborn]

i dont even know what to talk about

[resipiscent]

That's okay. I'll tell a story.

[notyourfathersosborn]

ok

[resipiscent]

[The following comes along over the course of the next few hours. It's less a story and rather just... his thoughts.]

I
back at home, you know I traveled with the King for a while. He's... kind of incredible, to be honest.
He looks like a pushover, but then he just... it's like he can defy gravity when he needs to. He's fast, and skilled with a blade. If I was going to receive training from anybody, he'd be someone I'd want to teach me. Sora told me that instead of him that his master is going to teach us. Which is
sort of intimidating.

I've never actually met Yen Sid, so... I can't really talk about him. Sora said he's kind of intimidating but that he's a good guy, too. So I guess I don't really have anything to worry about.

[He continues to ramble, just sending out whatever comes to mind. He started with Mickey just because he knows Normie's curious about him.]

[notyourfathersosborn]

[Normie leans his head back and closes his eyes, just listening to Riku talk. Soon he's able to filter out all of the background noise and is able to ignore his situation for the first time in days.

After a while, he finally sends something back.]

youre going to nail it

i can just tell

youre a lot better than you give yourself credit for




and thanks

i needed that

[resipiscent]

You're probably right. According to Sora I did nail it, but it's still weird to think about.

Hang in there. We're going to come and find you, I promise.

[notyourfathersosborn]

see

i was right

im always right




thanks riku

[resipiscent]

Starting to look like it.

Hold onto that. You can thank me in person.

[notyourfathersosborn]

in the meantime look for me at the second star to the right and straight on till morning

[He must be feeling better if he's quoting Disney.]

[resipiscent]

The what?

[This is a weird non-sequitur.]

[notyourfathersosborn]

go watch peter pan

and remember the movies nothing like that asshole who took over heropa

[resipiscent]

Oh.

Well, I know that much, at least. Sora was friendly with him back home.