kazuki catchall

[adorabrawler]

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[teenrebellion]

Mm. [ ... ] It's a little different, but I think it's probably something like how I felt last week. Living out a whole life like that messes with you.

[adorabrawler]

... Yeah, I get it now.

I know it wasn't real, but... after a point, I started forgetting it wasn't.

[teenrebellion]

If it feels real enough, I don't think it matters. Because whatever you experienced there, even if it wasn't real... the things you felt still were.

[adorabrawler]

You're probably right.

In that case, I don't feel like being twelve again.

[teenrebellion]

[ dryly: ] If it were that easy to change it, I'd have been twenty and moved out on my own ages ago.

What are you feeling, then?

[adorabrawler]

[ How old is he again... Ah, whatever. ]

I dunno. I mean... I basically lasted a few lifetimes out there.

[teenrebellion]

[ eighteen... so close and yet so far.......... ]

Yeah, I heard a little bit from Jonas. [ ... ] It was weird seeing you grown up like that.

[adorabrawler]

What? Everyone grows older, you know.

[teenrebellion]

Yeah, but not... It was only a few hours here, you know? It's supposed to be more gradual than that.

[adorabrawler]

Okay, okay, I guess. I don't think it's weird, but on my end I had a long time to grow.

[teenrebellion]

[ hums thoughtfully. ]

You were still pretty short, though, so maybe you're right.

[adorabrawler]

—Oh, please. Shortness is a charm point! It added to my appeal!

[teenrebellion]

What appeal?

[adorabrawler]

[ —NUDGES HIM ROUGHLY WITH HER ELBOW ]

[teenrebellion]

[ wow? ]

What? I'm not going to find any appeal in a twelve-year old. You're just a kid.

[adorabrawler]

Ugh. See, this is stupid. I'm not, but now that I look like this again...

[teenrebellion]

Don't worry, you'll go through puberty again eventually.

[adorabrawler]

Thanks. You really know how to make a girl feel better.

[teenrebellion]

You'll live.

...I am glad you made it back safely, though.

[adorabrawler]

... Yeah. I—think I'm glad to be back? I dunno. I stopped thinking about this place after a while.

[teenrebellion]

So you didn't even miss us... ouch.

[ jokes aside. ]

I can't really imagine living that long and I don't want to. But it's not really surprising you'd forget.

[adorabrawler]

That's not—

[ WOW. wow. ]

Blegh. Well, the age part wasn't... bad? Not all good, but not bad either. But time passed and there were a lot of other things to think about, and new people, new places...

It grows hard to remember the old things.

[teenrebellion]

Like I said, it's not that surprising. You've only known us for a few weeks, anyway, compared to over a hundred years.

[adorabrawler]

I didn't forget everything. Liiike... at first I didn't recall your face too well, but I didn't forget your name. Or that you're madly in love with your guitar.

[teenrebellion]

...I haven't played since I got back last week.

[ haha anyway ]

What was it like, then?