AUDIENCE: ALEX

[retellers]

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[retellers]

[ ah. they seem taken aback ]

... That again?

[chanteuser]

Only if you want to.

But it's nice to talk to you all face to face rather than... like this. Really.

[retellers]

[ wolf looks up at the bubbles, contemplative, because this is still memshare week and i forgot ]

... So long as we don't know who we are, these masks are just as much our identity as anything else.

[chanteuser]

[ 😭😭😭😭 ]

That's not true. I know that much.

1/2

[retellers]

It's who we are now. That's what it represents.

[ they sigh ]

But alright. If you're that curious.

[retellers]

[ he takes off the hood and mask! anna voice: cloud strife is here ] Satisfied? [ in all his glowy eyed, pretty boy glory ]

[chanteuser]

[ YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. ]

[ she genuinely looks delighted. ]

I feel like I should say it's nice to meet you, at this point.

[retellers]

We've been meeting. [ he just looks? tired? ] Don't make a big deal out of it.

[chanteuser]

[ SHE WANTS TO LAUGH. WOLF. YOU'RE ADORABLE. ]

[ she does not laugh though. ]

I won't, I won't. I'm good at keeping secrets.

Thank you, though. For showing me.

[retellers]

... Yeah, well... Not like it tells you anything about me except my hair color. [ false, glowy eyes. ]

[chanteuser]

-- And your eyes! They're very pretty.

[ glowy... ]

Don't worry about it too much. It's just... nice to see the face under there. Regardless of how you see your role, all of you are still people under all that.

[retellers]

[ dskljgds? he just. blinks, looking a little flustered ] ... Yeah. I know. I just... Take the mask off, and I'm still Wolf. That's all I've got right now.

[chanteuser]

Your face isn't a mask, Wolf. [ there's a difference. ]

... Have you remembered anything since the first week here?

[retellers]

... Nothing much. Know I'm an ex-SOLDIER turned mercenary. [ no one else can hear the caps so ]

[chanteuser]

That's... more than nothing. Military turned mercenary is... kinda common, I think. I know some people who have been mercenaries.

[retellers]

Pretty popular career path, yeah. It doesn't tell me that much about myself. 'Xcept that getting paid is more trouble than its worth.

[chanteuser]

Suggests you're a fighter. It means you might find some more clues in any memories that come back about who you worked for, or what groups you were with. Like, um--

[ she pulls out the dog tags she got the other week. ]

Info like this. Maybe you had some sort of identifier as well?

[retellers]

Wouldn't be able to read it even if I did. Like with Bucky or Lup.

[chanteuser]

[ ughhhhhhh ]

This place is a pain when it comes to the little details.

[retellers]

Like it's not a pain when it comes to everything else, too?

[chanteuser]

Well, yes. But it's the whole... not being able to explain things to people when they forget them loophole that annoys me the most.

[ have you ever tried to explain to a priest who forgot he's a priest that he's a priest and mostly made of metal? it's not easy. ]

[retellers]

Guess it means the only way you can really remember something is by yourself.

[chanteuser]

It seems that way. As long as you're remembering some things too, I think that's a good sign.

[retellers]

Yeah. [ ... ] You guys keep forgetting, though.

[chanteuser]

We do.

[ ... ] Admittedly the Realm doesn't have as much to take from me here. Maybe it'll get bored eventually.