caughtinanetwork | 001. [video] intro.

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001. [video] intro.

[Gives the SFC a gentle flick, giving the camera a wry smile. Seems like he's managed to get rid of all signs of his wet arrival, minus his damp clothes. He's trying very hard to forget the whole incident for your benefit.]

So what, all I get for gracing you all with my presence is this booklet and this horrendous tunic? No welcome party, no parades, no nothing? Geez. Not to mention there's water in places you don't deserve to even know about.

[He pouts his pretty boy pout, looking very hurt indeed.]

Ah, well, I'll forgive you this time. I'm sure that there should be plenty of hunnies out there to cheer me up, yeah? We can have a party of our own now that the great Zelos is here!

Oh, and Lloyd and friends? That includes my dear, voluptuous hunny, my darling angel, my cool beauty, and my precious little one-- If you're here, you're invited, too. Don't leave a man hanging, hmm?

[With a wink and a grin, he turns off the feed.]

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[He watches her face carefully as she moves, tries to understand how she could go from joyous in one moment to blank in another.

"Memories"? Talking as if he's been here before, like that man from earlier.

Before he can come up with any conclusions, she turns her back to him. There's too much he doesn't understand, too many questions to ask. He comes up with a few false starts, but ultimately fails at getting out a comprehensible sentence.

With a sigh, he folds his hands behind his head and watches her walk away. There isn't even any use in introducing himself, she already knows his name. He'll have to come back to see her tomorrow, then.]

[It's not right to cry onto a stranger, and she won't inflict that on him, even if a small irrational part of her is angry with him for forgetting. It's not his fault, though. It's the scientists running this place and she knows it. Zelda can't help but feel that this is a punishment for all her meddling and poking around. Even if it is, she can't afford to stop.

She heads home to cry it out on Guy, even if he's not awake to hear her ranting.

Still, she's true to her word the next day. Zelda heads to the Welcome Center bright and early, steeled for what might be to come. This Zelos could be from a different time period than the one she knew, but if he's anything like him, he won't just leave their encounter at that. She'll have to be ready for him.]

Edited 2013-03-28 03:45 (UTC)

[He walks into the Welcome Center with some hesitation, as if he's not sure if this is really a place he belongs in. It doesn't take long to find Zelda - he's not one to forget a pretty face, not to mention one as unique as hers.

At first his steps are cautious, but he quickly eases into his usual, confident stride as he approaches her.]

Hey. Zelda, right? I think I have a few things I need to clarify.

[She's with it enough today that she can at least look at him directly. Zelda nods, moving away from the tea she's brewing.]

Yes, that's right. I apologize again for yesterday, I didn't realize you didn't know me. It must have been uncomfortable to be hugged by a stranger.

Well, it's not the first time. Some hunnies just can't resist the great Zelos. [He grins, but he can't manage to keep it on for too long.]

So I'm hearing that I've been here before. It's normal for people to come and go then come back without any memory of it?

[Zelda stiffens at the casual flirtation. It's just another sign of the fact that they're right back to square one. With her knowing so much about him, he'll probably feel that she has the upper hand on him and things might just stay that way.

She doesn't want that.]

Yes, it is. You do not need to worry, it's perfectly normal. Our memories of Vatheon are removed when we are returned back to our homes - likely as some form of paradox control, since people can be pulled here from any point in time. The fact that you have returned without them simply means that the scientists here chose to not grant you those memories again.

Is-- [He shakes his head. Too many questions to ask, too many things he wants to know and at the same time, he's not sure if he really does want to know.

"Scientists" fucking with him again? His hands ball into fists by his sides. Not just him, either.]

So. Am I missing out on a lot, then?

That depends on your definition of missing. You were here in Vatheon for over a year, though. That is quite a lot of time in a place like this.

[There's just no way she can express it all to him in a way that would really get across everything properly. There is at least one thing she wants to get across to him very clearly, though.]

...if it concerns you, you should at least know that you do not have any obligations towards me. We were not dating or anything of the sort, we were simply close friends.

I guess I'm just curious about how many people I must have pissed off, or something.

[He tries to catch her gaze, gauge her expression.] Yeah? Maybe the least I owe you is-- a second try, I guess?

[That sounds shitty and he knows it.]

[How many people he pissed off... what a Zelos way to put it.]

You made more friends than enemies. We are all in this together, after all. There's no need for infighting, not when we have some mostly unknown force directing our lives.

[She hesitates at the last part.]

...would you be comfortable with that? I know... it must be very disconcerting for you for me to know you well and you to not know me at all...

Yeah, but-- [His mouth twists with distaste.] You know me, after all. I'm not exactly the easiest person to get along with. Can't say it's too easy to believe that.

Can't really say I'm comfortable with anything here, either. But if you liked-- [Hesitates, but decides not to correct himself.] me that much, and we were close enough friends, I bet it'd be, y'know-- worth it.

[She licks her lips, finding them dry suddenly.]

When... you first arrived, you were very difficult to get along with. You barged your way into my home simply looking for a way to avoid upsetting Colette, and since I did not want to upset her either, I agreed to it. We honestly did not get along at first. It was not until there was a curse on the city that forced people to confess things that we started to understand each other. Rather than wait for the city to force us to spill things to someone at random, we simply told each other things and swore to not tell anyone else or to bring them up again. We had an understanding like that - not to push too hard, because some things are just too difficult to talk about. From there, I suppose we just became friends gradually.

[Other than that first curse, it's difficult to pinpoint moments when their relationship really took hold off the top of her head. That was the starting point though, without a doubt.]

[Is he regretting what he said earlier? Hell to the yes. She probably knows a lot more than he thought.

He still can't wrap his head around it. Instead of speaking, he decides to look for a chair, slowing inching towards one once he finds it.]

Well then. That's... not what I was expecting.

[She's right. Uncomfortable doesn't even begin to describe it. But he can't just let her go knowing that she has all of this information. He sends her a helpless look.]

If it would help, I do not mind telling you about myself again. Not here, though. This is a public facility, and I would rather not be walked in on.

[Many of the things she spoke about with Zelos were intensely private. She's only willing to tell this Zelos because she knows that at his core, he's trustworthy. He may not think he is, but he is - if someone genuinely gives him trust, he'll live up to it. Besides, it will at least make things a little more even between them.]

Well, yeah. [With some effort, he keeps his expression calm, blank.] I'll have to think about it, I guess.

[He manages a wry smile.] Some reunion, huh?

[He clicks his tongue, shaking his head.]

It may be my fault you returned without your memories, anyway.

[This is a punishment, she's almost positive of it. She bows her head to Zelos briefly.]

I'm sorry if that's the case. You did always tell me to not meddle quite so much.

How would it be your fault?

[Genuine curiosity now. But that does sound like him, yes.] Don't sweat it too much, I'm not good at following my own advice, anyway.

Because I'm doing my best to unravel the little experiment they have going, here. I have not exactly been an obedient test subject, and I would not be surprised if they saw fit to punish my friends for such a thing. One would think it would be simpler to remove my memories instead, but some documentation we uncovered suggests that what the scientists are searching for is an emotional reaction. They're sick, so they wouldn't necessarily do what is the simplest to punish someone - they would do what would hurt the most.

I guess that's a possibility, but you can't say it wasn't worth it-- ...right?

[This is getting more and more pathetic. He drops into the chair he found and runs his hands over his face.]

In any case, whatever will be, will be, so there's not much we can do about it.

Edited (WHAT ARE COMMAS) 2013-03-28 19:32 (UTC)

Was it?

[Right now, without results, it doesn't feel very worth it. She doesn't have a choice though, she can't afford to just be sent home without her memories. She has to figure it out.]

At any rate... I still have all of the things you had when you were here last. Clothing, preferred bath items, things like that. I can pick them up for you if you would like.

[He might as well shove his foot all the way down his throat. There's too much he doesn't know, and while his mouth has never been to good to him, he knows when to shut it up.]

Uh, sure. Or I could come with you, doesn't really matter.

[Would Zelos want to do that? She had some pictures of him still, though she had moved them all to her own room the previous night just in case. But still, she hadn't moved his things from the bathroom, she hadn't changed the set up of his room at all. Wouldn't it be eerie to go somewhere and find things set up exactly to your tastes?]

That would be fine as well. I just do not want to make you too uncomfortable.

Well-- [His eyebrows furrow slightly, confused. What could be so uncomfortable about going with her? Unless--

Well, that would explain why she had the stuff in the first place.

If he has to choose between seeing his old self and sticking it out here, he doesn't even have to think twice about it.]

Hadn't thought about it like that. I guess I'll just stay put, then.

[This is so awkward. He talks like Zelos, he looks like Zelos, but he doesn't know her at all.]

Ah, well, you are welcome of course, I just have not taken down the pictures or anything like that... I do have a lot of space.

[It's too quiet in her house now. Other than the currently comatose Guy, it's empty. Since she's used to living with Zelos (who has said on more than one occasion that if he shuts up he'll die), the silence honestly gets a little deafening.

And to think she used to complain to him about the noise.]

It's not any trouble for me to pick the things up, though. I could be there and back in about fifteen minutes, my home is close to here.

[Pictures, well. More proof of things he doesn't remember, more expectations to live up to that he can't. So if it's not the title of the Chosen overshadowing him, it's the life of a past version of himself?

To think he might have believed for a second that he might be able to breathe more easily in this place.

He gives a shallow nod.] I don't mind the wait. If you don't mind going.

well that was short lived d:

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I still haven't worked out where he lives yet /o\ there's a residency post, right?

plurked it at you

thanks!

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