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[Video/Text] 06 Feathers

[The video isn't his fault. His SFC falls onto the floor and starts recording. There's only a flash of an orange wing and some orange ghost tail before...nothing. Just blue sky up on the island.

There's a long pause, as if the person is in a state of disbelief.]

Shit.

[He says this almost conversationally before an orange hand with deadly-looking nails reaches down, and turns off the feed.

A few hours later, the following messages are made:]

well
looks like were in some deep shit
dont think ive seen that woman in blue before
who the hell is she

[Private: Bro Strider and Dirk Strider]

back
not coming home for a while

[He's uncharacteristically curt about this.]

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[Nanaki isn't surprised to hear that there are other people out there with future-sight. She knows others like herself back in her world, so it's not exactly unexpected.

What she didn't expect was Davesprite's reaction. All the times she has told somebody about her powers, either out of necessity or in a desperate attempt to save someone's life, nobody has said they feel bad for her about it.

It actually feels nice, to read those words.]

I've had my whole life to get used to it, so it's not so bad.
The hard part was always when people didn't listen to me, and they died despite my warnings.
See, I don't see every future, just when someone is about to die.
That's why I got such crap for it: people didn't understand, and they called me 'angel of death' and stuff like that. It's also why I had to move so much.

makes sense now
still if they didnt heed your warning then its their own stupid fault
or its apollos fault in which case screw that guy for getting pissy at not having his way with cassandra
though i have to admit that im impressed that you can still smile and all after going through the ridicule
if thats not a sign of strength then ill eat bros hat

Thanks.
Hearing that from you, it means a lot to me.

[It means a lot because Davesprite isn't obligated to be nice to her, but he's still being nice. Someone who's being kind because they choose to be is a rarity for her.]

Truthfully I wasn't that nice not too long ago.
It took a kick in the behind from a guy with powers like mine for me to realize that I could make a difference if I just tried.
So yeah, I'm trying now.
By the way, you better listen if I ever give you a warning, got it?

[He doesn't know what to say to that, so he just let's it go. Davesprite might be blushing a little. He doesn't get compliments like that very often, really.]

really its pretty hard to not be bitter after that happening all the time
the fact that you were willing to make a change says a lot too

[And if he's being honest with himself, it makes him respect her all the more.]

nanaki please
ill listen when you say itll happen and believe you when you say i might die
whether i take the advice or not is dependant on the situation

I'll have you know that I'm a prediction-breaker.
If I can't save your life, then I'm not doing my job right.

[She's talking jokingly now, but it actually is something she takes seriously. Now that she knows she can change the future, she refuses to let anyone else die needlessly.]

dang
with luck we wont need to test which of us is more stubborn

ok granted we could test our stubbornness in other ways but you know

[Sadly, Davesprite is perfectly willing to die protecting his friends and family.]

If we collaborate our stubbornness we will become an impenetrable wall of stubborn.
Nobody would stand a chance.

we are absolutely on the same wavelength
nobody can out stubborn the 2 of us
its pretty much impossible

Definitely.

[But she remembers something Davesprite said, during the talk of seers.]

So, you said something about time travel?

[There's some hesitation on Davesprite's end. However, he feels that Nanaki's earned the right to know more about him, considering what she's shared with him. It helps that he trusts her.]

yeah
used to be the knight of time which basically means it was my job to go back in time to fix mistakes that might lead to the deaths of my friends and or me
when i became a sprite i lost that power because sprite powers trump player powers i guess

[This is the second time Davesprite has mentioned 'players'. This game sounds like a dangerous game to her.]

How did you handle the transition to different powers?
You got something cool in the trade-off right?

the transition wasnt so bad
it meant i could coach my player through his powers since id been doing it for about 4 months
well it was 4 months to me but thats the downside of time travel
you get a shitload of shenanigans
the cool part of it was that i gained way more intimate knowledge of our session of the game than what i could glean on my own

I get the feeling there's a big 'but' hanging in the air there.

the but is disgustingly big and hairy
there was a reason i went back in time to become a sprite
it was the only way i could set the timeline right
see when a timeline is screwed up to a point in which key players die or are trapped in limbo its called a doomed timeline
i come from a doomed timeline that got trapped in limbo
i went back in time to stop john from dying which would lead to jades death
the only other person alive in my branch was rose
another downside to going back in time is that when you do that and fix the timeline it basically erases the offshoot
anyone in the doomed timeline would cease to exist
im the only one left from mine
everyone else got erased but rose and i had discussed it before
wed accepted that as a consequence

[There's a few seconds worth of hesitation, though.]

its still tough in all honesty
because im not really the same person they know and theyre not exactly the same people i know

[Oh.

Oh Davesprite.

She doesn't answer right away, because she has to take a moment to process that. Thankfully she knows enough about sci-fi and terrible shoujo manga to at least get a grasp of the kind of drama Davesprite is talking about here.

And even when she does get it, she still has to think of how to respond. Because this isn't an easy topic to talk about.]

I won't say I can understand what it's like, because there's no way anyone could understand something like that unless they've lived it.
But just remember that you're not alone, ok?
Even if you're the only one left from your timeline, you've got friends here in this timeline who care about you.

[...And that's something Davesprite can't refute. He does have friends in Vatheon, most importantly friends outside of his universe. Those people don't have to suffer the consequences SBURB can dish out.

The people in his universe, on the other hand, do suffer those consequences and it's best for them to not get too attached to Davesprite. Not when he has no idea what his fate will be at the end of the game. Maybe he'll die before then. Maybe he'll cease to exist at the end. Davesprite doesn't know, and he's not sure he wants to just yet.]

thanks nanaki
its
seriously appreciated
i dont talk about it often
out of everyone in vatheon youre probably the second person who knows outside of my universe

[And it's just really nice to know that there are two people he can trust with this knowledge about himself. They both have his back and Davesprite's extremely grateful for that.]

[So Davesprite was the same as her, then. It was surprising, how like-minded people were drawn to each other.

It makes Nanaki smile, though, to know that Davesprite trusts her too.]

I feel honored to know it.
Secrets are best shared with friends right?

[Since they both shared pretty big secrets with each other, she thinks they're definitely well into the 'friends' category now.]

true facts
i wont tell a soul unless i get the green light from you
even then i think ill just leave it to you
its your story to tell

It's a really complicated story too.
I didn't even get into the whole 'sentient masks' part, or the prediction enforcers.

sentient what
prediction enforcers
i smell something like big brother

Let's start with the prediction enforcers, they're the easiest to explain.
Some people, when they get a vision about the future, they decide that they have to make sure that future happens, even if it is a bad future.

why
do they believe that its good for the future to stay that way or do they believe that you cant or shouldnt change it

I'm not sure, I only ever met one, and he wasn't exactly a sane person anyway.
But if I had to guess, it's probably that they thought the future shouldn't change.

sounds like they think its set in stone or itd be worse to deviate from what theyve seen
it also sounds stupid to not try to change it but i guess i shouldnt judge
what about those mask things

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