Rebel // 63 [Voice]
[Major Kisaragi returned to Luceti a few days ago.
Major... Noel can't remember the last time she had seen or spoken to him. It had been months, surely, but he had clearly forgotten his time from before. Noel can't help but feel relieved, yet... she's still going to remain on-guard. Why? Because she lives with Ragna. It's silly, honestly. She ( Read more... )
Major... Noel can't remember the last time she had seen or spoken to him. It had been months, surely, but he had clearly forgotten his time from before. Noel can't help but feel relieved, yet... she's still going to remain on-guard. Why? Because she lives with Ragna. It's silly, honestly. She ( Read more... )
He knows that this person probably didn't mean to send the message, but... but it's a question that resonates with him.]
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I apologize; I realize you did not mean to send this message, but...
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... I would... I would w-wish to stay here if... if there was no way to return to my multiverse without me forgetting.
... There are too many things about this place that I would not wish to forget.
[Some conviction creeps softly into Robert's tone here:] But I will endeavour to find a way to return home, or move between multiverses, voluntarily, in a way where I can take both the people I care for here and the memories I have of this place...
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[She would say something along the lines of how she would love to traverse between her world and others, and being able to keep the memories she's gained here, but... when it comes down to it, with the inner workings of her world, she's not entirely sure if she wants to go back. Right when she was beginning to think she could make some sort of new home out of Luceti, all of that transpired. And when she thinks of how utterly helpless they are to the Malnosso... those scientists are able to bend Luceti to their whim. One day, Ragna could be gone, and hours later Terumi could show up. It still sounds a bad case of paranoia, but still.
She doesn't even know how she's been able to manage to cope with Nu being in the same enclosure for so long. Either way? She can't win.]
...I-I'm sure a lot of people here would like that.
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So far he's managed to keep clinging to it, even while his mind has started slowly sorting out the implications, trying to work through them... The latest experiment helped this, depending on how one looks at it.]
It would be the most ethical use of this technology...
... And such a research opportunity, too. To be able to freely integrate between worlds... there would be so much knowledge to share, and explore, and so many things that could be done...
[It sounds grand and amazing and beautiful and Robert's idealistic side kind of wants it to happen.
Then he'd get to be with Don.]
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I agree. [...] But if something like that was ever made, I don't think I could be able to stay in one place at a time. [She'd always be visiting someone or another. And Nami would be likely to drag her to her world and never let go.]
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It would be difficult to stay in only one location, wouldn't it...
Though I imagine some people would wish to go directly home and stay there. But I myself would never want to waste the opportunity associated with study.
... I suppose it would be even more complex between myself and my partner...
[Though Robert is more likely to go wherever his turtle does. After all, all he'd need to do is report back to the Institute occasionally with his findings.
... The Head Institute would employ him for sure if he had this information to take back.]
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... I would not want to keep him from his family. He loves them immensely, and he deserves to be able to be with them, too.
[Robert glances down uncomfortably.] Yet, I do not know if they would wish to accompany us, were we to journey... I would not want to place him in a position where he is forced to choose between myself and his family. That is unfair.
[Robert is accomodating in the extreme... though it makes sense. Don's family is composed of people he loves, too, and he has every right to want to be with them as well.]
... It is not a situation I am familiar with.
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Oh... I-I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was... [...that and it was personal. way to go, noel.
She pauses to think it over. She may as well try and give some sort of advice.] Do you think it's possible if he were able to spend time with both you and his family?
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[Hey, a question like that was likely to garner personal responses. But Robert doesn't mind.]
... It may be, in that scenario. That would be the ideal that I would hope for, at least.
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In that situation, I would hope so...
... But I do not wish to be too idealistic. [He exhales slightly, pursing his lips.] The thing about this place is that it is so inherently unpredictable...
[But he doesn't want to think about it suddenly stealing someone he loves away.]
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...oh. It's true, isn't it? The realization of that wipes that smile off her face.]
M-Maybe... but it's something to think about, right? It really is a nice idea...
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I want it to be more than an idea, if we can somehow make that happen.
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Are there people that you would take home yourself, if I may ask? Assuming those people would accompany you, that is.
Or is there some other reason that you would wish to stay here?
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...but she won't actually say that.]
Oh... well... m-maybe a few, but to tell you the truth, I would rather want to see what their worlds are like. It would be interesting to see the... differences? [...]
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That notion does make him excited, though.] Ah, yes. It would be splendid, I think. Just imagine all the possibilities for research and expansion of knowledge...
Why, entire ecosystems to analyze and compare...
[It's an astrobiologist paradise.]
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Is he a scientist? :|a]
U-Um... what's your name? [oh wait] Ah! M... Mine is Noel. ...Noel Vermillion.
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