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>shjlk
>doyou thnk we ciuldn talk?

[ It's the middle of the night, he can't sleep for the needling pain that's still lingering in his back, and he's been thinking about things again. Whether Shulk's awake or not, he'll see this eventually, right? ]

[Fortunately or unfortunately, Shulk is a night owl, and is idly checking the day's network posts, when he recieves Joseph's message.]

Joseph? is everything okay?

>ihafv somme quetionsabout peple wholeav

[ dodging those questions like he's about to win a gold medal for it, hell yeah. ]

[Truly, Joseph is the champion.]

oh what kind of questions? ill answer the best i can

>i wnt to knwwhat hapedns tothem
>nobdyssx toldm me yet

no one knows for sure i like to assume they go home but sometimes people who disappear and come back, they dont have any memory of disappearing, or returning home if they did at all. i dont know what that means

>oh

[ It's disappointing, but he should have expected that much. If there's one thing that Joseph knows about Ryslig, it's that it's not a place that deals in absolutes. ]

>alll, right
>igues that answrsthattg

Edited ('no one knows for sure' 'so nobody knows for sure' gj ally) 2015-12-29 01:44 (UTC)

[What's a land of fog without its secrets and uncertainties? Maddening, but possibly bearable too.

But the curious aren't satisfied with blissful unawareness.]

it really doesnt. there's just not more to tell at this point in time. maybe someday we'll know for certain where they go just hold on to the hope theyre okay

>ifhesss gon bck thenhsx ghoing bck todie

[ Holding out hope won't be enough, and Joseph's done with holding punches when it comes to why. ]

>hhe wontbe okay
>hes nevfvrgoing t be okky
>notherrre nd not thefr

[Shulk's heard of happy futures waiting for some, good news on the lips of friends brought from a time beyond the familiar, but this...

Joseph...does something happen to him back home? if he knows about it, he can change his fate. maybe coming here with you, itll save him

[ It takes longer then it probably should for him to reply. ]

>hedies
>hegrts crushesd and he dos itbceaus offv me
>idojnt evn needdd what he dis foranymre

did he tell you this? or...did you already know?

[For someone who's been a big advocate of the disappeared being fortunate, that being home is best, it makes it hard for Shulk to justify anything here. Time for a different approach.]

Joseph, you do believe people can change their fates, dont you?

[ Another lengthy pause. ]

>iknew
>itoldhhim
>bthe cant chageanytgng ifhes not goig toremebr

how do you know he won't remember? there has to be some good that can come from being here. and i guess, even if he... you got to see him again. despite everything, you got to see him one more time

>f he wontremeber leavng whts thechace thathesx goig to remmber beng here at ll

[ And, for how long Joseph leaves it, it would appear that he's ended the conversation.

But then, that last line came up. ]

[ The longest pause yet. A few hours, maybe. The sun's coming up by the time he manages to get himself together firmly enough to answer. ]

>thanks
>thankyou

[Shulk decides to leave it too, though he checks back periodically just in case. He couldn't be there for Joseph in person, not like Joseph was for him, so this is the most he can do.

He's a bit bleary-eyed, when the last message pops up.]

youre welcome get some rest, Joseph

>yo tooo

[ This place was ruining him, but he saw him again. The last words that he'd heard from Caesar were no longer shouted at him in an argument, spoken from a place of vitriol and catalyzed by his own callousness. It lessens the searing pain in his back a little.

Perhaps the chance that he might have remembered might have even made it all worth it. ]

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<shulk> (whens this dated btw?)

<clackers> (late 17th - early 18th maybe?)

<shulk> (roger that!! o7)

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<shulk> /lays down

<clackers> more death for the death god