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thefoundation2020-05-30 08:04 pm
foundationmods) wrote in thefoundation2020-05-30 08:04 pm
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Resume Play
After the collapse of the Winchester house, everyone will have some time to regroup. The dead can be given bodies, everyone can have the remnants of the miasma washed away, and the 2000's group can be brought up to date on what's been happening for the last twenty years. It's been a long day, and taking time to process it all is probably in everyone's best interests.
But they won't get to rest for long. About an hour after the house's collapse, several all-black vehicles will roll up on the site of the former Winchester house. Most people present should recognize the uniforms and logos plastered all over everything: this is a cleanup team, the kind sent in after a successful containment to make sure the locals don't talk about what happened. It must be nice to have a somewhat-positive reception for once, huh?
But along with the group, a certain misty-eyes O5 will make their grand entrance. And as they step out and look over the group, they have something important to say.
"You did it. I...thank you. Thank you for saving them."
There's still details to handle and paperwork and interviews to do, but that is easy compared to what's already been done. With everyone's efforts, a potential XK-class SCP has been neutralized, saving the world itself, all without any permanent Agent casualties.
You all have exceeded Foundation expectations.
Congratulations.
off time, fight me tori i'm getting more threads
[she sees you and your joycons.
let her visit your town, punk!!!!]
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[ HE STILL BE LEARNING! ]
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[insert detailed and concise information on how to add someone on the Switch]
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[ he nods. luckily, solomon's a quick learner (thank you, dog, for the wisdom!) so he manages to add inaba--good thing he remembered her fc! ]
There. What games should we play? It's been forever...when I last played a video game, it was the Nintendo 64.
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The sequel.
I have Puyo Puyo Tetris, too, so pick your poison.
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[ solomon's eyes light up quite a bit when he hears the familiar name. ]
Frisk and I used to play this all the time. The two of us managed to complete the entire Pokedex together. They were the one that got me into the series.
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[is this a trait that they all have...]
I've played all of the games in the series myself - this world's time is ahead of my own, so I get to play the games ahead of everyone else back home.
[although she's probably the only secret gamer back home, though]
Who's your favorite?
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[ as for favorite pokemon... ]
I think it would have to be Dragonair or perhaps Chansey. They're both very good for strategy.
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[but she's not gonna push her luck]
Ah, that's - [give her a moment, she's so used to the Japanese names, she even plays her version of Pokemon Shield in Japanese] Hakuryu and Lucky. . .
Those are pretty solid choices, actually.
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[ there's some hesitation in solomon's answer as he thinks. obviously he doesn't want to give inaba the full story, but mostly because it opens a new can of worms of how he was at that time and o5-5's suffering prior to taking that role.
frisk forgave him and so did asgore...therefore, solomon thinks it's fine if she doesn't know. ]
They were an excellent agent--climbed through the ranks in just a few decades, but I never really met them until they were actually promoted. And when we did they...simply befriended me. It was a strange thing, really. At that time, I did not see the importance of a human friendship...or perhaps it would be better to say that I had forgotten the importance. But Frisk's humanity was still freshly intact, even with Asgore's presence still there...
[ they smile fondly, distantly, reminiscing. ]
I accepted the friendship the way I accepted everything else. But deep down, even if I had lost my emotions and my humanity...I believe I was grateful. They were, in a way, the last thread I had to my former, human self, because they continued being my friend throughout it all.
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even if she's avidly curious; something that's just innately in her nature as someone who likes learning about people, human or otherwise.
she listens carefully to Solomon's words, nodding in response to show that she's listening.]
Well - friendship is important. [she chuckles a little bit, under her breath] And powerful, too.
[as someone who had to figure that out almost two years ago... she kind of gets it?
that moment when Inaba didn't have human friendship for the longest time because she thought not that it was important, but rather -
trusting in people to form those relationships is rather difficult.]
But more importantly, I think it's good. That even if you had lost your emotions, your humanity... someone was there by your side in spite of it. Because being alone is painful, after all.
[as someone who's been alone for sixteen whole years, she can't imagine someone who could potentially be alone for... even longer than that.
or rather -
living a long time must fucking suck, if you're trying to make - well. mortal friends.]
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[ and, in that moment, solomon realized why he had thrown away his humanity in the first place.
it was not only to cope with the weight of the world on his shoulders. it was not only because humanity needed a pillar that would not move even in the strongest of storms. certainly, both things were stressful to be, but he had been the king of israel-- he had the wisdom of god to guide him on that path.
it was because losing people--both close and not--had become far too painful for him to bear. so what would be easier than...simply throwing away that pesky need for interaction?
he hadn't even realized how long it had been either until just now... ]
Perhaps I've lived for too long.
[ and he would have to continue doing so, for centuries to come. ]
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[hm.
she probably doesn't have any proper words to actually answer him, but-]
Hey, can you kneel a little bit real quick?
[...inaba???]
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[ well, he'll do as she asks and kneel down to her height. ]
Like this?
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not that she has anything malicious in mind because he's just going to get headpats.]
Maybe it's not my right to say this but - you've been working really hard all this time, haven't you?
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maybe he should have expected this after cinque did the same thing.
he closes his eyes, trying to swallow the knot that formed in his throat, maintaining a melancholic smile. ]
I doubt others would agree with that, Miss Inaba. My mistakes made many of you suffer--you included, I'm sure. If only I had been stronger, something like this would have never happened. [ he'll stand up, nodding. ] That is why I must continue to work, even more than before. For the sake of the world and everyone in it.
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Mistakes are a part of life.
And to be honest - it's true that a lot of people suffered. And not everyone is going to agree with me. I'm very much aware of that, but -
I feel that if events didn't go this way, I wouldn't have made the friends that I did. Instead, I'd just be sitting in a corner just filing dull paperwork all on my own, distancing myself from everyone else.
Nobody's perfect, and I think if people think that you should live to such high expectations of perfection... well, those guys are goddamn imbeciles. Now you know and recognize your mistakes. And I think that is important here.
Because you don't know, do you - what would have happened if you had been stronger. Or well, maybe you do, hell if I know. I don't have any powers close to a god, after all. I'm just an ordinary teenage girl from Yokohama. That's all.
[she waves her hand dismissively, confidence brimming in her voice and the words that she says, her smile softening]
We can't think about the 'what ifs' - whether they could have been worse, or better. That doesn't matter to the us who have made these choices. Maybe in another place, another time, there could have been other choices that were made... other paths that were taken.
But that's not our lives, is it? But - I don't think anyone's choices were for nothing, you know? And more importantly, you're getting back up again after made those mistakes and plan on working hard for everyone. There are plenty of people, after all, who aren't willing to rectify them and instead ignore shit to wind up making the same mistakes. If you're not planning on doing that and work hard to fix things for the people in this world - that's fine.
[wait]
Ah, but I should mention to not work too hard for other people, otherwise you'll get 'selfless bastard syndrome' and not take care of yourself and then I'll have to start potentially getting a Gil Alarm.