devourthemfirst | Second Misfortune

[After a short trip to the grocery store, Czes comes back to the fifth floor of building seven and sets out the box of spaghetti and can of tomato sauce out on the counter. Despite how Firo made him paranoid about eating the food here, the kid has to eat something.

So as he puts a pot of water on the stove for himself then sits down at a near by table. He stares out the kitchen window for a few minutes, watching the storm outside when boredom strikes him and he pulls out his journal]

You know, it's strange. To think that a lot of us are from 'Earth' and yet they're not the same 'Earth' that each of us are familiar with. For example, someone could be from... I don't know, let's say Tokyo since a bunch of you appear to be from Japan, but it won't be the same Tokyo you know. In some way, it'll be different.

Things never happened the way one person knows it did in their version of Tokyo.

What would that be called again... parallel universes, right?

[He places some of the spaghetti into the pot of boiling water and turns down the stove a little]

So do you think that there might be like... another version of us on our different versions of 'Earth'? It's kind of exciting to think about actually. They'd have different memories, friends and maybe family...

I wonder what would happen if we ran into our other selves on this trip the Malnosso were talking about.

Would the universe just go BOOM? [He throws his hands into the air then chuckles a bit to himself]

Well, it was just a thought. [ ... ] What would you do if you could meet another version of yourself? Would you envy them for having a different life--for being set on a different path?

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Cat ears?? Wow, that actually sounds really interesting... that would make it that much more amazing if he was really your other self!

[That would just prove that you can be a different species in a parallel universe]

Would it? I don't see why.

I guess I can kind of understand why. Even back home, Valentine's Day is a pretty big thing among the adults. I don't really care for it myself though.

Whoa... that's pretty impressive. I had no idea that the Malnosso were able to give us insight on those kinds of things... [It makes him wonder what would have happened if he never drank the elixir, or let Fermet treat him the way ge did]

Golly, Mister, you really do love this Celty woman, don't you?

Well for starters, actually learning that there is another version of you is exciting enough! And actually getting to know how different they are would add to that!

[C'mon Joshua get with the program]

[ You get with the program Czes, alternate worlds are so old hat. ]

That's not exactly on the level of the universe exploding, you realize. Hee hee.

[Oh tish tosh]

I guess not, but it'd be better if the world didn't explode! That way you could spend more time with your other self.

I don't think you'd meet yourself anyway, unless there was another version of yourself in your own world to meet. They did say they're sending us home, after all.

Really?

[He would have thought Czes wouldn't want to trust himself to the Malnosso. But now that he thinks about it... It could be nice to get a chance to continue his search for Ennis. Now he feels like a hypocrite for considering it after freaking out at Seto.]

...I'm not sure either.

[And here is someone who can actually sounds as if she knows what she's talking about.]

It is not necessarily true that touching an alternate version of yourself will result in any detrimental effects. However, certain species are more susceptible than others, and it is a possibility under specific circumstances.

It is not a holiday I particularly have any taste for, either. Romance is... quite outside of my scope of interest. [Also he knows, he just knows that he'd be awful at it.]

Their technology is certainly astounding at times. One might consider this a perfectly logical use of it, actually. After all, what is a "Shift", but an alteration, a change? Experiments like those may be some of the easiest to pull off, save of course for the need to individually design them.

I've already met people that might be alternate versions of ones I know. They look similar, and come from the same places, but have different names and accomplishments.

[....

not even touching the "another you" part of that]

[But you see, Czes, Hayate would never want cat ears. So if his other self had them, he would feel bad. It'd just make him that much of a shota.]

I-I'm not very sure whether or not it would be better if he truly was my other self, sir...

Wow, really? How different are they than your friends??

[Well hello there smart lady! Czes is impressed that you're familiar with this stuff]

Aww well that isn't as fun to imagine. Oh well, I guess that's just how it goes. So how do you know that, Miss?

Well didn't they say we're allowed to go to another person's world?

Yeah.

[He's surprised you didn't immediately take the offer to go home, Firo. especially with Ennis back home]

Well don't you want to go home and see Ennis at all?

Is he that bad of a person?

[ ... Wait]

Sir? [Isn't he supposed to be the one saying 'sir' and 'mister' here? He is the kid after all]

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like it! [He laughs a bit to himself]

Hmmm, well I guess you're right about that. I wonder how long it does take for them to design altered memories for each and every one of us. Especially since there are so many of us.

A-ah... I wouldn't say that he's a bad person...

[Even if Hayate isn't that fond of Leon, he can't really claim that he's a bad person. He's sure he's a good person. Just critical. And rude.]

But yes ah.. Is something wrong? [He calls everyone sir, Czes. It's what he gets for being the butler of a 13 year old.]

Then why wouldn't you want him as your other self?

[Head tilt]

U-um, well there's no need for you to call me sir! Just Benjamin will do. [Stop being so uptight]

In that case, what would be the chances that you meet yourself within only a day if the other person hadn't met you in their whole lifetime?

Of course I wanna see her!

[Why is he yelling? Firo has no idea. He sighs and lowers his voice to its normal volume.]

But I still gotta find her first... I don't trust these guys. Somethin' bad'll happen, if I even made it home in the first place.

[~~I'm a time goddess.~~]

My studies have occasionally taken me into what some might consider odd areas.

[And deflecting now.] Why are you considering such a topic?

Ah, well... that's because I wouldn't want a clone of myself regardless.

[He's already had a robot designed to look and act like him. That did not go over well.]

O-oh, okay! Benjamin-kun it is then. [Or should he drop the honorific...?!] My name's Hayate -- Hayate Ayasaki.

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