IC Contact; Exsilium

[debtor]

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voice;

[blossomgale]

Blech! It tastes nothing like a candy bar. [ She knows what good candy bars taste like okay!! This is what happens when your world has a town with a chocolate fountain in the main square... ]

[debtor]

[...It has been a year.

A year. When he arrived one December ago, he never thought for a second he'd still be here, after all this time. The last time he walked the Order's halls, the last time he saw an Akuma's soul, it feels like a lifetime ago...

so does the last time he had a decent meal, god.]

Happy anniversary.

Sophie misses your cooking. [ just the cooking. ]

How is it down there?

[wilder]

[he doesn't know if this is a happy anniversary or not. He sure hadn't planned on still being alive. And really after an extra year of living...he can't figure out if it's a good thing or not]

...My cooking or actually getting cooked food?

It's snowy. Very, very snowy.

And for some reason, people keep making a big deal that there are yetis down here.

[debtor]

Your cooking, I'm sure!

It was always rain, before.

What is a yeti?

[wilder]

Yeah? She's not being picky again, is she?

I guess, but I think I'd take the constant rain over this.

Some kind of monster that lives in snow.

voice;

[debtor]

[HE'S TRYING, HERE.]

It sort of does! [ if you. squint?? ]

And there's crab! [ it's fake. ]

[debtor]

A little.

Snow monsters?? Are you safe?

[wilder]

[He sighs to himself. Of course she is.] Great. Well, if all else fails- just try your best to make crablettes okay?

Uh- sure. Why not? They're just monsters. [Says the overpowered JRPG character.]

voice;

[blossomgale]

But I don't just want crab. I want crablettes. [ She might be able to settle with it having imitation crab... GASP! Even if it doesn't compare to the real thing. Better to have Kaneis' imitation crablettes than any cafeteria food. ]

voice;

[debtor]

[hrmghgm]

I could try making some...

[debtor]

I will.

Doesn't 'monster' imply that they're dangerous? They're not attacking?

voice;

[blossomgale]

[ ...! ]

Could you?! [ Oh gosh, she sounds so excited and is totally looking forward to this!!! ]

voice;

[debtor]

[AHA HA...

Brightly!!:]

Of course-! It's just an omelet with crab, right?

[wilder]

No. Where I'm from, monsters are creatures who are smarter and stronger than regular animals. And sometimes have freaky powers.



Well- there's been a couple attacks, but hey! That's just normal!

[debtor]

That's not normal! Stay safe!

[wilder]

Haha, don't worry don't worry! I'm not planning on leaving the town.

And even if I did, I think I can take a yeti.

[debtor]

[...]

What is the town like?

[wilder]

[a pause]

Nothing like the city we knew.

It's all small villages now. I haven't found anything that seems familiar.

[debtor]

[No, but - how is that possible...]

Nothing?

Not the people? The Initiative?

[wilder]

No one I recognize.

There's rumors some version of the Initiative exists, but...the locals really don't like talking about it. We're still looking into whether or not they still really exist.

[debtor]

[It's a few minutes before he responds.]

All this, it was our doing?

[wilder]

[There's a pause before he answers]

Yeah, it was.

1/2

[debtor]

[They've brought something back. But what, exactly?

The city... The people who lived there, have they simply moved to the towns, or...

He's starting to feel a bit sick.]

Let me know what you find, please.

[debtor]

The Initiative, it must still be there.

[wilder]

[he wonders if Allen is reaching the same conclusion he did awhile back: that their meddling with the timeline went hand-in-hand with erasing people. He had kept it to himself because he knew it would hurt Allen, especially when they had no other means to make things better]

[Just like he's keeping quiet about it now]

I will.

And I'm sure they are. Not everyone can be happy living in this frozen wasteland.