IC Contact; Exsilium

[debtor]

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text; 12/01

[wilder]

[Zelos, slowly going insane from the snow mission and the fact it's his one year anniversary in this place- has one of two options: seek out hard liquor, or human contact]

[Sadly, he does not have the money for booze.]

Happy Anniversary Allen. We've been in this shithole one year now.

Assuming you haven't starved while I was away, anyway.

[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.

[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.]

[debtor]

I will.

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

[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.

[debtor]

[It's a possibility he has difficulty even considering. He can't bring himself to ask.

Instead:]

We should have thought to pick up winter coats on one of our missions.

[wilder]

[Yes good, focus on a not so important detail]

Oh, yeah. That was an oversight.

Let's do that when I get back, okay?

[Except you'll get canon bumped and run off and WE"LL NEVER GET PROPER WINTER COATS]

[debtor]

[When all else fails, LEVITY.

shh, shh, no idea what you're talking about]

All right. Coats and gloves. I gave my winter gloves to Cat... [ for donuts. ]

[wilder]

Hm? Why'd you do that?

[The kid was pretty resourceful not to be without...]

[debtor]

She was trading food for valuable items.