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[knightofratatosk]

[Morning finds Emil lugging a bulging knapsack up the road to the bridge near CH #1, the ends of what look like a couple of glass bottles sticking out of it. Whatever is inside it seems to be rather heavy-- he has to stop every few yards to rest, but he's determined to make it to his destination despite this.

Once he gets to the bridge, he unzips the knapsack and begins unpacking the contents. Inside is a whole array of glass bottles, each one containing a letter addressed to a friend who has left Luceti. Richter, Marta, Tenebrae, Horatio, Luke, Faize, Lloyd, Genis-- each one of them (as well as several other people) gets a letter. He figures that with all of the creepy supernatural stuff going on lately, maybe, just maybe, if he drops these bottles into the stream now, they'll somehow reach the intended recipients. It can't hurt to try, right? If nothing else, it might make him feel a little bit better about hearing voices and seeing things.

... or so he hopes.]

Comments

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's another experiment...

[knightofratatosk]

[He shakes his head.]

But it's lasted for more than a week.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

I just don't want you to get your hopes up only to be disappointed again.

[knightofratatosk]

No, it's okay... even if they are spirits, that's all they are. It's not the same thing as them actually being here.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Why do you believe in spirits so much, anyway?

[knightofratatosk]

Because I...

[Should he tell her? She wouldn't be the only one who knows, and he does trust her not to go spreading it around...]

... because I am one.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

You're-

[But she's talking to him right now. And as far as she knows, he's solid.]

How?

[knightofratatosk]

I'm one of the summon spirits from my world... the summon spirit Ratatosk.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Ratatosk? Isn't that the...other half of your personality? [The asshole?]

[knightofratatosk]

[He swallows hard.]

That's the real me.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

And Emil is what? Fake?

[knightofratatosk]

[A tiny nod.]

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[LINEFACE.:|]

You know that's not true. You're more real that most people I know.

[knightofratatosk]

But that doesn't change that I'm not the real me.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

But you aren't Ratatosk. You're an entirely different person.

[knightofratatosk]

I am Ratatosk, I'm just a part of him... I think. A part of him that was created.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

For what purpose? [She indulges him.]

[knightofratatosk]

I don't know... Richter and Tenebrae wouldn't tell me that part.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

You have a right to know.

[knightofratatosk]

They said it would mess with the timeline or something like that.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

That's assuming you even remember your experiences here when you're returned to your world.

[knightofratatosk]

I want to remember... I have to.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

You would certainly be very different from when you first arrived in Luceti.

[knightofratatosk]

You really think so? I don't feel that different at all...

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Change is seldom noticeable when it's gradual.