commune | ♉5

[ Tavros is not feeling festive or interested in capturing beasts. he has not felt like this for several days. and after spending these several days by himself, thinking Deep Thoughts, he has finally emerged to speak on the communicator regarding them, opting for video despite how much harder actually talking is versus typing. he just gives the camera a long look, fumbling for words, before speaking. ]

Uhh, so, there's a matter which has, I guess, come to my attention, recently, and I was thinking about it a lot, and wondering some things, that I couldn't really figure out an answer to, so, I guess what I was wondering is if anyone that's, uhh, here, could maybe help me with the figuring out, that I mentioned, regarding this topic. ...which is that I was wondering about... uh. Individuals who, previously, as in, before they got here, to Johto, when they were at the place they originated from, that were in a state of being, uhh. Not. Alive, anymore.

[ a pause, frowning thoughtfully. ]

It's probably sort of obvious that they're not in that state of un-alive, like I said, now, but, I was wondering if maybe they knew about it when they got here, or... uhh, well, I don't really know exactly, what I'm asking for, I just. It's kind of bothering me, I guess.

[ he starts to say something else but ultimately decides he's staggered through his sentences enough and fumbles uncomfortably with the 'gear before turning it off. ]

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Yeah, they do. At least everyone I know of in the past that died has.

Oh no, that's terrible. It must be really traumatic.

It might be, but I don't really care. Eridan's really the only one that was from that far along.

...Eridan died?

Well. Yeah. Eventually at least.

You didn't know that?

I don't really know any of the, uhh, details regarding the vague information I heard regarding our fate, or, I guess, just some of our fates, maybe.

... I didn't want to ask.

Oh. Sorry, then. [not that he actually sounds all that sorry.]

If you want to know anything I don't mind filling you in. Most of it isn't that good but things are going to get better.

They are?

[ his voice cracks a little from the effort of sounding optimistic. ]

Yeah, they are! The voices stopped and everything, so I know everything will be okay.

Oh, that does sound like it could possibly be a good sign, I guess. But I don't know if that kind of good news can, uhh, be applicable in a way that's practical to individuals that are dead.

But we can still see them when we're asleep, at least. It's not really that bad.

Yeah...

[ pause. he better just summon up some nerve and get this over with! ]

Sollux? Am I one of the ones who, uhh, who died, too?

[loooooong pause]

...I don't actually know. You might be, but everyone got really spread out and we couldn't keep track of everyone any more. I only know about a couple of the others.

Oh. Okay.

[ well that's. okay, that doesn't help at all, but he still sighs a little, anyway. ]

It's just that Karkat said something funny when I talked to him, uhh, when he first got here, and one time Vriska said something weird, too. So I was in a state of thinking that maybe it was a situation that also might apply to me, despite that I heard some things that were good, regarding myself, also from Karkat, too. It's pretty confusing.

KK's farther along in the timeline than I am. And we lost track of Vriska when I'm from. So... I really don't know.

I hope I don't have to ask them, if I can be honest, uhh, about it...

You don't have to ask them, it's your choice. If you're here instead of there it doesn't even matter, anyway.

That's probably true, essentially, so maybe I shouldn't worry about it...

[ but he still sounds Worried About It. ]

That's your choice too. It's kind of dumb to worry about it if you can't do anything about it though.

Except if there was a thing that could be done about it, then it wouldn't be dumb.

But there's nothing that can be done, since when we go back we don't remember anything from here.

So, yes, I recall this being a thing that was said is an effect that takes place upon departure from Johto, so, my theory is that, what I will do is just, not go back, maybe.

That works. That's sort of what I'm hoping for, too. Being blind really isn't that bad, but I don't really want to go back and have anything else weird happen.