catchall for emma

[leaberator]

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[foodbin]

[There's a long pause. The gears are turning in her head.]

Why do you have gravity defying hair and a duck friend?

[is she starting a list]

[leaberator]

I dunno about friends...

[ he looks like he has never thought about whether he should count Donald Duck as a friend or not before, because he hasn't. ]

Everyone from his world is talking animals. Y'know, duck, mouse, dog, chipmunks...

[foodbin]

Of course there's a chipmunk.

[closes eyes]

Anyways, was that the entire story, or...?

[leaberator]

Two.

[ he does not tell her they made his phone, because he's nice. and also because she just shamed him ]

Okay, so I couldn't think of anything. Everything's so interconnected, it's a major brainache trying to untangle something decent out of it.

[foodbin]

[She laughs despite herself.]

Yeah... I think I get it, actually. Well, not the story, obviously, but the whole interconnected part.

[leaberator]

See? So, how about you give it a go?

[foodbin]

Do I get dealers choice too, or do you have a specific request?

[leaberator]

I guess dealer's choice is fine, since I messed my side up.

[foodbin]

[She pauses for a moment, thinking.]

You remember how I told you I quit my job, right?

[leaberator]

Yeah?

[ deets??? ]

[foodbin]

Well. I got really fed up and I gave this big speech about how I didn't sign up for the shit they were making me do, I threw my apron on the ground, it was all very dramatic.

[A beat.]

And then I realized my bosses were both aliens, so that took some of the impact out of it.

[oh]

[leaberator]

Aliens?

[ he knows what aliens are, he's just Shook ]

Wait, is that the... is that what was possessing people in your world?

[foodbin]

[She nods.]

Word of advice. If an unexplained meteor ever crash lands in your town, leave immediately.

[leaberator]

Roger that. [ ... well, technically, that sort of happened in Radiant Garden, didn't it? huh. ] Maybe this is the real reason there's so many rules about going to other worlds.

[ aliens is not the reason, axel, and you know it. ]

[foodbin]

[A surprised laugh.]

Rule number one: if you go to another world, don't try to take it over.

[leaberator]

The exact wording is "don't meddle", but I'm sure taking it over is also frowned upon.

[foodbin]

I think taking it over probably falls under the meddling umbrella.

[leaberator]

It doesn't hurt to specify.

[foodbin]

Well, you’ve already got a leg up on them, then.

[leaberator]

Good to know I'm better than aliens.

[ he leans back a bit, staring up at the sky ]

... But if I'm honest, the world I'm from kinda went through the wringer already.

[foodbin]

[The way she scoots a little closer makes it clear she’s curious, even if she doesn’t want to push.]

[leaberator]

[ ... he stays quiet for a bit as if mulling over his words ]

... The darkness back home doesn't just target people. It can destroy worlds, too. Every time a star went out in the sky, it meant another world had fallen to it.

[foodbin]

...I'm guessing there's no coming back from something like that.

[leaberator]

Well... it ain't easy, but it is possible. About a year ago, some kid came by and restored all the worlds that were lost at once.

[ he sounds inexplicably fond ]

[foodbin]

[After a few moments:]

Sounds like a pretty impressive kid.