That's true. Technically we have ghosts in our world too, but they don't usually live that separate from us? This afterlife is completely different...
[ as for the following question, flat shakes his head. ]
We share memories, I think. Sort of. I can exist while I'm alive, but I can't exist while I'm alive. That sort of thing. Kind of like how you can't be awake and asleep at the same time.
[ if rex can't follow, that's fine. flat often can't follow either. ]
Kijima said that it was probably because we didn't die in the correct place. So none of us turned to Dust like you guys. So it's kind of like...being half dead. Have you ever heard of stories of people that were declared dead and then came back to days later? Kind of like that!
[ not morbid at all! worst of all is that it doesn't make sense for flat, either. he's simply vibing with the situation. ]
Reze punched me really hard! I think that, plus the fact that I wasn't really dead, gave me a chance to come back mostly intact.
So you showed up here while dying, and then...stopped dying? How'd you already know about your whole...other-you thing if you stopped dying before you actually...died?
[ he shrugs. ] No clue. I don't know what I was doing before I got here or what situation I was in. And I don't really know anyone here that well either.
That sounds tough...but it's also like a new opportunity.
[ of course flat's going to find a silver lining. it's in his nature. ]
It might be kinda overwhelming, but I think you could start fresh! You might not know people very well, but there's other people that do. For example, Kururin is kind of like an engineer. A genius one, at that.
You'll be surprised at the friendships you can make in a short while.
[ in other words: try it out! but then again, flat is quite the social butterfly. ]
I...I didn't get along with many people, actually. I mean, I got along with Susato, maybe...and that was about it. Now that I think about it, I should have probably taken that as a warning sign.
[ because good lord if you get along with a monster--
oh, wait, right. ]
Xie Lian, too. But he's not human, so that's not surprising.
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The weird head stuff has been with me my whole life. But I guess I can't ever get used to something like that.
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...does it mess with your memories? Or--what is it, exactly? [ tentative, as if afraid to touch on something too personal. ]
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[ as for the following question, flat shakes his head. ]
We share memories, I think. Sort of. I can exist while I'm alive, but I can't exist while I'm alive. That sort of thing. Kind of like how you can't be awake and asleep at the same time.
[ if rex can't follow, that's fine. flat often can't follow either. ]
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[ he nods! ]
Which is why it handled things after I returned from that adventure thingy. I, technically, died.
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[ the fuck. this makes no sense. ]
So how'd you get back to being Flat, if you were dead?
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[ not morbid at all! worst of all is that it doesn't make sense for flat, either. he's simply vibing with the situation. ]
Reze punched me really hard! I think that, plus the fact that I wasn't really dead, gave me a chance to come back mostly intact.
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...wait. How do you even know all this? If it only comes up when you die...has this happened to you before?
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[ he just? nods? nonchalantly. ]
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[ he taps his temple with a finger. ]
Besides, I’ve always known I was different. I’m… well, it’s kind of like…I can’t help being like this? Like, acting weird and stuff.
[ he gestures at himself. sometimes you are aware that you are an annoying dumbass… ]
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[ he thought you were just naturally like that tbh ]
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[ he shrugs. it is what it is, as much as he dislikes it. ]
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[ he shrugs! ]
But maybe it doesn't matter what I am, as long as I believe in what I think I am. So if I think I'm human, therefore I am.
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I'm technically not human either. Maybe it's some kind of prerequisite for weird brain stuff.
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[ flat laughs, shaking his head. ]
But what I said also applies to you. If you think you're human, then you are. That's just how it is.
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[ nods. he believes in you. ]
What will you do when you're alive again?
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[ of course flat's going to find a silver lining. it's in his nature. ]
It might be kinda overwhelming, but I think you could start fresh! You might not know people very well, but there's other people that do. For example, Kururin is kind of like an engineer. A genius one, at that.
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I don't know if starting fresh is possible though. I mean, it's been weeks now, and everyone else is already so close with each other.
What did you do when you got all...other-you-y?
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[ in other words: try it out! but then again, flat is quite the social butterfly. ]
I...I didn't get along with many people, actually. I mean, I got along with Susato, maybe...and that was about it. Now that I think about it, I should have probably taken that as a warning sign.
[ because good lord if you get along with a monster--
oh, wait, right. ]
Xie Lian, too. But he's not human, so that's not surprising.
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