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BC THAT STOCKE THREAD...LMFF

[soft_focus]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i...saw you talking about leo. I guess.

and....the reason he was doing it was...

...why he was making war, I mean....

...it was...more than merging the dimensions....and...even though it was bad, there was another reason for the cards...

[Ooof. Hold on.]

CCC-REDHORSE HAS SENT A VOICE MESSAGE

....can you turn a radio on, so I can come over..?

...it's hard to type it.

[WHAT DO YOU KNOW, CHILD.]

oh hi

[abysmalactor]

Huh? Reira?

[He'd ask more, but....he's barely processed what he's read before he's turning around to look for a radio.]

oh uh, sure. hang on. gimmie a second.

[For all of the fourth supporters that used to live in here, he's having a surprisingly hard time finding a radio. in fact, he doesn't find one until he wanders into Yuzu's room next door, picking up one of the small hand radios she tended to keep around to use for easy transport whenever possible. It's dusty, just like everything else left behind in there.

he's out of there fast, once he sneezes.]

okay, i've got one on now

[soft_focus]

[Reira doesn't send much of an answer-she just sort of teleports in, her new horns swinging a bit behind her as she materializes.

She looks rather anxious....and waits, for now.]

[abysmalactor]

[Sawatari tilts his head, waiting for her to start. When it becomes clear that she's not about to, well...]

So, er...what's up?

[nice.]

[soft_focus]

[Reira swallows, looking to the side.] You said.... ...you don't know most of what Leo was doing, right..?

....Niisama... ....niisama didn't either. ...He knew he was destroying the dimensions, but....

[She is quiet, for a few seconds, but eventually she continues.] ....When niisama and I cornered him... ....that was when Leo explained.

It....

[She swallows.]

...It's where I learned about Ray-neesama.

[abysmalactor]

Heh...? Hang on, so...

[Sawatari tilts his head, confused.]

So you're sayin' that Reiji didn't understand most of what was going on with his dad either, but he was still leadin' us off to fight him and stuff? Man...

[Never mind the...the other stuff. Ray? Neesama? What the hell.]

[soft_focus]

...He knew Leo was hurting people. ...That was enough, right? But...

....Leo wanted Yuzu. And Serena. And Ruri. And Rin.... ...because they were 'pieces'.

....like Yuuya, Yuuto, Yuugo, and Yuuri were.

....They were pieces of Reiji's sister, from before he was alive. Of Ray.

[How far does THAAAAT get you buddy-]

[abysmalactor]

Huh...? Pieces...? That'd explain how they all looked alike but-

[He shakes his head. Hold on. Yuya, and Yuzu? Pieces?! Of something? But-]

That doesn't make sense, they're all their own people, aren't they? You can't just-split someone up into a buncha people like-

[Hang on. Waaait.] Since when did Akaba have another sister...?

[soft_focus]

....The dimensions were split up, [She 'notes', using the very revealed fact to explain it.]

..............They split up, and the ones who did it, split up too. ....the pieces grew up, and others grew up...

....But Leo remembered. ....And...

...He wanted her, instead of niisama, I guess.

[abysmalactor]

I...wait, wait. [What...?] So, the Standard, Fusion, Synchro, and XYZ dimensions all used to be...one dimension?

[...He guesses it makes sense in a weird way. Why would dimensions be split up by card game types, anyway...? But, hold on.]

...Didn't that Professor Akaba guy want to fuse the dimensions together? If he's returning things to the way they were, then... [His face scrunches up in something like disgust.]

Wouldn't that make him the good guy?

[soft_focus]

The dimensions.... ....That would be a way to what he wanted.

[Also, she frowns.] ..........it definitely wouldn't, anyway.

...............Leo wanted his daughter back. ........He wanted Ray back.

........And to put Ray back...........he needed the four pieces that she broke into with everything.

[Deep breath now, and-] ........Kurosaki-niisan's sister. Yuugo's friend. Serena. And... ....Yuzu.

...He needed them.

And then he could use the dimensions going back together...to put them back.

[abysmalactor]

...Uh, well I guess he's not, after the whole war stuff, right...

[Oh, good. Now things are simple again. Except they're not, because, wait, wait, what? Yuzu was-hold up. What?]

I...wait.

[You're not lying. Your face is totally serious. Not that Reira would lie or anything, but still-]

Yuzu is Akaba's older sister?!

[Hold on. He was crushing on Akaba's big sis.

What the hell.]

[soft_focus]

[Dead se- well. Mm.] ...It's not....that easy.

Ray broke into pieces-but those pieces grew up from babies, so.... ...Yuzu-neesan was a piece of Ray, [She explains.]

...Since they became themselves though, they weren't the same as her any more, I don't think.

...I don't think Leo cared about that at all, though.

[But yes, yes you were crushing on his older sister. How do you FEEL, Shingo.]

[abysmalactor]

[Oh, because that makes things so much better, it does. One fourth of a girl from the original dimension and that girl happens to be Reiji's older sister!]

Wait, but then-what does that make us? Like...are we from that original world too, and we don't remember? Or did we not exist before then either? And, uh, er-wait, but, wouldn't he need to keep that kinda stuff in mind about them? Like, if they're different now, there's no way they'd make Ray again, right? Or, uh, since they came from her, they're like...uh...her kids? He's got grandkids...? New kids...? Er...

[Yeah, he gave up on trying to rationalize this. HE FEELS REALLY HELLA AWKWARD, REIRA.]

[soft_focus]

[......WWwwellllll-] .......Are you older, or younger than Yuzu-neesan? [She asks, before continuing.]

....If you....used enough energy from people, [She starts slowly.] ....from....cards of people...

....You could probably make them 'scatter'. ...so they could go back together, that way. ....He didn't want all four.

...He wanted 'Ray', whole.

[.........Also.] They're not Ray's kids, they're pieces of Ray.

Like if you made my happy parts one person and my sad parts another person.

[abysmalactor]

Er, um...older? I think?

[He was in a different class from them back in school, so...]

Wait...so that...that's why they're carding people? He wants to just...use us as sacrifices? There's no way...

[He gulps. Maybe a few years ago, he wouldn't be able to say this kind of thing with such certainty, but after being in Ryslig for so long...after meeting the horror of death head on and coming back...]

Even if it was to come back...there's no way anyone would want to come back like that...! Can't that Professor guy see that...?

[Obviously not, since he's doing it.]

[soft_focus]

[No, obviously Not, Shingo, and you get a bit of a frown for a bit because of that. ....But also a sigh, as she finds the big couch to sit on.] ...It's like I said, right. It's all he thinks about.

....even though he got a son, it's all he thinks about. ...Maybe Reiji-niisama, and people like you, existed before. Maybe you didn't.

...But it's not important if you did or didn't-what's important is that you exist now, right?

[abysmalactor]

Huh...

[Sawatari frowns a little. Was Leo Akaba really like that...? He never really remembered much of the man that he was forced to be introduced to at a young age, being more interested in striking up a rivalry with the son to start with.]

I mean, I guess that makes sense now that I think about it...I mean the way Akaba used to act and stuff, before all this. But...yeah, it's kinda sad that the Professor won't even acknowledge that...

[soft_focus]

You mean....Niisama? [She asks, before frowning.] ...I mean... ...Niisama didn't know about any of this until we found out in Academia, but...

....I guess you would know that, more than me.

[abysmalactor]

Huh...?

[Oh right, you were...adopted, right...]

Yeah, Reiji was totally different when we were your age. You wouldn't have believed it.

[Does he get to tell Reira embarrassing niisan stories? he does! excellent.]

[soft_focus]

Really? [She's sitting nice and cozy, so....Tell her more!] ....Can you tell me about it?

[abysmalactor]

Mn, well, if ya want...

[You're snuggling in his fur again, aren't you. Kids...]

I mean, since we were both the only kids of pretty high-society families, we met a lot at those ritzy kinda dinners, you know? You've seen one of those yet? The ones that are basically a huge excuse to do some political networking.

[soft_focus]

There was one dinner that Draco's dad had..?

...It was a party, but I think he wanted it to be fancier, [She 'explains', before nodding.] ...If you only saw each other at dinners, does that mean you didn't see each other a lot?

[abysmalactor]

Nah, you'd be surprised how many dinners we all had. If one politician wasn't throwing one, then it was some business tycoon or a lobbyist...attending them is practically a duty in and of itself, actually! So we probably saw each other at least once every week or two...

[soft_focus]

[Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-] You had parties every week..!?

Wouldn't you get tired..!?