[OPEN] Keke, that is incomprehensible! But… it’s worth the try.

[psychokinesia]

Who: Add & you!
What: A catch-all for November, feat. Add trying to harness the power of electricity via questionable life choices, trying to drown out all the nightmare-induced trauma with copious amounts of caffeine, and becoming a robot?? maybe???
Prompts will be in the toplevels, but feel free to hit me up at BlueFlewFedUQueen if you have any other ideas!
Where: Various locations (mainly Takoba Beach, the Merlaut and Heavenly Blanc)
When: Early to mid "November" (time isn't fake anymore i guess but months still are SO)
Content Warnings: None yet! unless you count like... trying to get hit by lightning?? it's fine. he's fine. I'll update this later.

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[forethinking]

... What exactly? (Ren tilts his head in utter confusion. There wasn't anything wrong with snoozing on that bar.

Ren himself has done this several times. He's curling a tip of his hair as he waits for the water to boil, shrugging to himself simply because... If it was a threat, he hasn't picked up on it.)

[psychokinesia]

Yeah, that's right. You didn't see anything... [yeah, you better play along coffee boy. a wise move.

That is, apparently, a satisfying answer, so Add stops glaring at Ren for now and rubs the sore side of his face. He's still feeling pretty out of it... ugh.]

I'm gonna need another cup.

[forethinking]

(-- 💧

That's not what he meant. He has no idea what he wasn't supposed to have seen!! But whatever. Moment's passed and finally, the kettle starts its whistle and Ren goes back to working.)

I can see that. Are you ok?

[psychokinesia]

Tch, of course I'm okay. Didn't we just talk about this? [Ren please!! You didn't see anything, remember?! So he's totally fine and there's nothing to talk about...!

For a moment it seems like he might just leave it at that... but he sighs, leaning forward with his arms folded over the counter. It's not like there's much point lying about it, so.]

Just a little tired, that's all. Don't feel like dealing with it yet. [because, y'know.]

[forethinking]

(Considering what they've all just went through, Ren doesn't push it either. Instead, he just sets a cup of coffee in front of the other man and takes one for himself.)

There's a room upstairs. (Ya know. If you'd like to rest.)

[psychokinesia]

[It's tempting to try and just down it all in one go again... but that didn't help him much last time. So instead he starts dumping a bunch of sugar into it. Maybe this will help?? (also, he likes it sweet, don't judge)]

Do you have a listening problem? I said I'll deal with it later. If you're going to keep prattling at me, at least talk about something else.

[it's not exactly the best start to a conversation, but really, he could use a bit of background noise to keep him awake...]

[forethinking]

(He was just trying to help-- and he ended up with a heart attack instead. So Add doesn't like coffee, he likes coffee-flavored sugar. He slow blinks to ride out the shock, which means he barely even processed what Add had said.)

...

(Words?? Come back??)

Like what? (Nailed it.)

[psychokinesia]

Like... I don't know. Something more interesting. [there is at least 4 sugars in there if not more... sorry, Ren, he is oblivious to your suffering.]

Tell me about where you're from. I need to master dimensional travel anyway, so maybe knowing what sorts of places are being picked from will help with that.

[forethinking]

Is that something you can do?

(He blinks a few times, just confused rather than in disbelief. He just not looking at the coffee, it's better for everybody.)

I'm from Japan, like many others.

[psychokinesia]

I've worked with such technology before. Dimensional travel is just teleportation on a grander scale, so it's hardly outside of my capabilities. [whether that's overconfidence or not is still up for debate, but at least he's determined to try.]

Japan... never heard of it. Give me more details. History, architecture—this world copies things, are there any locations here that are familiar to you? A name alone is useless to me.

[forethinking]

(That is actually cool? He pictured that Add knew of technology he couldn't even imagine, but this confirms his suspicions either way.

History and architecture... He spent a lot of time in class making Molotovs, so it's fair to say he isn't the most reliable source. The other part, though, he can answer.)

Many. Part of the school, the bathhouse, part of this cafe and the subway. (He omits Mementos, because that's not exactly Japan, it's the Metaverse itself.)

[psychokinesia]

Interesting. So there's a fair bit of representation here... [more than he can say for his own world, anyway. Yeah, let's just not talk about the monstrosity that is meatmentos.]

Let's start with this cafe, then. "Heavenly Blanc" doesn't appear to be the original name for this place, and it's obvious that the decorations clash with each other. What parts are the ones that are familiar to you? Also, do you know of any others here from Japan?

[forethinking]

No. It's LeBlanc.

(It's probably the tenth time Ren has had this conversation, but this was mostly at the beginning, when the concept was a mystery and the feeling was new. It does occur to him that he never spoke to Add about these things though, and perhaps the other has information Ren may have overlooked.

The boy takes his cup of coffee and his probation notebook that rests inside the jacket hanged on the wall to sit next to the other. It's easier that way. He writes everything down.)

Everything that looks more like a cafe and the attic, (Read: His room.) There are more Japanese people here than not, although from different realities, I suppose.

[psychokinesia]

[Ah, notes—he can appreciate someone who bothers to keep notes. He nods along to Ren's answer as he stirs his sugary coffee.]

So that leaves the "Heavenly" part. Different realities... hmm, yes, that matches what I've heard as well. Different points in time, either from the same timeline or with minor differences between. I haven't encountered anyone else from Elrios, but it does seem like there are a few "groups" here from similar worlds.

Have you discovered anything on your own that's worth noting? [since he knows now that Ren's already been keeping track of this sort of stuff—better to just skip the formalities and go straight for the Good Shit™]

[forethinking]

Nothing that you haven't, I believe.

(On the page, there's the respective world of each monument that he has the answer to. Perhaps, if Add is observant to the contents of the notebook, he will notice Mementos being under his own category.)

I don't think there's a pattern or logic on what shows.