May Event: Lost in Translation

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MAY EVENT: LOST IN TRANSLATION

Who: Everyone!
What: Crash.
When: May 21st to May 30th
Where: Everywhere!
Warnings: Mark as needed!

I Have No Words
Feel free to use this post as an event catch-all for any misfires, island-wide broadcasts, or glitching Stone shenanigans you'd like your characters to get up to! Remember that the Stones of Farspeech do not currently have a texting feature...but that doesn't mean the screen they use to display Caller I.D. can't display text, on occasion. Bear in mind that this screen is small and therefore has limited display options.

If you have any questions, feel free to look over our OOC event post here, and ask any questions as needed!

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[onegreeneye]

That too. [Sorry to confirm your fears like that, Yukio.

Green. That's helpful. Really, that and the hooves are the main things that stick out to Ginko as different from how he is now - though he suppose his "variant's" horns and tail may not look like his own.]

So I gather. That must have made preparing for any potential incoming changes pretty difficult.

[reflash]

[Yukio looks moderately annoyed, thinking back over how inconvenient his changes have been.]

It was more inconvenient than anything else. [He admits, and raises a hand to tap a claw gently against the scale covering one of the small eyes on his face.]

These eyes were the worst that happened to me, in terms of the adjustments I had to make. [Going from (almost) normal vision to sight that could take in everything around him almost overnight had been hand (and the placement of some of the eyes didn't help)]

But other than that the alterations tended to be small and easily adjusted to.

[onegreeneye]

That's good, at least. [He can't express any more relief than that.

Ginko takes another sip of his drink, his eye settling on the table for a moment before he replies.] Anything else you wanted to know?

[He knows that's all that's keeping this interaction going. The only reason he's getting the chance to learn anything about this Yukio at all is that he's got information to exchange, and that's entirely fair. He just wishes it didn't set him on edge so much.]

[reflash]

Yes, [Yukio says, before he can stop himself, and he sounds too desperate and he knows it.

He looks down at the rock in his hands and the sharp metal of his claws and takes a moment to try to try and compose himself so he doesn't sound so raw.]

I mean... if there's anything else you would feel comfortable telling me, I'd like to hear it.

[onegreeneye]

[Ginko could almost laugh. He's got no idea if Yukio meant that to be a loaded question, but it sure as hell feels like one. What he's comfortable with depends partly on what Yukio is comfortable with - which he can’t be sure of.

He smiles, but it’s pretty half-hearted.] I was there for almost two years. And the other “you” was there for most of it. “Anything” in that time could cover a lot - probably more than I’d remember in one sitting. [That’s not the whole issue, of course. But it is true.]

[reflash]

[He overreached. He asked for too much, grabbing at handfuls too big to hold on to. And he lost his chance.

Yukio doesn't look up, not really. But that third eye swivels up to look at Ginko, processing subconsciously.]

Of course. I'm sorry for bothering you.

[onegreeneye]

[Ginko's ears flick upward - though, even if it weren't for that, Yukio might be able to see his surprise on his face. That is not what he wanted.] You're not bothering me at all.

When I say I can't remember it all at once, I'm not making excuses. It's-- [His tail thumps on the ground, once, twice.] I might have some trouble working out what should and shouldn't be said. But that doesn't mean I don't want to say any of it.

[reflash]

[Ginko's being too accommodating, too polite. Yukio knows he's pushing it, but he can't stop, he can't just not rush headlong into things.]

Please don't force yourself on my account. It's not as important as I'm acting like it is. [and that was too much, too honest]

[onegreeneye]

[It's not important. Ginko's tail thumps uncomfortably, and he pushes past that. By all accounts, Yukio seems to just be doing what he would in this position; it doesn't mean he actually doesn't want to talk.] I'm not forcing myself.

Look, just because I might have trouble talking about some things doesn't mean I don't want to. And, if you want to learn about what happened over there, I don't want to just pretend that I don't have anything to say.

[reflash]

I just want to do this properly. [Yukio says, so quietly it might be hard to hear because as soon as he says it, while he says it he knows it's a mistake.]

I mean I... [he what?] I don't know what I'm doing, but I don't want to mess this up.

not QUITE the right icon but this is my life for now

[onegreeneye]

[Actually, as he speaks, Ginko smiles - just slightly, a slow shift in his expression. It is, in a way, kind of reassuring that he's not the only one nervous about doing this right.

If he's not the person who's the most lost here, maybe he can be of some help.]

Neither do I. But the best way to figure it out will probably be to keep trying to address it, right?

[reflash]

[Ginko doesn't brush him off. That's unexpected, that gets Yukio looking up at the man with an expression that doesn't manage to completely hide his surprise.

How many times has he pressed for answers and just been brushed off? This is... abnormal.]

If you're all right with that.

[But then he... doesn't have anything to say. He's never gotten to this point before ]

[onegreeneye]

I am. [This... might work. So far, it's going a hell of a lot better than his low expectations had accounted for.

So he might as well say what's come to mind.]

I do want you to know that I'm glad I knew the other “you” - and, if you’re alright with it, I’d like to know this one. If I think of anything else you might want to know, it only follows that I'll want to tell you.

[reflash]

I... would like to get to know you as well. [Yukio admits, quietly.]

I don't know what you might like to know, but if you have any questions, I am willing to try and answer them.

[onegreeneye]

[That pinprick of hope hadn't quite settled yet - and it doesn't until Yukio says that. Ginko is just glad that he can at least still control his expression enough not to blatantly give away what a relief it is, because that would be embarrassing.]

I'll... let you know if I think of anything. [He's still not totally sure how much he wants to know about... this other him, this other world Yukio was in. But maybe that will change eventually.]

In the meantime, I'm just... glad we ended up talking about this at all.

[Not that he thinks he should have gone to Yukio about it sooner, nor is he glad for the stones being busted. Just because something worked out doesn't make everything about it good.]

[reflash]

[Yukio doesn't say "I'm glad" because he isn't. It's been a rough conversation, it's something he didn't want to talk about, it's heavy and bitter and just generally unwelcome.]

It was important that we talk about it. Thank you for your time. [And he stands. He's ready for this whole thing (stones included) to just be over.]

[onegreeneye]

[If Ginko didn't know Yukio so well - a Yukio, anyway, even if he's just getting to know this one - he might not notice that choice of words. He might not be the most socially competent guy around, but he's good with... some details. Like how precise Yukio tends to be with his words.

Well. It does make a lot of sense that Yukio wouldn't be thrilled with this whole, agonizingly awkward situation. Maybe he shouldn't have said he was.

The nice thing, he guesses, about this Yukio not knowing him as well is that maybe he won't notice the pause before Ginko responds, or the way his expression catches as he keeps it from changing too much.]

No problem. Thank you, too.