DAY 006

[inflori]

( Hey. )

[ Petre is unusually quiet when he reaches out to the station as a whole. All the fellow hosts, awake or currently resting, get a pressing nudge that won't relent until he has their attention. ]

( Is anybody's powers changing, sorta? Like. In a way that you don't even know they are. )

[ There's reluctance to show any true uncertainty in his voice. Misato told him that wanting everyone to think you were a threat was only a sign of your weakness... or something like that. All he knows is that this feels like showing vulnerability. He doesn't like it, but he's more curious than proud right now. ]

( ... I keep changing whenever I look in the mirror. )

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[inflori]

( ... I have no idea how I'm supposed to do any of that. )

[wille]

( Think of the face you do want, your own for example, and keep focusing on changing into that and nothing else. Maybe . . . keep a locket with your own face in it? )

[inflori]

( That sounds stupid. )

[ Or slightly terrifying, that he'd have to keep something lest he forget what his face is like. Being a part of a hive hasn't done anything to compromise his sense of self, but now -

- fuck. ]

( Why can't I just make it stop. )

[wille]

( One day you'll learn to make it stop. But you need to make do to get to that point first. )

[inflori]

( The guy I used to practice with is gone. )

[wille]

( You can practice with me.

I won't even ask after-- uhm other body parts. Promise! )

[inflori]

( You're so gross. )

[ is that a yes

it's a yes ]

[wille]

( Whatever. You like me anyway. )

[inflori]

( And an idiot. )

[ Petre, redefining the tsundere trope since Asuka-whatever her name became in Rebuild. ]

im laughs

[wille]

( Don't make me pinch you for being too cute. )

[inflori]

[ If Petre was a cat he'd be chewing on her arm. Angrily. ]

( Since when am I fucking cute. )

[wille]

( Since just now. )

[ There's no winning, Petre, there just isn't. ]

[inflori]

( I'm gonna ignore you now. )