audience: valvatorez

[cyclists]

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[cyclists]

Maybe not, but it's also not impossible as long as you find a connection. [But oh, we're talking about dead people again. There's a nod.]

We can see everything that happens on Thursday nights when we go backwards and look. We always know the guilty parties and how it was completed.

[omegathree]

I see. You can't share that easily though, can you?

[A connection...] I believe most of us are trying to stop the darkness together, but that's probably not deep enough.

[cyclists]

No. If we were able to tell you exactly what happened and when, it'd go against how the universe wants things done. Even if we don't agree with the method.

[There's a shake of his head.] That's more like a goal, not a connection.

[omegathree]

[Why is the universe so fussy. Is it because it's a little baby.]

Hm... That's how I connected to my comrades at home. What's the difference between the two?

[cyclists]

You can share a goal with somebody and not be friends, first of all. Are you friends with every single person you've ever worked with?

[omegathree]

[Val, who works with very few people, now that I think about it:]

I'm comrades with all of them.

[cyclists]

And how much do you know about all of them outside of work and the goals you share? [Val...]

[omegathree]

[None of them are here and he misses every one of them so here we go, I guess.]

I know Fenrich is loyal to me. He lies, threatens and tricks people, but he always thinks he's doing it for a good cause. [A Val related cause. What a mess.] Even when I lost my powers, he always supported me and never gave up on me.

Artina is a brave and fearless young woman who turned into an angel. Her heart is pure and her kindness is endless. Even when she's sent to gather money, she can't stop worrying about the people around her and trying to help them. She's surrounded by demons, and yet she still tries to help whenever she's able.

Fuka is a girl who died and believed so strongly that she hadn't she broke the limits of her species. She's stubborn, strong-willed and will always speak her mind. She's impossible to discourage, even when reality is telling her the truth.

Desco is a man-made final boss who will become a magnificent final boss. She went from someone who cried when she lost and had little confidence and relied on Fuka's approval. Now I'm training her to become a magnificent final boss.

Emizel came a long way from the boy who relied on his father's name and had no skills or power for himself. He used to be the biggest wimp I knew. He finally surpassed his father and obtained the power to become the Netherworld President. Now he has confidence in himself.

[cyclists]

[That's a lot of detail, and it's at least nice to know that Val knows more about his teammates than just the baseline information. There's a thoughtful hum as Sol thinks this over though.]

Would you spend time with these people if you didn't have a common goal to go after? Do you consider them your…comrades even outside of situations like that? Like. If you didn't have to be drawn to the same goal, do you think you would have connected with them on your own?

[omegathree]

[i can't believe you made me write all of that.

He takes a moment to think it over.]

Now I would because they are all important to me. Once someone is my comrade, that's what they are. It doesn't change.

If we didn't have the same goal, I'm not certain we would have met.

[cyclists]

[That's still an answer Sol can understand, at least.]

A connection is something that's special and holds people together even after a goal is reached. A goal is just something people work toward and once it's done they have no reason to talk to each other again. And that's what the difference is, I think.

Are there people here you would still want to see when this is all over?

[omegathree]

[Val gets it. Almost. But at the same time- he's never just left somebody after he's worked with them for an extended amount of time.]

Yes, there are. I'd like to keep in contact with you, Akane, Shess, Namine and Milla. I'm sure there will be others. As I get to know people better, I want to keep in contact with them.

[cyclists]

...that's good to hear. [It means progress.] I hope we can find a way to make that happen then.

[omegathree]

If the universe can bring us here, it doesn't seem impossible to make that happen. Especially if it's young and can be shaped.

[cyclists]

Young and impressionable, sure, but that also doesn't mean it'll actually listen if it doesn't think it's the right thing to do. So we have to prove that.

[omegathree]

Any ideas on how to convince it?

[cyclists]

If I had any ideas at all, I'd be trying all of them. It's been a guessing game since we got here.

[omegathree]

How long have you been here?

[cyclists]

Only a few weeks longer than you have.

[omegathree]

That's very little time to acclimiate before you had to deal with all of us.

Did you have to deal with the darkness when the two of you were alone?

[cyclists]

We weren't exactly expecting you guys. I think the universe was though and just didn't tell us? It's hard to say.

We were here trying to figure out the instability of the core and how to fix it.

[omegathree]

Does it speak directly to you, or is it more akin to impressions?

Any closer to an idea of how to fix it?

[cyclists]

It does whatever. [This doesn't sound like he doesn't know, but more like he doesn't think it's relevant to tell Val.]

It's like we said. You guys are the ones who have a direct hand in fixing it. With the corruption, you guys are the ones who can clear it out of the gateways and learn to decide how to help control or stop it.

[omegathree]

So far it seems like we're finding the darkness after it's already struck.

[cyclists]

True as that is, you're also finding methods to combat it and help change what it does. [Like purifying a horse.]