[narrations + overflow]

[darkinferno]

[A collection of narration bits that don't belong anywhere else from Dante/Riku's time in Recollé.]

[Or, a personal overflow.]

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[darkinferno]

[Look, Dante is perfectly normal and well-adjusted young adult who dEFINITELY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE HIS FEARS AND ANXIETIES IN A HEALTHY MANNER OKAY..................

Still, the idea of Retrospec being able to change them like that is enough to send a chill down his back. Being able to change someone's memories, being able to change who they are... that's too much power for Retrospec to have. Who knows what they could do?]

You know, I mentioned it to the prof once, but... with all these memories and then changing the way we look-- [he gestures toward both of them and their eyes] --it almost feels like they're trying to make us into the people we were before. Once we remember everything about these different lives they're showing us, will we even still be us?

[It's a worry he's only voiced the one time, to Ardyn. And even though he feels more confident in the strength of his self, there's still a worry that when all of this is over... will he still be Dante?]

[sharplydressed]

[SEEMS FAKE, HONESTLY.

But that's... It's not something he hasn't considered before, but it's definitely something he's prevented himself from lingering on for any significant amount of time. He's quiet for a second, considering, even as he distracts himself by looking up and down the sidewalk for any incoming insects. None are around, for once.]

...How different are you in the things you see? Some changes are probably gonna happen. I mean, some people are seeing stuff that's really far outside of the norm. [A little nod toward Dante as if to say "you probably know this already".] But it's not like we're totally different people, right? No one I've talked to has been unable to identify themselves, if that makes sense.

[But there's some mild uncertainty in his tone, nonetheless. Who's to say? He's never been one for psychology or asking about what things are intrinsic to a person's... personality.]

[darkinferno]

[ Dante is quiet for several minutes as he mulls the words over. For Kiyomitsu, it might be out of the ordinary from the way Dante usually presents himself--where he's usually cocksure and reckless, he's giving this serious thought.

"It's not like we're totally different people..." No. It's not. And that's part of what has him so worried, the feeling that he might become the boy he's having memories of. The boy who had friends, and lost them, who died and wandered alone in this afterworld where it was only him and this witch.

The boy who ended up alone because his heart was empty, suffocated by darkness. ]

Yeah, I guess so. We aren't totally different.

I don't know about you, but I still don't want to be him instead of me, though.

[sharplydressed]

[It is a little unusual to see this kind of somberness, but it's not too surprising. In the face of so many changes - and who even knows what kind Dante himself is facing? - he's sure most people would prefer to distance themselves, pretend it isn't happening.]

Nah, I agree.

[He doesn't particularly feel inclined to continue remembering the things he's remembering, when so much of it revolves around battle and bloodshed.]

...But there's not much we can do right now. Guess that's why we're gonna have to keep checking back to see what we missed, yeah? They're gonna slip up eventually, those guys. There's no way they won't.

[darkinferno]

Yeah.

[He nods.]

That's why we can't let up, no matter how much they try to prevent us from checking up on them.

Let's go. We'll see what they've slipped up on today.