[He clicks his tongue at that. Surly misanthrope vibe? Well, most things do annoy him, and he does do the bare minimum needed to participate in society.]
That's accurate, but I'm capable of pointing things that are good out when I need to.
You could've just run. From what it sounded like, you had no chance of actually winning and every chance of dying, and you did it anyways. That's what heroism is.
[Like a certain Level 0 he's now thinking about. Thanks Leo.]
well you said it yourself even if we tried to run it would have just caught up to us
but thanks anyway my older brother is really big on being a hero so he'd be happy someone thinks so he's always telling us how important it is to be heroic and stuff
That wouldn't have stopped most people from running if they had been in your position.
[People are cowards.]
He's right. If there aren't people willing to stand up and do that heroic crap at a cost to themselves, then a lot of innocent people end up suffering instead.
[Leo wishes he was here so he could tell him... well, a lot of things, but especially that. That he was right and Leo should have listened to him from the beginning.]
anyway D told you that we defeated shreddy and it was cool and awesome I guess thats not a big deal because hes gone for real
[Except... if the confluence can pull Donnie here from a day before Leo, then could it reach far enough into the past to grab a still living Shredder?]
unless the confluence pulls him back from the past so lets hope that doesnt happen
[Not that he and Donnie are slouches but he doubts they could handle it with just the two of them. The other superheroes here may help... he can only hope that in such a situation it would be enough.
He'd rather not think about what would happen if it weren't.
(He can't think about what would happen if it pulled the Krang here.)]
[Ohhhh fuck, a list of over 10 000 names is quickly running through Accelerator's head. They're the names of people he's killed, ones who could apparently, possibly show up here with no warning.
Though honestly, most of them would probably be fine. If one were to take Leo and Donnie's situation with Shredder - the possibility of a murderous villain showing up out of the blue - and apply it to his own life.... well, Accelerator would probably be the Shredder, then.
(Except if Kihara Amata showed up. That is not a thought he wants to entertain.)]
Do you know how common it is?
[The other possibility, and a more likely one given their much higher numbers, would be for one of the Sisters he murdered to show up. That thought makes him physically nauseous, though it would mean one or more of them having a second chance of life, which he knows would be an objectively good thing.]
He isn't sure if he should clarify that with only a day, or reword that thought as an entire day?
A day isn't very much time under normal circumstances, but it can be a hell of a lot under abnormal ones. He went from a dull, meaningless existence to upending his life with one selfless act and in the ICU undergoing emergency brain surgery in a day.]
How did you figure that out?
[Then again, they also could have just been like, "Hey, wasn't yesterday supposed to be Tuesday?" or some basic shit. He doesn't know.]
he said something that made it sound like he forgot something important and I asked what the last thing he remembered was and he told me and I realized that was the night before I came here
[Yeaaaahhh, that's sounding suspicious. He starts typing a question out, but realizes partway into it that it's a dumb idea to ask and goes to it delete.
And hits send instead, because those two buttons are literally on top of each other in the Android Discord app.]
What was so
[Urgh.]
Nevermind. It's none of my fucking business.
What are you going to do if that Shredder bastard shows up?
[Sorry for the crisis of conscience there, Accelerator.]
uh well ive already been doing a little low level stuff muggers and stuff like that
but I joined the alliance so im sure theyre going to expect me to do something soon
Donnie I dunno I won't make him if he doesn't want to but he likes busting up bad guys too but right now we're keeping him on the downlow he skipped out on the initial guild registration and im good keeping it that way
[Leo came here too injured to dodge the guilds' notice, and he signed up out of simple necessity. But Donnie was able to evade them, and Leo gets enough in his stipend that he can keep both of them fed. Hiding out from the authorities isn't new to them, so if Donnie wants to stay unregistered... well, Leo doesn't think that's a bad idea.]
[Can he just go back to bed? Crawl under the covers and sleep until a freak Confluence incident sends him home?]
That's probably the best you can do, huh? It's bullshit how few options minors have here, but if you can both survive off of one guild stipend then there's no need for him to register.
yeah theyre good at that let me know if you figure something out because if fantastic ends up taking over the alliance I may be jumping ship
[This is an empty threat but only because he doesn't like starving to death. Though now that Donnie's here maybe he can just hack some jerk billionaire's crypto wallet.]
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That's accurate, but I'm capable of pointing things that are good out when I need to.
You could've just run. From what it sounded like, you had no chance of actually winning and every chance of dying, and you did it anyways. That's what heroism is.
[Like a certain Level 0 he's now thinking about. Thanks Leo.]
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even if we tried to run it would have just caught up to us
but thanks anyway
my older brother is really big on being a hero so he'd be happy someone thinks so
he's always telling us how important it is to be heroic and stuff
[Leo says it flippantly but he gets it now.]
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[People are cowards.]
He's right. If there aren't people willing to stand up and do that heroic crap at a cost to themselves, then a lot of innocent people end up suffering instead.
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[Leo wishes he was here so he could tell him... well, a lot of things, but especially that. That he was right and Leo should have listened to him from the beginning.]
anyway D told you that we defeated shreddy and it was cool and awesome
I guess thats not a big deal because hes gone for real
[Except... if the confluence can pull Donnie here from a day before Leo, then could it reach far enough into the past to grab a still living Shredder?]
unless the confluence pulls him back from the past
so lets hope that doesnt happen
[Not that he and Donnie are slouches but he doubts they could handle it with just the two of them. The other superheroes here may help... he can only hope that in such a situation it would be enough.
He'd rather not think about what would happen if it weren't.
(He can't think about what would happen if it pulled the Krang here.)]
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- UH. HOLD UP.]
Wait, the Confluence can do that?
[Please tell him more, Leo. He didn't read the brochures.]
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I just learned that myself
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Though honestly, most of them would probably be fine. If one were to take Leo and Donnie's situation with Shredder - the possibility of a murderous villain showing up out of the blue - and apply it to his own life.... well, Accelerator would probably be the Shredder, then.
(Except if Kihara Amata showed up. That is not a thought he wants to entertain.)]
Do you know how common it is?
[The other possibility, and a more likely one given their much higher numbers, would be for one of the Sisters he murdered to show up. That thought makes him physically nauseous, though it would mean one or more of them having a second chance of life, which he knows would be an objectively good thing.]
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but me and Donnie are about a day apart
so it’s common enough for that to happen
[What happened on that missing day? Not important.]
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He isn't sure if he should clarify that with only a day, or reword that thought as an entire day?
A day isn't very much time under normal circumstances, but it can be a hell of a lot under abnormal ones. He went from a dull, meaningless existence to upending his life with one selfless act and in the ICU undergoing emergency brain surgery in a day.]
How did you figure that out?
[Then again, they also could have just been like, "Hey, wasn't yesterday supposed to be Tuesday?" or some basic shit. He doesn't know.]
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important
and I asked what the last thing he remembered was and he told me and I realized that was the night before I came here
[It is definitely an “an entire day” situation.]
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And hits send instead, because those two buttons are literally on top of each other in the Android Discord app.]
What was so
[Urgh.]
Nevermind. It's none of my fucking business.
What are you going to do if that Shredder bastard shows up?
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[Sorry, Accelerator. If only you had done more to gain his trust, like maybe telling him that his brother had landed in this dimension? Hm??]
guess we’ll just have to defeat him again. not sure if just me and D can do it alone though, but ive met people here who may be willing to help
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Well, that's better than being totally screwed, I guess.
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this world sees a lot of villains anyway so at least it’s not coming down to one family
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He should really say something.
He should really, really something.]
Yeah. This place is infested with those assholes.
[That is not the thing he should have said.]
Are either of you planning on doing any heroing here?
[That is really not the thing he should have said.]
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Sorry for the crisis of conscience there, Accelerator.]uh well ive already been doing a little
low level stuff
muggers and stuff like that
but I joined the alliance so im sure theyre going to expect me to do something soon
Donnie I dunno
I won't make him if he doesn't want to but he likes busting up bad guys too
but right now we're keeping him on the downlow
he skipped out on the initial guild registration
and im good keeping it that way
[Leo came here too injured to dodge the guilds' notice, and he signed up out of simple necessity. But Donnie was able to evade them, and Leo gets enough in his stipend that he can keep both of them fed. Hiding out from the authorities isn't new to them, so if Donnie wants to stay unregistered... well, Leo doesn't think that's a bad idea.]
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That's probably the best you can do, huh? It's bullshit how few options minors have here, but if you can both survive off of one guild stipend then there's no need for him to register.
[Fuck the whole guild system, for real.]
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my roommate
but yeah this world just does the bare minimum huh?
even though it’s not our fault we ended up here
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[The insinuation, in his mind, is there are two guild stipends for three people.]
They don't give a shit about anyone's situation. They aren't above scummy coercion tactics, either.
In fact, I was talking to someone registered with the Alliance, and he told me not to sign up. No hesitation whatsoever.
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wow
a ringing endorsement
what are you gonna do?
supposedly they'll arrest you if you don't sign up
or at least make your life really difficult
[It's why he'd rather they just not know Donnie exists in the first place.]
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Of course Accelerator being who he is can't just say that. No sir, gotta act like this is just an inconvenience.]
I'll figure something out. They're already making my life fucking difficult, so that won't be anything new.
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let me know if you figure something out because if fantastic ends up taking over the alliance I may be jumping ship
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I will. If there's a better option out there it might be worthwhile jumping ship regardless.
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yeah good point
I can keep an ear out too
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Alright.
[... He has no hope they'll find a good alternative.]