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[faceguy]

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[levelshift]

[A day...?

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.]

[faceguy]

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

[It is definitely an “an entire day” situation.]

[levelshift]

[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?

[faceguy]

yeah it isnt

[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

[levelshift]

[He deserves that.]

Well, that's better than being totally screwed, I guess.

[faceguy]

yep!

this world sees a lot of villains anyway so at least it’s not coming down to one family

[levelshift]

[........................ He should say something.

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.]

[faceguy]

[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.]

[levelshift]

[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.

[Fuck the whole guild system, for real.]

[faceguy]

we have some help from Huvrye too
my roommate
but yeah this world just does the bare minimum huh?
even though it’s not our fault we ended up here

[levelshift]

That makes it even easier, then.

[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.

[faceguy]

[He's correct!]

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.]

[levelshift]

[He does not have a good answer, even though he's been looking for one that isn't "register with a guild" or "live with a total stranger."

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.

[faceguy]

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.]

[levelshift]

[Sticking with the Alliance if Fantastic becomes its leader seems like a fantastically terrible idea.]

I will. If there's a better option out there it might be worthwhile jumping ship regardless.

[faceguy]

[He would have appreciated that one.]

yeah good point
I can keep an ear out too

[levelshift]

[Two sets of ears are better than one!]

Alright.

[... He has no hope they'll find a good alternative.]