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[howdull]

[No footprints, no marks on the bodies, it suggests another hallucinogenic gas with an imprecise dosage that can cause heart attack or overdose. He needs to examine one to be sure, but that's his working hypothesis currently.]

I wouldn't expect any idiot to understand.

[Is he calling Sora an idiot? Kind of.]

[seekthelight]

I'm not an idiot. I'm from a world where even monsters made from the darkness of a person's heart leave trails behind them. This place breaks all the rules I know and that's saying something since I've trailed to a lot of different worlds.

[howdull]

[If that doesn't prove he's talking to an idiot then nothing does. It's not the child's fault, nearly everyone is an idiot compared to him.]

Most children have. It's what adults call an overactive imagination.

[seekthelight]

[Overactive imagin--

Sora abruptly switches to video and he levels his device with a sharp glare though when he speaks he manages to keep his tone even; manages to keep himself from yelling.]

None of it was my imagination. None of the worlds I saw get destroyed were. None of the people I saw get consumed by monsters and turned into creatures just like the ones that killed them were. Yeah, I'm a kid but I've been through just as much as everyone else here and I've dealt with my fair share of messed up things. I've been fighting since I was twelve years old to protect the worlds from being wiped out and I will not let some jerk insult what I know and what I've done! Just because it sounds crazy to you doesn't mean it's not real--this place is full of people from all different worlds and dimensions and you just have to accept that you aren't going to understand all of it. You can write someone off as a child or an idiot just because you don't understand the rules of different universes and worlds.

[Way to go Sherlock.]

[howdull]

[The boy clearly believes what he's saying, it's written in every line of his body. Good stance, slightly favours one side over the other, probably practised in bladed weaponry. Orphaned. Protects others and puts on a smile to compensate for his own issues.]

Very well, prove it.

[He still thinks this is the delusions of a sick mind, but the combat experience gives him pause and piques his interest. So he'll give Sora a chance to provide scientific evidence.]

[seekthelight]

How do you want me to prove it? I don't have any of my magic here, I can't use my abilities properly--I don't even have a proper keyblade.

[Cue him ducking slightly to grab something out of view only to straighten up and hold up his makeshift keyblade that's been constructed out of rubble and various items he's found.]

I just have this and I haven't been able to try it against an anomaly yet. So how do you want me to prove it to you?

[howdull]

[That is a pathetic looking weapon, and sad that it plays into the kid's delusion.]

You are asking me to believe something, the onus is on you to provide the proof. Your lack of evidence is not my problem.

[seekthelight]

[Let's see you make something better.]

Everyone here is going to ask you to believe something you don't understand. This entire place is full of things we don't understand. You may be smart but you're not going to have all the answers here.

[Sora can feel himself getting more and more angry and he finally just shakes his head.]

Even if I manage to prove it to you, you'll still question it just like everyone else. So forget it. I don't have time to waste proving things to you that I know are true. I have supplies to move.

[howdull]

Thus proving me correct.

[Anyone without proof to offer, without evidence, will always back down. It helps them not have to face their own delusions.]

[seekthelight]

Not really, but if that makes you feel better about being stuck here, good for you.

[And with that, Sora outright beams, winking at the other.]

Good luck trying to wrap your head around some of the things you'll hear, since you need so much proof. Who knows, you might be a cartoon character in someone else's world!

[howdull]

[He doesn't need to reply to this, but Sherlock is incapable of letting anyone else get the last word.]

A character in a Victorian novel, apparently. The greatest detective the world has ever seen.

[seekthelight]

Oh so you are fictional! That's really cool! I bet your books were a lot of fun to read!

[And now he's going to be a little shit.]

I bet anyone that's read them could pretty much guess everything you're going to do, huh?

[howdull]

Doubtful. The books, if they exist, are already highly inaccurate.

[seekthelight]

You don't have to get defensive about it! It's okay! I learned that a lot of my friends back home are apparently from movies and television shows. Even books! There's nothing wrong with that.

@jwatson; text; threadjack

[jumpthegun]

[Right. This is beginning to bother John.]

We're not from out a book or fictional, Sora. I think we'd both really appreciate it if you didn't insinuate as much.

[seekthelight]

In someone else's world you are. Just like my friends are apparently from movies and stuff.

[The cheery tone disappears as he frowns.]

If he's going to say everything I know is just because of an overactive imagination, then I'm going to call you guys book characters. I don't appreciate having my life called imaginary just because he doesn't understand it.

[jumpthegun]

At no point did he say that you, personally, aren't real. Other places, you might know fictional characters with our names. We are not fictional, just as you aren't, and the people you know aren't.

I'm sorry he's being a dick to you. He's just arrived and he's wounded. Don't engage with him and give it a few days for him to get sorted out what's really what.

-> Private to John

[seekthelight]

...Sorry I--

I didn't mean to take it that far.

[Sora visibly deflates.]

I'll stop messing with him. I just got mad when he implied I was making everything up.

Private

[jumpthegun]

He has a way of bringing out the worst in people. I really am sorry about that. Where we come from there isn't anything like this; he just doesn't understand, yet. It's going to take something massive to get him down from where he is. It's going to break him, Sora. I'm trying to prepare for that as best I can. He can't just believe things like I would and move on.

Please, if he gets to be like this again just call me. I'll sort him out... or at least get him to lay off of you.

Private

[seekthelight]

[He can't help but wince.]

...I hope he's got you with him if that happens, sir. So it's not quite as bad for him.

And I will. I promise.

Private

[jumpthegun]

I'm trying to get to him as quickly as I can.

Thank you, Sora. I know he's difficult. For what it's worth, I believe you about your world, and I'm very sorry you've had to go through all of that.

[howdull]

I understand perfectly. Standard case of hallucinations and disassociation from reality, simple.

[He's helping!]

Also: tit for tat, really?

[jumpthegun]

Sherlock, drop it. Get in your last word to me, then leave him be.

[howdull]

Are you friends with everyone here, John?

[Seriously, stop defending everyone from him!]

[jumpthegun]

Assume yes. It'll make my life less difficult.