[Bellamy may have spent those days grappling with whether or not he wanted to actively seek out Hiro himself. Well, okay, that's a lie - he knew he wanted to, because it was Hiro, but the step towards actually doing so gave him pause. He just kept coming back to how unfair it would be and cried complained to Grell about everything.]
[Honestly, he was probably no more than a few hours of doing the same, too tired of hoping the whole 'casual run in' would actually work in real life and too impatient to at least try. So the message in his inbox is as nerve-wracking as it is welcome.]
Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing here anyway?
Between you and me, I think the whole idea of what we're supposed to be doing here changes every time CERES pulls something new.
[So he's still here. And he doesn't seem too perturbed by Hiro messaging him out of the blue so that's nice. He pauses, staring at the CereVice for a moment to think of how to continue.] How's your arm? And how're you settling in now that you're in the colony?
Normally I'd be glad they don't cling to stagnation, but I can't bring myself to give that kind of support to CERES, even backhanded.
[It's a weird line to figure out: how much is too casual, how much is too formal? Bellamy knows he's different with the people he knows and trusts, and he's far from interested in scaring this Hiro off by being too familiar.]
It's fine. Like I said, not the worst I've had. Not sure I'd call it settling when I'm not interested in putting down another set of roots.
[His world has changed dramatically like four times now, okay?? That's too many.]
Great. So they're the type to twist anything as a compliment.
[The next text leads into territory he's been hesitant to approach. He knows what Grell has been going through with recognition, and he doesn't want to put Hiro through that. He wants to, of course, he keeps coming back to how much he wants to, but it's better if Hiro broaches it first, right?]
Yeah. Nailed it. [He almost writes out 'was it that obvious?' but this is Hiro. Of course he figured it out, even if it wasn't.] Is that common here? Not sure I'd be good with a third case of dimension hopping.
I assume it's because it makes them feel better, or at least gives them reason to ignore complaints.
The world-hopping thing isn't as common as you'd think, but you're not the first one to do it multiple times. There's this lady here that told me all about this place with these two courts and kings and queens and absolutely no tech. It's weird...she used to be here but when she came back she only knew of that other place.
That's part of what I don't understand here. I want to understand all of the dimensions that could be out there.
[There's literally only one person that could be. It doesn't surprise him to find that connection via Grell is already there. They both loved Hiro. Of course they'd be drawn to him again.]
Grell, yeah? We're from the same place. Not originally - we met in the world with no tech, then both ended up here. You ever hear of something like that happening before?
You figure anything conclusive out yet, in general?
[Far from being a cagey question, Bellamy is actually pretty curious himself, considering he's now a three time champ at this multi-dimensional bs.]
Yeah. I didn't really know her the first time she was here, but I met her in the same game I met you. She met Baymax, too, but I think she already knew about him. [Which isn't weird. Baymax isn't exactly a stranger in Cerealia. He doesn't think she possibly knew him from another world.]
That means you were part of that Unseelie court too? And it's probably happened before, but I've never personally met anybody who came from the same multiverse besides their own worlds. ...but my friend Adelina did talk about being in another place besides this one and meeting people there that are also people who're here. The whole thing's a huge mess if you ask me.
Problem is I can't say that I have. It's all the more reason I want to keep talking to people like you and Grell to get a better idea of why these things happen. In that fairy world, there weren't people there who were from other worlds not their own, were there?
[Wow it's almost like knowing who Baymax was is a thread he has in common with Grell!! Bellamy should really considering mentioning that but HAHA.]
She really gave you the backdrop, huh? Yeah, we were both Unseelie. I wasn't the biggest fan of the whole court set-up, but I met people like Grell, so at least it has that going for it.
No, that didn't happen. Everyone was either a native or pulled in from their own world. There was some magic that could explain some of the whole multi-dimensional hopping, but it wasn't common so much as an end-of-the-world-everything-is-going-haywire break. The explanation is a little too long for a text.
[Honestly, he's just as interested in talking about this, in maybe figuring out how and why it happens. But it means being more open with Hiro, so, you know - he'll get there.]
She gave me what I wanted to know, mostly, but there's still a lot I don't understand about that place. At least the two of you have each other here. That's more than some people.
[...well. Bellamy, if you didn't think he wasn't going to take that as bait you are sorely mistaken, friend.]
...I mean, I have time for the explanation in person if you do? I'm just working on a couple of things at the shop today.
I lived there for two years and there's still a lot I didn't understand.
[shIT YOU'RE RIGHT HE DID NOT THINK THAT THROUGH. His responding texts are a little more delayed than they were before.]
What kind of shop?
[In this text: push off the question of meetup for just a little longer. He know it's inevitable but - well, even a few extra hours before more heartbreak seems okay in his book.]
Tech shop. I play with robots all day. [Along with other things…anti-CERES things, but he's not stupid enough to say so.] I know you're probably not used to tech because of that fairy world but it's really not that bad.
[What are you talking about, this is normal, everything is fine.]
I spent most of my life on a space station so I'm a little more up to speed on tech than Grell is.
Where is it?
[It's still not an answer, but the idea might be getting more and more tempting, because despite everything, having Hiro dangling in front of him like this is too hard to avoid forever.]
[This is absolutely how well-adjusted people function.]
...that...is really cool. I wanna hear about that too. [Please tell him about the space station Bellamy. Terrorize him with stories about the ark (again.)
But there's a text soon with directions to the main tech and auto shop in the shopping district.]
Not too far. It's pretty centralized and it's usually busy with a bunch of the mechanics coming in and out. I spend most of my time here when I'm not working other places or on other projects or patrolling the colony.
[I already told you, is his first silent thought.]
It's not as glamorous as you're imagining.
[and then he GET THE TEXT shIT. There's no avoiding it after this. He briefly wonders if it'd be possible to just keep it to the basics, to keep it to figuring out the dimension hopping, but he knows himself better than that. It'll spill in the right circumstances.]
[Besides. The fact of the matter is he just misses Hiro, even if this isn't his own Hiro.]
I can probably come by sometime. Just - preferably without any others around. Except Baymax, if you'd rather not be alone.
[Bellamy can probably imagine the look on his face, that large grin he uses to try and charm people into giving him what he wants. But it's a good thing this is text because that grin fades and he's left staring at his device. That's a strange request.]
Baymax is usually with me...and I have my own workspace that I can kick people out of. Not good with people? [At least he's not thinking that Bellamy might be a potential murderer. That'd be silly...ha..ha..ha...]
[So yes. Yes it can and he finds it amusing all the same. He can also understand a need for privacy however and he finds himself nodding even if Bellamy can't see it.]
...would you feel better if you brought Grell, too? I think she might be into seeing all of the stuff I'm building anyway.
[He is not particularly looking forward to explaining the Ark again to Hiro, even if he thinks it'll go quicker. He's already done in once, in some capacity.]
It's up to her. Our situation is pretty similar. We should coordinate sometime but - maybe just us, first.
[Look he loves Grell a lot but he's not interested in whatever potential Emotions are going to be happening being too public ok??]
Sure dude, that's fine. Like I said I'm usually here so...you can pretty much come by whenever you want. I know you're kinda doing ME a favor by explaining this multiverse fairy world courts thing but I can buy lunch or something too if you're into that.
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criedcomplained to Grell about everything.][Honestly, he was probably no more than a few hours of doing the same, too tired of hoping the whole 'casual run in' would actually work in real life and too impatient to at least try. So the message in his inbox is as nerve-wracking as it is welcome.]
Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing here anyway?
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[So he's still here. And he doesn't seem too perturbed by Hiro messaging him out of the blue so that's nice. He pauses, staring at the CereVice for a moment to think of how to continue.] How's your arm? And how're you settling in now that you're in the colony?
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[It's a weird line to figure out: how much is too casual, how much is too formal? Bellamy knows he's different with the people he knows and trusts, and he's far from interested in scaring this Hiro off by being too familiar.]
It's fine. Like I said, not the worst I've had. Not sure I'd call it settling when I'm not interested in putting down another set of roots.
[His world has changed dramatically like four times now, okay?? That's too many.]
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[He reads that. And rereads it. And then:] Another? ...are you one of those people who was in another world besides your own before this one, too?
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[The next text leads into territory he's been hesitant to approach. He knows what Grell has been going through with recognition, and he doesn't want to put Hiro through that. He wants to, of course, he keeps coming back to how much he wants to, but it's better if Hiro broaches it first, right?]
Yeah. Nailed it. [He almost writes out 'was it that obvious?' but this is Hiro. Of course he figured it out, even if it wasn't.] Is that common here? Not sure I'd be good with a third case of dimension hopping.
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The world-hopping thing isn't as common as you'd think, but you're not the first one to do it multiple times. There's this lady here that told me all about this place with these two courts and kings and queens and absolutely no tech. It's weird...she used to be here but when she came back she only knew of that other place.
That's part of what I don't understand here. I want to understand all of the dimensions that could be out there.
[And so Bellamy has become a point of interest.]
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Grell, yeah? We're from the same place. Not originally - we met in the world with no tech, then both ended up here. You ever hear of something like that happening before?
You figure anything conclusive out yet, in general?
[Far from being a cagey question, Bellamy is actually pretty curious himself, considering he's now a three time champ at this multi-dimensional bs.]
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That means you were part of that Unseelie court too? And it's probably happened before, but I've never personally met anybody who came from the same multiverse besides their own worlds. ...but my friend Adelina did talk about being in another place besides this one and meeting people there that are also people who're here. The whole thing's a huge mess if you ask me.
Problem is I can't say that I have. It's all the more reason I want to keep talking to people like you and Grell to get a better idea of why these things happen. In that fairy world, there weren't people there who were from other worlds not their own, were there?
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She really gave you the backdrop, huh? Yeah, we were both Unseelie. I wasn't the biggest fan of the whole court set-up, but I met people like Grell, so at least it has that going for it.
No, that didn't happen. Everyone was either a native or pulled in from their own world. There was some magic that could explain some of the whole multi-dimensional hopping, but it wasn't common so much as an end-of-the-world-everything-is-going-haywire break. The explanation is a little too long for a text.
[Honestly, he's just as interested in talking about this, in maybe figuring out how and why it happens. But it means being more open with Hiro, so, you know - he'll get there.]
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[...well. Bellamy, if you didn't think he wasn't going to take that as bait you are sorely mistaken, friend.]
...I mean, I have time for the explanation in person if you do? I'm just working on a couple of things at the shop today.
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[shIT YOU'RE RIGHT HE DID NOT THINK THAT THROUGH. His responding texts are a little more delayed than they were before.]
What kind of shop?
[In this text: push off the question of meetup for just a little longer. He know it's inevitable but - well, even a few extra hours before more heartbreak seems okay in his book.]
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Tech shop. I play with robots all day. [Along with other things…anti-CERES things, but he's not stupid enough to say so.] I know you're probably not used to tech because of that fairy world but it's really not that bad.
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I spent most of my life on a space station so I'm a little more up to speed on tech than Grell is.
Where is it?
[It's still not an answer, but the idea might be getting more and more tempting, because despite everything, having Hiro dangling in front of him like this is too hard to avoid forever.]
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...that...is really cool. I wanna hear about that too. [Please tell him about the space station Bellamy. Terrorize him with stories about the ark (again.)
But there's a text soon with directions to the main tech and auto shop in the shopping district.]
Not too far. It's pretty centralized and it's usually busy with a bunch of the mechanics coming in and out. I spend most of my time here when I'm not working other places or on other projects or patrolling the colony.
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It's not as glamorous as you're imagining.
[and then he GET THE TEXT shIT. There's no avoiding it after this. He briefly wonders if it'd be possible to just keep it to the basics, to keep it to figuring out the dimension hopping, but he knows himself better than that. It'll spill in the right circumstances.]
[Besides. The fact of the matter is he just misses Hiro, even if this isn't his own Hiro.]
I can probably come by sometime. Just - preferably without any others around. Except Baymax, if you'd rather not be alone.
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[Bellamy can probably imagine the look on his face, that large grin he uses to try and charm people into giving him what he wants. But it's a good thing this is text because that grin fades and he's left staring at his device. That's a strange request.]
Baymax is usually with me...and I have my own workspace that I can kick people out of. Not good with people? [At least he's not thinking that Bellamy might be a potential murderer. That'd be silly...ha..ha..ha...]
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[Is it possible for teasing to come through a text?? It just did, he hopes.]
[What do you know Hiro, Bellamy's even more of a murderer than the last time he saw a version of you!]
Not interested in being overheard.
[He's only bad with people sometimes.]
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[So yes. Yes it can and he finds it amusing all the same. He can also understand a need for privacy however and he finds himself nodding even if Bellamy can't see it.]
...would you feel better if you brought Grell, too? I think she might be into seeing all of the stuff I'm building anyway.
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[He is not particularly looking forward to explaining the Ark again to Hiro, even if he thinks it'll go quicker. He's already done in once, in some capacity.]
It's up to her. Our situation is pretty similar. We should coordinate sometime but - maybe just us, first.
[Look he loves Grell a lot but he's not interested in whatever potential Emotions are going to be happening being too public ok??]
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[Into...eating??? Hiro what the fuck.]
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[look you walked right into that Hiro. Also it's easier to joke than be an Emotional so there.]
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[It's...a good sign? It's a good sign they can rag on each other already, right?]
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My burger experience is severely lacking, so it better be a damn good one.
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15 minutes.
20 if I run into traffic.
[Bellamy you can teleport AND shadow travel.]
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