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.
[It's weird. It's weird that he's genuinely excited to learn more about this and see Bellamy face to face. Normally he's not this comfortable around strangers...but it could have to do with the fact that Bellamy's well-versed in something he's wondered about. Thus...he goes to get burgers. He goes to get food for both of them and arrives back at the shop ten minutes later (thank you, mobile ordering) and he's sitting on his workbench with his legs kicking through the air idly and sipping soda through a straw as he waits.
There's a lot of questions. He's not even sure what to ask first.]
[He is exactly 3.5 minutes late, half because Hiro told him not to be, half because Rhea whined at him when he tried to leave. He thought about bringing the dog but decided it was more suited for later, after Bellamy was able to gauge the situation better. Can't have Rhea being heartbroken too!]
[But he finds the shop pretty quickly, having already been in the area and teleporting closer. Since it's a shop, he figures there's no point to knocking, so Bellamy just walks in before he decides he can turn around and go back home instead. He braces himself, before calling out, his voice already guarded.]
[He looks up at the sound of his name, not at all surprised that he didn't actually hear Bellamy approach. He'd been a bit lost in thought as he waited, trying to figure out everything thus far. Pushing the straw away with his tongue he sets the drink down and grins at him.]
Hey. I'd say I'm glad you found it but I'd be a little more worried if you didn't. [And then he remembers how Bellamy had responded initially and he pauses.] You can come in and shut the door if you want. It's just me and Baymax. [Baymax, who's currently on the floor opposite of Hiro's workbench and hooked up to a computer but gives Bellamy a wave anyway.]
[He takes a quick glance around the whole place, and all of it still feels very much like Hiro. He's not sure anymore this was the best idea.]
It's almost like I know how to read. [But you know what, okay, sure, fall back onto the easy conversations. Despite how familiar it feels, it worries him too. Hiro is smart, there's no way it'll go totally unnoticed.]
[He shuts the door behind him and looks over at Baymax, still highkey interested in the robot after all he'd heard, especially after years in a fairy world lacking technology; he just says hello back instead.] Hey.
[It won't go unnoticed at all, but he's polite enough to leave it alone at least until Bellamy settles in with his food. The robot's busy watching Bellamy closely, scanning him as programmed to do as Hiro blinks in surprise and nudges the bag closer to the older man.]
Burgers and fries. Don't say I never did anything nice for you. [It's a test to see how far he can push him, mostly.] Do I have to get up and hand-deliver it to you too?
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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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[It's weird. It's weird that he's genuinely excited to learn more about this and see Bellamy face to face. Normally he's not this comfortable around strangers...but it could have to do with the fact that Bellamy's well-versed in something he's wondered about. Thus...he goes to get burgers. He goes to get food for both of them and arrives back at the shop ten minutes later (thank you, mobile ordering) and he's sitting on his workbench with his legs kicking through the air idly and sipping soda through a straw as he waits.
There's a lot of questions. He's not even sure what to ask first.]
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[But he finds the shop pretty quickly, having already been in the area and teleporting closer. Since it's a shop, he figures there's no point to knocking, so Bellamy just walks in before he decides he can turn around and go back home instead. He braces himself, before calling out, his voice already guarded.]
Hiro?
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Hey. I'd say I'm glad you found it but I'd be a little more worried if you didn't. [And then he remembers how Bellamy had responded initially and he pauses.] You can come in and shut the door if you want. It's just me and Baymax. [Baymax, who's currently on the floor opposite of Hiro's workbench and hooked up to a computer but gives Bellamy a wave anyway.]
Hello.
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It's almost like I know how to read. [But you know what, okay, sure, fall back onto the easy conversations. Despite how familiar it feels, it worries him too. Hiro is smart, there's no way it'll go totally unnoticed.]
[He shuts the door behind him and looks over at Baymax, still highkey interested in the robot after all he'd heard, especially after years in a fairy world lacking technology; he just says hello back instead.] Hey.
[An awkward pause.] Burgers?
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Burgers and fries. Don't say I never did anything nice for you. [It's a test to see how far he can push him, mostly.] Do I have to get up and hand-deliver it to you too?
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