039: You're Only Going Through the Motions, Baby

[contract_star]

[Hei is here with a small patch of grass and his telescope. The telescope is propped up nearby and he's lying on his back in the grass, staring up at the Astral Sky. He has an unreadable expression.]

Hard to believe. They're really real there...

[He sighs.] The servants and the...concentration camp kind of put a damper on things, though...

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[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

This going on in your world then? Or was it something else?

[contract_star]

It's a merger with Diva. I think the concentration camp is hers.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

If that's the case, sounds like it's becoming both of yours.

[contract_star]

...I guess that's true.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

It going to be bad news?

[contract_star]

I don't know. I...haven't checked to see if it's...in operation.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're trying to ignore it.

[contract_star]

Can you blame me?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

Should I? Can't say I know you enough to decide either way.

[contract_star]

[Smirks.] Well, I guess that's true.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

What's the worse that could happen?

[contract_star]

I don't think Nazis liked Chinese people very much.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

So don't let them see you. They can't hate what isn't there.

[contract_star]

Just as long as her world doesn't become completely World War II-era. Then there...might be a problem. [Nazis + genocide in China + Chinese guy in Japan=OH FUCK]

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

You don't say. Any proven way to stop a merging of worlds?

[contract_star]

I don't know about stopping, but there's a way to undo them.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

Do tell.

[contract_star]

[Oh-so-innocent headtilt.] In exchange for what?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[Smirk, and after a few moments, a shrug] You tell me what you're looking to receive, and I'll tell you what you'll get. How about that?

[contract_star]

Information.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[Just watches him for a moment before making a "go on" motion with his hand]

[contract_star]

[Folds his arms.] You're not just a simple mobster, are you?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not. But you didn't need me to confirm that.

[contract_star]

No, I've known you were a mobster for awhile. It's relatively obvious--no offense. But there's something else about you, isn't there?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

I don't hide it. I'm just not going to come out and tell everyone. If they want it, they can dig a little for it.

[Absent pause.]

Define something else.