09; A million spaces in the Earth to fill [but there's no going home]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[dysfunctional couples? They really have nothing on these two. Dysfunctional...well, sort-of selves. The one in the brown suit is sipping on a banana daquiri with a little umbrella in it (he'll be saving it for the little sunbathers on Tredronia as they need it more than he does)]

Right. So! Merging is supposedly quite complicated, or time consuming. Or both. Maybe. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me, either.

[The one in the more casual attire sips on a pint, giving his other self a look] Well, it has to be less complicated and time consuming than explaining to people on the streets why I'm talking to myself. You really do need to figure something out.

Why do I have to figure it out? You're me---with less sartorial taste, of course---but you've got to have some of my cleverness in that human brain of yours. [he may be surly because of the rum in the fruity drink]

I'm clever! Besides that, you've had a merger before, I haven't. So you need to figure something out. [gives him a look] And I'm sorry, but having exactly two suits isn't anyone's idea of taste.

They're nice suits. Besides, at least I know what I like. [scratches his sideburns] Well, I know it's got a bit to do with psychic wavelengths, creating some sort of a bond between the two realities.

I know what I like. Wearing more than two things is actually considered quite healthy by most people. [takes a sip of his drink] A bond between realities? How did you manage to do that before?

I don't know. It just sort of happened over time.

It just sort of happened? Like what, you woke up one day and bam, merged reality?

No, not that simple. It just took a bit of time, like a melting block of ice.

Really? A bit of time? Can't we just speed the process up, seeing as we're sort of the same? We should have some sort of psychic wavelength all ready, I would think.

We probably can. [takes a sip of his drink] I'm just not the sort of person who would know about that.

Lot of good, you are. [sighs] Right, well, what sort of person would know, then?

The Master.

Oh, you've got to be kidding. Really?

Not exactly the universe's greatest tutor, I think. We'll figure it out, though.

If he would be the sort to know, it can't be that difficult, right? I mean, there are two of us, after all.

We've got plenty of time, though. No need to rush things.

Comments

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Have a curious Juni] Is anything wrong?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Just this merger business. I'm sort of lost on how it actually manages to happen.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Makes a face] Ah, that.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[takes in her reaction]

They can't all be as awful as that though, can they?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Shrug] It depends on what's in the worlds merging I suppose.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[remembers their last encounter]

You haven't had the best time of it with them, I'm guessing.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid not, I might be a little biased.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Well, broken limbs and other things have a tendency to do that to a person.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Eh, I usually get broken limbs... I just don't like potentially giving other people demons.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Can you control the mergers at all? Avoid things like that?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, I think you just have to stay away from people.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

But you can't actually control individual things that get carried over from mergers? That's sort of all up in the air?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

I... I'm not sure.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Well, that would seem a good thing to figure out, maybe. The Master had mentioned before, experimenting with mergers and the like. [shrugs and takes a sip of his drink]

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

I suppose, it'd be nice not to potentially give out any more demons if I do have another merger.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the people you merge with would appreciate that, too.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

But doesn't everybody like the possibility of getting eaten by giant rabbits?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

You never know. There are some strange people out there who don't like that sort of thing. No one I know, but there are people.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Raises eyebrow] Well, I did meet somebody in New York once...

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

So you know exactly what I'm referring to.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Probably unfortunately.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Crazy people and their aversions towards giant rabbits.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

It shouldn't be legal, just because something wants to swallow people whole...