On his reserve to empatheias

[choicedriven]

.....You're worrying too much.

[ He's quiet again, watching for a bit before shaking his head and casting his gaze elsewhere. ]

Don't be impatient and work it out slowly. Stressing out over that 'thing' you have to write for me isn't going to help anything so calm down.

[ There's a small smile; quirky and almost teasing here. ]

It's not like i'm going anywhere.

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[opportunitycosts]

Oh? Heading over to our little emotional island, are you? [grins.] Wish I could say that I'll be there to give you a warm welcome, but the current "me" is a little behind.

[yes, he is quite amused at how Ludger may react to seeing the original cast still a year behind on things.]

[choicedriven]

...Hm?

[ There's a bit of a clueless look here and a raise of one of his mismatched eyebrows. It can't be a fractured dimension thing, but that sounded a little confusing. ]

A little behind... on what exactly?

[opportunitycosts]

And spoil the fun?

[the grin widens to turn into more of a smirk, but he won't be as mean as he could be. besides, he popped up here for this very reason: to give his friend a small heads-up. not that it will matter in the end, but eh. details.]

Everyone's from a year in the past.

[spyrited]

It's easy to say not to worry, but a lot harder to actually do it. [Trust him, he knows all about it.]

I have faith in you though, Ludger. We'll be waiting for you when you get here. [.....] Relatively speaking, since I actually won't remember you yet.

[choicedriven]

[ There's a second where he opens his mouth to say something but decides against it, blinking a few times when the other actually ended up telling him what he'd wanted to know. ]

...So... they probably won't know who I am, will they?

[opportunitycosts]

Not for a while, no.

[choicedriven]

[ Like always, he's always quiet in listening to others, nodding once in assent to those words as he does understand that sentiment. However it is reassuring to hear that Jude has faith in him for what it's worth, despite the knowledge that the other won't remember him right then. ]

...It's alright. I suppose it will be like meeting everyone again, won't it?

[ Minus Elle around which he's trying not to think about but hey. ]

[choicedriven]

[ Not that this should be a deterrent, no. He befriended them before so... maybe he can do it again? ]

That shouldn't really deter me, but I wonder if I can still make as good friends with them as I have with you and the others now.

[opportunitycosts]

With that do-gooder charm of yours? Of course you will!

[spyrited]

[with luck Elle will show up too, sooner or later. For Ludger's sake he hopes sooner.]

We did become friends pretty quickly before. I'm sure it won't take long to do it again.

[choicedriven]

[ There's a smile on his face and he nods in assent, pushing some of those negative thoughts to the back of his mind for now. ]

Yeah. This time it will be under different circumstances, so it should be interesting.

[ He's at least trying to think positively about it. ]

[choicedriven]

[ There you go again, Alvin. Being actually a help to his mood over anything, to which he's thankful and it earns a smile. ]

Good to know I already have your vote of confidence on the matter.

Thanks, Alvin.

[spyrited]

It'll definitely be an adventure, but when is anything we do together not?

[It's just one more page to add to their already long list of weird encounters.]

[opportunitycosts]

Hey, no problem. Just don't worry too much about it, all right? That goes for your little lady, too. [the mun of course.] You'll have plenty of time to stress out once the time comes around.

At the very least, you shouldn't have that huge debt over your head—unless you somehow tangle yourself up in another.

[choicedriven]

Yeah. [ He nods, looking calm, but confident. ] I know I can handle it but she seems... wound up about it. Doubt that will go away easily but... I'll do what I can to help.

[ A small wince. Ow. Yeah. There's still that. A true point, but still. Which is why he shook his head. ]

...I really don't have any plans to get myself involved in anything else crazy like that again.

[choicedriven]

[ He really can't help the amused chuckle he makes with another nod of his head, feeling a little bit more relaxed about this. ]

It should be easier to handle than some of the things that we had to go through at home, right?

[opportunitycosts]

I don't think you planned it the first time.

But it's not you you should be worrying about. It's the little lady.

[spyrited]

Absolutely. And hey, like Alvin said, you won't have to worry about your debt, either. ...Although there is a job board, so I guess that part's still the same.