AU-wrangling and pondering game potential...

[codename_emperor]

Hey. Good you're thinkin' about me again, yeah? Rather than just this 'canon' me: dunno what you're getting at there, I'm the guy with the cannon...

You're working on my backstory? Huh? I could tell ya most of that stuff, back when I first moved in with Ma and all that - oh. Yeah, when you start talking about the lab crap, it... ain't exactly fun to start thinking about it.

And what's this about my Persona? Are you really gonna start screwin' with that, too? I know my Shadow ain't the same as for the other me, but you're gonna change something like that?

Still, you can do it, right? And then ... maybe you can work on finding me somewhere to hang out? I know it's gonna be tricky, but I ain't the sort of guy who's gonna give up on a challenge! So c'mon! Let's do it!

(...and did ya have to hit the button *before* finishing writing last time? You're making us look bad!)

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[bleachout]

Hell yeah! You tell 'em!

...But, uh, what's this about moving in?

[What do you mean, is that the only part he picked up on? What else was there to pick up on?]

[codename_emperor]

[Other him, the heck? ...Without glowing eyes, that's a good start. Without his external components - a little more confusing. But he pushes on regardless...]

Uh, back when I - we - shit - first moved into Inaba? Getting snuck outta the labs to 'try and teach me about bein' human'? ... or was that - hell, I don't know.

(Still trying to put the pieces of what happened together myself, man. Apparently, someone's still workin' on it.)

[bleachout]

[Kanji looks at him blankly.] Uh... huh. Yeah, I'm gettin' a little lost here.

[Still... talking about labs and being human, and those headphone-looking things he's sure he's seen somewhere...]

So what are you, some kinda robot me? And Ma's gone and... picked you up? [He frowns, obviously annoyed, although not at the interloper.] Hell's up with that? First I'm hearing about it.

[codename_emperor]

[And a nod back-]

Yeah. I'm you, you're - heh. Things just ... happened differently to us. I don't know the full story, but something happened when you were, I was - ugh... a kid, anyway. I don't remember that stuff. I just remember bein' dropped on Ma's doorstep and us bein' told that hey, I'm her son, or the son she would've had or ... something.

...Makes my head hurt.

[bleachout]

Well, damn. [He cocks his head.] What kinda punk'd want to make a robot of me? 'S just plain unsettling.

[His expression clears after only a moment, though.] Eh, can't exactly whine about it when you're already here. But - you! [And now he leans forward, raising his voice, deadly serious.] You better be treating her right, you hear!?

[codename_emperor]

[He frowns at his double-] Hey, it's kinda spooky for me, too. Kinda like seeing my ghost...

[And the other Kanji's comment definitely pulls him out of it.] ...Hell yeah I am! Who'd I be if I wasn't, huh? I ain't gonna let her down after she's done everything for me...

[The whole Incident With The Bikers may have been shortly after he arrived in town...]

[bleachout]

I mean it, asshole! Don't just talk the talk! You know her eyesight ain't what it used to be... [And any lookalike of his going around babbling about Personas should be damn familiar with his position on punching people with his face! ...That's how this works, right?]

And watch who you're calling a ghost, too! The name is Kanji, got it?

[codename_emperor]

Like I'm gonna forget my own name, pal! [This with a load of gesturing.]

Are you sayin' you don't trust me? She's safe in my hands - I was made to protect shit, dammit! If I can't look after one lady, no matter what, I ain't the man I want to be!

[bleachout]

Right! And like hell I'm gonna let just any old bastard walk around lookin' like me who ain't a real man! [He suddenly looks much happier, but that doesn't mean he isn't still fired up...]

Oh, yeah, kinda gets me thinking. The plush animals are doing great, but maybe it's time to branch out some more... Don't wanna end up in a rut like all those other times, right?

[codename_emperor]

Same to you too, got it?

...what about the plush animals? [He's learning, he's got the talent... he just doesn't have the lifetime of experience his human self does. That is to say, no plushies on sale in his timeline yet. Shame.] What're you doing?

[bleachout]

What else? Plush robots! Whaddya think? Last time I was in Okina, I saw a whole buncha that felt, you know the kind? That'd be perfect! That, and then stitch on some big-ass googly eyes, and...

[He pauses, his enthusiasm ebbing only a little.] Dunno if people'd want 'em, though. Think anyone'd take that kinda crap over a bunny or something...?

[He racks his brain for quite a while.

And promptly goes bright pink. Yeah, he knows someone who's pretty into machines, but asking her for advice...!?]

[codename_emperor]

[It takes Kanji a moment to work out the exact materials that his human counterpart has in mind, but he gives an enthusiastic enough nod at the concept.]

Whoa, man, ya think? I ain't the expert on what people like. But there's probably some kids who might go for it...

[...that's what he looks like blushing? Eep. ...Wait, can he even blush?]

...Hey...uh, you okay?