Sounds pretty rough. [ there is a tinge of sympathy to that. ] At least some of us are used to fighting, but the adjustment period's always a little harder. Especially if you've never had powers before or anything.
[ hm. he mentally assigns goat as a normie mortal and leaves it alone. ]
You're not wrong. There's a reason the whole hero genre is really popular on Earth, I think. Most people have never experienced anything like that, so it looks much cooler than it would be to really experience it first-hand.
I get it in terms of story structure and plot, but actually living through it is a completely different thing. I'm doing the best I can with what I've got here.
Hey, I'm not judging. When I first realized things were different at home--[ ...well. no, actually, when he first realized monsters were real his response really was "COOL!" but he was ten and impressionable.
now, of course, when he thinks about it he can see why people would be out of their depth in those situations. ]
...well. You've been here for six months and figuring stuff out. I'd say that's still pretty decent.
And it's starting to come back together again. That counts, too. I...it took me some time to really get the hang of teamwork, but it can be amazing as long as people know what they're doing.
I think we're all asking the same question. If everyone's trying to leave, and nobody really knows who started this competition, what purpose is there? You guys don't even know how we ended up on these teams to begin with, right?
Yeah, a guy in the trash told me about the moon. [ what a sentence. ] ...I hate hearing this, and I hate saying it even more, but it really does feel like we have to wait and see. Phoenix gave me some ideas of where to start looking for information.
Do you believe it's true? That the losing teams will lose their worlds.
Yeah. I gave him a sandwich. [ why. anyway. like. he sort of flails his hands wildly for a second. ]
That's just it! It's not like this is the first time we've had our world threatened but at least we knew what we were supposed to be fighting. But a competition? It's a different kind of crazy because we can't even predict how it's going to go.
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Not even a little bit. It was an adjustment getting used to everything.
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Besides the street fights then...it sounds like you were from somewhere that was mostly peaceful. Throwing a few punches isn't really the same.
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You're not wrong. There's a reason the whole hero genre is really popular on Earth, I think. Most people have never experienced anything like that, so it looks much cooler than it would be to really experience it first-hand.
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Hey, I'm not judging. When I first realized things were different at home--[ ...well. no, actually, when he first realized monsters were real his response really was "COOL!" but he was ten and impressionable.
now, of course, when he thinks about it he can see why people would be out of their depth in those situations. ]
...well. You've been here for six months and figuring stuff out. I'd say that's still pretty decent.
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We did manage to save the city from total destruction. It's amazing what teamwork can do.
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And it's starting to come back together again. That counts, too. I...it took me some time to really get the hang of teamwork, but it can be amazing as long as people know what they're doing.
[ which leads him to another question. ]
What do you think about this competition then?
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I'll work hard with my team, but I really don't get why it has to be a competition to begin with. We're all trying to get home.
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Do you believe it's true? That the losing teams will lose their worlds.
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Man, I don't want to believe it, because it sounds crazy and impossible. Except everything is already crazy enough that I really have to.
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That's just it! It's not like this is the first time we've had our world threatened but at least we knew what we were supposed to be fighting. But a competition? It's a different kind of crazy because we can't even predict how it's going to go.
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I'm glad this is the first time. But I'm sorry you've had to experience it at all.
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