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Man.

[A pause.]

Has anyone ever gotten that sudden rush, where you remember a whole lot of something all at once? Or you think you remember all of it, but then there's pieces missing...

Hahaha wow I'm dizzy. Okay, sitting down.

Um- well all right, I won't beat around the bush. Nami, Zack? Buffy? Draco? Meryl? What about anybody from home? Luke, Asch?

I don't need help, I'm all right to get to the village myself, but a friendly voice would be nice to listen to for the walk in. Maybe some conversation while I catch my breath. Ah, how about- hm. Your first day here in Luceti; how was it for you?

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Heh, well, I wouldn't say that- I mean, there was a couple of experiments, and we had a whole pile of refugees come in from another enclosure, so that was a pretty big deal.

Oh wow; things got busy. Is everything okay now, or...? Is there something I should know not to do?

Nah, you can relax. Luceti has a way of calming itself down when the New Feathers come pouring in, you know? So the timing's good.

In other words? Welcome back.

Then I bet she'll be happy to see you. [It's always a relief to see old friends, even if it's in this place. Sometimes the only place you can see them.] His name is Luffy. If you know Nami, she might have mentioned him.

That's true.

Heh, thanks. Hey, so Good Spirits is still around too, right? [Oh, he hopes so. He really does; he loves that place.]

[It takes a moment for Luke to stop gripping onto the handrail and staring at the stairs and actually get a move on to the journal again. But once he does, he gives a wide grin and holds up a hand.]

Sorry! I'm fine, just... dropped the journal. [More like practically attempted to fling it to a lake.]

Ha!

[Whoa excuse him, didn't mean to laugh like that.]

Luffy's your brother? Wow, you guys, uh- [Are not really that alike in personality like, AT ALL.] You look alike!

It looked like you dropped yourself too. You sure you're okay? [Guy saw the stairs and sure, Luke can manage a tumble down the stairs but shut up. He's going to worry. He hasn't seen Luke in a while and the last he checked, his fonons were unstable as hell and then someone came back but he had really long hair but nobody grows that much hair in just two years and-

NO ENOUGH.]

[Okay, Guy, that really just made him laugh.] I've gotten that reaction before. Yeah, we look alike, but we're not that alike in personality, huh?

[Found out.]

Yeah. You seem a little more, serious, I guess. [Together. Not as insane.]

Of course! We wouldn't close up shop just because you're gone. Not with me in charge! ...Well, kind of. It's a weird management structure.

[Where else would the "manager" let himself get bossed around on occasion?]

So I take it that means you're back on board? The staff could definitely use another guy.

[No pun intended.]

Haha! You took it over? I'm really glad to hear that. [Guy figured either Zack or Buffy would keep the place going, but he'd actually had his money on Buffy. Go figure; Zack was more of a constant patron/occasional student than an actual owner, after all.]

Yeah, I'd love to go back if you'll have me, boss. Buffy still works there, right?

I-- ...what?

[Wait, something's not right about this. He's quiet for a long moment.]

I think we got some wires crossed in the middle, here... uh... a few months ago, I asked you if you wanted to join the staff. Because I was already running it.

Ha ha, I don't remember that. Last I recall, I was still running it.

Oh, uh. ...Wow. ...Seriously?

[What the hell, Luceti. What the hell. So weird.]

So- wait. You're the Guy I met when I first showed up here!?

[As in the Guy he actually got to know and befriend instead of sort of... casually meet from time to time? CRAZY.]

'The Guy?'

[There's more than one of him?]

Um- well, I definitely recall meeting you and befriending you. Unless you're talking about that first time; I don't remember any of that, but you told me basically what happened. [When you got drunk. MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS HAD SEX. It was very interesting.]

Can't say much for my first day. I spent most of it waiting to wake up.

Well, I like to think I'm not childish. Though serious is a new one. [... you have yet to completely meet Ace, Guy.]

No, no- wait, first time? I think that's the part I don't remember. The first me. That wasn't me-me.

[....]

You know what? This is gonna get messy, so I'm just going to forget all of that and focus on the us of here and now. Hi.

Yeah, this place has a way of making you feel like you're just dreaming. I was like that for at least a week when I first got here.

[Compared to Luffy when he's not in serious-fight-mode anybody can look serious.]

Childish, yeah. Is there a big age difference between you?

Hi. [Laughter.]

Nice to meet you. I'm Guy.

[All right, forget about asking questions right here and now, even if Guy's condition and the way he had worded his questions was concerning. Just as it had been last time he had arrived in Luceti, Tear felt that talking to him in person would be the better option right now. There was a lot for him to catch up on if he couldn't remember things correctly.]

Guy, please tell me where you are.

[TEAR. Faith buddy. The only one who believed with him. He loves you so much, girl.]

Ah- somewhere along the bank of the western river. But really, it's all right; Luke's actually insisting on bringing me shoes, so.

It's good to hear your voice, Tear.

[This is very true. But Ace can be quite insane at times.] Well, ah... I was older than him by three years. But he's gotten a few years on me in Luceti. I'm twenty-one now, and he's twenty-three now. [He's still the older brother, though.]

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