catchall caelus

[residentmerc]

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[trashprince]

[ yeah, caelus has been embarrassed a few times when someone knows information from the profiles he has yet to memorize. time to dedicate himself.

which is when that helpful comment is made. he looks to his page and squints. ]

No, that's right. It's C-a-e-l-u-s.

[residentmerc]

[ a pause ]

I meant the age.

[trashprince]

[ more peering. ]

Oh, that. That works, too. It's not clear to me, either.

[residentmerc]

... Your age, or why it's blanked out?

[trashprince]

[ (abruptly change the topic) ]

'Getting manhandled'...?

[residentmerc]

It's not a skill. And it's not a thing, either.

[ no!!! ]

[trashprince]

What's a chocobo?

[ do de do de do de do do do ]

[residentmerc]

It's... a bird. People ride 'em.

[ he looks truly baffled at someone not knowing what a chocobo is ]

[trashprince]

Whoa. That's awesome.

[ there is nothing caelus wants more than to ride a chocobo right now. ]

You've done a lot of cool things. Swimming with dolphins. Crossdressing. Riding motorcycles.

[ appreciative nodding. ]

[residentmerc]

We don't have to talk about all of them.

[ OR ANY OF THEM ]

[trashprince]

You don't want to talk about what's on our profiles?

[ :)? ]

[residentmerc]

... They're just skills.

[ he regrets ever being curious ]

[trashprince]

[ caelus should stop teasing. it's hard, but he forces himself to behave. ]

I don't know how long I was around before I woke up at Herta Space Station about a year or so ago, so my age must be up for debate. That explains the 'typo.'

[ to be clear, he appears to be around cloud's age if not a year or few older (anime art!!!) ]

[residentmerc]

[ honestly the only reason cloud even got NO about it was because of the crossdressing. he doesn't care about discussing any other skills but god. let's not go back to that. he looks surprised at that though ]

You lost your memories? [ wow... memloss ... who would have something like that... ]

[trashprince]

[ and yet it's listed as one of his top-tier skills. what is the truth? ]

Sort of, but even before, my memories were just whatever Kafka wanted to teach me. She's a... mercenary.

[ desperately searching for an alternative word since 'stellaron hunter' leaves people with more questions ]

Any version of me has only been around a short while. You'd have to ask Kafka if you wanted to know exactly how long.

[residentmerc]

[ uhhhhhhhhhhhhh no actually this has only raised more questions regardless of wording ]

Any version of you?

[trashprince]

There's only two, I think. The version of me from before, when I was traveling with Kafka, and then me now, after I became conscious at the Herta Space Station.

[ don't make him overthink it, he'll bluescreen ]

[residentmerc]

And the two... aren't just you?

[ sorry HE'S overthinking it so he has to ASK ]

[trashprince]

I--

[ now you've done it! is this why they call him cloud strife? ]

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There's only one Galactic Baseballer.

[residentmerc]

... That your title...?

[ what does that even mean, ]

[trashprince]

Yeah.

[ and may no one steal his IP!!!! ]

Let's say there's one me and I'm talking to you right now.

[ rejoice ]

[residentmerc]

Good to know. [ well he expected as much here. but sure!! good to know!! that there aren't clones running around!! ]

[trashprince]

[ that decided, there is another, follow-up thought: ]

Do you think the profiles exist to mess with us more than anything?

[residentmerc]

No doubt about it. Even without some of the stuff on it, no one wants all their information aired out. 'Specially since I don't remember answering any of these questions.

[trashprince]

Me, either, but my answers are spot-on.

[ like, if someone had interviewed him with those few questions, he'd have said the same answers more or less ]