Catch All II

[cryptsleeper]

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[soulsteal]

history cycles etc

you almost wonder if it's genetic

idk it's not like they're really obnoxious. i just started to notice it all of a sudden

the way she'd touch his arm or he'd pull her closer

and at first i thought it was like a protective father-daughter thing but then i realized it, you know, wasn't

i mean i get it lol she's hot and he's... the beard is not my thing but he's still a handsome man

he'd do something and then she'd bitch about how selfish "men" are to me and i was like yoko i'm a man and then i realized she meant, you know, "MY man"

i'm happy for them i think but when i see them together it's a weird feeling

[cryptsleeper]

There are days he puts more care into the beard than others....

But the dynamic's different from past versions I've seen. Sypha and Trevor tended to mutually bully each other (and myself, for that matter.)

Hardly your point though, I know. Couples always complain, even when they're happy together.

What makes you feel weird about it?

[soulsteal]

i don't know.

i wish i did.

sometimes i think maybe i'm jealous, and then other times i just feel like i've seen it before, and i know how it ends.

[cryptsleeper]

Do you think it may be from having how many souls in your body that have lifetimes of experiences and are inclined to be cynical about human relationships?

[soulsteal]

think i should ask the church to perform an exorcism?

[ this is a joke ]

[cryptsleeper]

....could be funny to watch.

[soulsteal]

anyway i guess you have a point

i should just ignore it

nothing good comes from listening to that kind of voice

[cryptsleeper]

Let them figure out what they need from each other. No one else need interfere.

[soulsteal]

that's not really what i

[ ... ]

nvm

[cryptsleeper]

If you said that to me in person, I'd be leaning in for further details.

[soulsteal]

it's fine

we can talk about something else

you know, you kinda mentioned it and then i did the math and realized

trevor and sypha were your lovers, right

[cryptsleeper]

They were, yes.

I've not been subtle about it. If anything, it's funny every time each generation of Belmont realizes it.

[soulsteal]

is it weird being around the belmonts now?

[cryptsleeper]

The first two or three generations, yes. But I just became the perpetual uncle, and it has worked quite well over the centuries.

[soulsteal]

i see...

i'm glad, then. if there's a place where you belong.

[cryptsleeper]

It'll change in due course. Nothing lasts forever.

[soulsteal]

when it does, will you find somewhere else to go?

[cryptsleeper]

Possibly.

I've taken breaks before. Spent centuries traveling when too many dead Belmonts became impossible for my heart to bear. Maybe wherever this ends is what demands a reset. Maybe it won't be.

[soulsteal]

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i say this without condescension, but you're an easy man to worry about, alucard.

[cryptsleeper]

Hardly the first time I've heard the comment.

But you should focus on yourself. You've only a lifetime, so far as we know. I have who knows how many left.

[soulsteal]

try spending more time in japan lol

well i'm only being half serious

maybe you have to grow up here to get it but

idk i grew up internalizing enough poetry and shit about the transient beauty of passing seasons that i kinda just accept when shit happens

some kind of buddhist-shintoist acceptance of separation and departure

actual fun fact from nocturne on this one

[cryptsleeper]

I'll have you know I was here during the Edo period.

But yes, cultural perspective being what it is. Why you'd worry about me when six centuries prove I'm going to be fine though...

the poetry got better okay

[soulsteal]

you don't really come off as fine to me idk

but i'm a sensitive and caring guy in general, obviously

[cryptsleeper]

With knowledge I may regret asking this: how DO I come off?

[soulsteal]

tortured.