laserguy | etraya inbox

Is that something that can be made?

Not like that. More like how to have a good relationship, I would say. Gustave and I have one because he doesn't treat me like a child.

It's a good thing if she follows his advice.

yeah i'm pretty sure, but need someone really smart with technology. and probably ruby quartz.

so she really wants to have a good relationship with me. like what you have with gustave? which. is he someone from your world? pretty sure i haven't met him.

Yeah. He adopted me. And he just so happens to be really smart. He's an engineer. Sounds like maybe you should meet him.

I guess I should ask what kind of relationship you want with Sophie.

well since you're willing to vouch for him, i guess he doesn't sound too bad.

and. i don't know?? i guess i never thought about it. of all the mutants here, it kind of feels like she's the only one that actually gives a shit.

[Well, and maybe a couple of others, but they're gone now.]

Edited 2025-09-22 20:19 (UTC)

He's the best. He'll like you. He'd be happy to try and help you out, too.

I don't know how to tell you this, but she does give a shit. She wouldn't have spoken to Gustave if she didn't.

heh. if you say so.

[He normally doesn't leave great impressions on people, but he tries every so often.]

yeah. i know. guess i'm just not used to it. [He has Alex, but... his older brother wasn't around often.]

Are you a sad and lonely orphan, too? Before here, I mean.

[oh fuck really--]

no. i have my parents and stuff. we're just not close, but. fuck okay. guess i'm bitching about nothing huh.

Everyone in Lumière is an orphan. So people are more open to... getting more family, I guess? I forget some people might not want a guardian.

[.....what the fuck. damn.]

what the hell happened there? to you?

It's a long story and pretty strange compared to other people's worlds, but... there's no one over 32 left. And each year the number lowers.

[Or at least it used to. It's all over, now.]

We called it the Gommage. Gustave would have been up next, and then everyone 31 years old, and then eventually it would be my turn.

okay. that's really fucked up. putting that out there now.

but wait is it done and over with? you guys stopped it??

Not going to argue with that.

... I thought we did? But that's what you get from operating entirely on assumptions.

so. like what happened then?

The right thing was maybe the wrong thing. Died anyway. Everyone. Game over.

[She saw that video game screen.]

wait seriously? everyone just died? because you tried to save everyone? that's it?

that can't just be it.

It can, apparently.

It's not the worst thing. Some of us are here.

but then that means you guys aren't dead then??

or i guess echo brought you back to life? maybe the fact that you're here means that things aren't completely fucked back home. like. there's a reason to save your world still.

Pretty sure we're dead. Here, we're not. It's a very convenient second life.

Don't freak out more than I am, okay? I like it here.

[It sucks. Knowing that Maelle is dead back home.]

you really do? like it here?

Yeah. Mostly because Gustave is here, too. He makes everything feel okay.

I've met some cool people, though.

[The guy that basically adopted her... guess if he got to see the person he cares the most from his world in this place, maybe he'd feel the same.

There's a small pause as he figures out what he actually wants to say next.]

yeah? like me, obviously.

Who are you again?

wow.

saying that after eating sour cream and onion chips...

Sour cream and onion chips are another reason I like it here.

(no subject)

laserguy - 2025-10-05 20:49 (UTC) - Expand