It...seemed like a good idea at the time.

[splinterself]

[So after getting the "Where is this, who are you, what is going on?" out of his system, Dirk Strider was purposefully and boldly exploring Mac Anu and was...kind of bemused by the fact that the city wasn't done up in purple and black.

...just saying.

He had ended up at the harbor and there he paused in his wan- purposeful exploring, as...you know what's incredibly distracting? Actually only having one self (at least for the time being) that he was aware of. Also the clothes. Also the fact that he still had no idea what the hell was going on, and, more importantly, what was happening with Roxy.

There was a certain irony in him spacing out just as badly as he did when he had multiple selves to juggle, one which was lost on the guy as he was spacing out, brooding.]

...

[Yeah, this was getting him nowhere. (And shit, the lack of purple really was throwing him off.) That was when he shook his head slightly, turned to the nearest person, and said:]

Hey.

[So verbose.]

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[splinterself]

Oh. Yeah. Sorry. There's two separate places: Derse and Earth. Think of Derse as...actually, it was pretty much a dream world or alternate dimension. That was the place with the black-and-purple motif with skies of endless horror. Earth, where I grew up, was where my apartment was. More like what you're probably used to.

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[adarable]

[ the words "alternate dimension" doesn't really make her very pleased; it sounds like the abyss. nonetheless, this is a different world, so maybe it is different. ]

A dream world? [ yes, that sounds a lot more lovely. ] Then, is Derse not your island home? [ ok, she can dig that. ]

Are you alone in Derse as well? [ this is an important question! ]

/o/ /o/

[splinterself]

[Why is she curious?]

Nah, my friend Rox is there. One hell of a sleepwalker. I gotta haul her out of the aforementioned horror filled skies all the time. I'd offer to introduce you, but as far as I know she ain't here.

\o\ \o\

[adarable]

[ Because dreams are interesting, and also because she is generally a curious person. ]

I see. [ but does she actually exist, you said this was a dream world.. ] Perhaps you can introduce me to her someday! I'm sure meeting her here, if not today, is not an impossibility.

\o\ /o/

[splinterself]

Yeah, sure. If she doesn't show up here I plan on hauling ass and finding her anyway. Not sure how, but... [But it'll happen.]

/o/*\o\

[adarable]

If there is anyone who can do it, Mister Dirk, I am sure you can! You've done it a few times after all, I assume?

|o| |o|

[splinterself]

Oh hell, more than a few. See...I'll try to keep it simple. The way it works for certain people from my world is this: we get two bodies. There's our real body, the thing that's talking to you right now, and a dreamself. Despite the name, it's as real as this one is.

The way it's supposed to work is that those of us with dreamselves eventually wake up there and you've got two bodies going. When one sleeps the other wakes up. Something like that. I'm an exception in that I'm awake in both places at the same time. All of this is part of a game but trust me when I say you don't wanna know.

My friend, Roxy, she hasn't woken up on Derse yet but her dreamself is one hell of a sleepwalker so I have to haul her back home all the damn time.

~o~ ~o~

[adarable]

I... see. [ kind of following.. ] Well, that definitely means you'll be able to do it, Mister Dirk! There's no one more suited to do it than you!

[ a pause, for a question: ]

Are you awake there, now?

\o~~o-

[splinterself]

...I'm not sure. Probably.