The Shin Yoosung from the future was lost, unlike the girl I was currently raising, I did not meet her before. She moved alone in the labyrinth of worlds for over one thousand years. She worked two hundred years for the sake of humanity. She kept her promise to defend the world for two hundred years. Then for another two hundred years, she remembered her companions. Throughout the years, Shin Yoosung used the handful of memories to protect herself. However, questions rose the more she remembered.
"What does all of this mean?" Time erased her cause and sense of justice. Once the cause disappeared, only the poor human truth remained. She felt resentment towards one companion, who in her eyes turned her and her companions into a tool. Loneliness and despair of losing the world permeated her bones. Shin Yoosung hated her companion who made her into this.
But things were different this time. The companions she once knew, were on a different path than what she remembered. They were following someone else, someone she didn't know or meet before, that someone was me. Her younger self's new memories started to invade her thoughts, and while she fought to kill, she couldn't ignore the truth in front of her eyes. Couldn't ignore her younger self. The ‘disaster’ Shin Yoosung and the ‘young’ Shin Yoosung saw each other at the same time. Which meant the wave of memories were gathering.
Just like I did not kill the young Shin Yoosoung I took into my care, I did not kill this one either. We both wanted the same world after all. One way or another, I was able to save her soul. She is also one of my beloved companions back home.
[ Looks at the time, oh. Hm. Dokja talks a bit too much for story time. ] Sorry, that took longer to share than I thought.
[coffee stand it is... sheba sips cold brew during all of this. rip to her housemates who will have to deal with her being awake all night.]
...thank you for sharing your story with me. And it's okay! Like I said, I've got plenty of time.
[she's been running around all day. it's nice to sit and rest.]
I'm glad you were able to save her, and I'm glad she became one of your companions. It seems like that's worked out much better for the both of you than it would have if you'd left things as they were.
[ sipping his own cold brew. it's nice in this heat. plus, anything to keep himself awake. rip to sheba's roommates but also, rock on. ]
Thank you for listening. [ It's genuine. ] I appreciate you sharing your time with me.
Mmm, I think so as well. I wish you could have met her. Since I had to save her soul, she needed a new body, so she became a dokkaebi. They are white, furry goblin-like creatures. Let's see... [ He brings out his notebook to doodle two furry things. ] The bigger one is "Bihyung." He's helped me on my journey nearly since the beginning. The smaller round one is "Biyoo", she used to be the future Shin Yoosung.
[ He beams over. ] Cute, isn't she? She's definitely gotten a lot bigger in the past few years. [ He's very proud of his goblin baby. ]
I will. It's the same for you, if you need me I'll be there.
[ they are cute and fluffy but can have quite the.... murderous expressions. evil. ]
Ah, Bihyung. Well, it wasn't the most pleasant of meetings... After all, it was his arrival that alerted us of our world's beginning ruin. He started us all with our first scenario, 'Kill one creature' in a certain amount of time. If you didn't, the penalty was death. [ very unpleasant first meetings. ] While he continued to play his role as a 'streamer', he did later become someone I could rely on.
It's actually because of him that I was able to get my hands on a dokkaebi egg that allowed us to bring Biyoo into this world. [ So it's like. Biyoo is both their daughters. ]
Oh. [kill a creature or else you die?? what the hell?? the more she learns about his and yjh's world, the more ??? she is about it. ...but it sounds like things turned out more or less okay.] The fact that he turned out to be someone you could rely on, and she did, too...
It seems like you're good at turning enemies into allies.
It seems that way, doesn't it? [ Dokja sounds quite clever when she puts it like that. And, technically, he is. But he uses whatever is available to him. ]
I just... appeal to their own wishes. Promise them that the end I aim for aligns with their own. Then it's up to them whether they trust my word for it.
[ A hum, before he brings up the earlier mention. ] Are you curious as to how I bypassed the first scenario? I ended up killing a grasshopper. After all, it said "kill a creature", not necessarily another person.
It probably wouldn't be so convincing if you weren't telling the truth, though, right? I think... most of the time, people can tell when someone's making empty promises or not.
[unless they're, like. a really good actor!
but dokja seems to back up his words with actions - case in point: the grasshopper.]
Hee hee, good for you! Finding loopholes like that is a skill, too.
You might have a point. Especially if the person is good at telling when someone makes a lie.
[ They could also be a very good actor!
Dokja chuckles at that, propping his chin in a hand. ]
It's better to work around things than play to the higher-up's rules. It's why I'm trying to figure that out here. How we can workaround rather than playing directly into the angel's hands.
I don't like being told what to do in general. Make it a situation like this, and... [she makes a face] Well... it just really makes me want to do the opposite of what they want.
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The Shin Yoosung from the future was lost, unlike the girl I was currently raising, I did not meet her before. She moved alone in the labyrinth of worlds for over one thousand years. She worked two hundred years for the sake of humanity. She kept her promise to defend the world for two hundred years. Then for another two hundred years, she remembered her companions. Throughout the years, Shin Yoosung used the handful of memories to protect herself. However, questions rose the more she remembered.
"What does all of this mean?" Time erased her cause and sense of justice. Once the cause disappeared, only the poor human truth remained. She felt resentment towards one companion, who in her eyes turned her and her companions into a tool. Loneliness and despair of losing the world permeated her bones. Shin Yoosung hated her companion who made her into this.
But things were different this time. The companions she once knew, were on a different path than what she remembered. They were following someone else, someone she didn't know or meet before, that someone was me. Her younger self's new memories started to invade her thoughts, and while she fought to kill, she couldn't ignore the truth in front of her eyes. Couldn't ignore her younger self. The ‘disaster’ Shin Yoosung and the ‘young’ Shin Yoosung saw each other at the same time. Which meant the wave of memories were gathering.
Just like I did not kill the young Shin Yoosoung I took into my care, I did not kill this one either. We both wanted the same world after all. One way or another, I was able to save her soul. She is also one of my beloved companions back home.
[ Looks at the time, oh. Hm. Dokja talks a bit too much for story time. ] Sorry, that took longer to share than I thought.
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...thank you for sharing your story with me. And it's okay! Like I said, I've got plenty of time.
[she's been running around all day. it's nice to sit and rest.]
I'm glad you were able to save her, and I'm glad she became one of your companions. It seems like that's worked out much better for the both of you than it would have if you'd left things as they were.
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Thank you for listening. [ It's genuine. ] I appreciate you sharing your time with me.
Mmm, I think so as well. I wish you could have met her. Since I had to save her soul, she needed a new body, so she became a dokkaebi. They are white, furry goblin-like creatures. Let's see... [ He brings out his notebook to doodle two furry things. ] The bigger one is "Bihyung." He's helped me on my journey nearly since the beginning. The smaller round one is "Biyoo", she used to be the future Shin Yoosung.
[ He beams over. ] Cute, isn't she? She's definitely gotten a lot bigger in the past few years. [ He's very proud of his goblin baby. ]
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[she leans over to get a better look at what he's doodling and... oh, hello! that's adorable, what the heck.]
She's so cute! They both are...
[well, she knows now how he met Biyoo, so.]
How did you meet Bihyung?
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[ they are cute and fluffy but can have quite the.... murderous expressions. evil. ]
Ah, Bihyung. Well, it wasn't the most pleasant of meetings... After all, it was his arrival that alerted us of our world's beginning ruin. He started us all with our first scenario, 'Kill one creature' in a certain amount of time. If you didn't, the penalty was death. [ very unpleasant first meetings. ] While he continued to play his role as a 'streamer', he did later become someone I could rely on.
It's actually because of him that I was able to get my hands on a dokkaebi egg that allowed us to bring Biyoo into this world. [ So it's like. Biyoo is both their daughters. ]
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[what a reliable guy!]
Oh. [kill a creature or else you die?? what the hell?? the more she learns about his and yjh's world, the more ??? she is about it. ...but it sounds like things turned out more or less okay.] The fact that he turned out to be someone you could rely on, and she did, too...
It seems like you're good at turning enemies into allies.
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I just... appeal to their own wishes. Promise them that the end I aim for aligns with their own. Then it's up to them whether they trust my word for it.
[ A hum, before he brings up the earlier mention. ] Are you curious as to how I bypassed the first scenario? I ended up killing a grasshopper. After all, it said "kill a creature", not necessarily another person.
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[unless they're, like. a really good actor!
but dokja seems to back up his words with actions - case in point: the grasshopper.]
Hee hee, good for you! Finding loopholes like that is a skill, too.
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[ They could also be a very good actor!
Dokja chuckles at that, propping his chin in a hand. ]
It's better to work around things than play to the higher-up's rules. It's why I'm trying to figure that out here. How we can workaround rather than playing directly into the angel's hands.
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I don't like being told what to do in general. Make it a situation like this, and... [she makes a face] Well... it just really makes me want to do the opposite of what they want.