STE IC Contact Post

[originaloddcouple]

"Hello! This is the residence of Something Old Antiques, as well as Isaac and Miria Dian! We can't reach the phone right now because of all sorts of complicated reasons! If you're contacting us for personal reasons, professional reasons, and/or questions about that thing in the center of the store, please leave a message! Preferably after the beep."

[Also contactable by network number and cell phones.]

Comments

[gunhearted]

... Guys? [DID HE DISCONNECT???]

[originaloddcouple]

...We're so sorry.

We didn't think....

[gunhearted]

Why are you apologizin' guys?! Did I say something wrong? I'm really sorry--!

[originaloddcouple]

No, we're the ones who messed up!

We didn't think things through and now this has happened and-

You and Nice shouldn't have to deal with this we didn't mean to cause it and Mom was right about me and...

[They're kind of blubbering now.

[gunhearted]

No she's not! Stop sayin' that...

[originaloddcouple]

But this never would have happened if we had thought things through!

We changed your life forever and we didn't mean to and now Nice's scars won't heal and...

[gunhearted]

It's not your fault!

[originaloddcouple]

It, uh.

Kinda.

Really.

Is.

[gunhearted]

You can't do somethin' like this on purpose!

[originaloddcouple]

Well, we didn't mean to but.

We did cause it?

[gunhearted]

It still doesn't mean you gotta apologize for it! I still don't even get it... It might not have been you guys...

I DIDN'T GET THIS TAG WHAT THE HELL

[originaloddcouple]

See, the thing is...

The thing we didn't really think about...

Just now that we think about it...

The... alcohol... from the 4th of July party....

May have...

Kind of...

[And they basically trail of into mumbling.]

I SEE HOW IT IS, YOUR INBOX. I SEE HOW IT IS.

[gunhearted]

What are you guys talkin' about?

[originaloddcouple]

We just sort of forgot that we... echoed it back...

We didn't think about it and so we shared it to drink and...

[gunhearted]

It's--it's just a drink. We didn't end up like this because we sold the money or anything, why would a drink do that?

[originaloddcouple]

It was from past life stuff!

Who knows what all that crazy past life stuff does!

Maybe my top hat is a time machine! I don't know!

[gunhearted]

Please--don't worry about it. Or blame yourselves like you did somethin' terrible, either!

[originaloddcouple]

But...

What if...

[And this part kinda hurts the most to say because they only recently thought of it. They probably never would've thought about it if someone hadn't pointed it out. And it's weird to think about because on some level they don't mind. But to inflict on friends, who very well MIGHT mind? It's upsetting and they're getting sniffles again.]

...What if none of us ever die?

[gunhearted]

[Jacuzzi didn't even think of it. And when it sinks in, he might have some emotions at Nice. He'll definitely have a lot of emotions at Nice, but right now the first thing he thinks about isn't himself.

It's Isaac and Miria.]

... You guys would've been alone.

[originaloddcouple]

Not always...

We would've been fine...

[Because its always Jacuzzi and Rakka and everyone else other than themselves that they worry about more.]

[gunhearted]

But you guys are always with people... [For him, being alone is his entire life. For them, he can't imagine what it'd be like to turn around and for everyone they knew to be gone.]

B-besides! We don't know that's how it's gonna work!

[originaloddcouple]

T-there's always great new friends to meet...

And e- and e- and even if we l-l-l- [They can't do it. They can't say lost.]

E-even if you guys... we'd ke-keep on living for you!

[They weren't sure when they were going to tell Jacuzzi about this decision. But they had hoped not this soon. Not like this.]

But what if it is how it works?

[gunhearted]

[He realizes his hands are visibly shaking now. Normally it's just something he can feel.]

... W-we can't change it, right? [He clenches his fists. They sound upset. He has to not be scared for them.] We'll... make the best of it. [When they hang up... then he'll panic.]

[originaloddcouple]

[Jacuzzi is so perfect. They aren't aware that he's brave for them, but they can't help but think about how great he is. How strong he is for taking this so well.]

Yeah... you're right...

We'll all get through this together. We'll be there for you, buddy.

[gunhearted]

[Part of him can't believe that. Everyone's given up on him, gotten rid of him. His friends were slowly losing their memories, their echoes, their connections to him.

But Isaac and Miria, Nice, Rakka... somehow they're still there. He feels like the relationship is a time bomb--ready to explode in his face like everywhere else he's found safe.

But, he reminds himself, Isaac and Miria are different. Isaac and Miria are the first people who ever loved him.

If, he wonders, it's okay to call their relationship one of love. Familial love.]

I won't let you guys down. [He says it like he wants to believe it as much as he wants them to.]