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Ah, good...

[ Thank god for that, actually... ]

Ah, you mean this month's craziness?

Not much to say that hasn't already been said... suddenly we all had doppelgangers who look like us and act like our opposites running around.

Honestly I probably got off easier than most... sure, me and my clone wanted to claw each other's hair out, but we were both used to this kind of thing already so we just... tolerated each other.

[ Putting a lot of it lightly for some reason... ]

I suppose that's why some of them acted with ill intent.

I'm glad yours was apparently as benign as one could hope. You make it sound more like you had a sibling show up instead of a double.

[Which is a little funny...but Yuzu's account is definitely light on trauma.

But if that's intentional, Trish isn't about to pry.]

Aha, yeah...

[ A long pause... ]

I can't say it was a good experience, though. It all ended pretty terribly still.

That I've heard.

I apologize for being absent during all of this. It was a lot to go through and I don't doubt you were all overwhelmed.

But if you're sure you're fine, I won't mention it again. I know how no one likes to linger on the things that happen here.

Thanks, I appreciate it...

[ It's a lot... and to be honest, she does want it to not be brought up. She's already struggling to work through her thoughts that had been thrown into disarray seeing someone who looked like her... like a fifth counterpart...

Honestly just the fact that she looked so much like her had sent her spiraling for a bit. Her head has been a bit of a mess since even before she got here, but that specifically was what tossed her mind around the most. ]

Still, are you sure you don't need anything? You must still be pretty frazzled after sleeping for so long.

[Yuzu always put up a strong front, so if they're anything alike, Trish thinks...dredging up fresh blood from old wounds won't serve either of them.

Even if it is maddening to wake up like it's any other day and all the people you care about have been through hell.]

I think so. I don't feel unwell, just groggy.

If anything, what troubles me the most is how it feels like no time has passed at all. Unless you have a remedy that can make me feel like I'm where I ought to be, there's not much I can think of to trouble you with.

[ Yeah, she appreciates Trish for understanding that... even if eventually something is going to noticeably snap, right now she'd just... rather not. ]

Hm... can't say I've got one of those...

But I can give you a quick brush if you need one.

[Yuzu! That's not good!!

But what Trish doesn't know can't hurt them both...right?]

No, I suppose not. Not unless you could give me memories I can't possibly have.

I wouldn't say no to some company though.

[A subtle way of giving Yuzu that very thing, since really, Trish is fine? She's fine. Which is exactly the problem.]

[ It's fine! Perfectly fine... she's just sorting through the mess that her head has always been but hadn't been a problem until now. ]

Ha, some company sounds great. I'll be right over.

There's no rush.

[Trish will insist, because in the space between catastrophes...there's nothing but time. Nothing to do but think, or find distractions.

She's in her bedroom at any rate, back to her quasi-human form and free of her bear self until nightfall.

It's probably hard to tell she has bedhead when her hair is always piled on top of her head, but she does look a little drowsy still, whenever Yuzu drops by. She gives Yuzu a salute in lieu of a proper greeting too.]

[ Well, it's not like she shows up immediately... she has to do her hair up and do her best to look like she's still got a grip on herself... which she does! Save for some bags under her eyes. ]

Hey sleepyhead.

[ Just a small jab as Yuzu comes in, sitting down near her furry friend. ]

[Oh no...they handle situations so similarly.

If your makeup is put together, you are also put together: a corollary that does not actually exist.

It won't be hard to miss the bags under Yuzu's eyes, perhaps, but if Trish notices them, he doesn't say anything.

Rather, she shimmies to settle next to Yuzu, sweeping her tail to rest in her lap and out of the way.]

Hey yourself.

[She is studying Yuzu though, which will immediately be obvious. As if she can stare down the other girl and grasp the passage of time.]

...It's good to see you, Yuzu. Even if it feels like only yesterday to me.

[ Is it some sort of situation-handling method that's universal to natural pinks? ]

It's good to see you too...

[ It's the only win she's had so far this month, honestly. She keeps that to herself, though. In terms of the passage of time... aside from the bags, just a little longer hair and... a little less light in her eyes. ]

How have you been handling yourself since I've been away?

[Trish's tail twitches, but she keeps it draped in her lap, so it drums at her knee with a leisurely tempo.

Trish does see the shift in Yuzu's appearance, but she remembers being bedraggled after the week everyone was children. It would be silly to assume Yuzu didn't have trouble with other doubles, even if her own was supposedly benign.]

With the little things, I mean.

[Since they agreed not to discuss the doubles much.]

Mm...

[ Little things, huh? Well with Yuya gone and her taking that pretty hard, she can't say she has... ]

Yeah...

[ So obviously she does say that she has been handling herself well, clearly. It doesn't make her feel any better, but it doesn't make her feel any worse either.

Though... ]

...can you keep a secret?

[ Maybe with Trish she can mention... one recent thing. ]

[Somehow Trish doesn't entirely believe that, but she won't push Yuzu to share anything she doesn't want to.

So it's surprising to hear Yuzu say that.

A secret?

She doesn't imagine Yuzu of all people would need to hide anything. Then again, Ryslig gave everyone something to haunt them.

She's quiet a moment, just to give Yuzu a chance to consider if she really does want to share without pressure, before saying:]

I can do better than that, depending. [Bite someone, if need be.] What is it, Yuzu?

[ Fortunately, it's purely about herself... no need for Trish to bite anyone or anything. Still, now that she's mentioned it, she's finding it a little hard to word exactly what it is she wants to say. It's just... ]

It... isn't the first time I've met someone who looked just like me, so seeing my doppelganger just explode like that... I think it messed up my head a bit.

[ Which... may need some elaboration, but ultimately it's... not even a big secret. It's just something she wants kept from one person in particular. ]

[The exploding is the part that gets Trish. It's almost comical in how excessive it is. Hell, even during the summer, she heard the ones who arrived by virtue of the vortex simply melted where they stood. Which is already horrific, but almost benignly so in comparison.

Of course, Yuzu's statement can be taken a number of ways. Did she have a twin she hadn't known? That's like something out of movie, but far stranger things have happened.

So it's off that Yuzu finds it worth secrecy. Anyone would be shocked, wouldn't they?]

I would be surprised if it didn't affect you at all. Even if it was a fake, that was your face they were wearing.

[However...]

Something like this didn't happen before, did it?

[Back home, she means. Since if that were the case, it would mean Yuzu was forced to relive an old trauma.]

Ha... fortunately no, nobody's ever exploded in front of me until now.

[ Yeah, it's sort of an illogical reason to want it to be kept a secret... but she asks anyway. ]

No, it's just... it's complicated, but back home? There were three other girls who had the same face as me... and this reminded me of them.

[ She sighs. ]

Sorry, this is all pretty confusing, isn't it?

A little.

[Trish admits gently. If only because she's not sure of the significance of these other girls. She doesn't call them sisters, so why they looked like Yuzu is unclear.

But it does clarify why these doubles were so harrowing.]

Those other girls...did something happen to them?

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