Third Jump. [text from violet city.]

[surpassedjupiter]

[Normally it's the type of thing you see under an anonymous account, these short, to-the-point questions. Not being too acquainted with her 'gear outside of some texting she's done and some brief not-skype calls, Phi doesn't yet know to buy a second one when she wants to be the mystery woman she is. Oh well. It's probably a normal thing to be wondering...]

What's the last thing you remember before coming here?

It's okay to be vague -- something like "I saw a good friend" or "I was in a garden". I'll probably ask, but you're welcome to be shy about it, if that's what you'd prefer. Or tell me your life story. I don't have much to do, tonight.

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[twinsanity]

I suppose somebody must have at some point...? I don't really know. Our situation is complicated.

[surpassedjupiter]

[Just...give her a minute while she tries to possibly make a point for this poor young female.]

I was with a group back home that was in a complicated situation. We were all very different people -- some of us were clearly smarter, or stronger, or had a knack for puzzles. But we were all talented in our own way and no one was better than anyone else.

[MORALLY, maybe, but that's not the point.]

We were all there for a purpose, even if we didn't know it at the time. Even the one who didn't cooperate was there for a reason, and his actions could act as a springboard for everyone else's talents.

None of us deserved to be there, but we all had to be. It was necessary that we all be unique, but equal.

[twinsanity]

[...Phi, if you only knew...]

I specialize in weapons, defense, and military strategy back home. It's something I'm good at. Something that's mine. But it's not what I'm meant to do, nor is it what I was designed to do.

I don't mind, like I said. My sister is objectively perfect, and so I'm fine with using those talents to protect her and see that she can carry out what I can't.

[surpassedjupiter]

[...Okay so probably not a young female, but could still be female.]

Nobody's perfect.

[Elapsam semel occasionem non ipse potest Iuppiter reprehendere, she almost types.]

Is it something you're "fine with" or something you're happy doing?

[twinsanity]

Why would I even bother doing it at all if I weren't happy with it?

[...well, that was mature.]

[surpassedjupiter]

Oh, I could think of reasons. And that's not necessarily an answer to my question.

[twinsanity]

Since you seem to have trouble reading between the lines, I suppose I can spell it out - yes, I'm happy doing it.

[surpassedjupiter]

I just don't understand how one could be happy living for someone else's life instead of their own. It's all well and good to protect her, but don't you think putting yourself down while calling her perfect is a little unhealthy?

[twinsanity]

[...Well, that...um.]

I don't know. Maybe?

[surpassedjupiter]

[Well at...least he acknowledges it?]

I'm not saying to go around bragging every time you accomplish something -- that would get tiring. But you should take pride in what you do because you can do it well. Those things you said earlier... You said they weren't what you were 'designed' for, but they were something that were yours.

Find more of that -- independently of your sister and what concerns her, if you can.

[twinsanity]

[...y...es that is something maybe]

Maybe for the time being. Whenever we go home, I'll be charged with protecting her when she comes back.

[...pause. Second message.]

Now that she's back.

[surpassedjupiter]

[She...wasn't really analyzing those words until the second message. Filing that away in the brain for later, maybe...]

Given that we don't know when we'll be returned, I don't see that as a problem right now. And who knows? Maybe things could change back home. You did say that it had been quite some time since you saw her last.