[It took Oscar a little while to gain the courage to ask Paul to use the device. The situation was delicate as it stood. One wrong choice could ruin the dynamics forever.
But he was worried. Untethered to Ozpin, he felt as lost as he had during those times they had been separated by death in the dream.
He was Just Oscar.
He was so much more. ]
Oscar Pine. It's complicated. I don't think anyone here can help, either.
I'm looping in Ozpin and Daniel LaRusso. Mr. Lawrence and everyone with Cobra Kai: BE NICE.
If anyone at the Dojo has been worried about Paul... Please know that's partly my fault.
No, I didn't choose this. Ozpin and Ruby can help explain.
Ozpin: things didn't go as planned. I'm trying to get back home.
If it looks like he's talking to himself, he's actually talking to me.
I did the same thing for a while, too.
[He was trying not to overtake Paul too much-- but if Midoriya was looking in Paul's direction, there were... nuances that were unmistakable now that he had some operational control. Among them was a certain straight-backed stillness while he typed. The sort that looked a little too much like a certain other strange man in green from the ostentatious mansion covered in flowers in Gaze.]
The hashbrowns is a filter. No, I don't know why it's the password, either. I want Ozpin to know where I'm at, and Mr. LaRusso deserves to know.
I feel bad for the guy. He just walked in on all of this.
I thought it was more of a telepathic thing like Omens. I'll trust your experience with this.
[ Midoriya doesn't know Ozpin well enough to mark the resemblance, but he does know Paul well enough to tell when he's not himself--literally. He knows the carefully crafted facades, the fidgeting he tries to hide, and the shivering raw things that catch Paul himself by surprise. ]
Yeah. I don't want to be a bother to him more than we already are. But it takes someone pretty resilient to hang out with Lawrence-sensei regularly. I think he'll be fine.
[ Johnny's level of crazy is clearly comparable to what just went down the other day, surely. ]
Maybe I should be calling him LaRusso-san. Enough people in Trench go by their first names, and I thought... Well I can just ask him later.
Personal experience with a similar circumstance. I take it that this isn't new to you?
I have not killed Ozpin or Ruby, no. Ozpin and Willow did come for me though. They started fights that they were unwilling to finish and their friends - Qrow and Faith respectively - picked them up off the ground as they were dying and ran away with them.
[ Look, he can just work out the pettiness part of this message with Johnny. That's not what Daniel wants to focus on here, because a lot of Oscar's message is.. well, pretty concerning, and not for Cobra Kai or any karate-related reason. ]
Are you alright?
[ Sure, Oscar just said it's complicated, but Daniel's Dad Heart needs a yes or no answer to work with here, alright. He's worried!!! ]
Kind of hard to not do that, everything considered.
[ At least he means it as a light sort of thing. Sure, it's the truth, but it's so much like teens to not expect adults to worry over them in clearly worrisome situations. ]
What exactly is going on with you two? [ He's getting some ideas from these messages, but Daniel also comes from an entirely normal world.
So he needs a few moments to get used to all this wild stuff. ]
[ So: this has been a nightmare. He stares in bewildered annoyance at HashbrownCobraKaiRules, then fumbles his way along to more important topics. ]
It's alright, Oscar. I understand. You will recall that I have managed under similar circumstances, and I know that you are well equipped to conduct yourself gracefully.
[ but let's please not unpack any of that, and instead: ]
If my presence would be of any help [ at the horrible dojo of a juvenile man ] do let me know. The doors of my own manor are, of course, open to any who would seek safe residence here.
[The confession was quick, and he didn't care if Paul read. By this point, he was used to the shared nature of having multiple souls in the same headspace. ]
It didn't take you more than a day, and it was only with people who were at our place all the time.
[ It's unsettling, having to communicate by text alone. The mental silence is deafening. ]
This is a new world, and it seems we are being held to new rules. We can only try our best to puzzle out solutions which suit these new systems of magic.
We will find a solution, Oscar. Perhaps this is some holdover from the dream... a week instead of a day, just as death's delay used to be.
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But he was worried. Untethered to Ozpin, he felt as lost as he had during those times they had been separated by death in the dream.
He was Just Oscar.
He was so much more.]Oscar Pine. It's complicated. I don't think anyone here can help, either.
I'm looping in Ozpin and Daniel LaRusso. Mr. Lawrence and everyone with Cobra Kai: BE NICE.
If anyone at the Dojo has been worried about Paul... Please know that's partly my fault.
No, I didn't choose this. Ozpin and Ruby can help explain.
Ozpin: things didn't go as planned. I'm trying to get back home.
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Danielle might have a heart attack if you say his name in the same sentence as Cobra Kai.
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Please don't make this harder. Pretty please. With a cherry.
I'll make you brownies as soon as I get home if you can do that.
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[There's a pause for like ten minutes before another text comes through.]
Two cherries.
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[ Yes, he's being petty.
But Johnny started it. ]
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The adults are talking
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If you're going to fight, please just go outside and do it. I'm not borrowing Paul's hands for long.
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Worried how?
[ Worried for him? Worried about him? There are so many terrible possible nuances. ]
And is there something I should know about hashbrowns?
[ It could be important. Like a code word. Midoriya scrabbles for any semblance of organization in all this chaos if it will help him help others. ]
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I did the same thing for a while, too.
[He was trying not to overtake Paul too much-- but if Midoriya was looking in Paul's direction, there were... nuances that were unmistakable now that he had some operational control. Among them was a certain straight-backed stillness while he typed. The sort that looked a little too much like a certain other strange man in green from the ostentatious mansion covered in flowers in Gaze.]
The hashbrowns is a filter. No, I don't know why it's the password, either. I want Ozpin to know where I'm at, and Mr. LaRusso deserves to know.
I feel bad for the guy. He just walked in on all of this.
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[ Midoriya doesn't know Ozpin well enough to mark the resemblance, but he does know Paul well enough to tell when he's not himself--literally. He knows the carefully crafted facades, the fidgeting he tries to hide, and the shivering raw things that catch Paul himself by surprise. ]
Yeah. I don't want to be a bother to him more than we already are. But it takes someone pretty resilient to hang out with Lawrence-sensei regularly. I think he'll be fine.
[ Johnny's level of crazy is clearly comparable to what just went down the other day, surely. ]
Maybe I should be calling him LaRusso-san. Enough people in Trench go by their first names, and I thought... Well I can just ask him later.
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Welcome back.
You are haunting Paul, I assume?
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How did you figure it out so quick?
Did you get your thing done?
You didn't kill Ozpin or Ruby, did you?
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I have not killed Ozpin or Ruby, no. Ozpin and Willow did come for me though. They started fights that they were unwilling to finish and their friends - Qrow and Faith respectively - picked them up off the ground as they were dying and ran away with them.
[No real regard for the second question, though.]
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Are you alright?
[ Sure, Oscar just said it's complicated, but Daniel's Dad Heart needs a yes or no answer to work with here, alright. He's worried!!! ]
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[he didn't know.
he was lying.]Paul is totally fine. Don't worry about us.
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[ At least he means it as a light sort of thing. Sure, it's the truth, but it's so much like teens to not expect adults to worry over them in clearly worrisome situations. ]
What exactly is going on with you two? [ He's getting some ideas from these messages, but Daniel also comes from an entirely normal world.
So he needs a few moments to get used to all this wild stuff. ]
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It's alright, Oscar. I understand. You will recall that I have managed under similar circumstances, and I know that you are well equipped to conduct yourself gracefully.
[ but let's please not unpack any of that, and instead: ]
If my presence would be of any help [ at the horrible dojo of a juvenile man ] do let me know. The doors of my own manor are, of course, open to any who would seek safe residence here.
[ or: photos taken moments before disaster ]
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[The confession was quick, and he didn't care if Paul read. By this point, he was used to the shared nature of having multiple souls in the same headspace. ]
It didn't take you more than a day, and it was only with people who were at our place all the time.
I'm getting a little worried.
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This is a new world, and it seems we are being held to new rules. We can only try our best to puzzle out solutions which suit these new systems of magic.
We will find a solution, Oscar. Perhaps this is some holdover from the dream... a week instead of a day, just as death's delay used to be.
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I also came back wrong.
Please don't kill me, you'll hurt Paul if you try.
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here is that full story.
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Is this Pyrrha?
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