Pigging out is DEFINITELY a healthy response

[zelda_hylia]

Who: Zelda and Shizuo
Where: Middle District
When: Afternoon, January 16th
Style: Action
Status: Closed


[Truth be told, Zelda was thrilled when Shizuo suggested lunch. It gave her an excuse to do exactly what she'd been wanting to do the entire week the curse was active - eat far more sweets than she should.

She arrives at the bakery early, not in her royal garb but in a similarly shaped dress. Not seeing much else to do, she stands near the building and waits.]

Comments

[zelda_hylia]

[It's because Zelda has an overactive imagination, Shizuo.]

That is certainly true. I do apologize for reacting so strongly.

[Moving right along!]

It does make me wonder, though. Things that I consider basic might not be true on other worlds... the hours in a day, the days in a year, birthdays... even how quickly a person ages!

[a_violent_end]

I haven't thought of it too much, but that makes sense.

[Shizuo is more of a take-it-as-it-comes kind of guy and doesn't think too deeply about situations. Prompted by Zelda, however, he begins to think about the oddities of Ikebukuro - like Celty - and therefore comes to the conclusion that Zelda is probably right.]

I wonder if we've changed at all. If we won't get old, if we stay stuck here.

[Especially with the coral...]

[zelda_hylia]

[She rests her hands on her milk, making that face she makes when she's about to really start going on.]

I spoke to someone that mentioned that, actually. A mouse that could talk. For her, a significant portion of her natural life has passed while she has lived in Vatheon, but she does not feel any older. I think that this area must be in a state of temporal flux. There have been people on the network from the same world, people that knew each other, but they were pulled from different points in time. In addition to that, those that are sent back home temporarily say that it is as if no time has passed at all in their absence.

[She looks thoughtful.]

When you think of it that way, perhaps only our minds and spirits are here. It seems so real when you dream... and that would explain why people come back from the dead.

[a_violent_end]

[A lot of information. Shizuo listens closely, and doesn't really like the conclusion, though it does sort of make sense.]

I wonder if it makes any difference...what we do here, I mean. It almost makes it sound like it doesn't matter. If you just wind up back and everything is the same...

[If they are stuck in time and time only resumes after you return, then...what exactly was the point? Shizuo hated questions like that. What is life, what does it matter, what was the point of it all - he preferred to just live it out.]

I don't know, this stuff is beyond me.

[zelda_hylia]

Not everyone is released back to their own homes. No, it doesn't matter if this is an out of body experience or a place that lies beyond time - I think that our actions here surely make a difference.

[She sets her jaw.]

Even if time is not moving as it should, our minds are still moving. We are are still living here, even if we may forget it when we return.

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo nods. He's not trying to be argumentative. He just prefers not to think too hard about it.]

There's nothing else to do, really. Just live and hope for the best.

Because all Zelda things are divisible by 3.

[zelda_hylia]

[Hope for the best? Zelda doesn't do that. She'll make it work out somehow. But not now. Now she's curious about other things.]

There are 324 days in a year where I am from, and they are 21 hours long. Is it similar on your world?

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo just doesn't like to think too deeply about it all.]

No, it's different. 365 days in a year and 24 hours in a day.

[zelda_hylia]

That's actually a significant difference. By the system of your world, I'd only be 15.

[Now that's just weird.]

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo hadn't planned on calculating it. That...is definitely weird. But he shrugs.]

You don't act like you're fifteen, so I don't think that matters. We're not in my world. We're here.

[zelda_hylia]

That's true. It's still interesting, though!

[She finally finishes her milk off.]

Ah, that was good.

[a_violent_end]

It was. This bakery was a good choice.

[He finishes off his milk as well, feeling satiated.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda covers a yawn, looking embarrassed.]

Oh... it's been a long time since I ate that much. I guess I need a nap now.

[She smiles.]

It was good to see you again. I do hope I didn't talk your ear off.

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo returns her smile.]

No, I'm glad we did this. I like talking to you.