Oh no he's back for more

[dehipster]

[So Benny's still in Wankerville. By now, he's getting a better grasp of what's going on and what to expect. This isn't just because he's spoken to Shelly and Tori; it's because he found a certain convenient book. It's titled "Welcome to Wankerville, Random Nexus Facts For Dummies".

That's not the only thing he's found.

Right now, he's sitting on the front steps of one of the houses, playing with four kittens. He's not sure where their mother is, but he does know they were incredibly hungry when he stumbled across them. Luckily, they seem to about four or five weeks old, so they accepted meat scraps just fine. He fed them and now he's stuck with them. Not that he minds, of course. He enjoys their company. Shoe was already a fully-grown, lazy tomcat when Benny got him, so the opportunity to play with actual kittens is new to him.]

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[skirtcladgunner]

Oh, no! I'm totally terrified by the kitten-loving therapist! [Though, maybe she is a little terrified of him for real, deep down. Not that she would realize it on the surface, but. Therapists. They can see into your soul.] I promise, I'd take you completely seriously~

[At least her laughter is less strained this time around.]

[dehipster]

[Oh Tori, if only you knew. If only.]

Ahh, that's certainly good to know. [He leans forward to scoop the red kitten up with one hand and place it in his lap. Who's a good Macintosh?]

[skirtcladgunner]

Heh, is it? [She directs her attention to one of the other kittens, gently running her fingers over the top of its head.] So glad I could help with reassuring you~

[A small bit of silence from her end before she responds again.]

I wonder how long this place will keep me this time.

[dehipster]

It wasn't too long at all last time, was it? [Idly petting the tiny little kitten in his lap. Yup. There can never be enough petting.]

[skirtcladgunner]

No, it wasn't. I usually don't stay here long at all. [Which was something she was thankful for when the crazy Yuan was around, but she isn't as thankful for it now. Benny's a decent enough guy, after all.] But you never know--life might throw me yet another curve ball if I expect it to be the same this time~

[Exaggerated sigh.]

[dehipster]

[He hears that tilde. Tori, are you Mafia?]

Do you have somewhere else you'd rather be?

[skirtcladgunner]

[She is not mafia, she swears.]

...yeah, sort of. None of those places are really an option anymore, though.

[Not really. Everything feels wrong with people things should feel right with, and she certainly can't go home.]

[dehipster]

[Not an option? He doesn't really get how that would work, but he won't pry.]

Oh... That's a shame. I hope you'll find a way to surpass whatever it is that's in your way.

[skirtcladgunner]

[The next thing she says is more to herself than to him:]

Maybe things will improve once we kill that sparkling excuse for a vampire. [A very lengthy pause.] ...we just have to find him first.

[dehipster]

... A sparkling excuse for a vampire?

[........... No way. It couldn't be.]

[skirtcladgunner]

Yes. And his brooding, lifeless minions.

[She tries not to let the hurt she feels seep into her voice, but she likely fails. It hurts to think that her adoptive father, a man full of energy and life, is probably one of them now.

If he isn't just dead all together.]

[dehipster]

[Ah. Apparently this is a touchy subject. He just... he needs to know for sure.]

Is this, by any chance, a vampire with skin that sparkles when exposed to broad daylight?

[skirtcladgunner]

...you've heard of "Lord" Cullen?

[But if that's the case, why would Benny be brought here instead of Twinklehaven? ...is this another instance like Bro's?]

[dehipster]

[fdskjfdsklj no waaay]

I wouldn't know about any lords, but I've heard of the Cullen family, yes. They're, ah... very popular with teenage girls, one might say.

[skirtcladgunner]

[. . .]

I don't get how they can exist as fictional characters in one world, much less more than one.

[It must be how they can sneak in so easily in some worlds...!]

[dehipster]

Considering how well the books and the movies sold, perhaps it isn't entirely surprising. Perhaps there's a market for this sort of thing in most worlds.

[skirtcladgunner]

The Cullen I know of has screwed up the population of many, many worlds. Or at the very least, he's the reason the infestation of his kind has gotten so bad.

[Just a tad bit bitter about losing her world to him, maybe. Among other things.]

[dehipster]

And he did this in person? [... Did he still look like exactly that guy from the fourth Harry Potter movie, or would actor choice not matter in the transition from fictional to real life? HMMMM....]

[skirtcladgunner]

Maybe in the beginning, I don't know. But not once I was dragged into everything. He has enough "loyal subjects" to do that for him...

[Why is she telling him any of this? She really shouldn't...]

[dehipster]

That's... odd. The fictional Edward Cullen didn't strike me as the 'evil overlord' type.

[Not that he read the books. Certainly not more than once. ...Or twice. .......He read them before they were overhyped by teenage girls okay. It was a phase. He got over it.]

[skirtcladgunner]

Really? Maybe it would be better if "Lord" Cullen was more like the fictional one, then.

[Tori. Tori, no.]

[dehipster]

... I suppose that in the grand scheme of it all, it would be. [Because at least then, Edward's horrors would be confined to just one world. It wouldn't spread. ...Probably.]

[skirtcladgunner]

I wonder how different my life would be.

[Even when she'd be taken to the Mafia games and other places, at least she had a chance of seeing home...]

[dehipster]

[...Wow. Edward Cullen has literally ruined lives. That's kind of mindblowing.]

Considerably different, I would wager. But then, there is always a 'what if' scenario like that. Hundreds of them- thousands of them, in fact.

[skirtcladgunner]

Think I might have just drawn a bad stick, then?

[She lets out a small puff of laughter, but it isn't entirely sincere.]