01: Reality $ TEXT

[righthandstand]

[Okuyasu opts for a text message rather than a video as 1) it's kind of easy to figure out after some practice - it's like a computer, only the keys don't get stuck and 2) he hopes fewer people will recognize him from the tiny icon.]

you know after the past few days i think im finally getting that this is all real
that im not dreaming that i woke up in outer space and went to a planet where magic is real
does that make sense?

i guess what im trying to say is i suddenly realize that i was sleeping in a real bed in a real house and ate real food
but at the same time i cant completely accept it yet
and its confusing

i know it sounds pretty dumb but thats how I feel

Comments

[twomeals]

did you follow him

[righthandstand]

[Okuyasu doesn't answer for some time.]

No

i wanted to because i know i could always trust my big bro but he told me i needed to decide what i wanted to do
instead of following him into this light in the darkness
so i thought about it and decided to stay
my friends needed me

and i think thats what i wanted in my heart
because sometimes my heart tells me good ideas and sometimes real shitty ones but this was a good one
and looking back im glad i didn't follow him
but its still sad getting to see him one last time
i wish i could have said more

[twomeals]

[Ah...hm. So the ghost was his brother? A ghost-brother? He doesn't entirely understand, but the mentions of final meetings and darkness reminds him of Shin and everybody back in Utsuwa......which is a memory he hadn't quite expected to get dredged back up from a conversation like this.]

having to leave someone is always sad
it would be nice to see everyone again
i wish i could have said goodbye at least

but thats just life i guess

[righthandstand]

yeah



sometimes people are just gone

[twomeals]

yeah





at least theres other people to talk to here