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[Oh god what is happening here. He blinks slowly, staring at her before giving a nervous grin in response because uh???]

I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. [Just. Blinking. But at least he sounds amused anyway despite being confused what Ayano is doing.] And what do you think you’re doing?

Making fun of you, mostly.

[Raises an eyebrow with a knowing smile.]

What do you think I'm doing, Egbert?

...[What if he just gently pushes on her face to put space between them? He’s still smirking though.] Making my life complicated and teasing me?

[She's grinning as her face is slowly shoved away from him.]

Ooooh Johnathan, you got me. [She lets herself gently fall backwards onto the other side of the couch, even.]

Busted.

[He watches her tip over and he sits up on his elbows to look at her anyway.]

Rude. Really, really rude. [He laughs lightly.] But considering my old life I think maybe you are onto something, unfortunately.

[She's just gonna stay where she is, watching the tv upside-down.]

Ooooh, has memory Johnathan been getting it in with some crazy chicks?

I am not entirely sure what my relationship with her was. [Why is he telling her this...] But her name's Vriska and she was definitely responsible for at least one of my deaths.

...That's a really unhealthy relationship, Johnathan.

[Hmmmm....]

V-Girls, am I right?

She just...murdered you?

[The grin goes a little lopsided.]

V-girls. And no, she didn't murder me. She told me to do something--do you remember how I said that to become a god we had to die? Vriska, I think, knew that because she directed me somewhere, put me to sleep and I was killed right after that. I saw my own body in images in the clouds after I ascended. [...] Come to think of it, I used to listen to Vriska a lot, too.

So...she deceived you. To turn you into a god...?

[folds her arms.]

You don't think...Hmmmmmmm....

Other Johnathan should've been more assertive too.

Not that I know him very well, I guess...

In my defense, we were thirteen. And I am pretty sure I liked her like you'd like a girl when you want to date them. [Homestuck's wild y'all.] Sixteen year old me was assertive enough to decide to go back and rewrite an entire timeline to stop the destruction of the new universe though, so...there's that.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Homestuck is definitely wild. Too wild for this girl to parse.]

I...take it back? Other Johnathan is pretty great, I guess. [Raises up her hand with a thumbs up.]

Good job.

How exactly did you rewrite time? That's a pretty cool power to have, dude.

[Which reminds her...]

Way cooler than mine.

[He laughs at that.] Other John was something, sure. Anyway I'm not exactly sure how, I just know that I think I did. I said I was going to, Dave confirmed some stuff about what he remembers, I remember hopping around the timeline...it was all very confusing.

[There's a pause though.] What sort of power are we talking about here? Does this have to do with your eyes?

What happened to the timeline that caused you to need to fix it, anyway? It was that bad, huh?

[She'll sit up to address his question though. Actually, she'll materialize a bag of chips from a mysterious location next to the couch and pop it open.]

Yeah, it activates along with my eyes.
My...power is really terrifying, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I could do some really awful things with it if I were a worse person.

[She'll take a potato chip...and eat it.]

I'm remiss to even reveal what exactly I can do, just because...I don't want you to become suspicious of me at any point.

I'm actually not sure what happened. I just know the whole thing was a huge mess. [Broken planets, dead friends, the usual. Still, he's more interested in this now.]

You're not though. A worse person, that is. [He gives her a skeptical look though.] I just told you I had a crush on someone who definitely got me killed and then was fine with it. Do you really think I'd be suspicious of...whatever it is?

No, I just...it's weird.

[Points her index finger at his chest.]

Reverse empathy? [Slowly draws circles with her finger.]

Or...I'm a monster that can live inside your heart.

Fear, anger, sadness...I'm not...great at it, but in theory, I could make you feel anything that I wanted you to feel.

I can take control of other people's emotions. I can think of the scariest time in my life, and fill you with that same sense of fear in an instant.

[Quirks an eyebrow.]

Scary, huh?

[He just watchs for a bit, listening as she explains and only remaining thoughtful all the same. ] That is pretty scary, yes. If you use it that way. There are plenty of other good ways to use it. Did something happen or did you remember it?

I figured it out the old-fashioned way. One of my many wonderful detective friends helped me figure it out...We did some trial and error.

[Paaaaause.]

Although, even if I used it for kindness...To put love into people's hearts or...whatever. I'm still manipulating them. It's wrong on any level, isn't it?

That sounds a little dangerous but I cannot really fault you guys for trying. [Hm.] Naoto?

I think if you call it manipulating, yes, it's wrong...but what about if a person asked for it? Would you still consider that manipulating?

Kyouko, actually. I guess she's not really a detective in the professional sense, but she has detective sensibilities, or something...Although I wouldn't mind Naoto taking a look at me too...

[blinkblinkblink]

Are you saying I should open an...emotion store, or something?

Oh. I didn't know you guys knew each other. [...he can't help but snicker under his breath because yeah, he's sure you wouldn't, Ayano. Anyway.]

It's a thought? That one girl on the network offered to put people to sleep when nightmares were a huge problem. I'm sure some people might find it helpful. I'm just curious how it works exactly.

We're tight. [They're not.]

I'm basically her assistant. [She's not.]

How does anything work in this world? Maybe my eyes establish some kind of...connection? To my mind and theirs...[Or there's an evil, magical snake living inside of you.]

...I bet I could relax people who are stressed out, or cheer up people who are struggling...
The power of love...

[Nodding along because yeah he knows how Kyouko works, she barely tolerates him sometimes.]

You could, maybe. It would be kind of an awesome ability to have. [...on the other hand.] Can you only imprint on people? Or can you like feel their stress or worry and know what they're thinking and stuff too? I know you said it was reverse empathy but I wasn't sure.

So far, I think it's just a one way street. I can imprint feelings on other people, but I don't feel anything back.

Which...I'm kind of glad for. I think it would be really emotionally taxing to have other people's feelings thrust upon me all the time.

[Chomps a few more chips.]

Maybe I should make a network post and like...ask for advice? Or offer to help people...

I think...I can finally be useful. If you think about it, I'm pretty powerful. If someone tried to attack me, I could just give them the sensation of being horrified until they run away. [She says this in an unsettlingly matter-of-fact way.]

It sounds like it would be draining. I feel bad for anybody who ever has to deal with something like that. I can barely deal with my own shit sometimes. [He's wiggling up on the couch to get closer...and take a few chips for himself.]

You could. Have you met Elliot? He asked people for help when he got some of his magic back. I can imagine at least a few people would be okay volunteering if they knew exactly what they were getting into. And while you could do that, that's also not really your style, I think. But you could definitely help people. It's a lot of power and responsibility and bluhbluhbluh.

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