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[The white-haired man peering out of the screen at you has a faintly dubious expression on what you can see of his face, like he wasn't actually sure this would work.]

Uh... hey. [A slight pause, like he's not sure what to say.] I'm not used to talking for this kind of thing... I guess... I'm new here? The name's Ginko. Looks like I'm stuck here with the rest of you for a while, so I'd really like to get to know as many people as possible.

I've been assigned to be one of your medics. Hopefully I won't meet too many people because of that, though.

[But if this is the kind of place he thinks it is, he doesn't have his hopes up about that.

Another, smaller hesitation.]

Ah... if anyone here recognizes the name Edensphere... I'd definitely like to meet you. You might know me as Cloud, in that case.

[He kind of nods to the screen, and cuts the feed.]

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I'd be more than happy to!

[this poor man. lúcio's heart weeps for him.]

I have hundreds of tracks, my dude! I can show you stuff of all genres!

[While he's worked around robots before, he's never really spoken with them medically. Not his area of expertise and all that. So have a pause while he tries to translate that into human issues.

Well. Purging is easy to figure out, and nausea is rarely a good sign. He's not sure what to make of the tank comment, but anything hurting is probably bad. Armor, though...?]

Do you mind if I come to where you are? It might be easier if I examine you.

Another me...?

[That's... weird. And seems not great.

...If that's the case, he wonders how far back the differences go.]

Sure, I guess. I'm in the rec room.

[mercifully for ginko, riptide is still a human. he'll by laying on one of the couches and whining pathetically.]

[Ginko frowns thoughtfully, not sure he likes the idea of that... but it's as plausible as his proposed notion, and he likes it a tad bit better than the idea that he's walking around without even more memories.]

If that's the case... I really don't remember this at all. I was taken to another place about... mmm, maybe twenty years after wh--when you're from.

[The last part of that statement is accompanied by a vague motion of one of his hands in Chibi's direction.]

Other than that my life was... as normal as it could be, I guess. I grew up. I did my job. That kind of thing.

Oh, that would be nice! In fact, there's a number of other new arrivals I would like to get to know better as well...

Perhaps we could all meet up for a warm cup of qruomet?

[... forgive her, she's an alien.]

We're well-covered, in any case. There is never such a thing as too many doctors.

If you're interested in them, then you'll find it beneficial to speak with Ratchet; he's often around the medbay as well, and he is one of the robots present. I haven't seen many of the others about, really. I believe it would count more along the lines of engineering or cybernetics for us, so mechanical skills would be beneficial.

Your job?

[Frisk blinks at big-Ginko (they really need to decide how to think of him) and frowns a little, curious.]

What's that? Is it with the mushis?

[Twenty years? Honestly, it's hard to imagine that he'd even have lived that much longer. He guesses the part about ending up in another place would be weirder if it weren't for... well. The entire past couple years.]

It must be... right?

[What other job could he have been doing for twenty years?]

That sounds pretty nice.

...but what's qruomet?

[He tried to pronounce it like she did, but he probably totally butchered it.]

[Making a note of that.]

Ratchet... ok, thanks. Even if I can't help, it'll be interesting to learn.

[Sorry, Feudal Age Japan didn't exactly have the means to record music...]

Sure, whenever we're both free sometime. It sounds like it'll be... fun.

[Or something like that. Lúcio seems pretty pumped about it, anyway.]

[He nods at both of them, encouragingly. If he ignores the weirdness of talking to himself... well, it's really no different from talking to any child, is it? So he might as well treat it that way, until he could wrap his mind around this whole thing.

And he's not surprised Frisk knows about this. Chibi must have told them, of course.]

That's right, I'm a mushi-shi. Or... I was. It wasn't a bad life, really. I got to travel around and see some really amazing things, and also help a lot of people, after all.

[But it's a life he never wants to go back to, if he can help it.]

It's a drink made by soaking cured leaves from an evergreen shrub in hot water. It might sound odd, but it's very good.

[It's tea. It's ~~a keysmash name for~~ a kind of space tea.]

Oh! Yeah, I know what that is. I call it something else, but... I'm sure we can find a variety you like.

[He can't imagine the ship doesn't have tea, ok. It's here somewhere, they will find it.]

You're most welcome. If there's anything else I can assist you with, please let me know. I'll be seeing you around regardless I'm sure, so it was nice to have the chance to meet you.

Oh? What is it called here? And what kind of varieties are there?

Tea, and well... there are a lot. I don't know exactly how many kinds they have on the ship, but there are some that are flavored with dried fruit, and they can have a different taste depending on how the leaves are prepared, and what leaves are used.

[Frisk nods and manages a small smile, though they hold their Ginko's hand just a little tighter.]

Really? That...that sounds pretty cool!

[Being able to help people, to see the world...sounds pretty ideal to them.]

[Give him a few moments, he's still trying to process... all of this.]

You...

You were helping people?

[This seems to be going well. Frisk is calmer, and almost seems like they might be happy; Ginko's also taken note of the ongoing hand-holding, which is very interesting. If it wasn't clear from Frisk's earlier reaction to him, Chibi's ability to put up with the contact makes it blatantly obvious. It seems his younger self has made a friend, which he personally thinks is terrific.

But that train of thought, as well as his faint smile, are completely derailed by Chibi's quiet question.]

...I... well, yeah.

[It wasn't hard to remember what it was like when he'd been that age. It wasn't the kind of thing he spent a lot of time thinking about, but it wasn't anything that was easy to forget, either. Still, he's not sure what Chibi is thinking, here. Good, bad...? The kid doesn't look very happy, but he's not really surprised about that.

He fingers the bangs hanging over his missing eye, uncomfortable all of the sudden.]

I... it was... well. When I became a mushi-shi, I guess... I decided that I wanted to help whoever I could. It... wasn't a perfect life, but it's the one I ended up with.

['Calmer' might be a bit of a misnomer, really. They're smiling more, acting like the cheerful child they usually are, but it's a bit strained at the edges, and it shows in how Frisk's eyes flicker to their friend near constantly, the way their attention seems to be caught almost too closely by his older self.]

[But when their Ginko speaks up Frisk looks at him with a soft, sympathetic gaze, and rubs the back of his hand with their thumb. They want to pull him into a tight hug, but he has that lost look on his face again.]

'Course you're helpin' people. You help people here, too...you help me.

And it... it worked?

[It sounds unbelievable, but all he can think of to do is seek some kind of further confirmation. He glances over at Frisk, uncertain.]

...Maybe.

I'm a good mushi-shi.

[He manages not to sound defensive, just stating a fact. He's back on comfortable ground now; he is a good mushi-shi, or he was. Same difference, at least until they're sent back to... wherever the ship might send them, when it does send them back.]

But I don't think you should worry about it for now. What happens back in our world... it doesn't matter as long as you're here.

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