VOICE | UN: GREENCYBORG

[backthatup]

I cannot-- [ Let's start again. ]

For those who do not know... I am Genji.

There is rarely a time that I feel I should apologize for my entire existence, but the amount of embarrassment that I feel upon having to relive the memories of my younger... more impertinent self... calls for it.

Comments

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Naw, you were kind of adorable.

You sound a little different now, though.

audio; un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

Kind of adorable is one way to put it... obnoxious is another.

[ Different. Oh. ]

There was a mistake that happened. I had to go through some changes in order to recover from it.

[fateality]

You were incredibly overly confident, but y'had a charm to it.

[There's a hum of curiosity.] Big mistake?

[backthatup]

I'm touched to hear that it was not all bad for you, then.

[ An answering hum. ] Yes. [ There is that pause as he switches from audio to video mentally. He shows how he looks now because he isn't ashamed. No, it's the questions that might come later but if he makes it sound as though it is his own mistake, that will be fine. ] A little different than how you remember me, yes?

On the outside and the inside.

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ she looks immediately concerned. ]

Mr. Genji — did you do something terrible too...?

video | un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

[ The expression beneath the faceplate is one of concern. ]

It's more that I remembered how ... troubling I was in my youth. Enough for me to appreciate the patience that everyone had for me back home. [ But not enough to feel sorry that his clan is now all but ruined. ]

But... terrible, too... what do you mean? Are you all right?

[winces]

Oh! Um —

[ she looks away, cheeks suddenly pink with her shame and embarrassment. ]

Y-Yes, I'm fine...! [ hastily moving on: ] B-But you shouldn't feel too bad about your past self... I think we're all a bit at our worst when we're young and still learning a lot.

voice ; un: navigator

[weatherscience]

Genji...?

[ The voice is undeniably familiar, older though it sounds, and she imagines Genji will feel the same -- her voice sounds much the same, even though the voice-response doesn't translate her longer hair, the changes in her appearance.

Something hasn't changed, though... ]

Hm, does this mean no more pretty words? A shame, they were kind of cute! [ She's teasing him, 1000% teasing him. Poor guy... but let's be real here he kind of deserves it. ]

voice; un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

Yes... Nami, yes?

[ His voice sounds like it is going through an autotuner, more mechanical and robotic. But he lets out a sigh that is undeniably human. ]

Kind of cute, again. [ He laughs a little. At least, the laugh sounds almost the same. ] Well, I could think of some, if you are truly missing awful lines from flirty boys.

voice > video

[weatherscience]

Mm, that's right!

[ She makes the mental switch from voice to video, and so the jewelry carrying the message shows Genji the image of her, standing on a wooden deck undeniably like those leading to the hot springs. ]

Ah, please don't! I think I'll like you better without. I've had enough of awful lines for a lifetime! Besides... you wouldn't buy me a free meal now, even if I listened to any of those lines, so what would be the point? [ She laughs, too, and winks at him in the same way she did, before, except this time there's far more self-awareness... and she's being actually honest. ]

audio; un: okami

[whatshimadayou]

I am imagining you with green hair, and being immensely flirtatious and obnoxious with most of the people you ran into.

[He sounds stern, but he's trying to tease and being a little terrible about it]

audio; un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

[ I MEAN. HE'S NOT WRONG, THO. ]

You are imagining right, brother. [ The embarrassment makes steam come pouring out of the vents with how overheated he is. ] I can only hope you suffered less than I did. [ And why wouldn't he? Hanzo, even younger, wasn't someone to bring the same amount of shame. Save for that mistake. Save for that, but he can hope that Hanzo did not return to that time but some time softer and kinder. ]

[whatshimadayou]

...There were good and bad things alike. Which is more than I could have expected. [And also incredibly difficult when the bad happened but, well, he really has no one to blame for that one.]

I have something of yours.

audio | un: urahara

[predomination]

Sounds like you had a difficult time, Genji-san.

audio | un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

Yes...

I may never recover fully from the embarrassment of knowing how I was back then. You always have memories of your youth and your youthful self, but they're more like a dream than reality. When confronted with the truth, it can be quite daunting...

[predomination]

On the other hand, I'm sure most people found it adorable.

video: un: swan

[sheriffing]

The de-aging thing was going around, it's not like it was just you.

[Because, unfortunately, Emma suffered the same. Thanks, ALASTAIR.]

video; un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

That's true.

I just had a moment of ... I am not even certain if I can call it secondhand embarrassment. But it was embarrassment so real I could feel the need to activate my cooling vents.

[sheriffing]

I think we're all equally embarrassed. By the time you cool down, everyone else will probably be pretending it never happened.

[iomnic]

Hello, my student.

[He had a feeling the other would do something like this.]

Perhaps we should speak in person.

[backthatup]

Master.

[ He dreaded this encounter. ]

Yes, there is a lot that I have to answer for...

[iomnic]

And... I, as well.

Allow me to find you, this time.

video

[heroforhobby]

Ah, it's you.

You used to be super friendly.

[He's perfectly monotone, hard to tell if he was displeased, pleased, or what now by the encounter.]

video

[backthatup]

[ Ack. ]

Isn't that... a little too simple a way of saying what I was?

[heroforhobby]

Is there another way you want me to say it?