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.

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audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Naw, you were kind of adorable.

You sound a little different now, though.

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ she looks immediately concerned. ]

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

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. ]

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.

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?

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. ]

[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.

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[backthatup]

[ Well, she's now is able to see how he now looks. ] Ah, your hair is a lot longer. Did it take a long time to grow? [ It is the first thing that he notices. ]

You're right. I wouldn't buy you a free meal because you listened to them. But I would buy you one because I hope to become your friend. [ A slight tilt of his head, indicating some embarrassment still. ] We're teammates and will get along with each other. I like that idea, but I also like the idea of being friends, too, and hope you are in favor of the idea as well.

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.

[fateality]

[Twisted Fate considers for a moment as he looks at the video display. He's more curious than disgusted, but he isn't stupid enough to dig into questions just yet.]

Seems a mighty big accident, slick. The kind that really changes a man.

But I really doubt anyone is gonna mind you as you are now, anyway.

audio | un: urahara

[predomination]

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

[backthatup]

Yes, it did change me. And for the better.

[ That much will always be true. ]

I hope not. I'm not sure what I would do if people were heartbroken over the troublesome teenager that I was.

[backthatup]

More good than bad, I hope.

[ Isn't that something that he's said before? Yes, and he'll keep saying it. ]

Something of mine? What is it?

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...

[whatshimadayou]

It is difficult to measure.

[There's a pause as he considers, then sighs.]

Your scarf.

[backthatup]

Well, at least, you are not dying from embarrassment.

[ His scarf? Ah... yes. ]

Thank you. I ... I'm very happy to have it returned to me. [ Is that the right thing to say, he wonders, but those are his feelings. ]

[whatshimadayou]

Not exactly, no.

...Would you like it back?

[predomination]

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

[backthatup]

I would, yes.

I should have started with that first. [ A soft laugh. Though, he supposes that he doesn't really need it anymore. It's something that was familiar to him and it'd be nice to have it back. For all his complaining and how much embarrassment that he's feeling, that is something that he's happy to have returned to him. ]

[backthatup]

So, it would seem.

I'm honestly surprised... I'm equally surprised I didn't end up in worst shape than what I could have with how much my mouth seemed to not want to stop.

[predomination]

People are surprisingly more forgiving of that in children.

[as he recalls, he was far more open about being a giant shitlord, rather than relying on subtlety when he was a kid... you know, several hundred years ago.