Merriment 18 | Video

[mynameisallen]

[Allen had just finished training for the day. It wasn't like his usual workout as he was slowly working his way back to to that. He was still honestly tired after what happened even if he didn't do an awful lot beyond talking.

But to him talking can be just as exhausting and yet here he was with a smile on his face.]

Hello... So I don't normally talk on here much but I'm trying this new thing called... being open and it's been going well. Sort of.

[He has his moments.]

So I decided why don't we all try giving a fact or two about ourselves. They don't have to be super serious or anything. Just anything will do and we can talk.

I will go first with some facts:

One: Back home we had a situation where people became zombie like and so to deal with something... I hit on a male robot to get him to do it. It worked.
Two: I have a bone to pick with Cupid. They're an asshole and I don't like them.
Three: I've cheated pirates out of money. Like a lot of money.
And finally Four: I once stabbed myself with my own sword. I thought it wouldn't do anything... I was very very wrong.

[All rather odd facts about himself that he was comfortable with sharing. The smile till on his face.]

So whose going to be next if anyone.

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[irrationally]

[ ...

Alice just stares as she hears that message across the ICPs. Staring so hard at the wall that it's like she's putting a hole straight through it.

Then she sighs as she drags herself over towards the nearest terminal to reply. ]

Allen. What are you doing.

[ There are so many more specific questions she could ask here, but there's so many of them that she doesn't even know which one to begin with.

Hence this one coming first instead. ]

[mynameisallen]

Bonding. Well being open with silly facts that I'm comfortable with sharing.

[Alice. Alice... he tries.]

[irrationally]

[ He's trying so hard, yet in all the wrong ways.. ]

Yes, I.. understood that part. [ She slowly says. She got the idea of this!

It's just-- ]

I don't think stabbing yourself would be something that most people would consider a.. erm.. 'silly fact'.

[ Just saying. Even if Allen is apparently super comfortable with talking about it. ]

[mynameisallen]

I guess its not for some but when it's a sword that.... cannot actually hurt anyone when stabbed it's then a little bit more silly. It's a very niche sword outside of home.

For me though I realised how dumb I was, so it counts in that aspect.

[irrationally]

You said you were wrong about thinking nothing could happen though!

[ Please, Allen! Does she really have to point out why that would be worrisome to most regular people listening to him talking about that? Alice isn't used to being the common sense person anymore, okay, she's been out of Wonderland for a while. People here are supposed to make sense.

Not that she sounds angry about it. She more sounds like she's pleading for Allen to please grasp this fact. ]

You're going to frighten the children.

[mynameisallen]

I can see where people might be worried and that's been proven, but I am at least explaining that my sword isn't exactly a normal sword and how it works.

[Though it seems like children haven't noticed at least. He thinks. He wasn't sure about ages.]

[irrationally]

[ Give her a moment to rub her temples. ]

Can you at least please put some more thought into things before you say them next time? Especially this publically? [ Come on, Allen. You're capable of rubbing those two braincells together, surely. ]

[mynameisallen]

I will try, but no promises depending on the situation.

[That is to say he actually has said braincells to rub together sometimes.]

[irrationally]

[ She has faith in you, Allen... Deep down... ]

Well, if you ever can't think of any other 'silly' fact to tell about yourself, instead just start about your favourite colour or your favourite animal. That is what people usually seem to do.

[mynameisallen]

I don't have a favourite animal though.

[He did though have a favourite colour, so there you go.]

[irrationally]

It's just an example, Allen.

[ No need to necessarily talk about animals! Alice might be into those, but other people probably not so much! ]

Just tell them about.. very normal things. Ordinary things. Things anyone might experience.

[mynameisallen]

Define normal?

[Because his life has been anything but that.]

[irrationally]

[ Hey, so has her life! But Alice likes to think she at least has.. some idea of what's normal.

Not that she's sure if it's a good idea, but it's something. ]

Don't you have an idea? Just think of what you usually hear people talk about. Or what people usually experience. Even if you have had odd things happening to you, I am fairly sure you have noticed the way ordinary people live and talk.

[mynameisallen]

Not really. I mean on missions we do sometimes see people going about thier days, but we can't really focus. For others it's a case of they legit can't because you don't know if they're an Akuma.

But... I guess normal is different depending on who the person is. For me it's normal to train daily and want to save people. For others it's different.

[irrationally]

Yes, but..

[ Alice's voice trails off. She's pretty sure she can't convey this to him, so she just ends up shaking her head. ]

Nevermind. Just.. please be careful and think about what you are sharing next time around. That is all I am asking for.

[mynameisallen]

I will try when on the train. On a mission, no promises.

[Because he still knows there will be times where thinking won't be the front of his mind.]

That's all I can do really.