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Astral Express Family
Caelus: Soooo
March 7th: What now?
Caelus: I had a question. Now that… Amphoreus is a real place?
Himeko: I’m sorry, what.
Caelus: oh… yeah
Welt Yang: Caelus, please explain?
Caelus: We need nicknames. Its a travesty that we don’t.
March 7th: Love you ignoring the question
Caelus: I ignore questions that im afraid to answer
March 7th: fair enough I guess?
Himeko: …
Caelus: hnnn fine. Cyrene gave me the book we wrote i guess? Not sure the specifics honestly, but we should be able to visit as long as people remember the planet. So like- does anyone know any good publishers?
Welt Yang: I’m sorry what?
Caelus: Just roll with it. That’s what I’m doing with my life at this point. I mean, during that mission, near the end… I saw something. Well someone. They looked like they should be familiar.
March 7th: !??!?!?!??!?!? what do you mean?
Caelus: So you know those filters on your phone that make you look like a girl when you ain’t one?
March 7th: yeah
Caelus: that. Was who I saw.
March 7th: Wait wait wait wait wait. You are telling us. You saw a girl version of you? On Amphoreus? The fuck?
Caelus: yup! And considering it’s a place full of memories, especially near the end… I’m not quite sure what to think!
Caelus: Does she exist? Because i was…
Caelus: Nevermind.
Caelus: If she does exist is she dead? I mean, I have so many questions
March 7th: Caelus, calm down
Dan Heng: Caelus. Archives. Now.
Caelus: …
Dan Heng: …
Caelus: fine omw
Himeko: I’ll see if Herta can recover the footage from that day. I’m surprised we haven’t asked already.
Meanwhile Caelus knocked on the archives door, it opened quickly for him to see a worried Dan Heng. This… Was not surprising in the slightest. Ever since the two realized they shared soul marks, they had grown much closer. In fact, ever since they activated their soul mark bond, while the two were already close, he couldn’t help but feel his emotions at times.
“Come in.”
Caelus did as he was told and walked into the archives. He was still feeling stressed and panicked after bringing up what, or rather who, he had seen back then, but seeing Dan Heng’s face had calmed him down a bit. Although they could very well have stayed friends after realizing they shared a soul mark, many people do, they had been close to dating already. Both of them wanted to ask the other out. It was after they had visited the Xianzhou Luofu that it happened. They hadn’t told anyone else they were together though, let alone activated their soul marks.
“Are you okay?” Dan Heng asked, concerned.
“As well as I can be,” Caelus answered honestly.
“Stay here, I know you have already been feeling unwell.”
Caelus nodded his head and took a deep breath in before letting it out. He didn’t know who that person was, or why she looked so much like him, but he was going to be okay… Whether he learned or not.