[Video/Text]

[loverofinnocence]

[Video feed gives way to a mostly dark room. A lamp in the far corner is dim, implying the bulb is likely on its last 'limbs'. Caim sits at his desk, so like the one he had before. Almost everything is the same, except the layout is a little different and the wall once filled with a mural in the making - later covered in black - is no longer there.

Idly the prince wonders what might have come of his room.

He makes no initial movements, simply sits and stares at his monitor. He seems more like a silhouette in those moments, but eventually his hands move. A bracelet on his left wrist makes a very soft sound as it meets his desk.]

Divine providence. It delights me not.

[It seems as good a greeting as any.]

Comments

[iaiai]

( ¬_¬)

[loverofinnocence]

[Many more moments of silence.]

Have you been waiting so long to chide me, Ai?

[iaiai]

im not taking to you (︶︹︺)

[loverofinnocence]

You did not loathe me so before I departed. Could it be that you were so hurt that I did not inform you?

[Video/Text]

[vianca]

[Hello, Caim the human. Another pikmin that has not spoken to you in a very long time is staring at you now.]

Why are you here.

[Video/Text]

[loverofinnocence]

[Vianca's actually a little more terrifying than Ai is. At least in terms of looks. Vianca often looks much the way Caim's imagined himself appearing.]

Here is a far better location than the alternative.

[Video/Text]

[vianca]

[The line of her mouth hardens just slightly.]

There are more than two places you could be. Why here.

[Video/Text]

[loverofinnocence]

I have seen my share of foreign lands, Lady Vianca.

[video]

[genderbentmario]

[OH MY GOD. Look at how deep he looks, all sat in a barely-lit room cloaked in shadow with wild tousled locks. It's like the Twilight books themselves gained human form and decided to have a webcam convo. Consider Lyra sold!]

Uh, what's that mean?

[Well, sold, but having no idea what divine providence is.]

[video]

[loverofinnocence]

[Lyra.

Caim has not forgotten her. They've not talked much, but he's never forgotten how impressionable she was regarding him. He doesn't know how to feel about that. But perhaps she doesn't recognise him. How could she? He's tried to deliberately cloak himself.]

Divine providence. Something akin to fate. Destiny. Something that has been preordained.

[He's so helpful.]

[video]

[genderbentmario]

[MAN, that fancy font. Blood red and all curly. He's probably a vampire. Just putting that out there. Wonder why he's doing text when he's got video up, though. Seems a little out of place, but maybe it's part of the old-timey-maybe-a-vampire aesthetic.]

Ohhhh! So you're... not happy about it? How come?

[video]

[loverofinnocence]

If you have ever believed fate is always kind, then it may be a difficult lesson for you to learn. Occasionally, it is cruel.

[Or in Caim's case, fate's almost always been cruel. He is the hero with the tragic backstory.]

[not here]

[stillawoman]

[ By the way, guess who forgot her login. ]

[ text ]

[idealisms]

Leave this place and be gone, murderer. Your presence is not welcome.

[ ouch. a bit grumpy about this one's return, isn't he? given this is the one who hurt one of his closest friends, it shouldn't be surprising, though. ]

[ text ]

[loverofinnocence]

[It takes all of Caim's composure to keep from losing his 'cool.' N's, by far, the rudest person he's come across, which is so odd to experience, because he's taken note of how 'passive' N was.

At least at one point in time.]

You are permitted to lack faith in me, however I should note that I am not evidently hopeless in the eyes of the headmaster.

[ text ]

[idealisms]

[ Oh, Caim, N is passive, but it doesn't mean he isn't vocal. He is a pacifist, but he is still strong and engaging in his own way. ]

I cannot fathom how the Headmasters would see redemption in you. You have murdered and maimed people in your time here. You even harmed one of my dearest friends!

How could you?!

[ text ]

[loverofinnocence]

[Caim's sighs on his end are silent - like everything else he could bother saying. This is hardly to be the last time he ever has a conversation like this one, where it's completely one-sided.

Regaining favour will certainly be a long road traveled.]

It is unnecessary to remind me of my felonies, however I do not dispute your words.

[And he's already attempted the 'why' conversation before. It's too long a story and he highly doubts N really gives a damn and would rather just fling verbal/written mud at him instead.]

Text

[thewrightidea]

[This isn't a happy sight for Phoenix at all. So much in fact that he responds through text to keep this as formal as possible.]

Your sister Furiae was here looking for you.

Text

[loverofinnocence]

[It's a good thing Caim doesn't actually despise Phoenix. He simply has thought him a quaint man.]

I did hear such recently. I imagine we will find our paths crossing. Soon.

[When he looks less like a bum who needs a shave.]

[thewrightidea]

Your sister seemed like a nice woman.

I couldn't bear to tell her what you had done. I can only hope that you'll be honest with her.

[loverofinnocence]

Mister Wright, you may be most displeased to find that my younger sister knows me far better than anyone else. She has seen me at my worst and at my best. I doubt very much that anything you could tell her would faze her.

She has other things on her mind, I am certain.

[text]

[star_punched]

[He stared at this text for a good hour or so. You left and then. You came. And.]

Oh um, you're back?

[text]

[loverofinnocence]

[Caim's favourite person. In a not favourite sort of means.

Likewise, he's thinking about this.]

It would seem to be so.

And how do you fare, Mac?

[text]

[star_punched]

[Hey don't be like that Caim. After all, this guy is on sane speaking terms with you. It could be so much worse.]

I'm alright, just ridin' the waves here.

What brought ya back?

[text]

[loverofinnocence]

The direct answer to your inquiry would be a plethora of other societies and environments that I did not belong in.

I had meant to locate someone important to me and evidently that was grounds for being quite literally trapped in an overabundance of other 'worlds'.

[Even as he explains it, Caim still feels like that sounds like so much bullshit. Except it's true.]