Masa con Papas: Proxy's Memory

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Charon: That seems a bit absurd.

Esperanto: You’re turbulent right now. Your proxy has shifted, your biology is on fire, and you’re more than likely about to revisit quite a bit of your trauma based on all this.

Esperanto: Awakening is all about getting in touch with those extreme emotions.

Esperanto: You’re perfectly ripe for this.

Charon: I suppose…

Esperanto: You brought two long time comrades with you, yes.

Charon: Mm..

Esperanto: Met under rather extreme circumstances as well.

Esperanto: I have a question for you.

Charon: Oh?

Esperanto: Who do you care about more?

Charon: Where are you getting at?

Esperanto: You have to have someone you’re closer to, no?

Esperanto: You may love both of them but if you had to pick-

Charon: We’re not having this conversation.

Esperanto reaches behind their seat.

Charon: Don’t you dare-

Two knives are flung out.

In the heat of the moment you jump in front of Geezer while your Proxy manifests directly in front of Opera.

You close your eyes, bracing for impact….

Only for it to never hit.

It’s an illusion.

Esperanto: The power to protect both is rare.

Esperanto: Thankfully for you my attack is purely fabricated. You are spared from any real danger.

You crumple onto your knees, on the verge of hyperventilating.

Your proxy can’t help but snarl at them in response.

Geezer steps in to help you back up while Opera tries to calm down your proxy.



It practically melts into her embrace, sniffling a bit itself.

Geezer: Slow down, get some air. You okay?

Opera: What happened?!

Charon: Threatened you…

Geezer: Huh? What do you mean?

Esperanto: An illusion only he could see, needed the two of you not to duck out of the way.

Opera: Fuck off.

Geezer: Yeah no, not a fan of being used as a prop here.

Geezer: You seriously want him to train with you while you’re doing shit like this?

Opera: Don’t do it Charon, it’s not worth it-

Charon: Esperanto.

Esperanto: Mm?

Charon: Duel, outside.

Esperanto: Right now? Haven’t you had enough from this morning?

Charon: If you don’t I’m walking out right now.

Esperanto: If you don’t sit down I’m cutting all three of you out from this job, and letting our financier take the husk herself.

Esperanto: You have no idea what you’re messing with here.

Charon: We’ll figure it our ourselves-

Esperanto: Ali Judgment.

Geezer: Hey no, you can’t just drop a name like that-

Esperanto: Ali Judgment is the one funding all this.

Esperanto: As a family friend I’ve been asked to prepare the lot of you to be ready to take her down.

Esperanto: And as you Charon are the most volatile element on the team, you’re going to get special training from me.

Esperanto: Now you understand.

Geezer:Ali....

Geezer: Opera, you know about this?

Opera: No, didn’t know who was involved besides Huck and Fenton saying it was someone they trusted.

Opera: That’s Zana’s mom right?

Geezer: Lot more than that.

You pull away from Geezer and sit yourself down at the nearest table.

Geezer: Charon?

Charon: Can’t afford to underperform if that’s what we’re up against.

Charon: Train me.