[ somewhere in the new areas, you might encounter a familiar face—sort of! yves is looking around with curiosity, but his face is... maskless? where there is normally half a mask, there is just clear, umblemished skin. though the more you look at him, you might realize that his eyes are... different. the center of his pupil has an unnatural cyan glow to it, and his smiles no longer reach his eyes. as though the heart of the emotion is no longer accessible to him. ]
...I see. [ ... ] That's a lie, I really don't, but. S'pose I'm takin' your word for it.
[ and assuming this is one of those strange effects again, because he can't imagine they would have actually replaced him here, whatever that replacement would actually mean.
the emotion part, though, that's easier to comprehend. and there were times he thinks he might have been tempted to wish for something like that himself, if it hadn't been for basilio. ]
Sounds sort of... I dunno. Hollow, not bein' able to feel things right. It seem that way to you, or do you not really feel that either?
week 2, monday
Good afternoon.
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Hey. You're not wearin' the...?
[ gestures at the one side of his face. ]
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You must be talking about the original Yves. No. I did not experience the same injury that he did.
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'Original'?
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I'm a Reliver made with his memory and image... even though I do feel like he's somewhat separate from me.
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Though normally Relivers simply see themselves as a continuation of a person...
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Though I don't have the same breadth of emotion as he did... which makes it a little harder to feel authentic, when I heard he felt so very much.
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[ and assuming this is one of those strange effects again, because he can't imagine they would have actually replaced him here, whatever that replacement would actually mean.
the emotion part, though, that's easier to comprehend. and there were times he thinks he might have been tempted to wish for something like that himself, if it hadn't been for basilio. ]
Sounds sort of... I dunno. Hollow, not bein' able to feel things right. It seem that way to you, or do you not really feel that either?