Journal Entry ♦♦♦1

[heseesonlyher]

Sender: Nier
To: All
Subject: Services

[He's still getting the hang of this journal stuff, though admittedly the thought of it reminds him of older times and the legible feelings belonging to his wife in her final days. Nier's writing isn't particularly great. Not quite chicken scratch, but not impressive by any means.]

Not really sure how this works. Guess you just write stuff down.

I haven't been here long. Still getting to know the area. The people.

Name's Nier. I know there's another Nier here. I'm older than him, so call me 'Old Man,' or whatever. We aren't the same.

I did jobs for the people back home and I'm planning to keep myself busy. If you have something that needs doing, I'm your man.

Comments

nier enjoys a challenge i'm sure he'll love this

[heseesonlyher]

How can you tell how old I am just from my writing?

[He can't, obviously. Nier simply hasn't put the pieces together just yet.]

Oh good!

[stupidmammon]

From my expert opinions! I just know these things!

[heseesonlyher]

I get the feeling your 'expert opinion' is just the excuse you use for everything.

What's that thing you're using there.

[This old man must be taught the ways of the contemporary.]

[stupidmammon]

I use it for everything because it works for everything~

Whats that— Oh you mean the sticker? Well I found out if ya think extra hard on an image you can get it to just appear on these journals an' since these things are basically like magical book phones, it just makes sense to use stickers too.

[heseesonlyher]

This place has everything, doesn't it? Just imagine it and it's there. No one thinks that sounds a little too easy?

I'm waiting for the moment someone imagines something that isn't all sunshine and rainbows.

[...It's not possible that someone out there isn't going to ruin this for everyone.]

[stupidmammon]

You mean like blood guts and gore?

[heseesonlyher]

Or beasts. Or disease. Or any of that stuff. It's gonna happen eventually if it hasn't happened yet.

shhh you saw no mistake

[stupidmammon]

Eh. That's just a part of life unfortunately. Everyone's gonna get exposed to the harsher things one way or another.

Might as well just wait to see how it all plays out ya know?

I saw nothing!! (What mistake.)

[heseesonlyher]

I guess that's one way of looking at it. But if we don't take some kind of precaution, a lot of innocent people are gonna get hurt. Shouldn't we be doing something to prevent that?

[But he supposes one can't protect someone from the unknown.]

just as keikaku

[stupidmammon]

You're kinda the protective type, arencha? Like a big brother type.

[heseesonlyher]

First time I've ever been called that, but yeah. I guess that's close enough. I just help where others can't help themselves. That's all. It's the right thing to do.

[stupidmammon]

You're a good kid. I kinda feel guilty tryin' to mess with you now.

[heseesonlyher]

[...It's so weird to be called a 'kid.'

It's so weird.]

Don't. Back home that happened pretty regularly. I'll consider being messed with a compliment.

[Thanks, Kainé.]

[stupidmammon]

I know what you mean. All my younger brothers mess with me all the time. My older one does too.

[heseesonlyher]

Sounds like you have a lot of brothers. I've never had any siblings, so I don't know what that's like. Knew a set of twins back home and I think they gave each other a hard time every now and then. Knew a set of brothers too who ran a junk shop, but not sure what they were like all the time. I wasn't that close with them.

[stupidmammon]

Yeah, I got five underneath me an one older one. Though we aren't brothers in the normal human sense of the word. They're all a pain in the ass, but... they're my pains in the ass.

[heseesonlyher]

Is this the kind of thing where you're brothers in name and not by blood?

['Brotherhood.' 'Friendship.' 'Camaraderie.' Those are all words he would use to describe such relationships. He suspects it's something very similar to the familial relationship he's felt with Kainé and Emil, though none of them possess a blood tie.]

[stupidmammon]

It's...

a little more complicated than that? But kinda yeah.

[heseesonlyher]

I think whether blood's involved or not, family is probably always complicated. Can it be a family if it's not?

[stupidmammon]

huh.

ya know i didn't think about it that way. but i guess you're kinda right. all families are pretty weird, found or not.

[heseesonlyher]

If I were involved in a family that didn't have the unnecessary complication, I'd be constantly thinking it was a trap. Always wondering when something was going to go wrong or not according to plan. I'm good at improvising, so I prefer the unexpected in some ways.

[stupidmammon]

lmaooo
sounds like you'd get along just fine in my band of mistfits family.

[heseesonlyher]

Guess I will if you guys ever decide to adopt me for some reason.

[free old man to a good home]

[stupidmammon]

Who knows, we might wanna adopt a kid like you one of these days.

[heseesonlyher]

Does that mean it's my turn to start calling you 'Dad'?