thusia | (no subject)

And yet I remain here.

Obviously some circumstance in your own timeline precludes my taking you back. There are a number of possibilities, but of course given the lack of data I could not say for sure which is most likely.

*Ran is giving you a Look, Yukari. And maybe offering some more physical support.* Yukari-sama.

[Yeah, Yukari deserves more snuggles after all this great logicking she just did.] Ran.

I believe Occam has a rule about the likeliness of explanations that rely on increasing numbers of assumptions.

Citing that law is rather ironic, coming from an ontologically extraneous entity like yourself. You'll logic us both right out of existence, Ran.

It is a statement of probability, not certainty.

*Repeating her name again, this time a bit more gently.* ...Yukari-sama, I do not believe your explanation to be accurate.

Why not?

Given what we know of this world and its denizens, I find other outcomes eminently more probable, even considering the hypotheses you have presented just now.

And I believe you do too.

I think they're equally probable.

Do you really?

Truly and genuinely?

If it's not true, I'm the worst. Alternate-universe me is definitely the worst, for letting Yuyuko be lost in the jungle. Honestly.

No, she isn't. And neither are you.

*Wrapping her arms around your middle, Yukari.* As you said, something might have interfered with your ability to do so. Perhaps this plane is one you simply can't effect.

It is not your fault.

[Just. Sighs and snuggles into Ran's embrace. Uuuuuugh, feelings are hard.]

How frustrating, really. My alternate universe self had better figure out how to fix this soon.

[She sounds a little lighter about it, though. Not quite her usual cheerful self, but trying, at least.]

In the infinite realm of possibility I'm sure that at least one iteration of you is capable of doing so. But perhaps it would be foolhardy to count on such things.

Saigyouji Yuyuko is a remarkably capable woman on her own merits, after all.

Well, counting on myself to get another out of a mess is probably not the wisest course of action in general. Even if 'another' in this case means 'another self.'

[Pausing to think about this. Did we just admit to being flighty and unreliable? Yes. Yes we did.]

It's not that I think anything bad will happen to her, but it's annoying if she's unhappy right now.

It is, yes. But I do not believe she is the type to abide that which keeps her unhappy for long.

Thus, if she is unhappy she will return.

... [Just. Burying her face in the crook of Ran's neck. Feelingssss.]

We'll need to have tea ready for her when she does.

*Nuzzle.* Of course. Have I ever let you down when tea was required before?

You are indeed without fault when it comes to preparing tea. It's why I keep you around, in spite of the constant buzzkill you exude from every pore.

Ah, how wonderful to hear that I have such a sorely appreciated purpose.

Beyond being a buzzkill.

The tea is reviving my buzz somewhat, but you may rest assured that you have successfully reduced it to unsustainable levels.

I take my duty quite seriously, Yukari-sama. Rest assured, should your level of buzz elevate I will be certain to quash it to the best of my ability.

*With more nuzzles.*

Eeeh? But being cute isn't helping to kill my buzz at all, you know.

[Nuzzles right back, followed by some neck-nibbling. Gosh, maybe Yukari's buzz isn't killed at all.]

My dearest apologies. I'll endeavor to be far less endearing. *Yukari you are acting frisky. Sigh. Maybe she'll put up with it and run her fingers through her hair.*