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[cute_and_schemy]

It's been a long while since Zexion was dropped unceremoniously into a new place. He was just casually doing some grocery shopping. He'd stepped away from his cart to get some jello and when he turned around...

He was here. Still holding his jello box.

He sighs, dismayed and accepts one of the pamphlets being offered.

"I'm not going to make it home for dinner, am I?"

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[itmeanscourage]

“I would not say it is impossible, given the readily available means of transport and the irregularity of how time passes from world to world. However… I would classify it as unlikely.”

Isamu studied the newcomer for a moment, impressed by the practical, almost stoic way he had reacted to finding himself in another dimension. Perhaps this wasn't his first rodeo, so to speak.

“I am Isamu, by the way.” He nodded in a short, yet polite bow. “And this is the Nexus.”

[cute_and_schemy]

It's definitely not Zexion's first rodeo. He's no stranger to world hopping. Both intentional and unexpected.

He regards Isamu quietly for a moment. As though he's studying him and debating something.

"I see." An unknown then. He'll have to test some things later. Mostly if his access to the corridors still works. He doubts he can leave by choice. But some places restricted his access entirely while others allowed him to at least move about within the world itself.

"A pleasure to meet you. You can call me Zexion." Step one of entering a new world. Make acquaintances. It was never good to be without allies. "Have you been here long?"

[itmeanscourage]

“My brother and I relocated here about a year and a half ago, so I could apply for a research grant at the Institute for Research and Interdimensional Studies.” He replied politely. It was evident from his tone of voice that he’d been successful. “I have learned over that time, however, that our situation - choosing and preparing to move here - is rather uncommon. Most, like yourself, appear without warning, trying to make sense of it all.”

Some things were still a mystery, even to those with all the scientific data they could ever want right at their fingertips.

[cute_and_schemy]

"A scientist then?"

Ah. It's been a long time since he left that life behind. It's not that he's lost his passion for it. But certain experiences made him choose a different route.

"People will do all sorts of things if given the right motivation. I, myself, elected to stay in a world other than my own. But you could say I'm used to being thrown around in various worlds."

[itmeanscourage]

“Biochemist.” He nodded. “With the sub-speciality of neurochemistry.”

His projects he worked on at IRIS ran the gamut - everything from a cross-dimensional survey of extinction events to a paper on anticoagulants in vampire saliva and histamine reactions in humans with sensitivity to mosquito bites. But his personal scientific passions leaned more toward the realm of neurotransmitters, the chemical processes that make the brain work.

“with the amount of interdimensional travel you have done, are you, or perhaps were you, a scholar, yourself?”

[cute_and_schemy]

"Once upon a time, yes. I put my trust in someone who didn't have good intentions. We made some grave mistakes and I learned that there are some things that shouldn't be meddled with. These days I make a living as a librarian."

A scar on the left side of his chest will always serve as a reminder.

"However I'm well versed in interdimentional travel and should that be a topic you wish to pursue further, I'm willing to answer any questions I can."

[itmeanscourage]

“As a bibliophile myself, that is still quite the noble occupation.” He offered the compliment. The Nexus had some truly grand libraries, which Isamu frequented quite often.

“May I ask about the nature of your prior research? And perhaps where on the dimensional planes you have been?”

Kingdom Hearts has bs science but what can you do? Lol

[cute_and_schemy]

"We mostly studied the heart. Ah. But not in a medical sense. The darkness within it. As well as how it ties to memories. During our tests we... learned to separate the heart from an individual in a way which allowed for them to continue existing. We also opened a door that lead to another world. Our hubris soon lead to us becoming the very things we created. It's not a pleasant story and it shames me to admit my part in it. But that was... ah. Nearly two decades ago at this point."

He'd been a child at the time. Brilliant for his age, but very easily manipulated.

"I don't mess with matters like that anymore. Someone helped me reclaim my heart. These days I try to live a much more quiet life. Although I retain the ability it granted me to walk in shadows between worlds."

You smile, nod, and say other dimensions will be other dimensions.

[itmeanscourage]

Isamu did have a quizzical look on his face. This individual appeared human, but as he’d learned from living in the Nexus for the past year and a half, looks could often be deceiving. Antheans, Asgardians… they looked very human too, but they were not. Different organs, different functions of organs, it was not beyond the realm of possibility.

“I do not understand how these functions relate to the heart, at least, in my kind.” He admitted. For Isamu, it sounded more like an amygdalohippocampectomy- rather frightening in its own right. “But I believe I should be thankful that the ability to travel between worlds has been solved by technological innovation here.”