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[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

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["Same face"? "It's complicated"? "Tough to deal with"? "Could use some friends"?]

[Well gosh, who does that remind him of? But it could just be a coincidence, right...? Either way, it wouldn't be polite to just out-right ask about it...]

I take it your brother is one of this month's new feathers?

Sure, I'll definitely be nice to anyone who looks like you, and you can be my friend too! Are you the same Billy who helped Korra?

[Sup replica. Facetwin bonding is a go!]

Yeah, he just arrived a few days ago.

I hope he's been able to adjust to the village all right? I know the first week is usually the hardest...

Oh, yeah, that was-

[Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

That's Aang.]

...U... uh... ha...

[ohgodohgod this place just gets cooler every day doesn't it.]

He's pretty resilient, so it's nothing to worry about, really.

[Just enough that he needs a PSA made for making friends. Yep.]

Well, if I see him I'll be happy to be his friend. My name is Ion.

[ Will he stop along his way for an unconscious woman in a sundress? She happens to be on a bench in the plaza. Obviously a new feather... when the hell did she get there?

Probably not too important. What is important is she could probably use some help when she wakes up... ]

Thanks, Ion. He might not act like he'll appreciate it, but everybody needs friends, right?

[Of course he will! He'd stop regardless, but once he gets a look at her, he tosses aside his sketchbook and drops to his knees beside the bench, reaching out to shake her by the shoulder.]

Oh god- Jane? Jane, wake up!

[ Well, gosh, you don't have to be so pushy about it.

She wakes with a violent start, shooting into an upright position, startled near out of her skin. She breathes hard, looking around, taking in the bizarrely familiar sights of the village square, before finally looking at the boy kneeling beside her. ]

.... Billy?

[He jerks back as she wakes, still startled, but far more relieved now that she's up. Phew, she's okay.]

Hey. Been a while. Are you all right?

I...

[ She's bewildered, still a little groggy, her back hurts, and she's suddenly coping with a double set of memories that she can barely understand. ]

... just -- hang on.

[ She curls up, knees bent, pressing her fingers into her hair and breathing in deeply as the memories settle. That's right... his name is Billy. And this place... is Luceti.

The memories return to her in a rush, but she deals with them methodically, leaving her silent for an uncomfortably long moment. Hardest to deal with is the draft; when those particular memories slam into her, it's enough to make her feel ill.

When she finally lifts her head, she looks at him again with new understanding. ]

... [ shakily: ] Yeah, I think so. I mean ... I just remembered a lot of things in a really short amount of time. But ... [ She swings her legs off the bench, sitting up straight. ] ... I'll be fine.

God, how long has it been?

Of course. [Smile.]

Actually, your brother sounds a lot like someone I know. We're like brothers... but I guess that's a little complicated as well.

[He straightens up, recovering his sketchbook and setting it in his book bag before sitting down on the bench beside her.]

Not too long. Just over a month, I think?

[She looks kind of disoriented, not that he can blame her. Waking up in Luceti isn't the easiest thing. At least she remembers it.]

Oh wow, really? I didn't think there'd be other people in my kind of situation, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised... the universe is pretty big, after all.

It's not as uncommon as you might think. Why, there's someone else here from my world who could very well say the same.

...Whoa. [Just how many of us are there D8] Does it happen often where you're from, or are you guys just the exception?

[Because he's never heard of it happening before in his world.]

The technology for it has been around for a number of decades, but it's only recently that it was put into use. It wasn't something that many people were supposed to know about, either...

[But he's not about to lay out all the politics surrounding replicas and Auldrant here in this entry.]

If you don't mind my asking, how did you find out about it? Unless it was something you always knew...?

[Technology? It's done with technology instead of magic in his world? That's kind of cool, if a little scary. What kind of tech could summon and purify wandering demon souls?]

No, I didn't find out until around a year ago. I met Tommy, and besides our hair colours being different, we looked exactly alike. And then someone told us what really happened, and it just kind of clicked.

I imagine that must have been quite a shock.

[He can't help but wonder if one of them is a replica and the other an original, or if both were created from the same person...]

I've always known the circumstances of my own birth, but even so, I never thought I would have gotten the chance to meet Sync... or Florian, for that matter. There's actually three of us here.

Your kind of brother?

[ she's happy for you. and envious. not a day goes by when she doesn't miss dawn. ]

Ah, you hadn't mentioned your brother was your twin as well. He is the one with speed-related powers, correct?

[Rogue's shift in the Item Shop ended sometime after Billy had made his post - and fortunately, sometime before he'd left the fountain. So seeing him sitting out there saves her from figuring out any sort of plan of approach and she just... walks over instead.]

Hey.

....Three of you? That's... some family. Wow.

[Oh man, if he'd found out that he and Tommy were triplets or something, hahaha... no thanks. One surprise brother is enough.]

How'd you find each other?

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