[Voice] [Forward-dated to tomorrow morning]

[unknownrival]

[All that's in this voice clip is Issei screaming in pain for a few seconds.]

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[action!]

[croibhristeoir]

...

[Holy shit what.]

I-Issei, what--

[That was the real one, right? They looked remarkably similar, save for the clothes they were wearing.]

[action!]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Ah, sorry. [He sets the knife down. No reason to be threatening.] You must have been worried, but I took care of it myself.

[croibhristeoir]

What's going on?

[He still held both lances, unsure of the situation as it stood now.] Who-...

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Virus. Created a doppleganger of me. It's happened once before, and I could easily recognize that it was the same one.

[croibhristeoir]

And how can I be certain you're the real one?

[It was an honest question rather than complete suspicion, red and gold lances lowered slightly.]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...I'm not a horrible existence that needed to be removed immediately before he hurt my friends again? I don't have any secrets that he wouldn't know..

[croibhristeoir]

...

[He seemed sincere enough. Somehow Lancer suspected a virus created by the community would be a little more obvious than that. The lances disappeared, their owner glancing down at what was once Issei's doppleganger with a slightly unnerved expression.]

...Are you injured at all?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Practically not. I had the jump on it this time.

[croibhristeoir]

Good. When I heard that broadcast I had no idea what I'd find here.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I really didn't mean to worry you. He must have hit a key or something.

[croibhristeoir]

It's fine. I'm just thankful you're unhurt.

....Perhaps I should go before your sister comes to inspect what on earth all the noise was.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

She doesn't live in the temple. You're fine.

[croibhristeoir]

She doesn't? O-oh, that's a relief.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

We're siblings, but not by blood, and we met over the community.

[croibhristeoir]

I see. That makes a little more sense. [Sigh. At least he wouldn't turn a corner and have some poor woman all over him.]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I can assure you that everyone in this temple is male.

[croibhristeoir]

Sorry, that...probably seems like a very strange thing to be relieved about.

[Cough.]

Shouldn't we, er...do something about the fact that there's a dead body that looks remarkably like you here?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Right. It'll disappear whenever the virus ends, but that could take days. Burial or cremation?

[croibhristeoir]

Either would have been a viable option in my time, so I'm really not sure if things have changed. Cremation might make it less likely for someone to stumble upon anything suspicious.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Cremation is the better idea. Let's do that promptly.

[croibhristeoir]

Of course.

[Sheesh, creepy other!Issei. Can't make things easy, can you.]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

[And then they set creepy other!Issei on fire.]

[croibhristeoir]

[Awesome.]

Are you certain you're alright?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'm fine. Like I said, this time I was faster.

[croibhristeoir]

I just mean....you don't seem the type to take killing someone so easily in stride.