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[hashtagafreakingghost]

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Hi! This is Ashley. I, um, can't come to the phone- gear right now? Leave me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP, okay? Bye!

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Comments

[crimsonchin]

Butterfly Effect...I'll keep that idea in mind. I'm intrigued. The idea of small changes being amplified over time is pretty basic, too: it's almost like a sniper rifle being fired at an angle, or something to that effect. Moving the gun a couple of centimeters might not mean much when you're looking at it from where you're sitting in position, but as your shot travels over a distance, the degree of the angle is magnified, and the bullet's trajectory can change dramatically over a couple of feet or even meters. Even the smallest possible deviation has a much more massive effect than you would consider at face value.

...At the same time, if there are so many minute little details that result in such huge changes in the timeline, predicting the future should be impossible, then, no? So many factors at work, can you even have a general idea?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Well that's kind of the point, isn't it? You can't predict the future, because every little thing can and probably will cause change. It means everything you do while you're alive matters.

[crimsonchin]

Is that what you get out of that?

...Hm. Perhaps I'm too caught up on the past, then.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

I mean, it's natural to be. I am too. I think most people, honestly, are a little focused on the past. What they did and why, how it happened, the consequences.

[She pauses.]

But I'm always thinking about
Well about how you should be careful with your actions. That's what I mean by everything matters. It matters in other ways of course, every decision and choice you make is important.
But to me, I think it's proof that you should act with care.

Sometimes that means thinking about the past.

[crimsonchin]

We're just a goldmine of wisdom tonight, aren't we...but I can see you being the type to be like that. Failing to plan is planning to fail, right? Wish the Major took on that philosophy a bit more often sometimes.

But on that note, isn't it a bit difficult to plan if you have all of these goddamn Butterfly-effect-variables and no clear way of discerning what's what, then?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Yes. I guess the way I go about it is less planning to do something and more planning NOT to.

I admit my way of thinking is probably very flawed. But it's not horrible, at least I don't think.

[crimsonchin]

Certainly better than just letting whatever happens happen, that's for sure. If it works for you, it works for you.

Between you and me, I think everyone has moments like that. Where they wonder whether or not their way of tackling things is really working for them. I resolved myself to going through my life the way I do when I was just five years old. And I've had moments where I've started to second-guess myself, simply because, well, those unpredictable situations sprung up.

But at the end of the day, the one who knows what's best for you is you. I know what I should and shouldn't be doing. And I know what kind of feelings suit me and which ones don't. That's just the way it is.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Does she know what's best for her? If anything, the last month and a half has showed her...

No need. She shouldn't do that. Spill too much to a girl she barely knows.]

True. You have a point there.

How did just a talk about Pokémon turn into something so philosophical, huh?

[crimsonchin]

Beats the hell out of me. I'm certainly not used to it, so if it's anyone's fault, it's probably mine. ...Never was much good at this sort of thing.

I'll let you go, though. Didn't mean to keep you; just thought you'd be interested in seeing what Gyarados looks like, is all.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

It's fine. And I was, even if it was incredibly surprising.

[An understatement.]

It was nice talking, Asuka. Kind of fun.

[crimsonchin]

...I didn't mind the company, I suppose.

[ Just say "I agree," Asuka, for fuck's sake... ]

Perhaps next time the subject matter will be a bit lighter.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Perhaps it will.