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[fourlevels]

"Hi! This is Viktor Nikiforov!
Please leave a message!"

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[looseleaves]

My non-Eros... please don't say "my Eros and yours", it makes it sound like I have the same power...

[fourlevels]

Well no, but you know what I meant~

[looseleaves]

Mm, I do.
Maybe we could try it one day if you feel like it!
But I guess it's a little presumptuous to ask for help on it...
Yuri-san said to go to you about how to help others with my powers, and it has helped!
But now I feel a little like I should help you too...
But I don't know what you want to do here, either. So it feels out of line.
Do you have a goal here, Viktor-san?

[fourlevels]

Not presumptuous, really! I don't mind it at all.
Goals? ... Not really? But then planning for a future here is always going to be a little difficult since we don't know how long we'll end up staying here. I suppose we could treat it like we'll be here for years and once we leave we forget about it anyway but ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[looseleaves]

Ah, that's true...
I've just been planning as if I'll be here for years because it's the worst case.
Besides, it feels a little fun to let everything go and do something I'd never let myself do at home!
Though maybe since you've been so successful at home, it's not as appealing.

[fourlevels]

Oh, no, that's not the case at all. I've had a great time here.

[looseleaves]

Mm, really?
What's it been like...?
I've heard a lot of bad stories...

[fourlevels]

Well, I mean besides the crazy stuff that happens? All the good bits have been good. But even some of the bad bits were better than a lot of years I had at home.

[looseleaves]

It was that bad at home...?
Ah, I'm sorry, that's inappropriate to ask. I'm a little surprised...
I expected something like that from someone who had superpowers or something...
Hearing you say it feels somehow more personal.

[fourlevels]

I don't mind talking about it, but it's nothing like super villains or anything! Our world is pretty normal in that regard. I just meant that in the years before I arrived here, I had pretty bad depression. It was only a few months before coming here that I was able to come out of it.

[looseleaves]

Ah...
I kind of understand.
When my unit failed our very first concert... seeing that empty audience, I really didn't think there was any use in living.
In this case, our supervillains are kind of our heads, in a way?
Like when they say you're your own worst critic.
I'm glad you were able to pull out of it, Viktor-san.

[fourlevels]

[ Oh. Oh no. Viktor had thought their careers sounded similar in perspective, but he hadn't thought it would give them the same feelings. Well, maybe not the exact same, but negative all the same. ]

... Were you able to?

[looseleaves]

[ There's a long pause. It feels wrong to lie here... ]

I'm not sure.
But it's okay. I keep pretty busy, so I don't have to think about it much.

[fourlevels]

Busy doesn't actually help, you know. At least it didn't for me.

[looseleaves]

I don't really know how to help it, though...

[fourlevels]

I didn't know for years either, but it was changing my routine that helped. Meeting new people, doing new things, trying something you never gave thought to before. Maybe you can do something like that here?

[looseleaves]

Mm, in a way, I guess coming here has already helped a little?
Kind of...

[ But every time he thinks of home... ]

[fourlevels]

Has it? Can I ask how?

[looseleaves]

I've always thought I was the weak link in my unit...
That people called us weak because of me.
But I've been able to hold an audience with just me, solo... they stayed through the whole thing.
So maybe...
I never thought I could do a solo performance before. Besides, they're not really allowed at school, so I never thought about it...

[fourlevels]

Why not give it a try? Yura and I could help you too.

[looseleaves]

Ah, go solo? For real?

[fourlevels]

Yes! Why not? You have a good audience here, even those who aren't really into imPorts like some fans can be, they're still a new audience looking for something fresh and new.

[looseleaves]

I was just planning to see if I could make it by myself...
But I wasn't planning to do it too seriously!
I don't think I have the right appeal for that...
Besides, I'm not good enough!
I've only had one year of schooling as an idol.
And Viktor-san, you haven't even seen me perform, have you?

[fourlevels]

I haven't yet, not like a staged performance, but I've heard you throughout the house! And who says you're not goo enough?

[looseleaves]

Now I'm really embarrassed...
I didn't know I was that loud... I'm sorry...