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[psychically taken out by that name again]

What did you just...?

I said several things. Can we have this conversation not in an elevator? Just take this. I bet you could carry this much on your pinky finger, and you can just drop them if you need to fight.

[grumpily takes the stack of papers]

[I say she can do this much without me having to dice roll for it even though the dice have protected him from getting stuck in a forever loop in the elevator. so yay his clothes are dry now! but only as long as he stays close to her

...

and the papers now weigh what they should have weighed from the start. sorry]

Thank you.

[presses another button and the elevator is moving again! we're going to Forge now]

What would you like me to call you?

[the tiniest shift in his posture as he feels the weight of the papers change. he can still carry it all easily, but he has noticed.]

Yu Junghyeok.

[followed by a full body shudder]

—What.

True names. They're tied to your... let's call them core memories. You just felt the danger in saying them out loud. That's why everybody goes by an alias, or nom de plume.

Kim Dokja.

[and THAT also makes him shudder.

grumbles.]

[oh boi]

That's where Dokjaebi comes from.

[ding elevator, she steps out first]

Please follow me, it's not too far from here.

Why would I ever call myself something like that?

You gave me several options. Deuteragonist. Dokja. Dokkaebi.

And Deuteragonist didn't seem right to me because you're absolutely main character coded, so I portmanteau'd the other two.

[he shakes his head]

Supreme King.

[nods]

Those words have meaning too, so I'll call you Sup.

Supreme King.

[somewhere, booker is cracking up]

No, you need to protect your other self's dignity. He's perfected gap moe, you can't just come and chuunibyou hundreds of years of effort or however long it took him.

Edited Date: 2025-08-10 03:00 am (UTC)

What are you even saying.

[laughing so hard ACTUAL TEARS are falling]

I'm saying please think of other people and choose a name-sounding name for yourself. You wouldn't call me Magnificient Empress if I told you that's my name, you'd think I'm messing with you.