NO FEAR [OPEN]

[tigermillionaire]

Who: Steven and anybody in the Defying Atmosphere penthouse.
What: Greg is rewarded with a slightly used pet child.
When: About 24 hours after the SC concert where he gets kidnapped.
Where: DA's penthouse in Virgo HQ.
Warnings: There is a laundry list of things wrong with this situation.

No matter the intention, the violence of being kidnapped leaves a mark on a person, and that's the lingering anxiety that Steven feels now. He was pulled away from his life once again, as terrible as it might have been. He was manhandled, drugged, and dragged off somewhere else, even as he pleaded, for fear of angering his keepers again.

There was a period of claustraphobic darkness followed by a time where blinding white is all he can remember. And then, suddenly, he finds himself here...a penthouse that is totally unfamiliar to him, and is told that he's going to be with his dad now.

He doesn't know if he can believe it, or what he should do. So, once he's left alone, all he does is curl himself up on one of the couches and wait. He's been dressed in fresh clothing, simple in comparison to anything he's made a habit of wearing - the flashes of pink cracklines are still bright on his exposed skin.

He has no control over anything anymore. He may as well stop pretending.

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[panspermia]

He brapes over the pool's edge, wiping his curls out of his face. This is hard enough to figure out explaining without treading water. Though, he can practically stand on the bottom anyway.

"Um, let's say, for starters... I'm a real close friend of Greg and Steven's. I wouldn't be here if not for them."

This is dort of dancing around the facts, though. He chews at his cheek, then hoists himself up out of the water. With a wide grin, he extends a hand.

"First things first. My name's Multiverse. I'm glad we get to officially meet!"

[sailorgenerous]

This isn't making any sense; unfortunately, that's par for the course at this point. "Charmed," she says, shaking his hand daintily. "Do remind me how we've met." She says it with a smile, but there's an edge hidden in there somewhere. Normally, she'd be a lot more polite; then again, normally she wouldn't have met a complete stranger at the pool.

[tigermillionaire]

He smiles. It's not actually that strained, just a little contemplative. She doesn't seem happy, but they'll sort it out, just as soon as he figures out how to explain this in the right words. Rarity isn't as accustomed to this kind of thing yet.

"Well...you've met Greg and Steven, right?"

...Needs more detail.

[panspermia]

For a second he grins at her expectantly, before realizing the point of rhetorical questions.

"Well, uh, I'm... them! Kind of. Or they're me?"

He laughs, scratching at his hair. "Ahhh, I guess... I'm what happens when two people sync up. Literally! Heh."

[sailorgenerous]

It's rude to stare, but right now Rarity simply can't help herself. Is this person - Multiverse - saying he is Greg and Steven? Both? Simultaneously?

"I assume this is some form of magic." There is literally no other explanation at this point.

[tigermillionaire]

"Exactly!" Multiverse declares, clapping his hands together enthusiastically. He's so glad that she understood what he was getting at so easily! It would have been a real headache otherwise. "It's kind of a Steven thing...but hey, at this point I'd say it's really a Greg thing too, you know? It's not every day a fusion comes out this great."

[panspermia]

"'Least, I don't think so." In all fairness, he's pretty darn sure he's way better than average, but he doesn't have a lot of experience to pull on. "So, I'm here to celebrate! It's been a long time since they've gotten time to be me."

[sailorgenerous]

"A fusion." He's literally two people in one. He's literally Greg and Steven mashed together. She still can't quite process this, and honestly, can anyone blame her? Even for everything she's seen so far, this is still extremely bizarre.