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[fire_and_romance]

"How do you deal with someone thinking you're their time-traveling amnesiac little sister?"

[That's suspiciously specific, Jun. But it's clearly bothering her as she rocks on the edge of her bed, twirling a strand of hair around her finger.]

"I mean, J- or, um...they are really nice, I think. It's just a little...weird. I'm not sure how to convince them that I'm not they're sister. My only brother is younger than me and...well, let's just say we don't get along.

[Jun bites her lip and sits up straight.]

"On another note, I'm looking for a date to this prom thing... I don't really know much about this, but I guess I'm excited for it? I've never been to a dance before. Especially not a fancy one. So, um, if anyone is interested I'm available."

[She smiles nervously before turning off the camera. (She's finally figured out how to do this properly!)]

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[the_prodigal_son]

[Jack doesn't even have a response to this. He's just giving her a sad puppy stare.]

[fire_and_romance]

"I didn't mean it like a bad thing! I promise."

[Fight the puppy stare with a puppy stare. Good plan.]

[the_prodigal_son]

You make it sound like I'm crazy.

[He pauses.]

Before I came to Rapture, I was sure I had a girlfriend and parents that liked me and a dog that liked sleeping on my feet, and I was wrong about all of that. I just... it's possible, isn't it?

[fire_and_romance]

"I don't think you're crazy, but how could it be true? There's no way...I can call my family and prove to you that they're real. I know for a fact that they are. I'm sorry."

[the_prodigal_son]

[He clearly wants to speak, but he just bites his lip and stares at the ground. He wants to insist that they could be fake, actors, con artists, but he doesn't have a reason for it. He just... wants her to remember Rapture.]

[fire_and_romance]

"I don't know what else to say...I'm sorry. I'm just not who you want me to be."

[the_prodigal_son]

But it... there's an explanation, I know there is. I know you're... something.

[Calm down, Jack.]

[fire_and_romance]

"Yes. I am something. I'm a mutant, my name is Jun Carter, and that's it. I have a mother, and I have a sister named Mei, and a brother named Julius, and I have a father who is terrible to me. I'm not your sister."

[She's trying very hard to be logical about this but she's getting kind of scared.]

[the_prodigal_son]

That can't be it! [He's starting to get frustrated, and his voice starts steadily rising.] Before I came to Rapture I was a normal man and my name was Jack Wynand and I had a mother and father and a girlfriend and a dog and neighbors that all liked me and I came to Rapture and it was all wrong, everything I loved was fake and everyone I knew was a lie and I have a father who I killed and a mother who he killed, I was raised by a scientist and she made little girls like you that she stole and turned into monsters with creepy glowing eyes! I just- I just want someone to understand how much this hurts, and it hurts just looking at you because I remember them and it was my job to keep them safe and I got stuck here instead, don't you get it!?

[fire_and_romance]

[Jun has decided to not respond to this at all in favor of sobbing alone in her room. Good job Jack. You win the big cash money wad.]

[the_prodigal_son]

[He brings her apology hot cocoa several hours later... which he was going to just leave by her room, but he decides to knock on the door and try to get her to talk to him. He can tell he's fucked up... and his fake mother never let him ignore something big like this.]

[fire_and_romance]

[Unfortunately the knock scares the hell out of Jun. Even more so when she realizes it's Jack.]

"G-go away!"

[the_prodigal_son]

I'm sorry.

[He's speaking as quietly as possible, trying not to upset her further.]

I... brought you hot chocolate. You don't have to talk to me, just... drink it? Please?

[fire_and_romance]

"I don't trust it."

[Which really means 'I don't trust you', but Jun is a little too nice to outright say that.]

[the_prodigal_son]

I'm sorry.

[His voice is even quieter this time.]

[fire_and_romance]

"J-just...just go away. I'm not your sister."

[the_prodigal_son]

But...

[He's quiet, for a long time.]

I'm sorry I yelled at you, I really am. I'm gonna leave, okay? I won't talk to you again. I'm just gonna... leave this here.

[And he's not waiting for her to change her mind, either. He's out.]

[voice/private/following her conversation with Jun downpost]

[totallystoned]

Kiddo, we gotta talk.

[the_prodigal_son]

[Well... he's listening, but for a while he's completely silent. And when he does speak he's very quiet.]

Okay.

[totallystoned]

[He sounds like what she imagines a kicked puppy must sound like. She decides to go with a relatively gentle approach.]

You know...I've got memory problems too. I don't remember anything past about seven years ago. Every once in a while, I see someone who looks...familiar...

[the_prodigal_son]

I don't have memory problems.

['Memory problems' makes it sound like it's no one's fault.]

My memory was changed around by a mad man to make me want to kill my father. And... when I got free of him, all I wanted was to save my little sisters and I don't know where any of them are, but- I know Jun is one of them. I know it. I just don't know how.