| ~*~ | In his mind he kept cursing the gods for his fate. But then he’d go and blame himself. This was all his fault, wasn’t it? He started at the ground for the longest time until the sound of movement alarmed him, causing his attention to flared up. He could hear them moving behind him, it must be someone looking for him. Mentally Marx prepared himself for the company of another. He tuned on his heel, as the intruder spoke.
…I thought I was alone…Damn…He was about to give a serious lecture to this person to leave him be and how rude and dangerous it was to sneak up on him…. but- his own voice was speaking back to him.
“ By the gods…. ” He was looking right at himself. The words left his body as a small wave of shock hit him. Everything about them looked the same, but this……this other him, had a more lively look to him than…himself…? What kind of dark magic was this? Was a it another one of Leon’s sick jokes? Or was this something bigger? Or maybe he just needed to go to bed.
His gut told him to stand his ground, but also warned him to be ready for anything. He didn’t trust this other version of him. In reality he hardly trusted anyone at all these days. And at this point in his life he didn’t even trust himself. So what made it right to look at this other worldly him with out caution?
his feet stumbled back wanting to keep plenty of distance between them. He kept his hand holding to the hit of his sword with an iron grip. He’d keep himself calm for now, but if there was a single sign of a threat, he would not hesitate to act, “ You…you look like me? ” His face twisted and a frown of confusion was painted on. Shaking his head slightly he tried to get himself together, what did he say again? Should he even try to speak back?
Something about explaining himself, or along those line as he recalled His curiosity got the better of him, and his jaw clenched tightly while he spoke back in a harsh tone, “ I’m not sure I want to speak about myself to…you. I think I should be asking the questions seeing as you snuck up on me,? ”
Of course, he looked like him. He was him! Just not from this place, seeing that there was no way that there could be two of him in the same universe- maybe with chance, maybe in Hoshido, but not here. Claw-gloved fingers had taken a tighter grip- of course, noticing the other him’s grip on his own Siegfried. He had to thread lightly, fighting here wasn’t much of a good idea. Crimson eyes gazed from the other Marx’s hand to his face, an eyebrow raising.
❝ For the fact that I look exactly like you and that you look like me, I believe I cannot explain, but do know, this is not some kind of magic. But for the sneak up, I was only wandering here and heard you, so I came to check out who or what it was. ❞
He paused, straightening his back and shaking his head. This situation seemed mad. He was standing there, with a perfect reflection of himself and was even talking to him, but he wasn’t even crept out by it- was it due that he was pushing that feeling aside and refused to show it? Maybe. The spark in the eyes of the other swordsman was less lively than his own, so.. He wanted to know. So he could prevent it from happening to himself.
❝ My apologies, though. I should have made my presence known earlier than now. ❞
Who knows, he could have been stabbed for it, and good thing he didn’t get that, that wouldn’t have been lovely to explain. But, it was the vibe the other was giving off- it bothered him slightly. As if he wanted to help him out of his troubles but didn’t know what they were as well as he didn’t know how. How can a man so strong like him crumble down to this? As far as Marx knew, he always kept stuff to himself until he was alone, then he let the steam out in silence.
He sure did see the confusion and didn’t pay much attention to the harsh tone the other had spoke into. That was other details. But now, he was going to open his mouth again to break the silence before it got too awkward.
❝ ... If you have other questions, I can try to answer them. I can’t guarantee I’ll find an answer to all of them, however. ❞
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