"Favored? I would like to introduce you to the Chosen." Vasuki called.
"Sup, I've heard a lot about you, Hayate," the Favorite waved in both forms. ”I've heard that you've been plane jumpin’. Which is why we're able to talk finally an stuff. Can you transform yet or are you still-"
Vasuki gave him a gentle look, which Hayate barely noticed, his attention fully on- This. Him. He couldn’t quite come up with words to use to describe this all, first getting yanked into his head while he was walking in the middle of a desert with the party, by Vasuki, to have a walk-and-talk with them (Which had helped a bit with his worries and fear), but now it was... This. Was he real? He had to be real... ish. This was too... Elaborate to just be an illusion.
"Oh! Right, uh, I'm Mechanical Specialist Ike Carpenter, codename Ground. Though Vasuki calls me their Favorite. We aren't, the only ones right?" Ike asked, finally turning to Vasuki.
Well, he would have introduced himself as well, if he’d been able to get himself to fucking speak, though it sounded at least sort of like this one- Ike, his name was Ike, knew about him already? From Vasuki? He just gave a small wave of his own, unable to do much else with his rather fried brain.
Ike chuckled, "Yeah no, its a lot to take in ain’t it? How long ago have you met our mad lad here?" he asks while casually throwing an arm around Vasuki. The drake illusion(?) just hovered over Ike.
"Uh-" Again Hayate faltered, trying to process what he was seeing. "Uh- I- Talked to the statue like a week and a half ago? Maybe two weeks? It was less for- Uh... Actually... Meeting them for the first time..." His hand drifted to his neck, rubbing over the skin with a note of a discomfort.
"Oh shit, you’re new new," Ike emphatically noted. "I’ve been with them for close to 3 years now?" He guessed while he also scratched the back of his neck.
Even with his fried brain, Hayate managed to straighten up slightly and try his best to think rationally. If he wanted answers for this whole deal, this was his best chance to get them...
