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[serperiority]

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[So, primarily because Trip can be still be unexpectedly timid sometimes Trip's not keen on the idea of calling into a radio show, he's going to try and mention Ken instead... except he doesn't know his username either, so. It seems he'll have to ask around...]

T. @(ghostprince) posted: Does anyone know how to contact Ken from that radio show? Doesn't he have an account on here?

Second Post

[The question's also one others might have answers too, so he'll make two posts about it, shortly after one another! They're public peep Pippi posts, so everyone else can see them too!]

T. @(ghostprince) posted: Do any of you other drifted have an Ultern in your world? Or a similar place, even if it's not called by the same name?

[The (very new and nearly empty?) account's not very helpful in identifying him, the profile picture is scenery, although Serperior's silhouette might vaguely be recognizable in it, the location is "who wants to know?" and the bio is just a link to his Mimmeo... it might look suspicious or creepy, but it's rather unintentional!
He's just keeping a low profile and not really much of a Pippi user. His linked Mimmeo is definitely more active, although there's long stretches of inactivity (whenever he gets drifted home—two images are years apart, both during Tanabata? One at the festival proper, another aa cafe, enjoying a meal with a Yamask, it seems...), but it dates back at least three years, and has lots of photographs he's taken, although none are of himself. Just scenery, Pokemon (his own Unovan Pokemon and Ulternian ones he's seen, wild and trained), and quite a few of cafe desserts, and, more recently, and clumsy/modest attempts at cooking.]

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[gold_drum]

[He then ends the call before Ken's had a chance to reply to that. Welp, that's that! It was a pretty fun seeing Trip make faces when talking to Ken, and, though he wouldn't admit it out loud, it wasn't bad talking to Ken again too. It was kind of nice having somebody that missed him and worried about him. And having Trip tell Ken how Gold was doing was easier than doing it himself... That was probably kind of unfair to Trip, though.]

...Thanks. [He doesn't look at Trip when saying that, but it's not like there's anyone else he'd be saying it to.]

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[serperiority]

[Oh, Gold's inviting Ken over! Maybe he trusts him a little more than he seemed to, was he shy?]

... huh? Oh, you're welcome.

[It now felt a little awkward and stiff too, so, he 'd rather go back to things beign more relaxed, so he playfully (if gently) patted Gold's shoulder.]

I could praise your cooking any day! [He knows it wasn't just about the burgers, but he was trying to lighten up the mood!]

I bet you could open up a restaurant, if you wanted to!

[serperiority]

[But, the invitation was interesting...]

Has he visited before? How did you two meet? I mean, if you don't mind talking about it.

[Hr figured they might've met while he wasn't around.]

[gold_drum]

[It's true, that wasn't exactly what he was thanking Trip for, but saying what he was thanking him for would be way too embarrassing, so he'll smile and leave it at that!]

Nah, that'd be too much work! When I'm older, I wanna marry rich and never work. [He declares proudly.]

[He keeps smiling at the question of how they met, but... Hm. That's not really something he can tell Trip the details of, given how he freaked out back then when Gold was just talking to Attila at the cafe. "Well, Attila stalked me and told Ken where to find me and he showed up at my front door, looking for me!" ...Yeah, nope.]

He was visiting Ohritori Island on vacation and then came to talk to me since I look like his brother, I guess. [Gold shrugs casually.] It was kinda weird so I told him not to treat me like his brother and said he should call me Brett instead.

[Gold doesn't exactly hate Ken or anything, he just keeps an intentional wall between them because he doesn't want to have a family-like relationship with anyone that isn't his family. Ken's nice, after all. Gold can't let himself think of him as a brother or he'll... He doesn't really know what would happen or anything, but it gives him the heebie-jeebies. He feels like if he loses track of who his family really is he'll lose something. He can't explain it, even to himself.]

[Very much belated, sorry!]

[serperiority]

[Trip's no stranger to leaving things unsaid to avoid embarrassment, so Gold's granted the gift of silence! Never mind, never mind...

Oh, still on that, huh? Sure, sure, Gold can be the trophy husband if he likes.]

Right, how could I forget?

That makes sense... it's better that he gets to know you for who you are instead of seeing you as a substitute for his brother, right?

It's basic that he can't help comparing you two, but... it's better to be loved for who you are than who you're not, right? Otherwise... it's like never being seen in the first place.

[Perhaps a bit hypocritical coming from someone who invests a lot into his image and putting on airs, but...]

[gold_drum]

[Oh, he's told Trip that before? Well, Gold supposes that's no surprise.]

Yup. It's kinda hard not comparing two people if they look the same and have the same name, so I'm basically doing him a favor letting him call me by a nickname! [He says with a playful smile, but there's a softness to his eyes.

Considering Gold met little Trip before this Trip, and called Trip by the nickname Icarus for a while until he could clearly see and think of each of them as a separate person, he knows what he's talking about. (That meeting was also when Gold thought up the nickname Brettuce for himself, but shortening it to Brett came later... How fitting.)]