Checking out the studio (Ray)

The slightly belated response surprised Ray a litte, but he wouldn't show that. He waited patiently until Hachiro confirmed that he was in fact looking for someone to go with. Someone with experience that he could try to depend on. Well, Ray could admit it was a smart way of thinking. As much as he prefered solo himself, it was generally easier and less stressfull if you had someone by your side. Of course, as long as it was someone you could put your trust in. Otherwise it was just as unstable as being alone. Maybe even worse. Not knowing what to expect of your own ally is equal to a nightmare, moreso in a situation where your life is already on the line by deafult. ''I see. Too cautious to go on your own. Smart decision I'd say. That aside, I wonder about something. The way you speak...You have not been there before have you? Even though you can see those doorways....'', he did not like asking about it, but he really want to enlighten himself about that. At least briefly. Did the older get the power in this world somehow? That would mean they were on different standpoints in a way. Ray really didn't know what to expect from this at this point.

''Not unless you could prove you had a coin with enough sides for a larger number of people.'', he would shrug slightly at the somewhat of a rhetorical question. Of course he wouldn't believe that. Flipping a coin would mean he was picking from two people in the first place. Unlikely as well. As much as it may have sounded like a joke, it was said in a disinterested tone, meaning he was not really interested, just putting it out there as a sort of confirmation that he indeed would not believe such a bull statement. 'I probably still should...' Even if the man was fine with taking a risk, it was still rather idiotic to come out with it without even a single hint that he was on the right track before jumping the gun. ''As precautious as you appear to be....I'd still call that move a little foolish. Being called insane is one thing. However, I could as well have turned out to be an enemy and tried to knock you out. What would you do then? There are many possibilites, and being an idiot is the lesser evil here. You could have as well ended up dead by doing this. Wouldn't that be ironic?'', he would speak up, silver eyes closing for a bit in contemplation. Indeed. Well, for now he had no reason to consider Hachiro a problem of his. On the other hand, he did not know much about how the man knew about all this, and coupling this with not being extremely trusting did not make a happy combination. Ray was surely not going to be all hurr into this, until he at least somewhat knew Hachiro was safe to tag along with. Older or not, Ray made no exception in cases like these. They say to respect your elders, but he found them more scoff worthy most of the time, than anything else.

Well this most certainly wasn't going exactly as planned. It appeared that Raynar was extremely cautious and less trusting then Hachiro first thought. Granted, he would have expected this distrust to occur when he was trying to recruit the singer into the band back when they were complete strangers. Raynar would ask a rather odd question, wasn't it obvious that he hadn't? "I figured that much was obvious from the fact that I was looking for an ally. Why? Didn't you get your powers before you stepped into the portals?" If he didn't, then that rose the question of how Raynar got his power. From the way the younger man was speaking it sounded as though he had been in the world when he got his power, but how? That doesn't seem possible, "Didn't you get a visit from some person here in our reality?" The older man would lean against the smooth white pillar in thought, if he didn't get it here. Then that meant that Raynar got his powers in the other world? Perhaps that military man wasn't from this reality at all....now that was quite the doozy, but it would most certainly explain quite a bit.

However, Raynar was not impressed with his attempt at humor. Shame, but Hachiro was apathetic at times too, so he couldn't particularly blame him. Once a flaw in his plan was revealed, the older man would ponder it for a moment before nodding a bit, "What you say is true, there is inherent risk in asking you too. As you could have been an enemy, but I considered that too. I know people far better than what I know is in those other realities. They say go with the devil that you know, and so I did. I've been in a pinch before, and I managed to be rugged enough to get through it. You would have quite a struggle on your hands if you tried to subdue me, not to mention I might have scheduled this meeting before a showing of this place, so my friend would be able to see signs of a struggle. Of course, that is all hypothetical, or so I hope." The older man would say shrugging a bit crossing his arms. "Though yes it would be ironic, but we all gotta die at some point right? Immortality is not something humans will ever receive." It was true, there was no way humanity would become immortal, even if they were they would end up ignoring civil wars and starvation of others. War would still kill hundreds if not thousands of people, it was quite the shame. Though war and suffering appeared to be buried in human nature.

They? Who did Raynar mean by they? There was only one of them, but even more interesting was the fact that Raynar wasn't given a choice in the matter. Rather odd since he was given one, how did Raynar get coerced into such a deal when he wasn't? Oh well, Hachiro supposed that if the young man wanted to share more he would have. While he was curious about, it might be better not to press on an issue that clearly annoyed him. No point in trying to get further off topic. Then the younger man paraphrased what he said previously, and the older man would merely nod.

"Pretty much, I went with someone that I knew rather than go and explore the worlds on my own." No fight had broken out, and Raynar seemed to understand his reasoning. Hachiro could predict people better than he could predict anything that was in that other world. Going into some place blind wasn't on his list of things to do, but when Raynar said immortality would be possible considering what they have both gained. The older man shrugged, "I suppose you're right it could be possible, not sure I would want it, unless it was necessary to help me achieve my goal." That was the only reason the wanderer could see himself going after immortality. Then Raynar returned back to the thing about portals.

"Yes, I started seeing them after I got my powers, and after I was told to use my freedom and pursue my goals. I was curious if the way to pursue my goals involved something in those worlds, thus I wanted to get my feet wet and see if my theory held true. At least I assume that my power and the other worlds are vaguely connected, and if they're not its back to the drawing board and exploring more of my power." That was Hachiro's goal, find the key to his goal in the alternate worlds, if there was even a key to his goal.

Hachiro would nod a bit as he noted that Raynar said that there could be a connection, but there was no solid evidence for it. That was true, considering what little they knew about these places...perhaps he should take a look in some of those places, if this all fell apart and Raynar didn't want to go. Oh well, he figured that this might not go the way he wanted it to either. He wouldn't blame the younger man if he didn't want to return. "Hence why I am keeping this an offer, if you don't want to go, you don't have to. I was just asking to see if I could get some help before I went into one of those places completely blind. Especially if it is as dangerous as you say." That was the whole reason why he came to ask after all, the unknown tends to be..well unpredictable at the very least. It was either dangerous or non-threatening, usually the former over the latter when it came to exploring new places.

The older man would look away and ponder something for a moment before checking a watch for the time, the owner of this place would be here soon, but they still had a little time left. He'd give the younger man a bit more time to consider his offer before adding, "You don't have to give me an answer today, you can hold off if you would so desire. I can understand wanting to hold off on a tough decision like this one. It sounds like you had a bit of a rough time, so if you want hold off from it, you are more than welcome to do so." It wouldn't be fair to give Raynar more time to consider his offer and build up trust. Thus Hachiro would extend that offer toward him so he would have additional time to consider it. Granted, Hachiro may use that additional time to explore on his own.

So he had planned on going back huh, well that made sense curiosity was a bit of a fickle thing to say the very least. Though there were no guarantees that they would fair well together, that made some sense to be honest, there were never any guarantees in life. "There aren't any guarantees in anything in life Raynar, so the best method would be to take it slow and see how it goes. Or at least that is what I would recommend." The older man would say glancing at the time once more, his friend would be here sooner or later for a showing so they had better skedaddle here soon. He wouldn't say he got the answer he wanted, but he got a tentative yes at the very least. Oh well the best laid plans of mice and men could only get one so far.

He would stop leaning against the pillar and stretch his back a bit before looking toward Raynar, "Tell ya' what we'll do. I'll contact you when I have some free time, and then you can decide whether or not you want to join me for that run. Or if you would like, we can meet up again and discuss more, but I'd think we'd be going in circles if we did that." The older man would say, letting a pause slip in, "By the way my friend has a showing in a few minutes, so do you wanna call it here? If so just tell what you wanna do about exploring those portals." He would say as he began to walk toward the exit, assuming Raynar would follow him there.

"Alright we'll call it here then, thanks for being okay with discussing this on the fly. You got my number, so if something or anything comes up you can contact me." The older man would say before packing his guitar in the case, and he started heading toward the door. Wish there was more to say, but there really wasn't he would leave the building guitar case in hand, and look back toward Raynar, "Stay safe Raynar, chances are I won't be able to find another singer on short notice. We've still got some tunes to play at the very least, and maybe if we're lucky a few laughs....granted no guarantees that I'll be the one laughing."

With that said Hachiro would leave the building and check his watch....ah damn his boss had him working early didn't he? Well....time to be like the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland....again.

(Exit, sorry muse is burnt on with this topic.)