#// actually expect exactly that should Silas give him a big ol infodump XD

[ask-team-misfit]

Throughout the course of their bickering, Lief had been trying to hide his chuckling each time Journey refered to Sirius as a "nerd". In fact, the two reminded him of his usual back and forths back home; particularly with Livingston.

Come to think of it, the way Sirius offered to teach Lief about the gates even sounded like the professor in question... some part of him wondered if this was how it felt to be in an alternate dimension.

Lief: "Sooo! I definitely have questions. Maybe not the ones you'd prefer, though. Like that Pink Espurr thing. That sounds spicy."

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, with a mono-color background. He is shown from the neck up, with his face slightly angled away from the viewer towards the left. He looks fairly casual, or otherwise relaxed. A cheeky smile, reminiscent of the ":3" emoticon, is present on his face. In addition, his mouth is open. End ID ]

Lief: "But if it's too spicy to handle at the moment, I suppose a question I do actually have is whether or not I've been the only intruder. Sounds like a lotta hard work just making the things, doesn't it? What about when you need to close 'em off? Actually, can you control where the gates even go?"

Now that he started gabbing about it, he came up with a bunch more questions; one that he was especially tempted to ask out loud was the concept of parallel universes.

Lief: "Can we talk more about these 'Universe Gates'? Sounds a bit like what I keep hearing about the fourth wall."

Wait, the what? How do you know about that-??

"I think I made those back when we were still going through the deity war," They said but seemed unsure. "I could be wrong though! That was like a bazillion years ago. I'm still pretty mad I was regenerating the whole time! I missed the funny little mortals fighting each other with their magic, that would have been so fun to watch!" The Hoopa suddenly crossed their arms in annoyance. "I still think it was pretty stupid Xerneas and Yveltal stopped the whole thing! I wanted to see some bloodshed!!" They gave an ominous grin, Sirius however was staring at them with disgust, "What in God's name is wrong with you." Journey just gave a shrug, "I dunno! Ask Arceus, They made me." "Hmmm..."

Sirius looked surprised at first, but his expression quickly shifted into a glare upon realizing he was being insulted.

"You know being a U-Gate Engineer isn't easy, Journey."

The Meowstic glared at them, they were starting to become fed up with the Hoopa's childishness. "Seriously? You're bored? Good gods, I should be teaching young and eager college students right now, Journey! Not babysitting you, an incompetent, indolent and frankly stubborn Demi-god." "But, No. Because of that and having to sit here and babysit you constantly, I must continue to be the only technician qualified enough to do work on U-gates!" He sighed, before pointing at them. "You should be very grateful I keep on top of our jobs work queue. You stupidly created thousands of these gates and didn't even think of the consequences and upkeep required to keep them--" The Hoopa cut off his rant. "Yeah, yeah. Okay."

"Oh. Okay, first name calling and now you're gaslighting me again?" He put up a paw in dismissal, Sirius looked a bit hurt by their words. "And about something I told you in complete sincerity? Really mature Journey. Stop it, I'm not stupid enough to fall for your tricks anymore. That, there, is why we have a 'No Talking' rule on repair jobs now." "Calling me a nerd is very demeaning of my efforts and I do not appreciate it." Sirius was staring daggers at the Hoopa, they however seemed disinterested in what he had to say. "Same old, same old. You're still a nerd, just with a fancy title."

Sirius turned his attention back to the Simbobeon, his irritation with the Hoopa was quick to melt away.

"It's my field of work and I take great pride in my knowledge of it. I have made many contributions to the greater knowledge and study of U-gates." He gave a cheerful smile. "I've even written various papers on them, held conferences and much more… In other words, I am considered the specialist on them. So, do your worst, If I don't know the answer I'm happy to investigate and get back to you with one."

→ Sirius happily invites any questions Lief or others may have regarding the Universe Gates, seems he'll do his best to answer anything asked about them! → Universe Gate questions will be prioritized and likely will be answered primarily in text format. Other asked questions will continue normally on the side.