User blog comment:HankGuideDude/Hia-logue sub4.13 - The Cast/@comment-1917722-20190512122905/@comment-1917722-20190516073323

Correction: I'd actually written something down a while ago. Let me just... (Text formatting not stolen from Mori's comment)

Saga-Unaltered
While a little apprehensive at first when Delinius joins Isles & Quint, Hankvi came to accept Delinius as another colleague, much like the other notables of the company. However, Delinius' highly insightful nature might give him a bit of a scare when the man happens to ask about the time "HS fd7306 (before [Hankvi] seemingly emerged here with little trace)" - probably knowing about the incident with Issus from workfloor gossip or otherwise. Fortunately, Delinius proved very clever and over time would seem less of an eerily perceptive figure with a mythical past, to the point where Hank considered Delinius "HS 660099 (an awesome friend, but he looks like my opposite in terms of personality - this gives me some slight creeps)." In return, Delinius held Hankvi in high regard as "HS fd7306 (a most industrious yet humble friend)" whose past he couldn't figure out.

When the calamities start in -51, Hankvi noticed that Delinius went missing from work, which he had stated as being a "HS fd7306 (long overdue holiday, or 'vacation', so to speak)" (if The Forged Fates is to be taken for granted) and Hank accepted this as a reasonable explanation, not really in a position to question it further with the extra paperwork at hand. Delinius actually forgot about his co-workers for the most part during the first few months of the year, being occupied with some long-term project related to his Dwinian teaching work. He only heard about the events around Hank's coma afterwards and came to visit a few weeks after Hankvi waking up, expressing regret that he was not present in such dire times. Hank forgave Delinius for this, knowing that the Soul Flame was a little distracted during work sometimes. Even so, he discovered that his colleague and friend had changed in the months to be moodier and less talkative in general and wondered what could cause this. Delinius had received word from HS a13806 (a Dwinian prophet) that a great disaster would strike Ludus about 8 years in the future. This prophet then also forbade him to mention it, stating that it would only harm the events further. Quite understandably, Delinius struggled with the frustrating nature of this knowledge, which showed somewhat despite his attempts to hide it. While Hankvi still considered Delinius a friend, he was somewhat put off and worried that something serious was wrong with the Soul Flame.

Like Hankvi, Delinius joins the vacation trip to Universe City (if TDE is rewritten), along with his sister Ina who he had reunited with in -60 AEQ. During the earliest phase of the journey, Hankvi is hit by a puck and knocked over. The commotion causes Ina to jump, spreading some important documents she and her brother had been working on in silence. Despite their best efforts, the siblings were questioned once someone else read a misplaced sheet. Their explanation was that they were preparing countermeasures in light of the recent attacks; due to how natural the story seemed between Delinius and Ina, everyone including Hankvi considered it a plausible explanation, and it put Hankvi's doubts about Delinius' intentions to rest for the time being.

During the nighttime fight with Merynis, Delinius only woke up once "Hank" had risen up as well. The struggle with The Dictator caused Delinius to slightly distrust Hankvi, while at the same time illustrating to him something of the troll's mysterious past. For much of the remaining 'holiday' they each had their questions about the other's unusual behaviour, but did not talk about it much due to the events going on. After the holiday, Delinius became unusually active around Isles & Quint again, yet this did not restore contact with Hankvi all that much; Hankvi had his own problems to worry about, as did Delinius. Their friendship eroded yet no feelings of being left out in the cold came into the mind of either.

While Hankvi was out for the count for the major part of the Reckoning, Delinius had revealed the full truth about his actions up to eight years prior, most of all by appearing in front of his friends in a suit of armor and fancy weapons to boot. Hank only learned about this a while after the dust had settled, causing him to view Delinius with mixed feelings. Delinius in turn regarded Hank as the only one whom he did not dislike in his broken-headed state, though Hank kept his distance, uncertain how to proceed. This attitude remained all the way until the violent combustion of Delinius shortly after the Reckoning. Hankvi mourned the loss of "HS 609 (a former friend [he] realised to be not so dubious after all)" and willingly kept the journal containing the vengeful Ethereal 'Saltflame'

In -23 AEQ when the Alternians invade Ludus, Hankvi aided Ina in summoning what used to be Delinius from his old journal; Ina then proceeded to reason with the Ethereal for an extended period of time, assisted by Hank where needed. While the 'purified' Ethereal closely resembled Delinius in nearly every way, it still held a few particularly malevolent traits. 'Delinius' was quite amiable towards both his sister and Hankvi, but due to the ongoing fight against the Alternian Army they did not get to converse a lot - leaving the Reckoning and the events shortly afterwards without any sort of explanation.

Eventually, Hankvi kept his promise to the living Delinius to bring his journal to a timeline to be 'fixed', probably by leaving it alongside all the other things for Fixed!Hank to deal with. Maybe he would speak some words of farewell to Delinius' journal before leaving.

Saga-Fixed
Surprisingly similar to the Unaltered fork; here, however, Delinius became a much more agreeable coworker. As a result, Hankvi came to disregard the myths surrounding Delinius a little more and eventually learned the truth behind some of them. Delinius in turn found something to be strange about his "HS fd7306 (peculiar foreknowledge)" of everyone's names. At the same time, he had been visited by a temporal tinkerer who instructed him to pass along an important HS a13806 (jou)HS 969696 (rnal) to a "HS a13806 (notable friend to [him] in other times)" and during his first encounter with Hankvi, the latter had a gift: a journal quite similar to Delinius' own, if more battered and blood-stained. At first sight this raised some suspicion with Delinius, before he was reminded of a similarly mysterious gift and produced the HS a13806 (Journal of the)HS 969696 (Submachine's 623rd dynasty) from his bag, asking if it was Hank's.

The two became good friends, sharing stories from their respective journals and histories. Delinius might be requested to hold the speech for Hank's wedding to Masa?

Gamma
While both Hankvi and Delinius ended up very distant from Isles & Quint in their own ways, they became friends after Hank & Issus HS 609 (bu)HS 800 (mp)HS fd7306 (ed) into the Soul Flame.

Delinius ended up being a good if eccentric friend to the Guidzas but to Hank in particular, offering him a position that bestowed relatively little work upon him (due to the fact that the assembly line is new, overseeing its maintenance is an easy task). They were less close during the troubles at Isles & Quint and Delinius generally regretted being unable to aid his troll friend in the struggles - yet was still wise enough to keep his mouth shut regarding the accusations towards Mori and Caledonia, being unsure what truth there is to it all.

Hankvi regarded Delinius as "HS 609 (a g[][]d j[]e)" even though the latter had some rather grim remarks about IQ as a whole. Their friendship (presumably) held strong after Hank gets sacked from Isles & Quint, though Hank opted to spend more time with Issus instead of getting a new old job. (Probably) Delinius offered to provide for the Guidza family for as long as they needed it. When the Alternians come to find their HS 5b0088 (dick-eater), Delinius felt betrayed thinking that Hank could not be wholly ignorant of this, especially because the other trolls seemed to have a legitimate reason for their anger. Even so, he silently wished Hank good luck together with Issus.

Delta
Desmin might have nothing to do with Delinius for once, though he would probably catch some of the large scale events stirred up by the Archlight's antics.

Wau
Delinius (going by the title of "The Maintenancekeeper" by then) came across a "HS a13806 (somewhat shy figure with strange orange horns of some sort)", initially when this horned figure stumbled out of a strange portal. Using his combination of natural and Chronostian time magic, Delinius managed to enter the portal to Alternia, learn about Hankvi's past as The Dictator, then similarly followed out unseen. While often busy with his own schemes, Delinius admired the 'sealed' troll for "HS a13806 (doing as best he can in order to create rather than destroy)". He had some interesting remarks about Karma as well as the Submachine and the two became good friends throughout their respective projects.

During the final moments of the timeline's existence, Hankvi noticed some outside force destroying and distorting his hard work; either he tracked down Delinius or vice versa, the later explaining that the timeline was about to be HS a13806 (gone from the table entirely). Much to Delinius' regret, Hankvi declined coming along with some of the temporal tinkerer's other friends; the troll's final words stuck with him, along with the HS a13806 (Journal of the)HS 969696 (Submachine's 623rd dynasty), which he would later pass on to his Saga-Fixed iteration. Possibly he would keep an eye on what happens to the various Hank iterations a bit as well, without straying from his core objective.

Iota
Both of them suffered from the alarmingly high crime rate yet did not seem very connected at all here; Hankvi turned insane to the point of becoming HS 000000 (Nox)HS 7F7F7F (-)HS FFFFFF (Lux) whereas Delinius' sanity withered in the process of enacting "HS fd7306 (fair punishment)" on criminals, eventually to the point where he himself was declared wanted and later imprisoned.

Mu
Delinius of this timeline (under the alias of HS d5b91b (The Slanderer)) admired Hankvi's incredible rage against Emporer Lazro, though Hankvi was too busy with the war effort to notice much.

Pi
Unclear; likely their co-workership extended to being friends in a casual way (similar to Saga-Fixed) but so far I have no extra information as to how they interact.