animus_network | ITP: Re-intro~!

[The camera turns on and someone who may or may not be a very familiar fourteen year old shows up on the screen. She looks very serious, her facial expression carefully blank but judging by the way she's worrying at the hem of her jacket, she's very concerned. The world truly couldn't have ended.... right?]

Sanada-senpai? Junpei? Are you guys here? Takeba? Yamagishi? Kirijo-senpai?

Ai-chan? Did anyone else from Gekkoukan make it here? [She pauses a second before speaking up in a slightly tenser voice:] Miss Yoshino? Are you here, too? [Because the last she saw of her was in the hospital and despite things she was strong enough to make it, right?]

[Minami pauses for a moment, reaching out to hit post for the video, but she stops, draws her hand back, and manages to put on a cheery face.]

Um, for anyone else here, my name's Minami Arisato, Freshman at Gekkoukan High School in Japan! I'm on the Track team and enjoy photography! It's nice to meet you all and I hope, whatever's going on here, we can all get along!

[There. A good first impression is always how to get off on the right foot? It isn't like she isn't used to having to make these and, well, hopefully what the letter said isn't true. Nyx.... Nyx couldn't have ended the world that quickly, right? It's only been a few days since the Hanged Man was defeated, since Ikutsuki.]

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[It would be confusing if he shows familiarity with her so openly. So it would be best to start simple and see what kind of world she's from.

Sooner or later, they might meet in this tower. It's better to get this confusion over with.]

It's nice to meet you too. ['Minako', he almost said, and wait. Watching her reaction.]

[Her eyes widen upon seeing his reply, seeing him, hearing him say that. She'd explored earlier. She had a clue about the 'multiple world' and 'multiple selves' aspect, but this? Him.

It's confusing. Very confusing. Is it the one from her world playing another cruel trick or is it another? Is this her brother?

She still has trouble believing he's her brother, trying to reconcile the person who threatened and mentally tortured her whenever they met up with the sweet boy she can only vaguely recall from before the accident.

Somehow, she manages to still her slightly shaking hands and gives him a kind smile that, no matter how she tries, doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

It's nice to meet you, too.... Minato, right?

[He nods, his expression still calm and neutral. But there's a hint of curiosity, about the girl on the screen.]

That's right. Minato Arisato.

[If it's anyone else, him giving out his name would be normal. But with her, it's a small way of 'testing'. How does Minami see him, now?]

[She's curious as well, and can tell he's testing her. She's testing back. Is she the one she knows? Does he know her? Or some version of her? Is he anything like the Minato she's familiar with?]

Oh! So you're an Arisato, too! That's interesting! [Her smiles a bit more genuine at that. So far, so good, right? She can do this. Minami has got this!

She thinks.] Do you go to Gekkoukan, too?

It's a rather interesting coincidence.

[Or is it?

Her smile looks a little nicer, now. It makes him glad to see it. Minato almost miss seeing it around in the dorm. Minako's smiles made life in Hell a little better.]

That's right. I'm actually a second year in Gekkoukan right now.

[With all the time he spent away from his world adding up, he should be entering his final year.]

Same as most of my dorm mates!

[And she can't keep this up. Not at all. So she leans towards the screen a bit, as if to whisper to him, then she realizes, oh right. Screen. Minami leans back with a sheepish laugh, nervous. It's hard not to be on edge, but she's proud of herself for trying. For managing this far.]

How about we meet up for some.... lunch, I guess? Is it lunchtime? I'm starving! We can compare notes or whatever about Gekkoukan and other stuff!

[It's a bad idea. She can already feel it. Another bad decision, but it'd be simpler if they met in person and could get to the point. Maybe reach an agreement to avoid one another.]

[He smile, looking almost genuine. He's being careful, trying to not set himself up for too much disappointment.

She's not Minako, don't expect too much.]

I'd love that. But I have to warn you, your first meal might be...weird.

[Ew, newbie food. Edible, but 'tasty' is not what he'd use to describe it.]

Weird? Weird how? Are they hazing the newbies with spam and mystery meat?

[Don't get your hopes up, Minami. It might turn out to be the person she knows.]

Not so weird as 'plain'.

[He's a bit spoiled by Shinjiro's cooking.]

Do you like oatmeal?

[So's she.]

Yeah! I usually have a big bowl of it with lots of sugar and syrup and jam if I'm in a rush in the mornings! [Minami's always lived off of sugar rushes.

There's a beat.]

I'm going to be eating a lot of oatmeal here, aren't I?

[That's a very sweet way of having oatmeal.

He approves.]

Not really. You just have to finish oatmeal first, for some reason. You can eat others afterwards.

[Minato was suspicious at first when they gave him his oatmeal, while everyone else seems to have tastier food. He decided not to try his luck at the time and ate it.

There's probably a reason.]

Oh, well I can live with that! So? Lunch? Dinner? Linner?

[Food will keep her distracted, thankfully. And if they have to have oatmeal.... well, she doesn't trust it. Is sure it's drugged, but if Minato is willing to eat it, it should be fine. Shouldn't it?

He's probably tricking her, but part of her is hoping, somehow, he's okay. He's not lying. That he's not like the other Minato, even if her stomach clenches and she's decidedly not hungry just thinking about sitting down with him for a meal.]

[He chuckles a bit. Food is a safe topic, generally.]

The cafeteria's food not that bad, unless you cook your own food.

[Which he sometime do. A lot of food found themselves sacrificed to his stomach.]

Do you know where the cafeteria is?

Yeah! I looked around a bit looking for my friends earlier.

[And a nervous laugh. Not from her nerves about Minato, but more out of embarrassment.] And I'm almost as bad as Yamagishi-senpai is at cooking, so no. I can't cook my own food.

[That buffet is going to be so wasted between the two of them. Now three, if we count AUnato.]

I'm pretty good with cooking, but I normally let Shinjiro-senpai handle it.

[He mentioned their senpai's name. To test out when she came from. For him, Shinjiro is still alive, but he knows that his senpai might die.]

So I'll see you there in the cafeteria?

[She's quiet for a minute. Shinjiro-senpai. Present tense. He's.... he's alive in this Minato's world? She.... she'd had a bit of a crush on him. He was kind to her and he listened when she needed to talk. She could let her guard down around him. Probably because they'd both had a hard time regarding the system.

But that would mean he lived in this world. That Minato hadn't murdered him and.... and....]

S-sure! No problem! [Frak. Frak. She thought she'd finished crying over it, but she can already feel the tears stinging as the very thought of him alive--alive--came to her mind and--]

I'll see you in a few minutes!

[and she clicks off the connection before taking a moment to compose herself. She knows she's overemotional between Ikutsuki and finding those files and now this. But she can do this. She can. No matter what she has to keep moving forward.]

(ooc: You wanna start the log or should I? 83c)

(ooc: It's here!)

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