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[thanabro]

[There's a boy on the screen, and he looks rather... confused. And pretty upset, too.]

Destroyed? But... we just... that shouldn't be possible.

[He clutches his scarf tightly.]

It's not possible. It has to be lying.

Anyway. Hey there.

[He smiles a bit, putting on as much of a brave face as he can.]

I'm new here, I guess. My name's Ryoji Arisato. It's nice to meet all of you.

[He pauses, as if he's about to say something else, but then reconsiders, thinks about it another moment, and then shuts off the broadcast.]

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[evokingfool]

[Ryoji...Arisato?]

...Ryoji?

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[thanabro]

[alskdf at least you're here...]

Minato... you're safe. Have you seen Minako or the others?

[Please let them all have made it...]

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[evokingfool]

[A Ryoji that knows Minako as well? Hm.]

No, I haven't seen the others yet.

[There's "Minako", but she's Minami...]

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[thanabro]

[He scratches at something underneath his scarf, looking worried.]

There's still no way the world could have been destroyed, though... right?

[Agree with him on this please, bro. ;w; ]

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[tempustemporum]

why shouldn't it be possible?

[Have an eight-year-old, Ryoji. An eight-year-old with the most flawless deadpan in the world.]

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[thanabro]

[... Oh. Well then.]

Because something just happened to save the world.

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[snowyvalemaiden]

It be puttin' a dampener on tings rite?

One moment ya be savin' yer world again, an' den, BAM dis shit 'appens.

Tell ya mon, no breaks.

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[thanabro]

[He has a response, but... uh...]

What... are you?

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[snowyvalemaiden]

[Xue chuckles and winks playfully.]

Guessin' ya nevah seen a troll then mon?

Then again, der be different kinda trolls 'ere from wat I be seein'.

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[thanabro]

[... Oh my~. Well then. He grins a bit.]

Not really, except in shows and video games.

[fracta_anima]

[WHO THE HELL IS THIS?!]

Did you say "Arisato"?

[thanabro]

[!]

Minako! You're here, too!

[You're both safe. ;w; ]

[fracta_anima]

["Minako"? Oh. the other her she keeps hearing about.]

Uh... I'm Minami. Okay? Mi-na-mi. You haven't gotten the note about alternate universes yet have you?

[thanabro]

[... Crap.]

O... oh. Sorry... I thought you were my sister...

[Look at that face. Look at that sad face. 8( ]

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[busstopsign]

[Another Arisato? Shinji needs to see this with his own eyes. And remains rather unimpressed.]

...

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[thanabro]

[Ryoji stares back for a moment, surprised.]

[He shouldn't be alive... but then again, hadn't he just given up his life, too?]

... Shinjiro? You're alive?

[busstopsign]

[Siiiigh, here we go again.]

...before you start babbling off, I heard it all before. Yeah I'm alive here and supposedly dead everywhere else.

And before you ask, I don't know you. The Ryoji I was told about was an aspect of Nyx's Avatar.

[thanabro]

[... Well all right then. He does flinch slightly at the latter part, though.]

I was... but I wasn't. I had Death inside of me for a long time, and when it got close to call Nyx, it broke away from me.

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[fractus_animus]

[ Wait, WHAT? What is with everyone being some version of him or his sister or having his name? Seriously... ]

... Well, I knew it was a common last name, but I didn't expect so many people here to have it.

[ That should be vague enough, right...? It's... odd. This boy reminds him a little of Pharos.

Hm... though he has to say, he likes this guy's scarf. He wears his own, after all, a blue one. ]

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[thanabro]

[His face lights up when he sees him.]

Minato! You're here!

[Even though he saw another one of him. Shh. It's a thing. ... Though there's something different about his face...]

But... what happened to you? You don't look so well. You look tired...

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[fractus_animus]

[ ...? Maybe he knows another version of him or something. ]

... I'm fine.

[ Spoilers: he doesn't sleep very well, especially not lately. ]

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[thanabro]

[Don't make him pull this routine - fine. He puts his hands on his hips, cheeks puffing out slightly.]

Like hell I believe that. I've known you - or at least a you - my entire life. Maybe you're not the same one, but I still know enough to call you on your bull.

[And all of a sudden, he drops the act, just looking tired.]

So tell me what's wrong. You didn't just come from the end of January too, did you?

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[pitiedthefool]

[Another Arisato, really? ...Might as well say hello, he guesses.]

-Just saved the world? [He feels for ya, bro.] It's more common here than I'd like to think.

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[thanabro]

[Yes, really. :| ]

... Eheh. Yeah, we did... and really?

[Looking confused but also interested, yes.]

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[pitiedthefool]

[Hey, he's not thinking it like it's not a bad thing. He's just curious. :|]

Yeah. It was the same for me and my friends, too.