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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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[pitiedthefool]

It's always okay to ask. Doesn't mean an answer can be given, though.

[Sorry Ryoji, the S.Link rank is not high enough. But is your Charm Stat?]

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[thanabro]

[It depends, it's different for guys...]

I guess I can understand that. I probably shouldn't talk about what happened, considering we're supposed to be a secret... though I have no idea how many people recognized something was off near the end. Things got really weird... more than usual...

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[pitiedthefool]

[There there, Ryoji... /mental pats]

It's the same for us, though lately it seems like what's supposed to be secret is being exposed- [Excuse him as he pauses.] ..."Weird" how, if I can ask? Was it anything like the people around beginning to act strangely, like talking about how "cool" it'd be to face the end of the world?

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[thanabro]

[... Resisting urge to facepalm.]

Exactly like that, actually...

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[pitiedthefool]

[... Why is he still too young to drink in his world.]

So either history repeats itself, or other people really do have a hard time facing reality for the here and now. [Ameno-sagiri, why are you partially riiiight?]

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[thanabro]

[Uh. Wait what.]

Repeats itself?

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[pitiedthefool]

Let's just say I know a few people whose surnames are "Arisato" and I know one of them is from my world's past.

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[thanabro]

[!]

Which one?

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[pitiedthefool]

His given name's Minato, but... there's also two of them here.

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[thanabro]

... Two Minatos?

[Whaaaaat.]

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[pitiedthefool]

Ah. That's one thing you should probably know. There are people here from alternate realities. I didn't completely believe it until I saw both of them in the same area.

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[thanabro]

[... Ow his brain.]

That's... confusing...

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[pitiedthefool]

[He's sorry, man. He just got used to his brain being broken back home.]

Just a little bit. One of them wears the SEES armband, though.

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[thanabro]

And the other one doesn't? He's not in SEES?

[W h a t .]

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[pitiedthefool]

[A slow nod. Yes, that's most of what you're getting for an answer because he's still at the point where he goes "fuck it; one's a cool guy, but the other gives Adachi pings but keep him close and maybe help him see that normal people aren't so bad either," too.]

Right.

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[thanabro]

... I'll have to talk to him. Him not being in SEES... that's strange.

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[pitiedthefool]

[Another nod.]

...Good luck. Do you have any questions about this place?

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[thanabro]

Aside from 'how do I get home?'...

Is there anything here I need to be careful of?

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[pitiedthefool]

There are certain floors where powers are restricted, others that will try to lure you into committing suicide if not outright killing you themselves. Also, monsters wander most of them that aren't the dorms.

[Here, have a file link.txt being sent to you.]

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[pitiedthefool]

...also might be a good idea to have the oatmeal first.

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[thanabro]

Oh - thanks.

[Reading through this, hang on...]

... Got it.