Anonymous text after the Taurus event

[trainwrecking]

[No way is he showing his face to Hinoto-Ri: not now, not soon. Time heals all wounds, and time is exactly what he needs to work through the aftermath of the event.]

The government announcement and star sign "sickness" —

Will this happen to us a lot? Is this just how it works here? What can we do to... stop it?

...

I'm sorry.

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happens to all of us, no worries!

[trainwrecking]

I'm not even sure if you'd know, but. . . you seem to know more about Hinoto-Ri than I do

. . .

How long have you been here? I notice that people disappear from here too, like the Afterlife.

[otakuro]

...Ahh, I think it's probably a different phenomena.

[It had better be.]

See, you don't have to stay here if you don't want. Some people just decide to go home after a while. ...That's what they tell us, anyway.

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[trainwrecking]

Hahaha...! Hah... ahh. [Nobody has to see him to hear the awkward strain in that laughter.] That too. Make friends or die when there's... an enemy.

[He gets it, really, but when aliens are invading? When ALIENS. Are INVADING! And he thought being dead was surreal. This is really pushing his limits, but at least someone is having fun with this.]

Kinda dangerous. Demons sound like the kind of people that are always dangerous...

[trainwrecking]

So you're saying that a person has to consent to go back home?

. . . I don't know if that's the only way.

[otakuro]

What do you mean? Someone you know went home against their will?

[trainwrecking]

No, nobody I know personally. I hear about it, but that's it.

But it seems weird that we can leave whenever we want after they brought us here to " save the city. " I remember wanting to leave as soon as I got here, but that didn't do anything.

[It just sounds too easy. Of course it did in the Afterlife too--accept your life and move on to leave--but that at least had purpose.]

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[hetried]

[Well way to make him feel bad about making you feel awkward, dude!!] Yeah... it's not so bad-- we all actually got along pretty well, bad situation regardless. I guess that was just luck.

And it was actually thanks to demons that we were able to protect ourselves. I guess it just depends on which ones and how you use 'em..

[otakuro]

Yeah, you're right.

What I hear is that even if you leave, they might bring you back again just to make you give it a second try or something. I'm not exactly sure, though...

You do have to talk to the government, I think. Maybe Philemon, too.

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[trainwrecking]

Ahh, you're very casual about this... [It's not so bad, Daichi sounds like he would be great to hang out with. Very low-tension, which Otonashi doesn't often get!]

Eh? What do you mean? There are different... kinds of demon? I thought they were... fictional, but all about the same. [Pause, and then he quickly speaks up again.] Oh, you don't have to answer that if I'm pushing too much.

[trainwrecking]

A second try? That's weird. . . I wonder if you remember any of your stay.

[He's musing to himself a little again.]

Ah so you don't just " disappear " because you want to, you have to go seek it out. Maybe fill out paperwork even if the government's involved. . . ?

[otakuro]

I'm not exactly sure... I've never done it myself, so I've never asked. It would probably be good to know, though.

Anyway... It sounds like you do, when you get back here. Some people do, anyway.

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[hetried]

Trust me, I think it's kind of weird how used to all this weird stuff I am by now... [Come to him a day before the Invasion and it would've been a muuuch different story.]

Nah, it's not a big deal. It's just... I don't actually know much myself. [Ahaha...] Some demons we can summon and they help us and act as our allies-- others we fight because...uh, well 'cause we didn't summon them, I guess. I'm not really sure what the difference is-- or if there's really one at all.

[And, as an after thought: ] I always thought they were just folk legends too. Surprising, isn't it?