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[ex_outofcontrol435]

[Video: start. Unimpressed teenager with slicked-back hair and a cranky expression: appear.]

Okay, so either the Professor is pulling a huge fuck you on me for leaving, everyone in this town is sharing some kind of mass delusion, or I actually got kidnapped to a Japanese city in another world to fight monsters.

Someone remind me why I'm believing the third one?

[He rubs at his eyes, then looks a bit more cheerful as he keeps speaking.]

Free room and board just for beating shit up, though. The place I came from could learn from this Philemon guy. All I wanna know is if there's any other mutants around - that's Homo Superior, the evolution beyond humans, not whatever you might call mutants in some other world. As good as this all sounds, I'm not sticking around if demons are my only alternative to humans.

[And he's done.]

((ooc: rather pertinent rewrite after he got the details about the place and actually kind of liked them. facepalm.))

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[leadthebeats]

When and where?

if this isn't okay, tell me!

[trainwrecking]

[Aaaand cutting in:]

Yuri, don't...! That's not going to solve anything! [He may not like this guy's tone, but he's much less willing to get into immediate throwdowns without knowing more. Once bitten, twice shy, you know?]

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[leadthebeats]

Do you honestly think I'll just smile and laugh because he's mocked mankind?

[ Because even though she's smiling right now, she does not look happy. And be glad, Otonashi! She's giving you video! ]

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

You should probably listen to your boyfriend.

I hope you won't, but you probably should.

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[trainwrecking]

He's--he's new, just let him work it out! Maybe he needs to get over the shock, I--I don't know!

[Aaaand back to Pyro.]

Don't encourage this!

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[leadthebeats]

He doesn't look like he's in shock.

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[trainwrecking]

That's enough!

[Let him be upset, it's only because he cares.]

What do you think you're getting into?! I wasn't exactly agreeable when I showed up to the afterlife, remember?!

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[leadthebeats]

At least you weren't a murderous idiot.

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[trainwrecking]

That's not the point, Yuri! I don't agree with it either, but--

[He leans in, raising his voice.]

You're going to get hurt!

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[leadthebeats]

[ She doesn't want to admit that he's right, but, well... he is. ]

Okay, fine. But only because I have no idea what sort of power this idiot has.

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[trainwrecking]

[Otonashi exhales sharply, releasing the breath he hadn't realized he was holding. Though he'll need more time to calm down, her surrender helps.]

We can't... provoke people and get out unscathed anymore, just--

[His voice shakes.]

Let him talk big if he wants. If he's dangerous to us, we can fight back. O-okay..?

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[leadthebeats]

... Hmph. It's not like as if he knows where we live, anyway. But fine. Only just this time, though.

[ If he attempts anything against them she will go and fight for it. ]

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[trainwrecking]

Hinoto-Ri is a closed city. It's only a matter of time before you bump into someone.

[Spoken from experience, of course. Experience and basic probability.]

And I don't want to make an enemy if we don't have to.

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[leadthebeats]

It's not hard to avoid people, you know.

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[trainwrecking]

I don't want to have to avoid someone, and you shouldn't either.

[Besides, Murphy's Law would most certainly come into play!]

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[leadthebeats]

So are you saying that if he comes after me and I scream onto my COMP, you'll come and save me, Otonashi-kun?

[ She's being rude about this, after all... ]

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[leadthebeats]

First of all, Otonashi-kun's not my boyfriend. And second of all, I'm not just going to do what you say just because you say you want me to do it.

[ Such a rebel, Yuri.. ]

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

Yeah? [Now he's definitely taunting her.] I dunno many guys who'll jump in to save some girl's life if they're not getting any.

- well, at least one. But no one's as lame as him.

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[leadthebeats]

I know three of them.

[ She knows what he's doing, but she's not going to fall for it. Instead, she'll just roll her eyes and fold her arms over her chest. She's playing it cool now that Otonashi's calmed her down a little. ]

And Otonashi-kun may be an idiot sometimes, but he's not lame.

[ Don't diss her idiot brigade member like that... ]

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

Wow, congratulations. You've got the most pathetic harem in the world.

And he's not being an idiot right now. He's talking sense. You have no idea what you're getting into.

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[leadthebeats]

They're idiots, not pathetic.

[ One of them uses a halberd and would kill you in a heartbeat if he heard you diss her like this... ]

Maybe I don't, but that won't stop me. I've died once, so I'm not exactly afraid of dying again.

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

Alright, idiots. You said it, not me.

But if you're really gonna do this, meet me outside the housing in Pisces. No Persona, though, just you and me.

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[trainwrecking]

No! Don't do it! This is completely senseless, she's outmatched! You know that!

[Sorry, Yuri. He'll deal with the backlash later. And if he has to? He'll go.]

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

Keep talking to her. I don't back down from a challenge.

If she's really got nothing, though, that's no challenge at all. It'll be a quick fight.

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[leadthebeats]

If you're going to limit Personas, then maybe I should lay down my own rule: no supernatural abilities allowed if we do fight. It's only fair.

[ She's such a nice person. And it's okay, Otonashi. She's totally got this. ]