[Video]

[risetocaesar]

I wish the weather would stop changing so dramatically. It's giving me a headache... literally. I know some places can get unseasonably warm, but this is ridiculous.


[text, private to Minato:]

Hey, I need you to do me a favor. Can you take Miki out for an afternoon this week? Keep her busy for me?


[text, private to Shinjiro:]

We need to make sure Miki has a good Christmas this year. I have a plan, but I need your help.

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[Video]

[linefacingforever]

It's not normal weather. Something might be wrong.

[His Pyro Jack gets a little too happy on the warm days...]

[Video]

[risetocaesar]

I didn't think so. I've never seen a December like this in my life.

I told Miki I was suspicious, too. Not sure what the cause might be, though.

[Video]

[linefacingforever]

Miki?

[...oh, wait. Didn't they have the same last name?]

Your sister?

[Video]

[risetocaesar]

Yeah, Miki is my sister. You know her?

[voice]

[greatseal]

At least it's not changing in the middle of the day yet... It's already hard enough to figure out what to wear out of the house.

[voice]

[risetocaesar]

[He hadn't even CONSIDERED that.]

... do you think it will?

[voice]

[greatseal]

With the way things are going, it's possible... Have you noticed the cold days are getting colder, and the warm days are getting warmer?

[voice]

[risetocaesar]

I have. All of the changes in pressure are starting to make me sick. I never get sick.

audio;

[hadronknight]

I suppose something must have been going wrong somewhere out there, but that's just my gut feeling.

[audio]

[risetocaesar]

Yeah. It must be; this is definitely not normal.

[audio]

[hadronknight]

I suppose the least we can do for now is to keep an eye on things and be prepared for whatever this place throws at us.

[audio]

[risetocaesar]

As long as we make sure we're alert, we should catch anything major that might change, right?

[text - private]

[fools_journey]

[ Wait, are you asking him to take your sister on a date? .... this is Akihiko, and Minato can't quite be sure that Akihiko realizes this. But he's not sure he wants to enlighten Akihiko. It seems like it'd be kind of a pain to try and get Akihiko to understand, given what Minato knows about Akihiko's obliviousness to girls and so forth. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission, right? ]

Assuming she doesn't say no, sure. What day would work best?

[text/private]

[risetocaesar]

[Yeah. Aki has no idea he's even implying a date. You're his friend, right? He trusts you with his little sister. Take her out, show her a good time -- a good, clean, fun time.]

Maybe in the next day or so? The sooner the better. Just let me know when you make plans. I need to be able to get into her apartment without her knowing.

[text/private]

[fools_journey]

[ You know, taking a shower together is clean and fun. ]

Okay. I'll ask her and let you know when, then.

Are you sure it's okay to be snooping, though?

[text/private]

[risetocaesar]

[He will borrow Shinji's cooking knives and slowly but steadily manage to dismember you.]

I'm not going to be looking at anything private. I just need a better idea of what she likes and what she doesn't already have. It's... really important to me that she has a good Christmas.

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

You've got a plan.

[He doesn't know what's worse: Aki actually thinking through something long enough to make a plan for it, or just doing whatever the hell he feels like doing the very moment he thinks of it.]

[Text - Private]

[risetocaesar]

I do. We're going to sneak into Miki's apartment.

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

You want to sneak into her apartment.

[Because maybe if he types Aki's plan back to him, he'll see how stupid it reads in kanji.]

Why?

video

[nyxterious]

It is pretty weird, isn't it? I've never witnessed something like this happening before. I guess all kinds of strange things are bound to happen here, though.

[Like uh. Talking like this. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE WEIRD AFTER EVERYTHING. But Ryoji still seems... somewhat calm about it, even if a bit awkward.]

... Hello, senpai. Or maybe, it's just Sanada-san now, huh...

[You can probably hear the sadness in his voice, even if it's quickly masked with a smile.]

[risetocaesar]

[Yes, it's a little weird, but -- the whole team had come to like Ryoji, to some degree. It's bizarre, but...

Akihiko shakes his head.]

Akihiko... is fine.

[He doesn't require anyone to call him senpai anymore. Ryoji wasn't a part of the team, but he was as important to all they went through as anyone else.]

It's been awhile. For me, anyway.

[nyxterious]

Akihiko. [First names... ! that makes him happy.] Okay.

Has it really? I know everything was just recent for me. [But he knows by now that this place is strange when it comes to time, and universes.]

Have you been here long? Or was it awhile from your time back home, too.

[Video]

[electricyousei]

"Maybe the weather control stations are broken? I'm not sure."

[Video]

[risetocaesar]

I didn't even think of that. That could easily be the case.

[Video]

[electricyousei]

"Ok, so technology is at a level here where weather control is possible. I wasn't sure."