First Trial of the Dragon! [video]

[feminine_carnivore]

Heeeey, is this thing even on? How am I supposed to even tell if it's on?

[ It's definitely on, and Chie's on camera. Just your average short haired, kung fu loving steak addict. ]

Listen up! I have a question I totally need answered.

Has anyone ever seen two copies of people? Like, there's one, who knows everything you know, and then another who doesn't?

[ Chie's not exactly a wordsmith, she's better at kicking people. ]

Oh, and does anyone know where I can get the best steak in the city? This is very important, I haven't had anything as good as Aiya's beef bowl since I got here!

[ Maybe some manly boxer will be able to point her in the right direction. ]

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[nyxterious]

I have, but they both knew everything that I knew. The only difference was that one was much more... strange.

[Though, food... ! Which means a possibility of a date!!]

While I don't know any places off the top of my head, maybe we could look for a place together. I'd love to take such a lovely lady out for dinner!

[Nailed it.]

[feminine_carnivore]

Strange? I guess you could call any Yosuke strange..

[ Wait a minute. Was she seriously just asked out on a date?! Excuse Chie while she panics and starts to turn red. ]

W-Why would you even say that?! [ Because why would anything think she's a lovely girl, have they SEEN Yukiko? ]

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[trollsdragons]

Mmm... To a degree, yes, though it was rather strange circumstances.

[feminine_carnivore]

Really? What do you mean?

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[celebrity_commentator]

It happened to me when I was at the Tower, and I think I've seen two of a few people running around here, but no one I've really talked to.

[feminine_carnivore]

[ Chie just scratches her head. ]

Oh yeah, I forgot that you said you saw other versions of us or something. But does that mean they came here? But why didn't this Yosuke know about us saving Nanako?

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[imthegoodguy]

In a manner of speaking.

[feminine_carnivore]

Huh? What do you mean? You've seen copies of people you know?

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[princessofheart]

There's doubles of some of my friends. It's not always a differing memories thing, though.

[feminine_carnivore]

[ Someone who has the same issue as Chie! ]

Really? What do you do? Obviously they're still your friends right, but how do you handle that?

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[thewunderkind]

Oh, you mean like a clone?

Don't worry 'bout it, after a few days clones die out and slowly melt in a shower of blood and guts.

[feminine_carnivore]

[ THAT IS NOT COOL! ]

W-W-W-What?!?! No, he's definitely not a clone! And he better not melt! As stupid as he is he's still my friend!!

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[1500lives]

'twins' seem to be rare, but there's a few of them in town i guess. maybe 'philemon' wants to have back-ups in case we screw up?

also, the best steak is apparently in virgo ward, though i dont know what the restaurant is called...

[feminine_carnivore]

[ How could you anon?! Well, atleast she doesn't need to freak out about two Leaders wandering the city at the same time as two Yosukes.. ]

But I'm worried about him, he just ran off! [ She will never admit to him that she was worried though. ]

Really?! I should go there tomorrow! I'm starting to miss Inaba's famous beefsteak..

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[greaterdays]

Copies?

[well that's pretty strange to think about. But she thinks about Yosuke acting weird, and then wonders if this is what Chie is talking about. Maybe she doesn't know he lost his memory!] The other day I saw Yosuke at Junes and he forgot a lot of things. But he said that he got amnesia and that's why he forgot. It was getting better, though.

[feminine_carnivore]

Nanako-chan, you saw him too?! [ Yeah that sounds like the one she saw, and even in Junes. That means Nanako must have run into him when he was running away from her! ]

W-Well, you don't have to worry about anything Nanako-chan, I'm sure the idiot just hit his head or something. [ Chie does not want to be the one worry the cutest little sister in the whole world. ]

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[testsubject031]

Loud and clear, Chie.

I haven't, but I guess it's possible. I mean, people here come from different worlds and stuff, so it ain't that farfetched an idea.

[feminine_carnivore]

Hey you're...you're the robot who knows all of us, right? [ Let's just say Chie and Yukiko gossip about everything. ]

I mean, I don't know you but you know me, so does there mean there's a version of me in this city that knows you?

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[all_wound_up]

Copies of people? What do you mean?

[Oddly, Nano hasn't run into this yet.]

[feminine_carnivore]

Like, I met one of friends here, then I met him again, but he was a different person with different memories and everything!

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[gigglesnortpriestess]

Copies? Now that you mention it, I did see another version of Yu-kun.

[feminine_carnivore]

You did?! There's two Yosukes and two Yu-kun's running around out there?!

[ Bestie, how did Chie not hear this from you already?! ]

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[greatseal]

The city has some great places to eat if you go looking for them! Good meat places, too.

Also, ignore Ryoji-kun up there. He's harmless but he does this to all the girls.

[And that's her real reason for replying here. Ryoji is dangerous worth a disclaimer.]

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[feminine_carnivore]

Really? I've been so focused on helping out Yukiko and seeing my friends I've barely had enough time to get out.

O-Oh, okay, I was certain he was just joking.. [ Because who would like Chie?! ]

[spaztastic]

It's actually a pretty common thing here...

[feminine_carnivore]

Really? I guess I shouldn't really be surprised about something like that after already being teleported across the Universe.

I just don't know how to handle having two Yosuke's...

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[not_that_scary]

[Wait, more?] There's someone else around here who looks like me and experienced a lot of things that were similar to me, but our circumstances are vastly different. Does that make any sense?

[feminine_carnivore]

Yes! That's exactly what I'm talking about! Are you two friends? How do you handle who gets to hang out with your other friends? How do you know which one is the real one?? [ If she realizes how awkward or hard the question could be, she would totally be sorry. ]

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[beautifulmemory]

You've spoken to one of them, by now. Two that are named Haseo, and they both have a very similar smell about them.

[feminine_carnivore]

Smell? ...I never thought to smell if this Yosuke was the same.. N-Not that I would even know what the creep smells like!!

Haseo? Did I talk to someone named Haseo? [ Chie's always a little slow on the upkeep.. ]

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[beefcakeemperor]

Senpai! ...what d'you mean by that?

[Slow on the uptake...to be fair he hasn't met the other Yosuke and Souji...]

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[feminine_carnivore]

There's two Yosukes! Well, I think there is anyway! I saw a Yosuke at Junes the other day that didn't even remember us all saving Nanako-chan together.

[ It's really hard to explain, but she's trying her best! ]

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[helenchanter]

[Considering what had happened at the tower, Miki felt this situation was a little too familiar...]

Well...that I have or haven't doesn't really matter, but both of them are your friends, right? What they know and don't know isn't important; my Senpai once said that friendships can transcend even lifetimes...or I suppose in this case, universes.

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[feminine_carnivore]

Wow, I never thought of that. I suppose, even after finding out about him I still do want to be friends with him, as stupid as he is. I just don't know why he seems to be avoiding me..

[ And when she does finally find him there will be some pain on his end.. ]

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[bladedskies]

[Haseo waves blankly at the screen upon seeing and deciding to answer.]

Yo. I've met another me here. [She looks around and leans in conspiratorially, cupping her hand over her mouth in the old "don't want the walls to hear" way.] Just between you and me, I'm pretty sure the other me is a guy, too. Their voice sounds completely different, and it's probably not a cold at this rate.

[....HASEO...]

[feminine_carnivore]

[ Chie remembers the other Haseo, and is still a little shocked that they are the same but different genders. ]

So.. what do you guys do? How does being the same person even work?

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[terminalemulation]

Well, I personally have several backups of myself that are updated at staggered intervals in order to protect against potential data corruption... but you mean in cases of organic beings, right? I've read fiction about that sort of thing.

Anyway, as for steak suggestions - there are many restaurants with many different cooking styles scattered throughout Hinoto-ri! How do you prefer yours cooked?

video because why not

[feminine_carnivore]

You really are a computer, huh? I don't know how I could live without being able to run around and eat steak.. [ Seriously, what point would there be in existing without training and steak?! ]

There's two versions of my friends running around I guess, but from different worlds? I didn't even think that was a real thing until a little while ago.

Oh wow! You must have all the data, right?! I love every kind of steak from beef ramen to filet mignon to steak kabobs!

video; haha I'm late...

[selematpagi]

Wait, when you say copies you mean... Like seeing two of the same person?

[ Gosh, Hinoto Ri is really weird sometimes. Makes her head throb just thinking about it. ]

video; thats ok :D

[feminine_carnivore]

Well, I didn't see them at the same time. But they are definitely different versions of the same person!