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[School papers in hand and Hinoti-Ri ID on his bedside table for personal reference, Otonashi clicks the feed open on his watch. Dark circles lining his eyes, ruffled hair and a more unkempt shirt tell the story of a boy who either stayed up all night or who consistently hasn't been sleeping as well as he should.

He glances back to the ID card, over the name listed on it. Without that piece of information, he wouldn't even be able to fill in the first name section.]

So, ahh... this school thing... What if you don't know where to start? [There he goes, ruffling his own hair again.] Ugh, that sounds weird.

Wh-what I mean is... if you don't remember where you left off in school, what can you do? Oi, I don't even remember my birthday... [Paperwork: everyone's nemesis, but doubly so for an amnesiac.]

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[3:00 A.M is an unreasonable hour to be wandering around outside of his apartment, but he's craving a drink—not tap water or coffee—and since sleeping is not happening, he might as well. Feel free to bump into him or yell at him to go to bed, but good luck with the latter.]

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I don't know how she did it. But she wanted to keep me stuck in The World.

And talking it out with him doesn't help, either?

[Which is why we definitely need a devil here to prompt these thoughts, yes!]

Sure, sure. Your personality, your sense of self-- it's what makes you, well. You. The idea of it being easily malleable, of it being changed completely...

It's scary. There are a lot of people who would do all kinds of things to try to retain what they believe to be themselves.

Any uniform, huh... Talk about dedication. :)

Why say it any other way? As long as you understand my point, does the delivery really matter?

Have you thought about taking the entrance exams at the free school?

Because I wanted to be helpful, that's why. Unless you don't remember that either.

The... world? Your world? And whoever "she" is, she has no right messing with your memories.

Uh...

[He's just staring back at the feed, a classic deer-in-headlights look all over his face.]

[During his late night wandering, Otonashi might notice the sound of soft whimpering coming from Hinata's apartment. A little light was coming from under the door, probably given off by a small lamp, so he was awake...]

[If the redhead chose to get closer to the door, the whimpers would start to sound more like muffled crying.]

[Was he alright..?]

Mm. [There's a long pause on his end. Hizumi summed up what he was thinking rather concisely.]

I don't want to become somebody else, or... to be unable to help the people around me. But if other people have to accept their suffering... Then I shouldn't be different. I shouldn't not try just because it's scary. Ahh, well, sort of..! I'm not exactly choosing to forget right now...

Any intact uniform... w-within reason. I'm not running around in my underpants or something improper...

Well, because... it sounded more like you were teasing me at first. Maybe we could have avoided that.

Does it have an entrance exam?

[Guess who has no shortage of wuss texts and a raging caffeine addiction biting him in the butt? This guy. Normally, he wouldn't even think of disturbing someone at this ungodly hour, but it sounds like Hinata is... crying?

Is he hearing that right? He knocks gently on the apartment's front door, looking around nervously. Hopefully it's quiet enough to be heard, but not disturbing to adjacent residents.]

Hinata?

[His tone up until now hasn't exactly been heavy, but there's a sudden extra spark of brightness.]

And that's why you probably shouldn't worry about it too much. Whether or not you regain your memories... Whatever happens is probably inevitable, so there's no real point in thinking too much about it!

[Optimism at its... finest...?]

No, she doesn't. And...

['"The World" and all of its wonders... this is my world, you see.']

The World is an MMORPG. Not the real world. It's a video game called The World.

"Yeah, so they know what years to put you in. I'm a mix of second and third year."

You can have a mix?! I thought it was just traditional... [There's the sound of paper rustling in the background.]

I've been checking all the forms and trying to remember... and make guesses when I don't know.

Aw... :(

Perhaps! That would have been a lot less tangentially embarrassing for you, wouldn't it? That doesn't sound like any fun to me, though.

"That's why it's a free school. It's non-traditional for people like us who've been out of the system.

"Making guesses? I thought the forms were clear enough... do your translation nanos not work well?"

[The knock results in an audible gasp and hurried shuffling, a chair getting knocked over, Hinata yelping as he trips over it... Eventually the door flies open, the blunette discreetly trying to palm the tissues he'd been using to clean the tears from his face.]

O-Otonashi-kun..! [He's trying to act smooth but... no. After a moment, he realizes that it's the middle of the night and what are you doing knocking on my door at this hour.] Is... something wrong?

[If Otonashi cared to look over Hinata's shoulder, he'd see a knocked over computer chair cocooned in blankets, and a computer screen glowing on the far side of the small apartment, the visual novel on screen reading: I'm sorry, Ryohei-san. The disease took Kimiko last night. She's gone. Oh. Is that all? ~~Hinata pls.~~]

E-ehh—? [Tissues? Computer screen up? If not for the crying, this would be horribly incriminating. These late-night knocks on Hinata's door need to stop, really. First the Aramid room, now this?]

It's... nothing, I was walking around and heard you... um. [SOBBING?] I, ah, thought something was wrong. [And then Otonashi felt slight second-hand embarrassment for intruding on Hinata and Ryohei's "devastating moment." ~~I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE OKAY~~]

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He never listens to me, unless it's serious! And even then he'll ask "who made you leader?! or "why should I do what you say, wuss?!"

An... actual MMORPG? A-as in... you know you come from there? I-I mean, my world used JRPG terms! I don't think I ever played anything called The World though. [Says the other amnesiac...]

...

Ahehaha... ah. I... suppose so..? [You are remarkably cavalier about this, Hizumi!]

Y-yeah, that's wh—

... Wait, fun?! Why is my embarrassment fun? [It's a good thing nobody can see the color in his face. Indeed, embarrassment is an accurate statement.]

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