First return

[burningspiral]

[A clatter as the phone is knocked off the hook in Simon's panic]

I-I--Wh--

Where am I?!

[OOC: No, he doesn't remember anyone.  K, sry.]

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[kaitopants]

Simon?

[burningspiral]

... But you said you knew me?

[kaitopants]

Because you were here, in Mayfield, before.

[burningspiral]

D-did you know anybody else? A-anybody who knew me... f-from before?

[kaitopants]

[a nod]

Nia was here too. And Kamina. [a beat as he thinks] And some girl named Yoko.

[burningspiral]

[... Kamina... and Nia.]

W-what?

[bad answer, katio]

[kaitopants]

[glances up and blinks] What?

[burningspiral]

Aniki couldn't've been here.

[kaitopants]

Because he died, right? [trying not to be insensitive, so he follows this up with--]

My dad died at home, too. He was here for a while.

[burningspiral]

People who died don't come back.

[kaitopants]

They do here.

[burningspiral]

[He's glaring at you.]

[kaitopants]

[... okay, this strategy is not. Working. Time to change the subject]

... all right, that' probably wasn't the best thing to start with. [sheepish laugh]

[burningspiral]

[he's just... not gonna say anything]

[kaitopants]

[there's a long stretch of silence as Kaito tries to think of something to say to Simon that'll help him remember. Or at least keep him from freaking out too much for being stuck in Mayfield again]

Are you gonna be okay?

[burningspiral]

... [he shoots kaito a glare]

Tell me how to get out of here and I'll be okay.