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[fujimoto_shiro]

[ The video feed begins with Shiro’s profile quite out of frame-after a few moments, he looks down to the PDA screen, and taps at the interface at a snail's pace. Perhaps he's trying to figure out information as to where he currently is, or maybe something which could help him navigate about this place

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[smiling_dragoon]

[The last two weeks have been difficult for Yukio. Moreso than they already should have been considering their location and situation. Rin's sudden disappearance resulted in a marked lack of eating and sleeping in the remaining twin, and he's had barely twenty-four hours since Rin's return to recover.

Needless to say, he's nowhere near prepared for this. How can someone prepare for something like this?

His father is dead. Dead by Satan's hand and never coming back. Never mind the powers their captors seem to have over space and time. This shouldn't be possible, not even in Nesreca.]

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[smiling_dragoon]

[The video feed cuts on abruptly to show a very familiar face. It's different from the last time Shiro saw it. A little paler, a little thinner, and with dark rings under the eyes.

Oh, and anger. Lots and lots of anger.]

... This isn't funny.

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ Shiro is shocked to see one of his sons. If this is the afterlife, he will be disappointed to know at least one has passed on quite soon... ]

Y-yukio?!

[smiling_dragoon]

[Definitely not the afterlife, not that Yukio's tripping over himself to confirm that.

He fixes Shiro with what was probably meant to be a cold glare, but there's something wavering behind it.]

I'm not like the other residents, Libitina. Drop the act.

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ Although, Shiro's scolding was typically directed to Rin--he knew Yukio fell into rather odd funks every now and then, so he cut straight to his point: ]

What on earth are you going on about?!

[smiling_dragoon]

[Alright, that jerks Yukio out of his funk for a moment. He's not used to hearing that tone directed at him.

He blinks, confusion washing over his face.]

... You can't be here.

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ Shiro won't scold Yukio much longer. ]

I have no idea why, or how.

[ Or what this place is. ]

[smiling_dragoon]

[His eyebrows furrow, brain working frantically to push through the information presented. None of this makes any sense, but what here did? The ghosts in Nesreca have never pulled anything like this before, though, and Libitina could pull new residents from decades or even centuries in the past relative to him, so to bring someone who should be dead...

Yukio hesitates for several long seconds before venturing in a questioning tone:]

... Tou-san?

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ Ah-hah, so Shiro is recognized by his own son, now. He replies, prying past that demeanor his son often built up around his heart. ]

What's getting to you, Yukio?

[smiling_dragoon]

[What's getting to him? He'd have thought the answer to that would be obvious.]

You died. I thought...

This isn't a trick.

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ That was more of a subtle hint to his son to confirm his identity. He scoffed lightly, ]

... and I thought so too.

[smiling_dragoon]

[Yukio falls silent for several long moments. He's not like Rin. He can't just let go. This is his father, yes, but certain things need to be handled first. He's quiet when he speaks again, carefully controlled.]

... There's an apartment building. Nine stories tall and boarded up on one side. It's one of the few buildings still standing...

It's where everyone here stays.

[fujimoto_shiro]

I'll look for that building.

[ Shiro hasn't any idea how to shut off the video feed, so he'll just pocket the device before departing for the apartment building. He'll want to see his son face to face, most likely anticipating some sort of confrontation from his youngest son. ]

[smiling_dragoon]

[Yukio will be waiting when Shiro arrives, lurking in the doorway of the apartment building. He's willing to wait his turn, let Rin have the time he needs with their father first.

It's not as if he knows what to say anyway.]

[fujimoto_shiro]

[ After greeting his elder son, he took a few steps up toward Yukio. He notices this son is silent and stoic, some things never change. ]

Yukio... what's the situation, here?

[smiling_dragoon]

[That's something he can answer without thinking too hard, at least.]

We're in Russia, and the calendar year is 2000. This place is called Nesreca. There are somewhere around thirty people people here, all pulled here from different worlds by two beings that the other residents refer to as ghosts. [He phrases it as such because he knows better. Or believes he does. No ghost he's ever heard of has powers like this.] You've probably already seen one, a white-haired girl. Her name is Libitina.

There's no way to return to our own worlds that anyone here has found. We're still gathering information from the city across the river as to exactly what happened here, but they're not particularly fond of us.

[Sounds pretty crazy, huh?]