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[innerdiscofrog]

[There's a...fiddling noise. (Actually, there'd been a fiddling noise for quite some time, but up until this point the device hadn't been turned on and thus the point a bit moot, but anyway.) It's the sound of someone playing with tech and trying hard to not freak out and...experimental sniff. His sense of smell was still off, but maybe it's just a

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[ideating]

[Hey! It's someone that Naoto knows.

... What are you doing here, Yosuke. Go back home or something. Not that you can do that that easily.]

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[ideating]

You are in Nuadoria, Yosuke-senpai.

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[innerdiscofrog]

[Hey! Yeah! Person he knows! S'up? Team KO later, y/n?

...wait, now's not the time for that.]

...Naoto? You're here too? [Pause. Okay, okay. So it's not like this is the TV World and his own personal subconscious...though if that were the case he'd have to ask his shadow what the hell it was doing, didn't they go through the acceptance routine already? Whatever.] Whatever 'Nuadoria' is.

[Pause, again. This is a longer pause, not too long, but a sort of pregnant pause as he's mulling over something.] Hey, Naoto? If I told you I think a panda's following me around, would you call me crazy?

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[ideating]

I have been here for a total of thirty-eight days.

[A bit of a pause goes here. There's a panda following him around? That must be his familiar. ] If it is following you around, it is likely your familiar, senpai. Everyone in Nuadoria seems to have one. Mine, for example, is a raven.

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[temerate]

[ ohhh fresh meat ]

If there is fault, it belongs with her.

The city desired thy presence and so thou art here.

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[innerdiscofrog]

[He's got two weeks before his sell-by date, get 'im while he's fresh!]

...what do you mean, 'her'?

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[temerate]

[ yeah someone thinks this city is alive. ]

Nuadoria.

She has brought thee here.

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[innerdiscofrog]

...right.

Dammit, I really thought it was all over. So what, I gotta go complain to Nua-- Nuadoria to get back home, then?

[thy_shinigami]

You're in a city called Nuadoria, pal. Easy come, not so easy go. So I'd sit tight if I were you.

Name's Duo Maxwell. Lemme know if you need any help or anything.

[innerdiscofrog]

...you don't say.

[Alright, alright, he is calm, composed, being followed by a panda, but it's not the worst day of his life.] Yosuke Hanamura. So you've...been here a while?

[thy_shinigami]

Sure have. Can't remember how long exactly but long enough to know we're not going anywhere fast.

[innerdiscofrog]

I guess it'll be hard to keep track after a while. [Okay, fuck cal-- no! He is calm! He is cool! He is collected! Gotta keep it together. Sniff.] Doesn't explain why this place smells so...strange, though. So, what gives? You know why the hell we're...here?

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[innerdiscofrog]

[Well, Yosuke put on deodorant on so he does have that fresh smell, though if he knew he'd be sucked into a strange new world he'd have brought soap with him to school. Oh well. Hindsight's 20/20.]

...freshling? You mean there's a term for...this? [The city was freakish but it wasn't the first time he found himself in a strange place. The...thing...panda following him is still a big what the fuck, but that's okay, it's cute. The fact that he could swear he's smelling fresh tomatoes, chicken (as in the live bird, not the dead meat), and smog is...weird (when he can smell anything at all), like his sense of smell's messed up. The fact he's got a ringing in his ear is annoying. But the fact there's a term somehow freaks him out more than the previous because what. the. hell.] Just what is going on?! Why are we here!

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[innerdiscofrog]

[There is a very long pause.]

Your eyes aren't yellow, are they?