xxx1 - [accidental video/action for New Bark Town]

[patsheads]

[Certainly, Satoshi had been expecting to disappear from Hinamizawa soon, but he wasn't expecting to wake up in yet another cheery little town, with a lady calling herself his mother pushing him out the door with gentle words of encouragement

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My My~ You've been here long enough to get shooed out of the strange house and you still don't know how to operate this device? What sort of simpleton are you~?

[ OKAY WELL Satoko doesn't know jack about how to use it either, but by some lucky chance she caught this call... But SSH SHE'S BETTER THAN EVERYONE ]

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[ She should have seen that coming. But it's been so long since she got Nii-Nii hugs.

Of course, Satoko hugs him back and tries to hide her crying face from him. ]

Nii-Niiiii... Nii-Niiiii... Me too. I missed you, Nii-Niiii.

[patsheads]

[Oh no, she's crying. He knows. He can feel it.

Satoshi pulls her a little closer, stroking her hair lightly. His poor sister, she must have been so scared. What kind of brother was he, letting her wander around someplace as unfamiliar as this?]

I'm sorry. I won't leave you alone again.

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Nii-niiii.

[ She can't tell if he realizes how long he was gone. He doesn't act like they've been apart for a year... then again, this is Satoshi we're talking about. ]

That's right, you won't! I'm much stronger now, s-so you don't need to!

[patsheads]

[He has no idea he's been apart from her for a year and would be devastated to learn this. Nevertheless, he...hesitates slightly. Satoko usually accepted the affection easily.]

Ahh...it's okay, Satoko. I don't mind.

[...Most of the time. True, sometimes the stress of everything drove him to exhaustion, but. He was her brother. Her Nii-Nii. If she can't rely on him, who would she turn to?

He wouldn't let Satoko get to that point.]

[wantsheadpat]

[ But she continues rambling. And hugs him back, tightly, so that she can be the supportive one this time. ]

You can come home now, too! I protected your room... And our uncle! We chased him away! Everyone, all of Hinamizawa, we got rid of him, NiiNii! It's safe to come home now!

[patsheads]

Umm...home? Are you okay, Satoko?

[There is genuine confusion there. Come home now? He just went to get her birthday present. And their uncle wasn't even home. Did he come back? Did he do something to her?]

[wantsheadpat]

...? Of course I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about... Don't you remember, Nii-Nii?

[ She frowns a bit, but tries not to show it. Did Nii-Nii hit his head and forget the last year? ]

[patsheads]

[Something like that.]

Remember? Umm...

[He pauses and thinks for a moment.]

...It was your birthday, right? I was coming home and the Director was giving me a ride...

...And then I guess I woke up here.