One {This isn't Tartarus} - [Voice, Japanese]

[revolver_christ]

[There's about a minute of nothing but the sound of someone pressing buttons and trying to figure out how the shit to work this thing]

This is why I was not the one to handle these sorts of machines--Jin understood them as if he could speak with them-

[And hey, the video doesn't come on but the speaker finally figures out that this thing is

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[witchoftheweek]

Discedo. Read this, please.

That link is leading me to somewhere completely different. D: ADLIB TIME

[revolver_christ]

[A pause, while he reads carefully]

Discedo. You...are joking.

Re: That link is leading me to somewhere completely different. D: ADLIB TIME

[witchoftheweek]

[ooc: Oh god, I'm sorry! He should have this].

If only.

[revolver_christ]

[ooc: No problem! :3]

And so I am to believe that I have been subjected to the whims of...this is ludicrous.

Has there been any mention in the history of this world of a being known as "Nyx"?

[oneenemyleft]

... W- what?

[revolver_christ]

[That voice is...faintly familiar. He's heard it somewhere before.]

Answer me this...do I know you?

[oneenemyleft]

...

[ She doesn't... know if she wants to answer that. ]

Yes.

[revolver_christ]

I see...your hesitance leads me to believe that you know of me in turn...and quite well.

[voice]

[fate_foretold]

[There's absolutely no mistaking whose voice that is.]

...Takaya!

[That's about all he can muster right now. Give him a sec to get over the shock.]

Re: [voice]

[revolver_christ]

[And there's no mistaking that one either, though it's a shock to hear it.]

...Jin?

Reveal to me your name; it is Jin I speak to, correct?

[voice]

[fate_foretold]

Yeah, of course.

[He tries to tone down the surprise in his voice, but it doesn't really work.]

Are you okay? Where are you?

[voice]

[revolver_christ]

It is quite good to hear from you again, Jin. I had assumed you dead.

[Since he'd run into SEES after all, and with how loyal Jin was, he'd just guessed that he'd died trying.]

I seem to have arrived on the corner of...

[There's a pause as he seems to be hunting for any sign of where he is]

...Liddel Way and Lander Boulevard. And, as for my well-being...I was recently defeated in a battle with SEES; for now, I do not have much strength.

[Yeah, you bet his tone drops when he has to admit that he lost to SEES, and for good this time.]

[prodigal_axe]

You...

[revolver_christ]

[A pregnant pause.]

I have not heard that voice in quite some time. And how has your health been as of late, Shinjiro?

[Lalala overlooking that 'I distinctly remember killing you' element.]

[prodigal_axe]

That's... none of your damned business.

[Not as dismissive as he sounds. Not at all. He's trying to conceal the shock and concern though.]

Not that it matters, but I'm just fine.

[revolver_christ]

Why so hostile? I only wish to know of your well-being.

[Doesn't help that his tone isn't too far from taunting.]

Another has informed me that this is a new world; I cannot say that your being here is quite as much a shock as it would have been if you had still drawn breath where you and I hail from.

[He's chuckling under his breath on the other end.]

You are healthy? That is good; it would be quite unfortunate if you carried over the effects of those suppressants, would it not?

[audio; japanese]

[skullcracking]

[Chie just. Ignores most of that and focuses on the fact that someone new's appeared and seems to be in need of help!]

Urgh, it's a crappy city called Discedo. You need to get somewhere safe - there's monsters.

[audio; japanese]

[revolver_christ]

I see; not only is this city in ruins, but infested with hostile creatures as well. Is there, in any way, anything else about this city that can make it all the more unpleasant?

[By now, he's half expecting to get a positive answer.]

[audio; japanese]

[skullcracking]

[sigh]

Have you heard about the chip yet?

Re: [audio; japanese]

[revolver_christ]

I have received information on it, but no more than what that girl offered me.