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[Video] 001 ☽
[At first, when your SFC clicks on, all that can be seen is blue--the blue of the ocean above the barrier. The video seems to be...rocking back and forth, slowly, and the gentle slap slap slap of what might be...small waves...? against something can be heard.
A long pause.
Then the video shifts and changes before settling on a young man who seems to be...lying down, holding the SFC up, peering at it.
A red light...?]
...It's recording...?
[A puzzled (and slightly soggy) blink, and he begins to sit up.]
Why am I on a boat--
[Too late. His sitting up tilts the small boat off balance.
Tilting--
Splash!
...oops.
ooc: feel free to respond with either video or action, guys!]
A long pause.
Then the video shifts and changes before settling on a young man who seems to be...lying down, holding the SFC up, peering at it.
A red light...?]
...It's recording...?
[A puzzled (and slightly soggy) blink, and he begins to sit up.]
Why am I on a boat--
[Too late. His sitting up tilts the small boat off balance.
Tilting--
Splash!
...oops.
ooc: feel free to respond with either video or action, guys!]
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R-right...
[ He obviously doesn't believe it, though. He deserves to be hated, anyway. ]
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Until then, he picks up the now dry scarf, shaking it out and holding it up.]
...It doesn't seem to be damaged.
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Thank you, Minato-kun!
[ He bounces back quickly-- ]
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You're welcome, Ryoji-kun.
[...He picks up the SFC, scrolling through for a moment, before shaking his head.]
...We should likely try to contact Akihiko-senpai sometime soon. His is the only name I recognize on the contacts list.
[...well. Other than 'Arisato', but that's just...]
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Oh. Akihiko-senpai is here? That's good. Yeah, we should probably talk to him.
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I'll call him.
[But let's timeskip this and pretend the conversation with Akihiko below is rather similar to what he hears, or something.
Er.
Yay time paradoxes. EITHER WAY, point being. Minato is a liiiiittle confused by the call. And by a little, I mean a lot. After all, it isn't every day your senpai forgets you completely.
A long pause as he turns off the SFC, looking down at the device despite the blank screen.]
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No, he could always tell when Minato was upset. Maybe it was just the link they shared, even if he wasn't expressing it. ]
... Minato-kun? I'm... guessing that's not good news.
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The long pause continues for just a bit longer.
What...does he even say to that? It is just...so unexpected and strange that he is not quite sure how to process it.
And so, as per usual, he simply continues forward. Eventually, his brain will catch up.]
...It seems Akihiko-senpai doesn't remember me.
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[ Sorry, his brain, however, is grinding to a halt right here and now, with himself. BRO, PLS EXPLAIN. ]
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Another pause. This is...a little difficult, yes.]
Are you familiar with a 'Haruka Arisato', Ryoji-kun?
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[ He pauses. ]
So... does this mean you have a really hot sister you haven't introduced me to, Minato-kun? You've been holding out on me! I'm a little hurt you haven't introduced us.
[ He just... cannot help naturally being ridiculous. ]
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A sigh.]
...It seems as though, in this Akihiko-senpai's world, Haruka Arisato exists.
[...]
...And I do not.
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Minato simply closes his eyes, continuing calmly.]
This place--Vatheon--is another world. And it brings people from other worlds to it.
...Apparently, it may also bring people from other timelines or dimensions.
[...]
In Akihiko-senpai's dimension, there are still shadows and the dark hour, but...Haruka Arisato is capable of using multiple personae and is leading SEES.
[...He tilts his head slightly, expression still rather calm, if even more dampened than usual.]
Senpai doesn't remember me, because in his dimension, I never existed.
[...this entire concept kind of really sucks. :c]
[1/3]
Other worlds... and timelines? That's possible?
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So... this possibly hot chick... exists instead of you?
[3/3]
[ ... Nooooo! He won't remember ANYTHING? Oh god. This is just... finally starting to sink in, yeah. He's kind of devastated. :< How could he not remember his bff and training buddy and the awesome always cool SEES leader? ]
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Also 'possibly hot chick' what. He sees your priorities there, bro.]
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That's right. Akihiko-senpai told me that he had never seen me before.
[...It does hurt, yes. That all of those memories and all of that time spent together--
And now his senpai doesn't even know who he is.]
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... I won't forget you, Minato-kun. Okay?
[ This is as reassuring as he can be. He found it ironic, almost, how the one who needed to be forgotten was remembered, and how the one who needed to be remembered had been forgotten. He should be the one Akihiko didn't remember.
But... secretly, Ryoji is worried why he doesn't remember could have been something else, somehow. ]
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He wonders, really. It...doesn't really matter, then, does it? Because they won. This Haruka Arisato made the correct choice (made the choice he would have made, and as Akihiko let slip, and as Minato pieced together...they won. They defeated Nyx and made the world a better place, and so...
Did it really matter if it was he who led SEES or someone else who had taken his place in an alternate dimension?
...No, it really didn't.
A curious conclusion to come to. It doesn't depress him, but rather...it is simply an understanding. He understands better, even if the entire "how" of the situation makes little sense at all.]
[2/2]
I know, Ryoji-kun. Thank you.
It will be all right. I am curious to meet this Haruka Arisato.
[Recovered? Yes, mostly. Not completely, but mostly. He simply had to sort out his own thoughts on the matter.]
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[ May or may not be picturing Minato plus boobs right now. ... H-hot. He'd hit that. Sure why not-- ]
Of course, no one is like you. You're you!
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He somehow fails to be surprised.
So onto you, Ryoji. So onto you.]
I am sure we can. She is here, after all.
[But at that he nods, smiling faintly.]
I know. It should be interesting anyway. [Akihiko said it. 'Do you have a sister?'
...He doesn't, but--]
In a way, she is almost my sister.
[Sort of. In a twisted way. Well okay they share the same last name. Close enough.
...and for someone who no longer has any family, that makes this...something.]
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Well, then! You need to introduce me to your hot not-sister when you meet her! I want to be around to see her. If she's anything like you, she'll be super cool, and probably cute~!
[ It'd be like dating him as a chick which would be AWESOME because he loves his bff but his bff as a chick is dateable. *A* ]
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