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(ooc: Slightly forward-dated to after midnight on 2/9)

[The young woman on the screen is seated with one leg crossed over the other. She looks at the camera and speaks in a very calm voice.]

Bonsoir, everyone.

I'm sure you get countless numbers of these posts from newly arrived imPorts, confused as to their whereabouts, and I'm sorry to add to that number. [She says with a somewhat sheepish tinge to her voice and a matching expression on her face, before both become professional and calm once again.] My name is Mitsuru Kirijo, of Kirijo Group-- not that I expect the name will mean much in this place-- and I'm looking for people I may know.

If anyone knows any young people who have mentioned, back in our prior worlds, either attending a school called Gekkoukan High or living in Iwatodai City, let me know at once, s'il vous plaît. It's really quite important that I contact them as soon as possible.

If you don't, and it's entirely probable that you do not, I apologize for taking your time.

Thank you.

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[Hi Mitsuru, probably not exactly the guy you wanted to see first, but there's a familiar baseball-cap wearing teen on the other end of the feed, eyes widened and jaw hanging open.]

S-Senpai? You got taken here too?

I...I mean.

[Ahem. Give him a moment to make his voice a little more 'formal'.]

Yes. I "see voo play."

Edited 2016-02-09 03:57 (UTC)

Iori?! [For a moment, she seems genuinely surprised to see him, especially before anyone else. In the next instant, she's just as cool as ever... though there's a wry smile on her lips.] I see. I hadn't imagined that this would bear fruit quite so quickly.

Yes, as you can see, I'm here as well. [Beat.] And it's s'il vous plaît. It's French for "please."

I'll never understand French.--ahem--What can I say? I hear a lady in need of some residents of Iwatodai, and I come runnin'.

[His fingers trail along the brim of his hat, smiling.]

Truth is, I just got here myself.

Yes, I recall your grades in foreign languages were never quite spectacular. Or even Japanese, for that matter. [Said matter-of-factly.]

What do you mean by "just"? Hours, minutes, days?

[ Wow. Minato really cannot handle getting two castmates in as many days. He's actually openly smiling as he turns the video on. He has no idea what time she's from, so best to play it safe.

It doesn't matter to him, anyway, not really. Not as long as he gets to see her. ]

It's alright, senpai. I'm here, and so is Ken, Akihiko, Shinjiro, and Koromaru. And now Junpei. Welcome to the club.

Edited (I FORGOT THE DOGE!!) 2016-02-09 05:16 (UTC)

[Another face she recognizes! Wow, this is something of a pleasant surprise. Her response is automatic.] It's rare to see you in such a good mood, Arisato. You--

[You... are dead.

She wasn't there in time, but she saw the aftermath. She saw your body. And yet, here you are.]

[Instantly, her face goes pale with shock. With hurt, too. He'd been someone she'd come to care for, after all, and to not be there for him in his final moments is a wound all too fresh.

How can this be?]

[Instantly her posture becomes stiff. There's no way he can be here, talking to her. This is some kind of trick.

Is what she was told, then, also a lie? Has she been kidnapped?

Had Nyx won, after all? Is this some strange afterlife? The gears in her head are practically visibly turning.] I--

[Then, what he'd said hits her: Shinjiro. Another dead man. Another impossibility.

Someone is trying to use her dead friends to manipulate her.]

[And for a moment, Mitsuru Kirijo visibly loses her cool, fury flashing across her face.]

[It fades, but when she speaks her tone is taut and tense, her voice only wavering slightly, as if she's very desperately trying to keep her emotions in check.] I don't know who you think you are.

But I assure you, I am not amused. How dare you?!

Edited 2016-02-09 05:29 (UTC)

[Oh, it's senpai. First Junpei-san, and now... maybe they really do arrive in twos. But wait, he and Koromaru arrived at the same time as Minato-san, so that was three, right? There goes that pattern. But this is more important, so Ken snaps on the video as Koromaru jumps on to the bed next to him.]

We're here, Kirijo-senpai!

[ Minato's eyes slowly widen through this, and then reverse, face slowly falling. In the end he's not crestfallen but is very quiet, and melancholy.

Much how he'd looked through those last few days leading up to facing Nyx. He reaches out to private the thread before responding, because he's aware that once again there's someone to hide this from: Junpei. ]

Mitsuru. [ No honorific, no pretense, just speaking softly, eyes compassionate. ] It's me, I promise. This is a place outside of time. I'm alive, as long as we're here.

[That's the craziest thing she's ever heard. (Is it? A place outside of time. Wasn't that all the Dark Hour was?)

She wants to believe it. The instant he says that, her heart yearns to believe it. To believe it's true, that she can still have more time with him, that she can still tell him the things she'll never get to tell him, because after someone dies there are always a hundred tiny things that you want to tell them but now can't; it happened with Shinjiro, with her father, with him...

...but it's impossible. Her voice is very pinched, very pained, when she speaks next.] The dead... cannot come back to life. Ever.

[She wants to believe it's really him.] I...

[In complete mood whiplash:] Ah, Amada. So you are. [She says with a soft, wry smile.]

It's fascinating. A world that can exist outside of time, if what they tell us at our initiations is true.

[In the moment it takes her to reply Ken has already whipped through her videos and he sees the start of Minato's; clearly it had been locked, the way it cuts off.]

Ah-- yes. Um, senpai.

[He's pretty expressive, more so than he ever was back home. His expression changes a million times until it settles on a conflicted, but determined look.]

... Please believe Minato-san. I swear. It's him.

Edited (punctuation) 2016-02-09 06:11 (UTC)

[ He'd done that. That was his fault, all of it. Not that he'd asked to die, but... Minato had still left her behind, hadn't he? As much as she'd left him. It seems that blame has nothing to do with it; all that's left are facts, and being alone.

But not here. Not here.

Still so softly, ] They can't. But I am, here. Where are you? I'll come to you.

[Her shoulders instantly tense.

If this is a trick, and they know enough to replicate Minato, surely they could replicate her other comrades, no? Can she trust them?]

...believing such a thing is... difficult, without evidence.

I'm in Heropa. I'm not sure if I--

[She takes a breath. Get a hold of yourself, Mitsuru.] --who are you?

Hey, I resent that!

I'm just just selective in my talents.

[Well, THAT'S obvious.]

Days. Two days, I think.

[...

But we went through so much together, can't you tell that it's us?

Ken shakes his head.]

It's him. And Aragaki-san is here, too. You believed it was me immediately -- why can't you trust him? He saved all of us, don't you owe him at least that?

[ He goes silent for a moment, deciding how to respond. Not sure how to prove it to her without hurting her worse. For some reason, Minato doesn't have any grand plans for proving it aside from see her in person, as if that will be enough. Or maybe... ]

... You know, I'm really glad you showed up now. Next month, in March, we're all going to go see the cherry blossoms together. It'd mean a lot to me if you came with us.

Edited 2016-02-09 13:53 (UTC)

Bonsoir! [ the Doctor waves at the camera, giving Mitsuru a small little smile. ] I'm not from Gekkoukan or Iwatodai, but I am someone who's good at answering nonsense questions if you have any about this place.

Mm. [There's no real acknowledgement of the first part of what he says, as Mitsuru's gaze drifts to the side at the second part. She hesitates for a moment.]

Iori. The night before last, at the stroke of midnight-- did anything familiar happen?

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