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[scarsnstripes]

I-I wouldn't call it too strange but.... it is... a bit strange.

[Ok, very strange. He's turning red now too as he sinks a little deeper into his hoodie, because these two are just that bad about this stuff, apparently.]

You do know a lot about me, but I don't really know much about you. And um... some things are...

[Very personal? Very personal.

He hasn't even kissed someone yet, let alone gone on dates.]

[dereban]

[ She is suddenly very glad she can hide her expression under her hat now, because she feels like crawling in a hole out of embarrassment. A part of her wonders if Atsushi - her Atsushi - can see this and suddenly she's self-conscious. ]

Ah-- I-I wouldn't tell anyone anything, though! About the personal stuff. I'm not that kind of person.

[ Or at least she hopes she isn't.

That's when she clears her throat with a small ahem. ]

I guess I should try to make this even, huh? I don't really. . . have too much to say about myself since I'm not admittedly that interesting, but, mm. I don't mind answering anything you want to ask about me. At the very least, I guess I want to be friends with you.

[scarsnstripes]

Thank you... That means a lot.

[Heaven help them both if the other Atsushi can see this. Atsushi knows he would be mortified in his place, so what would happen to the other Atsushi?]

But I-I couldn't ask that of you! I mean... it is awkward, but I'm not going to ask you to tell me things you don't want to tell. That's not how you treat someone you want to be friends with, right?

[And it's nice, hearing her say she wants to be friends. That he wasn't automatically... lesser, somehow, in some way. It felt like he should be, but...]

[dereban]

It's nothing, really.

[ She threads her fingers together a little nervously before laughing a little bit. ]

Haha, you're right. But you can still ask. I'd let you know if I can't- or won't answer. Besides, you're probably one of the few people here I can talk to about Yokohama. Well, I guess there's Oda and Dazai too, but talking about the city with them is kinda. . .

[scarsnstripes]

[He perks up a bit at the mention of his home. He's homesick and painfully so, and while he hasn't live in the city comparatively very long, he still missed it keenly.]

Are you from Yokohama?!

[dereban]

[ Inaba's homesick too, but..

Well. She made this decision. ]

Yeah, I am. Born and raised, actually. I get homesick quite a bit, so I would sometimes Google Maps it, or search up what events happened recently in the Yokohama of this world.

[scarsnstripes]

[Did she, though? Atsushi certainly hadn't. He wanted to go home, to help people there, but...]

That's surprising... did the other me meet you there?

[Is there an Inaba in his world, too?]

I never thought of that.... is it similar?

[dereban]

[ She had a chance to go home before.

And she just didn't take it. ]

Nope. We met here, in this world. Back in November, on a mission. The Yokohama here is pretty similar to back home, yeah.

[scarsnstripes]

Oh! I guess that makes sense... so there might not be a version of you in my world?

[Huh... that's... ok then. He wouldn't know how to feel about that, if there was. Would that make them soulmates, or something? Or...]

...I might look it up, then. I miss it.

[dereban]

Maybe, maybe not. . . but most likely not? Although it'd be awkward if there was. Then it'd be like that Spiderman meme.

[ INABA ]

You should, but it makes me kind of jealous. There was a Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama.

[scarsnstripes]

....Spiderman meme?

[Why???]

...You're jealous about phone games???

[dereban]

You know, the two Spidermans pointing at each other. That pic.

[ Yes. ]

And no, it's not a phone game, it's- People actually dressed up in Pikachu costumes parade all in the Minato Mirai area. It's a pretty huge event, actually.

[scarsnstripes]

I mean, if I ever meet the other Atsushi properly it's probably going to be a repeat of that.

[Awkward.]

...But that Pikachu thing sounds cute, actually.

[dereban]

Yeeeeeeah.

And it is. It's super cute.

[scarsnstripes]

Sounds like.

[dereban]

Maybe we should go some time. It'd be fun.

[scarsnstripes]

...I'd like that, if the foundation lets me.

[dereban]

. . . Ah, right.

The other Atsushi can't really leave the site, either. I guess that'd make things hard.

[scarsnstripes]

Ah... they keep a close eye on him, too?

[dereban]

Yeah.

Because he can't control his ability. That's why I told him that I was going to study on abilities and how they worked to figure out how to help.

[scarsnstripes]

It's the same with me. They mostly keep me contained on site, besides missions.

[dereban]

I'm lucky that I have more freedom, then. . . but man, that really fucking sucks.

[scarsnstripes]

Well, I can't really blame them, considering the circumstances.

[He droops a little.

He hadn't eaten for a week, and hadn't eaten meat for a month, after that mission gone wrong.]

[dereban]

Yeah.

They'd. . .be scared, understandably.

[ Ironic, given that one of Inaba's dislikes are 'supernatural phenomena'. ]

[scarsnstripes]

They told me it might be better off if I stayed contained.