†† 001 [Audio]

[fatherdear]

[After a substantial amount of panic, shouting and demanding to know where his friends are, Kurogane has finally given up on finding them in the palace and turned to this strange bracelet. He manages to get the audio feature working, vaguely remembering how telephones and stuff like that worked in Hanshin and Piffle.]

Oi. [His tone is tense and he obviously has to force himself to keep calm. This is not a happy man.] I need someone to tell me how the hell I get back to where I was and who's responsible for this shit. [Another interference from that guy? It doesn't look like it but who the hell else...] I don't have time for this crap.

Kid, manjuu... Mage... If you guys are here, let me know now. [He sounds more and more stressed as he goes on.] If anyone's seen a kid with brown hair carrying a girl or a guy with blond hair and an eyepatch, say so. [Pauses for a moment, tense.] If this thing even fucking works! [Kurogane growls and tries to turn the communicator off, quickly getting frustrated and just slamming his fist against the wall, with an audible crash.]

I only let go for one fucking second, damnit...

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[fatherdear]

I don't have time for that!

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[naicha]

Aiya! [ ...is it okay to speak now ] We all don't, you know! I wanna get back home, too, 'cause my people will worry and stuff... But it's okay, I'm sure we can find a way out. There are lots of people here who know magic and stuff! [ But they don't have their powers, Taiwan. ]

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[fatherdear]

Then I need to find them so they can get me back! I don't have time to wait another minute!

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[naicha]

It's not that easy, you know... if you had any magic, they took that all away. I wanna talk to the gods myself, but they don't show up a lot.

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[fatherdear]

... I heard about that part. I need to find the gods then.

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[naicha]

[ why, what is he doing to do... oh no ] Please don't hurt them!

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[fatherdear]

I'll do whatever it takes to get them to send me back. [Meaning attempting diplomacy and when that fails, brutal violence.

One day brutal violence will solve something, it has to.]

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[naicha]

Your determination is really, really cool but I think you should calm down for one second!

Time stops here.

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[fatherdear]

[Well, that sounds like important information.] ... What?

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[naicha]

That doesn't sound right... What I mean is, when you do get sent home - and it doesn't happen a lot - it'll be as if you never left. You know.

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[fatherdear]

... Times moves differently between worlds, but you can't predict it like that, can you? [Doesn't actually know, now he thinks about it, and the gods obviously have powerful magic.]

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[naicha]

I dunno, it's happened to some people. It's happened to me. Like, there was this one time I fell asleep and I had a dream that I never was in Asgard and forgot all about it so I bought bubble tea then when I woke up I didn't have bubble tea and I was still in Asgard but when I looked at the calendar two weeks had passed already! Like in my dream!

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[fatherdear]

[Taiwan you are less helpful than you could be but you sound like a cute princess type so he can't get too angry.]

You went back in a dream or your body went back with you? [ Or... Is his body here his soul or whatever that goes through dreams? Does he even have that when he's not a dream seer? He has no idea.]

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[naicha]

[ OZ STOP MAKING THIS MORE CONFUSING THAN TRC ]

The latter...? It felt so real, like I was gone for two weeks for sure. I'm absolutely certain I went back home during that time! I just know it!

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[fatherdear]

[If there aren't at least two versions of everyone at any given time, the universe collapses!!!!]

Hn. And it was like you never left for everyone back home? [Please say yes, Taiwan, he is a desperate man]

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[naicha]

Yep! [ That's all he needs to hear, right? She's telling the truth, anyway. ]

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[fatherdear]

[Audible sigh of relief over here. It's not certain enough for him, but so long as there's hope...] Good.

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[naicha]

[ He still sounds troubled. Hmm. :( Topic change? ] Um, I'm Taiwan!

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[fatherdear]

[Oh, right, names. People have those.] Hn. Kurogane.

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[naicha]

Where are you from, Kurogane? I'm from Taiwan. [ no taiwan stop saying that ]

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[fatherdear]

Japan. [...] Didn't you say that was your name?

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[naicha]

My name's Taiwan! [ misunderstanding ] Japan's family.

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[fatherdear]

... What?

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[naicha]

Japan. He's like family to me. He's my friend, too!

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[fatherdear]

[This face forever] ... Japan's a country.