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[When Yuusuke appears on the screen, he looks Not Amused. Held carefully, but firmly in his hand is a wriggling white snake with a single line of purple starting at its head and trailing down the part of its neck that is visible. Which is to say... up until the bandage that wraps around it. And yet, it seems remarkably tame considering it has yet to make any movement to bite him.]

Does anyone know how to care for a snake? When I came back to my room, I found her curled up on my bed. She has a habit of... adventuring, so I'll probably need a cage for her.

[He'll make sure it's spacious enough, sure, but no more running away for this reptile. He had enough of that back in his world, thank you very much.]

Also, I guess I might as well ask - anyone get something unusual as their gifts? I've heard we have a lot of people here who have powers where they come from, but who lost those powers when they got here. Did any of you happen to get magical trinkets that still work?

[Not that it's at all relevant to his current situation, of course! He's just curious is all.]

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[Nothing useful to say here, even more so with this hangover. But the snake catches his eye anyway.]

Pretty.

[Oh, it's this guy. He remembers this guy.

He'll just smile, keeping his original snide response to himself.]

She is, isn't she? And as you can see, she's extremely tame.

[He loops a hand under the rest of her body, giving her a few gentle jiggles. She doesn't stop trying to wriggle out of his grasp by any means, but she also doesn't appear to be at all panicked by the sudden movement.]

[Oh hey, something he actually knows a good deal about.]

You need a tank, not a cage. Fill it with sand or bark, and add tree branches and rocks it can climb up or hid under.

She's a pet? [Aren't snakes either wild or in the zoo?]

[...Right. This is that other Sasuke, isn't it?]

Tanks can be expensive... [Especially if you're a jobless loser.] Any idea how big it'll need to be?

Surprisingly, I'm pretty sure she's wild. I guess she just gets along well with humans!

[Maybe because she's really a book? Or part of a book? Or... can turn into a book? He's not the actual expert here.]

She's cool, then!

[If he knew about the used to be a book thing, he'd be asking so many questions. So many. Well, once he gets over his hangover.]

[Don't bother, Yuusuke hardly knows the answer to that himself.]

Well, if that's what you consider cool I guess...

Well, most wild animals are scared of people, right? So, yeah, she's cool.

They don't move around much. Depends on the size of the snake.

I didn't get anything unusual, but just something I didn't really expect getting...

[ The very first murder motive, really, Asgard? At least it has his family on it for a bit... ]

But, uh, did you get that snake as your gift?

With good reason! Humans can be pretty scary when you think about it.

She's this big.

[He'll go ahead and hold her up, one hand carefully supporting her by the head while the other is closer to the tail. She's a good two and a half feet or so it looks like, even if she's quite slim.

And also still making valiant wriggles in a bid to escape, but well.]

Oh? What was it?

[Color him curious!]

As for this snake... Yeah, it seems like she's my gift from the gods. [And she's another book, technically speaking. If the gods were intending to make a bad joke, they certainly achieved it.]

Just... a DVD of sorts, back from home.

[ H-He'll leave it at that unless Yuusuke asks. He kind of already told him about the whole SHSL Despair thing so it wouldn't be that hard to explain to him this thing anyway. ]

What, like your favorite movie?

[As if he wouldn't want to know the deets.]

Not exactly... It's a DVD made by the Super High School Level Despair, if you remember what I've told you about them.

[ DESPAIR but more like what happened to his family... he suddenly really misses them. ]

Did that really just show up in your room? You didn't own it at home? [Some have had items appear but they are generally ones they owned before. Who'd have a snake and not have any clue how to look after it?]

You'll want one about this length anyway. [He holds his hands apart to show him.] About half that in width too, check out the pet stores.

[Ah...]

The scary teenagers that destroyed the city and took your memories.

[Yup, still sounds ridiculous.]

In that case, I'm guessing it's nothing nice?

She's actually a wild snake, even if she's tame. It just seems like a shame to release her back into the wild here when she's a gift from my home.

[He does make note of the tank size however, giving a short nod.]

I'll keep an eye out, then!

[ ... Yeah, it does sound pretty ridiculous when he says it that way, but hey, those teenagers are scary as hell. The ones who cut off their body parts to replace with the Mastermind... (unsure) ]

Yeah, not so much. Kind of just made me homesick and wonder about my family, but we can't leave here by choice.

It's a video of your family?

[ A nod. ]

I think it was shortly after I got accepted into school. The school probably asked them to record a video to help me feel better about living away, but it was two years ago, so I don't know what happened to them...

[ The first time he saw it, he was practically shaking, so it... wasn't so great seeing that again. ]

And your world was destroyed with that incident.

[...]

Well, in a way, no news could be good news, too. You haven't been able to confirm if they're dead, so there's still a chance that they survived.

[He should know. His own twin had managed to pull quite the impressive disappearing act for a good year or so.]

That's how I'm thinking about it too. The video didn't show anything, besides the destroyed living room, so they probably got out fine. The Mastermind would have shown them if she could have.

[ Just like what they did with Maizono's friends... ]

But thanks, for listening and helping me not worry.

[ Since he wouldn't have wanted to hear something like 'they're probably dead' or whatever... ]

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