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[ninthserenade]

Okay, let's see here... Push this one, uh... Then that--Whoa!

_{[After some fumbling (and a near drop), the device finally flickers to life to show a hooded figure peering down into the camera. At first he's dead silent, his mouth opening and closing a few times as he tries to figure out what to say before he decides to take a chance and shake a proverbial fin.]}

Soooooo, I guess I should probably introduce myself or something... I gotta admit I'm totally lost even with that chick telling me the basics. Either way-- _{[He reaches up to push the hood back Light what is wrong with his hair.]} You guys can just call me Demyx, and this is gonna sound really dumb considering the whole... y'know, circumstances, but does anyone know a good place to grab a bite to eat? I figure it'd be better to get some grub while I try to make sense of some of this stuff, anyway.

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video

[fintastic]

I can help!

[ cuttlefishCuller wants to send you: A Newbie's Guide to Exsilium ]

You can read it whenever you want, it should help a little bit.

video

[ninthserenade]

_{[Give him a few minutes while he skims over everything how does he shot future???]}

Man... It's already sounding like how things were back home.

video

[fintastic]

Where's home?

video

[ninthserenade]

To be honest, I'm not really sure where it was. The entire place was called 'The World That Never Was' which was pretty confusing at first until I just figured I'd roll with it. I didn't pick the names out, y'know?

video

[fintastic]

Just rolling with it is probably a very good way to handle things, especially now that you are here. What was it like?

video I am so slow

[ninthserenade]

...Really dark, for one. We didn't get a lot of sunlight--actually, I don't think we ever got any sunlight now that I think about it.

And it rained a lot.

voice

[implying]

Why, showing attractive new people where to find the best food is something of my specialty! I'd be pleased to help, if you'd like a more personal touch than Feferi's charming guide.

Re: voice

[ninthserenade]

Yeah? I wouldn't mind that--I mean, maps are totally fine but they don't show everything, yanno?

[implying]

Precisely! Now, what is it you're hungry for, my dear?

[ninthserenade]

Hmm... They got any pizza joints here? Good ones?

[ video ]

[amereillusion]

[ A sigh, before turning his feed on. Figures. All the aid he could have received from the Initiative from the Organization, and he gets Demyx. Zexion turns the feed on, and tries to remain cordial. ]

The coffee shop across the street from the main entrance to the Initiative's headquarters. And Demyx... try not to show off your lack of technological literacy.

[ video ]

[ninthserenade]

_{[...Okay, he's either seeing things or this really is the afterlife.]}

Zexion?! What-- Dude, what're you doing here?

[ video ]

[amereillusion]

The same thing you're doing here, Demyx. Fighting a war I really don't want anything to do with.

[ No, but it might as well be. ]

[ video ]

[ninthserenade]

...I really have no idea what I'm doing here, actually. The last thing that happened to me, I... um... It wasn't good.

_{[Dumb afterlife.]}

Can't I just sit this one out?

[ video ]

[amereillusion]

I already tried leaving, Demyx. [ Totally disregarding that 'it wasn't good' thing, just because nothing is ever good to him. ] It didn't work. There's no way off this world through the Corridors.

[video; private]

[got_it_memorized]

[Now there's an unexpected familiar face. Of all people to show up, Demyx is about the last one he would have expected to get randomly recruited for any sort of insurgence. Have a snort of laughter.]

Boy, they really sent the wrong guy for the job this time.

[video; private]

[ninthserenade]

_{[Any room on that boat for one more? Because he's just going to stare at the device for a few seconds.]}

Axel? You're here too?

[video; private]

[got_it_memorized]

[Eyeroll. Hurr durr, Demyx, if he wasn't here he couldn't be talking to you, could he?]

Nah, I'm just a figment of your imagination.

[video; private]

[ninthserenade]

Dude, I haven't seen you in what feels like ages--Is this where you've been disappearing to?

<sub>[Axel are you dead

because he's seeing dead people.]</sub>

[video; private]

[got_it_memorized]

[A snort of laughter.] Can't feel like ages if we can't feel. [Yeah, he's splitting hairs; no, he doesn't care.] Did you sleep through the briefing that said I was going to C.O. with the others or did you just forget? [Seriously, either option seems believable to him.]

[fe_male]

You've never seen an iPad before?

[ninthserenade]

A what?

[fe_male]

So that's a no. Where are you from?

[ninthserenade]

Believe it or not, I'm from a place that's called 'The World That Never Was'. It's kinda depressing, huh?

[fe_male]

[ beat ] Yeah, that's pretty damn depressing. Why... is it never was?