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[inthejunk]

[Nothing like a rude awakening at 2:30 in the morning, right? Well, you're in for a treat fellow refugees. It seems like one just flew over the cuckoos nest. Not that you can tell initially. At first this just looks like some inconsiderate kid with rings under his eyes and messy hair, breathing down the camera lens a little too up close and personal.]

Yo. If we haven't met yet, hello. I'm Yosuke. But...but if you're new, you should count to three and then stop listening. Okay? One, two...three. Alright, go away. It's for your own good.

[For emphasis, he clicks the lamp beside him off, and the video goes dark. Nothing to see here, apparently.]

Listen. Guys. I'm curious what people do here for fun. Because uh-look. I've tried sleeping, and training, and then I tried going outside. And talking to the people in the market, and you know. Looking for animals. And I found some, but they were really creepy and mutated. You know? So it's impossible to forget this place is so...

[The light comes back on with a soft click. The phone-roll-up is on the bed table now. Yosuke smiles down at it tightly, and shrugs. Then something thumps in the other room and he jumps at least a foot, gesturing wildly and knocking the device off the table. Someone get the kid some decaf.

He hangs over the side of the bed and gazes at the mobile, his image now fractured like a kaleidoscope, and gives a rather put-upon sigh for a guy who was just trying so hard to be personable.]

Damn it. I'm cracked...

Comments

Voice

[wilder]

...Did you take drugs or something?

Re: Voice

[inthejunk]

What? No. Why?

Voice

[wilder]

Just checking.

Then if you're looking for something to do, maybe you should try sleeping at night.

Video

[how_fascinating]

[Who's sleeping at this hour? Cissa tilts her head curiously, and there's a pair of goggles resting atop her head.]

What is it you desire to indicate when you say you're "cracked"? [You humans have strange slang.]

Re: Video

[inthejunk]

Can't you see the video? Cracked like...an old pavement. Or broken glass. The literal kind.

[ video ]

[hostage]

[Jesse, for one, does not think Yosuke is on drugs.]

What kinda stuff were you into back home?

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[inthejunk]

[Finally! He's relieved enough by that response that all the tiny fractured Yosukes slump a bit, and prop their chin up with their hands to give the question its moment of due consideration. And then they lean forward and pour out a deluge of animated word vomit..]

Hanging out with friends. And uh...there was some good hiking in the area. And I went to school and I had a job and...did some um. Volunteer work. You know? It was just busy all the time at home. Really, really busy. At first the break seemed nice but I think I've memorized every inch of this place already. And I know we're supposed to be saving the world, but I mean...do you feel useful?

video;

[feisty]

[A blonde's leaning over her own tablet, looking at him in response.]

You okay?

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[inthejunk]

Huh? I mean, yeah! I'm fine. It's just the lens that didn't make it.

video;

[marbled]

[ Hey Yosuke, it's that creepy doll-like girl who stays in the room next to you. Surprisingly she answers this in the dark herself with her blankets draped over her shoulders. ]

Do you want to hear a bedtime story? [ Because why else would he still be awake at this hour? ]

Re: video;

[inthejunk]

Uh...well. I don't mind, but shouldn't you be asleep?

[Not like he could possibly have anything to do with that, right?]

video

[fintastic]

Do you like board games?

Re: video

[inthejunk]

Board games? Why, is that what you do?

[The gut reaction here is hell no, but that's left over from when he had school to look cool for and TV to entertain him. The situation has changed.]

I guess I've never really given them a try.

Video;

[chore_boy]

Have you tried exercise? Though it sounds corny, it's actually good for your mood.

Re: Video;

[inthejunk]

The training helped at first.

[The series of fractured Yosukes on the other side of the lens blow their fringe out of their faces and sigh.]

But if I did it every time there was nothing else to do I'd look like Tatsumi by now.

[video]

[knifenut]

[ Oh look a nice close up of a grinning face he probably doesn't want to see. ]

If you need something to do, I have some ideas.

Re: [video]

[inthejunk]

[Doesn't this creep have something better to do? Jeez.]

No way. I'm planning to keep both my kidneys.

[whatsupcroc]

Nothing a little duct tape won't fix!

[inthejunk]

That stuff they make wallets and joke ties from in Harajuku?

[This is his doubtful face, Collette.]

video

[chittybang]

[The notification of a new network post is enough to wake her up. Asami frowns, and after twenty minutes of trying to get back to sleep, she decides to grab the device and see what was so important at 2:30.

Apparently nothing.]

You should try sleeping again. Maybe you missed the fun parts.

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[inthejunk]

[Did you know teenagers can make that same annoying whine that unhappy puppies do? Well, now you know. All the little fractured Yosukes on the feed shake their hair out and sigh.]

I can't, it's no use. I'm not tired at all.

Voice

[skilful]

One, two, three...

[ He's not really new, but he counts anyway. He's still here though. ]

--those hobbies sound a little plain, Yosuke-kun!

Re: Voice

[inthejunk]

Man, tell me about it!

[And boy is he excited to hear Japanese, instead of those weird translations.]

That's exactly why I need something new. I'm starting to think I could really lose it if I'm stick here with nothing to do between zombie attacks.

[Video]

[kungfublackfrog]

[Kid, there's something wrong here. He'd ask if everything was ok but it's obvious that he's not. Besides, 2:30 post? Doesn't bug him.]

How about trying something out of your comfort zone?

Re: [Video]

[inthejunk]

That sounds really shady. We're not going to get arrested, are we?

['Cause his mom will kill him if she ever finds out ya know.]