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[Computers aren't out of the ordinary in Shibuya, but whatever this is, it's like some weird sci-fi movie device, and not anything Neku is used to. He has a computer at home that he barely uses, and it's a big, clunky thing. This thing is tiny and delicate-looking, and honestly, he feels like he might break it if he sneezes at it or something.

Typing on this... might be slow.]

so i guess no one here is from shibuya huh

[He doesn't type anything else for a few seconds, because... really, what is he supposed to say? He doesn't exactly use computers for social things.]

im neku

[--and then the video comes on, rather abruptly as his finger slips after pressing enter. There's a face visible, bleached-orange hair sticking down in front of a pair of wide blue eyes that are quickly narrowing.]

Rrgh... Where'd the text box go? Who even makes a keyboard this tiny...

[Hopefully no one gets ill from motion sickness easily, because the video suddenly skews all over the place, clearly being moved. It's over before long, though, with the video finally settling to show the front of a blue and black shirt. And just as quickly as the video feed started, it ends with the closing of the netbook.]

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Yeah. I found it.

[Even if no one had been there when he stopped by to look at it.]

Okay, so you're doing better than me. I had to ask directions.

I haven't been here all that long... but do you have any questions? I mean, maybe I can answer a couple of them!

[... to tell the truth, he's not even sure what kind of questions to ask, let alone what questions he has to ask in the first place. Admittedly, he's still a little overwhelmed here. Suddenly waking up 1300 years in the future is... pretty damn disorienting.]

... don't guess the name Shiki sounds familiar.

Shiki? Is that a friend of yours?

-- sorry. I haven't met anybody named that. My best friend's still back home, too....

Figured as much.

[Beat? Rhyme? ... Joshua? He's sort of tempted to ask, but at the same time, he kind of... already can figure out the answer.]

... So have you met anybody you know yet?

I haven't really looked around.

Hey, then you should, right? Maybe somebody's just not using their computer!

[... that's a point.]

I guess.

Phones don't work here or something?

Why wouldn't they?

-- wait, you mean, one from back in your world? I don't know.

... worth a try, I guess.

[Not like he has his charger, but-- ... crap, that means his MP3 player probably won't last long, either. Unless there's some... weird, futuristic thing that can fix that.]

What about you? Anyone you know?

Hey, tell me if it works! [Now he's curious. He pauses, though, as Neku asks, and runs a hand through his hair self-consciously.]

Not really. There's this one guy who looks like somebody I met back home, but that's as close as it gets!

Sure.

[... huh. No, that's kind of interesting, actually. Like something out of a weird sci-fi movie. This whole situation is, when you think about it.]

What, like... identical?

Pretty close. He said I looked like some guy he knew, too.

It's like some kind of weird fairy tale, huh?

Or like some messed-up dream.

[Which he's still not discounting.]

No way. If it was a dream, I'd have definitely seen a purple elephant by now.

Or learned how to fly.

Probably not that kind of messed up.

This kind of messed up has to be real life.

I dunno, movies are kind of like this sometimes.

[Not even touching personal experience. Not. Touching.]

Come on, somebody would've clued us in if we were in a movie.

Nope! Gotta be real.

[Just... keep telling yourself that. He's not going to argue. He'll just keep hoping he'll wake up in a minute.]

Yeah, okay.

Okay!

[Lea wins. Awesome.]

Hey, Neku, want to go look for your friend? This place is pretty big! I explored some of it the other day, but I could use some time looking around myself....

[It's not a win if you didn't convince him. Totally not.]

... huh? Uh. [... it wouldn't hurt.] Sure, I guess...

[It's a win if he thinks it's a win -- and he usually does think he won....]

Cool. You said you found your room -- are you still in the dorms? I'm by my room, so I bet it's pretty close if you are.

Yeah, I'm still here.

[He'd sort of just been hanging out here... for lack of motivation to do anything, really.]

... room 102.

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