first peck

[i_gar_ashi]

[It's a really sad thing when waking up in Mayfield is a serious improvement over waking up where you normally wake up. It is for this very reason that Ganta isn't panicking as he speaks into the phone; honestly, he seems more perplexed than anything...]

Er... hello? Is anyone there? Am I, uh, still in Deadman Wonderland...? I mean, I'm not really

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phone;

[deflowers]

[no fucking way. a part of her is angry at him- stupid Ganta; who needs you here?- but another, the part that constricts tightly in her chest, says what took you so long?

twisting the phone cord around her fingers, she tries to sound calm and collcted; it doesn't quite work.]

Heh. It's not DW.

[i_gar_ashi]

Minatsuki! Man, it's really good to hear a familiar voice... [even if it belongs to someone who tried to kill him...]

If we're not in DW, where are we? Do you know what's going on?

[deflowers]

How much d'you know already?

[a beat.] The mission. Did we finish it? What happened?

[i_gar_ashi]

Some people have tried to explain it to me, but it's all really confusing. I still can't believe this place isn't some kind of extension of DMWL...

...The mission? I thought you weren't helping Scar Chain... As for how it went, well, it... [where does he even begin! confusing time frames yay.] Karako and the others got away, but Nagi...

[deflowers]

[...What?

There's silence on Minatsuki's end of the phone as she grips the receiver tightly.]

...

What the hell did you just say?

[i_gar_ashi]

The... mission? You know, with Scar Chain? We were trying to get the data chip to the outside world, but we were betrayed. It was actually a bomb. Things got weird... Nagi's dead, but the surviving members of Scar Chain escaped. I chose to stay behind with Shiro.

...what's wrong, Minatsuki?

[deflowers]

Scar Chain?! What are you- [a hiss through gritted teeth.] Ganta, that all went to shit months ago!

[i_gar_ashi]

[wut.]

What?

[seriously, wut.]

Months ago... Minatsuki, what are you talking about? It just happened, right before I woke up here. Shiro were with Nagi's... body, and that's the last thing I remember.

[deflowers]

You're fucking around with me, aren't you? [breathes out.] Cut it, Ganta. It's not funny. [she's surprised that he'd mess with her like this...]

[i_gar_ashi]

I'm pretty sure I'm too scared of you to fuck with you... [WELL, HE IS.] Minatsuki, what's the problem?

[deflowers]

Don't mess with me! [...] DW is long-gone, idiot.

[i_gar_ashi]

Gone? What... what the hell are you talking about? I was just there! How long have I been out!?

[deflowers]

...Just as long as I have. It can't be true that you don't remember.

[i_gar_ashi]

It is! I wouldn't lie about this, Minatsuki. Honestly, the last thing I remember is sitting with Shiro next to Nagi's... body.

[deflowers]

[he's right. he's got no reason to lie but...] Okay, I'll believe you for now. Stay where you are. I'll come find you and if I figure out you're lying, you're gonna get the flogging of yer fucking life.

[i_gar_ashi]

Okay, okay! I promise, I'm not lying. Geez...