REBIRTH: 001 ⚜ audio

[isolatedpiece]

[ As the feed starts there's a sharp intake of breath, an almost but not quite a very bitter laugh. ]

I don't even need to be able to see through this fog to know what hellhole I've found myself in once again. That's okay, it's obviously not like I liked my temporary freedom from this cage or anything. [ Yes, the sarcasm is just oozing from her

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[nihonna]

...So people who seemingly leave return at times at well? It's strange how things work in this place. Is there a logic to it?

--Ah, but while I do not know about backup... if there is any sort of other assistance I can provide, it would be my pleasure, so please do not hesitate to request it.

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[isolatedpiece]

[ She might just be the slightest bit relieved to hear someone over the device. Not that she's going to show it, but still. ]

I don't know if many more people do it, apparently it happened to me though. Just my luck.

... The date. I'd like to know just that, to start with.

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[nihonna]

...I see. So it simply happens on its own without no explanation...? I suppose considering the nature of how we come and leave here, that sort of thing is to be expected.

September 29 would be the month and day. As for the year- um, I think it is a bit useless to provide that, as you would receive a different answer from everyone you ask.

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[isolatedpiece]

They didn't give me a card in advance to tell me 'by the way, we're sending you back to that dump, have fun'. If that's what you mean. I was with Amakusa one moment and then I was stuck here again.

... And.. September, huh.. [ She sounds a bit more surprised at that, or perhaps thoughtful. ] I wonder if the year is still the same. It's only been a few hours back home for me at most, but it's been at least months here in that case.

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[nihonna]

H-how harsh. [ Leaving it unclear if she meant Ange's sarcasm or the second part, the 'there one moment, here the next' thing. ]

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[nihonna]

Eh? Hold on, that would mean... no, even for this place- that doesn't make sense at all!

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[isolatedpiece]

[ She doesn't comment on it, even if she would take it as meant towards her sarcasm - she knows she's quite blunt, after all. And doesn't particularly care anymore at this point. ]

And yet it's true. I'm fairly sure I've only been back home for a few hours. I woke up in the car with Amakusa, drove for a bit to a hotel, and by the time we got there I practically found myself here again already.

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[nihonna]

...I... I see... [ pause ] Time certainly works in the strangest ways in this place Ah, would Amakusa-san be Ushiromiya-san's bodyguard? Um, if it's alright for me to ask.

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[isolatedpiece]

Of course that's okay to ask. [ Ange and overly polite types.. ] Yeah, he's my bodyguard, and he's a pretty bothersome sort of guy. You know, the kind of guy who keeps making jokes at the worst moments.

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[nihonna]

Well, I do not wish to intrude... ah, so it's like that? Yes, such people can certainly be a bit bothersome...

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[isolatedpiece]

No, actually, Amakusa is the kind of guy who passes the line of 'bothersome' and goes downright to 'annoying' immediately. But I guess you have to experience him before fully getting it.

Either way.. What's your name, huh? I guess I'll have to start all over with the population if it's been a while. Getting to know your fellow inmates and all that.

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[nihonna]

...I, I suppose so. Ah, I apologize for not introducing myself. I am Japan. It is a pleasure to meet you, Ushiromiya-san.

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[isolatedpiece]

Japan..? ... Ah, is that whole deal with country people still going on here? I'm fairly sure last time I was here the Japan was a guy though.

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[nihonna]

...Yes, that's right. [ for some reason she sounds kind of disappointed.... ] Ah, this may sound a little strange, but I am in a sense, the same person as him, but simply from an alternate world where the genders are reversed.

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[isolatedpiece]

[ reversed genders.. well, Ange is used to pretty crazy stuff happening, so it's not that weird, but still.. ]

This place is only getting more and more ridiculous, huh? Soon they'll start pulling people from all kind of reversed gender worlds.

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[nihonna]

They already have started, to be precise... but, even though this phenomenon is improbable and unbelievable, Ushiromiya-san does not seem surprised or that she doubts me at all.