[video] [week 24, day 2]
[Johan is lying on his back on a sofa in Juudai's house, with Ruby Carbuncle padding jauntily all over him like a cat. He doesn't seem to mind it, though. His deck is laid on the table near the edge, in plain view of the camera, as well. After a moment, he grins at the Hitomi, totally not ruffled at all by the whole ordeal he just went through --
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[His geek sense is a little offended by this claim.]
I do remember everything that happened. But when I was a kid this time, I didn't remember the last time I got turned into one here.
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[He tilts his head uncomprehendingly, then offers a smile of recognition soon after.]
...Oh! You were one of the kids I talked to, weren't you?
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And yeah. I was the one bugging you about parallel universes. Matt, hi, [he adds, to head off any possible use of his real name.]
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...What do you know about them? You sound like you know a few things about that kinda stuff, right?
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[Mostly.]
There's other people from your world here, huh? Do they remember all the same shit as you?
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[Understatement of the century; Johan IS one of those "weird things", being that his family for all intents and purposes is card spirits.]
Juudai does! Dunno about Asuka and Hell Kaiser yet, since I haven't really asked them.
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[He remembers, as if it really were about ten years ago, talking about families, and he'd like to say Johan had it completely right, and that it was pretty cool for a kid to know that already, but... that's not the sort of thing Matt's at ease talking about with someone he really barely knows.]
And my best friend from home's been here before, but he came from a different point on our timeline both times.
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