[ ... Say what you will of the Dark Hour--but it's usually a fact that televisions and phones don't operate during it. So, why is it that the television flickers on during the Dark Hour...? ]
... Hey.
[ His expression is placid and unreadable as always. Venturing from one realm to another was hardly difficult with this particular Shadow. And it was certainly no ordinary one, not that anyone with good eyes could see it wasn't Minato. This particular message was addressed to SEES, and only they saw it. ]
Tartarus... it's more dangerous than I'd thought. Sorry.
[ To his other self... well, now, a PRIVATE message. He was sure this wasn't going to be difficult. A text message left to him that seemed to even be from Yukari--and no doubt Minato never saw that quiet midnight broadcast.
He was probably preoccupied by the broken message his phone had somehow received from Yukari's phone number.
trapped in Tartarus... basement... something took me. i don't think i have a lot of time left... sorry. it was stupid of me to go train alone...
Of course, on this particular night... everyone was supposedly out doing something, or over at a friend's when the Dark Hour rolled around... which meant he'd have to go alone.
Then, in the depths of the large, sprawling tower, Evoker in hand... he waited. ]