ninth † audio; english

[shut_up_near]

All right, Discedo, I'm formulating a theory so it's poll time - how many of you were dead before you ended up here?

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[prodigal_axe]

Tch... theory huh? It's usually just a few people.

[shut_up_near]

How many specifically is "a few"?

[prodigal_axe]

Probably... ten or twenty out of the whole damn population. Unless some of them just don't mention it.

[After all, he usually doesn't.]

[shut_up_near]

[Yeah, Mello's right there with you on the "not mentioning it" thing.]

And how many would you say are in the entire population? Couple hundred, at least?

[prodigal_axe]

Two or three hundred, something like that. So what's your point?

[shut_up_near]

Just seems like more than a coincidence, that's all.

[also, it's kind of usually thought of as impossible. 8|]

I didn't catch your name, by the way.

[prodigal_axe]

Maybe it's just harder for the Scientists to bring people like that here.

[After two years in Discedo-- and a few on his own world-- Shinjiro doesn't much care for the term impossible. When you've seen people get turned into hats...]

Aragaki Shinjiro.

[shut_up_near]

Aragaki. [thoughtful almost-hum] You run that bar over on ... Bonito, right?

[prodigal_axe]

That's right.

[shut_up_near]

Heard good things about the place. [fff, he might've even been there once or twice, all sneaky-like.]

[prodigal_axe]

[Well, that's one way to get on his good side.]

Is that so? It's open pretty damn late, so if you ever wanna stop in.

[shut_up_near]

I'll keep that in mind. I do tend to be up at all hours of the night, sometimes.