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[bitemescumbag]

[Welp, Yuri's day was going from bad to worse. Or more appropriately, the hallucinations that had been plaguing him for a while had gotten weirder.]

... Nope. Not in Yokohama anymore.

A) Phone, too stupid to know howdoesn't care to filter.Assuming this aint real and I'm just yellin' into thin air in reality instead of making an ass of myself,

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[nibelungprelude]

[!!! Karin would recognize that voice anywhere.]

Yuri! [If anyone had slipped him Strongoids, it would have been Anastasia, but sadly, not the case here.] It's real, I'm afraid.

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Karin!

You know, if you didn't respond, I'da blamed the princess. I'm surprised and disappointed! It would have been the perfect crime.

[Yeah he basically totally ignored that last thing you said.]

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She's usually suspect number one, isn't she? If there's trouble to get into, Anastasia and Joachim will find it. Except they haven't found this trouble yet.

[bitemescumbag]

There was that one time she roped Kurando into it, too. Never seen the kid look that uncomfortable...

[Click-whirr. Ffspin. Bzzt. Yuri-OS processing information.]

What's "this trouble"?

[nibelungprelude]

I remember that. He was a lot more difficult for her to corrupt than Joachim, but he was at her beck and call all the same.

[There we go. She knew he would catch up with her eventually.]

This place. Mayfield. We've all been brought here against our will.

[bitemescumbag]

May... wha?

You mean you didn't trick me into downing Strongoids?

[nibelungprelude]

[dgasdgsadkhgakjghagadsg]

You thought I did it?! Yuri, be serious! Look around you. We're obviously pretty far from home, right?

[bitemescumbag]

Woah! H-hey, I was calling out for a confession of villainy and you responded!

Er, uh, I guess we are? Didn't really look outside...

[Beat.]

Where are we?

[nibelungprelude]

That's not what I meant when I responded! Don't you think I would have said "it was me" instead of urgently calling out your name? [So ridiculous, Yuri. She enjoys that about you, despite whatever else she may say.]

This town is called Mayfield. It's -- another dimension, or something. I'm really not sure. But it's not as nice as all the picket fences make it look.

[bitemescumbag]

... Good point. Then yer off the hook 'cuz there is no hook.

So, we all came here after leavin' wherever-the-heck Kato brought us all to?

[He hadn't sweat the details when stepping into that weird other-dimension at the time, he wasn't gonna worry about 'em now.]

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[She smiles to herself.] Good to know.

That's what it seems like. That's the last thing I remember, too -- getting separated after we fought Kato. It's... not where I was expecting to wake up, that's for certain.

You're okay, right? You're not hurt?

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["Yeah I -don't- have a stalagthingy sticking out of my chest or anything. Feel fine." Would be a terrible answer.]

Yeah. Perfectly fine. What about you?

Seen any of the others yet? Sounds like you've been here longer than me and it'd be hard to miss... any of 'em.

I NEVER GOT THIS NOTIF. D:

[nibelungprelude]

I'm alright. All in one piece, anyway. You're the only one I've seen so far... I've been here awhile now. I was beginning to think it was going to be just me. Not that I'm glad you're stuck here, but...

I'm glad for your company.

doot doot doot

[bitemescumbag]

Yeah. Better than being stuck in this... place, alone.

Too bad Joachim 'aint here. Maybe he'd steal just the right thing to get us out.

[nibelungprelude]

He was pretty good for that, wasn't he? Maybe if we start picking up large objects at random...

[bitemescumbag]

No. No no. That's fine. I think the world only needs one of him, and one of people doing that. And those things are one and the same.

[Don't succumb to the crazy, Karin. Even the old fart had - going outta his way to get all those dresses...]