Memory 10 (or is it 01?) [Audio]

[gaialibrarian]

[sounds confused and slightly panicked] What.... what just happened to me? I was here... Then I was back in Fuuto... Then I came back?

How long were you there?

I was there for a day.

That was the same time amount you were gone here.

Really? So any amount of time it equivalent to time spent in the outside world?

Not always. Just happened this time.

Hm...

Comments

[clampninja]

[!]

You're back!

[gaialibrarian]

It seems so. I'm sorry for leaving. I didn't mean to. It just seemed to happen for some unknown reason. Perhaps Yggdrasil glitched in some way?

[clampninja]

It's... entirely possible, though returning for just a day seems a little on the odd side.

Ah, well... I suppose I worried for nothing then.

[gaialibrarian]

From things I've read of the digital world, it's happened at least once before. Perhaps multiple times and we don't even know it.

[ninjastarsfly2]

... Ah, hello.

It seems reports of your absence were... fleeting.

My name is Espio, one of the Chaotix detectives... I am an associate of Shotarou's.

[gaialibrarian]

A pleasure to meet you Espio-san. I am Raito Sonozaki. Please call me Philip. Any associate of Shoutarou's is an associate of mine. He and I are a team after all.

[ninjastarsfly2]

Ah, um.

I hope you don't get the impression he was eager to replace you, because he wasn't... still, he offered my friend Charmy and I a chance to pull our resources together. You see, we lost our own leader and our house and we all figured that we could do a better job together than apart...

[gaialibrarian]

I do not get that impression. In fact, I watched over him for a year back in Fuuto. Never once did he try to replace me. I suppose I was the only partner he really knew. Not even Terui-san tried to take my place.

I do welcome you to the Narumi Digital Detective Agency. Perhaps a change of name would suit this place better now that we have our two pairs working together.

[first_sting]

Ah... I guess Espio explained stuff already. [And Charmy eavesdroppedlistened in, so hur hur. He may be giving Espio dirty looks later about the name change though.] So um.

Welcome back, I'm Charmy, nice ta meetcha.

[gaialibrarian]

Thank you Charmy-san. I'm Raito Sonozaki. Most anyone calls me Philip though.

[first_sting]

It's just Charmy, Mister Philip. Yanno... that's a lot easier to say then your real name, is that why everyone calls you that instead?

[gaialibrarian]

Ano, it's just Philip, Charmy. Raito is my real name, however for many years I didn't even know it because my memories had been taken from me. Shoutarou's mentor, Sokichi Narumi, gave me the name of one of his favorite mystory novel characters: Philip. I was very grateful to have a name.

[halfboiledjoker]

Philip! Glad to see you back. How did Fuuto seem?

[gaialibrarian]

Fuuto was Fuuto, as usual. It seemed a little chaotic with Aki-chan, but mostly under control. I didn't see much about dopants, so they seem to still be down in number.

[halfboiledjoker]

That's good. One less thing to worry about, at least.

[gaialibrarian]

Hai, it is.

[rider_accel]

...

I seemed to have missed something overnight.

[gaialibrarian]

It appears that you must have, Terui.

[rider_accel]

You ... went back?

...

Did you see the Chief?

[gaialibrarian]

Hai, I went back.

Aki-chan is fine.