Fifth Arcanum

[inababanchou]

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Early Morning

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IV - placeholder before bed

[gonnamarrydaddy]

[Yuna's walking along in a good mood as usual, when she happens upon Souji on the park bench. He looks pretty upset, so she decides to come over and see what's wrong.]

...Souji?

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[inababanchou]

[ Souji looks up. No tears, no sad face. He was just hunched over! ]

Hey.

[ ... Did she meet the droned me? ]

[gonnamarrydaddy]

Looks like you're back. I heard from Minato that you got droned.

[inababanchou]

[ Souji leans back into the bench. ]

Yeah, I'm back. I was droned for about a week.

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[flameyedhunter]

[ Shana is up on the roof beside him, sitting down, her black cloak wrapped around her. ] Stupid. Leaving us like that.

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[inababanchou]

[ Souji hardly even notices Shana settle down beside him until she speaks. ]

... Yeah. Sorry.

[flameyedhunter]

Mou... well, don't do it anymore, or I'll hit you really hard just like I always do. [ Shana fails at threats forever. ]

[inababanchou]

[ He winces a small smile. ]

That's a tough threat.

...

I'll try not to.

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[iheartcabbage]

...This is just great, man. I thought you of all people would be able to resist this damn town. There really is no hope. Any of us could be droned like that without warning. It's not even a matter of trying to obey their laws. I... fuck.

At least it's good to have you back.

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[inababanchou]

Yeah...

...

Did I do anything... weird?

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[iheartcabbage]

Golfing.

You went golfing.

Golfing.

[It's the end of the world, man.]

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[inababanchou]

That's it?

[ Nonplussed. Clearly he's done this before. Not as a drone. ]

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[princeofjunes]

[There's no masking the relief in Yosuke's voice, even as he tries to joke]

You ass, stop dating my daughter.

...

[Is that a sniffle? It's hard to tell]

... welcome back, Partner.

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[inababanchou]

... Again?

[ Souji quietly sighs. ]

...

Thanks. I'll try to stick around longer, this time.

[princeofjunes]

Again? Jeez, do I need to get a shotgun to stop you from being all over Rin? Because I'll do it Partner, I swear!

...

Seriously, you better not go anywhere. I don't think I could take it if you showed up over here calling me Mistah Hanamura again.

[inababanchou]

[ Souji snerks. ]

"Mistah Hanamura?"

Am I a gangster?

[ Because making fun of yourself is cool! ]

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[riastrad_ridire]

[...That didn't seem like something a drone would do. Which was a good sign. But on the other hand, he did seem upset--which was probably not so fantastic.]

[Spending most of his time in spirit form, Lancer only really materialized when he saw someone he felt like talking to--like right now, for example. The Servant in civilian clothes appeared out of thin air without a sound, leaning on the back of the park bench.]

Yo. You back to normal yet?

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[inababanchou]

Yeah. Just thinking.

[ Souji leans back with his eyes still closed. He doesn't look particularly sad, though. ]

What'd I miss?

[riastrad_ridire]

That much depends on exactly how long you've been out of it.

[inababanchou]

About a week.

... I don't remember when it started, but it was sometime last week. Early.