1 || [AUDIO] let's try this again

[incriminating]

…goddammit, I’m gonna kill them. I bet it was that musclehead, Tatsumi. If they think that shoving me off a cliff is gonna…

[The voice grows distant as he walks away from the communicator. After a minute, tentatively spaced footfalls can be heard as he returns.]

Where the hell am I? I…I can’t even feel the Shadows anymore. Did I fall out of the

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[Audio]

[a_la_turk]

It sounds like you arrived in the middle of some turbulence.

[ There's a smile in her voice, genial and sincere despite her choice of words. If it sounds like she's innocently teasing, that's because she is. Making and tasting the cake for a birthday celebration tends to do that to Valeria. Put her in a good mood, that is. ]

Would you like the quick explanation or the tediously long one?

[Audio]

[incriminating]

...whoa, hello? How...how are you doing that?

This isn't a cell phone, is it? Maybe some kind of walkie talkie...

Haha, explanation? W-what are you even talking about?

Listen, can you just tell me what channel this thing needs to be on so I can get some help?

[Audio]

[a_la_turk]

It's not a cell phone, no, but it's not a walk talkie either. There isn't a name for them that we're aware of.

[ The shifting of fabric can be heard briefly in the background, then tender footfalls. Someone is on the move and allowing this fact to be known. ]

The thing is, you're talking to the help. Whatever individual you're thinking of trying to contact is out of reach.

As farfetch'd as it may sound, you are no longer in the world you know. None of us are, so... please just trust me on this? If you aren't in the village, you could be in serious danger, and I don't want you to get hurt.

[Audio]

[incriminating]

...oookay.

[He's walking around himself now, curious.]

Heh, yeah, that would have sounded farfetch'd, but I've been here before! Well, this world is different from how I remember it, but I fell a long way -- maybe this is a new area.

Hmm, I don't see a village. Just some kind of...shrine? No, it's like a temple.

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[toplay_thefool]

[That voice --

There's a hitched breath, sharp --

[audio]

[toplay_thefool]

There's no mistaking that voice, no way in hell, in red and black striped hell, that Souji wouldn't recognize that voice instantly.

His mind is racing, questions, whys and hows, like Adachi couldn't be here, he couldn't, because he's locked up, or as good as - how can he go to other worlds when he's been tied so firmly to one?]

[audio]

[toplay_thefool]

[Stop. Breathe. Think.

He needs to be reasonable about this, can't freak out, can't demand all those answers, because that's just not his place.

Stifle panic. Adachi's beaten. There's no need for it.

He swallows.]

[audio]

[toplay_thefool]

[And his voice is calm and even.]

Adachi.

[voice - fff i hope it's my turn]

[seventh_key]

Wh-

[oh man chie could never forget that voice.]

You!

[voice] oh bb it can always be your turn B]

[incriminating]

[Well, well. Unlike Seta, this one actually sounds familiar. Oh hey, maybe it's the stinging accusation she inflects in that one "You!" You wound him, Chie.]

Haha, me.

[voice] hurrrrr :3]

[seventh_key]

Don't you have a jail cell you should be rotting away in?

[uuugh she really really doesn't like you, adachi.]

[voice] 1/3 COMMENTSPAM

[incriminating]

Jail cell?

[You're really starting to piss him off now, Chie, because you're reminding him of how close he really came to being caught.]

[Voice][1/3]

[andallforone]

What the -

[Voice][2/3]

[andallforone]

[There's no way in hell Yosuke wouldn't remember that voice.]

Dammit, you have got to be kidding me!

[Voice][3/3]

[andallforone]

Why the hell are you here?!

[Voice] 1/2

[incriminating]

[A breathy little laugh, but it doesn't sound amused.]

Oh, lemme guess. Hanamura, right?

[Voice]

[myhrta]

You fell?

[He doesn't... sound hurt, but this pings Lady Healer.]

Are you in need of healing?

[Voice]

[incriminating]

Uh yeah. Actually...from what I remember, I fell pretty far.

[He's patting himself down. Yeah no, all vitals are accounted for!]

Healing? Haha, would it be really inappropriate to make a joke about sexual h -- okay um, nevermind. Nah. Kinda scruffed up, but I'm okay! Thanks!

[Voice]

[myhrta]

It would be somewhat inappropriate as we've just met, yes.

[She smiles, though. Her voice sounds slightly flirtatious.]

Give me a shout if you need anything. I am Myhrta Starshower, resident healer alongside Aureln Dawnstrike here.

Do you have a crown of twigs and berries?

[Voice]

[incriminating]

Aha, y-you heard that? Where's the volume on this thing?

[This is a first. Usually he has to threaten women to even get a hint of a little somethin' somethin'.]

M-My...um. [Yeah no, that name is a bit too difficult for him to pronounce.] Starshower-san. Is that okay?

...that angry-sounding chick is a healer? I, uh, I think I'll come to you if I need anything then, thanks.

Yeah! I wear it on my head, right?