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[purpleemophones]

[The communicator turns on, revealing an unconscious Neku sprawled across a mansion hallway.]

[He stirs slightly. A hand flails outward and plants itself into the carpet. He forces himself up and stares at it with shock, then disgust.]

Ugh.. what the..

No..

Nononono.
Not.. Again.

Joshua!

Not! Again! I swear to.. You!!
[He sputters for a bit, then catches

Comments

[Video?]

[hellyesamerica]

[She just. Stares.]

Whoa, what's the hurry? I don't know if anyone named Joshua is here, either.

Re: [Video?]

[purpleemophones]

[Neku pauses, turns around, and notices the communicator for the first time.]

Well, you probably wouldn't even know he's behind everything! But before I can deal with him, I need to find a partner before I get attacked by noise!

Otherwise it's all over.

Where are you?!

[Video]

[hellyesamerica]

Ninth floor, room 8.

[She sort of watches him for a moment before grinning. He's new here!]

No, you're confused. I don't know where you're from originally, but this is Wonderland. The Mansion kidnaps people, kind of! I'm a hero, though, so you're in luck.

Re: [Video]

[purpleemophones]

Ninth floor?

Well.. uh.. where am I?

[...]

[Deciding not to wait, he continues his escape, this time communicator in hand. He continues while he hunts for stairs]

Wonderland..? That's not in Shibuya. Is that what they call the UG wherever I am?
Or is this some stupid park? Are you an actor?

[he glares at the screen momentarily, pausing his run.]

[Also - why do I always wake up in the middle of nowhere!?]

[voice]

[skullpatch]

--A partner? Why..?

[voice]

[purpleemophones]

Because I don't want to be eaten by frogs!

Look, everything might be confusing to you right now, but I've done this before. Way too many times. The first mission is always find a partner, and if you're too slow the noise will erase you.

Don't even know why I'm helping. Only one person wins.

[voice]

[skullpatch]

There's no mission. Maybe--

...I haven't seen any frogs.

[voice]

[purpleemophones]

That's good, because frog noise hurt. And you can't fight them off until you get a partner.

But you'll know them when you see them, because they'll be chasing you..

Oh, and it's their legs that are all tattooed.

[And the jellies.. dear god, the jellies!!! -hides in a corner and cries-]

[Video]

[kyokugen_sun]

YOU ARE EXTREMELY LOUD!

[Video..]

[purpleemophones]

[..even if the video is really shaky because he's running down the twilight-zone hallway at the moment.]

What? Excuse me, I'm trying to win the game. For serious, this time. Its not like anyone living can hear me, anyway! So why do you care?!

[Video]

[kyokugen_sun]

I'm living and I can hear you!

[Video]

[purpleemophones]

If you're here, and you can hear me, you're dead.

Maybe they took your memories too?

Sucks.

[video]

[nailsareawesome]

A partner? What would you need a partner for?

[video]

[purpleemophones]

You can't live seven minutes without one.

And it's probably the first mission anyway - they aren't very creative like that.

[video] sorry about my fail, I'm normally not this slow sldkjfsld

[nailsareawesome]

What are you even talking about? I've lived here for MONTHS without a 'partner'.

[video]

[razerjuxe]

Partner?

...Are you okay?

Re: [video]

[purpleemophones]

Yes, partner.

And.. I'm a little.. annoyed right now.

I should be meeting my friends right now.

[video]

[razerjuxe]

You're not the only one, but what do you need a partner for?

[purpleemophones]

[god, this is what Shiki must have felt like with me.]

Does no one know about the game here?