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[Somewhere on Route 31, a few hours from the entrance to Violet, one can see (or find, should you be close enough) Shinji, sitting with his Pokemon around a fire and looking as grumpy as ever.]Almost to Violet. Hoping that it'll be better than that Cherrygrove dump was, there was really nothing to see there 'sides for the beach. A grocery store or

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Almost to-- [she looks startled because she is totally still in Cherrygrove] It seems we missed each other somehow, Aragaki.

[a pause] Aigis has disappeared. And I haven't heard from Ken for quite some time.

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[hesitation] Aragaki, are you... all right?

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I think I should be asking that here.

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I'm fine. [more suspicious peering] But I don't understand... [and she trails off]

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You think I do? [likewise, o kirijo-san] The hell does this guy look like anyway?

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Discrepancies in our timeline make sense, but this... [she shakes her head]

He's of medium height and build, with fairly long blue hair. Minato Arisato... a transfer student to Gekkoukan High.

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[he'll finish for her] ... is fucking nuts.

... How long we talking? [because of the effeminate thing and all...]

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I wouldn't have put it quite as crudely, but yes.

Long enough to cover his eyes in some places.

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This place just gets weirder and weirder.

Oh. Not that long then. [wasn't imagining a guy walking around with hair as long as yours Mitsuru, really]

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Certainly there's a logical explanation for this...

Not as long as mine, but a bit longer than Aigis's.

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Like what? One of us doesn't exist? Neither of us exist?

... Great. Is he here?

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That's absurd. I know you, and you know me. That can't be it.

He... was. Though... I've tried calling his phone several times since I met him, and I'm receiving the same signal from his that I am receiving from Aigis's and Ken's.

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Got any better suggestions?

... Tch. I think I may have met the damn guy, but I didn't recognize him from anywhere.

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[startled blinking]

Did he seem to recognize you?

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... Nah. Probably had a reason not to. [lowers his gaze as he recalls something else]

You might want to know, Aigis spilled the beans before she went wherever she went, too.

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Spilled-- [and her expression softens, and she falls silent]