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[the_cataract]

She stumbles into the mall, eyes wide, mouth agape. Should she say something? An innocent "whoa!" to continue the act? It wouldn't be necessary. She's not in Inaba, very obviously not in Inaba, and she can sense all sorts of persons...person...him...in this place. If she can sense them (if she can sense him), they might be able to detect her

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[beholdingidol]

Kanzeon stirs. She is alerting Rise, screaming, telling her to inform Izanagi, to warn him...

Rise winces.

"...Um..."

She starts to look around for the very familiar source of pinging. Her eyes bring her to a fairly normal-looking, yet oddly mysterious, typical Japanese woman.

"Oh, no."

[the_cataract]

The idol, huh? She looks...well. "Younger" is subjective. They all look like fucking preteens these days. Still, she smiles, innocent and nervous.

"Uh, hey," she says. "You wouldn't happen to know where I am, would you?"

[beholdingidol]

Rise shudders, despite the otherwise unassuming look on Yumiko's face.

This presence...it's her. It's her. She knows it. It's...Izanami. The one behind everything. Rise swallows a bit.

"...The Velvet Mall." She replies a bit hesitantly. "Um, you look a bit familiar. Mind telling me your name?"

[the_cataract]

"Yumiko Adachi."

The smile's still on. It is, of course, a complete lie. On the inside, she's seething. That brat...she has to know something. If she's anything like the idol she had to deal with...

I'll be tagging back later. Have to go to grandparents house for dinner soon

[divinebowlcut]

It's yet another version of that Seta guy. Except...he's pinging your goddar as much as you are pinging his.

He's...wearing a Christmas Sweater of Doom.

[the_cataract]

Her goddar is pinging like a mofo.

An angry, woman scorned mofo. So much so that--

Uhhh.

W-well. She really has no idea how to respond to this turn of events: her ex-husband looking like a younger Souji Seta in one awful, terrible, no-good Christmas sweater.

[divinebowlcut]

The Mall decided that today he must wear a Christmas sweater all day.

Izanagi's response, meanwhile, is to keep a decent distance as he wonders why you look familiar yet you ping the Waifu-dar even though you look a lot different than the others...

[the_cataract]

"That's, um. A nice sweater you've got there, kid."

She's really not sure what the hell else she can say, because she's really not sure what the hell is going on, and why he looks like him. She certainly got Izanagi vibes off Seta, but Izanagi was very obviously Seta's persona, just another facet of his personality. Not, y'know, his actual, undeniable being.

[fool_of_inaba]

"Adachi-san, good to see you again. You're as beautiful as ever, I see."

Remember the Souji Seta that you flirted with? He's coming over and saying hello. Well, he knows that she's the murderer, judging from events in his world, but he is apparently unaware that she's also Izanami. He can't help it. There are too many auras here, too many mythological figures.

[the_cataract]

This kid doesn't know how to quit, does he?

"Don't you have a hot young thing or two to chase around?"

[fool_of_inaba]

"Well..."

[>"Yeah. I'm attached."
>"I wanna marry you."
>"Dude, you're ugly as shit."
>"Right in front of me."]

[the_cataract]

Cue Epic Eyeroll. This kid's just as worse as his counterpart in her world. Did he pick that up from his persona, she wonders?

No, no. That guy's a crap way with the ladies.

"I meant more your age."

[frozeninsanity]

"Well, that's convenient."

There's a girl coming from behind, six o' clock, and she's looking mildly curious.

[the_cataract]

GODDAR PINGING OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND

"Yumiko" turns to see from where this source of odd, familiar and unfamiliar sensations is coming from.

...a little girl?

Well, it's not that implausible. She's not really a crappy female detective. But who is this little girl, exactly? And this feeling--what is it?

(Forgive her. It's not every day you run into gods you are also yourself.)

"What's convenient?"

[shirogane_heir]

"Welcome to the Velvet Mall, please do not attack the demons... actually... Please don't attack anyone, in the event that someone hits on you though, feel free to slap them into the new year."

Naoto has her nose in a book and is walking by...

[the_cataract]

dat sum shirogane???

"Hey, kid, maybe you should watch where you're going," she advises.

[shirogane_heir]

"I thank you for your concern, but having both eyes on the road does not always help."

Speedy little demon critters.