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[putsvarnishonit]

[A video feed starts up, displaying a very distraught young man holding a scarf up in front of the bottom part of his face. The more discerning viewer might note that he’s using it as a sort of ventilator, as if he were unwilling to breathe the air around him. He isn’t speaking, nor does it look like he’s going to anytime soon. Instead, he’s

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[video]

[alreadyloveyou]

[hi, Wataru, there is a dog peering curiously at you.

he can't read, so the note is lost on him, but he still gives the screen a dutiful sniff as it's held up.

then...]

Hi there! Are you all right?

[video]

[putsvarnishonit]

[Oh, hello there. He was not expecting puppy time this soon into his mistaken...whatever this was.

A pause, as he lets a talking dog not phase him in the least, and then a vigorous shaking of the head. Alright is one of the many things that Wataru very rarely ever is.]

[video]

[alreadyloveyou]

[when you live in Death City, anytime can turn into puppy time. it's an immutable fact.]

What is the matter? Are you sick?

[video]

[putsvarnishonit]

[How pleasant. c:

Another shake of the head, though now he is unsure of how to proceed. Non-reading dogs were not high on the list of potential conversation candidates he thought might show up. The logistics of that and his current, temporary vow of silence seem like they'll be making things unnecessarily difficult on his end.]

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[putsbuttonsonit]

[ :| what is this ]

[ :| what is this really]

[ :| seriously ]

[putsbuttonsonit]

Wataru-kun. Please stop that.

[putsbuttonsonit]

Please stop doing all of those things.

[putsvarnishonit]

[Clearly things just got amazingly better, or infinitely worse. :|

Here, you can have a special note all to yourself.]

[Nago-san? I wasn't expecting you to be here, too.

Maybe you could talk some sense into the people in charge here so that I can go home.]

[Video] (Because after Dug, a dragon should be a breeze to handle, right?)

[shendefeng]

[Hi, Wataru, there is a dragon peering curiously at you.]

I am not sure if you got it correctly, sir, but those of us that have been brought here cannot find a way home, unless that BREW contraption sends you back home on its own volition.

I am sorry, but that is the case.

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[putsvarnishonit]

[Well, isn't that just dandy. He has a dragon-castle back at home, actually.

Anyway, he gives a moment of thought, before scrawling down another message.]

[I know that it's the case normally, but it made a serious mistake in bringing me here.]

[video]

[shendefeng]

All of us thought more or less along the same lines when we were first brought here. I have been here a month now, and still cannot find a way to get back home. We were all doing things we considered important to us.

[Or at least in his own personal case, being with someone important to him.]

The only thing you can do for the time being is just calm down, and learn to live within your new circumstances.

[video]

[putsvarnishonit]

[This presents a concerning dilemma, to be sure.]

[I'm sorry to hear that, but I really...

I'm sorry.]

[You can have an awkward half bow, with Wataru now believing he has, in some way, deeply offended the world in his selfishness. Another day in the life, man.]

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[strengthtohelp]

[It takes a little bit before he realized that's what the man in the video feed is doing. Noa remembers having to breathe through masks because the air in his hometown was so stagnant. He doesn't want to pry though, so he decides not to allude to it in any way.

Shakes his head.] No one has been able to figure out a way for us to return to our home worlds of our accord, aside from helping Shibusen win the war against the Witches. BREW will send some people home at random, but there's no known reasoning or method behind who it decides to send away.

[video]

[putsvarnishonit]

[Nothing like that on his end, just him being ridiculous in believing that all environments other than his home will, in all likelihood, kill him somehow.]

[Is there any way to put in a formal request?]

[video]

[strengthtohelp]

[Blink.] Do you mean a request to be returned home? Not that I know of, but again, Shibusen isn't able to do that at will.

[video]

[putsvarnishonit]

[A nod of the affirmative.]

[I didn't think so, but I was hoping.
Thank you anyway.]

text;

[2ollux]

[ . . .

what a weirdo. ]

what'2 wrong wiith your face.

.....bah, what is this text function?

[putsvarnishonit]

...

There's nothing wrong with my face.

text; a thing of wonder, o son-- imean

[2ollux]

there'2 actually a lot more wrong there but that'2 not the poiint here.
poiint ii2 why are you 2uch a weiirda22?

text; i don't even

[putsvarnishonit]

I'm not sure that I understand what you're talking about.

[He's going to pretend you aren't trying to destroy his self-esteem that barely exists. :|]