1st Rebound | Video

[ilovethemballs]

[The feed opens to reveal the face of a young man, entirely too close to the mirror, examining the device confusedly, as if he was expecting something more complex.]

Huh. This has to be the most self-explanatory computer I've ever used. And hey, it's free! Gotta love that!

[Kou glances around a bit, still smiling, but visibly a bit nervous.]

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[sticktokicks]

...Kou?

[Well, this is weird. Of all the people back home that she could have expected to show up here...well, he wasn't one of them.]

Hey! How're you holding up?

[ilovethemballs]

[NNNNOBODY EXPECTS THE BALLISH INQUISITION. He just stares blankly for a couple seconds, blinks, and if you look REAL close, you can almost see the faintest hint of a smile there.]

...Satonaka-san? Is that you?! [ASFGDDF MAI WAIFU] Er, I mean, I'm doing okay, I guess! You know, considering.

[sticktokicks]

Yeah! I've been here for a couple weeks. You need anything?

[ilovethemballs]

Well, I found my room easy enough, so, um... I guess I'm good? What about you, though? Are you holding up okay?

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[nomeremaid]

It is certainly an interesting device, is it not?

[But honestly, the situation is not hard to grasp bro, wut r u doin'?]

What exactly is it that escapes your understanding, sir?

[ilovethemballs]

Oh, you know, the part where it's two years ago and an alternate dimension, for starters. That's sort of... I mean, there's laws of physics and stuff, right?

[nomeremaid]

Well not really- there have always been theories of alternate dimensions and the like. Perhaps in practice, there is simply a bit of discrepancy between them?

[ilovethemballs]

Yyyyeah, okay, but have you ever been to one? Seriously, you don't just take that kind of thing at face value.

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[erostripperella]

It's confusing at first, yes.

Do you need help?

[ilovethemballs]

Actually, yeah, if I could get a ride home, that'd be just gangbusters. Somehow, though? I get the sinking feeling I'm not that lucky today.

[erostripperella]

Yeah, it won't be happening, I'm sorry.

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[innfatuated]

Oh. It's... [ She takes a moment to think... ] Kou-kun, right?

[ What a surprise! ] Did you just arrive too?

[ilovethemballs]

[Cue puzzled look. He's sensing a pattern here.]

Yukiko? You too? What, is the whole school here or something?

[He'll apologize when he realizes, but the question just flies over his head in his confusion.]

[innfatuated]

I don't think so. This isn't something as simple as a school trip. It seems there are a few of us, though. Myself, Chie, Souji-kun, and Naoto-kun at least... not to mention Souji-kun's family.

[ilovethemballs]

Yeah, I already talked to Souji and Satonaka-san, at least... but that's still kind of a weird coincidence, right? I mean, if this is for real, how'd it get all of us randomly?

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[moetier]

It's a lot to take in at first, isn't it?

[ilovethemballs]

That's, um, yeah. That's sort of an understatement, I guess.

[It'd be kind of a dick move to get all snippy at a middle schooler, he figures.]

[moetier]

I'm new, so-- a lot of this is still kind of confusing to me, too! I can try to explain what I understood though, if you want.

[ilovethemballs]

Well, it's not so much I don't get what they're telling me. It's more, I just don't really buy it being possible. I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna wake up any minute, hopefully in my own bed, and I can just forget I ever dreamed this up.