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[griftering]

[Cole sounds pretty tired, and quieter than normal, like he's not allowing himself to breath deeply.]

It's pretty quiet out there, and from what I'm hearing on this thing, the zombies are gone, right? Small favors.

Junpei, you better not have gone back out there.

[A pause.Speaking of going out, has anybody seen a woman, thin, about 5'10",

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[tereteindahouse]

Hey man, I'm not that crazy. Thanks for saving my butt back there.

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[tereteindahouse]

Heh, trust me. She doesn't like me. Any way there was this girl back home and

[Oh. There's an awkward pause as Junpei realizes that won't be happening.]

Never mind, man. At least there's plenty of hot babes to check out down here.

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[griftering]

Okay, so there's plenty of hot babes. You tried talking to any of 'em?

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[tereteindahouse]

Well [A pause and he chuckles.] A couple. To be honest most of the chicks here would probably punch me in the face or worse if I tried flirting.

[Though he's thought about it. A lot.]

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[griftering]

Have you tried? I mean, you're guaranteed a no if you never try, kid.

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[tereteindahouse]

[He sighs.] I don't know man. The girls my age that would give me the light of day are all pretty pissed at me right now.

[Think positive, POSITIVE, JUNPEI! He sounds more upbeat when he speaks next.]

Dude, flirting will probably wait a while. I need to find a way to get back in everybody's good graces first.

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[griftering]

What do you mean, kid? [A pause.] Didn't you get food for everybody? Or is it you got in trouble for sneakin' out?

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[tereteindahouse]

[There's an awkward pause before he sighs.]

I guess you'll probably hear about it sooner or later. Uh, I. I allowed a demon to possess me and it tried to kill my friend. It did kill a lot of the monsters but... Mitsuru-senpai and my friend Fenris had to kill me.

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[griftering]

...they had to kill you? [That's pretty damned extreme.]

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[tereteindahouse]

Heh, yeah. Apparently I had some serious power going on and I could have hurt a bunch of people, or worse. They couldn't get the demon out.

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[griftering]

And there was nobody around who could keep you contained? I figure you're not the only one who was possessed, if it was anything like Zombie-Days.

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[tereteindahouse]

No, I guess not.

[Don't say this, Cole. He doesn't want to think about that.]

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[griftering]

[He's not, but he is quiet for a moment while he's shaking his head. He just thinks it's screwed up, really.] So, everybody died, huh? Least the ones who were possessed, right?

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[tereteindahouse]

[There's more silence before he responds.]

No. Just me.

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[griftering]

...right. So, it sucks you made a mistake like that. Sucks they took you out, but you're kinda luck. It's not the end for you. Trying to make it up to 'em's a slippery road, though, kid. Try to hard, you're just gonna screw it up.

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[tereteindahouse]

What? How'd I screw it up by trying too hard?