[Open] What...what just happened?

[sewdamncute]

Who: Kanji and you
Where: All over the city
When: July 11th, all day
Style: Action to start, but can match to you
Status: Open!

[He'd woken up near that strange coral thing, but he was pretty sure that he was dreaming still. Kanji wasn't a panicky kinda guy though, so he'd take his time and figure out what was going on.

This was a pretty strange place, even for one of his dreams. An underwater city? He tried to remember if he watched any strange movies about Atlantis the night before, but he was pretty sure the last thing he watched on TV was a samurai drama with his mother. And the sight of the strange fish swimming by his head as he walked around was just a bit too much for him.

He sat down near the carnival entrance and took out the Starfish Communicator that had been beside him when he woke up and the stupid paper brochure as he used the towel around his neck to dry his hair some more. The brochure called this place Vatheon and said that he was stuck here.]

What a load of shit. This's gotta be a dream. I'm gonna wake up in my bed and Mom's gonna nag me to eat before school. It's just another fucking normal day, like the others've been since Senpai left.

[He scrolled through the list of foreigners and almost dropped it when he saw familiar names. His friends were here! Sure, some were missing, but Yu-senpai, Yukiko-senpai and Naoto were here! He saw their address too and nearly dropped everything again as he jumped up and ran towards where they supposedly were.]

Yu-senpai! Yukiko-senpai! Naoto! [His voice went before him as he ran through the Nostalgia Nook to where this detective agency was situated.] Oi, where is everyone?!

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[Yu was working on the outside the detective agency, up on a ladder and trying to figure out how they were supposed to get a sign up advertising what they were. The familiar voice drew his attention away for a moment, and he turned, wobbling a little on the ladder.]

Kanji?

[Wait, when did he get there? He hadn't been out for awhile, focusing on the agency, but he thought he would have noticed when one of his friends showed up. He hurried down the ladder, a smile working it's way onto his face.]

When did you get here?

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[He skidded to a stop as he saw the older teen, his face stretching out into a grin that he usually wore before going into a fight.]

Yu-senpai! I didn't think I'd see you again! I just...got here. [His smile fell as it hit him.] Fuck, this ain't a dream, is it?

[linefacingforever]

[Yu was happy to see him, and it showed as his smile broadened. Kanji asking if it wasn't a dream brought him back to the present, however, and he mellowed out quickly.]

No, it's not. We're really on a different world.

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[It was the way that Yu's smile almost died as he answered Kanji that really brought the truth home like a Mack truck.]

I...I dunno how I feel about this, Senpai. I-I mean I'm glad to see you again. Don't get me wrong. But, there ain't nobody back home with Mom. And...that brochure said there ain't no way to leave either.

[linefacingforever]

[Yu fell quiet; he could understand how Kanji felt, but...]

Kanji... what was the last thing that happened before you came here?

[sewdamncute]

Um, it's been a week since I saw you off at the train station, if that's what you mean.

let's be ziobros

[rainbowarch]

[Unlike most people, Cielo doesn't have much reason to visit the Nostalgia Nook. There is not much he can get from it that comes from his world. Vatheon provides the essentials he needs to survive and there isn't much the place he comes from can provide anyway.

He doesn't need any ammo at the moment, but he has been running low on healing items and hasn't had the chance to restock on those lately. He's holding a Chakra Drop in his hand when he hears shouting and a teenager bursts through the door.]

Hey, you lost, bro?

[Because if he is, what better person than Cielo to show him the way?]

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[He took a step back as the other dude addressed him. What the fuck was up with his hair? What the fuck was he wearing? That didn't look like anything Kanji'd ever seen, and since it was his business to know... Had to be handmade. Looked like crap though.]

Y-yeah, a bit, I guess. I'm lookin' for my friends, but this city's pretty stupidly laid out.

[rainbowarch]

[It's the strangest armor you'll ever see, Kanji.]

Ja, this place is weird like that. Even someone like me needed some time to get the layout of this place. But I guess that's what happens when you try to build a city underwater.

[How did they even manage to accomplish the feat in the first place?]

Where are you going?

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[He knows it's a dude, but he kinda looks like a girl. The opposite of someone else he knows. But not as well as he'd like.]

Man, I keep hopin' for this to be a dream, but when you say it like that, it ain't goin' away, is it? Fuckin' underwater city...

[Kanji's got no clue. He's just an average student to be honest, and it's only with the help of Yu and Naoto that he was able to get his grades up as far as they were back home.]

Just tryin' to find my friends. This strange phone says that they're here and in this Nostalgia Nook place, but I think I took a wrong turn or somethin'.

[rainbowarch]

[He gets that a lot.]

Maybe they're right off it then? There's this detective place right off to the side here.

[420]

[Gamzee was just idling in the Nostalgia hood. He had no particular destination in mind, not even something what he needed to buy. But that was cool. Maybe some miracle would all get his jumping out at him, helping him get his remember on for something what he needed, or maybe it wouldn't. Couldn't up and tell the miracles when to drop on by for you, that shit was rude. And hey, even if he didn't get any miracles, he might run into a bro, that's be sweet too.

He turns a corner and runs into a bro. Literally. He gives an involuntary honk when he crashes into Kanji. Holy fuck. Motherfucker was like a railbound cargo transportation device.

Gamzee manages to stay on his feet, more through luck than skill. He blinks for a moment, before he turns to Kanji with a bit of a laugh.]

Shit, sorry, bro. Didn't all fuckin' see you there.

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[Kanji looked down at the kid who'd just run into him. 'Didn't see him'? How in the hell was that possible? He was tall as hell and had died blond hair. Of course, this kid had horns and face-paint. Maybe he was into that American group...Insane Clown Party or whatever it was.

As it stood, there was no damage done. He was fine. The kid didn't even seem phased. Hell, having the boy bounce of his chest hadn't even knocked Kanji off his course.]

It's no big deal, kid. Could've been worse.

[420]

[Lets not discuss ICP. Just. Lets not. No. It would be terrible.

Gamzee laughs a bit again, his expression equal parts dopey and well-natured.]

Haha, yeah. Figure I done didn't do you no motherfuckin' ache when I went all bouncing off at you like a goddamn wall.

[He isn't upset or anything! He's just stating it as a fact. Running into Kanji is like running into a wall. And Gamzee has experience with both those things.]

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[ICP is terrible. So, therefore, any discussion involving them would be terrible.

Kanji is worried that this kid might be brain damaged or something.]

I guess it'll teach us both to watch where we're goin'. You gonna be alright?

[420]

[Oh yes. But not because of the knock on the head. Kanji'd have to pound him a whole lot harder for that.]

Sure, man. Ain't all no biggie, you know? Just sending a motherfuckin' bouncin' a lil', ain't nothing big. My bro up and does it to me all the time.

Hiii you :3

[redstray]

[ Eric was wandering around, Totsuka said it was best to feel familiar with the place and mentioned a carnival, not that Eric really had gone to one it'd be interesting to check it out at least.

As he walked there he noticed a weird looking guy, flipping through the starfish phone, being noisy and annoying. He looked like someone that Homra would be taking down, he was from Japan though at least, some kind of Japan.]

So glad this is just a normal day for you you noisy parrot. Why don't you wake up and leave?

//loves forever

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[He looks over at the foreign-looking dude and feels his temper flare.]

What's your deal, man? I wasn't bothering you at all!

/loves more forever

[redstray]

[ You're beginning to remind him of another certain chihuahua. Eric doesn't seem to be bothered by him though. ]

Either you were talking to me, or you were just talking to yourself, like a parrot. Both are pretty bothersome.

Impossible!

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[The desire to hit something is pretty high, but Kanji knows he can't just go around punching people that piss him off. The list of people he didn't hit would be pretty short.]

No, dude, I don't even know you, so there's no way in Hell I'd be talkin' to you. And talkin' to myself doesn't make me a parrot. Plenty of people do that. And as for bothersome, your face is bothersome.

[Real. Fucking. Mature. Kanji.]

who's late I'm not late shush

[spacecase]

[What about



a doge

Being gifted with dog hearing and all, it's only inevitable that Jade hears Kanji muttering to himself and goes to investigate.]

Hello! No, sorry, it's not a dream

Never too late. <3

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[The voice makes him look up to see a cute girl. Which normally was enough to make him blush, since she was staring at him intensely. But she had...

Dog ears.

Fucking. Dog. Ears.

That. Moved.

So. Fucking. Cute!!!!]

Y-yeah... [Sorry, too busy staring at your ears and blushing to be eloquent.]

[spacecase]

[She blinks and looks around to see if there was anything in particular that caught the boy's attention. Seeing nothing, she realizes--ah, yes, he's staring at the ears, they're probably twitching again. So Jade halts their twitching and points at them.]

Yes, they're real. It's okay to touch them if you ask, I don't charge money for it.

[The casual way she talks about this says that she's probably gotten reactions like this before.]

[sewdamncute]

[She just offered to let him touch her cute, furry ears! But, wouldn't that be rude? Like a total invasion of personal space, yes? Cute girl with cute ears offering to let him touch them? What the fuck?!]

N-nah, I'll pass. I ain't no furry freak or anythin' like that.

[spacecase]

["Furry freak" immediately reminds her of her brother's rambling about furries on the internet and she cringes.

Come on, Jade, no, that's not what he meant. Do not react.]

S'cool. Anyhoo, like I said, this isn't a dream. We are stuck here until whatever brought us here sends us back home. [And she just sits down next to him like it isn't a big deal at all.] I've been here for almost a whole year now, it's not bad once you make some friends and find things to do!