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[tadadada]

Uh... Koro-chan, I don't think we're in Iwatodai anymore...

[Or well, Koromaru isn't here anymore either, huh. Oh boy. This is super weird.]

Orrrr... I can be the only one here. Well isn't this nice. Boy Junpei, you're really winning the lottery on "Get put into weird situations" lately. First getting locked in the dorm, now this...

[He's not really noticing the change in clothes just yet. Or at least, not his most important article of clothing. He still has robes, and these neat wing shoes, but... you know.]

I found this thing on me too, but this is totally for girls. I don't have to like... do my make up or something.

[Reaching up to rub the back of his head, and he finally notices--]

-- Hey! Where the hell's my hat?!

[Junpei - Worried about all the right wrong things.]

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[video] askl;d great doorknocker. xD

[fools_journey]

[ Don't mind Minato as he blinks at Junpei. ]

... I see...

[ Well, Fuuka did say they saw Minato become the seal. Minato is swiftly gathering that Junpei must be from around the same time as Fuuka and that maybe this is what the other teen is talking about? Maybe? He can't figure out what else it'd be about... ]

Ah, when I woke up here, I was alive and all right, if that answers your question.

[video] it's true man...

[tadadada]

Well... that's good. Really good.

I'm glad to see you alright, man.

[Even if it is strange.]

We'll have to start hanging out again! This place have an arcade?

[video] Erebus wasn't clawing at Minato. He was just trying to knock on the door....

[fools_journey]

[ Minato actually smiles at that. ]

I'm glad to see you, too, Junpei. And we will, though unfortunately there -- really isn't much to do here. No arcade.

[video] That's exactly it. Nyx baby don't be like that. Don't change the locks. C'mon.

[tadadada]

Man, this is gonna be boring. Didn't even get to keep my PSP.

[video] No Erebus. Last time you came in and threw up on the carpet. Bad kitty... demon... thing...

[fools_journey]

Yeah. Don't worry. The Rulers play weird games with us to keep things from getting too boring. [ Is there a faint note of bitterness there? Maybe. Is Junpei observant enough to detect it? Who knows... ]

[video] No Erebus this is my potpie.

[tadadada]

Uh... did they piss in your cereal or something? [He can definitely tell, yeah.]

[video] But Erebus wants some too.

[fools_journey]

... something like that. They have the power to play with your emotions and influence your behavior. They're trying to make us into people we are not. It's... frustrating.

[ Also Minato has a new found distaste for bears and fighting them with nothing but a stick. Also puffy sleeved fairy tale prince suits that changed colors and forced him to be really emotional. Not that he's going to actually talk about this, unless someone drags it out of him. ]

[video] Too bad Erebus

[tadadada]

Dude... that's really messed up.

[video] Erebus: >:C

[fools_journey]

... yeah. You could way that again.

It's not all bad, though.

[video]

[tadadada]

Yeah? How do you figure?

[video]

[fools_journey]

... because each of us is not alone in being here. [ Which means friends can be made! Which makes things more bearable. ] Also... it allows for reunions.

... I told you this place brings people from different times and worlds, right?

[video]

[tadadada]

... Yeah, you've gotta point... [it was really good to see their leader again, after all.]

But yeah, you mentioned it. What about it?

[video]

[fools_journey]

[ Minato is silent for a moment, almost hesitant. ]

... ten years ago, it... wasn't just my parents who were killed... My twin sister died, too. But she's here, now. However... she comes from a world where I died then instead.

[ This isn't something he normally talks about, and it's not something he goes and tells anyone who comes to the island. However, he feels it's important to tell Junpei and Fuuka this. ]

[video]

[tadadada]

Oh, yeah. Minako... [but wait, he died... ?]

So... wait, what happened to the world on her side? Did it... ? [You know. How'd they stop Nyx... ? Did anyone?]

[video]

[fools_journey]

[ Well, guess she must have commented at Junpei, too!

But after another small pause, Minato nods. ] ... things happen very similarly for her.

But... she doesn't know how it ends yet. So please... don't tell her, if you can avoid it. She -- she was actually here before, when I first arrived, and I learned that it ends the same way for her then... but she disappeared home for a while before showing up here again, but from a different time. It's early October for her.

[video]

[tadadada]

October... oh jeez. [Rough month.]

Yeah, sure dude. Whatever you say. I won't tell her anything. But man, having a girl leader, huh... ?

[video]

[fools_journey]

Thanks.

... [ Though Junpei gets a slight Look at the question. His sister is a very capable leader, and Minato doesn't appreciate insinuations otherwise. Hmph. ]

[video]

[tadadada]

[Oh no.]

Hey man, what's that look for? I'm not really thinkin' she'd be a bad leader or anything. Just thinkin' about other things, is all.

[Like operation Babe Hunt. And... the hotel moon...]

[video]

[fools_journey]

Exactly.

[ That's the problem, Junpei. He knows where your mind goes... ]

[video]

[tadadada]

[Oh dammit.]

Man, not those things either! C'mon. I mean, yeah, she's cute, but...

[Yeah, that's the weird part.] Nah, this is too weird to think about. I don't wanna know how much the world can change.

[If he went out with her instead of Chidori, what would've happened?]

[video]

[fools_journey]

[ Minato shrugs, slightly amused by Junpei's backpedaling. ]

... you should have dinner with us sometimes. Fuuka, too.

[ pause ] There's actually another persona user living here, as well.

[video]

[tadadada]

Oh uh... yeah, sure. I'd be okay with that.

[But wait, what?] You serious? Who is it?

[video]

[fools_journey]

His name is Teddie... it's a year or two ahead of our time for him.

[video]

[tadadada]

Teddie? [What a weird name...]

Wait, did you say two years? What the hell... ?

[video]

[fools_journey]

[ nod nod. ]

Mm. People come from many different points in time here. He happens to be from later than us. ... the reason shadows and personas turn up then is different, though. And it's apparently confined to a small town.