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[imprinting]

[First, there's nothing on the screen except blue stripes on more blue. They fidget a bit, before a hand covers the screen and picks up the gear. The owner of the hand seems to be in the middle of speaking.]

--ou about stepping on my stuff?

[Through the fingers holding the gear, an annoyed teenage redhead is visible, frowning down at the Wooper previously visible. After a second he sighs, then looks at the screen.]

It's on? Rrgh, how did you -- [A sigh. He shifts his grip, moving the screen-obscuring hand. He looks kind of annoyed, the combined efforts of the Wooper and this...waking up in what he assumes is someone's idea of a joke thing. But he resists snapping at the public.]

Uh, hi.

....

Anyone else get one with a listening problem?

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[imprinting]

If it can't you might be outta luck.

Neku. You?

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

If that's the case then I'll figure something out.

I'm Hayato Gokudera, right hand man to the tenth boss of the Vongola Family.

So, what kind of pokémon did you get?

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Wooper.

... The what family?

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Never heard of it.

...The Vongola Family.

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Not ringing any bells.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Pfft, it's only the most powerful Mafia Family in the world.

You're sure you've never heard of it?

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I'm sure. Maybe you should advertise.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Don't mock the Vongola, you-!

Wait! Maybe you're from a Parallel World...That would explain a whole lot.

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Yeah, I guess. Or I just don't know anything about the mafia.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess. But if that's the case then you might as well have been living under a rock.

[imprinting]

[Well he pretty much was either way, so.]

It doesn't really matter now.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Tch, it'll matter when we're back home.

[imprinting]

Why?

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Because it mattered before we left.

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I don't think my life would've gone any differently if I'd known about the mafia.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

...I guess not.

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... I thought mafias were supposed to be kinda underground, anyway.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

Families like the Vongola and the Chiavorone aren't all that underground.

[imprinting]

Huh.

... So what do you do?

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

I'm the Tenth Vongola Storm Guardian so I defeat our enemies with a relentless stream of attacks that never falters. And I protect the Tenth.

What about you?

[imprinting]

... Uh. [The Game probably doesn't count now that it's over, damn. He feels lame in comparison.]

I hang out with my friends.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

[ The Reapers' Game is still pretty cool, Neku! ]

Yeah I do that too, I guess.

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[Kinda hard to get into conversation, though. 'Oh hey so a week ago I was dead for almost a month, it was a thing.']

Not as exciting as your flawless attacks, huh.

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

[ True that. 'I once got shot by God or something' probably wouldn't work well either. ]

You've got that right. But the Tenth likes hanging out with us so I don't mind it too much.

[imprinting]

[Twice, even; still not good smalltalk. Neku's life is hard.]

Right. That's, uh. Exciting, I think.