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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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[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

[The purple does help! That and your enormous red JRPG hair. So soon a Beat comes running up with a hellhound looking thing! He has some bandages on him that you couldn't see over the video, but he's as energetic as ever]

Phones!! [he waves]

[imprinting]

[What. Is that thing. Neku and his tiny armless frogfish thing are kind of alarmed.]

Hey -- What's with the bandages? [Already getting in trouble? sheesh.]

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Don't go into the tall graaass, [he mimics the NPC in an exaggerated voice, gesturing through the crowd at the grass]

Fricken monsters, yo.

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I'll keep that in mind.

[Hm this is Beat and a weird dog but something is missing.]

Rhyme's not here?

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Ng... She wasn't in the house wid me, and I ain't seen her around.

[He's not happy about this though, so he's not saying no, exactly.]

[imprinting]

[Oh, Beat. :(]

It's a big crowd. Maybe she'll turn up.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I ain't jus' gonna leave widdout makin' sure of it.

[imprinting]

I'll help. Shiki might be around here somewhere too, and she'd probably yell at me if I didn't try to find her.

[Also you're his bro, but that's ~unspoken~ and he'd rather not have you emo about Rhyme forever.]

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Oh snap, you think they got her too?!

[EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR, OH MAN.]

[imprinting]

[asdskjlk BREATHE MAN.]

I'm just saying it's possible!

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Well...

I getchu, Phones. This town is packed.

[imprinting]

Yeah.

Anyway, if they're not here...then they're at home, at least. That's not so bad.

[Y'know 'cause they're away from the monsters.]

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

If they home, I c'n live widdat. Le's bounce.

[imprinting]

Right.

[Time to finally get off his skinny ass. Watch as the Wooper sits there staring dully in the wrong direction until Neku nudges it with the toe of his sneaker to get its attention. Touching it hurts, okay, he only has so many options.]

I haven't really looked around at all.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Me neither. I was too busy poke-fightin' dis crazy ass naked chick.

[Now that Neku's nudging at it, Beat finally notices the wooper]

Pfft, yo, is that yours?

[imprinting]

What? Oh. Yeah.

[....This isn't the weirdest thing that's happened since he's known Beat, so:]

.... Did you win? Against the naked chick, I mean.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah! G-Dawg here spits fire!

[IT DID NOT SPARE HIM ANY HUMILIATION, but he will not mention this]

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[That's okay, he's already said enough to make Neku give him his patented "......" face.]

G-Dawg.

[He glances at G-Dawg. It doesn't seem...blinged out enough to be christened G-Dawg, somehow.]

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

[G-DAWG is smiling proudly! ...and Beat will certainly fix the bling problem if given the chance]

Tha's right. Watchu callin' your sea monkey?

[imprinting]

[...Somehow, Neku will not be surprised. :|a]

Uh. [He looks at the Wooper, which takes this time to wobble around purposelessly.]

I dunno. Some kid told me 'slimy thing' is too mean.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

[he's... laughing a bit]

It looks stoned, yo!

[imprinting]

[asdkfj why must you.]

Yeeeah. It's been like that since I let it out.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

[because it's hilaaarious.]

You could call it Dopey.

[imprinting]

[Dangit.]

What? No. I'll probably just call it Fish or something.

[used-beatup.livejournal.com]

It works!