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[imprinting]

[greetings, you lot. you've obtained +1 Neku, looking kind of tousled and confused. he's sitting in a PokéCenter! those of you who've met him may be wondering why he dropped off the face of the planet.]

So, uh. Anyone else go to sleep and then not wake up until- [a pause.] -ugh, like a week later?

[...at least his sunburn has gone. Neku frowns and rubs the back of his head, looking around before giving the 'gear another perplexed look.]

This is freaking bizarre. Uh. Hey. There are people still coming in, right? Hi. I'm Neku.

[awkward silence.]

Well. That's it, I guess.

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[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

You were asleep for a week?

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

[ there's a soaked-in-a-raincoat idol just kind of... staring at you. ]

A week? Did you prick your finger on a spinning wheel or something?

[usedsketch.livejournal.com]

Hey, Phones. I wondered where you'd wound up.

... what happened?

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[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Someone may have drugged you. I would recommend that you consult a doctor immediately.

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Yeah. I don't really know how it happened.

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[usedflail.livejournal.com]

[Slosh, slosh. Issei is more than knee deep in water.]

I take it you aren't prone to falling into random comas at home? My sympathies go out to you.

My name is Issei Ryudo, and I'm one of the new ones.

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A week.

[that reference is going right over his head in favor of raising his eyebrow.]

I guess it rained while I was, uh, out?

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I have no idea. I went to sleep, and...now it's a week later.

I mean, it's not like waking up in weird places is anything new, but...yeah.

[he is not pouting shut up this is not a pout it is a manly frown.]

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I - all I've been eating is the stuff they sell in the towns, why would somebody drug a load of crappy trail mix?

[usedsketch.livejournal.com]

You slept for a week? Think some kinda Pokemon got ya?

At least you didn't miss much-- killer bees and bad weather. And I got a pet duck.

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[imprinting]

[huh, look at all that water. 8| the things you miss while you're passed out.]

Nice to meet you.

Waking up in random places I've been kinda prone to, but not comas. [pause. awkwardly:] Do - I mean, are - well, are you?

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[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that usually mean you're really sick?

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I don't think so. And, uh, Beat's out too. I don't think anything could take him down for this long.

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[--wait. you know, the bees aren't very shocking, somehow. but--]

You got a pet duck.

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[usedflail.livejournal.com]

Likewise.

Ah, so you have experience before this in ending up in strange places for no obvious reason? I didn't know we had a veteran among us.

I don't usually get comas, if that's what you meant.

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Uh, probably. But I don't feel sick, so I don't know what's going on.

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Something like that.

Oh, okay. 'Cause, well, that'd- [falters fff, lamely:] ...suck.

[usedsketch.livejournal.com]

The skater guy's still out of it, huh? What town are you stuck in? Me and J are just about to hit Violet.

[ Now watch as he reaches into an inner pocket of his creepy trenchcoat, pulls out a Pokeball, and releases a yellow duckthing that looks READY FOR BATTLE. ]

Hachiko.

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

... Frankly, I have no idea, but that is the only explanation I can come up with.

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[usedflail.livejournal.com]

Comas generally do suck. [He grins. He's found someone way worse than him at social interaction! A kindred soul!] Do you have any advice for the rest of us, Neku-san?

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[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm glad you're not sick anymore. At least you missed most of the route going under water, sort of.

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

... Just a little.

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[h-hey! Neku is working on social competence!]

Um.

Buy an umbrella?

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I was gonna go with 'this place is nuts' and not think too hard about it, honestly.

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[...that certainly. is a duck.]

Cherry- You named your duck Hachiko?

[uh oh, Mr. H, you made Neku snicker.]