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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji looks pensive as he appears on the feed. Maybe even a little worried, which is something for him.]

I died during that last part of the event. It was my fifth time dying...but nothing strange has happened. I feel the same as always.

[He pauses, uncertain where he's going with this, before asking:]

What does that mean?

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[charlastan]

[A perhaps unnervingly long pause.]

...You ever wanted to own a bridge, kid?

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji's pause is also a little too long.]

...No.

[charlastan]

You sure? You look like a guy who could really use his own bridge.

[Who couldn't use their own bridge?!]

[eatsyourscience]

What would it be a bridge to?

[charlastan]

Brooklyn! That's why they call it the Brooklyn Bridge. And if you owned it, you could do whatever you wanted with it! It's one of the most famous bridges in the world, so it's a great investment there, plus you could stick your own toll on it and charge people to go over it! You'd make a fortune in no time flat!

[eatsyourscience]

Wouldn't I need to live in the United States to own a bridge in Brooklyn?

[Souji, stop humoring him.]

[charlastan]

Nope! You don't have to live in a place to own property there. Plenty of businessmen and celebrities own stuff overseas!

[eatsyourscience]

...How much does it cost?

[Souji, don't play along.]

[charlastan]

[Stan grins, absolutely loving that Souji is playing along.]

Well, I can get you this bridge for practically a steal! $500 might sound like a lot, but if you add a toll booth on either side you'll make that money back in the blink of an eye.

[eatsyourscience]

Is that USD? All I have is yen and I don't know the conversion rate in Wonderland.

[charlastan]

[Hm, he ran into this problem with Mikan too. But it's nothing he can't talk his way around.]

Well, how much yen you got?

[eatsyourscience]

60,708.

[This may or may not be a lie. It's hard to tell with him.]

[charlastan]

[That sounds like it may or may not be a lot of yen!]

Sold! You're the proud owner of this piece of paper that says you own the Brooklyn Bridge!

[He scribbles something down off-screen and when he shows it, it's literally just....a hand-written deed with Souji's name on it. It is literally worthless.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Well, that happened really fast.]

Wait, I didn't agree yet.

[charlastan]

Aw, c'mon! What've you got to lose, other than 60,708 yen?

[eatsyourscience]

Well...I'll have to write you a check. Forward dated.

[charlastan]

Eh, good enough for now!

[He'll take anything at this point.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Well, if nothing else, this has gotten Souji's mind off of dying.]

Come pick it up at the diner later.