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[pierrotlafraude]

[The video feed is activated! . . . to the image of someone tapping at the camera a few times with his finger before pulling back, looking perplexed.]

Oh wow, is this thing really on? Geez, you guys must be really high tech here! Hey, stop me if you've heard this one before, buuuut I think I'm kind of lost. Er, make that really lost, because the last place I was at definitely wasn't some techno-fantasy mansion place. I mean, not that I'm knocking that sort of thing. This place is pretty cool! I wouldn't mind having a thing like this for my own; it could be fun.

— yikes, I'm really getting side-tracked here! So, uh. Would anyone mind helping a guy out and steering me in the right direction? Ahaha . . .

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[pierrotlafraude]

[. . . and that gets an actual laugh out of him. Adachi shakes his head, smirking.]

Well, you can relax. I told you, didn't I? I'll abide by the rules. I guess that can apply to some cracked out mansion, too. And that aside, unlike some people, I'm not a complete dumbass.

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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nods. He's quiet for a minute, debating whether he wants to mention this. Eventually, he decides to go for it.]

...It's possible to die here and come back.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He starts at that, looking visibly uncomfortable for once.]

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[pierrotlafraude]

[After a moment, he tries to play it off by rolling his head back and stretching his arms, flexing his fingers.]

Oh yeah? So, what. Should I expect you and that Hanamura kid to try and take a free shot at some point?

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[eatsyourscience]

Not me. [Maybe Yousuke, though.]

That's not what I'm getting at, though.

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[pierrotlafraude]

Then what are you getting at?

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[eatsyourscience]

If you kill someone who's going to come back to life, what do you think will happen?

[He means the general "you" but...well, it's Adachi. So maybe he also means "you" more specifically, too.]

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[pierrotlafraude]

[This look, Seta. This look.]

I told you, I'm not an idiot.

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[eatsyourscience]

Good.

[Keywords, okay. Keywords + "BUT ADACHI BETTER NOT BE ONE".]

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[pierrotlafraude]

Whatever.

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[eatsyourscience]

...We can summon here too.

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[pierrotlafraude]

— what?

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[eatsyourscience]

Our Personas. We can summon them in this place.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He crosses his arms, taking that information in and nodding slowly.]

Okay. Good to know.

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[eatsyourscience]

That's all, I guess. Unless you want to ask about anything.

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[pierrotlafraude]

You're going to be riding my ass the whole time here, aren't you?

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[eatsyourscience]

I'd rather not.

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[pierrotlafraude]

That makes two of us.

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[eatsyourscience]

So long as neither of us does something stupid, we'll both get what we want.

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[pierrotlafraude]

Funny how it all works out.

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[eatsyourscience]

[...]

It doesn't have to be like that.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He glances down at him, raising an eyebrow.]

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[eatsyourscience]

I mean, we could work together here.

[As the words are coming out of his mouth, he can already guess Adachi's reaction.]

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[pierrotlafraude]

[. . .]

You still say the dumbest shit.

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[eatsyourscience]

[Yep. That was it.

Souji shrugs and pushes away from the railing.]

I'll see you around, I guess.