entranceway | 4th Social Link ▫ [Video + Action]

[It's not every day one wakes up and is suddenly inside another body. Or more like Minato was inside a smaller, younger version of his body. He looked like this when he was six years old. It's definitely an event as was announced over the network. But no problem.

There was something on a wall though like a puzzle? But he had to look up, up, and up at it, squinting through the fog. The puzzle was way too high up and no matter how much he tried to jump to reach it, it was not getting any closer.

He had to find something to climb up on. A rolling office chair it was then! That served four purposes:
1) He could move it around easily and adjust the seat up and down to get to places too high to reach
2) He could hide behind it if need be
3) It could be his getaway vehicle if he needed to escape from those monsters
4) The video from the comm device hanging from it would capture where he might be within the foggy laboratory

Thus here's a tiny Minato slowly making his own way through the fog with his trusty rolling chair until he bumps into someone... Is that someone you?]

Oh, sorry... I didn't mean it... Um, are you hurt?

[Pushing a chair with limited visibility is hard and he is profusely sorry for bumping into you! Please feel free to help him reach the puzzle? Or run into him during his travels?]

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I like everything you've made for me.

[Souji's eyes roamed over the vats as they passed by them, looking for Minato.]

Really?

[Minato wasn't paying attention as much to the vats as he was to hanging onto Souji.]

Did you have a favorite?

I like the things that are coffee-flavored.

[Souji hikes Minato up his back a bit.]

What was your favorite to make?

[Coffee? Minato would remember that. Did he know that already though? He adjusted himself too when Souji did.]

Anou... all of them. The cakes, maybe the most?

[For now? Since he hadn't made every kind yet so he hadn't decided on an ultimate favorite.]

[Souji nodded. Minato seemed to be getting younger, like he had before they'd found his body. He didn't think it would do anything lasting, but he still thought they should find Minato's body as soon as possible.]

I like everything you've made. The cakes, too.

[Minato rested his head against Souji now, thinking and nuzzling into Souji like getting sleep out of his eyes.]

Thank you. Ne, but do you want something else...?

I'm excited to see everything else you'll make.

[Cake or not.]

Ah...I think this is it.

[Souji stopped in front of another vat and nodded to it.]

[Minato looked over to see what Souji was talking about.]

... Is that me?

[It was kind of alarming.]

[Souji nodded and crouched to let Minato down.]

We'll get you back in it.

[He was definitely awake now. He blinked again and clung into Souji.]

How come I'm in there? Then... how come I'm out here?

That's the real you. [Souji pointed at the Minato in the vat.] We're going to put you back in. Like you did for me.

[Minato nodded, processing all of that.]

Now?

[He tugged on Souji's pant leg to have them get closer so they could take care of this right away.]

Yeah. Right now.

[He could remember what Minato had done when he'd put Souji back into his own body, and went through the same motions, freeing Minato's body and applying the electrode.]

You'll be okay.

[Minato trusted Souji on this and closed his eyes. Then when everything was all said and done, he opened his eyes again and was back in his normal body.

That was a bit surreal. He shook himself a little.]

Thanks. ... You're still tall.

But not that tall now.

[In comparison to Minato, anyway.]

[Minato held onto Souji's hand.]

Should we look around some more?

[Souji nodded and held Minato's hand.]

Let's head this way. [He nods in the direction they'd been walking in the first place.] We'll see what else is here.

Okay. Let's go.

[Minato then went with Souji to explore the labs.]

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