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[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Okay. So apparently we're all caught in a timewarp here, which is why my penthouse no longer exists.

This is not much of a problem.

The problem is every time I try to use a Gate back to Earth P3/P4, I end up either somewhere in a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with demons, or the Tokugawa Shogunate. If this is permanent (again), I'm going to be pretty upset.

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[While complaining about this, Souji is wandering the grounds. In particular, he's looking for anyone who's been de-aged to calm them down and, hopefully, corral them somewhere safe. So, kidlets, feel free to bother/run from the authority figure.]

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

[There is a teensy green haired girl wandering around looking awful lost.]

Mommy? Daddy? Where did you go?

...I don't like it here...

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[bloody-program.livejournal.com]

... Okay.

[He's a little fascinated by watching Souji anyway. There just aren't enough people to watch.]

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

> ...are all of your friends little kids now? This is getting ridiculous. Or at least to recurring-dream level.

> You take a deep breath in order not to blurt out something dumb and scare Marona, and approach her gently.

Hey. Don't be scared. You're somewhere safe, it's just...not where you were.

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

You catch on quick.

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

> Good job, Souji, you're freaking him out. Better come up with an excuse, since Minato's too smart and too seven to take time travel at face value.

I'm...here to protect you. You and a few other people have wandered into a different reality, and I'm in charge of keeping you safe until you can go home.

> Well, you just appointed yourself in charge anyway. At least 'another reality' is obscure enough not to sound like an obvious lie...

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

In four or five years, you'll have a much better sense of humor.

For now, though, I need to get all the confused kids around here somewhere safe. Are you one of those people who learned how to fight at like 11?

[in-laquetti.livejournal.com]

So, yeah, I'll try finding him right now. I think something like a pirate would stick out like a sore thumb anyway.

What should I tell him? "You messed up time and space, so get to fixing it?"

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Add "before Kyonko beats you up" and you've pretty much got what I'm going to tell him, yeah.

[stealtheirseoul.livejournal.com]

That's right, I'm with the ACME Detective Agency. I'd ask how you know, but that isn't important right now.

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

(In response, she wordlessly draws a .22 caliber pistol - pointing the barrel AWAY from anything fleshy and full of blood.)

[yokaiofnaps.livejournal.com]

Uhhh...

Er-w-wait... what exactly were you talking about?

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

[She jumps a little when she sees Souji, but he's acting nice enough and everything else is big and new and kind of scary. Instant trust is go!]

Where are we? Do you know where Mommy and Daddy went?

[evokesdeath.livejournal.com]

Another reality...?

> After what you've seen the last couple of days, that doesn't sound too implausible.

...Alright. What's your name?

[kyonko-narrates.livejournal.com]

'Am I being flirted with by a guy who's old enough to be my father?'

If he winds up back at our place I'm barricading the room and letting everyone know. Just what did that idiot do?

[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

> She might have taken that the wrong way...oh well.

I heard a rumor...no, no good repeating rumors. It seems like he just got back from his world, though, didn't he? Or was that just in my time...

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Seta. Souji Seta.

...I should warn you the story's more complicated, but what's important right now is keeping you safe, okay?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

> This explains a lot, actually. Both that Sandiego was an ACME agent, and that those guys recruit high schoolers.

No, it isn't.

ACME's specialty is locating people, right? We need to find Guybrush Threepwood and ask him what he knows about this.

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Right. You can help me protect the younger kids. That okay with you?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

...what did you think I was talking about?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.]

They're...

> Depending on the time frame, this could be a lie, but...

They're safe back where you left them.

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Oh thank God, someone who's almost the right age.

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

Sheyah, that's pretty much what I've been doing.

("From all the other teenage gangs.")

Did someone say Authority Figure

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

Not your world too!

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

Mine was a little more Cyberpunk then the last time I checked Earth-BS...

...that is you, right Preston?