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[petsthedog]

[Alright. He didn't want to be the first one to bring this up, but now that there's already been some Nonsense™ involving (attempted?) murder, he might as well.]

so how sure are any of us that we're actually alive here anyway
i dunno bout anyone else but i was definitely about to bite the big one before i woke up on that train
and if people don't actually remember it if they try to kill someone or when they're about to die here maybe it's because we're already dead and this is some kind of fucked up afterlife

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[petsthedog]

you sound sure about that
how do you know?

[cranekin]

If this was, I would be surprised.
There is no afterlife for people like me.

[petsthedog]

you ain't aboutta tell me you're immortal too, are you

[He is having such a Weird Day. What a way to find out that you're sharing this kidnapping with types of beings you considered pure fiction until now.]

[cranekin]

Why? Would it be a problem?

(He is not immortal but maybe he should say he is now.)

[petsthedog]

look up until now if someone said they couldn't die i'd have thought they were either crazy or full of shit
its
an adjustment
alright?

[cranekin]

They still could be.

(There are plenty of insane immortals out there, ok.)

If it helps, I'm not immortal. Just old!

[petsthedog]

[Perhaps but they would not be deluded about BEING immortal? probably? Either way it's not really important, he supposes.]

so how do you know this ain't an afterlife

[cranekin]

Because that's our nature!

("Our" implying more than just himself.)

There is no afterlife for us. We just... stop existing!

[petsthedog]

[hm.]

so what are you anyway
guessin that means you aint human

[cranekin]

How forward.
Isn't it normal to introduce yourself first?

(He is going to be difficult.)

I'm not. Or well, I wasn't.
This world seems to have brought me a little closer than before...

(Being nerfed is so lame.)

[petsthedog]

is anything about this situation normal
ain't exactly making casual smalltalk here
anyway name's aragaki

[his username is not at all creative over here, rip]

what do you mean this place brought you closer than before?

[cranekin]

Shiro.

(Shi-Ro. 4-6. White. Definitely not his real name but easy enough to figure out if they ever meet.)

Are you from Japan, Aragaki-kun?

(Government assigns him -kun status. He doesn't make the rules. Or follow them.)

[petsthedog]

you always answer a question with a question, shiro?
but yeah
iwatodai city specifically if that means anything to you

[He's just a rude bitch who does not honorifics. Whoops.]

[cranekin]

If it helps save time.

(Being from Japan means explaining less.)

It's quite an old country, isn't it? And most humans can't even see the entirety of it these days. Of course, that doesn't stop humans from trying to control things they'd otherwise be unable to control.

(Unseen forces. Things humans usually can't see. Things implied to be beyond humans. It's all a very vague and roundabout way to talk about the supernatural. Spirits. Gods. Phenomenon. Kami.)

[petsthedog]

[...Hm. Shinjiro furrows a brow at his screen, thinking on that. The thing is, it reminds him a bit too much of the circumstances where he's from, actually -- of people messing around with things they shouldn't have and ending up causing the Dark Hour. He sincerely doubts this guy is some kind of Shadow, though, so -- ]

things like you?

[cranekin]

Perhaps.

(A non-answer but maybe his flightiness is an answer in itself. )

I'm bored of sitting on this device all day. I'm going to go have fun.
You should, too, Aragaki-kun. Live a little.

(While he still can apparently? Heh. )

[petsthedog]

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