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[effinskull]

[so this has gotta be some sorta palace, right?! there's no goddamn way that he just suddenly ended up in some totally random island or wherever this was! ryuji had listened to the girl on the hologram, he read the pamphlets, he even walked through the town! but all he was getting from all of this is that this was definitely a palace he had wandered into.

but why wasn't he changing clothes? maybe whoever owned this palace didn't think of him as a threat yet? huh.... either way! he now figured it would be best to talk to whoever is here on the weirdo device he was given.]

Uuhh... hellooooo? Testing testing, one two three or whatever the hell. So I really just talk into this and- ah, okay. Alright.

[he cleared his throat!] Ehem! Name's uh... [should he even give his name? this is a palace after all. but at the same time he wasn't in his skull outfit so... maybe it was alright for the time being.]

Name's Ryuji Sakamoto. Just arrived here. Um. I'm in highschool, I love ramen, and going to the arcade... [why is he treating this like a dating app?!]

So yeah! Do we really just.... get jobs and live here? [what a weird palace.]

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[liveandforgive]

[n-no...

Cloud's got no problem with talking, contrary to first impressions]

Me? [he blinks, not expecting that question. to be honest...] Nowhere yet. Just got here recently and things got a little crazy. ...and stuff.

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[effinskull]

...What kinda crazy stuff?

[palace stuff, maybe?!]

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[liveandforgive]

As far as I know? People's personalities flipping upside down.

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[effinskull]

[flipping upside down? kinda like with someone's cognitive self...? maybe?]

Were they... showin' their true feelings? [their heart's feelings?]

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[liveandforgive]

[... the question catches Cloud off guard. if only because it wasn't exactly what he thought about. this kid... did he have some kind of idea of what was causing all of this? or did he experience this before? to anyone else, this guy's question would have been confusing. but now Cloud looks contemplative.

Yang... if he ever saw her again, maybe he'd ask her. or maybe not. he wasn't sure if that was a good idea.]

I never thought of that.

You seen anything like this before?

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[effinskull]

[he wasn't trying to be deep or anything, it really is just an obvious statement to him. maybe he can change the hearts of people here, with his persona! maybe, just maybe. it would be cool to be liked here, at least.]

...Somethin' like that. [he shouldn't talk about it, actually. he can't talk about being a phantom thief, no way!]

Forget it. I really shouldn't have said anything. [MOVING ON...]

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[liveandforgive]

...?

[his brow quirks at the sudden closing up on the subject. but after a moment or so, Cloud lightly shrugs. guess it couldn't be helped.]

We're both kind of new here, so I doubt you'd know any more than I would.

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[effinskull]

True, true, yeah....

[listen he's just talking to himself.] I'm just rambling to myself, don't worry my dude.

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[liveandforgive]

['my dude'? there's some new linguo.]

Mm. [well,] Good luck. [my dude.]