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[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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[ what good is being dead if he can't momentarily tease someone about it? even if the phantom thieves weren't terrible and he enjoyed the company more often than not, if he actually got to willingly play around as a ghost he'd haunt them. somewhat spitefully.

akechi folded his hands under his chin, closing his eyes with a resigned sigh. ]

I'd be insulted if it turned out my only reason for existing here would be to mock you with my face.

So then-!

[ryuji was getting so worked up. none of this made any sense!] So then what the hell man?! Were you lying to us, again, about your own goddamn death?! That's the most twisted shit ever! We all felt so bad for you, we were so upset about your so called "death" and now what?!

You think you can just mock me?! Get real! If this isn't a palace then what the hell else could it be, especially since you're here!

[ a shake of his head, looking back at him. frowning with an irritated look. ] You think me so low as to bail on everything by faking my death? [ a scoff. he looks away from the device. ]

I'm sure "upset" is an exaggeration. Would you bother to think for one moment? Did you even listen to the introduction material one of our fellow prisoners thoughtfully set up for arrivals? Nobody knows.

I.... well... I guess not, you're not the type to reveal everything and then just leave.

[he would have wanted to finish off everyone, to kill akira finally and be done with it.]

Of course I listened but-... I thought this was just a palace so... [damn.]

....So you're really alive. [wow.] I don't even know what to do, or what to think.

That's right. I'm not.

[ it was either all or nothing... ]

While some aspects of it may act like one, it isn't. I've been investigating it thoroughly.

...So it seems. [ the glaring eases up enough that it's probably obvious that last thought is probably mutual. he has to pause to think of what to say next. ] In any case, we're both here now. That's that.

[ryuji just.... quietly stared at akechi. he didn't know what to do here. on one hand, he was pretty damn pissed at the guy, he tried to kill akira after all. he was responsible for so many people dying! he was the one...

dammit all. ryuji just shook his head and ran a hand through his hair.]

....What the eff. [he muttered it to himself, really.] Look, I don't know what to think of... of any of this. Of you. So gimme some time to think, yeah? I'm not like you guys, I ain't smart, I don't understand everythin' immediately so j-just.... just gimme time here.

[because he didn't know if he should punch akechi, or take him out for a drink (of soda).]

[ akechi looks ... somewhat thrown off by the fact that ryuji resorted to muttering and asking for time instead of - he's not sure. yelling or something? calling him the idiot instead of himself. did he just call him smart?

what the hell. ]

Right. That's my cue let someone else handle introducing things about the place to you and leave you be until you've got more of a handle on things. I'll talk to you later, I suppose. [ if he'd even want to. right? yeah. ryuji's probably going to try to punch him if he runs into him in person later. just leave it be. he did his job of properly freaking him out by alerting him of his presence. ]

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