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[wantsnudes]

[There's a dark-haired teenager with the lost expression of a new arrival wandering around the streets, clutching what few belongings he has and staring around at everything. He... seems to be talking to someone? But he's not using his phone, so maybe the person he's muttering to is just himself.]

... If living here for the first month is free, and if I forego two of my three meals a day, this money should last a few weeks longer than intended. But how to afford art supplies... More than that, even with my art, how do I gain an income...

[Someone is a little anxious about the welcome talk and getting shunted into an unfamiliar city. Since he has to stay here for the foreseeable future, his situation has shifted from figuring out who is behind this and why (apparently nobody knows? yikes???) to the more immediate, material reality of his situation. He really has no idea what to do to make ends meet.

Spotting a passerby, he just straight up steps into their path and shoves his pendant into their face.]

You there! I would like to know the address of any place I could pawn this trinket off to. [uh]


VIDEO.

Excuse me. I was informed I could use this in order to find others from my home. [A pause... Who should he ask for first... Only his friends spring to mind, so--]

Does anyone know an individual named Ren Amamiya? He is my age, bespectacled, and often smells of coffee. Or perhaps Ann Takamaki, who is the most beautiful woman to have entered my gaze. Or there is Ryuji Sakamoto, who is loud and a bit crude, with dyed hair... [talk about descriptor whiplash]

I seem to talking on for longer than intended, so I'll stop there for now. I hope if anyone knows these individuals, they would be willing to point me in the right direction.

Comments

[ascendedbeing]

Kindness is a rarity, is it not? Perhaps the world would be in a better place if people were just kinder to one another. Yes, you may call me an idealistic fool if you wish. I have heard it many times before. Besides, I do not mind helping others out at all, even if they do not have anything to offer me. I do not do the things that I do just to expect something in return. And, should you take advantage of me... well, I would not hold it against you. I would just keep on trying to help you out.

[ She has to wonder what kind of past this poor young man had to have such a jaded view on the world to be asking these kinds of questions. Her heart does ache for him and it makes her think what she can do to aid his suffering, even just a little. ]

All right. Well, in that case, did you listen to anything the hologram told you or read the pamphlet provided when you woke up?

[wantsnudes]

I don't think that's foolish at all. I think it's a very noble worldview.

[And he just wishes he could trust it, but he's done throwing his lot in with the supposed kindness of strangers. He still feels a bit ashamed of calling the integrity of this person into question, though, clasping his hands and looking away.]

Yes, both, though I still feel like there are many things I don't understand...