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...what the... The hell? How did I?

[Déjà vu all up in this joint, yo. Junpei had gathered up his belongings; his Katana, the evoker, this box of crap and made extra sure he doesn't fall in the water again. Yeah, he remembers this. Vaguely, but he remembers.

Wading his way out of the Bay, it was like he was reliving that one weird dream again.]

Whoa... No. Freaking. Way.

[Junpei took the phone out. It took a moment to remember how he worked it before, but then, he got it.]

(VIDEO)

Umm, sup dudes. Name's Junpei. If I remember right, I've been here before. This is Genessia, right?

[He begins to grin sheepishly.]

Hey, if it is. I ain't complainin'. Is that cutie, Levy McGarden, here?

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[With Yukiko in the middle of something, she switches on the feed, keeping an eye out behind her. Scratches adorned her face, one of which was bleeding which she was tending to with her free hand.]

I believe Levy the girl you are on about left a good while ago.

Oh? Oh...

[Damn.]

Hey, wait... Don't I know you? We've met, haven't we?

Maybe. If so it was probably a while back.

[She has had a good few happens as she paused to think about it.]

So I do apologize if I don't figure it out right away.

... Iori.

[ Peering/glaring into the camera ]

You've been here before?

[ The "what the hell" goes unsaid, for now. ]

Huh?

Aren't you Shinjiro? Akihiko-senpai's friend?

[Nudge on track.]

Uh, yeah. I've been here before. Seems I missed a lot, though. You...been here long?

[ Shinjiro's face does something complicated, for a brief two seconds. Junpei didn't remember fighting with him - so either something made him forget, or. He just didn't know. He smoothed out his face to look bank and bored. ]

... Yeah. So I am.

A week.

You know the drill, then.

[Junpei only remembers Shinji helping talk down some thugs one night. Epic headbutt, by the way.]

Yep. Stuck in some world. No way back. Time is messed up and junk.

The only good thing to look forward to is the hotties.

[ Someone's itching to get an epic faceslap from a woman here, probably. Shinjiro resists the urge to sigh.

Dry: ] You've got your priorities.

[He knows to bite his tongue when around the girls. Mitsuru's heels are things to be feared.

No girls are listening anyway!]

Heh, you know it~
So, dude, whatcha been up to?

... You mean, besides gettin snatched and brought here?

[ Yes, this is sarcasm, Junpei. ]

[Dude, chill.]

Uh, yeah. I guess. I mean, it's...not like it happens all the time.

Just the once is enough.

[ Don't you remember what a ray of sunshine he is, at least? ]

And twice just plain sucks.

[Sure he can call his Persona without the Dark Hour, but what good is it if there's nothing to fight?]

Now I have to go through all the trouble of makin' a living here again.

... What did you do before?

[ Sounds bored, not concerned. Why would he sound concerned? ]

Long story short? Get trolled by "King" Ted.

[A sarcastic way of saying "King."]

Tried my hand at bounty huntin' for a bit. But, man, not so easy without the others. I mean, I can take 'em by myself, ya know. But it's just nice knowing I have friends to see how cool I am.

... You shouldn't go by yourself. Idiot.

[ Looks off to the side ]

If you're gonna take more jobs like that, bring backup.

[What suddenly crawled up you and died?]

Hey, man, relax! I got this. If I do take it up again, I definitely won't say no to anyone taggin' along.

[He stopped short of including "even if it's a girl," but who knows who will take it the wrong way.]

[ ... He's not going to offer to help. If only because the kid doesn't really remember. It's not like he's worried, anyway. ]

Whatever. Just don't go chargin in half-cocked like you usually do.

Half-what like I usually do? Are you gettin' this stuff from Akihiko-senpai?

[Thanks, Aki!!]

[ Suddenly it clicked - Akira mentioned he was from 2016. So, Junpei must have come from the past. Sometime before September, anyway. Which meant.

If the kid learned anything, would it change the future? Did he want that? Not if it meant that Ken got shot, no. Damn it it made his head hurt. He put a hand up to his forehead. ]

No. Aki didn't say nothin.

Look, just forget I said anythin.

Uhh, 'kay.

Well, since I'm here, I guess I gotta look for a dorm or something.

... They've got free apartments, now, and an inn. Least till you can find a job, or somethin.

My, that is quite a rarity. There are so few that come back for a round two from what I can tell. How long would were gone for from your perspective?

It's not like I asked for this, ya know...

Hell if I know. A month, maybe?

Did I sound too excited? [ A sympathetic smile. ] My apologies. None of us plan to be here, after all.

Hm. [ He pauses, going through a computer to his side for a moment with a thoughtful look. Investigation is a go. ] Well. It appears you may have been gone for a little more than a year and a half on this end, if your last use of the network can be used as an accurate timestamp. How interesting.

Do you need updates on anything?

Uh, yeah. Sure. But give me the short version if ya can.

...Hey, how did you figure out how long I've been gone?

The short version? Let's see... The current guardians are David Haller, Cassian Andor, Grell Sutcliff, Yukiko Amagi and Weiss Schnee. Non-natives are now in a mayoral position in Nova City and Everglade. There was a barrier breach a while back and some enlightening information was gained about the history that I believe is readily available if you ask the Scientific Research Foundation. There's only one place around here to get excellent coffee, Fayren is currently having difficulty with wildlife from the looks of it, and it's going to rain today. It's September of 2017 according to all the calendars. Does that help? You're probably going to have to ask specifics if you need anything else.

I'm psychic. [ A pause, then a laugh. ] ...I simply looked through the network logs for 'Junpei' and found your face. Looked at the latest date and estimated. It wasn't all that difficult. I was going through the network anyway for a case.

Okay, so a few things haven't changed.

[Whoever this guy is, he appears to be loving this.]

Working on a case? Like a detective, or somethin'?

Good to know it's consistent, right?

[ Please consider him useful. Info-dumping is one of his favorite hobbies. ]

Exactly like a detective.

Just how exactly did you know Levy?

[Protective guild mate is protective.]

[Uh oh.]

Uh... She was a friend. Helped me a bunch the last time I was here. And I helped her against some Shadow that had long, black hair and a steel body. Like a Steel Gigas.

[He means Gajeel.]

And there was the Christmas party and...

[Actually, he better not tell how they found each other under the mistletoe. Not when this lady looks as angry as she does.]

Uh... Heh... I don't remember after that?

Edited (Forgot important words. Sorry about that.) 2017-09-07 04:04 (UTC)

Well a friend of Levy's is a friend of mine, if you ever find yourself in Fayren, be sure to stop by the Fairy Tail guild hall for a drink!

[She'll be keeping an eye on him, because she's a suspicious little thing when it comes to her ~~ships~~ guild mates.]

I'm Mirajane by the way, it's nice to meet you.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Levy's no longer in Genessia. [She's tempted to warn this person about Gajeel, but she figures it's not necessary seeing as he's not here either.] I'm not sure when she left, but it was before I got here.

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