first;

[lookslikemomo]

[There is someone in the Alchemy district fiddling with his Relic. If you're sneaky enough to look over his shoulder, he's writing something on the notepad function. Something about shiny walls that teleport you to a weird area, the Omega server, and Christmas. It might entirely be fiction, but then Takeshi talks to himself out loud:]

And that's when I blank out... I remember a Christmas event, and then I wake up here with at least half of my previous levels. And there's no way to contact Zero or Amaterasu or Yuuta, unless I try to party invite them, but there are entries missing in my contact list... [a sigh.] No sign of Spin, either.

[Dogs do get curious too, you know! Anyone is free to bother him, and ask him what this is all about.]

Comments

[lookslikemomo]

Only one other time, but that's how I first got here.

[wait, no, if he was conversing with himself, wouldn't the other voice be his own...? takeshi looks around and suddenly feels embarrassed.]

Oh, um. Hi! [awkward smiling...!]

[doingthemistything]

Hi there. [Kirino smiles politely.] Sorry for interrupting, I just got curious.

[lookslikemomo]

No, that's alright! I guess it's my bad for talking to myself out loud, haha! [maybe he's a little to carefree...]

[doingthemistything]

Oh, also, you're a friend of Yuuta's? [Since that was the other thing that caught Kirino's attention...]

[lookslikemomo]

[!!! There really was just one Yuuta he knows, so!]

Yep! Are you a friend of his, too? From his world? [since you guys are closer in terms of age than he is... but he's happy that Yuuta has a lot of friends here, in a big brother sort of happy]

[doingthemistything]

I met him not too long ago actually... wait. "From his world"?

[lookslikemomo]

Oh! You're pretty young so I thought you might have been friends before you came here...

You're new, aren't you? You haven't been told that people who appear here might come from different worlds? It's kind of like an alien abduction! [okay okay don't let him get carried away...!]

[doingthemistything]

Yeah, I guess you could say that I'm new.

Huh, so other worlds do exist out there? Weird. [But kinda cool. The "alien abduction" part doesn't really get much of a reaction out of him, though.] And there's no way back?

[lookslikemomo]

Well, yeah, if you think about it. If this one exists, and the aliens sent us here, then the world we live in is in a different place! Then that means there could be other worlds too! [so he probably is just taking these explanations from manga and games he's played...]

...Yeah, that's the only down side. Can't log out of The World. [siiiigh.] Though... some people have found a way out, somehow. I don't know how they did it, but I had a friend who managed to do that.

[doingthemistything]

It may not be aliens.

[Though it could be... Eh, who knows.] I see... Well, best to just enjoy what we have for now, right? No use moping about our situation and whatnot.

[lookslikemomo]

Well, if it wasn't aliens, then who? [come on, you know you want to answer this!!]

Mm! That's the spirit! I know I won't be able to do anything by just sitting here and wondering how Sumire-chan is doing without me, but I'm sure she'll hate it if she knew I didn't do my best here, either.

[doingthemistything]

[Kirino shrugs.] I dunno. For all we know, it actually could be aliens, I guess. Though I'm probably not going to be thinking much about that, you know? [He laughs a bit.]

A friend from your world?

[lookslikemomo]

Haha, you're right. It's no use thinking of what got us here. Thinking of the way out is much better! [biiig grin! he likes you now.]

Sumire-chan? [hm. should he be telling children about that...] Sumire-chan is someone important to me. She takes good care of me, and gives me baths and feeds me! She's a really great person! [close enough???]

[doingthemistything]

Oh! I'm Kirino Ranmaru, by the way. [His own smile widens in response; it's almost like Takeshi's grin is infectious!]

Ah, I see!

[lookslikemomo]

And I'm Takeshi! Nice to meet you, Ranmaru! [he will call you by your given name and there is nothing you can do about it.]

We should exchange member addresses! [holding up his Relic!]