[Is Ryouma playing games with him again? He doesn't want to admit it, but the other brushing his hand away...Ryouma would only do that if he was feeling tense and worried about something, if this was something serious and not a joke at all. Takatora picks up his phone to take it with him, looks at the screen and...
Oh.]
Just how many times have you tried to contact me?
[Honestly, he'd been half convinced this is a dream. But these are things that Ryouma would actually say, demands he would have. He seems worried in the messages.]
Did something happen? You...you've been dead, you know. For awhile now. You can't just show up and tell me to look at differences-
[He realizes suddenly that the Yggdrasil logo is not on anything he seems to own. There was no tree marking the cards on his bedroom dresser, he just hadn't thought to consider it. The phone is also different, just slightly, with a different casing and a different lock screen. It's himself and Mitsuzane, which is... He's gotten closer with his brother, but not this close. Not close enough to have them both smiling.]
...Is this someone's idea of a joke?
[He doesn't know what's going on, but it makes his stomach twist with worry. Without warning he turns to the nearest window and opens it.
The site that greets him has him stumbling backwards a few steps: this is not Zawame City outside his window.]
Where are we?
[And then another, immediate thought that has his turning down another hallway.]
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[Is Ryouma playing games with him again? He doesn't want to admit it, but the other brushing his hand away...Ryouma would only do that if he was feeling tense and worried about something, if this was something serious and not a joke at all. Takatora picks up his phone to take it with him, looks at the screen and...
Oh.]
Just how many times have you tried to contact me?
[Honestly, he'd been half convinced this is a dream. But these are things that Ryouma would actually say, demands he would have. He seems worried in the messages.]
Did something happen? You...you've been dead, you know. For awhile now. You can't just show up and tell me to look at differences-
[He realizes suddenly that the Yggdrasil logo is not on anything he seems to own. There was no tree marking the cards on his bedroom dresser, he just hadn't thought to consider it. The phone is also different, just slightly, with a different casing and a different lock screen. It's himself and Mitsuzane, which is... He's gotten closer with his brother, but not this close. Not close enough to have them both smiling.]
...Is this someone's idea of a joke?
[He doesn't know what's going on, but it makes his stomach twist with worry. Without warning he turns to the nearest window and opens it.
The site that greets him has him stumbling backwards a few steps: this is not Zawame City outside his window.]
Where are we?
[And then another, immediate thought that has his turning down another hallway.]
Is Mitsuzane alright? Where is he?