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[For those who know Shinjiro Aragaki, they'll have reason to be concerned. He may very well be ill, because when is the last time you saw him crying, whimpering, and panicking at the same time? In fact, when have you seen him do just one of those things at all?]

Um, Yu-kun? Anybody around? I ain't in my apartment anymore. I think there's something wrong with my operating system. Am I seein' things right?

['Shinjiro' looks at himself in the mirror. He's also speaking with a really funny accent.]

I can move around and stuff, but I...I feel weird inside. There's all this wet stuff in my mouth and my body's makin' weird noises too. It don't sound too happy...

[She's hungry. She's never needed to eat before.]

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[tsuncanned]

[...Fair enough.

Yukari's aware of how hostile she's been acting; and though she doesn't plan on dropping her guard any time soon, this Anti-Shadow unit has at least been cooperative.]

Just tell me this, then. What year was it?

[redpeacoat]

The year? 2012.

1/2

[tsuncanned]

[......oh.]

[tsuncanned]

[Why didn't she just ask that sooner? It's not like she's a stranger to having her friends be from different time periods--

Even different time lines.]

... You're two years ahead of me.

[She doesn't look happy about it, but it's an explanation.]

[redpeacoat]

[Humans are much more emotive than robots. Even though she is capable of it in her mechanical body, the human body has an annoying side effect causes the airways to clog up and produce a sniffly, congested sound.]

Yeah, Yu-kun didn't know who I was when I got here neither. He's the only friend I got right now.

Butcha know Aigis and the other Shadow Operatives?

[tsuncanned]

[Right, he did mention Yu-kun at first-- not to mention he recognized Yosuke's form. So... what, he's been to Inaba, then? Is there some kind of connection there?

The congested sound kind of interrupts her thoughts. But she answers honestly, even if she's still acting apprehensive.]

I didn't exactly know them as "Shadow Operatives." But yeah, I did.

[Mitsuru-senpai in particular is one of her best friends, though she doesn't really see the need to explain that...]

[redpeacoat]

I see. That's how I know'em. They're kinda kooky, but they mean well!

[tsuncanned]

[Did you just call her friends "kooky" ...]

... What did they do?

[redpeacoat]

Yeah, Mitsuru-san's got this huge car...a limousine? And this amazin' fur coat. And Akihiko-san likes t'run around without a shirt on for some reason, and he looks scary...they don't pass very well for undercover types.

[Another thing Shinjiro may never do: giggle like a school girl.]

[tsuncanned]

[Oh god, that giggle is jarring. It almost distracts her from everything else he's saying!

...Almost.]

That's crazy...

[That's.

Yeah, those are the only words she can muster at the moment. Though at the very least, her tone isn't one of disbelief.

She's just... a little stunned.]

[redpeacoat]

[If only you'd met her in the proper body.]

Maybe we should go look for him! I bet he's in my new box. Er, apartment!

[Another stomach growl.]

Oh, and get some of that food too.

[tsuncanned]

[... Oh, right. Shinjiro's body should be just upstairs, huh? Yukari had been sitting comfortably on a couch in the lobby, so she idly looks towards the stairs-- then back to the screen, nodding.]

Food'll be easy.

[She doesn't sound too worried about that.]

So... where is your apartment, then?

[redpeacoat]

It can't be too far from here. I can zip around town pretty fast. Well, I could. How do ya walk with these things? It's kinda complicated!

[tsuncanned]

[Hard to imagine Shinjiro-senpai "zipping" anywhere, but she'll let that pass in favor of his question. She assumes "these things" to mean... feet.]

...Complicated? You just put one foot in front of the other.

[How is that complicated?]