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[ here, Vatheon, have some wet fresh meat on the video. he holds out the sfc, pulling a pair of sunglasses on and swinging an arm around the nearest local he can find. ]

Listen, this lovely device here is going to help me help you. You see that red light? Yes, it means that in about ten minutes if you don't tell me where I am, we may have the entire secret services learning about this place--

It's a StarFish Communicator.

-- huh? No, don't give me no "star fish" crap. I'm telling you, I've got this thing hotwired to tell the entire U S of A everything I can find about this place.

N-no, sir, uhm. It's recording.

Of course it's recording! It's sending it to the FBI--

No, it's recording to the entire city.

. . .

Please let me go.

[ and that's when America looks over the tip of his sunglasses at the SFC, shoving the local away and bringing it close to his face. Hi, Vatheon, have a load of bright blue eyes in your video feed. ]

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[redcloakedthief]

[...oh oh oh oh here's his chance.]

Yo.

...You lost the game.

[flags]

[ fdsjhgdkjh jumping back oh it spoke guh

staring at the tiny person in the tiny video ]

... That's a really old meme.

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[redcloakedthief]

[...?]

Meme...?

[2/2]

[redcloakedthief]

Anyway. Welcome back. Heh. I'm sure you're happy to be back and don't remember a thing.

[flags]

... "Don't remember a thing"?

[redcloakedthief]

Unless you harass the natives for the fun of it. I guess that's an option.

[flags]

I think if I was here before, I'd remember it, bro.

[redcloakedthief]

But you don't.

You think wrong, America.

[flags]

. . . That's creepy.

[redcloakedthief]

Ha! I'm just telling it like I see it. What's so creepy about that?

[flags]

Just that other people know me but I don't know them.

[redcloakedthief]

Well, maybe I should be hurt.

Look at that! After all we've been through, you don't remember me!

[unnoticeable]

[He's sort of staring. For a while. In fact, he's not too sure what to say. Except that someone's still a bit of an idiot but the place is complete without him around.]

America. It's not nice to hassle people like that. It's not their fault, really. It just sort of happens.

[flags]

[ !!! ]

Bro! How the hell does this thing get service down here-- where are you? How can I get back home?

[unnoticeable]

W- well... you're sort of stuck down here. Like everyone else who's on the network. On the plus side, there's an elevator that goes up to the surface to an island. On the downside, you can't flee the island. [Which he felt important to state since he could see his dear brother trying to swim for freedom.]

Anyway, this is Vatheon. And I'm in the park.

[flags]

[ TRYING TO PROCESS THIS AND JUST... ]

I'm so confused and don't know whether to freak out or faint. Where's the park?

[unnoticeable]

Please don't faint. I'm less likely to find you if you do that. If you freak out, however, I could probably find you easier...

[Totally unhelpful.] How about I meet you by the fountain? Can you find that?

[flags]

I can definitely find that, I'm not an idiot--

Actually, don't answer that. I'll just meet you there.

[unnoticeable]

[Good call there, Bro. He'd have hated to have had to answer that truthfully.]

I'll be there in a few minutes.

[flags]

[ hanging up and waitannnn for his bro ]

action!

[unnoticeable]

[This time, he doesn't even get sidetracked by watching the sky which is always fun to watch because come on. Water is out there.

Anyway, he's offering a cheerful smile and wave.] So anyway, welcome.

[flags]

[SMILES and suddenly hugs]

Hey! I mean, I just saw you the other day so it's not like oh my long lost brother but still, hey!

[unnoticeable]

[A warning would be nice next time. Then again, hugs are better without warnings.

And don't mind him hugging back. He's totally not trying to hug the stuffing out of him so to say. Nope. Not at all...]

Lucky for you, eh? I haven't seen you in... well 'forever' sounds cheesy but it sometimes feels like that. It has been oddly lacking without you around.

[flags]

[ SQUEEZED but it will take more than that to make him ... break ]

Man, how long have you been here? If you say more than a month I'm going to beat up whoever is in charge here.

[unnoticeable]

[Thankfully he has no plans to see if he can actually break him. ...that and it's an impossible feat so he's not foolish enough to try.]

Well... it sort of depends. I originally showed up over a year ago. Left last... March-ish or so for a little bit. Showed back up again. Left again in the summer for a little bit only to re-show back up. Again.

[flags]

This place just won't get rid of you, geez. You must miss home a lot.

[unnoticeable]

I do but at the same time I'm not really looking forward to going back. N- not because I don't want to see anyone or anything. It's just that before I came here... well let's just say it wasn't a fun time.

[flags]

. . . What do you mean by that?

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[unnoticeable]

...haha. Nothing, really. I'm from 1917 is all. Still so much to look forward to.

..and before you ask, yeah. I sort of already know what happens again. Not the full details, but just the general outline.

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[unnoticeable]

Anyway, I'm still glad you're here now.

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[codenameninja]

* ... Looks like America-san doesn't remember his time here after all. But Japan puts aside his disappointment now.*

I'm afraid he's telling the truth America-san. Um, welcome to Vatheon I suppose.

[flags]

[ ... weh ]

Japan! This... is not entirely how I wanted to see you again, no!

[codenameninja]

A-ah, I'm sorry. If you don't want to be bothered right now, I can always call back later.

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[aspiring]

[... He doesn't remember.]

[2/2]

[aspiring]

[—So, time to pretend that that doesn't hurt.]

Still an idiot, I see.

[flags]

[ >V ]

Oi! What do you mean by that?

[aspiring]

Exactly what it sounds like that! Only you would come back and be so loud and obnoxious right away.

[flags]

It's only obnoxious if it's rude.

[aspiring]

And you don't call that rude?

[flags]

My variation of rude differs.

[aspiring]

[...]

Still an idiot, yup.

[There's a bit of fondness as he says it, though.

... He really did miss this guy.]

[Video]

[singularjustice]

"...America?" That was not a face N expected to see on the SFC anytime soon, and he is not quite sure what to make of it now that he has.

This could all end poorly.

That is, if he remembered.

[flags]

...

[ stares at -- oh.

OH HE KNOWS YOU... from... home. Not gonna say why that would be weird and possibly just a cosplayer.

You are a cosplayer, N. ]

Uhm, hello?

[singularjustice]

...you don't remember me, do you?

[flags]

Ah, should I?

[singularjustice]

...it's okay. It doesn't matter.

-- Welcome to Vatheon.