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[Welp, this is not what he expected. His back hurts, he's been left out in the cold, strange world with nothing but an ugly pair of white pants, and...he has things growing out of his back. And a book with his name on it. Oh, and a ugly scar on his chest. So unfair.

Afterlife? You are officially on Notice. You suck. Hardcore. Like a sucky thing.

But at least you have cute wings. Even if they're painful.

Not sure where to go, he wanders around in the forest, tapping the book against his shoulder before carelessly flipping through it - and turning on the video and voice function. The video only shows flashes of the ground and grass or white-clad legs, but the voice picks him up loud and clear.]

---sucks. Where's a guy gotta go to see what's goin' on down below, huh? Ain't someone supposed to come greet me?

Man, I hope I don't get stuck here alone forever. Talkin' to myself is borin'. Reeeeeally boring.

...Whoa, was that a squirrel?

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Wait until I fill your head with rocks. Then we'll see how cute I am!

If you ask my friends, I already got a head fulla rocks.

Gee, I wonder why.

[Okay, honestly. She goes out of her way to be helpful, and of course, something like this happens.]

Probably 'cause I do! [He starts laughing.]

Nah, but seriously - thanks, Tophy. Nice to get a greeting that isn't me getting punched into the dirt.

Mm. Well, he has been here longer than any of us, from what I understand.

[She still has her back to him as she sets out some leftover riceballs on a plate, but she notes both the silence and the sounds of movement and can guess at what he's doing.]

The wings will stop hurting after a day or so. After that it's almost possible to forget they're there.

[Keep this up, and she might come find you to do just that.]

Yeah, sure, whatever.

Aww, did I tease ya too much?

Huh? [The fidgeting stops and he looks up. Never mind the wings, it's that 'longer than any of us' thing that worries him.]

How long?

[How did this even happen? She was the one who did the teasing.]

Nope. I just don't have time to waste on royal dweebs.

Oh... hm.

[She pauses to consider, tilting her head to one side in an absent gesture.]

I've been here since last fall, and Okita-san for... I believe he said a year or so before that? And Nagakura-san was here before Okita-san arrived, though he did return home for a time.

Home? Chi's home isn't in loosetee.

...Loosetee?

[He tries to pronounce it like she does, then realizes what she's saying.]

Oh! So you ain't got a home here?

[How? Heisuke is a master at teasing, that's how. And he's an idiot sometimes.]

Haha, at least I'm a royal one - not just some regular one!

[Last fall. A year and Shinpachi from before that? Then how is...What's... Why doesn't this place make any sense?

Instead of asking anything else for awhile, he just puts the ice pack on his head and flops his upper body down on top of the counter, face down.

He doesn't want to think about this. Ayumu is alive again. Souji's still...hopefully not taken to bed like he remembers. Shinpachi hates him still, but not really. And...well, he's got a nasty scar, but nothing much else. What other surprises are here? What else is going to happen to them?

As he's thinking, his stomach suddenly growls and his brain stops working.]

Uh.....

[Ayumu's timing is impeccable, as she sets the plate down on the counter beside him right then, as though summoned by the rumble of his stomach. And she lingers beside him as well, her voice quiet and carrying perhaps a hint of sympathy.]

None of it really makes any sense, no. Sometimes the only thing you can do is accept that and continue on. At least you have friends here with you?

[Heisuke sits up and the ice slides off, hitting the counter. A moment later and he's got it back in place, even if it means he has to stand a little awkwardly as he reaches for the rice balls.]

....Yeah, guess so.

[He starts stuffing his face because...it's been a year since he last had her food. Too long ago. Way too long ago. It's better than he remembers and it makes things feel like home again even if he isn't sure where he stands anymore. He won't cry because it'd give too much away, but he lowers his head, focused on eating instead of talking. Anything he'd say would just sound stupid right now anyway.]

It's good to see you again, Toudou-san.

[And with that observation she'll just turn away, leaving him to eat in peace. It is the truth, after all: she'd never thought to see anyone again, and every familiar face is a welcome one to her. At the same time, though, she can understand how unsettling this must be for him and has no wish to make it worse.]

[He raises his head when she turns away and then bites his lip. Of all the people he'd hoped to see alive again, she was one of them. It meant he'd have to work twice as hard this time to make sure his family didn't fall apart again. Her and Yamanami and Shinpachi and Souji and everyone. ...if only everyone would show up.]

Hey, Ayu-nee?

[And there she'll pause, glancing over her shoulder with a curious air.]

Yes?

...Thanks. [He raises up the rice ball with a smile.]

Just as good as ever.

[Ayumu smiles, pleased at the compliment but also (despite herself) the fact that he's here to deliver it.]

You're very welcome. And thank you. Just don't spoil your appetite for dinner, hm?

Never! I could eat thirty helpings of whatever you cook!

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, dweebular.

Sure thing, Tophy. Better watch yourself or I'm gonna start calling you by all kinds of nicknames.

You better do exactly the same!

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