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Yeah... Don't get sick from working too much, Dad. Mom is going to fret if you get bedridden for days again.

[ THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A DADDY JOKE, but he's so surprised? Like what— ]

This is Akira.

... W-What? This is... Akira?

[ Holy shit.

If embarrassment had tiers, this would easily be top tier. ]

Why didn't you say anything?!

[ ?????????????? ]

... I was put on the spot?

But! I... I dialed the right number...

[ oh my god this must be another one of those weird city things

he wants to disappear into a hole ]

... You're not actually sick, right?

... I'm okay for now, but I've been tired lately.

[ But that isn't too important. ]

I've been having trouble calling my dad, too, but I didn't get this kind of luck.

[ his bad luck rearing its ugly head at him again... ]

It took so many tries for the call to get through, but I guess the phone lines were tired of me and redirected me to you. Sorry about all that...

I might just send my parents an email at this point... Did something happen though?

Yeah, but I'm kind of suspicious about all of this...

[ He doesn't want to bring up his theory that they may be cut off from the rest of the world! Stay positive. ]

No, I just thought I would give him a call since he's been on a lot of business trips lately. Who's your wound?

I think it's right to be suspicious after everything the city has gone though... And my shoulder is fine! It's as if nothing happened. I dropped off a basket of fruit so it should be in your kitchen somewhere. Elliot took them in.

Though, thanks again for taking care of me.

You recovered very quickly. [ Oh. ] That was from you? Thanks. I think some of my housemates took a couple of bites into it already. Probably not Elliot, but the others.

[ EXASPERATED SIGH. ]

... I actually didn't do much. It'd be great if I could heal.

You did all that you could until I could get healed, right? I think that's more than enough... You even tried to get me to talk and stuff, so I think you did a good job. Like the first aid stuff! I would have just panicked if I was in your situation...

So, um.

I thought that was pretty cool of you.

In hindsight, you should have not waste your breath when you're bleeding out. [ HE DIDN'T THINK IT THROUGH. ] But it got you to calm down a bit... I guess that's good.

[ .................................. ]

Th...anks.

[ HE'S SO AWKWARD. ]

[ . . . ]

Did I... say something weird?

[ what's with this atmosphere ]

No—[ SHIT WHY DID HE DO THIS TO HIMSELF. ]

No... I just don't usually get called cool except from like... [ Uh. ] Yosuke.

Oh, well... It's true! Staying calm in a situation like that and knowing what you're doing is pretty admirable.

And uh... I dunno. You just give off that kind of vibe.

It wouldn't be good if we both freaked out, right?

[ HE HAS TO BE THE SENPAI. ]

... But that guy. Is he from your memories?

Yeah, I found out a bit after all that happened... I feel like the one we had was a lite version compared to what I remember.

[ less lasers, more predatory ]

... I guess it's complicated.

[ Well, Akira is only glad that they saw a lite version. The lazer was fast and there was little time to react to it. He's quiet as he thinks if he should press it a bit. ]

I get what you mean. I got a silly fog poltergeist... But it ended up being a lot darker than I imagined.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised... The fog really did go all out in making that kind of dark stuff. I saw a walking teddy bear bomb and a robot that flung cars everywhere. It felt like I was in a horror survival video game without weapons. It felt like nothing was safe...

Oh, those definitely felt more like mine. I had a giant silver piggy bank chasing me? Well, it was more like a safe. And there was this guy that was part horsefly.

He also rapped and spoke in slang.

[ Like damn. ]

[ . . . ]

I think that's the weirdest thing I've ever heard ever since I got the app.

[ And that's something. ]

Were his raps cringeworthy? [ lmao ]

I guess so, but he was also threatening to kill me and my friend.

[ How does one take this seriously?! ]

But he's a version of this big mobster that has control of the drug trade in Tokyo...

A what? Drug trade?

[ Why would Akira have anything to do with a drug trade in Tokyo??? ]

Did you, uh... beat them up? In your memories? I mean, you probably could since you're a summoner and stuff.

Yeah. We did—he begged and everything.

[ It made him feel a bit better about it all... They were looking out for those that were being blackmailed and wrung out by the mobster. ]

So about that guy that shot lasers...

[ TELL HIM MORE. ]

... What about him?

[ There's just. so much. Where to even begin... ]

He wanted me dead in my memories too. ... It's still a bit surreal saying that.

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