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[imusntrunaway]

[Meanwhile!! Shinji's waiting! Playing with his cat as he waits :|b]

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[Hopefully the cat doesn't attack him upon arrival! Maybe he even bought something for the cat. Maybe he has a bell or something. But he will knock on Shinji's door in just a few minutes!]

[imusntrunaway]

[It's perfectly safe! Especially since Shinji's cat is as timid as he is. Shinji will be opening the door with a smile, the cat darting beneath one of the beds when the door opens.]

Hey. Did you go somewhere? [That's why he's making a delivery, right?]

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Yeah. To America. The Mekakushi-dan wanted to do a supply run but it ended up being kind of a vacation so I thought I might bring some stuff back. Do you eat popcorn?

[He's not sure if he's ever mentioned the dan's name to Shinji but oh well. He has a bag full of random stuff like that popcorn and a mug and also a tourist's hoodie and some other trinkets. Definitely photo postcards as always. And also a box of hot chocolate mixes.]

[imusntrunaway]

That's... your gang, right? [He's heard about it from Momo!! To him, it sounded more like some sort of club than anything. And that's a ton of stuff there Shintaro. Shinji offers to help carry some of it?] I don't mind popcorn.

... did you guys spend the entire time buying souvenirs like this?

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They'd call it one.

[He'll let Shinji take it. It's his, anyway!]

Most of it. I mean, we got actual food that'll last, too, and things for the winter, but we messed around a lot. I think they needed it.

[imusntrunaway]

[So many things? He sets it all down, setting them to the side for now. He'll organize it later.]

Your sister's in the gang too, isn't she? [He gives a sincere smile.] I think... it must've helped both of you.

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... It helped Momo a lot.

She didn't have a lot of friends because of this-- issue. They were the first ones she called her friends to me, so.

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I could tell by the way she talked about them. She really likes them.

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I didn't know you talked to Momo.

But yeah. They're... good guys. I hadn't talked to people for years but they weren't difficult to get along with at all.

[imusntrunaway]

[He sheepishly glances away.] Um, I didn't believe she was your sister at first. But she used emotes a lot like you do.

You're not as bad as you think you are.

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... I've been worse.

[he laughs though] You know that's pretty normal for people to do, right? Kaomojis? Is that how you put us together?

[imusntrunaway]

[Cut him some slack he comes from an age where computers are like Windows -90. He mumbles a bit.]

Well, I haven't met her in person... I only had the text to go off of. It made better sense at the time.

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... Aaah, I kind of. Feel bad making you explain so it's okay.

[He looks at him.]

... You're fourteen? Fifteen?

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Fifteen. I had my birthday here.

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Fifteen, huh...

[sigh]

I keep forgetting she's older than you.

[imusntrunaway]

[Ahhh wait]

... is she? She didn't sound like it.

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Yeah. She's sixteen.

Well, you're better than most of the dan, I guess. Good job, Ikari.

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[He's... better than someone? Wow]

How many members are there...?

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I'm number seven.

... But Ayano was zero, so there were eight from our town. And they added more since we got here. Maybe ten or more?

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Are you the oldest out of them...?

[Shouldn't that make Shintaro the leader then]

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Me? Yeah, I am. I'm the newest member from back there, though.