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Characters: Maya Amano and anybody else.
Setting: Mess Hall and Floor 28.
Format: I dont care.
Summary: Maya is new at the tower.
Warnings: If any of the Innocent Sin kids tag, there will be sufficient mind-fuckery. Given that Maya from the end of Eternal Punishment. You have been warned.


[The world was destroyed, then saved, then destroyed again, then saved again, and now destroyed once again. You'd think that it would be easier to cope with these occurrences given how often they seem to happen, but this time Maya didn't think she was waking up. Did the others make it out all right? She could only hope that they did. Tatsuya and Katsuya... Baofu and Ulala... Yukki and her classmates. Aside from Yukki and Ulala, it had been a while since she spoke with any of them, being so preoccupied with her job. If only she had spent more effort to see them every once in a while...]

[The oatmeal tasted bland, but it still had more flavor than anything she could make.]

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[The sounds of the musical instruments were plentiful, to say the least. Exploring the tower, Maya came across this room and was a bit tempted to see if she could play anything in this room. Thinking a bit, the only thing she didn't have to put her mouth against and looked rather fun was a gong - picking up the mallet, Maya let a resounding boom echo throughout the room, thinking it was rather fun.]

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Apparently this man never had to deal with Trish's Fountain of Healing and HORRIBLY EXPENSIVE PRICES.

Still, it was nice to see that there were actual human beings in this tower, though. Finishing up her oatmeal, Maya walked on over to Sho, smiling, and sat herself down.

"Hi there!"

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No, he got to deal with alignment temples kicking him out. He'd rather pay out his ear for Trish's ice cream.

Sho jolted awkwardly when Maya spoke up, turning to stare at her with wide eyes before relaxing slightly. Still tense, but not nearly as stiff.

"Ah, hi." Why did he feel nervous? Sure, he was still jittery from Ropponji, but that shouldn't have meant anything now. "Are you...new? New, too, I mean?"

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Maya simply nodded. "Do I make it that obvious?" Maya tried to laugh it off, but the worrisome expression on her face wasn't going to go away anytime soon. Especially after the weird sleep-paralysis.

"So we're both new," Maya concluded, her reporter's instincts sharp as ever. "Just out of curiosity - do you come from Japan, too?" Maya then shook her head, realizing how forward she was being without introducing herself. Visibly taking a step back as she straightened up her spine, she bowed politely. "My name's Maya Amano - sorry for not introducing myself earlier."

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Even if she was new, she sure was on the ball. Sho was almost flustered, but did manage to choke out a "Uh? Yeah, Kichijoji. Er, what's...left of it anyway, 'fore the demons got to it." before knitting his brows together. He gave a half-bow, the head-mount for his comp flopping down by the sudden motion. He didn't bother to set it back, and just let it dangle around his neck.

"Sho Futsuo. Uh, are...you a survivor too? Of the bombing?" Her clothes weren't exactly...normal for Tokyo-2036. There wasn't nearly enough poncho.

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"Bombing?" Apparently another version of Japan was in trouble. "I suppose it doesn't help if I tell you that I come from a version of Japan that was more or less annihilated after a UFO underneath my city decided to rise up." Well, it was more complicated than that, but it was a really long story - in any case, Maya was far more interested in this bombing. As if the bombs that the Joker set off weren't enough!

"That's an interesting device around your neck. I take it that's from your home world?"