The Coast of Sanity before the Sea of Insanity

[yougotthatwrong]

Who: Makoto Naegi and Everyone
What: Strange Things and Naegi are a pair, apparently.
Where: Floor 1, 4 and Everywhere Else
When: 13 - 19
Format: Actionspam, but I'll follow
Warning: N/A for now

[To say that the sights of some of the usual inhabitants being older and at times, more distant than ever before didn't shake him is an understatement, Makoto found as he was completely dumbfounded at the subtle changes he recognized apart from their behaviors. Regardless, if what his experience told him was right, and that the patterns he had written within his notebook was correct; this was yet another experiment, it seems.

Or a glitch, but either ways, yet another strange thing happened in this tower, just like clockwork.]

[Floor 1]
[Perhaps that was why he's now spending his time in the cafeteria, looking over his notes and adding more information as he watched the people going about their routine in this place.

...If you happened to know him, or used to know him in your "past", you might find him just staring at you if you happened to be perceptive enough, but either ways, he'll try to have a normal conversation with you; just to make things a little bit less awkward if you do confront him.]

[Floor 4]
[This might not be the correct place to look at his own gathered information, but regardless, Makoto's engrossed in reading his notebook to the point he looked distant from the world around him as the sound of somebody rifling through pages of information could be heard at moments of silence.

It's a bit annoying, really.]

[Everywhere Else]
[If you wish to do your own scenario, feel free to do so!]

Comments

floor 1

[septette]

[ SUP up comes a Remilia, though she looks a bit older and it sporting her cape. ]

Makoto! There you are! [ As far as she was concerned, in her 100 extra years in this place, he should be dead. Humans don't live that long, right? Sakuya aside. But she just pushed it off as Tower shenanigans. ] You'd better hurry up, or you'll miss our next important meeting. Can't have that.

[ what do you mean you have no idea what she's talking about, naegi ]

[yougotthatwrong]

...............??????????

[You can probably see all the question marks above his head Remilia......]

Um, Scarlet-san... what are you talking about?

[septette]

[ She frowns, and sticks her hands on her hips. ]

Did you hit your head again, boy? Our big group meetings. They're always Mondays and Fridays.

1/2

[yougotthatwrong]

...Um... I don't really remember that we have them on Mondays and Fridays...

[...Ah, perhaps...]

2/2

[yougotthatwrong]

...Oh, right! I totally forgot.

[let's... just play along for now...]

floor 1

[stillchainsawing]

[ Yup, Urotsuki is quite a bit older than usually now, halfway through her twenties by now. And obviously it also goes along with physical changes, so good job if you actually still recognized her, Naegi.. and it's a good thing she can still brush off weird things easily, so she doesn't think much at all of him being so young even now.

But she does notice the staring, so she walks over to him. There's actually a small smile on her face, expressing emotions is a little easier nowadays. ]

Is anything wrong..?

[yougotthatwrong]

Oh, uh! Nothing's wrong!

[...He looked a bit surprised that she's talking to him, but then again he was too engrossed in trying to put a name to her behavior...]

[stillchainsawing]

.. You seem so surprised. [ She blinks, a little curiously. ]

I didn't scare you, did I? It's just me..

[yougotthatwrong]

It's just... you...?

[okay, he's seen a lot of things the other inhabitants went through, but not the ones he's known so-

excuse him as he double takes a bit when her face finally clicks with him. She does seem older...]

...Urotsuki-san?

Floor 1

[idolwarrior]

Hey, what's wrong? I'm not some ugly alien, you know.

[ Hi Naegi, do you remember the idol who kinda tried to ruin your life back in that school? She's now 37 years old and almost unrecognizable, with hair cut, sword and all. ]

[yougotthatwrong]

...!?

[Well...!]

U-uh, no you're not, but you sort of remind me of someone...

[idolwarrior]

[ Her eyebrow arches. ]

Naegi-kun, I didn't know you were one to start jokes.

[yougotthatwrong]

...It wasn't a joke...

[nope, still a bit clueless...]

Floor 1

[unteachableapprentice]

[It's kind of nostalgic. Seeing someone taking notes in a cafeteria reminded the Warmage of when he was just a boy under the wing of his Master. Not that he was ever the note-taker, mind. That was too boring for him.

So which is probably why he's just going to plop down right beside a total stranger. And try to sneak a peek into the stranger's notes, no less.]

Trying to study? Seems kind of meaningless in this tower.

[yougotthatwrong]

[he might've got a few peeks in and found out that it's just a bunch of writing in behavior changes and all.

Not to mention the info being a tad bit disorganized. But hey, at least he doesn't look that surprised at the stranger...]

Well, I guess it could be called studying...

[unteachableapprentice]

[he took a while to see it, but he does decipher it after a bit. This is why you don't skip your literacy lessons, damnit.]

'Behavioral changes'? Funny thing to study. Unless you mean this place wasn't originally filled with horned people with a tendency to be incredibly depressing.

[yougotthatwrong]

No, it's about recent events, actually...

[more like, 'this just happened today' recent.]

[Floor 1]

[superprogrammer]

...

[Chihiro, who is 10 years older and much taller (5'8 now), sees Naegi... Eh? Why is Naegi all young and small again? Or is it just someone who looks like a younger Naegi? He watches him curiously for a moment before coming closer.]

Naegi-kun? Is that you?

[yougotthatwrong]

[At this point he's learned to expect people recognizing him, but still...

This guy looks sort of familiar...]

Uh, yeah, guess I am...

[superprogrammer]

Eh..? But you look... so much younger... Does that mean...

[He touches his chin lightly as he tips his head slightly to one side to think.]

So Alter Ego was right...? The time here... But is it really possible... I guess I shouldn't really be surprised anymore at wh- Ah, sorry! I am rambling a bit, aren't I? That was rude of me. I'm sorry!

[With that he gives a little bow of apology.]

[yougotthatwrong]

[>Take Keyword: 'Alter Ego'
Present: 'Identity']

...Fujisaki-san...!?

[Yeah, he looks completely flabbergasted by this.]

[eyebrowsareforever]

[Sup Naegi, you surely know something's up by now. So it shouldn't be much of a surprise when a somewhat older Ishimaru just sits right next to him.]

Good morning, Makoto!

[You get First Name privileges with some people after ten years, okay. Ishimaru has elected only to use said privileges with a select few.]

[yougotthatwrong]

[And that alone was enough to cause him to do a spit-take from his drink, because WOW only a few people called him by his first name here...!]

G-Good morning...

[He's going to just. Stare at the person beside him for a moment before.]

Ishimaru-kun, right?

[might as well ask.]

[eyebrowsareforever]

Of course! Why would you... ask...?

[Waaait a minute. He squints a little at Naegi, trying to discern whether or not they are from the same point in time. Naegi's initial confusion should be all the evidence he needs, but...]

...Could you stand up for a moment?

[yougotthatwrong]

U-uh, right.

[He's going to awkwardly stand up.

Notice how short he is now?]