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

[yougotthatwrong]

['Or you...' he thought to himself as he noticed that the person before him really is the person whose name he accidentally blurted out during his outburst.

...What happened to her to cause her look this way, he doesn't know at the moment, but at the very least, he knew that there's still some parts of her left intact after all that...]

...Right, I guess that'd be better for all of us.

[idolwarrior]

Good. I almost forgot how cute you looked as a youngster.

[ She grins lightly, ruffling his hair a little. That's true, she's got the image of him as an adult in her mind- and it's somehow different than the one she's in front of. Regardless of how that's only an image the admins provided to her brain. ]

[yougotthatwrong]

-!?!!!?

[There's a sound that's a cross between a squeak and a shout, likely because he wasn't expecting this at all!!!]

I-I'm not cute...!

[DENIAL MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND!!!]

[idolwarrior]

[ Naegi stop doing this, you'll just make her want to tease you more...

And she does, pinching his cheek affectionately. ]

Now now, don't deny such a blatant truth. I prefer you this way, honestly.

[yougotthatwrong]

Ih'd rather nhot!

[ahdjkashdkjash OH MY GOD HIS FACE IS NOW STARTING TO BE RED FROM ALL THE PINCHING.]

[idolwarrior]

[ Giggle giggle, he's so easy to tease even now. ]

What's wrong? Can't handle a compliment now?

[yougotthatwrong]

[why did you have to say that, Maizono-san...!]

M-maizono-san!

[HE'S SO EMBARRASSED BY THIS HE CAN'T EVEN.]

[idolwarrior]

[ Just gonna pinch his cheek again HE'S SO MOE... ]

You realize that behaving like this makes you even cuter, right?

[yougotthatwrong]

[...fuck gently caress his life.]

...N-not really!

[idolwarrior]

[ She laughs, retracting her hand. ]

I'm just messing with you. Did you think I was serious?

[ Well she is serious when she thinks he's cute, ok... in her mind, her issues with him are long gone. ]

[yougotthatwrong]

You sure looked like it!

[god he looks so embarrassed...]

[idolwarrior]

Whoa, really? Do you think I'm crushing on you or something? [ NO SHAME. AT ALL. ]

[yougotthatwrong]

-!?!!!!?!!!!!

[BACKPEDALING A BIT.]

N-no! You're a bit too old for that too, aren't you!?

[idolwarrior]

Don't play dumb. You're as old as I am, so where's the problem?

[yougotthatwrong]

W-well...

[That got him, to be honest.]

[idolwarrior]

[ She gives him a look, and then bursts into laughter again. ]

It's not like we know each other for just a week, so why are you so embarassed? You've been laughing along with my teasings before.

[yougotthatwrong]

W-well, it's sort of different right now in this timeline...

[considering their relationship is being pretty damn rocky right now.]

[idolwarrior]

Whatever it is that's making you think so, you shouldn't worry about it so much.

[yougotthatwrong]

...huh?

[There's a look of slight confusion on Makoto's face at that.]

[idolwarrior]

We're friends, right? Are you doubting that?

[yougotthatwrong]

No, I'm not.

[There's a shake of his head as her words actually caused him to give a little smile.]

After all, it's kinda hard to break those kinds of bonds, isn't it?

[idolwarrior]

Right. Who in their right mind would think that we can break it so slightly?

[ HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHHAHAA... hahahahha... ]

[yougotthatwrong]

Someone who is dumb enough to do that?

[He's going to give a small chuckle at that.]

[idolwarrior]

Not you, right?

[ RIGHT??? ]

[yougotthatwrong]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA, Of course not...!

[That was definitely a genuine laughter rather than a REALLY nervous one.]