[Audio]

[sakedrinking]

... its on.

Wh-huh? Oh! U-um... I-I have no idea what to say...

I already told you. Introduce yourself.

... are you sure this isn't just some odd dream? Maybe I hit my head back there.

Positive! *inaudible grumbling*

U... um... I'm... Haku... Yowane. Haku Yowane. H-hello. I'm... new... here I guess? Uh. I was kind of hoping maybe... some one's seen my siblings? I was with Neru, my sister... a-and my little brother and sister wandered off to explore the coast-

You're not near a coast anymore, in case you failed to notice.

*silence*

... Haku?

... I need a drink...

Comments

[konruhorokeu.livejournal.com]

Hey kid, ignore Dr. Grumpy there, okay?

[Attached: ice flowers, a wooden bear good luck trinket, and a hand-carved flute]

Don't worry, kiddo, it's not always as bad as people make it out to be!

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

I-I don't... what if... nng...

This isn't working, chief. She's about three seconds from cracking. I haven't seen a reaction this bad in... a long damn time.

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

Sure... right... I'm sure you didn't just abandon your younger siblings in a town you've never been in before...

Sorry, she's really not taking this very well.

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[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

It's alright. You don't have to apologize for yelling at me.

Mm, I left my cousin back home, but he's here. This world can work for you so that they can come here, or so I've been told.

And, aww, don't be scared, Haku. I'll make sure that nothing bad will ever happen to you while you're here.

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[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

I-Ium... I don't...

Neon City. You might want to hurry. She's losing it pretty bad. Just look for the mass of white hair on the sidewalk. It'll be a dead give away.

[konruhorokeu.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe they'll turn up soon, too! You never know.

I left my little sister behind too, but I'm sure she's fine. Maybe she'll even turn up too. It's happened a lot before, I heard, and maybe it'll happen again for you.

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[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

I'll be right there.

Don't move an inch, you hear me?

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

*sniffle* M-me and the others are supposed to take care of the little ones, and I said I'd take Neru with me a-and go get the twins from the coast after we were done and... wh-what's gonna happen if I don't make it back? They might get lost or something a-and...

and... why me, anyway? I'm nothing special. I'm not even a really real Vocaloid. I'm just a copy...

[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

Better to have it out and over with rather than let it fest while you still can, I think.

Shall I tell you a tale?

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[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

'kay...

Ready and waiting! I'll make sure she doesn't go anywhere. *Phascomon salutes but of course it can't be seen*

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

... I'm not sure it'll be good for her, coming from you. But shoot.

[konruhorokeu.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the others are taking care of them for you! Have faith in your friends and family. Nothing is ever as bad as it's initially made out to be!

You sound special enough to me. Don't let yourself down so much, okay? Cute girls shouldn't cry.

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

... 'kay. Um. Th-thanks for the gifts... *pause* ... how do you know I'm cute? I don't think I am.

For a spastic cyborg, you're not terrible looking, if that's what you mean.

*hisses* Shush!

[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, you can screen it, then.

Once upon a time, there was a little boy who got lost trying to find his younger brother. He looked all over town for him, but had no luck. He looked for hours, until eventually he was so tired that he retreated to the temple to rest. By the time the afternoon came along, he was napping at the central altar. Then, suddenly, the temple doors opened and Buddha, clad in light, led his little brother to him. Buddha disappeared, but the boy's brother was still very much there.

Faith manages.

[konruhorokeu.livejournal.com]

You sound cute, which is good enough for me ^_^b.

Everything will be okay.

1/2

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

*quiet*

Oi. Haku.

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

*sniffles, mumbles something that doesn't quite get caught by the microphone, but after another second passes she hiccups again*

Th... thank you... sorry I yelled earlier...

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

H-heh... Thanks...

Are you BLUSHING?

I said shush!

[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

People yell at me all the time. I'm really quite used to it.

No matter, though.

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

... you don't seem... horrible. I mean that was a little jarring, the way you explained it. But you gave me sake. Can't be all bad.

... so liquor really is the answer to all your problems?

... maybe. What's it matter if it is?

*sigh* Some help this one's gonna be...

HEY! I am perfectly capable of... doing... things!

...

(this is him being completely and utterly deadpan)

[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

Don't be fooled, I'm really a horrible ogre who eats the bones of little children.

I think there's still a kid I delivered in Africa, given my name, who apparently exists as a testimony to this.

Re: (this is him being completely and utterly deadpan)

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

...

*nervous laugh* That can't be true. ... *hisses, apparently to Phasco* Can it?

No. He just likes being a jerk. You'll get used to it.

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[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

It's not, but I might as well be given my background as Chosen Child pariah.

[drunkkareoke.livejournal.com]

Chosen Child?

Don't look at me. He's the one fielding your questions right now.

You're really not all that helpful, are you?

[dr-ichijouji.livejournal.com]

The Chosen Children in my world are much like the tamers in this world: they were chosen to fight a war in another world they were poorly-equipped to fight. These Chosen Children aligned to specific crests which represented their strongest attribute. Courage, Friendship, Kindness, etc. I was Darkness, and because of this, I was barred from ever entering the Digital World because the Powers That Be were afraid of me siding with the badguys and/or Millenniumon. Then I started dating Millenniumon's partner, which made me more of a pariah, then we sort of became the dirty little secret of the Digital World: spoken of in secret but never officially acknowledged, often regarded in fear.

Fortunately, I've apparently been dead in all but one of the other realities, so the Chosen Children in those universes didn't have to worry so much.