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[kindaqueer]

[It had been a few days since Kaname arrived in Luceti, feeling more than a little disorientated and confused. He'd been convinced it was all a dream until he woke up again the next day, his back still sore from those wings.]

[The voice that sounds out from the journal might sound a tad more distressed than he usually would. You would be too if you suddenly found yourself in another world with no one you knew! Not that he'd want to subject his family and friends to this place, if everything that guide says is true. Experiments, a war, people with mysterious powers... it'd be a lie to say it wasn't a little exciting, but for the most part, he's just worried about what'll come next.]

[And whatever that was going to be, he couldn't shake the feeling that it'd be best not to try and face it all on his own.]

This may or may not be a longshot, but is there anyone else here from Japan? ...er, on earth. [...] And it was 2010 when I left, but I guess people can come from different times even if they know each other, right? [He taps the journal a few times and makes a face. It is recording, right...? Awkward pause.]

...sorry, I'm still trying to figure out how all this works. So, does pressing this make it sto--

[The voice cuts off.]

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[returnthyname]

[He doesn't let his eyes fall off of Tanuma. That expression is a bit different than the one's he's seen before. Then again, it's never really that easy to tell what he's thinking half the time. He tends to surprise Takashi with a lot of the things he does.

But Takashi smiles at that comment] I can understand. This place is nothing like back home, none of it seems real...

[ ...Well. From Tanuma's stand point it doesn't, with the wings and all. Takashi wasn't all that shocked when he first got here. He's so used to the abnormal that it's now the normal that's strange to him.]

[kindaqueer]

...it's not completely different. There's a lot of forest around here. I... don't think there are any youkai, but the animals make it lively enough.

[He wouldn't be able to tell if there were youkai or not, really, but what little he's heard about the spirits that are here has made it rather clear in his mind that they're not the same thing.]

[And of course, the only reason he knows about the forest at all is because that's where he woke up. And then spent about a day and half wandering in, completely lost and listening to all the animals chattering among themselves. It's no wonder he thought it was all a dream, really. He started asking the birds for directions!]

[...but he won't be telling Natsume about that.]

[returnthyname]

There are youkai but... they're nothing like the ones back home. [ ... ] At least, I'm pretty sure they aren't. I've only heard about them from a friend so I've never actually met one here.

[And that friend of course being Reiko. He's never understood why she's so interested in them, even here. Takashi would've rather gone on thinking that none of them had followed him here. Like this place could be a temporary vacation away from them. At least the ones here don't bother him... ]

[kindaqueer]

...a friend? [Now that catches his attention enough for him to look back over at Natsume. It's good to hear there aren't many, if any, youkai here. But for someone else to even mention it...]

Do you mean... there's someone else here who can see them?

[returnthyname]

[ ...He. Avoids that question.] I don't think the youkai here are invisible.

[kindaqueer]

[Natsubro is lucky that statement alone is enough of a distraction to make him forget his question was just ignored.]

Wait, so if there were youkai here, I'd be able to see them like you do?

[returnthyname]

...Yeah. At least I think so...

[Which is not something that Takashi wants. It's the last thing he would ever want. For him, for anyone, to actually see what he sees... and maybe get involved in things that he shouldn't. It's not right. He could get hurt. Tanuma needs to stay out of harms way, stay away from all of that.

Even if Takashi doesn't know what these youkai are like... no, that just makes things worse. Not knowing what they're like means he won't know when Tanuma will come across one and if it'll be dangerous. Damn it all]

[kindaqueer]

...this place really is something, huh.

[Take the focus away from the subject. If Natsume really is from the past, then he doesn't know that Kaname's already seen them through the same eyes, when that youkai lent him her sight. He already feels as though he's walking on unsteady ground with this topic.]

[If Natsume doesn't want to say anything more, Kaname isn't going to push the subject.]