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[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

[thinks he's talking to himself, naturally]

It wasn’t supposed to be this way! Was there a glitch in the system? Was it all a LIE?! I was supposed to be taken to Tokyo, back home, not to some random fucking CASTLE in the middle of nowhere! I still remember. I remember everything.

Maybe this is some sort of test...

But I can’t find my suit. Shit! Which makes no sense because I was just wearing it!

[a pause as he thinks something over and mumbles something very low so no one can understand] If there are others here, can I still mention Gantz or will my head explode?

Tae... I’ll come back to you. I promise.

Tae.

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[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Whoa, whoa, calm down.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me to calm down when I have perfect reason not to be calm! Who do you think-...

No...

WHO are you?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Greed. I was brought here, like you and everyone else in the castle. Just calm down and I'll explain it.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

... Are you dead?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Hardly. It's pretty hard to kill me, anyway.

You're in Paradisa. It's like a world between worlds, near as I can figure.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

A world between worlds? [a pause and then he mutters to himself] I guess that could make sense.

How many other are here, Greed?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Never counted, pal. There's quite a few, though, some human and some more than that.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

...

Like, aliens?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Maybe? I'm not human, but I ain't an alien. I'm a homunculus. We've also got demons, apparenty. All sorts of shit gets dragged here.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

Great.


Thanks for this information, Greed.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you also lose something in the transition here. Usually somethin' important.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

I guess that would explain my missing suit.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Suit? You're a business man?

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

No! Ah... not that kind of suit. It was just something special to me.

I'm still in high school.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Then why do you need a suit?

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

It's like a jumpsuit, you could say. I used it for... a job. It's not important.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

In any case, I'd suggest you find some work. The castle kitchen is downstairs.

[leadinglives.livejournal.com]

Work? What for?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

For buying extraneous items.