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[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

But if we show ourselves now, Dene— ... eh? [excuse him plz, but popping up in the middle of space is not something that happens every day, so give him a minute to flail and maybe drop his bowl of rice while he's at it] Ehhh!?

This isn't ZeroLiner... or DenLiner... or the Milk Dipper... or... anywhere. Space? But how am I out in space...? It seems familiar, but— [and he whirls around, making a full three-sixty while calling] Deneb! Deneb, where...?! How did I get here..? [another pause to look around more properly, but then he bends down to scoop the spilled rice back into the bowl and glance around in confusion] Maybe... the better question is 'how do I get back'?

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[lamb_of_gold]

A thought will bring you home, sir.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Whoa, there's a person there. Ryotarou jumps a little and stands up slowly.]

A... thought?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Nods] And another will return you here.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Alright, but... Where is here? A dream, maybe?

[contract_star]

It's the Astral Plane. [Scans the skies and then points.] Deneb is that way.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki appears somewhere nearby. He's checkin' out your rice, dude.]

Dinner sounds so good right now... damn it, why did I have to move out?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Astral Plane? [pause where he looks in the direction pointed, then he shakes his head] N-no, I didn't mean the constellation... Deneb is a friend of mine.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

E-eh? [blinks at the bowl that still isn't fully scooped up or anything, then looks back to Ikki]

I don't think you'd want this. It was just all over the floor...

[theguv.livejournal.com]

[please forgive the Guv, he's an ass] Great, more gooks. Do you sing and dance, too?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou's formality will overpower it. :|b] No, I don't... Um, 'gooks'?

[contract_star]

It's sort of like a crossroads between realities. But if you want to get home, all you have to do is think about it. [Smiles a little.] Star, actually. Good name.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

You've got that going for you, then. [quirks a brow] You know, yellows. Like chinks, only not.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Realities? So... this isn't anything like time, I guess. [And Ryotarou looks a little embarrassed at the correction, but he nods.] Right. I suppose it is.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

I've got a stomach of steel!

... Actually, that's Buccha. [He sighs and slumps.] Looks like it's Kazu's sister again...

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Giving the spilled rice a disapproving look.] You just have to think about it. I'd say it's more subconscious than anything.

[contract_star]

Time? Well, time is affected, I suppose. Some people here are from the same worlds, but from different times. No two people here are from the same place.

[Just smiles.]

[bacchusprince.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you should try tapping your heels together while repeating the words: 'There's no place like home'?

[lamb_of_gold]

If only we were so lucky. This is the Astral Plane.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Astral Plane... Does that mean you're from another reality?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Ah, no. I meant time as in... Never mind. [little smile] No one? Really?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[just shakes his head - these terms are so completely foreign to him]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Is still trying to scoop it all up.] Yeah, so I've heard... It's really that easy?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I... don't think that would work.

[bacchusprince.livejournal.com]

How can you be sure?