[walkabout > deathside]

[leftbehindagain]

[Naoki probably could push the current limits of the network, but he's not going to, so it's a text stream that pushes through to the ghostvestigators.]

This is Naoki. Which side of things did I get a hold of? I have... maybe fifteen minutes to talk to you guys.

Comments

[runs]

How intelligent are they?

[leftbehindagain]

Enough so to communicate what they're feeling.

[runs]

So not very intelligent. [Not enough for the intelligence to combine with general deadliness and become an issue.]

...How can I come over there?

[leftbehindagain]

...Good question. That's not something I can do myself, but maybe someone listening in can give you a hand.

[runs]

[A pause.

....Not a very long one because she isn't that patient.]

Is anyone listening?

[seestheworld]

[Minako feels vaguely like she should be saying something about grasshoppers and patience here. She suspects this is because she'd watched a few too many American movies with Junpei.]

It's doable.

[runs]

Can you do it now?

[seestheworld]

You might end up as an Infiltrator, but yeah, I can summon you now. Who am I summoning?

[runs]

[...oh.]

How likely is that?

[She'd really prefer to be on the other side, but she'd really rather not be an infiltrator, either. Not that anything about Lilo was bad, but... She'd rather be herself, really. In as much as there even is a 'herself'.]

[seestheworld]

Probably 50-50, but even that can be gotten around as long as there's someone over here who can restore your memory.

[runs]

...If I get infiltrated, could you find someone who'll do that?

[seestheworld]

[She knows Naoki can do it. The question is whether he already has, and if so whether he can do it again.]

I'll make it a priority.

[runs]

[...That's probably the best she can get. And staying here for another four weeks or whatever will absolutely drive her crazy, she's sure of that.]

You're summoning [and here comes the problem. Uh.] ...Kitty. [That's the one name all of 'her' have in common in some shape or form.]

[seestheworld]

[That is definitely a problem, because she doesn't remember anyone by that name.]

That is... not ringing a bell. Were you on the last Jaunt or the walkabout?

[runs]

On the Jaunt. ...Lilo Whitley?

[seestheworld]

Oh, right! I remember you. I'm Minako.

[You know... the one with the cash.]

[runs]

The one counting all the cash openly!

[She does indeed remember her by that.]

[seestheworld]

...That was not actually supposed to be open.

[There was a reason she'd gone to look for a secluded area to do that in.]

Anyway. Wanna get out of there?

[runs]

[Are you accusing any version of her of sneaking around? Rude. Totally untrue. So not her style. So very much her style.]

Yes! As soon as possible.

thoughts -> action

[seestheworld]

You got it.

[If it weren't for the possibility of Kitty ending up as an Infiltrator, she'd do this in the dorm room. But then she'd have to come up with explanations for Koro-chan and Suzaku and Mothman, and Minako's not sure she can actually manage that at the moment. She eventually manages to find an unoccupied bathroom in one of the more out-of-the-way areas of the facility - not the most appealing setting, but it'll have to do for now - and decides to hope for the best.

And then she focuses on the task at hand, namely bringing Lilo - Kitty - here. Soon enough, Kitty will find herself in an unfamiliar bathroom far, far away from Harrogate - and perhaps more importantly, no longer a ghost.]

-> action

[runs]

[She blinks in surprise and stands very, very still at first, almost frozen, only her eyes moving as she scans the situation with all her senses.

And then she recognizes Minako.

And after running her hands over herself (including a moment where her hand runs seemingly through thin air as she checks her tail) and then rushes over to the dry cleaning sinks to push buttons and see whatever that thing is react.

SHE IS CORPOREAL AGAIN!]

IT WORKED!

action

[seestheworld]

[So it did.]

And you're still yourself, too.

permaaction

[runs]

Yes!

...Why did you bring me to the loos, though?

[She eyes the surroundings with some confusion.]

[seestheworld]

I figured it'd be somewhat easier to explain if you weren't. And my dorm room is kind of crowded.

[runs]

...

[This brings up a very good point.]

How many people are there in this place?

[How many questions will her sudden presence raise? Please let this be a city...]