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[fruitknife]

"Oh, what the fresh fuck is this."

Next to Shinji, Koromaru whines. He has no idea either, but it doesn't smell dangerous.

Shinji sighs. "Good to know, I guess..." He maneuvers his coat around in his hands until he can reach in the pocket - okay, keys are still there, he should be able to duck back out to Liminal Space whenever he wants. Cool.

Now to figure out what the fresh fuck this is.

He ignores Igor entirely, and almost does the same to the conspiracy board until the word 'Tartarus' jumps out at him. Well, shit, that's not a good sign. Oh well. At least he knows where he stands with the Dark Hour, and he's actually way better equipped to handle it than the last time he had to.

Anyway, that gets him to stop long enough to scan the information, and then he's off to Iwatodai. Reading can only tell you so much, after all. Actually seeing what's out there is going to work a hell of a lot better.

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[fogboundcrow]

There are two things that immediately stick out about this person. One, he is very mysterious and has a cool hat. Second, there is a dog with him.

Well, okay, make that three things. He's also admiring Raven's handiwork so, naturally, it's time to investigate.

"Well, hello. I think this would be the first time I've seen a newcomer with a companion." A cute shiba inu... Goodness.

[burnmydreadbabe]

Makoto was getting back from showing Ren around Iwatodai, the sun beginning to set, when he crosses paths with Shinji.

Hold up. What the fuck? He guesses in multiple realities this shouldn't be surprising but he watched the guy bleed out and die barely over a month ago. He's not wearing his coat either, which is probably a fairly good sign that's not his Shinji. Might still recognize him though, and two people sticking together during the Dark Hour was much smarter than Shinji going it alone.

"Shinji!" He waves Shinji down before he can go anywhere else. "Just got here?"

[reluctantprince]

He had come in the velvet room to well, whatever it was, it was a lie. He was just wandering. He didn't give a fuck about the new person. He was focused on the dog. His face lit up, which he quickly coughed to disguise. He walked over getting on the floor. He knew it was best not to scare animals and he would like the Dog decide if it wanted to meet him.

AND ANOTHER! iwatodai

[paysforall]

Rare bird sighting: a Shrike outside Shibuya.

Which, of course, to Shinji, just appears to be a third permutation of This Guy, this one dressed distinctly different from the rest in a way that seems out of place in Iwatodai because skinny jeans are not in fashion yet. Admittedly, the whole kit looks like he wandered out of a Harajuku goth club.

He's eyeing one of the storefronts thoughtfully. It doesn't seem to change as he's considering it, but it's a bit vaguer than Shinji might remember - although his own memories will tell him what the restaurant should be, the restaurant itself doesn't seem to know, the signage looking like a garbled image put together by a generative AI (not that either of them knows what that is yet).

Eventually, the one real person in front of the shop sighs and seems to give up. "Probably too linked to being in Shibuya in my cognition," he says, mostly to himself, before glancing up.

[phantomlotus]

"You two new?"

Shinji and Koromaru find themselves approached by none other than Ren while they're at the conspiracy board. Her expression is neutral as she looks at the two... Wait, no, you can see a small smile appear on her face as she eyes Koromaru specifically.

You could probably call her more of a cat person since she always carries Morgana around back home, but she definitely can't hate a cute little guy like Koromaru.

She just watches the two with a keen eye, hands in her pockets.

"Just showed up here myself, so you're not alone on that front."

And another one

[seekerofjustice]

Ah, Iwatodai. Dove is finally taking the chance to check it out. Not the Dark Hour, of course, he promised Makoto that he'd go grab him before going to Tartarus... but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy checking out the city.

You can imagine his surprise when he nearly bumps into Shinji as he tries to get to the door.

"Oh! Apologies."

[reasonliving]

Well that was a face that Aigis wasn't expecting to see. She wasn't really surprised though, all things considered. She was just about to head back to the dorms, but approaches Shinji instead.

"Heading to Tartarus?" She asks, since that seems the most logical thing for him to want to do in Iwatodai.