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What is...?

I shouldn't... be awake...

[In the Velvet Room...]

[It's courteous of whatever's going on with Igor's plan here that Hamuko is dressed. She probably shouldn't even have a body... whatever she has going on now... did her body fall comatose without her? Did it die? If it was alive, she surely should be much older. ... ... ... Maybe that all doesn't really matter, right now. She's here, gifted a chance to be around others again. The pinboard catches her attention first, of course. Signs of other people... so many little notes, talking about multiple versions of the same person running around. That's... that's charming... that's fun. ...Even if the notes about Ken Amadas make her sad...]

Hmm... I don't see any other 'me' off the bat...

[She'll take a few minutes once given a pen and some pink paper to doodle a little version of herself, signed with her name and phone number, and add it to the corner of the pinboard.]

[Inaba, Central Shopping District]

[What a fun little town! A charming place... hey, isn't this the town she went to for the volleyball camp? She loved the accommodations, but it's so nice to actually wander the streets and see the little shops. This place is SO rural, Hamuko had never really visited a place this remote, even when jumping between foster homes.] Let's see... what's the good spot for the locals? [No point being a complete tourist shmuck!!]

[Shibuya, Underground Mall]

[Well, since nothing costs anything here... might as well get some cute new clothes, right? Who knows how long she'll be around here, and 'dreaming up' new outfits didn't seem to be a thing. No lucid dreaming here - somehow, Hamuko felt a lot happier with that in mind. Still... the fashion is so different!!]

I just want one cute orange top...!! Is orange out of style? Dang it...

[Iwatodai Dorms]

[Of all of the places she's been having fun goofing off and exploring in, the dorms... she couldn't quite get the courage to open the front. Not just yet.]

Not even Koromaru is out front right now. ...I've gotta apologize...

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Falcon, pointedly, does not return the gesture... nor shake Hamuko's hand. It's left there to dangle uselessly. He doesn't even look at it.

"Unfortunately so," he huffs. He didn't fucking ask to get stuck here with a group of dipshits who don't understand anything. Freeing him from Shido? Nice and all, sure, but what good is it if he can't use his newfound freedom to shoot the bastard through the head?

Whatever. Who cares what he wants, right?

His eyes narrow.

"How strong are you?"

Hamuko tilted her head, humming in thought. How to put her level of strength...?

After a moment of thinking, she straightened up again, smiling. "If you're familiar... my team and I climbed to the top of Tartarus. That's where I am, probably."

The top of Tartarus- now that catches Falcon's attention. He and Aigis have talked, here and there, so she has told him about that. He wonders.

"You and your team fought Nyx, then?"

If that's the case, she's definitely worth having around, at the very least to deal with Doomada (fucking stupid name, in Falcon's opinion, but whatever).

"We sure did. I don't know about other timelines, but at least where I left off, Nyx is back to sleep," Hamuko nodded. "Have you chatted with Aigis, then?"

That about lines up with what Aigis told him, at least. Good.

"I have." He nods, lifting his hand up to his chin in thought. "If you're at that level... your help may be acceptable." He blinks. "We are currently dealing with a Nyx-level threat."

He gauges her reaction to that.

Her expression falls, uncertainly... a Nyx level threat...?

"Well, then... maybe that's why Igor brought me here," she murmured, mostly to herself.

Falcon takes note of her dejected expression. Tsk.

"I somehow doubt it," he says with a sneer, "that long-nosed fuck does stupid things all the time that have nothing to do with the problems at hand. He's certainly never bothered helping us with anything, let alone summon in reinforcements. No- bonding, that's what we're here for. Not to solve any real problems. Just get along with all the random assholes in this hellhole dimension until we're all the best friends in the entire world."

From his rant, it's pretty clear he doesn't hold Igor in very high esteem.

Well. It gets a laugh out of her, albeit a calm one.

"Bonds are important. The connections between people... the meaning of becoming close to others... that's what gave the power to put Nyx back to sleep, in the end," she explained calmly without scolding, without judgment.

Falcon scowls.

"Don't you start too," he huffs, "I don't care about it. It's useless to me. We're not aiming to put Doomada to sleep, we're putting an end to him. He's not just a threat to us, here, he's a threat to the entire multiverse, if he gets his way."

It's just fact, unfortunately, but a term comes to the forefront of Hamuko's attention immediately.

"Doomada...?"

"Evil Amada, Doom Amada- whichever you prefer. It's not a term I chose or particularly like," he scoffs. "The non-universe threatening version of Amada insisted we not call him 'Evil Amada', so here we are."

Ken Amada, a Nyx level threat? What... what happened to him? There's a million questions in her mind... the first that comes out is,

"Where did he get that power?"

Falcon stares at her for a moment, before letting out the robotic equivalent of what might be an annoyed sigh.

"Struck a deal with a fragment of Nyx in order to bring about the Fall. He got drunk on his power after that," Falcon says, matter of factly. "There's a post on the network with all the relevant information, if you're that curious."

Personally, he couldn't give less of a fuck. Doomada needs to be brought down, just like Shido, just like the Conspiracy, simple as that.

"I'll look into it," Hamuko answered. A fragment of Nyx... not Nyx herself. And it was Ken Amada that did it.

There might be a lot more context, but... Hamuko would be lying if she couldn't see a version of Ken Amada succumbing to that anger in that way. Did he become the Appraiser, somehow? No one else she knew seemed to have a connection to Nyx besides Ryoji...

"...Right. I'll see what I can do."

He watches the gears turn in her head, and Falcon crosses his arms, growing impatient.

"If that'll be all," he says flatly, "I was on my way home. I need to recharge."

"Well... let me give you my phone number. Call me if you need backup," Hamuko insisted first, getting her phone out.

Falcon lets out a little, robotic noise of annoyance, but he accepts regardless. It's easier than resisting- he knows these types.

"I've saved it to my memory," he says. Then, he turns away from her. "I'll see you around."

"I'll see you next time. Thanks for talking to me, Falcon," she bade farewell, even if he was very grouchy about... everything, really. That's fine.

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