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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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"Tatsumi Port Island has a really good ramen place and one of the best sweets shops I've ever been to. But this here definitely was something I missed - little snack stands like this. Iwatodai only really has that sketchy takoyaki place."

Raven blinks, brow raised. "Is the takoyaki truly so bad?" It seemed inoffensive enough when he tried it, but perhaps there's more to it. A dark secret, even.

"That's the worst part - it tastes good, but everyone is always so sketchy about it. I'll never forgive Theo... he sussed out the 'secret ingredient' based on smell, and then told me, some things are better left unknown when I asked. You can't just do that to me, now I'm never gonna feel right eating it!"

"...That does sound like Theodore-san." Yes, Hamuko, he's familiar. "But knowing him, it could simply be the octopus. He's... rather eccentric, and I remember him getting immense choice paralysis when Marie-san and I brought him here."

"He said it wasn't octopus... I know he tends to overreact on things and usually it's charming. But man... it is not as charming when it's about food," Hamuko muttered, cupping her cheek and sighing, before--

"Wait. You know Theo? Is he your Velvet Room attendant, too?"

"Not quite. Rather, Igor-san allowed other residents of the Velvet Room to connect with me, since I'm younger than Yu and don't have the same independence a high schooler would." Hmmmm... Time for another bite. It's probably cooled enough by now.

"Unlike Yu, I can't work, and I'm not particularly inclined to join clubs when we have a serial murder case to solve."

It was an ill-timed bite on her end - of all of the things that she'd anticipated hearing, hearing that a middle schooler was tracking a SERIAL KILLER had Hamuko aspirate at the wrong time.

Excuse her trying not to die now that she's desperately attempting to NOT inhale fluffy fried potato.

"Are you all right?" That looked painful. Maybe he should help her? He rises from his seat, inching closer.

After nearly coughing up her lung, Hamuko gestured to ask for a drink.

"I'm fINe," she croaked, laughing a little amidst unsteady coughs from an irritated throat. "Caught--" cough, cough, "--me off gUArd...!"

"...In hindsight, I should have likely warned you about the murder case." He pauses. "The very supernatural murder case. A murder case only solvable by Persona users."

Patting her chest, getting her cough under control, Hamuko laughed in a bit of shock.

"Gosh... I hate that it's a Persona user thing, or I'd scold you to leave that to the police," she fished for a napkin and wiped her face. "But I understand getting saddled with dealing with what the police can't handle. That's unfortunate..."

"My guardian is a police detective, but we decided it was better not to inform the authorities, given their likelihood of intervening." Which... obviously, it stings. Dojima has been nothing but kind to him, but this is something only they can do.

He takes a small bite of his meal, sighing softly. "Only Persona users can enter the TV world, anyway, unless you're pushed in by one."

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