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[awesmazings]

I know a lot of people have been here for a long time. Like, a lot longer than I have, and I've almost been here a whole year now.

But how many of you have, you know...gone home and come back? I don't mean like, leave for real, exactly. I mean like...you go to sleep out of nowhere and then wake up back here again a couple days later. If that happened to you, did it feel like...well, real, or did it feel more like a really convincing dream?

I never really thought all that much about it until recently, so I just wanna know what you guys have to say about it.

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

Hey.

Are you okay, Jimmy?

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[death_glare]

I have been told that I've been here twice before, yet I have no memory of it. I assume you're asking for those who remember, though?

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[twinsanity]

What an insipid question - what do you expect some of us to say to that? "Of course, child, I always have hyper-realistic dreams about dying"?

Not all of us were treated kindly enough for that to even be a question.

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[awesmazings]

Hi.

I'm okay. You weren't looking for me, were you?

[awesmazings]

Yeah, I am. I've heard that can happen sometimes, too...I'm not sure what would be worse. Leaving and then coming back, or coming back having just forgotten everything.

[It would make it hard on those you left behind, that's for sure.]

If you don't mind me asking, you really don't remember anything at all?

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[awesmazings]

[...Ah.]

I'm sorry. I've never really asked anyone about this before...but I guess I can understand why a lot of people really wouldn't want to talk about it if...something like that happened.

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

No, I wasn't. I didn't know anything was happening.

[Which is what this seems like, even though he just said that he was fine.]

And, no. To answer you question. I don't think that's ever happened to me before.

[awesmazings]

Okay, just making sure.

[Because it seems like he was a bit missed for a while.]

It's...really weird. I actually got to go back home and...everything. But it felt like a couple months went by, but apparently it's only been about a week or something like that.

[crackpotcrocker]

Can't say I have - but I have heard your Pokemon don't come with you...

[awesmazings]

Yeah...they don't. Or, they didn't.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[...See, that makes her worried, Jimmy.]

You really went home? Huh. It must have been nice.

Only a week? Weird. You must be lucky, or something. I know about someone that disappeared for months before he appeared again.

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[superordinary]

It happened to me last year. I was a bit confused at first but that was probably because my brain was trying to reconcile my memories of this place and the new memories of my home.

[ Which resulted in him asking Ishimaru if he shouldn't be in the morgue. ]

But it felt real.

[awesmazings]

That's the thing, though. I don't think I ever really left. Apparently, I just...fell over outside. Joker said Envy found me and got me into his house.

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[awesmazings]

[...oh dear.]

Yeah, I'm still a little confused, too. I mean, I am glad I came back and everything, but at the same time...I dunno.

But if they're actually memories, then I guess it has to be real, huh?

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[superordinary]

Yeah, it's definitely real. Or at least it was for me. The things I experienced matched what I'd been told about the future from my classmates.

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[awesmazings]

Okay, thank you. I just wanted to make sure...

Were you asleep for a week too, Naegi?

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[superordinary]

Yes. It seems that when it happens to someone, they're out for a week. Another one of this world's mysteries, I guess.

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[awesmazings]

Yeah, I guesso. I've heard that people can be out for longer, but that's only if they leave this world completely.

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[superordinary]

How are you feeling, by the way?

[ When it happened to Ishimaru, he came back as a broken mess. He's better now, but damn it must have been so difficult for him to work through all that. That's why Naegi is asking. ]

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[awesmazings]

Me? I'm okay. Things weren't bad at home or anything.

I...miss it already, though.

[He misses Hell, go figure.]

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[superordinary]

That's understandable. You went home and were brought back again so abruptly. I miss my home, too.

[ ...Sort of. It's more like he misses how his home used to be before everything happened. ]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

He... did?

Jimmy, what do you remember? What happened back home? Maybe that'll explain something.

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[awesmazings]

It's weird. I've been here for so long, they both seem like home now, in a way. And I really don't want to leave you guys...but I miss my friends back home, too.

I'd like it if they were here, too, but I don't want to wish them away from home or anything.

[awesmazings]

A whole lot of stuff! I got to pilot an airplane, I was on a game show, I learned how to whistle, I spent a whole day on an island with Lucy, I got to play soccer with one of the biggest players in all of Miseryville...oh man, I wish you coulda seen it all!

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Well, some of those do sound pretty awesome! Learning to whistle, though...?]

That sounds awesome! Maybe I will get so see it someday, that must have been a lot of fun.

[She's not jealous, what are you talking about.]

Are you... sad that you're here again?