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[andthefungoeson]

[It's like some kind of weird sci-fi time traveling shenanigan when Leon suddenly pops out from nothing and lands in a large basket full of balls in the gym.　If you're nearby, you'd hear some angry yelling and profanities before you see a redhead coming out of the gym, grumbling under his breath.]

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[andthefungoeson]

[Just as he realizes who spoke to him, Leon hears Mondo's voice. Wait. Wait wait wait... The last thing Leon remembered was getting mauled to death by baseballs, so this clearly meant this was some kind of afterlife, but... these two? If he remembered correctly, they were still alive when he died!]

What? Oowada? Fujisaki? Why the hell am I seein' you two here? Aren't you guys supposed ta be at Hope's Peak?!

[cplusplus]

Erm... It's sort of a long story.

[A long one. Involved with too many science both fiction and non-fiction sounding ones, and theories he'd been racking up over the course of time.]

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

None of us really know how we got here. This school ain't Hope's Peak. It's called Smash Academy.

[Leaving one school only to get trapped in another... It wasn't nearly as bad, though. At least he could feel the sun on his back.]

[andthefungoeson]

[Leon makes a face at the two's replies. That didn't explain anything.]

The fuck is Smash Academy? Is that some kinda new name for Afterlife?

[cplusplus]

It's not the Afterlife!

[Okay that sounded a bit too defensive there. He paused a moment to take a deep breath.]

Kuwata-kun... I understand it's all rather confusing but... this isn't the Afterlife. We're in a completely different dimension, but we're brought back to life, um, in a way yes...

[Sure he wasn't so afraid to be around Mondo anymore, but he didn't looked him in the eye when he explained that.

Wait did he... oh god, he was going to hope Leon didn't noticed his slip up.]

[andthefungoeson]

[But you're overestimating Leon's intelligence, Chihiro.]

Uh...

[He's kind of distracted by your change in appearance, instead.]

You sure yer Fujisaki? The Chihiro Fujisaki, the Ultimate Programmer chick? You sound the same, but you sure look different...

[Yes. Some crucial information is getting thrown right into his face, but Leon decides to focus on that.]

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

What? You blind or somethin'? Of course he is!

['He'. Oops. He slipped. Again. Or... did he? It wasn't like Chihiro was hiding it anymore... He waits for Chihiro's reaction in a very mild, restrained panic.]

[cplusplus]

[Ah yes, Mondo and his habitual clinging in pronouns.

Well, not exactly his fault this time, considering that he had nothing to hide. But, it was still awkward regardless when he had to remember the fact that not all of his classmates knew about it.]

... I'm a boy. I was crossdressing before.

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[andthefungoeson]

[He? Did Mondo just say he?

He?

........]

[andthefungoeson]

[andthefungoeson]

[andthefungoeson]

[uh]

[andthefungoeson]

[If you hear something shatter in the distance it was probably Hagakure's glass ball Leon's mind shattering.]

ok i'm done

[andthefungoeson]

...You're a guy?

[After all that time and that's all he can say.]

[cplusplus]

[He bit his lip. He hates to repeat himself, but it was sort of expected.]

Y... yeah, I am. I've always been a guy...

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

[Christ, he feels so bad about slipping like that. Now he's caused a great deal of discomfort for Chihiro. This wasn't the way it should have been divulged...]

We'll get to that later! More importantly, how'd you get here? Did you just wake up somewhere after getting executed?

[andthefungoeson]

[Fujisaki is a guy. Fujisaki is a guy. Fujisaki is a guy. Fujisaki...

That's running through his head countless times. So much that he almost misses Mondo's question.]

Y... Yeah. Somethin' like that.

[He's just staring at Chihiro though. Fujisaki's a guy. Fujisaki's a guy. Fujisaki's a guy...]

[cplusplus]

I see...

[He could practically feel Leon's eyes boring on him. Fidgeting, he almost considered the idea of hiding behind Mondo. But no! That would be even more awkward.]

Well... it's kind of difficult to explain properly, but this school and extension the city has a penchant for bringing people from various dimensions and times here, even when they're... [he gulps.] possibly dead.

B-But this is still not the Afterlife! It's just um... a space where the laws of any logic do not apply more often than not.

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

[Mondo could feel his eyes boring on Chihiro, too, and because of that, he pretended like he was sick of leaning against the door frame, and when he repositioned himself, he obscured Chihiro maybe halfway.]

Yeah, 'cause we got people here that survived Hope's Peak, too.

[andthefungoeson]

[As soon as Chihiro's slightly out of direct view, Leon finally gets his mind off of Fujisaki's a boy... and turns his mind back to the more important topic.]

You make it sound like you guys died once or somethin'.

[Wait...]

Wait. You don't mean...?

[cplusplus]

[Oh no, the question that he hoped that would never arise. Ever.

His nervous tics were starting to pick up by glancing back and forth between Mondo and anything but Leon. It was as if he were to say, 'should we tell him?']

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

[It wasn't as though the truth would be kept hidden forever.]

...Yeah. Neither of us survived.

[andthefungoeson]

...Oh.

[Leon's face darkens at Mondo's words. He's a little afraid to know more of what happened at that school...]

...You know how many more died?

[cplusplus]

..... no.

[He had his suspicions though, particularly Yamada's vague confession pops back to mind, but he had no place to ask him or any of the others of that matter.]

We... d-died not long after you did.

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Well, Naegi survived. That asshole Togami did, too. Asahina made it... [He's working his brain here, give him a second.] Right, and Hagakure. I think I might be missin' some people, but that's what I remember.

...But Naegi's not here right now. The other three are. Dunno where the hell he went. But yeah, we didn't make it.

[UGH. Bad memories, bad memories... The mood between the three of them is so bad right now. Almost like they're back at Hope's Peak all over again...]