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[bondsoflove]

 [A boy, thin and haggard, trembling. His face is drawn and pale and he's twitchy, glancing to the side every few seconds like he's waiting to be attacked. 

Considering he entered Siren's Port an hour or so after midnight, this isn't that much of a surprise.

He's still feeling a little sick, although it's as likely to be psychosomatic and aggravated by malnutrition as the actual lingering effects of the pull.]

The weather. [His illness, the things he's seen--creatures, humanoid, black holes of power. Other creatures, malformed and disgusting. He doesn't want to talk about it.] Is it always like this? 

[Cold. It's not that he's never been exposed to it, but it's a rarity. He's used to a perpetually warm climate, both from the areas he's been traveling in and his birthplace.]

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[comradely]

[ Obito was having trouble sleeping and right now he's sort of thankful for it, because boy this guy sure has some familiar characteristics. So here, have a one-eyed cousin frowning in both uncertainty and concern. ]

At night? Pretty much.

Are you okay?

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[bondsoflove]

[He doesn't answer the questions. This face is one he knows from pictures; the man from stories. Dead. If he's here, and talking, is Sasuke...?]

Obito-nii-san. [His voice shakes.] Are we dead?

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[comradely]

[ Well, that certainly confirms his suspicions that he's dealing with another clan member, but that doesn't lessen his surprise. There's a stunned pause before he manages to shake it off. ]

I am, but not everyone who arrives here is. So it depends, do you remember dying? [ The feed goes a bit shaky as Obito slips his NV on his wrist and he gets up to go grab his jacket. ]

Actually, that's not important right now. You're still at the stadium, right? I'll come pick you up, you can't stay outside.

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[bondsoflove]

No, I--

[Itachi. Sclera dark, but voice just the same. His chest squeezes.]

I don't remember dying. But I am picking up some strange chakra signatures.

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[reassures]

[...Wow. That's a face she wasn't expecting to see again.]

If you mean the actual weather, no. But it's going to get colder before it gets warm again.

Where are you?

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[bondsoflove]

I don't know. It's a big city.

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[reassures]

There are signs. Look around.

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[bondsoflove]

Why does it matter to you?

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[blondejokes]

[ She gasps, shocked, and drops her NV.

Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha.

This isn't happening. ]

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[blondejokes]

[ A lot of things are going through her mind right now. Her loyalty to Konoha - he was still considered dangerous - and ... well, Ino wasn't the kind of person to just turn her back on a friend. And even though Sasuke was a jerk who never enjoyed her company like he should have, she still considered him a friend.

And it had been three years since she'd last seen him. He looked nothing like how she had imagined him, but then, she couldn't even recall how she had thought he would look. But it wasn't what she had expected of the heartthrob she was fawning over in her Genin days.

Ugh. She pushes all those thoughts back down, and another though occurs to her.

If the Core is bringing in Konoha-nin, maybe Shikamaru will come back. And Chouji and the others as well. Maybe.

... But, most importantly, what would she do about Sasuke being here? ]

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[blondejokes]

[ That could be figured out later. Right now ...

Right now her priority was making sure he was okay. Whether he would accept her help or not was debatable, but it's likely he'd accept it from a friendly face as opposed to a stranger here. Especially in a place like this. Or so Ino assumes.

That said, though, she can't find any words to say. There was just something about Uchihas that made her speechless.

She doesn't mean to stare down at her NV like an idiot, but ... jeez. Jeez.

Of course Sasuke Uchiha would show up just when she had imagined her life here could actually be somewhat normal. ]

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[blondejokes]

[ Okay, get a grip, Yamanaka.

She grabs her NV, thoughts collected. The look of shock still hasn't completely left her face, though. ]

Welcome to Siren's Port, Sasuke.

[ See, she's totally over you, Sasuke.

Everything is totally fine. ]

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[bondsoflove]

[His reaction to that face is visceral and unpleasant. The hair on the back of his neck stands up, and he recalls the high-pitched screech of her voice.

She's not stammering or squealing, but the memories she brings back are universally unwanted. The chuunin exams. The academy. The third Hokage's funeral--

No.

Bluntly.] What are you doing here?

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[empowers]

It's going to get worse in the winter.

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[bondsoflove]

How much worse?

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[empowers]

Below freezing. At least that's what I've heard.

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[theosen]

[ A soft yet clear voice, his tones like gravel. ]

It rarely ever changes.

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[bondsoflove]

It's cold.

[Astute observation.]

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[theosen]

Death usually is.

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[reginagloriae]

The darkness specific weather or just the Canadian weather?

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[bondsoflove]

Wherever this is.

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[reginagloriae]

Canada is a country close to the North Pole. So it's going to be colder than Japan.

[inthejunk]

No, it gets worse.

[Not that honesty is probably helpful at the moment, but there it is anyway.]

Need a jumper?

[bondsoflove]

I'll find something.

[The idea of debt is not something he he's comfortable with.]

[inthejunk]

Try the Newcomer Community Center, then.

[Yeah, some people are stubborn about that. But he knows how cold it gets when the weather turns here. He didn't have a coat at first either, and it was totally miserable. Save yourself the trouble if you can, dude.]