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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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[reassures]

I don't know. I wish I did.

...Anyone that says he "went home", though, isn't paying enough attention.

[bondsoflove]

Are they in danger?

[reassures]

I don't know. It depends on where they ended up.

If they are, though, it's probably nothing they can't handle.

[bondsoflove]

Itachi died.

[reassures]

This world doesn't follow the same rules about death.

[Though... hearing that he's dead hurts. Maybe he wouldn't be back if he'd died in his own world. Maybe...

No. Nill knew that was probably the best thing that could have happened. It just didn't make it easier to hear.]

People who die here usually come back to life.

[bondsoflove]

Does it follow rules at all?

[He doesn't want to set himself up for expectations that will never be met, but he craves it. He wants so desperately to talk to Itachi again--the thought that he could come back to life, be here.

It's tempting.]

[reassures]

A few. Not many.

[If it gets his hopes up, though, Nill doesn't mind staying there. The last Sasuke she met was miserable constantly - if this one has something to hold on to, then Nill doesn't mind not telling him everything.]

[bondsoflove]

I would take the information if you're willing to share it.

[reassures]

If you take my offer, I can give it to you in person.

[bondsoflove]

[He scowls.]

I will contact you once I find a neutral location.

[Gathering information isn't the same as asking for help. It's recon. He can do recon.]

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[reassures]

[Sigh.]

Stubborn.

Time doesn't mean much here. The relative of yours I mentioned was alive when Itachi was four-years-old, and it seems like he died, too. Shikamaru was gone for four years, and when Ino arrived here she'd seen him a few hours ago. The Core messes with memories sometimes too, but that's rare.

It also rained candy a few months ago.

[She wishes that part was a joke.]

[bondsoflove]

[He started to type out an earnest reply, but stopped at the last sentence.]

Ha ha.

[reassures]

It isn't a joke.

Some of the people here were stupid enough to actually eat it.

[bondsoflove]

And what were the effects?

[reassures]

The effects were relatively harmless. Mostly it seemed like it was designed to humiliate people.

[bondsoflove]

That doesn't answer my question.

[reassures]

[Ugh. It takes her a few minutes to dig up this info again.]

Some people said it turned their hair green. Others were thirsty, a few people seemed to have... extreme static electricity. I don't know every single thing they did, and I wasn't willing to test them myself.

[bondsoflove]

Does that sort of thing happen a lot?

[reassures]

Sometimes. It was the only time it ever rained candy, though.

If you use common sense, you'll be fine.

[bondsoflove]

Common sense is a precious and rare commodity.

[reassures]

Well if you have it, use it.

[bondsoflove]

I intend to.

[reassures]

Then like I said-- you'll be fine.

[bondsoflove]

I'm sure Siren's Port isn't as bad as where I came from.

[reassures]

It's bad in different ways than Konoha is.

You'd be stupid to underestimate it.