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[At first, when the NV clicks on, there's just a rustling noise, no video at first, and then a voice.]I think this is... [Sotto voce, but even though her voice is quiet — muttering to herself — the irritation in her tone is quite clear, frustration bubbling up just barely beneath the surface; then, in the next second, there's a face to pair to the voice as the video switches on!]

Is anyone listening on this thing? I’m not sure I’m even using this right —

If someone is listening, maybe you can tell me something. They told me when I got here... well, they're very helpful and informative about how to get around in this city, but I have other places I have to be. I'm much more interested in a way to get out of here, which they weren't as helpful about. What's this Core everyone keeps talking about?

[The picture goes black as her hand covers the camera, for all appearances as though she’s going to turn it off, but there’s a pause before she retracts it.]

If “Konoha” means anything to you, please let me know immediately.

[The hand returns, and after a moment of apparent struggle and one quiet curse, the feed ends.]


[ooc: extremely late intro. sob.]

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[Unfortunately, if he wanted to be left alone, using her name under the cover of anonymity is a little counterproductive.]

How do you know my name? Who is this?

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[bondsoflove]

[A sigh, and a click as his NV switches to voice capture.]

Who do you think? Get inside if you haven't already.

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[Well. She wasn't expecting to hear his voice, and that's clear by the open shock that passes across her face.]

Sasuke-kun? How are... you're here?

[Cut the girl some slack: the last time she saw him, he tried to kill Naruto (again) and then vanished with Orochimaru. The last she'd heard of him, he'd joined Akatsuki and attacked the Hachibi's host. She was abducted from her attempt to... neutralize him as a threat to Konoha. Hearing his voice here, it's disarming, she's not prepared for it.

(Was she ever?)]

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[bondsoflove]

[The corner of his lip twitches, involuntarily, into a grimace. It's a movement familiar from their days as a team, born out of frustration and disbelief that anyone could be that fucking obtuse.

He hasn't made it in a long time. It's startling in its familiarity--realizing he hasn't lost the muscle memory even after all this time.

Her voice is pitched such that it grates against his ears and settles into his temples, worsening the pressure that makes itself home there.]

What matters more to you--how I got here, or keeping your organs inside your body?

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[She can't quite help it. At first, she hears it as a threat, which shocks her more than his words actually do and makes her shoulders tense up. It takes her a moment to realize that's (probably) not what he meant.]

I'm inside, Sasuke-kun, I'm not stupid. Are you going to answer my question?

[bondsoflove]

[Not stupid?

Could have fooled him.

The thought is nasty, and for a moment he wants to pull it back from the forefront--but no. He left for a reason. If that brief sting helps to keep the distance he worked so hard to build up, he'll hang onto it as hard and as long as he can.]

I came in the same way you did.

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How long have you been here?

[Yeah, she's going to keep grilling him as long as he'll tolerate it. But he's the only one from home she's run into so far.]

[bondsoflove]

Three months.