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[poweriscombined]

This isn't my fault.

[Pictured is a young Japanese man with his cell phone pointed at himself. There is the sound of something rumbling further down the street, and a ... a bird cawing? Yes, that certainly sounds like it. Like a big, giant... bird.

Regardless, (most of) you haven't seen this guy before. That's been on purpose on his end, but the situation has sort of escalated. There's another rumble, and something is definitely stomping around.]

I mean, look. Okay. I remember the giant chicken. That past life fought one, I guess?

[Wait. What? He sighs and shakes his head.]

I ain't ever seen shit like this before, some demon-assed looking lock jumping out of nowhere, and... and.

Crap. Just look.

[Mamoru swings the phone around, and points down the street. Nearby, there is a giant darkly glowing cage. Inside it, is an equally giant chicken monster. Beside it, stomping around and flapping its wings is another, even larger bird monster, except instead of a beak-like face it just has a cyclops-like lock face.]

I didn't do this. I mean. I got this. But I didn't cause it.

Comments

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[jasminebloominginshadow]

... M'kay.

I'm no expert on this sort of thing. Or, maybe I kind of am, considering this is pretty much my job now, but... That sure as hell looks like two monsters of the week stacked on top of each other.

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[poweriscombined]

[Mamoru reaches off to the side. A bag can be heard ruffling and then he pulls out a potato chip.]

Yyyyyyyyyyyep.

[Munch.]

S'about what happened.

[Is he really being that lackadaisical? Is he bored? Or is the crippling mind numbing fear just going to be a delayed reaction? Who knows.]

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[jasminebloominginshadow]

... You're eating. While this shit is happening. Really.

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[poweriscombined]

I'm hungry.

[video]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Haven't you thought about running for cover? Or, I dunno, if you're one of those Numbered with powers, fighting it?

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[dragon_blossom]

[ Blue hair, eyepatch girl time. ]

Listen, enough stupid shit's been going on that when you specifically say you didn't cause something, you look more suspicious.

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[poweriscombined]

Don't care. Didn't do it.

[Munch, munch.]

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[dragon_blossom]

You could seem, I dunno, more worried about it though.

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[poweriscombined]

I could, but after you see your hometown stomped down by a giant turtle, it kinda loses its impact.

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[dragon_blossom]

Ooooh. So you're from... yeah.

That was a mess.

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[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

[Wait. Wait. Wait just a cotton-picking second here, because there's something crazy going on in this video right now! Something she'd never, ever in a million years thought she'd see on this network. A blast from the past, as it were. A sudden shock from memories from long, long ago.

... Also, there's a giant monster or something in the background there.]

... Mamoru?! What are you doing here?

[Oh, wait, something else is happening there. She frowns, her voice taking on a bit of an accusatory tone.]

What did you do?

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[poweriscombined]

[Well! That's... a surprise. More than that, it almost makes Mamoru drop his phone. Clearly, he's not expecting this, and hasn't paid ANY attention to the Network in a couple months--]

Kirara?! What're you doing he--

[He pauses, and makes a face.]

I DIDN'T DO THIS!

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[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

I asked you first!

[She frowns, hand not holding her phone on her hip.]

You just said you remembered a giant chicken! Did you magic-memory-thingy up a giant monster chicken?

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[poweriscombined]

[His brow twitches. He... is gonna ignore the first part.]

I didn't echo this crap! I only remembered it after it appeared!

And I've never seen those stupid red-eyed lock things!

[At the very least, he's been a Numbered long enough and seen enough reports and stories to know the terminology. If not much else.]

[Video]

[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

[Half the people here can't seem to decide if they're called echoes or pulses. Whatever the terminology is.]

Well, if you didn't, then where did--

[And it's about then that something finally clicks. She hadn't gotten a very good look at the monster before, being distracted by Mamoru's sudden appearance but--]

Hey, let me see that thing again!

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[knights_tyrant]

...

[Pendragon wasn't sure what to make of this.]

It's a chicken.

[DING DING DING]

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[poweriscombined]

[...

Really?]

Well, the one in the cage is.

[A loud caw and cry of "ZETSUBORG!" and a crunch in the distance.]

Think the one currently stepping on an SUV is a parrot.

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[knights_tyrant]

[There was a hike in his brows at that.]

A blue parrot? Does he have a sword?

[TORIN, YOU SON OF A--]

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[poweriscombined]

...

It's green, and. No.

The hell?

[Video]

[switch_over]

So...

Did other you beat the giant chicken when you fought it?

[Video]

[poweriscombined]

[His shoulders roll in a lazy shrug.]

Sure seems that way.

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[officiallymortified]

The creatures are echoes?

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[poweriscombined]

Dunno! I didn't get the same feeling I usually get when those damned things pop up...

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[officiallymortified]

So there are non-echo bird echoes running around? They just appeared out of thin air?

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[poweriscombined]

Echoes sometimes kinda do seem to appear outta thin air, but this one... yeah. That's kind of exactly it. Dunno what caused 'em. I got echoes off the monster, not... the other way around. If that makes any damn sense?