tushanshu | 1st Test [CONSOLE

[The young man on screen looks to be in his early twenties, with dark hair poking out from underneath an old baseball cap. He's got kind of a nerd chic thing going. Or maybe an "I'm-a-college-kid-and-I-think-"formal"-means-putting-a-blazer-on-over-my-normal-clothes" thing. Either way, he doesn't stay silent for long. He got the whole newbie spiel already, from the welcome center and from a certain familiar face. City on the back of a giant turtle, less-than-friendly locals, weird soul jewelry... it's all pretty hard to swallow, but since his brain has so far refused to wake up and prove that this is all some sort of bizarre dream, he might as well give the consoles a try. Gauge the current level of tech around here, and maybe inquire after some pretty important information that the welcoming committee couldn't help him with.]

Uh... hi! My name is Tadashi Hamada, and I arrived pretty recently. That's probably pretty obvious, though...

[Focus, Tadashi. Stay on track. He smiles awkwardly, reaching up to tug briefly at the brim of his hat before forcing that hand back down and straightening up in his seat a little.]

I was actually wondering if there's anyone else here from San Fransokyo? You see, I'm looking for my brother. His name is Hiro. He's fourteen years old, about five feet tall, messy black hair? Usually wearing shorts and a hoodie? He was with me before, but I haven't seen him at all since I woke up here and I was wondering- [Wondering if something happened to him. Wondering if maybe his baby brother didn't make the jump between worlds with him. Worrying what that could mean and if this is all actually for real and time really does stop in his world...] Well, if anyone spots a kid that matches that description, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know.

[Have another smile, friends, thought a bit less awkward than before.] I guess that's all for now.

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[Confused slash annoyed look commencing. It really is weird, especially since Accelerator has yet to have any strong line of conversation with anyone about differing worlds. He just assumed people's lack of recognition of Academy City meant they had lived under rocks or weren't from Earth at all.]

What year is it for you, and who was involved in World War III?

[WELP, unless there's a California in space, Accelerator's just going to have to start coming to terms with this alternate dimension BS.]

2034. There hasn't been a third World War.

There was. Russia lost to Academy City. It ended a few months ago for me. Second half of October 2015.

[Alternate dimension BS? Well, as long as he's not the only one who has to come to terms with it.]

[Coming to terms for everyone~

Yeeeaaaah, gonna have to go ahead and shake his head in disagreement.]

That's not in any history book I've ever read. Where's Academy City?

None of that stuff about San Francisco becoming San Fransokyo is in any history book I've read, so we're even.

[he furrows his brow so much, pulling such a face.]

There'd have to be a serious media coverup for people not to know where it is. You know, the giant city next to Tokyo that creates espers and is decades more advanced scientifically than everywhere else on the damn planet?

[Either there IS a media cover up... or a case of alternate Earth history is going on here. Neither of these is enjoyable. One of them he will definitely have to consider, though.]

[C'mon, don't make that face. You're not the only one here who's confused Grumpy McStripes.]

The president can't even have a midnight snack without Twitter knowing about it. Even with media coverup, I think someone would've noticed an extra giant city cropping up next to Tokyo.

What's an esper?

The president also can't go on a trip without women's underwear somehow finding its way into his pants pocket.

[There is no way to describe the ferocity behind Accelerator's eyeroll or the acidity of the sarcasm his words drip with. Yeah, he's met your damn president. Or well, the one in his world.]

No shit someone should still notice a city that size, but I have heard of 1984, I've dealt with a media queen before, and some assholes have tried denying things from World War II. Who knows what could happen in twenty years, right?

Tell me you at least know about psychic powers like teleportation, psychometry, and telepathy.

[Raising an eyebrow at that one... but this guy did say he was from 2015. Different president. Hopefully completely different historically, because Tadashi doesn't remember any presidential scandals of that sort in the history books. Not from that president, anyway.]

I know the definitions. Can't say I've ever seen anyone actually do anything like that, though.

It'd be very easy to fix that.

[No, not going to be more overt in offering to 'demonstrate,' if only because that's how he's in the mood to go about it.]

Guessing you know someone with psychic powers, then?

[There's definitely a little skepticism in his voice, but nearly as much as one might expect from a guy with Tadashi's background. Not that Accelerator knows Tadashi's background, but yeah. Engineer. Pretty grounded in reality.

Of course, he's always been open to new possibilities. The future's ever-changing. Also, he woke up on the back of a giant flying turtle a few days ago. That kinda booted his normal expectations of reality right out the window.]

You're talking to him right now.

[Gives the most unfriendly handwave at the screen possible. The bored, unimpressed look on his face just adds to that.

Accelerator was also pretty grounded in reality for a long time. But then again, his reality includes psychic powers existing. Psychic powers operate on controlling one's Personal Reality. So his idea of being grounded in reality is already different from Tadashi's.]

[I'd say that makes for a pretty different definition.]

Really? [That little bit of skepticism? Yeah, fading, because very little seems too crazy in this place. Also, the idea is pretty cool.] Will you show me?

Only in person. Where I am right now isn't a good place to do it while at a console.

[Yeah no, most demonstrations of it would be best done somewhere outdoors, or where it's no big deal if he causes damage. Accel refuses to risk losing his job and room over something like this.]

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