1st Test [CONSOLE | VIDEO]

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[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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[Never hold back laughter, bro, whether you're in public or not. Laughter is always awesome.

Tadashi shakes his head.] USA, Earth. We're both huge nerds. He just tries to pretend he isn't. [Someone's looking pretty proud of his nerd status.] Get to know him after he's had time to acclimate and you'll see.

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Ooh, so you are a doting big bro, huh? [He winks broadly.] Not gonna lie, sometimes I wonder what it's like. ...It did sound kinda like he and I got off on the wrong foot, to be honest, but I guess that's puberty for you.

[Though not Yosuke's, thank god. (...He hopes. One round of middle school was enough.)]

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[How'd you guess, Yosuke? The most doting of big brothers, it is Tadashi.]

What it's like to have a big brother, or to be one?

[Shruuuug. Gonna be a good brother and not mention that puberty is not yet actually a thing for Hiro (at least from Tadashi's perspective). The kid might be upset if he ever found out that his hormonal state was being discussed with strangers.] Like I said, try again once he's gotten himself settled. He's a good kid.

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Hm... Well, either, really. [He says it with another easy smile, clearly not of the opinion that younger kids who go around being short at people get much say in who's allowed to comment.] It'd make a change for someone else to catch the parental flak once in a while. ...Then again, there's a literal wild bear in the house these days, and they still just pick on me. It probably varies anyway, right? Maybe even more in America, I wouldn't know.

[Naaah, he's not homesick already. Even his voice only softened a little bit there.]

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[You're not as subtle as you think you are, buddy.] Depends on the family, I guess.

... When you say "literal wild bear", do you mean-...? [He lifts both hands in front of him, mimicking claws and making a dorky little 'rawr' sort of noise.]

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[Yosuke bursts out laughing; this time there's nothing to disguise.] I, umm...! I wanna say it's not what you think, but that's still way too accurate. ...Now I'm kind of wondering what that bear would make of this place. Maybe they'd like him better than they seem to get along with the rest of us.