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[stillshinigami]

[Duo is a bit shaken from this sudden new development. He had just taken a leave from Preventers after a particularly combat heavy mission from Trieze himself when he arrived so abruptly. It was disorientating to say the least, and the fact that he had just enrolled in a goddamn academy, with magic, monsters and the works? He wasn't pleased. He was actually kind of distraught about the ordeal but he didn't let it show.

He walks with silent grace as he explores the complex, unconcerned with the academic tasks he had been charged with. Class schedules could wait. He was stuck here, so he had to know exactly what he was dealing with, in and out. There was no reason to be caught in an unfortunate mess and get himself killed just for being unprepared. He'd already learned that lesson.]

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[fierybluebird]

[There's a blue fiery-looking phoenix walking around, acting like this is a totally normal every day occurrence. Who knows. Maybe it is.]

[stillshinigami]

[Okay. First? It's a fucking phoenix. He shoulda expected something like that.] Huh.

[As he watches it stroll on by, he realizes that all the animals probably look at least as strange as this one.]

[fierybluebird]

[Oh snap. And the phoenix just pauses and waves in greeting.]

[stillshinigami]

[That thing is waving. At him. He waves back.]

Hello...? Can y'talk?

[fierybluebird]

[HM. The only way to appropriately answer that would be to switch back to human, and frankly, Marco just doesn't feel like it. So instead there's a half-lie as he shakes his head a sort of, no, well, maybe kind of way and chirps.]

Tweet!

[stillshinigami]

[He really just doesn't know what he's looking at here. Can't tell if it understands or not.]

Okay, wild bird then.

[What a weird lookin' thing, too.] Heh. [He starts walking around it, just let it pass him by.]

[fierybluebird]

[Tilts head. Well, he is kind of wild. Pirates tend to be. There's a shrug and Marco lets him go, watching curiously.]

[stillshinigami]

[Whatever you want to do. Duo heads off on his way, back to exploring the quad. Kinda boring, ain't he?]

[fierybluebird]

[Yup. And now he has a blue phoenix tailing him curiously at a distance.]

[stillshinigami]

[Don't think he doesn't notice you bird. Of course the damn thing would follow him. He turns a corner and waits just out of sight.]

[fierybluebird]

[You forget he's a bird. So now he just flies up someplace high to peer.]

[stillshinigami]

[Crafty. Doesn't matter do Duo. He looks up to the bird.] What do you want? I don't have any food.

[fierybluebird]

[The phoenix just scoffs. He can get his own food, gosh.]

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

[By now Duo's come to accept that life on Garden isn't so bad. For this reason he's relaxed a bit already and isn't so set on making sure everything is safe. Why should he be on full alert on the time in a place like this? Not that Duo's half alert still isn't more than most people's full alert, but still.

So here he is, walking around the complex with his nose shoved into the course catalog. He's still got plenty of time to decide, but it's something he wants to get out of the way now. As he turns the page, Duo could be heard talking to himself as he skims over the information presented inside.]

Already know it, know it, don't need to know it, don't want to know it...man do they actually have any interesting classes in this place?

[stillshinigami]

[It was just another military structure to adhere to, and Duo couldn't think of anything more off-putting other than the fact it was a school. He was far past school age and the prospect of having enrolled here was daunting, but not because it was intimidating. He just had no reason to do it aside for the fact that they would be providing for him.

So he just set about the task of exploring, and it wasn't long until he walked by a young man with long hair talking to himself. In his voice.

They almost walk into each other before he sidesteps the boy and places his hand on the kid's shoulder.]

Hey.

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

[The school part doesn't bother him too much, he admittedly likes to learn. Then again, he's still school-aged so he doesn't have that issue. Not to mention it'd be nice to be in a school and not be undercover for once, that way he could let his hair down so to speak. (Not that he'd be caught dead with his hair down, but that's not the point.)

Still engrossed in the catalog, he honestly doesn't notice the other person at first. Something he'll be kicking himself over later. There's being relaxed and then there's being stupid. Letting people get that close? Is the latter.

He notices the voice seems familiar on some level, but doesn't think much of it. Pulling his eyes away from the catalog he looks up with a curious glance.]

What, you need something?

[stillshinigami]

[And this is the sorta thing that being hyper alert gets you.] What the--

[The kid turns his head to look up at him and he's staring right back at his own eyes. His own face. Complete with mop top and the long braided hair.]

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

[To be fair even if he'd been alert, he might not have caught this one. It's not like he's seen himself when he's older after all and he'd certainly never pictured himself with a haircut like that either.

In fact he still doesn't quite get it, though his gut's busy telling him that something about this whole thing is weird somehow.]

You okay, pal? Almost look like you've seen a ghost or something.

[If he only knew.]

[stillshinigami]

Ghost? Yeah. Lookin' right at him. What the hell is this?

Who are you, and why do you look like me? [Or rather, what I used to look like.]

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

Looking right at him? You hit your head lately, because it's a little early to blame this on being drunk.

[That said, looking at the stranger closer he could see some similarities between the two of them. That didn't mean much though brunettes are a dime a dozen after all. Now the fact that their eyes matched, that was a little more on the creepy side.]

Who'm I? Who're you?

[Hey, that's how they always did it in those vids, right?]

[stillshinigami]

[Even the sense of humor. Duo might have laughed if this situation weren't completely nuts.]

Duo Maxwell. Now who are you?

[Whoooo boy. You have have to make it harder, now do ya?]

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

[Excuse him for a moment while he does his best fish impression.]

...
...
...

[Okay, that's over with.]

What do you mean you're me? You can't be me because I'm me.

[Not his most eloquent moment ever, but he's under a lot of pressure right now. Give him some credit.]

What sorta lame joke is this?

[stillshinigami]

Funny. I was thinking the same thing.

[A hand rises to his temple.] It's not a joke, dammit. And even if it was, who would come up with something like that?

[So he was either playing dumb or he was completely ignorant as he was. Great!]

[livebymysmile.livejournal.com]

Guess you would be, if you're really me and all that.

[He frowns, resisting the urge to rub his own temple as well. Instead he scratches his cheek awkwardly.]

Yeah, yeah I know it's not. Who'd think two of me, uh, of us was a good idea anyway?

Bet if we asked anyone it'd just be blamed on Time Compression too. Though I'm beginning to think they'll blame just about anything on that here.

[stillshinigami]

Shit. That's right.

So what does that mean then? I'm the once and future you?