There's a lot more to this place than we thought...

[frequent_flyer]

Who: Hinata and Otonashi
Where: Capricorn
Summary: A reuniting of best friends! And Otonashi has some very unsettling information about Hinoto-Ri to share...
Warnings: Possible talk of death??

Hinata, wearing one of his new outfits, would be quick about getting to the park, stumbling off the tramway in his hurry and jogging to the place where Otonashi said he would be.

"Otonashi-kun!" He called out, seeing his friend on a park bench some distance into the park, rushing over to greet him. He hadn't actually expected the redhead to call him so soon, and the excitement shone in the blunette's face.

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[trainwrecking]

"Yeah. They were basing all of their information off a previous Zodiac sickness, six months prior to the Taurus breakout. They didn't know anything at all," Otonashi cuts off to snag the ball, nearly caught off guard by it despite Hinata's gracious pause.

"The last time a Zodiac outbreak happened, it was a group of Visitors like us who cracked the "pattern," not the government. That means that these outbreaks are probably new and came in along with the Visitors. The government may only know as much as we do about them—even though they have to try to calm the masses. That's another thing, this city—"

His grip on that poor, battle-worn ball tightens before he throws it back. It's a little more intense than he intends for it to be, but not so strong that it should be damaging.

"Ah! S-sorry, Hinata..."

[frequent_flyer]

"Only six months..? Is it... always going to happen that frequently?" It was a valid question, he figured. Should he expect to have his friends trying to kill him regularly or just sometimes?

"How could the Visitors cause something like that? It doesn't make sense." He reached to catch the ball as it was thrown, wincing as he caught it with bare hands. "H-haha... It's alright..."

He gives himself a minute to let the sting wear off, gently tossing the ball back to the redhead. "...You were saying?"

[trainwrecking]

"Are you sure? I can take a look at it," he offers, recapturing the ball but stepping closer to the other boy to check for marks. "That was stupid, I didn't mean to do that..."

An innocent mistake, he knows, but a mistake nonetheless. The last thing he wants to do is hurt someone he cares about again.

"Ah? Right, uh... This―this city is missing a lot of its history. I've been trying to study it, but there's nothing to find. None of the natives know anything if you ask, only that "something happened" and now there are Visitors coming in. And the breakouts are, uh... we don't know how often yet, but we should... be ready if the pattern is every six months."

In he very gently arcs the ball over to Hinata, watching it fall short and hit the ground. He's trying, he really is, but it's clear that his focus is distant.

"A lot of this isn't right."

[frequent_flyer]

He shakes his head quickly, waving his hands to signify that everything is indeed alright. The last thing he wants is to guilt-trip Otonashi so soon after finding him.

"Ah..." None of the inhabitants remembered any of the city's history? That sounded an awful lot like a mecha anime he used to watch, Big D.

He couldn't say he was looking forward to the possibility of his closest friends trying to murder him... again. Having Otonashi try to strangle him to death was already scarring enough, he didn't need it to happen more than once. He's similarly distracted as the ball lands on the ground, rolling and bumping one of his shoes. He comes out of his daze, glancing down and seeing the ball on the ground. His brow knit together some at the sight of it, but he doesn't react beyond that.

"So what do we do? Just... wait for it to happen? Maybe there's some guy with a robot who knows what's going on..."