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???th rebuttal; fourth wall

[ It's that time of the year again, and Naegi has decided to stay away from high places this time if he gets a say in where he's going to spend the day. He'd rather just have a nice, quiet afternoon with nothing too insane happening to him. The large machine that appeared in the middle of the street from nowhere reminds him of murderschool but he remembers getting some nice stuff out of it, so it's... actually acceptable and doesn't bother him too much; it beats explosive Monobears any day of the week, really. ]

I wonder what I'll get this time?

[ There are large piles of Monobear coins surrounding the machine, so all he has to do is to scoop up a handful and shove it into the machine and see what comes out.

This site can be used to randomize the item you get out of it, should you want to give it a try. ]

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[Well this...sure is a thing, isn't it? The sight of Naegi with the machine is a little startling at first just for the sake of what it is, but he doesn't seem too bothered by it...

So Chihiro is just going to cautiously approach. He's not getting too close yet, though.]

Naegi-kun? ...where did this come from?

Hope's Peak. You've been inside the school store, right?

Well, yes, but...why is it here in the middle of the road?

[He knows some strange stuff has been happening this weekend, but this is by far the strangest yet.]

Weird things are happening right now, so maybe that's why it showed up.

Hmm...have you gotten anything from it?

Not yet. How about we give it a try? [ He picks up a coin, drops it into the slot and twists the capsule he receives open....

....Not bad tbh. ]

[Well how about that, it's actually not terrible.]

Oohh, I wonder if that would be okay for Pokemon to eat...

[Bird Pokemon, maybe?]

Can I try?

I think so. [ There's no reason they couldn't, at the least -- he'll have to give them to his Fletchling later. ]

Of course you can, Fujisaki-kun.

[Chihiro nods and picks up one of the coins to put into the machine. Okay, let's see what comes out...

Wow this is actually really nice though.]

Oh, these are pretty!

If you want to, you could give them to one of the girls; I'm sure they'd love them.

[ Makoto Naegi: FTE gift advisor. ]

I think I will do that.

[Christmas is right around the corner, after all. Maybe some benevolent force knew that and thus that is why the machine has appeared.]

How many coins are there, anyway?

....An odd place to put that machine.

[A deep, but noticeably feminine voice speaks up behind Naegi. Familiar, and knowingly curious about the situation at hand.]

Isn't it, Naegi-kun?

[ ...That voice. It's been a long time since he last heard it, but he definitely know who it belongs to. ]

Oogami-san!

Greetings, Makoto.

[Sakura stood proudly, giving the young man a curt nod. Beside her, stood a tyrouge, trying to emulate his trainer's stance.]

I assume you know where we are?

Y-Yes, of course. [ Give him a few seconds to calm himself down a little; a classmate showing up always makes him feel a bit emotional, and Oogami is somebody he owes a lot of gratitude. ]

This is a different world, and the region we're in is called Johto.

[Well, today has been... a Day.]

[Route veterans know exactly what's happened, of course, but for Komaeda it's just been baffling. A flash of light assaulted him when he woke up, and now he's riding his Tauros around a strange city with no clue how he's supposed to get back to Violet. (He has a gym to beat, dammit.) But if Komaeda's learned one thing from Murder Island, it's that standing around when something weird happens is not a good idea; he's got to investigate.]

[Which leads him to the Monomono Machine, and perhaps more importantly, a familiar face. TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON, SENPAI...]

Naegi-senpai?

...Komaeda-kun! [ Okay, that... is somebody he didn't expect to see in person so soon. ]

When did you get here?

About twenty minutes ago.

[It's only due to the grace of his Pokégear that he knows where "here" is at all.]

What about you?

An hour ago, I think.

[ ... ]

You're still new, so this is your first time experiencing this. Every six months or so, things get really strange here.

[They certainly do, Naegi, they certainly do.]

...This is a regular occurrence?

[Honestly. Pokéland just keeps getting weirder and weirder. So, like any responsible adult, Komaeda takes a monocoin and pops it into the machine, just to see what comes out...]

[White Rabbit Earmuffs.]

Yeah. But things go back to normal after a few days.

[ Not bad, Komaeda! Those earmuffs are better than tumbleweed or underwear, at least. ]

[ ... ]

[Quietly... hangs earmuffs... around neck... look he needed earmuffs okay]

Do we keep the items?

... Huh.

[ don't mind the pigtailed girl staring in confusion at the machine like she's never seen anything like it before

... Which is exactly the case actually so ]

What's this thing s'pposed ta be? Is it a vending machine? ... A real fancy one?

Something like that. [ He motions to the piles of Monobear coins. ]

You insert some of those coins and you get capsules containing various items.

Oh... uh...

[ well why not

she scoops up a coin from the ground and idly rolls it between her fingers for a moment before slotting it into the machine and it spits out

a... magazine...? ]

... s'this s'pposed ta be? What kinda vending machine spits out fashion magazines?

...This one. I've gotten some really strange stuff from it before.... Like tumbleweed and military rations. [ and thongs and vibrators but we're not mentioning those, okok. ]

Well I guess rations could be useful around here. Y'mean like food, yeah? So I guess if ya saved it, it'd be good fer like, emergency food while yer on the road.

But this...

[ she makes a face at the magazine. ]

It ain't useful at all.

Wouldn't somebody who's into fashion find it useful?

. . .

Oh.

R--right. Yeah.

[ going a little red as she pages through the glossy magazine. ]

Some a'this stuff is weird though. Like, real weird. S'wrong with eyebrows? And why would ya shave 'em off?

[ that's a very good question, labrys. ]

I dunno. Maybe it's some weird new trendy thing?

Seems a hell of a lot more trouble than it's worth though. I mean... if y'want eyebrows, why would ya shave 'em off? I mean, I'm guessin' you want eyebrows if you're gonna draw 'em back on, but...

[ flicking through a little more ]

'n all the makeup... gotta take hours ta put this stuff on.

Probably. I wonder just how early in the morning people have to get up if they want to put all that on...

The face on that thing...

[For some reason, this machine...really rubs Anna the wrong way, but, hey, she's kind of curious about it! I mean, really, what's the worst that can happen, right?]

So I just put one of these weird coins in and I get a prize? Is that how this works?

Just ignore the face.

[ Because that's a good idea. Let's pretend there are no Monobears on it. ]

And yep, that's exactly how it works! Some of the prizes are kinda bizarre, but most are decent.

Well, I'll give it a shot and see what I can get!

[She sticks her coin in there and gives it a spin...and out comes a pair of roller slippers!]

Woah! Are these cozy shoes on wheels..?!

[ Not bad, Naegi thinks - it beats getting underwear, at least. ]

Yes! You can roll around indoors if you put them on.

Roll around indoors, huh? Well, it's certainly a bit more convenient than riding my bike around inside...for some reason, nowadays I can't do that anymore.

...Why would you ride your bike indoors?

It's as good of a place as any!

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