Daichi: In which the world changes forever and nobody outside Inaba notices. Of course, none of the people in Inaba know they're going to school with a robot, so… it works out somehow, I guess?

Verity: We don't own anything.

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Souji Seta glanced down the streets of Inaba, still not entirely sure about the prospect of this next year. He wouldn't have to look after his cousin, apparently his uncle had hired a babysitter, which would leave him with more time, but… He decided to put it out of mind and go familiarize himself with the local area.

Soon enough, he saw the girl he had bumped into at the train station, talking to a boy with dark hair. Interested, he moved closer, to try and hear what they were saying. He didn't get that close, but he did see a spark of light between the two, and the boy's pained shout.

"Ow! Was that- was that Zio? How-?" The girl brushed him off, and walked away. She turned to Souji as she walked by.

"Do you have a problem?" She asked, tone cold as ice, and he realized that whatever she'd done to the other boy, she could probably do to him.

"No, not really."

"Good answer."

She walked away, and the other boy walked up to him, allowing him to see the unnaturally bright blue of his eyes. "She's pretty cold, isn't she? I've never seen her around before… or you, for that matter." Souji decided that it would probably be a good idea to introduce himself.

"I'm Souji Seta. I just moved here. I'll be a second year at Yasogami High this year."

"Huh. Four transfers in two years, to this small town. I didn't realize it'd be so popular. I'm Ryoji Mochizuki. A third year." The older student offered his hand, and Souji took it. "I suppose you don't know that many people yet."

Souji shook his head. "You're the first one I've talked to."

"Well, that just won't do. Come on, some of my friends are this way." Ryoji dragged Souji along before he even got the chance to say no. They approached a pair of siblings who seemed to be arguing over snacks. "Hey, Konishis!" They both turned around.

"Oh, great. It's Mochizuki…" The girl groaned. "What do you want?"

"I'm just showing the new kid around. Really, Saki-san, you make it sound like I have no manners."

"You do have no manners," The boy pointed out. He turned to Souji. "I'm Naoki Konishi, and that's my older sister, Saki. It's good to meet you." Saki and Ryoji had devolved into an argument, in that little space of time, about Ryoji's apparent tendency to flirt with anything that moved.

Souji got the feeling he was in for an interesting school year.

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When the world shifted around them, Metis wasn't entirely sure why she was the one to investigate. Oh, right. Because Ryoji had inadvertently taught Teddie how to flirt and was doing damage control. She doubted it would work, but at least he was trying.

Standing on a raised walkway, she remembered that, if the weather report was right, the fog would clear soon. So she kept her guard up, ready to summon Psyche at a moment's notice. She knew she'd probably have to. Most Shadows, without the fog, lacked even the simplest sense of self-preservation.

There was a crash from the end of the walkway, and a woman with dark hair ran out of one of the buildings. A human woman. That alone gave Metis pause, because she'd never seen an actual human there before.

Not that it mattered for long. There was a powerful gust of wind- a Garudyne spell, most likely, because there was never really wind- and while Metis was able to endure it, the woman went flying, right over the railing.

Of course, given that none if it was even meant to happen, there wasn't really much ignoring that.

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Saki couldn't ignore it either. Even with the fog, it was sort of hard to mistake for anything else. She fumbled for her phone, wondering why she had to be the one to do this.

Right. Because she was missing school to get to work early, and just so happened to choose a terrible path for being able to keep her peace of mind.

"Hello, Inaba Police Department? I've found a dead body."

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Metis glanced out the window. Still foggy. Apparently. It was like the fog in the other world, not able to be properly seen by Shadow eyes, but entirely capable of being sensed. Not that she particularly liked the way it felt. It was… oppressive, almost.

Not that the more mindless Shadows seemed to think so. Rather, it pacified them. So it was probably something about the conscious mind. The Kirijo Group would just love that information. Assuming the Kirijo Group knew anything about the world full of Shadows or the fog, and that was rather unlikely. Inaba was rather far from Iwatodai.

She turned back to the inside of the room, and watched Chie and Yukiko talking to the newest transfer student. The one that, on certain days, would be doing her job. Not every day, but often enough.

She didn't entirely mind, of course. She liked Nanako, but sometimes she enjoyed being able to go around town without a tiny follower.

The intercom came on, for the second time that day, to tell the students to go straight home. That was fine with her. What happened yesterday had shaken her somewhat, in the sense that it could have been averted if she'd been prepared for it. Of course, she knew she'd never have been able to see it coming.

Proper rest, being able to actually think for a bit, at least once enough fog had returned to the other world to not be beating off Shadows every five seconds, that sounded appealing. So she didn't pick up a fuss and went to find Ryoji.

"Saki-san already left," He told her, once she found him, although Naoki was there, and since the Shopping District wasn't really out of the way, Metis didn't mind that, either. Because something told her that, from now on, nothing would ever be the same.

And, as she would later find out, she was entirely correct.

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Verity: Because if anyone would get Marie to use her powers subconsciously to get him to go away, it's Ryoji.

Daichi: Next time, we get to see the immediate fallout. It's not pretty. And Saki has a very bad day.