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[soundsurfing]

Heh, won't letchu down, yo!

[When they get off the bus, Beat doesn't even hesitate. He picks a direction and begins to walk, but only for a short distance before hailing a cab.]

Faster, cities bigger 'an you think.

[At least it's not a long cab ride and they stop in front of a Museum that honestly looks like it's nothing really to look at. But once inside, it's as Beat said. It branches everywhere, leading off to different exhibits for all the monsters currently living on the peninsula.]

Aight, we can visit ours if you wanna, though it ain't nothin' you haven't seen, or we can jus' wander. Summa them got gift shops!

[unlivinglegend]

This place is huge... and it shows places from everyone's homes?

[He's super curious to see everything, but-]

Let's see ours first.

[soundsurfing]

S'far as I know. Ain't been peekin' into alla them, but curiosity got the squirrel an' I ducked into a few.

[He'll walk in a direction when Neku says theirs, bypassing quite a few entryways to finally enter one. The first thing Neku will be aware of is the music faintly playing. The next will definitely be the life-sized, very realistic holograms of several Noise. Beat makes a face at them and instead goes to a little Kiosk to pick up a bag of ... chili dog gummies, ripping them open eagerly.]

Pretty sure I peed a little when I first came in here, yo. Ain't nothin' like walkin' in an' seein' Noise jus' floatin' there.

[unlivinglegend]

... it sounds like they ripped off my old MP3 player.

[Which is surreal. As are the Noise]

Trippy.

[soundsurfing]

[Beats spotted something that makes him laugh around his gummies.]

'Bout to get trippier, yo. Check it.

[He nods to the secure glass case that's new since he last checked. Inside, Neku will find his old clothes stylishly dressing up a mannequin. They're either the real thing or perfect replicas, complete with said mp3 player. The plaque reads: Legendary Threads]

[unlivinglegend]

[Neku stares at it]

Stalkers. That's creepy as hell...

[Huff huff, he's embarrassed]

[soundsurfing]

[Snickering, Beat admires the case, smiling at the Mr. Mew leaning up against the Mannequin, hidden on the other side. Cute. And accurate.]

Yeah, I ain't sure how or why it chooses what it does...

[He's avoiding looking at a small model of Rhyme's Noise form]

But it always seems to pick somethin' related.

[He gestures Neku over to the model Scrabble Crossing, moving over to it himself. As he approaches, a glitching version of himself appears, walking through the crowd. He snorts down at it.]

[unlivinglegend]

[Neku spots the mini Beat and his annoyed expression dissipates to a smile]

Look, something your squirrel form is bigger than.

[soundsurfing]

Ha-ha, yo. Funny.

[He's grinning, however, especially when a small version of Neku shows up, walking opposite until the two cross paths, where they high five and head off together to disappear off the edge of the model.]

Heh. We'll get home someday.

[unlivinglegend]

It's kinda sweet... even if I don't like this place knowing so much about us, it doesn't seem... dangerous?

[soundsurfing]

Nah, ain't nothin' I've come across yet been dangerous. Know some peeps ain't happy wid their exhibits [He's thinking of the way Lusamine reacted to the idea of hers] but I don' think anythin' here can hurt us. Upset us, yeah.

[He tosses the bag of gummies at Neku, looking around their exhibit, the replica 104 building standing tall and proud.]

Summa this stuff is new since you, Shiki, an' Kitty-girl arrived.

[unlivinglegend]

[He starts popping the candies in his mouth]

The more of our memories, probably. Get's a fuller picture.

[soundsurfing]

Prolly, yo.

[He nods and looks around, picking up a "Yoshiya" plush at the Kiosk and stuffing it into his backpack.]

I don't hate it, helps 'xplain stuff 'bout the shit we had to go through when peeps ask. C'mon, lets check out summa the others, then we can split an' head uh to whatever I said we was gonna do next.

[unlivinglegend]

[He snorts at Beat already losing track at their 'plans']

Sounds like a plan.

[ He wanders ahead, picking paths are random]

[soundsurfing]

[Following after, Beat'll spend the new bit of time with Neku just looking at exhibits. Some are frankly disturbing and Beat seriously feels bad for the people they represent. He stops Neku from going into Lusamines.]

I promised her I wouldn't peek, yo, but if you wanna, I ain't gonna stop you.

[unlivinglegend]

...

[He normally would just suggest they walk past. If she wanted her shit private it was best to respect that. But after his weird conversation on the network and how much Beat talked her up... Neku was curious]

Will it bother you if I look?

[soundsurfing]

Nah, yo. You can look, if you wanna. I'll wait.

[Beat crouches down near the doorway, back against the wall, arms on his knees. He'll finish off the gummies.]

[unlivinglegend]

[Neku nods and heads in. At first nothing is overtly odd outside the fact that Lusamine seems to be from a world with monsters already. Or are those just how animals are there? He can't say. But as he explores there's a... vibe. A kinda helicopter stepford vibe which comes to a head once he sees the notes on 'Cosmog'. And the cave.

He's in there for... awhile]

[soundsurfing]

[The longer Neku takes to come out, the more Beat begins to fidget. Tapping his toes on the ground, picking at fur, looking towards the doorway and away. Stands up and begins to pace, claws clicking.

Eventually he stops at the doorway, hesitating, before calling out.]

...Phones?

[Do not disappear on him. Do not.]

[unlivinglegend]

I'm here.

[At Beat's worried tone he stops his tour and steps out, looking pensive]

Sorry, lost track of time.

[Wandering into liminal space again]

[soundsurfing]

[The sheer relief on Beat's face is plain, his earrings fading from a worried orange to a happy green, the pinch on his face smoothing out.]

It's aight, jus' was wonderin' how big it was in there.

[He's a horrid liar. He hesitates a bit.]

See anythin' cool in there?

[unlivinglegend]

...not really. Just...

[How much should he say? He is missing so much context after all]

How well do you know Lusamine?

[soundsurfing]

[That doesn't sound good...]

She arrived same time Josh an' I did an' she's been really helpin' out wid things...

[But, the tone of his voice says. Which should tell Neku enough.]

[unlivinglegend]

Has she talked about her past at all?

[soundsurfing]

Nah... I wasn't gonna pry, we all got shit we ain't proud of.

[But with the way Neku is saying it.]

... Lemme have it, yo...