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[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

And out of the abandoned dorm appears... Jack Atlus. Not just any Jack Atlus of course. This one happens to have an infant strapped to his back.

This doesn't look like the garage.

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[spoilersnotpdd.livejournal.com]

[... Rally is confused. It's Jack. ... With a baby. Shouldn't he be punching it?]

Jack?

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

Rally.

Shouldn't you be in school? [And Jack only now looks around] Where the hell is the school?

[spoilersnotpdd.livejournal.com]

Uhh... no?

Well, I think there's a school or something on this island someplace but it's prolly not the one you're thinkin' of.

[Rally is a paragon of helpfulness.]

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

Oh. Great. More interdimensional hijinks. I hate Mondays. Mind telling me where I am this time and how to get back.

And the last time I checked, you were supposed to be starting my class this week.

[spoilersnotpdd.livejournal.com]

... This's happened to you BEFORE? Sheeeeeeesh.

Uh, iunno, it's some kinda island that's got bits of different places on it. There's this part over here with the fancy buildings and a part than looks like Satellite and some parts I ain't...

... Wait. Your class?!

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

[Jack grins] It's bound to happen when you save the world.

... Joke's over, pipsqueek. I gotta be home by five or Carley'll kill me.

Yes, my class. D-Wheels. Riding duels. That class.

[spoilersnotpdd.livejournal.com]

[Grumble] Don' I know it.

... You're a teacher? You? [Sneeeerrrrrrrrk.]

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

Had to get a job somewhere. [The baby coos, reaches up and grabs hold of one of Jack's extensions]

Know what?

[spoilersnotpdd.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh... nothin'. [Self-conscious coat tug.]

[... Stares at the baby.] So what's with the kid?

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Oh, Ryuu is very amused with how this Jack is holding an infant. He still remembers that baby Pharaoh Atem back at the Dressing Room, and he's convinced that babies are more or less the worst torture one can bestow on them. So right now he's laughing rather raucously from a distance away, with his younger brother trying to quiet him.]

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

[Jack turns, and spots Yuu first] Hey Yuusei, Carley wants you over Sa-

... Yuusei this better be some kind of Solid Vision application. [From behind him, the baby reaches out toward Yuusei and might be cooing something that sounds suspiciously like "crab"]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Oh, you have Ryuu growling over the implication that he might not actually exist. But he is silenced by his younger brother, who is rather amused by the little one.]

...No, Jack. That's my niisan.

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

Very funny.

[Ignored, the baby starts to cry]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

My ototo doesn't joke.

[He can't even tell a lie...]

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

What the hell are you talking about?

[Jack turns away from the twins to tend to his daughter.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

He means that you're not where you once were, Jack. This is a nexus, a meeting between points in times and dimensions. I'm not the Yuusei from your world.

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

So I guess that means you won't be coming to the pre-release party on Saturday.

I guess I won't be going to the pre-release party either. This week just keeps getting better. [Jack cradles Regina in one arm and begins to feed her with a bottle he's pulled from the messenger bag he's carrying] At least tell me there's a store and an ATM around here.

[fear-my-ladle.livejournal.com]

[Jack? And a baby? Martha's parenting instincts are lighting up like whoa now.] Jack?

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

[Jack's immediate reaction is to stiffen and turn around cautiously. He knows that voice.] Martha?

[fear-my-ladle.livejournal.com]

[And she's right behind you smiling, Jack.] I expect there's some perfectly logical reason why you happen to be carrying a child on your back. Have you returned to your days of picking up strays, or does she belong to someone?

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

[The kid is clearly pretty young, and Jack looks appropriately weary.] Of course I've got a perfectly logical reason, Martha. She's mine. You were there when we brought her home.

[fear-my-ladle.livejournal.com]

[She looks confused, then shakes her head.] You're still eighteen in the world I'm from, Jack.

So you finally settled down? Who's the lucky woman?

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

Ah.

Well after we defeated Godwin and Illiaster and saved the world, Carley and I got married. [Jack smirks proudly] Regina was born a few months ago.

[fear-my-ladle.livejournal.com]

[She clasps her hands together.] Wonderful! Just wonderful!

She's a lovely girl, Jack. Take care of her.

[papa-atlus.livejournal.com]

About that... Martha, I need your help.