base64 (Crossover RP)

"Hm. Maybe I didn't... I'm Sayori!"

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Vannie followed as well, deliberately staying as far behind as she could without appearing suspicious.

"That's a nice name. I think. I don't know what makes a name 'nice'."

Sayori giggled awkwardly, but quietly.

The glitched dude follows suit, still silent.

Yuri is silent, but determined as she walks, only looking away to check that she's on the right path via her phone. Before long, the group following her can start to hear the chatter of Sayori's group.

"Do you think that’s them?" Sera asked, curiously.

"Come on, l-let's go see..." Yuri starts walking faster, with the back of Sayori's group coming into view.

Meanwhile, the lobster girl looks at Sayori for a moment, her gaze softening, before turning back to Echo with the same dissatisfied expression she's been holding since the square interrupted their conversation. "..."

Then her hands glow, and with a blue flash, Echo is then teleported back to the others in Sayori's group.

The lobster girl sighs, then turns back to Sayori. She walks up to the girl with a sad smile before pulling her in for a tight hug.

"..!.??!?....?!!.." And she starts to...sing? It's not quite singing, more like an odd mixture of the various squeaks she's been making, but it's surprisingly soothing. Sounds a bit like ocean waves if you listen close enough.

Sayori froze for a moment, then smiled.

"You sing well... don't think I've ever heard anyone sing this well in person."

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The neapolitan girl abruptly paused, looking up at a nearby building. She was bound to get lost in the city if she kept going.

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Vannie then heard a voice in her head.

Vannie.
What is it, Mr. Afton?
I'm telling you this one time only. Do not trust these people until you're sure you can do so. I made that mistake with Emily. Never. Again.
I'm not stupid, you silly goose!

She softly chuckled to herself.

I know you're not. I've been around with you long enough to know that. But this is a place I've never heard of. Did you have a run-in with Fredbear?
What would Fredbear, of all defunct animatronics, have to do with this?
Let me tell you that story when we're in a more convenient place.

Joker watches Echo run, surprised that a cube could even do something like that. "I'm not the one who just saw that, right?" Joker stares off in the direction that Echo ran.

"No, you're not going insane quite yet." Akechi chuckles.

Seth seemed to perk up as they approached Sayori's group.  "Harp!  Friend Harp!"  

The long-haired blonde turned toward the approaching group.  "Seth?  Seth?!"

"Are we all on the same drugs?"

Seth and Harpy have wrapped each other in a hug, Harpy not even phased by the younger ones metallic claws.

"!!!" Lobster girl lets out a happy squeak when Sayori says that, letting go of the hug so she can look at Sayori with a wide smile. She starts to squeak some more, but then-

"Sayori?" Yuri walks towards the coral pink-haired girl, and although she briefly gives the lobster girl a curious glance, she doesn't seem too phased by her. Improvement!

The lobster girl is surprised by Yuri's seemingly sudden arrival, and initially looks like she wants to hide behind Sayori, but upon noticing that they seem to be familiar with each other, she relaxes a little. Still scoots a little closer to Sayori, though.

Meanwhile, as Yuri's group arrives to meet Sayori's group, Palutena starts speaking up in Pit's head. "That divine presence is definitely here now...do you mind moving around a little bit? I'm having trouble picking up where it is."

As she says this, Ajna blinks in confusion, looking around as if trying to find something. "...so can anyone else hear that, or is the world trying to make me look crazy again?"

"Oh, hi, Yuri!"

Sayori cheerfully waved to her friend, smiling as brightly as she was before. Then she turned to face the lobster girl again.

"That's my good friend Yuri! She's usually extremely shy though... wonder why she of all people is leading a crowd like that."

"No.  I don’t believe you are."  Anna says, behind Ajna.  "You saw me after all, even with Seth's limiter on.  If you can hear a voice it’s probably there." She gazed at Seth, who seemed to be quite glad that someone else was there that she could recognize.

The glitched dude stays quiet as the two groups come together.

"..." The lobster girl nods in confirmation, a thoughtful look crossing over her face before she turns back to address Yuri.

"I-it's good to see you again, Sayori," Yuri sighs in relief, then turns to the lobster girl. "And you are?"

The lobster girl stares for a moment, then simply points to her lobster half. Yuri blinks in confusion.

"What? I-I'm sorry, I don't..." Yuri's eyes widen. "Wait - do you know how to write?"

"!!!" The lobster girl nods, letting out an affirmative squeak as she does so.

Meanwhile, Ajna nods in appreciation. "Thanks. Now to figure out where it's coming from..."

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It's a good thing that Neo stopped, as Fubuki seems to have finally taken notice of her. She turns around, ready to start walking over-

And then something happens next to Neo. If only for a moment, the nearest gap between buildings seems to...for lack of a better word, glitch, the area appearing distorted as if someone took an image of the place, split into pieces, and haphazardly rearranged them. Then it returns to normal as if nothing happened.

After a few more moments, however, it happens again in a different, further gap between buildings.

"What the hell...?" Fubuki mutters, using her psychic powers to float over to Neo and drop down beside her, proceeding to look intensely between her and the advancing glitches.