Ignihyde Dorm - Idia's Room

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Please to meet you for the first time in this world. My name is Ortho. I'm a technomatic humanoid with autonomous on-board AI. You created me. |

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......Wut? |

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...OoOOooh! Hokay, right, I get it now! This is your avatar, right? Ha, good one — you really had me going. Gotta say, though, I never pegged you for the type to choose a handsome virtual boy with such a flashy design. |

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So much for an immediate awakening, I guess... |

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Huh? What? "Awakening"? |

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I can't blame you for not accepting reality right from the word go. Especially since you're probably living your best life right now. |

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Uh, you're completely losing me here... Is this something from a new anime this season? |

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You can't play dumb with me, you know. I'm sure you've realized that something about this world isn't quite right. |

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I'll just come out and say it. The world needs saving. The world needs...you, Idia Shroud! |

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*GASP* A handsome young humanoid is asking me for help from inside my computer?! I've read literally 500 million light novels with this exact premise! Is it finally time for me to be the chosen one?! |

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PFFT—*cough* Ahem. That's right, Idia. The time has come. Awaken...from this dream! |

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Dream? Hrk?! |
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*the screen shakes and the room ripples* |

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Humanoid... "Idia"... Not Ortho... My little brother is... Augh... Gah! My head... It hurts...! |
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*The scene shifts from a faceless Ortho in a Royal Sword Academy uniform to Ortho in the Mirror Chamber* |
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Ortho goes to Royal Sword Academy... No! He goes to Night Raven College with me... |
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*The scene goes back to Idia's room, which is rippling* |

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My little brother Ortho... That day, he... |
SFX |
*Idia's phone vibrates. "Ortho" is calling him |

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Ortho...?! Argh, my head! |
Ortho? |
Idy! Don't let him fool you! That robo-Ortho is nothing but an impostor! |
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*flashbacks to various scenes of Idia and Ortho in the real world* |

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Gah... What are...all these strange memories?! |
Ortho? |
That impostor's trying to brainwash you! Don't believe him! |

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I should've expected he'd have something in place for this. So when they're in danger of waking from their dream, the NPCs try to keep them inside. What a sophisticated autonomous spell. Guess Malleus isn't one of the top five mages in the world for nothing! |
Old Ortho |
Stay right there. I'm coming to save you, Idy! |

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What's going on?! Black goop is flooding the room... Is it blot? |
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*A faceless Ortho in a Royal Sword Academy uniform appears from the goop* |

Ortho? |
Here I am, Idy. It'll all be okay now. |

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Ortho...? |
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