Joshua... hadn't actually... thought about that? Before?
His entire life had been in Shibuya. Born, raised and died there, and because of his choices he'd always been bound within the confines of the Shibuya district. He'd grown so complacent of Shibuya being a fact of life that he'd grown resentful of it-- and tried to destroy it. He'd changed his mind, obviously, for reasons he himself wasn't even entirely sure of. Shibuya still Was, and it was pretty much always going to be. He didn't even imagine what he would do when Shibuya was gone, despite his vehemence in destroying it.
But now he was here, in a place that was definitely not Shibuya, and was possibly another realm or place of existence altogether. He'd already seen all the trouble that his absence had caused for the the higher ups during his game with Megumi, so-- what was happening if he was gone period? The game couldn't run. The dead couldn't be judged. The Reapers would be directionless, and in certain aspects, powerless.
The realization that this was a thing-- that the world didn't just stop because Joshua wasn't around to attend to comings and goings-- was enough to visibly surprise him, and he didn't even bother to cover up his moment of silence or the frank expression on his face.]
I... I don't know. I've never left the city before. [Even when he was in an alternate universe, he'd still been in Shibuya!]
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Joshua... hadn't actually... thought about that? Before?
His entire life had been in Shibuya. Born, raised and died there, and because of his choices he'd always been bound within the confines of the Shibuya district. He'd grown so complacent of Shibuya being a fact of life that he'd grown resentful of it-- and tried to destroy it. He'd changed his mind, obviously, for reasons he himself wasn't even entirely sure of. Shibuya still Was, and it was pretty much always going to be. He didn't even imagine what he would do when Shibuya was gone, despite his vehemence in destroying it.
But now he was here, in a place that was definitely not Shibuya, and was possibly another realm or place of existence altogether. He'd already seen all the trouble that his absence had caused for the the higher ups during his game with Megumi, so-- what was happening if he was gone period? The game couldn't run. The dead couldn't be judged. The Reapers would be directionless, and in certain aspects, powerless.
The realization that this was a thing-- that the world didn't just stop because Joshua wasn't around to attend to comings and goings-- was enough to visibly surprise him, and he didn't even bother to cover up his moment of silence or the frank expression on his face.]
I... I don't know. I've never left the city before. [Even when he was in an alternate universe, he'd still been in Shibuya!]