Mirai SMP (SMP Live AU x Future Diary)

? ??????? 39: operation: technoplane

Ryan then looks at his phone, which is being held in Ty's hand. He supposes he forgot to ask for it back — Ty's sort of just been keeping a hold of it unconsciously for the past few days now.
"Ty, how'd you even end up finding me anyway?" Ryan asks, changing the subject in hopes to liven the mood a little.

"Huh?" Ty's a little caught off-guard by the question. "Your phone, obviously."

He shows him the screen — the most recent message he's been sent was that night:

RYAN HAS RUN AWAY. IF YOU TRAVEL WEST PAST THE CITY AND INTO THE BUSHLAND, TURN RIGHT AT THE LARGE, TALL TREE, AND CONTINUE TO SET STRAIGHT FORWARD INTO THE FOREST, THEN YOU WILL FIND HIM.

As Ryan reads the messages, he raises an eyebrow.

"That's kinda weird," he finally says. "My phone doesn't usually tell me info like that.. It just tells me my environment and my whereabouts in a specific radius. It's almost as if my phone is completely.. out of character."

Suddenly, the phone pings for the first time in a couple of days.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER!

At once, both the boys exclaim a "what?!" as the jump back. Ty's grip on the phone slips, and he frantically tries to catch it before it hits the ground.

THIS ISN'T YOUR DIARY SPEAKING. IT'S ME! HI RYAN, HI TY. I'M GOING TO HELP YOU.

"Wh.." Ty stammers in shock. "Who are you?"

YOU CAN CALL ME YIMF. RYAN MAY HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE. I'M ONE OF GOD'S ASSISTANTS!

"God's assistant..?" Ryan mumbles, blinking also in disbelief. "What are you.. Doing here? How long have you been here for?"

WELL I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU GUYS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
I SWEAR I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A CREEPY WAY! D:

"I hate to break it to you dude," Ty says, "but that's probably the creepiest thing I ever heard."

"Why have you been watching us, Yimf?" Ryan asks, ignoring Ty's small but comedic comment.

BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO WIN.

The words put him on edge, silencing him.

"Why don't you talk to us in person?" Ty also asks, totally brushing off what Yimf had just said.

I CAN'T, YOU SEE.
BECAUSE I'M RUNNING.
I AM RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD. I CAN'T LET HIM KNOW WHERE I AM.

Unlike Ryan, Ty allows his daring curiosity to take over him. "But he's God, isn't he? A God should know where everyone and everything is, right?"

NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. THIS TIME, GOD DOESN'T KNOW.

This somehow finally gets Ty to be quiet. A few long seconds pass before Ryan musters up the self-confidence to speak.

"Why do you want me to win?" He looks at Ty as he asks this, as if he was asking Ty the question instead. "Isn't that a little bias?"

I WANT YOU TO WIN BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON I BELIEVE DESERVES IT, THAT'S WHY.
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I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. I AM THE REASON YOU DIDN'T DIE THAT DAY.

A vivid memory of himself confronting Techno that day replays in his mind as Yimf says that. The day being stabbed in the chest with a sword, being shot hundreds of feet across the skylines by a grappling hook only to crash into the windows of Ty's room.