"Hey, Daichi! Where are you going?" "I'm just going to go look at the forest! I think I heard screaming!"
"That's what I said, huh...?"
The voices of his friends drowned out as an overpowering noise came over his ears. It sounded like something was shattering, breaking, trying to get in--
"And one more hit--!" "Gah!"
The post office door crashed as Daichi awoke with a jolt. He looked towards the entrance of the post office he had holed up in for the time being since he had wandered around here for a couple of hours. Putting a hand to his chest, he realized he hadn't realized that he had fallen asleep. More importantly though...
"Who the hell are you-- Whoa! Chill out, man!" Throwing his hands in the air, Daichi backed off a bit from the figure that now stood in the doorway with a baseball bat clutched in their hand. It didn't take a genius to find out that this person was male. Daichi guessed he would be standing a bit taller than the other, but he wasn't the one who was armed with a weapon now was he?
"How long have you been here? Who are you?" The questions came at a rapid rate, and Daichi backed up a bit again. "Chill out! I just got here hours ago!" "Hours? Damn it!" The man cursed, but didn't lower his bat. Daichi swallowed nervously. Alright, he just had to play it cool..."Hey, man? We're kinda...both unsure what to do now so why don't we lower the weapon and talk this out."
Not backing down from the frustrated glare that the other man was giving him, Daichi motioned to himself. "I'm Daichi. Daichi Hachiobei. Most of my friends call me Hatch. You?" The man stared at him for a bit before- "Isshiki. Isshiki Shimazaki." "Good. Now we're no longer strangers are we? Look, we both don't have any idea what the hell we're doing here so why don't we try to explore around this office a bit, huh?"
He extended a hand, grinning. "Truce?" Isshiki eyed the hand for a moment before lowering his bat. "...Truce."
After a bit of exploring around the office, Daichi had managed to get a hold of a faded map; a rather interesting discovery. Isshiki glanced over the map a little. "So there really is a bridge..." "What's that?" The brown-haired man shrugged. "I met an odd woman earlier and she said the only way out of this place is the bridge." Isshiki shook his head, sighing. "I don't know why, but I have a nagging feeling about the bridge. Something feels...off."
Daichi couldn't ignore the fact that there was something about how Isshiki said it that made him feel like he was right in a way. Still..."There's only one way to find out."
Now with his newfound companion, Isshiki set out once again, this time having a better sense of direction thanks to the map that Daichi picked up. It was faded and hard to see what places were what, but he could make out the general direction of the bridge, and that was good enough for him. For now, at least. There was still the matter of finding out where Irie was, and no map would ever lead him to her instantly. "There's just no way something that convenient is going to happen," He told himself, shaking his head.
Soon enough, they reached the bridge- or rather, its beginning. Daichi squinted. "Man, I can hardly see anything past this place!" He was right; Isshiki noticed the thick fog covering the entirety of the scene that would have stretched out past the bridge. He cursed a bit and stepped forward, outstretching his hand and reaching out. "You're right. I can't even see my own hand past the fog." He grunted, withdrawing his hand. Daichi took a few precarious steps forward, then let his foot hover a bit above where the next plank would be. Cautiously, he lowered it, and withdrew, frowning. "Doesn't seem to be complete either."
"I knew there was something about this damn bridge," Isshiki cursed before noticing a nearby tree. Snapping a branch off, he tossed it into the fog, and listened. When he didn't hear a thunk, he sighed irritably and kicked a stone away from him. "Is this some sick joke?" He growled. Daichi rested a hand on his shoulder, frowning. "Best we can do right now is to investigate the other areas, man. See if there are other ways out. Maybe even gather supplies." As of the moment, Isshiki didn't have enough heart to tell Daichi that the whole place was landlocked according to the odd woman. With a sigh, he nodded gravely.
"That amusement park seems like a good place to start."