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A/N: Trying to find the lore in places other than the Wiki, YouTube and Manga is impossible as even those places have barley any information on what half the flamechasers were even doing before and around the third eruption. So I've had to take some creative liberties with some world background (as I have almost not Idea what happens after Part 1 other than the whole 50,000 Years time loop thing) and character backgrounds.
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Handing Kevin back his phone and classes starting back up, Thorald begins to settle in a little. From what he's gathered from the teachers, the history here is largely the same when compared to his Earth's timeline before its ascension to the 4th Dimension in 2098 but after that they didn't have anything in common.
That is until the past Century where they discovered remnants of older civilisations and the gradual increase in technological advancement catching up and partially surpassing his Earth until a few decades ago when the first Herrscher descended leading this Earth to its current state of a mix between advanced technology and old technology due to the forced rapid technological advancement were, even some buildings look like they belong to completely different eras.
Also, during this time Kevin kept on asking him about that purple haired girl, that Thorald saw earlier when he first sat down, going on about whether he thought she was cute, or pretty, or beautiful and every other word he could use to describe someone's appearance in a positive way.
As if to relieve him from this hell the bell finally rang signalling the end of the day.
Just as Thorald was about to get up to look for somewhere to sleep tonight, as he's definitely not sleeping in that shack after his earlier experience with the bed, Kevin taps him on the shoulder.
He turns to look at Kevin, "Thor! Why are you leaving so early?"
Thorald with a deadpan looks at him and simply says "Home."
Kevin on the other hand wasn't going to let that happen and grabbed him by the arm and dragged him over to that grey-haired boy he saw reading that medical textbook earlier. 'Is this that Su he was mumbling about earlier maybe?'
"Su!" 'Bingo'
Hearing his name called, Su turned to see Kevin dragging the new student toward him. He sighed — Kevin was being his usual persistent self again trying to drag another person into their circle, or well trying from what he can see from the reluctant expression on the new guys face , and smiles at Kevin.
Thorald, on the other hand, notices the change in Su's expression thinks 'Is that the weird smile Kevin mentioned earlier?' Kevin however was oblivious to it, and once they reached Su he turns to Thorald and starts to introduce them.
"Thor! This Su" He turns to Su and points to Thor, "Su! This is Thor...or, well Thorald.
Finally Kevin looks at Su's face to see that 'weird smile' he always has when he's done something he shouldn't have and nervously-
"uhh, S-Su, I know I was late earlier and I have a per-perfectly valid excuse!" -Spoke quickly to explain himself.
Su on the other hand keeps that expression and responds to Kevin's words "Ohh, do tell me what this 'perfectly valid' excuse that you have came up with is.
Kevin starts to quickly and nervously explain about the noodle shop and how he got lost, while to Kevin's side Thorald is thinking 'Is he meant to be that cliché friend who becomes 'scary' only when they smile?'
Su after hearing what Kevin considers 'Perfectly Valid' Sighs yet again thinking 'How does he consider that valid of all things, who the hell has noodles that early in the morn- oh... I forgot who I'm thinking of, of course Kevin would why wouldn't he is the better question, urgh' Ignoring the turmoil in Su's mind and the constantly change expression on his face Kevin, thinking himself in the clear and quickly turns to Thorald.
"You said you've never had a phone earlier, why?" He inquires hoping to divert the attention from himself to Throald instead.
Thorald picking up on this plays along and responds, "Well that was a minor lie, I had one when I was younger, just that I broke it the same day I got it so I never got one again." (True Story by the way)
Their conversation knocked Su out of his stirring thoughts and looks at Thorald as if he's some kind of mystical creature 'How do you do anything in this day and age without a phone?!' Quickly he asks
"What about getting one today as compared to when you first got one there've gotten very affordable?"
Kebin jumps in "Yeah, its also our third year already we'll be going off to colleges next year and you'd want to keep in touch with friends you make here don't ya?"
"hmm, maybe I should it help immensely for this year wouldn't it?" He looks to Kevin and Su,
"Do you two mind showing me to the store that sells them nearby?"
Kevin and Su look at each other and then nod, Su turns to Thorald.
"Su turns to Thorald. Sure, I don't mind—as long as it doesn't take longer than an hour as I've got an evening shift at my parents hospital."
Kevin joins him, "I'm also fine with it, no need to worry 'friend', we'll get you same one as mine" He holds up his phone "You seemed fine using mine earlier so I'm thinking why not get you the same one?"
Thorald replies "Sounds good to me."
"Though from Su's words we should get going now if we don't want to make him late." He gestures towards the door with a small smile on his face.
""Let's go""
"Jinx!" Kevin jabs in at Su.
Sigh
As they make their way towards the store to get Thorald a phone, Thorald inquires to Su about why he's working at his parents hospital. 'Though if I had to guess by that textbook he wants to be a doctor'
"I want to be a Doctor"
'Yep' Thorald chuckles inwardly
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
Su thinks for a moment. "I...I once saw some patients come in when I was with my parents, that were afflicted with Honkai Sickness and seeing a child like that made me want to help others and maybe even find a cure for it!"
"Is that why you were ready a medical textbook on Molecular Biology?"
Su looks at him a little wide-eyed for a moment, "How did you know it was Molecular Biology?"
Thorald smiles a little "I know a little bit of it yeah"
Before could ask another question Kevin cuts in front of him, "Oh, are you trying to be a doctor or something too?"
"Nope, just something you pick up over time" He left it purposely vague. "Is this the place?"
He looks up at the sign that literally just says 'Electronics' and looks back to Kevin,
"You weren't joking when you said its called 'Electronics' I thought that was some sort of reference or something"
"Nope, its just called plain old 'Electronics'." Kevin grinned. "Great place to find almost anything you need."
Kevin going first walks through the automatic doors followed by Su then Thorald.
Looking around what seems to be a mix between a back alley shop and a 'top of the line retailer' he sees Kevin and Su walking over to a wall with many phones and holographic displays. Kevin turns to him and gestures for him to follow them.
After seeing Thorald begin to make his way toward them Kevin grabs the same kind of box he got his phone from and passes it to Thorald. "Here, this is the same one as mine" He holds his phone next to the image on the box to show him their the same model.
"Alright now that we've got this do you want to pay for it now or compare a phone and image? Su asked.
Thorald nods and they make their way over to the counter where Thorald places his card against the scanner to pay for the phone.
After doing so they make their way back outside.
Su speaks to Kevin, "Alright Kevin, I've got to go now otherwise I'll be late."
He then turns to Thorald, "You've already added my number so call me if this guy-" He points his thumb to Kevin on his left, "-Tries to drag you to a noodle shop as he will get you to somehow pay for it."
"Hey! I'm not that bad"
"Don't listen to him Thorald I would never do that to a friend, promise."
Su jabs back, "Really now, I distinctly remember last week you dragged me to a noodle shop after your practice and I ended up paying for it."
Hearing this Kevin sweat drops and slowly turns mechanically to Su and "GottagoseeyoutomorrowSuThorgottagobye" and with that Kevin's already half way down the block.
Su facepalms and turns back to Thorald "I'll see you tomorrow Thorald." He walks off while waving back.
Thorald all this time was just thinking, 'Their good people, Kevin's a bit over the top but Su's also a bit stiff so they balance each other out.'
He opens his phone navigating to the internet to look at current news. 'They'll be good first friends/allies to have in this world'.
Looking at the latest article 'Honkai Outbreak in Kanazawa 100,000+ casualties unknown how many more injured'. 'Now that's concerning at how casually they word these titles. How common must these outbreaks be for this to be normal and casually spoken?'
He decides to first go back to that mountain to test the interactions between Honkai energy and his runes when trying to combine them.
Putting his new phone in his pocket he makes his way back to the mountain he woke up on.