WEEK 2

[akudamods]

Saturday passes uneventfully save a little rain. It's on Sunday that you get a little notification of probation for new areas: Neo-Nipponbashi and Chuo. It'd be possible to investigate, to check out some anime, or to worship the defunct Shinkansen. But maybe it's hard to get excited about any of that when Friday’s events suggest that you have simply been provided some additional photogenic places to commit murder. Are you going to bother either overseer after their participation in some mockery of justice? Troll the internet? Get a bat out of Hyper Zone and just take out your frustration on everything?

Those of you who entered the pods will experience fewer “painful bursts of color” as your body is unaffected below the knees, though the same amount of “slight teleportation” glitches. Those of you who abstained from the pods will continue to experience all of the above as well as electric shock sensations occasionally when touching metal objects.

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Re: Weekly Loveposting

[conways_retribution]

_{[he's gotta do it again]}

sucka fucka ding dong

_{[that just means he missed you <3]}

[fixingtodie]

[Her browsing eventually takes Rachel to Ani-Mart. Specifically, she seems to be looking through various plush characters. But she hears Jake and... well, he has her attention.]

...you're familiar with some of these?

[your_best_friend]

Don't you have anything better to do?

[conways_retribution]

Oh, yeah, they aired these cartoons back in America. I can tell things came a long way since black and white it seems. _{[He'd actually taken his phone out to translate the text...]} Huh... "Mighty Atom"? "Mach GoGoGo"? And "Tetsujin 28-go"?

You told me they even had different names over here I wouldn't have believed it.

[conways_retribution]

_{[Judging by the silence, no]}

[your_best_friend]

[* Well, if the 10chan users are telling him info about human anatomy, then he'll soak it all up- wait, what's this?

Cutthroat...

...Flowey will get back to the general searches of anatomy and basic human body examination after a little more digging around. Can he find out anything more about Cutthroat?]

[fixingtodie]

Huh. I guess it's not as easy as translating it line by line.

[Who knew.]

Were you looking for something to watch? [She points outside to the store across the way.] There's a furniture store across the street if you need a tv.

investigation!

[intimations]

[Today, Belial's apparently out and about without his characteristic and horrendously oversized feather boa. Whether it's damaged, been left elsewhere or suddenly gained sentience and crawled off on its own is a mystery, but either way he's checking out some of the new areas without it.

The first stop is Neo-Nipponbashi, where he's just mostly wandering the streets and peeking into some of the stores to see which ones are willing to serve them. If you run into him at any point during his cursory exploration, he'll offer a wave and his usual grin.]

Didn't think they'd give us a bigger cage to play around in. Think it's a reward for indulging them with their fantasies?

[Anyway, after he's made his rounds about on the streets, he'll actually check out some of the stores. To be more precise, he seems to have gravitated towards Mainichi Treasure to look at some feather throws. If you approach him as he's examining a particularly fluffy one, he'll turn around and gesture at the collection in front of him.]

Hey. If you've got the time, how about helping me pick one of these out?

[Next off, he's going to hop over to Chuo and investigate the Shinkansen Station. Of course, he wouldn't be so gauche as to not match the locals, so he's brought a Billiken plushie that he swiped earlier to leave as an offering. If anyone judges him for his shabby gift, they'll just get lax grin and a helpless shrug in response!!]

Neo-Nipponbashi

[your_best_friend]

[* Didn't expect to run into the flower from the trial, did you?]

Yeah... You'd think they'd just put a tighter leash around us, This whole thing seems counter-productive to them getting rid of us X-Classes. Unless they're trying to incite more hate, perhaps...?

Shinkansen Station

[akudamods]

Ooooooooh, good taste!

[A Biriken keychain jangles on the skirt of a young woman as this offering catches her eye.]

It's really too bad we still have to wait. That'd be such a good choice to leave behind.

neo-nipponbashi

[metamere]

Even stories like this have to move along. [ A wry smile. ]

[conways_retribution]

Thanks for the tip... Well, I am a sucker for the classics. I'll see about it. I just hope a TV comes cheap around here. _{[He's... only ever used CRT in his life.]}

[akudamods]

[BUY

SELL

TALK

EXIT

> TALK:

Yourself
The other robot
Anime
Kansai]

[intimations]

[Flowey's short, so Belial will squat down and rest his chin on a hand as he considers the suggestion.]

Hmmm... Stirring resentment by allowing us to intrude on their space, then? Well, it's not a bad idea if the citizens were ever inclined to forgive us. But a smaller cage is more effective if you want to your beasts to snap at each other.

[your_best_friend]

[...

>* TALK
>* YOURSELF

Because he may as well exhaust all options first.]

[intimations]

Hehe, thank you. I wasn't sure what to bring at first, but when I saw this, I knew it was perfect.

...Oh, but I'm sure it wouldn't compare to anything you have prepared, of course.

[Just going to peer over curiously to see if she's also carrying some kind of offering too.]

[intimations]

So this is just the start of a new chapter? I suppose it would get boring for our audience if the setting stagnated...

[your_best_friend]

Exactly! Claustrophobia can even induce dome very strong and desperate behavior in even monsters.

Or perhaps... they've begun to fear us...? Giving us more space to placate us so we don't target them.

[thefifthchild]

I think everyone watching this and taking pleasure in this is sick, and I'm counting the days until I get the chance to cure them all of their affliction.

You, Matador?

[Fully an empty threat, but he thinks it should be a good to see if there's any repercussions for scaring the audience.]

[thefifthchild]

And yet they don't have Painting With Hana. Disgusting. [He has something between a scowl and a pout on his face as he goes through whatever manga he can find.]

investigation

[thefifthchild]

[Damian is going to decide to test his theory about the Black Market, and before actually bidding on anything important he's going to try to scour the halls of the hospitals for anything interesting to steal and give to the salesman.

He'd like to avoid stealing from his fellow inmates, but he'll steal from them if he has to.

Does anything catch his eye?]

[thefifthchild]

[Damian, deciding to prod the bear that is the general populace of this dystopian Japan, is going to post a number of messages talking about Japan while at the Internet Cafe. He'll swap computers for literally every message. He'll also post a few things about the United States of America, Germany, Great Britain, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

He's just dipping his toes in the water, he'll be inflammatory when he needs to be.]

[intimations]

[A hum.] Human casualties don't seem to be much of a concern if they're willing to let us roam freely amongst the masses.

[Musings aside, there's a slow blink afterwards as he continues to stare at Flowey, head canting as his mouth opens slightly.]

But oh...? Don't tell me you're enjoying this?

Investigation

[voidseeing]

[Gai is a man on a mission today. His destination: Book Bride, but he's not here to find fun reading material to pass the time. No, he's here to investigate, his main agenda being anything he can find about the history and geography of this Japan... and if there are any tour guides or anything of the sort, he'll be checking those out too. Basically, whatever looks interesting or attracts his attention, he's going to be taking a look.

Also, since he's already noticed some discrepancies between certain aspects of this Japan and his own Japan, is there anything else in that vein that he would notice while he's here?]

[your_best_friend]

It's almost as if the Kanto government doesn't care about its people so long as they sing praises about them~. What sickos.

What? Little old me? Finding amusement in this little predicament?

[* Flowey makes a playful face, winking and sticking his tongue out.]

Naaah~.