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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Comments

[fixingtodie]

[Although it sounds strange to her, of course she stops to listen to what Flowey has to say about it.]

...is it different from my regular name?

[...]

Besides the color.

[thefifthchild]

[Damian doesn't go out at day. The earliest you will see him is at 6pm, wandering the new streets. He seems weary, like he's suspecting people to jump out at him at any point, or like he's having an incredibly intense argument in his head. Come say hi?]

I.

[The first location to catch his attention, despite his insistence on professionalism, is actually the book store. He could lie and say that it's a good excuse to learn more about this world, but he's actually staring right at the manga section through the window.

Time to wander through and make a bee-line toward that shelf and... He stops, skidding to a halt at the sight of a tabletop playbook section and there's a book that's vaguely familiar to him. It's not Serpents & Spells, but the cover looks... almost identical, like a knockoff.

Despite his previous excitement, he looks saddened.]

Maps...

I wonder if I could bring it back to her, as a souvenir. [He doesn't seem to realise he's not alone.]

II.

[Damian, having come to a hilariously incorrect conclusion about the Ani-Mart, will zero in on that Adults-Only sign.

What could they be hiding from children that needs protecting... He tries to sneak his way in but he is picked up by the scruff of his neck by the mech while he angrily flails.]

Unhand me, machine!! I'll know whatever devious secrets you might be hiding and I'll cut my way through you if I have to!

[He is promptly thrown out on his ass like a feral kitten.]

III.

[Damian can be found sitting on a balcony in the middle of an alleyway in the early hours of the morning. He's holding his sword out, indicating he's clearly been practicing for the last few hours. He seems entirely alone.]

I know our circumstances were, and probably still are different. It's not projection to want other people to have the opportunities you did. She was ten, I'm fourteen, she's a girl, I'm a boy, and I haven't killed anyone yet. You can keep your pity to yourself.

[Without a word he kicks off against the balcony and drops gracefully onto the stone alleyway. Then with a sigh he'll turn around and blink in surprise at the new presence.]

[akudamods]

[The disc drives are a bit unusual in this catalog. Why? They appear to come in multiple sizes. Some are the normal size, but the biggest size is practically as big as someone's waist. What would anyone want with such a giant disc drive?]

[fixingtodie]

[.......what would anyone want with such a giant disc drive?

Guess she'll buy one and find out. Do they sell compatible disks in a matching size? It would probably make sense to buy something to go in it if she's going for it....]

[pr159]

Does it cause the oversharing of personal situations with people online as well, or is this a separate problem?

[thefifthchild]

Well, they're not my problems. They're my fathers. If he didn't want them to be public, that's on him.

[akudamods]

HUMANS LOVE ANIME. I LOVE HUMANS. THEREFORE, VICARIOUSLY, I LOVE ALL ANIME! THANK YOU, ANImaTORS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[akudamods]

[There is indeed a suggested product to go with the drives.... ..... Are these disks or buzz saws!? They are as giant as the drive, though.

The wait time on these products is about as long as the generators, by the way.]

mainichic treasure

[osssuary]

You... plan to wear it?

[The real questions. They must be asked. Apparently even Kimimaro isn't quite immune from judging Belial's sense of fashion, or maybe just his choice of picking up throws from the furniture store to potentially use as fashion.

(He literally has no room to talk, he's basically been walking around in the same outfit since time immemorial now, even though it's been quite thoroughly robot-laundered when he's apparently taken the time to step out of it. Even though he's almost never spotted at the hospital rooming. Worst neighbor ever.

Also there are probably still holes in it here and there. One or two might have seen some patching but where is he getting the fabric.)

... He might also be looking at some of the sturdier fabrics here, yes, though he is definitely not eyeing anything feathery.]

[pr159]

Feels a little like yours too since you brought the dead brother thing into it, but if you say so.

[conways_retribution]

I'm more the "go out and about" type. Seeing bands, hitting bars, all that.

[conways_retribution]

No wonder I haven't heard of it, then, that's way past the year I came from.

[conways_retribution]

Thanks a lot. Speaking of all the TVs I saw were really... flat, and big. Where I come from we just have these fat little fuckers.

[your_best_friend]

[* This next option miiight just give some juicy info.

>* KANSAI]

[your_best_friend]

[* Okay... wow.

The longest Flowey's ever seen was General with 921. Even Flowey doesn't come close with merely 606. But what actually gets to Flowey the most was the part about murderous urges. It's eerily similar to what Flowey has. Sure, they're not urges... but... it's simply more like Flowey would simply forget that he isn't supposed to kill. THAT'S how he can't control himself.

What he'd do to have Frisk be here... Everyone else would be much safer.]

[* ...]

[* He'll ask about Cutthroat on 10chan, just because.]

[your_best_friend]

Listen, I know you may think of this as just decorative, but remember our fight and how my name was yellow at one point? A yellow name indicates when someone wants to be spared.

So how about it, Rachel?

[your_best_friend]

[* ...

* Flowey gets up and out of the pod. His next words are more to himself than anyone else.]

Goodbye, Chara...

[* If Physicist wants to talk to Flowey, now's her chance, as Flowey is about to burrow away.]

[thefifthchild]

That's not oversharing, either. He never shuts the fuck up about it.

[hunterandhunted]

[Oh?




Oh??

This might change everything.]

[your_best_friend]

[* Wait... what...? This isn't... This isn't what they said last week. Can they do this...?]

[* Hmm... Maybe it's time for a little talk...]

[fixingtodie]

[...oh.

The puppet's little act. Right from the very start, there's a knot in her stomach. She knows immediately what they're getting at. Compared to the last motive, there's a great deal more emotion in her eyes. It almost looks like... her eyes are wet.]

I will find him.

[It's broken and uncertain but.]

...I have to...

cw abuse

[akudamods]

[Oh, poor little Ainosuke. Is there anyone left who more acutely understands the extent to which reality itself is falling apart? Even this physical sensation of floating might be brand new to you, though it should be easy to adjust with all of your hypermobile hobbies.

You feel as if you are with your aunts. Who will tell you what to do, who will leave your material needs left, who will provide a purpose and direction for your life. Yes or no: Is it enough to exist and be loved?]

[mrfuckwit]

_{[ Akira is talking to himself when he sees this. ]}

What?

Does this mean we could see someone again even if they were dead?

[fixingtodie]

[In the Research Hospital lobby one of the tables has been emptied of it's tissues and sanitizer and replaced with three plush dolls. Not any that you'd be able to find in any of the stores around here. No... upon closer inspection they look to be carefully hand stitched.

That doesn't mean you can't recognize them. On the contrary. It would be hard to forget those faces so soon.

Each one of the dolls looks like one of the individuals that died last week. From the eyes, hair... even down to various metal bits gathered from cast away trash turned into what looks similar to Loremaster's robotic hands.

No need to look far for the creator either. Rachel sits in one of the nearby chairs, purse filled with bits of fabric and stuffing from a variety of Ani-Mart plush dolls. Thanks to yesterday's "incident", there's one more person to include. But this one is harder. She doesn't really have any memories of them at all. But she works hard to put it together correctly nonetheless.

As she works, she hums softly; steady hands making stitch after stitch.

There's another doll next to her on the chair. But this one doesn't look like anyone from here. But it seems very important to her-- more than the others that she's made.

Later in the day, she visits Book Bride to get some iced coffee and scan the shelves for books about technology. Following up on Loremaster's research means she should probably try to learn a thing or two while she's still alive.]

Re: MOTIVE

[conways_retribution]

<sub>[...something built up in his throat, but he couldn't swallow.

He just had to let it out.]</sub>

You think you can keep doing this forever, you bastards?! _{[Even if no one hears him, he's doing to keep shouting at it with the courage Damian gave him last week.]} One way or another, you'll come to regret it!