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

fucking hover menu!!!!

[pr159]

[ ...I mean, in all honesty, I can't say Rideaux wouldn't have grabbed those if the pink had been red instead. ]

Well... that's certainly a choice.

its a menace

[priori]

[ Rideaux............ ]

Oh? Then they may not suit my needs. [ Down they go and—hello, what's this?? Squinting and picking it up. ]

[pr159]

What is that?

[ He'd steered clear of the whole non-designer section when he was looking at things here, so this is the first time he's being graced with this sight. Is that just like, a helmet piece they're trying to pass off as sunglasses?? ]

[priori]

A visor, which begs the question of why it's among the sunglasses.

[ Tempting as it is, he sets it back down on the table. Only to pick up something else that looks less like sunglasses than it should. ]

[pr159]

[ Why is it tempting... ]

I suppose those could work in the event that you needed to seamlessly transition from the beach to a masquerade.

[priori]

[ Because he could give them to Belial and never have to see his face again. Down they go and up comes another pair! He's grabbing all the winners, as Rideaux can see. ]

Is that a common occurrence? [ Genuine question. ]

[pr159]

[ Well, okay, fair.

Flatly: ]

No.

[ Who is buying these things.

Attempting to steer back to the not-a-complete-nightmare section, he looks briefly over one of the racks and points out a different pair, though he's not sure why he's even bothering with any of this. ]

All right, how about these? The colors are fitting, I think.

[priori]

[ But Rideaux, what about these?? The nightmare section is a treasure trove of nonsensical shades!

Except, nah, Lucilius doesn't care enough and follows Rideaux's gaze. ]

Better. I agree the tint on the lens is suitable, it's the rim that needs altering. A dark color would be more fitting.

[pr159]

[ Let's just burn this whole city down, it's what it deserves. ]

Oh?

[ Kind of matches those 70 white robes you're wearing, but ok. ]

This, then?

[ Pointing to these! Pretty boring but at least they aren't hideous, which is apparently not as low a bar to clear as one might think. ]

[priori]

[ excuse you his style is vastly superior to the other astrals. also love how rideaux is just picking pink now ]

A relatively plain design, but otherwise passable. Let's test their durability.

[ Plucking them from the display and examining the hinges. ]

[pr159]

[ Look, he saw the pattern there in those other choices, and he ain't picking these for himself. ]

Just take care that your "durability test" doesn't end up with him [ gesture toward that weird vendor dude ] trying to make you pay for broken merchandise.

[ There are also these, which he picks up and takes a look at. ]

If those are too dull, here's something a little bolder, and probably sturdier. It's not going to match every shade of red, though, so how well it would work depends on how many different reds you have in your wardrobe.

[ It would clash with his own slightly more magenta-toned reds, for instance! ]