FINAL WEEK

[akudamods]

Starting Saturday, the layer of clouds in the sky is more solid than ever. Overcast, reflecting the neon light of the city. By Sunday, you'll see more colors than ever, as several new areas are added to the span of your probation. And some areas aren't, but might see an approach anyway. Do the pods containing six weeks of treatment daunt you in the slightest now that judgment awaits at the end of the fourth week? Though faithful treatment participants only experience flashes on the upper third of their bodies now, their counterparts will experience occasional waves of isolating existential coldness. Does your physically present overseer have anything to say for herself? Just remember one thing: Kanto is watching and waiting.

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Comments

[pr159]

I'm sorry, why are they working with you? She's been pretty reliably advocating for our execution this entire time.

[voidseeing]

Oh, she still wants to get rid of all of us-- that much hasn't changed. But she wants to get rid of the system that's keeping Kansai under Kanto's thumb even more, and she's smart enough to realize that we have the power to do that.

[intimations]

Is that right? Isn't that altruistic of her. Almost sounds too good to be true.

Oh, by the way. Is there any reason to think this convenient alliance isn't going to lead us all into some sort of trap? You're asking an awful lot from the rest of us, you know.

[voidseeing]

It may well be a trap. I'm not going to pretend that isn't a possibility. But Technocrat also said something interesting to me: "When Kanto gives you a doll to play with, you don't get to throw it out."

She thinks there was a catalyst to our arrival here, and she thinks it's related to this factory. Right now, this is the best lead we have to go on when it comes to finding a way to get back to our own worlds.

[intimations]

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And if some of us aren't particularly smitten with that prospect? What then? Is there really an incentive to cooperate there?

[voidseeing]

You don't have any interest in going back?

[intimations]

Now, now. I never said that, did I? Think of it as a hypothetical. A thought experiment.

[voidseeing]

If you have any other ideas, you're welcome to share them. But I plan on following this trail to see where it leads, whether anyone else comes along or not.

[intimations]

Heheh, so serious! You could really afford to loosen up a little, though. Being too forceful with your propositions can really rub people the wrong way. Not all of us enjoy being told what to do, you know.

[your_best_friend]

Enjoyment or not, sometimes it's best to do what you're told. I've had plenty of experience with that. On both ends.

[intimations]

Is that right? Do tell. What sort of figures have you been listening all your life anyhow?

[voidseeing]

Sorry, force of habit.

[He doesn't sound very sorry, though. He has his Akudama title for a reason, after all.]

[intimations]

Mmm, as long as you get the message. Wouldn't be a very good leader if you didn't listen to others, right?