WEEK 6

[lockdownmods]

[Week six comes like an ominous wave. If anything, the wall is more threatening that it's ever been. That sign from last week? Looks aged-- like it's far more than just a week old. But more than that, it feels like something is waiting to snap this week. What could possibly go wrong, after last week?

Said no one ever, at this point.

But still, if you look around this week, you might find out something. It's like someone has started leaving clues in places old and new. Take a look around.]

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Comments

[buriedearth]

[ ... That's frustrating. After awhile of trying in vain, he loses his patience.

He'll slam a fist angrily on the controls. ]

...So much for technology.

[buriedearth]

[ What's going on in here?

Terra, on the other hand, is kind of nosy when it comes to these things. ]

Is that...?

[swordsinternally]

[ Hey... don't judge him, meta text.

Nevertheless, this is pretty interesting. But the fact that it all started in Japan is not exactly encouraging news in the slightest bit. And it's been dark for five years based on this book... depending on what year they're actually in comparative to when that book was published, this might be important.

He'll probably have to look for other books later after this one..... but let's keep going. Anything else to find in this chapter or should we move along to the next one? He's here for this. ]

[swordsinternally]

I'll remember that. Just don't admire the tattoos too much, though.

[covertizer]

[ Goddammit all these Hales.

He's just going to take those notes for the moment, and tuck them away for reference. If he keeps rummaging, what else might he find? ]

[lockdownmods]

[this chapter is done! unless you want the specific, in depth people history. luckily, no other chapter indicates a nation was erased-- though, hey, you know.

it's something, right?]

[covertizer]

It's hard not to? You really weren't kidding about them being over your whole body.

[ Like. He's looking. They're all down the simulation's legs? Over his feet? This is extensive. ]

[swordsinternally]

Don't worry, though. There's one place that they didn't carve those on.

[ TSUKASA???? ]

[swordsinternally]

[ Wow, this fucking sucks.

Is there any other information that can be gleaned from the other chapters? ]

[covertizer]

[ Well that's that unanswered question answered. ]

That might have been overkill if they had.

[lockdownmods]

[for now, that is it in this briefcase.

looks like this professor was a chemist, though!]

[swordsinternally]

They probably thought "oh, that place is already a sin, we don't need to carve it on there" and just left it alone.

[lockdownmods]

[nothing besides what's already been said. there are a lot of "unknowns."]

[swordsinternally]

[ Good to know! Perhaps he should see if he can't find any other books here in this section, probably anything history-related about either Japan or London. ]

[newhire]

Nope! Come right in--

[She'll open the door and nudge it with her foot for her guest before returning to what she was doing.]

Just a little inventing-reinventing I guess.

[swordsinternally]

Inventing?

[ He'll definitely help the door open up and quickly sneak inside before it closes behind him. ]

What exactly?

[covertizer]

[ He just.

He just buries his face in Tsukasa's shoulder. It may become apparent it's because he's laughing rather than doing this in despair. ]

If they're going to be so thorough, that seems kinda hypocritical though. "We'll tattoo everything else, including your face, but god forbid we go anywhere near there."

[newhire]

Oh! Hello Terra.

[She smiles brightly. He knows.]

It sure is.

[swordsinternally]

Yeah, exactly. If the stars in this room are similar to the ones back home, it might make things a little easier...

[newhire]

"Vivienne".

Those of you that just started this semester have probably never seen me, because they took down my portrait, but-- soon!

[Ta dah!]

This body was given to me in a pinch so Megumi and I really are very different.

[swordsinternally]

[ It's okay, he's laughing as well. ]

Yeah, yeah-- that's good. That makes me feel so much better about how shitty the meaning behind them are.

spoiler warnings: Oso-san late S2

[ososoi]

[ "I want to decide for myself, but I just can't seem to decide lately. I wonder what the others think..." ]

[ "Why don't you decide for yourself?" ]

[ "Hm?" ]

[ "You just said that. That you want to decide things for yourself." ]

[ Well, that... clears some things up. But it also raises some questions. ]

[ But above all... judging by the fact that Osomatsu and his brothers are wearing different, and newer-looking, clothing than usual in the memories, it probably confirms what he had suspected since last week. ]

[ That his brothers are back home with him. They're back. ]

[ Sorta. They all seemed to be drifting apart to some extent. ]

[ But... well, it's complicated. At least they're all still home, but he's still more than a bit iffy about this. ]

[ Even though them getting jobs for once was his idea. Again, it's complicated. And he still doesn't really know how to be proper. ]

[ ...He still needs to figure some stuff out. ]

[ Osomatsu wakes up not hungover for the first Sunday in a while. But he still feels like shit. ]

[ For your father figure to die... and then to remember your actual father nearly dying... ]

[ Now he understands why 'Hospitals' are listed as a dislike on his profile. ]

[ But as much as he wants to stay huddled in his room for the whole day... he can't. He feels like he needs to get out of his room. ]

[ First off, he'll have lunch in the Starbucks, sitting at one of the tables chewing on a cheese danish. He looks tired, but he doesn't look horribly miserable like he did yesterday. He seems to be in thought. ]

[ Later on, he'll be in the new Arcade, trying to play Donkey Kong. Trying to. He's failing pretty badly. ]

...Knew I should've played Pac-Man.

[ Not like you'd be any better at that, Oso. ]

[ And later at night, he's lying in the Field, looking up at the stars. And the moon. Once again, he's deep in thought. ]

[swordsinternally]

I see. That's similar to me, I guess. Being in a body that is different than your normal one...

[covertizer]

[ he likes his new briefcase.

hmm.

if he has a snoop around the chemistry lab, is he going to find anything interesting? ]

[covertizer]

[ He shifts to wrap his arms around Tsukasa's waist and lets the last of his laughter drain out. ]

Do you want to talk about what they mean, or would you rather leave it be?