★ EXPLORATION OF A NEW WORLD ★

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[Following a productive — (productive? convincing it to to a brief stint identifying as a redheaded catgirl probably constitutes being productive, sure) — first meeting with Arche, the assembled members of the Agency are now left largely to their own devices, a little bit older and a little bit wiser, and in all likelihood probably a fair amount more confused than they were before.

After interacting with Arche, the flickering lights have all but ceased, presumably because Arche has proceeded to start...working on that, intent on doing what she can to make the facility a little more pleasant and liveable than it was before.

Following the various discussions, at least one thing seems apparent: the resident AI is having some memory loss, and is currently hard at work attempting to remedy that by searching for its missing memory cores in...well, however it is that AIs do that sort of thing, it's complicated and she probably wouldn't bore you with the specifics even if you asked.

So. That leaves a facility at your fingertips, and about eleven other people that you're apparently going to be dorm-mates with for at least the foreseeable future. Good luck with that?]

THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[OOC: And here is your last log for the week; as of now we're switching over to weekly sub-headered logs like this until investigations begin next week. For the time being, if you want to talk to Arche during the week, please use the top-level comment provided and specify the circumstances in your tag if need be!

Arche's information will be updated shortly to reflect the new changes she's undergone!]

Comments

[nullorvoid]

[Well, perhaps you're unlucky, Yosuke, because you're not going to be left alone in there all day; Ginti's not going to interrupt, though, he seems pretty content to watch from a distance, though he seems to be doing so a bit intensely, um.

He'll wait until the guy is between rounds, though, before he says anything.]

...You're not bad at that.

[garudynamic]

Whoa!

[He turns, planting his hands against the back bar and turning bright red... like Ginti had caught him changing then complimented his butt. Pleased, but rather scandalized as well]

How long have you been standing there!?

[nullorvoid]

[Oh, what the hell is that, Yosuke, you're amusing him.]

Long enough to tell you that and not lie to you about it.

[garudynamic]

Am not.

[It comes out like a reflex, but he grins regardless]

I used to play all the time back in the city, but I'm WAY outta practice now.

[Well, he went to Okina to play on the older machine in the arcade sometimes too. When Yu didn't wanna train or hang out. But that totally didn't count]

[nullorvoid]

...I don't ever really think of things like that as needing practice, but I guess they would, huh?

[garudynamic]

Oh man, you really do. Not only do you gotta know the songs but you gotta get used to being in that... that state.

[It reminded him a lot of being in battle, which he's sure most would laugh at him for. But the music, the effort, the moving before you realize it- to catch an arrow or dodge an attack- either way the distant reflexive feeling is the same to Yosuke. Just one was way more intense then the other.]

[nullorvoid]

Yeah, I've watched a lot of people play. The good ones...it's like they just shut their heads off and go.

[Not that that's a bad thing, from the sound of it.]

[garudynamic]

Yeah, if you think too hard you just panic and mess up...

[He frowns slightly, eyes slightly glazed]

[nullorvoid]

[...hell is that for.]

...Something on your mind?

[garudynamic]

Huh? Oh no just...

[He jumps, plastering back on his earlier grin.]

Just... worried I guess.

[nullorvoid]

About what?

[It's not exactly as though this place is a thrill a minute. Unless you're worried about something back home or whatever.]

[garudynamic]

Dude, aren't YOU?!

[After his conversation with Tobias the other day, he's not sure how anyone COULDN'T be stressed.]

We're stuck in some locked down dorm with a computer that has no idea who she is! The smallest mess up could get us stuck in here for good!

[Well there's the logic thread that lead him here. Ish]

[nullorvoid]

Don't you start yelling at me about this! You want to get pissed off about shit we can't change, you be my guest, but you're just going to be pissed forever if you do that so I wouldn't suggest it!

[...well, that escalated quickly.]

I'm not gonna say everything happens for a reason, even if it does, because sometimes the only reason you get is "God's a dick." But I will say that everything has a way of coming back around in the end, I've seen it happen enough to know. It'll work out.

[garudynamic]

[Wow that did escalate quickly. At first he cringes, slightly like a kicked dog. But as Ginti speaks his wince turns into a scowl.]

I didn't say it won't work out! Just that we gotta be ready for the worst! Don't you dare put words in my mouth!

[He huffs... and takes a deep breath, fighting to calm down]

Look man... we're... not helping by yelling, okay?

[He recalls Yu's voice in his head from LAST time he almost went off the deep end at someone. He won't do that again]

[nullorvoid]

Yeah, and I'm telling you that there's a difference between being ready for the worst and being a basket case, and what you're going on is the latter bit. "The smallest mess up could get us locked in here for good" - really? You start thinking like that and you're going to stagger into the right damn way to get that result, and like hell if I'm letting some living-world idiot do that to me.

So I'll calm down if you will, but I'm not here to be lectured by some paranoid kid.

[garudynamic]

Look, I've seen some stuff go down. Things that coulda gone really bad if we hadn't all been on our A game. Okay yeah, maybe I'm stressing out too much and am kinda the guy that drops the ball. But I am NOT some clueless kid that has no idea what he's talking ab-

[He pauses, a lot of his anger draining due to confusion]

Wait, did you say 'living-world'?

[nullorvoid]

Yeah. I did. And I'm not calling you clueless, just saying I've seen more than my share of people who've "seen some stuff go down."

[garudynamic]

Ugh fine, whatever.

[He can tell this is something he won't be able to argue... and honestly that comment has his attention WAY more then arguing does]

And what did you mean by that? You look pretty alive to me.

[nullorvoid]

Not really. Assuming this is the living world and not some other stupid computer-caused surprise, this is my first time seeing it in person.

[garudynamic]

...

What?

[Smooth, Youske]

[nullorvoid]

You heard me. I've never been a part of the living world - I've never been 'alive', and I can't die, either.

Just because I was created to look like one of you doesn't mean I'm human.

[garudynamic]

So... you're like a shinigami?

[Somehting about that thought makes him pause... it was familiar, and not in a folklore way. Like he knew someone...

He shakes his head. That's dumb, Hanamura]

[nullorvoid]

What? No.

[Yosuke, don't be ridiculous, my god.]

Everything that happens to humans in the living world happens because you guys did something to make it happen that way, there's nobody enticing you to die or trying to collect your souls. It'd actually be nice if you'd send them to us less often.

What I am is an arbiter - I decide what happens to your soul after you're dead.

[garudynamic]

...okay. That doesn't sound super creepy or anything like that...

[nullorvoid]

...How the hell is that creepy?