★ 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

[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?

[garudynamic]

Talking to the guy that might decide what happens to me when I die is CREEPY all on it's own!

[nullorvoid]

[...the most put-upon sigh, Yosuke.]

It's not gonna be me deciding what happens to any of you here. You guys'll probably remember me, even if I won't remember you.

[garudynamic]

[He squints] You're... saying words I'm pretty sure.

[He gestures to his head, shaking his hand around like Ginti is scrambling his brains] But literally nothing you said makes sense!

[nullorvoid]

...It'd be bad if the dead guy has any connection to the arbiter. It'll screw up the judgment. It's supposed to be impartial.

I'm not gonna remember any of you after we get out of here and I go back to work. But you guys hopefully have memories that aren't as bad as mine. That's a connection to the arbiter. I can't judge any of you.

Better?

[garudynamic]

Ooooh, that makes sense.

[He cups his chin in his hand]

So I'm guessing there's other... arbiters?

[nullorvoid]

There's a lot of us. The rate at which humans like to die kind of requires it.

[garudynamic]

Yeah I guess so. Though man thinking there's a whole group of...not... people waiting for humans to die makes me feel kinda, I dunno. Exposed. Like a reality show.

[nullorvoid]

Is it any better if you know we're not watching over you all the time?