★ 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

[liven]

[ Shijima's been hard to catch around since Lucy's been in cleaning hell but she's been spotted here or there...mostly napping. Today, for whatever reason, she seems to be mostly awake - although it's easier to catch her nearer to evening than it is in the morning. She's in the gym, sprawled out on her stomach by the pool with clearly no intent of entering it, apparently doing...

...well, she doesn't appear to be doing much beyond idly playing with Kouichi's "Mesopotamia" prize, which seems to be a glorified slinky. Presumably he handed it off to her for whatever reason (they swapped).

Coil the spring one way, then the other. One way, then the other... ]

[immortowls]

You know, that hawk has already asked me if you'd really eat him.

[ They've been here less than a week, Shijima.

Kouichi is by the pool but just has his pants rolled up and his legs in. ]

[liven]

I will if he talks to me again without that apology I'm still owed. I haven't the time for rude little boys.

[ Let's be real, Kouichi, are you even surprised...? ]

Especially not when they are birds.

[immortowls]

[ Wonders if there's a point to arguing about it... ]

Still, we shouldn't eat our current allies. Rude little bird boys or not.

[liven]

I wouldn't eat my current allies. He is not one of them.

[ She'll accept Kouichi as one...a few of the girls. Jade, Ginti. But it isn't so easy to win her allegiance once she's decided to take offense. ]

[immortowls]

[ Sighs. Half-tempted to get into the pool and then pull her in for the Heck of it, but would it be worth it to be murdered by her... h m m. ]

[liven]

[ Kouichi.....treasure your non-life more...! ]

Anyway, what new things have you learned so far? Now is as good a time as any to share.

[immortowls]

[ He was only half-tempted. ]

Well, I found this [ pulls out torn paper with sheet music on it ] in my room. Not that I would count that as learning anything, except perhaps a confirmation of there having been past agents.

You?

[liven]

Eh......where in your room did you find such a thing as that? [ Stops playing with the slinky to come over and lean over Kouichi's shoulder to peer at the paper. ] Music, huh...? I wonder if any of these people can play such things.

[ Shijima's certainly never bothered to learn. ]

Tch...there's no way I can figure out to get into those locked rooms...I thought perhaps if there were ventilation shafts...but so far I haven't found one, really.

[ So, she's being helpful...except not at all. ]

They're truly bothering me...if there are answers to this place, it's surely in one of those locked places we can't get to, don't you think?

[immortowls]

In the desk. There were some other signs of it having been lived in before as well. I don't know, I was considering leaving it in the music room to find out.

[ There has to be some kind of ventilation in this place, otherwise how would they breathe for a sustained period of time...? ]

That's very true. There's a window on one of the locked doors, but I don't think breaking it would help us much.

[liven]

[ .............................. ]

What did you see through that window?

[ "i'm too fucking short to see inside" can just remain unsaid. >( ]

[immortowls]

[ hilariously it's 5'6 and so is he so he can just see in it ]

An office, but it was too dark to make out much more than that.

[liven]

Don't be ridiculous. Dark isn't an issue, the entire issue is that the window is only reachable by skyscrapers like yourself...!

[ he wasn't really arguing with you, shijima. but old lady grousing occurs anyway. ]

[immortowls]

It's not my fault you're short... I could boost you up so you can see in, if you want?

[liven]

[ KICKS HIM IN THE SIDE gently.................for her.............. ]

...That'll do fine. But it isn't my fault I am, either. Stretching my molecules this much is already a pain.

[immortowls]

[ ow ]

All right, let's go do that then.

[liven]

Yes, yes. Lead the way. Have you been getting yourself attached to all these.........

[ she was gonna say humans, but that's not entirely accurate in some cases... ]

.....people?

[moonoverjune]

That's a rather interesting spring there, Miss Shijima...

[Akane seems a bit perplexed as to the purpose of it, but...]

Are you having fun?

[liven]

More or less. It's something to do, isn't it? I got it from Kouichi.

[ She can't call him "the bird" here without confusing people... ]

He got it from that odd machine.

[moonoverjune]

The machine, you say? I haven't bothered to check it out myself...does it give out lots of things like that? I can't say I see much of a practical use for it...

[liven]

So far it seems to give out mostly useless things...

[moonoverjune]

Well, uselessness is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?

[liven]

...True enough. But a lot of it does seem to be silly. Have you gotten anything much?

[moonoverjune]

I can't say that I've gotten anything from there myself, not just yet! Though I am willing to go and check it out soon.

[liven]

Well, let me know what you do get, I suppose?