RYUKI

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[ JUST SADLY TEXTING OVER ON THE OTHER COUCH... ]

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[ this is the whole thread now. goodnight. ]

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[ no it’s not. ]

Are you messaging Datz?

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[ A WHOLE KARAOKE CURFEW NIGHT AND NOT EVEN SINGING OR EVEN SITTING TOGETHER REAL GEN Z ENERGY ]

Yeah. Six people again, right?

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Seven. Ponta, Datz, Kogitsumenaru, and Nimona were in the first group. Lillium, Jolyne and Ace were in the second.

[ yeah they can just fall asleep on the couches having sung NOTHING ]

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[ Wow a rare four-person CYOA, we have so many three-persons these days. ]

Did you talk to any of them...?

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I spoke to Nimona, and Datz, and managed to nab everyone from the other group to talk to. Ace said something when he got back that meant I kinda had to—

[ she looks thoughtful. ] I think they went to our world. Or a replica of it. He said they had AI-Balls.

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Huh? That doesn't make any sense...

[ Says guy who went on burger sauce nonsense literally just the previous week. ]

They only give those to ABIS agents.

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I don’t think they have them now? [ mansplains lowe’s own cyoa to them ] But— it sounds like they did while they were there. Maybe while they were there they were agents, at least as far as that place was treating them.

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[ I know it's so funny I made them go to my fuckhouse but I'm playing someone completely unqualified to explain any of it. Mostly because he doesn't want to. ]

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[ Bro he worked hard for that shit this stupid city can't be going around just GIVING THEM OUT. ]

Do they still have eyes...?

[ With the exception of Ace who lost his last week anyways. ]

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[ hey, he still has the only real not clickbait AI-Ball in this fuckhaus. ]

I think so? None of them mentioned just not having an eye—well. Other than Ace, obviously, but we already knew that.

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I hope not. Having only one eye is a pretty huge disadvantage against... nights like tonight.

[ It'd make it too easy. ]

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Um, Tama... did you hear what Mr. Datz had to say? Did your team get the news?

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[ looks at how soon into my datz thread i am ]

I heard some things from Lillium, but not Datz’s group, no.

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I... was told every team has to kill once if people want to get to leave this city.

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[ ah. ]

… Oh. Yes, I heard just a little while ago. I guess that means… Mouse, Snake, Tiger and Ox are definitely okay so far.

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...

[ Cool, she doesn't name Goat either. This is fine. ]

Don't do anything rash... okay? Please... we'll figure something out...

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[ haha! she does not. ]

I’m not planning on making any spur of the moment decision, Ryuki. But if there isn’t another way, we might not have a lot of choice.

[ which she genuinely hates the idea of. ]

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[ Ace, do your team a favour... ]

You can't... it's not what we do. And even worse, if you were to get tried for it...

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But if nothing happens, we’ll be stuck here. It’s not the end of the world — I have my body, and you can reload my memories onto me when you get back home, but I don’t like the idea of you shouldering everything that happened here by yourself.

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Don’t worry, no one’s rushing into anything. Pretty much the opposite, actually. And I think I have something that will work to cover my worries as well.

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If you don't have access to the database, though, you wouldn't have those memories...

[ If this is what ends up happening, he would in fact be shouldering this all alone. Amongst other things, but hey. ]

What is that?

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Goat has a portable harddrive. I give it to them every Thursday, and then during the week I do a video diary. It’s not ideal, as I can’t just pull the memories out of my head and upload them. But it’s the next best thing.

It’s compatible with my software, so you should be able to get Pewter to upload it when you get back. I’ll know what happened and how I felt about it, as well as what you were doing to the best of my knowledge.

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[ ...

He opens his mouth, blinking over at her with somewhat wide eyes, clearly a little stunned. ]

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[ After a moment though, his brows furrow, and he sinks down into the couch, putting his phone away. ]

You really do a lot for me, Tama.

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[ …

she’s moving over to the couch he’s on and tilts sideways to bump her shoulder against his. ]

It’s a bit selfish for me, too. As much as I don’t like a lot about this place, I don’t want to forget people I’ve met here and the things I’ve done.

Also, there’s some nice things about being human. I don’t think I want to forget that either.

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I don't know that I'd call it selfish, to want to remember the good things.

[ It's far preferable to bad things at least. ]