Uh, well... There's no creepy shadow people at home, for one. And even after the quarantine started, we could still move around Shinjuku instead of being confined to a small place like this. The subways weren't blocked, either.
[ long after execution, haru is over by the canals; not in the gondolas, but sitting along the edge of the water, feet dangling loosely in the water. as seemingly lost in thought as he is, he nods briefly in greeting when their eyes meet. hi. ]
[ truly his memories are so whatever it's not even worth shrinking away when anyone else enters his field of vision. even if he doesn't love being put on blast, there's little in his life to be ashamed of.
but there's still only a moment before they make eye contact, and a pig trots out. along with... a memory.
it's mundane, but from haru's perspective, the power of friendship is Apparent, and his dour spirits lift throughout the sequence of his best friend falling asleep in his foyer waiting for him, and a silly phone call. sometimes a team is so valuable. ]
[ truly, he is from normiesville. congrats to the two of them for being nonpowered normie humans from planet earth!! the memory plays out on an old street in a small, rural pocket of japan; everything is quiet and peaceful at this time of night. that is, until they're back in the ug. ]
...They're my swim team. [ yes, his friends ] I was just taking a walk. They're the ones who broke into my house and decided to get worked.
...Me neither. [ hence why yuneyuze wasn't an option, no matter what. ] I don't know. I can't say it's unfair. If we'd figured out who else acted, then... maybe they'd be just as hard to vote for.
[ it's just kind of a nasty feeling to have to decide who to send to execution. who deserves it. who you like enough to spare. ]
Then I'll say it: it is unfair. Nothing about this game was ever meant to be fair.
It doesn't matter if you guys erased someone. We're all just trying to survive, but it's always going to hurt for anyone to be erased. None of us want to lose anyone else.
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w0 saturday the first
the menu is no more appetizing today. ]
...Can't we cook our own food?
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[ "you" because kazuki doesn't want to. ]
You'd need to find ingredients, though. Don't they just use frozen stuff here?
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but he wrinkles his nose a tiny bit. ]
Their supplies must be coming from somewhere.
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There must be someplace else.
[ maybe they just haven't seen the exit yet. all this magic shit is too much. ]
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...You're Japanese, right? [ makes assumptions about this mg's translation mechanic ] What do you make of this place?
[ PRETTY SURE REAL-SHINJUKU ISN'T THIS WEIRD ]
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[ this is so unhelpful ]
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[ COVID???? jk he's from 2013 ]
I didn't know things were bad in Tokyo.
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w0, tuesday
Do they think we want to commemorate being dead or something...?
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...Their idea of a bonding activity, maybe.
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Yeah. [ even a swimmy shut-in like haru should've heard news like that. ] Maybe it's a sign of something else.
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[ it's weird that he can say that with a straight face, but their situation is too beyond the pale to care anymore. ]
After I spoke to Rin... It's just a hunch. Around when did you "die?"
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Well, if team bonding really is the next task, this is probably better than team sports.
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[ they really are living in a movie now, aren't they? wild. ]
It would have been in the middle of the concert, so... December 12th.
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...Yeah. It was summer, for me. 2014.
[ or around there i don't know free! facts don't quote me on this ]
Maybe we died at different times, and came here together anyway. [ or came from different versions of japan? weird. ]
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"Team bonding?" That's vague.
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Maybe time is different when we're dead? That comes up in movies sometimes, right?
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...I guess it'd be better than fighting, though. [ he's heard there's supposed to be a lot of that, unfortunately. ]
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[ all these protag types. ]
w1 ; sun
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At least it's over, for this week.
[ he's going to assume that haru isn't okay, so he won't ask that. ]
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Doesn't feel that way. [ there's not much closure with execution. it's kind of just... done. ] But yeah. Guess it's time to get ready for next week.
[ tired. ]
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[ mood, man. ]
...I'm sorry - about Matsuoka.
[ he might have checked in on haru at some point, but that was about haru himself. it's past time to offer condolences. ]
w4 ; mon
but there's still only a moment before they make eye contact, and a pig trots out. along with... a memory.
it's mundane, but from haru's perspective, the power of friendship is Apparent, and his dour spirits lift throughout the sequence of his best friend falling asleep in his foyer waiting for him, and a silly phone call. sometimes a team is so valuable. ]
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no, but this does make him smile. ]
Those were your friends? Sounds like they were really worried about you, man.
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...They're my swim team. [ yes, his friends ] I was just taking a walk. They're the ones who broke into my house and decided to get worked.
[ as friends do ]
w4 saturday
Why didn't you try harder? There were still two others.
You're not supposed to leave them.
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...I did try. But we did what we did. [ he's really tense about something or other, but also he gets why they got caught. ] Shouldn't you be mad?
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[ he doesn't sound mad, but... yea. ]
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[ he sounds INSANELY ANNOYED ABOUT IT ]
...But, yeah. That was always a risk. [ he gets that somebody has to be caught ]
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I don't blame you for trying to help your team. But I wish we found someone else instead.
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Why?
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...I don't want another whole team to be erased, either.
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[ it's just kind of a nasty feeling to have to decide who to send to execution. who deserves it. who you like enough to spare. ]
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It doesn't matter if you guys erased someone. We're all just trying to survive, but it's always going to hurt for anyone to be erased. None of us want to lose anyone else.