text;; dead akechi speaking

[paysforall]

Just out of interest -

Has anyone other than myself and the Ren who blew up part of Shinjuku some months back been doing any significant experiments on the cognitive properties of this space? If so, have you found out anything interesting?

I know there were a group of you training in that tower in Iwatodai, but did you find anything there of interest, or just Shadows to beat up?

For newer arrivals: Hello, this is Shrike, comparative senior citizen of whatever we're calling this place. I come and go, unlike most everyone else, on account of my job. It seems like it's been a few months again, though I did get a few updates on my phone while I was away.

And before you ask: I don't go home under my own power, much less have the ability to send you back. Sorry. Don't sign contracts with strange demigods unless you know what you're getting yourself into, and, in general, try not to die.

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[paysforall]

Huh. Only in Tartarus, or also in Mementos/etc?

I know my partner hears diegetic music sometimes, and I think Sakuraba does too, or at least there's some sort of synchronicity with his powers going on, but it's just for them, not everyone else.

Beats being dead. Properly, that is.

[herewardbound]

Both, but it's started relatively recently. No idea why. They do have different musical styles, though.

And admittedly, yeah. Mind if I ask what kind of situation you're in, or is that too personal?

[paysforall]

Interesting. Is it recordable?

Employment as a Reaper in exchange for continued existence. Benefits include the ability to interact with the world of the living; drawbacks include being completely unremarkable to the world of the living. No one forms solid memories of us.

And being technically trapped in another world is also a drawback, of course.

[herewardbound]

I have no idea. Will have to take a microphone in next time.

Also... that's slightly horrifying. Can other Reapers at least interact with you meaningfully, or is this a one-man job?

[paysforall]

Let me know the results.

It would be a bit difficult to run the Game if we couldn't. We're fully 'real' to each other as well as Players - including those who manage to win the Game and come back to life. They don't lose their memories of the Underground.

Actually, I had a migraine for most of a day not long after arriving here when all of my 'Social Links' from Shibuya 104 came crashing in at once.

[herewardbound]

Memories being erased on leaving.

When will worthless fucking deities stop messing with peoples' heads? Why is that a recurring fucking theme??

[paysforall]

Minds are cheaper to alter than reality.

[No one said gods can't be misers.]

[herewardbound]

Ugh. Hope you have a chance to piss on the graves of those responsible.

[paysforall]

I knew - or thought I knew - what I was getting into, for my part.

The main person whose grave I would piss on got himself Erased from history, anyway. There's only like three people in the whole thing who remember him and I'm not one of them - the pronoun's all I've got to go on, and that's more than MOST people have. There's not even a concept of a person there anymore.

Which is about as salted earth as it gets, if you're asking me.

[herewardbound]

...

Yeah no, that's still completely fucked.

[paysforall]

More or less fucked than deleting the entire district of Shinjuku? Because for all my resentment towards the place, i think the punishment may fit the crime.