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[wipingallout]

... ... ... ... ?

What is...?

I shouldn't... be awake...


[In the Velvet Room...]

[It's courteous of whatever's going on with Igor's plan here that Hamuko is dressed. She probably shouldn't even have a body... whatever she has going on now... did her body fall comatose without her? Did it die? If it was alive, she surely should be much older. ... ... ... Maybe that all doesn't really matter, right now. She's here, gifted a chance to be around others again. The pinboard catches her attention first, of course. Signs of other people... so many little notes, talking about multiple versions of the same person running around. That's... that's charming... that's fun. ...Even if the notes about Ken Amadas make her sad...]

Hmm... I don't see any other 'me' off the bat...

[She'll take a few minutes once given a pen and some pink paper to doodle a little version of herself, signed with her name and phone number, and add it to the corner of the pinboard.]


[Inaba, Central Shopping District]

[What a fun little town! A charming place... hey, isn't this the town she went to for the volleyball camp? She loved the accommodations, but it's so nice to actually wander the streets and see the little shops. This place is SO rural, Hamuko had never really visited a place this remote, even when jumping between foster homes.] Let's see... what's the good spot for the locals? [No point being a complete tourist shmuck!!]


[Shibuya, Underground Mall]

[Well, since nothing costs anything here... might as well get some cute new clothes, right? Who knows how long she'll be around here, and 'dreaming up' new outfits didn't seem to be a thing. No lucid dreaming here - somehow, Hamuko felt a lot happier with that in mind. Still... the fashion is so different!!]

I just want one cute orange top...!! Is orange out of style? Dang it...


[Iwatodai Dorms]

[Of all of the places she's been having fun goofing off and exploring in, the dorms... she couldn't quite get the courage to open the front. Not just yet.]

Not even Koromaru is out front right now. ...I've gotta apologize...

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[willowandoak]

[ Yeah, Ren has no idea who or what the Lost is or are. Cultists, he understands, but he's pretty sure there's just the usual number of cultists back home. ]

I'm gonna be real with you, Arisato. We have the—the will to live, I guess, sure. But everyone in the future is an asshole. Lots to look forward to.

[ Is he joking, or is he serious...? Yes. He is smiling a little, though, if that helps. ]

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Oh, I bet. There's always been war, murder, abuse, stuff like that... but that's never been all there is.

[She laughs, a little lightly - Ren implied he also had to deal with a cosmic force of some sort, so maybe he'd understand.]

In my time... humanity nearly gave up the will to live. Partly because of the influence of Nyx and everything else, but... there was a part of people that were giving in.

...I always believed, though... that people would want to keep living, and keep trying to change things for the better.

[willowandoak]

[ Nyx. He's heard that name recently. If Arisato's dealt with her, she might know something worth hearing. He tilts his head, looking curious. ]

Is Nyx the god you dealt with? Is that what it does, just... make everyone give up the will to live? Damn.

[ He can believe that. One of the vessels of Nyx here makes Ren want to give up on life every fucking day. ]

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Kind of... it's more like, there's a deep nihilism in people that Shadows seemed to feed on. And that nihilism beckoned to Nyx... helped along by some horrible misanthropic scientists trying to bend time with Shadows.

Nyx herself is... just Death. She's the inevitability of Death, asleep in the moon.

[willowandoak]

[ That sounds familiar, kind of. Normally, he would be interested in comparing their experiences. The nihilism she saw, versus the malleability he's more familiar with... But unfortunately, he's on an information-gathering expedition. And she's said something that Amada didn't mention. ]

The moon? Like, the literal... [ He gestures upward, even though it's the middle of the day and they're indoors. ]

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[Hamuko nodded.]

Nyx was inside of it, rooted deep.

[willowandoak]

Why the fuck was she in the moon?

[ ??? ]

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Honestly...? I have no idea...

[willowandoak]

[ He sighs, puffing out his cheeks. ]

I'm getting real sick of gods. If they aren't giant cups that suck the life out of everyone in Tokyo, they're fucking... moon creatures. What the shit.

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If nothing else, we have people still willing to fight and live.