RECORDING 4: THE SECOND WEEK

[foundationmods]

A second week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. With first blood - and oil - spilled, it now seems as if it'll only be a matter of time before the worse eventually happens once more. Thankfully, it seems as if the Miasma is content to remain at the same levels it did before, so arguments are unlikely to break out, though tensions are surely high after everything that's already occurred.

Speaking of which, the temperature remains a consistent comfortable early to mid 70's in the house. It appears at least that you'll be here in comfort..? Though it appears that the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

Yet, something feels...wrong. The house feels as if it is laughing at you, when you awake...

...What new horrors await you this week?


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[cw_suicide]

Is it full of despair and malaise? Looking forward to it~

[off-handed jokes because the joke is he's always full of despair and malaise lolz]

[accessorytomurder]

If we see any two-dimensional monsters, it will take simultaneous attacks from two or more people to do much of anything to them.

[And given the way it swelled at the end...]

...even when you beat them, there might just be a nasty surprise waiting for you.

[cw_suicide]

Ah... of course it's a math-related sort of trick.

[a long moment of thinking]

So best method of operation would be to have groups of three.

[accessorytomurder]

If we can swing it. Anything other than singles.

[She flips open her notebook—showing a sketch of a frog thing, and the four buttons Sho showed off.]

...better safe than sorry, right? And... just in case he was lying, we might also need to look out for 'Drakes' and 'Rhinos'. He still seemed to be himself and he said he left them at the Foundation, but...

[Well.

He's not just Sho, after all.]

We don't know if the miasma will circumvent limitations like that.

[cw_suicide]

That's true enough.

Still... it would be nice if there was some time for him left so he could give warnings like this.

[accessorytomurder]

He... did, though? He didn't just—attack us.

[cw_suicide]

This time. But we can't rely on it happening again, can we?

[that'd be dumb?]

[accessorytomurder]

No, but—we're warned, now.

[cw_suicide]

[hmmmm...]

"Drakes" and "rhinos"...

... there's not a piano anywhere, is there? Or... no, wait. Ivory is elephant tusks? Or are rhino horns? Eh... I always forget these sorts of things. It was only enough to know something was ivory and worth something.

[brain distracted by puzzles.]

[accessorytomurder]

No, it's, uh...

[She makes a vague gesture.]

They seem to be... upright, two-dimensional monsters, going by the frog. Think, um... think like, stylized graffiti.

[cw_suicide]

... literal drake and rhino?

[he's... he's trying so hard not to look disappointed. please. his brain is dying from so much direct thinking.]

[accessorytomurder]

...

[Her voice is as gentle as the hand that reaches out to squeeze his own.]

It's still Sho, Dazai-kun. ...if you want a puzzle that badly, we could look for one in here...?

[cw_suicide]

[she... can have his hand. yeah. ok. bringing up cigarette because need to finish it off]

That, or play word games. That's how I got where I was, anyway. Rhino makes me think Ivory makes me think Tusk makes me think Elephant or something like that.

[accessorytomurder]

Isn't the trick not to think of the elephant?

[Have a teasing hipbump and stop looking so glum, chum.]

...how do those taste, come to think of it?

[cw_suicide]

Elephants? Haven't the faintest.

[but he's going to grin because he knows exactly what she meant]

[accessorytomurder]

Cigarettes, silly.

[She wrinkles her nose up at him. Yeah, she knows he knows!]

My mom always told me to stay away from them, even though she used them daily. But I've always wondered.

[cw_suicide]

Oh.

[well.

her mom's not wrong.

but also her mom's not here and also what is the point of having death looming over your head if you're not going to try new things?

offering over the cigarette between pinched fingers?]

[accessorytomurder]

...

[She leans in and takes a puff straight from his hand, thoughtlessly.

When she reels back immediately, it's as much so she doesn't cough on him as it is to reevaluate what the hell she was thinking.]

S—...sorry.

[cw_suicide]

[he's laaaaughing as a delinquent does when seeing someone sputter and choke on a cigarette]

That's exactly why your mom said they're bad for you~

[and yet back to his lips it goes]

[accessorytomurder]

W... wow.

[Ah... she will not be mocked! ...probably!]

Ango-san was right. You're... pretty bold, to ta-take an indirect kiss i-in stride.

[Teasing was... attempted?

It's a bit like seeing a puppy trying to puff itself up intimidatingly.]

[cw_suicide]

[oh my god.

he'd be a little more flustered about it but in fact...

he tries not to laugh and holds up his hands with fingers going at her creepily]

That's right, Yacchan! I'm exactly the kind of guy your mother probably warned you about, after all~

[accessorytomurder]

No, Mom told me I could be a prime target for leeching host-types if I wasn't careful.

[She pokes a finger into the center of one of his palms.]

Dazai-kun isn't that flashy. And you haven't asked to borrow money either, so...

[cw_suicide]

[sweetie, he owned those clubs at one point???]

That is true... I am nothing now if not an impoverish worker drone at a typical 9 to 5 job.

[accessorytomurder]

[Yeah but like. He's not a sleazeball around her.]

Long live the wage slaves. Where would Japan be without them?

[She laughs a little bit.]

...though, you're probably the first man I thought could pull off a white suit without looking at least a little tacky.

[cw_suicide]

[this is the most hilarious compliment on his appearance, somehow? he waves a hand.]

It's the difference between a leech and cockroach~ I just know where there's good lighting!

[case in point, he's positioning himself at an angle so he looks very grandiose and pleased with himself.]