the truth is, everyone wishes to be saved.

[finalring]

The execution has come and passed with the death of two more Agents. However time moves on without cease and so must the living. There are no celebrations, only the silence that grows heavier and heavier with every day and the feeling that something is pleased with what it has done.

There are two more days before the new week arrives: what will you do?

Comments

I. booking the freezer space

[eyeforai]

[Okay, let's just say this is a little after Subete fridged those poor books. Here's our scenario: one teenager, who tried to gallantly save those sad, damaged books and then one tired policeman who decides to peek inside to check out how much space they have in there. So this is what happens.]

...What the hell are these doing here?

[Yeah, he's just going to take those books out and leave them on the counter.]

do you realize what you've signed up for fishy!!!

[noneforall]

[The books were already fridged, in this scenario he's like, double-fridging them to cancel it out and really -- they already fought fire with fire last week so why can't you understand fighting ice with ice!!! Subete has moseyed off to get a few more stragglers, or a snack or a can from the pantry to scare his roommates off with or something.

But at length he comes back after Date has sufficiently policed the fridge, blinks at the books out on the counter and shakes his head to himself.]

Well, that definitely wasn't the cat. Hmm...

[Back into the freezer the books go, and this time with a note and a few cans of soup on top. The note says: FREEZING IS GOOD FOR BOOKS, are we being a little petty here, maybe. This is dumb.

Then he sashays off again.]

note at all

[eyeforai]

[Look he's not a scientist, how is he supposed to know that freezing wet books helps them?? Either way, he wanders off after doing that good(?) deed for the day because there are cans to collect and other necessities to swipe.

Some period of time passes, and Date is back to drop off a couple of cans from the pantry. Of course, it's no skin off his back if the books just went missing, but his detective's intuition tells him to check the fridge, and so he does.]

...

[Yeah, those are the same books, alright. With a huff, Date removes the offending objects once again to leave them on the counter closer to the sink, adding STOP TAKING UP FREEZER SPACE WITH BOOKS as an addendum to the existing note.

With that done, it's time to do more looting.]

wow don't write it off like that

[noneforall]

[Date this was literally on Twitter, this shit is pop culture!! Get with the 21st century program!! I can't believe his detective's intuition is more accurate about fridges, this is clear discrimination against bibliophiles. Speaking of which, Subete is back yet again!! With more books!!!!

Returning books to the freezer and adding even more books will continue until book and police(??) morale improves. Wow. He's not crowding the food out of the freezer yet, but it is getting a bit tight in there... Or maybe he's just wedging things in a bit extra tight to account for kitchen bandits.

This time the note says BOOKS ARE FOOD FOR THE SOUL because I don't know what the fuck is happening anymore. Also he probably cheated a bit with ice magic to freeze the books and note to the shelf a little.]

[eyeforai]

[Excuse!! Twitter doesn't exist, it's To-witter. Get it right!!! Also wow these books just keep on accumulating, what is this. Meanwhile, the freezer patrol comes back again to see this unholy pile of books jammed in there and briefly considers pulling out his gun here.

However, common sense prevails and after his initial lack of success with pulling out the frozen books, he grabs a rag and soaks it with warm water to loosen up the ice. Is this creating more additional water damage on the covers? Meh, not his problem.

Once they're loose, he leaves them on the floor this time. A note left in response says, THEN I'LL FRY THEM NEXT TIME IF I SEE THEM.]

[noneforall]

[The next time the freezer patrol drops by, he will find that the books are gone and the freezer door is frozen shut.]

[eyeforai]

[oh my god what kind of asshole even--

...are the books in there if he uses x-ray]

[noneforall]

[What kind of asshole damages books that were already damaged as collateral victims in a double murder, we ask you? Hmm?

If he uses X-ray, there are less books in there, but they do indeed exist.

There is also a note, but it's under the books this time.]

[eyeforai]

[Wow, they were already damaged!! This is just sealing off a communal fridge to waste space on books. But fine!!!

This time he'll collect some warm water in a bowl so he can pour it between the seams to melt the ice. This probably takes longer than he wants it to and he gets progressively more annoyed as he does this but finally, he might get it open.

So what's the note say.]

[noneforall]

[All of the books are actually cookbooks!

It's debatable whether or not they were originally the books that were in here. Everything was so jumbled, it's hard to say. One or two might look familiar. But there's enough cookbook collected here to tell Date one thing: this was totally a setup.

That, and the note: ENJOY YOUR FICTION FLAMBÉ.




These aren't even fiction books.]

[eyeforai]

[...

Okay, he's moving these over to the incinerator, along with the note. If he can't burn the books in question, this will have to do!! Maybe they can roast marshmallows over it.

Anyways, after that deed is done, he returns back to the kitchen. Did the books get replaced again.]

[noneforall]

[I can't believe Date is the type of cop who burns books. What kind of cop burns books??

Anyway, when he gets back to the kitchen, Subete is there getting a cup of tea for himself, cool as you please and completely shameless. There are no books in evidence, though! At least there is that. Maybe he's finally done with the Great Freezer Feud of Y2K.

That being said...]

People really should stop leaving the freezer door open.

[He's saying this regardless of whether or not Date left the freezer door open. Shrugs.]

[eyeforai]

[The type that has a burn book obvs!! Or something, that sounded better in my head.

But ah yes, Subete being the culprit makes some sense. That's because he's a jerk and not necessarily because of any hard evidence, even though he could easily check the cameras for all this.]

And people should really stop storing inedibles in there, like books.

[noneforall]

[Wow, this just in, Date and Saphir are the same person!! The forbidden lore of the round........ also that pun is cute so I forgive you. ☆

Shitposting not-quite-aside, Subete doesn't seem put off by Date's silent judgment and profiling!! He's just out here getting tea today and he is so not feeling attacked right now. Not least because it's probably pretty hard to feel threatened by a guy who diligently defrosted a whole-ass freezer with his bare hands. So:]

Oh, didn't you hear? That's the best way to fix water damage to books. Used by museums and everything. Quite unfortunately, we only have one permanent fridge in the house right now.

[Subete you could literally just freeze the books outside the fridge.]

Was there something you needed the freezer for?

[eyeforai]

[Wow, I can't believe you uncovered the twist of this round... dammit, I thought I was doing so well with keeping it secret!! but kyaaa Fyre-senpai praised me

Either way, Date doesn't particularly care much about the explanation at this point considering he's annoyed by needing to defrost a freezer and all those shenanigans. That's why the first answer that comes to mind when Subete asks that question is:

Yeah, shoving your corpse into it.

He doesn't say this, of course, but a similar sentiment may or may not be visible on his face.]

Storing actual food, for one thing. Which we need more than books.