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Wait, but it's not a real E.G.O., right?!

[ Otherwise she's gonna be like What Da Heck!! ]

I haven't seen these before, but the list I got were Capote, Screwloose Wallop, and Holiday. I think the groups were separated into two and that one of them was what I mentioned before, and the other one was infiltrating the Tingtang gang for some reason...?

[ They're just infamous for their hawaiian shirts, mostly. Wish canisters? No. Hawaiian shirts. ]

[ It's definitely the Hawaiian shirts. ]

...

[ Ah. Even as silly as she is most of the time, she can put two and two together. She just goes silent for a moment. ]

[ Yeah.

Yeah...

Yuri will let Rodya have this moment of silence. ]

Charles, Shoma, and Ms. Lovelace were in that group, if you would like to talk about it with them.

[ It's fine! She regains her spunk pretty quick, like Yuri didn't say anything weird at all. ]

Maybe, it'd be fun to know what kind of weird stuff they got up to in J Corp anyway.

The Tingtang Gang should be under right now though, so I think it's less about just going there, and more liiike... hmm... I compared my experience to living out an Identity, and that sounds like it might be more on the nose than I thought.

So maybe it is the same as Addie's mission and it's cosmo-waves after all.

[ She's trying to think really hard... ]

... Sorry, but who is Addie?

Ohh -- Adrastea. It's kind of a mouthful otherwise, you know?

That other group that left while we were off in Gotham.

Oh, the one with the dangerous plants...

[ Why are missions like this. Hey. Why are they like this!! ]

Isn't this concerning though? I think they could have died...

[ Some of these people are not fit for The City?? LOOK AT SHOMA... ]

Mm, probably not, but I mean...

Given what's gone on the last two Thursdays-through-Sundays in a row...

[ You know? ]

Anyway, enough of that! Yura, you get any weird letters or papers slid under your door lately?

No...?

[ ....... ]

It's nothing like... a secret admirer letter, right?

[ Rodya is the hottest. ]

Noooo. I wish, that'd be way more fun.

[ That would be awesome.

Anyway, she's going to produce: two things! One is a letter reading as follows, handwritten on an old piece of paper:

Rodya,
I'm sorry for such a mess. Keep helping each other and valuing your heart, but be ready for tough times.
We'll take care of anyone you lose, but I'd rather not see you lose too many, so please tell everyone to be as safe as possible, too.

Aaand, also this thing but like, printed out on normal paper. ]

[ !! ]

Can I make a copy of it in my IRIS?

[ Regarding the report. But then... huh. ]

Who do you think would send something like that? Did they come together?

Nope, I got the first one way earlier in the week. You can keep the print, I already made a copy.

[ See? She can be organised! ]

[ (yay) ]

Thank you, Rodya.

[ ... ]

Do you think that note is from the people who are dead...?

I don't know. I mean, they're in the pods and all. Unless they're waking up and walking around while we're not looking...

The HER-MES sure is loud with them yelling at each other though, or that's what it looks like. I think their consciousness could be in there somewhere, but this note is handwritten.

I wanted to see if I could get a response from them that could get a better understanding if it's really them, but...

[ Yuri sighs. ]

... It didn't work out. There was the thing with the egg casserole too...

[ ................................. ]

. . .

Yeah, that was preeeetty weird.

[ The Limbuses really did that unprompted and uncoordinated. ]

The food was always fine-!

[WHY.]

Not that day, apparently!

[ She has not learned any lessons from that. ]

This place really is trying to mess with us.

Isn't every place?

[ Be real, Greg. ]

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verminous - 2024-03-15 02:37 (UTC) - Expand

[ Yuri just thought it was part of the usual meal that gets cooked... ]

It was so weird to see each other act like... completely different people.

It was exciting I guess?

But it was kinda interesting that it was only the guys that died so far, huh?

I was wondering... the place where I found the data pads a while back had voices in the medbay. So perhaps there are something like ghosts here...

[ Copium? Yuri thinks this is somehow logical with what she's seen so far. ]

Since the IRIS seems to be so connected with our bodies, maybe... a part of their consciousness exists somewhere? Ugh, this sound too weird.

Wait, seriously? That's kinda creepy.

I'd totally believe their consciousnesses...? are out there though. I mean, those pods were pretty in the nitty-gritty about our vitals and stuff. As long as they still have brains, there's probably something to read.