The Perfectly Normal High School: A Slice of Life Quest! (Defunct)

[Halowed02]

Which one? I thought the funniest part of that file was that we could check off most of the boxes... and paranoia was one of the symptoms.

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Admittedly, Silas might not be showcasing many symptoms, WE are.

• Persistent hallucinations, followed by psychosis in severe case, possibly supplemented by an outbreak of paranoia.
  • Possibly, but that seems to mostly be our actions and discussion
• Frequent short-term memory loss for an indefinite period before subsiding
  • Nope, "-" is responsible for the whole night being changed.
• [DATA REDACTED - Reason: Request by O5-1]
  • Maybe?
• Increase in violent tendencies; loss of threat-assessment capabilities and sense of restraint
  • This seems to be leaning towards yes, as we did not have the option to flee to Drama during the Shinohara "1" roll (but that might have been the roll). Also, Silas is still at this school, which seems like a huge violation of self preservation.
• Sudden resurgence and/or intensification of antisocial mannerisms such as depression, shyness, unwillingness to participate in classroom activities
  • Hmmm... Silas is stuttering more
• Complete and total disregard for Foundational secrecy
  • Silas has cautiously told one person (Someone who probably already knew)
• [DATA REDACTED - Reason: (ERR:FLD_LFT_BLNK)]
  • HA
• Temporary sociopathy
  • ... How to tell in a shy person?

SCP base got hit by a truck and woke here?

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Maybe.
Alternatively, this is a site for cooperative Safe Humanoid SCPs, allowing them to live a decently normal life while remaining under Foundation supervision. You'll notice that we have no proof that Shinohara doesn't live in a containment area, especially since Foundation sites tend to be large, so nobody can accidentally wander in. An entire town containment isn't unheard of either.

This doesn't seem likely if you consider that SCP-055 exhibits powers similar to "-" and is a Keter class.

 

[Karnewarrior]

It would be fairly easy to contain the SCPs and keep them non-violent if they didn't even know they were being contained, as well. Normally that comes with problems like "how do we contain them without them noticing they can't leave?" but the Foundation has a working knowledge of some SMAC-tier memetics beyond all their safe SCPs which may have been lost in the Flip; it's possible that if we paid more attention to the ads we might notice a compulsion to stay in this particular city. And, in any case, all the SCPs going to school here have an obligation to... go to school here. Which means that they have innocuous incentives to stay in the same general area.

E: The Foundation doesn't usually go in for "soft" containment like that, but it looks a lot like they've lost a lot of resources somehow during the Flip. One that immediately springs to mind is SCP-3000. If they were still able to feed the Eel, then the Drama Club wouldn't likely have side effects from being mindfucked after Apollyon Lost.

 

[Nevill]

And, in any case, all the SCPs going to school here have an obligation to... go to school here.

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What happens when they graduate, though?

Is the school the only place that contains SCP (why?), or is the city full of them as well? So far the police was only interested in what is happening at school.

Are the kids themselves SCPs, or are they only carriers?

 

[Karnewarrior]

What happens when they graduate, though?

Is the school the only place that contains SCP (why?), or is the city full of them as well? So far the police was only interested in what is happening at school.

Are the kids themselves SCPs, or are they only carriers? I suppose if their spread corresponds to some event (the Flip?), it would explain why they are all about the same age.

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I don't know about the other two, but my immediate response to the first one is "They're either moved to another containment facility, or they don't graduate at all". If they're the immortally young kind of SCP, they can be kept indefinitely, just with their memories erased every four or so years, and even if not you could probably cycle them two or three times before it starts to really become obvious. And there's nothing saying that they don't graduate and get moved to a Foundation containment "College" or a "Workplace" that just so happens to be basically the same as the High School.

Most people rarely travel far anyway. Reinforce that with MEMES and you can get them to contain themselves well enough that you only need the barest security measures for most of them. Again, it's probably not the Foundation's first choice because there's a lot that could go wrong, but if they're running on a super thin budget like it seems, with all their highest ranking members forced to go to high school anyway, it could still end up being the best option.

 

[Halowed02]

The Foundation doesn't usually go in for "soft" containment like that

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Even with the decreased funding, you would assume that the foundation would dislike giving soft containment to Safes and would do everything in their power to not allow Keters soft containment. Mostly due to the End of the World Scenarios that tend to come with free Keters.

"-" is probably okay since she seems suspiciously attached to a certain Main Character-kun, so she seems pretty stationary, but Hara could be argued to be a Keter class with very little reasons not to make all of the SC inexplicitly pissed at each other because why not or because one of her.. friends.. were slighted...

UHM
HEY BIG SIS, CAN YOU GO SEE IF THE SC HAS HARA ON FILE?

 

[Amperstand]

Regarding the file on Apollyon Lost, it may be worth keeping in mind that at least some of the symptoms listed were probably actually caused or amplified by Shinohara, rather than being entirely due to the video itself.

 

[Karnewarrior]

Even with the decreased funding, you would assume that the foundation would dislike giving soft containment to Safes and would do everything in their power to not allow Keters soft containment. Mostly due to the End of the World Scenarios that tend to come with free Keters.

"-" is probably okay since she seems suspiciously attached to a certain Main Character-kun, so she seems pretty stationary, but Hara could be argued to be a Keter class with very little reasons not to make all of the SC inexplicitly pissed at each other because why not or because one of her.. friends.. were slighted...

UHM
HEY BIG SIS, CAN YOU GO SEE IF THE SC HAS HARA ON FILE?

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It's Hana, actually. And I suspect she'd be or is classified as Euclid since she generally causes only a little trouble unless provoked. I'd imagine during a normal feeding she makes an effort to make sure everyone makes it out relatively unscathed, if pretty rattled. I agree that that's definitely NOT normal Foundation policy, but if this is the normal Foundation they've gone completely fucking insane because they're sitting on two SCPs that aren't contained. This is the main site, and they have an antimeme contained by a promise not to open the door and a Dream-Eater walking around freely, making schoolgirl enemies with literally an O5.

Something has been buggered hard here. There's literally no reason for Hana not to be in containment, Nanami warrants way more stringent containment measures, O5-1 gave zero fucks about a Sapient AI rooting around in his network, and they can't even contain an anomalous movie beyond warning their membership not to watch it. Unless the Foundation is now run by Greenpeace and 682 is being given regular foot massages and tickle-baths, there's something seriously limiting their containment measures, and soft containment is better than no containment at all. In fact, that's the only thing it's better than.

 

[Halowed02]

It's Hana, actually.

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I NEVER KNOW HOW TO SHORTEN THE GIRLS NAME!
"SHINOHARA HANA"
oh
thats why.
It's both.

Euclid since she generally causes only a little trouble unless provoked.

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The object classifications are not a reflection on how much damage they do, but the costs required to keep it contained consistently. Due to the way that the classes are defined, all sentient SCPs are Euclid at least, so we have a city full of Euclid's...

Back to Hana. In a state where the Foundation's funding is limited, they might have bumped any SCP that's primary area of effect is Humans, a resource they should still have in abundance because high felons will always happen, up to a full Keter class, simply because they can't rely so heavily on machines or Thaumiel class SCPs to help lessen the effects.

As a sidenote, we should probably find out how much SCP-148 "Telekill Alloy" the foundation has on hand. We sadly cannot just ask Big Sister to look into that because of that tiny little "N" in front of NSCP-002. What does it stand for? "New" perhaps, either way, Luci probably isn't going to just let us quickly cross reference the Foundation in our internet. Maybe because all of "our" SCP's got the decommissioned class, or because there was a reorganization of the entire system.

 

[Karnewarrior]

Well, going back to the gun-in-a-drawer bit in the wiki, Hana's sapient but not completely unknown. Her powers are powerful, but once you have even a vague grasp on what she does she becomes quite containable. If anything, she might be classified as safe if she's compliant enough - although I doubt the fragile Foundation here would be that lax. They don't really have the resources if she breaks containment and goes on a feeding spree.

Keter is usually reserved for SCPs that actively try to break containment or otherwise fuck people's day up - it's supposed to be a big red flag on the file that says BE FUCKING CAREFUL AND READ THE PROCEDURES; Hana doesn't really need that level of containment, because even with the old Foundation all you really need to contain her is an isolated room with a stronk padlock and no/small windows. Or even just a room and a regular feeding schedule, maybe by letting her into a movie theater with the D-class when they watch a horror movie. I suppose you could also use her to manipulate D-class emotions for certain SCPs, so she could even be let free on occasion.

I just think Keter is way over Hana's paygrade, at least with what she's shown us. Nanami probably doesn't qualify as Keter, and she'd require some pretty stringent procedures to contain. Big Sis might qualify as Keter, if she becomes hostile to the Foundation - but she could be Euclid too. It's a broad class.

 

[Nevill]

a Dream-Eater walking around freely, making schoolgirl enemies with literally an O5.

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Quick comment. Hana does not appear to have enemies. You are confusing her with Dorima.

In fact, Hana helped Maeda out, though Silas got all the credit for it.

By the way, is Yumika the only one who knows her condition besides us? When we asked them about Shinohara, the Drama members were evasive in their answers, but that might have referred to her 'sadistic' personality, as Hana wants us to keep quiet around them.

I wonder if it also means Yumika knows the deals of every other Drama member. She is Close Friends with most of them, after all.

 

[Karnewarrior]

Quik comment. Hana does not appear to have enemies. You are confusing her with Dorima.

In fact, Hana helped Maeda out, though Silas got all the credit for it.

By the way, is Yumika the only one who knows her condition besides us? When we asked them about Shinohara, the Drama members were evasive in their answers, but that might have referred to her 'sadistic' personality, as Hana wants us to keep quiet around them.

I wonder if it also means Yumika knows the deals of every other Drama member. She is Close Friends with most of them, after all.

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Oh, you're right. That's my bad. Not that Dorima probably isn't an SCP of some sort herself, but still, Hana's likely one of the more dangerous.

And I'm pretty sure Yumika knows about her eating habits, but we should ask to make sure. Sometime in the next update, we need to confirm with Hana that Yumika knows, or at least get permission to tell her, and talk to Yumika about letting people in on the SC conspiracy. Then we can gather our harem FRIENDS at our house and introduce them to Big Sister, and then have a pow-wow on what needs to be done - Yumika's clever, and Shinohara is directly involved, and Yumika besides is close friends with her, so it makes sense for us four to be the starting kernel of... Whatever group we form.

What we don't want to do is not have the pow-wow and never talk about it with Yumika. Then we're just two loose ends for the SC to clean up; potentially dangerous loose ends at that. Not to mention we'd be keeping Shinohara from information that almost certainly does or will directly effect her because of her weirdness. I want to make absolutely sure that she has a group of friends that she knows she can be herself around, so that if she's captured she's not immediately plunged into gutwrenching despair. Plus, I'm super fucking curious and Hana doesn't want to talk about it in school, which is understandable. And introducing Big Sis to our friends should be high on Silas' todo list anyway; he's probably quite proud of his accomplishment. AND it'd probably be a fun scene for @LuciDreamer to write, what with the multiple agendas all coming together slightly at odds. That's EXACTLY the kind of pile-up that makes for fun plot. Unless you've got other plans, Luci?

Yumika probably knows the "deals" of more than just the Drama Club. She's so chipper she probably befriends people damn near instantly, and that makes people feel open and relaxed and talky... Plus she's a MASTER SPYfor the Chaos Insurgency​ and seems like the kind of girl who'd like to keep tabs on threats to her brood once she starts wondering if maybe the whole fucking school is weird. Which probably would be soon after finding out about Shinohara sucking the terror out of people.

 

[veekie]

Maybe.
Alternatively, this is a site for cooperative Safe Humanoid SCPs, allowing them to live a decently normal life while remaining under Foundation supervision. You'll notice that we have no proof that Shinohara doesn't live in a containment area, especially since Foundation sites tend to be large, so nobody can accidentally wander in. An entire town containment isn't unheard of either.

This doesn't seem likely if you consider that SCP-055 exhibits powers similar to "-" and is a Keter class.

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I'm actually serious here. It looks less like its a large SCP facility and more like an SCP facility got isekaied into a high school facility, meaning they're without the vast majority of their institutional resources and spoopy shit are already everywhere and out of containment, doubly so for spoopy shit which don't even know they are spoopy.

 

[Halowed02]

for the Chaos Insurgency

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Please no, we do not need to be in the middle of a reclamation squabble between forces that can potentially erase reality.

I'm actually serious here. It looks less like its a large SCP facility and more like an SCP facility got isekaied into a high school facility, meaning they're without the vast majority of their institutional resources and spoopy shit are already everywhere and out of containment, doubly so for spoopy shit which don't even know they are spoopy.

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At this point, I thinks its best to assume that we are dealing with a fully funded Foundation, just for safeties sake. Because even without any funding for the five main governments, there isn't a major world power in the far west. West of "New Africa" and Pravdustan, accounting for the African continent and most of southwest Asia (and by that we mean Persia), With references to either a USSR type of state (maybe, I just see something that starts with US and is a four letter abdication and think United Socialist something something. That said, no Soviet satalite went by those initials. Maybe. I only got United States results when I slapped those letters into google.) or a European Union type state, which is just kinda strange. Ambernica is likely a expo of the United States, considering that the National Conservative Party does exist here and The United States tents to tote around that it is a stronghold of Democracy and such, but a lot of countries have NCP political parties.

And of course there's good old Imperial Republic... of something, my admittedly brief search didn't turn up the name of the country Silas lives in, but it is quite obviously a Japanese type country, mentions of the southwest spice lands (I.E. Indochina) put it up near The Korean Peninsula or Japanese Archipelago.

All of these assumptions are based on the fact that it is "New" Africa, a continent that exists here, alongside some obvious cultural connections.

"Does continental land exist west of New Africa and Pravdustan? Experts say: It's possible, but there's no way to be sure."

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Here's that quote, because there's no organic way to insert that into that mess of a paragraph. The, "Oh it meant to say this" quote from Luci shall be edited in later.

Edit: Here it is.

That article was actually badly worded; what the journalist meant to say was "do continental powers exist west of Pravdustan and New Africa?". The Akai Teikoku journalist almost lost his job because of that embarrassing faux pas.

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Big Sister has gotten information indicating that there is a serious problem within the Student Council of students willfully attempting to "terminate" themselves, a process by which they have their memories of SCP completely wiped, and are returned to a normal school livelihood.

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Oh, you're a subscriber to that method of D-class Termination huh?

Edit:

It just occurred to me how easy it would be to forge a quote like this. I don't know if this will work but hey. As a side note, anybody know how to insert a quote into an already started response?

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[Nevill]

It just occurred to me how easy it would be to forge a quote like this. I don't know if this will work but hey. As a side note, anybody know how to insert a quote into an already started response?

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You'd be looking at the following syntax:

[QUOTE="%POSTER_NAME%, post: %POST_ID%, member: %MEMBER_ID%"]
Quotation text.
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For example, the quote above would be: [QUOTE="Halowed02, post: 10898067, member: 23182"]
It just occurred to me how easy it would be to forge a quote like this. I don't know if this will work but hey. As a side note, anybody know how to insert a quote into an already started response?[/QUOTE]

Not really forgeable if you do it like that, since it can be verified on a single click (there will be a link to the original post) if you enter all parameters correctly.

 

[Halowed02]

You'd are looking at the following syntax:

[QUOTE="%POSTER_NAME%, post: %POST_ID%, member: %MEMBER_ID%"]
Quotation text.
[/QUOTE]

For example, the quote above would be: [QUOTE="Halowed02, post: 10898067, member: 23182"]
It just occurred to me how easy it would be to forge a quote like this. I don't know if this will work but hey. As a side note, anybody know how to insert a quote into an already started response?[/QUOTE]

Not really forgeable if you do it like that, since it can be verified on a single click (there will be a link to the original post) if you enter all parameters correctly.

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True, and even a small change can make it incorrect. How do you get the post number though?

 

[Nevill]

There is a line in a small font under every post: "poster name", "time of posting" (near the 'Report' button), "post number in the thread" (near the 'Gift' button). Hovering your mouse cursor over/clicking either of the "time of posting"/"post number in the thread" URLs will give you the "post ID".

For example, the above post is #739th in this thread, and has ID 10898806.

Replying to the post or quoting it will automatically fill the relevant info.

 

[Halowed02]

There is a line in a small font under every post: "poster name", "time of posting" (near the 'Report' button), "post number in the thread" (near the 'Gift' button). Howering your mouse cursor over/clicking either of the "time of posting"/"post number in the thread" URLs will give you the "post ID".

For example, the above post is #739th in this thread, and has ID 10898806.

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Ah, okay.
Thank you.
I shall truly thank you by making the quote redirect to the Turn Rules post.

 

[Halowed02]

Hello ya'll, this is just a collection of quotes from the past few weeks that were demi interesting.

WEEK ONE

I'm just so excited! I finally get to show my friends that you're real! Imagine that - most of them don't believe you exist!

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As opposed to now, where you are the one that the world believes doesn't exsist.

complicated emotions or annoying tsun

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Yea that Tsun is very anoying. Her defult ST is -10.

Shinohara's eyes were down. She was bobbing her head, tapping her finger against the wall behind her. "Maeda's angry," she replied, simply. "It's… ah… not safe to be around when Maeda's angry."

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Hello Shinohara-san. We're looking for your sister Hana. She's not you because she's an emotion eater and would be demi-psycotic right now, as she has been with all future encounters with stong emotions.

WEEK 2

"Hmm?" Matsuoka turned, saw it was Silas, and smiled. "Of course, Yamigawa-kun! Every seat is an open seat!"

"Yeah, sit on down, Silas!" Hanamura said, still beaming in that creepy, chills-inducing way. "I'd love to know more about you!"

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Weeks one and two seem to indicate that Matsuoka and Hanamura sit together before class. We then moved on to ignoring the classroom part of the day, explaining why Hanamura can't get us his +2, and making the skill stat kinda pointless.

Why have You done this @LuciDreamer ?

Not by Big Sister, no. Well, by her, too, but he was always being watched by Big Sister, and that never felt strange at all. But today, he felt someone... else was watching him. Someone just out of sight. And that bothered him

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Its weird that "-" just kinda… appered in this place. No mention of her up till that 99 in the city. No actions that could be traced back to her, no text that would indocate that there's something we're missing.

He realized some of the computers were flashing slightly - a sign to show him that someone was there. "...Some computers, a newsreel monitor, a TV Set, Big Sister…"

"Who?" Maeda perked up at this, staring at Silas intently.

"Gah, um… nothing. No one. I see no one in front of me right now," Silas said quickly.

"Are you sure?" Maeda prodded.

"Yes, I'm sure. Certain. There is no… there is no physical human besides you in my field of view right now," Silas said, confident that his choice of words didn't constitute a real lie. Big Sister didn't have a physical presence, after all! Not that he knew, at least. And Nanami had to

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Madea might think "-" is a big sister figure to Silas, which would be why they haven't pressed him on the issue very much.

Maeda looked as if she'd been hit by something. "Oh! Right! Um… it's something. Definitely something. Can't tell you. It's… uh… Student Council stuff. Confidential. Yeah." Nanami calmed down, looking relieved.

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Either "-" appeared for a single moment, or this is a mistake. Either way, a "-" slap can bring her back to someone's memory. Maybe she should try that woth Silas

"You're gonna be alright, Nanami," she whispered to the space in front of her. "I have friends. We're - we're close. We're smart, too. And we know a thing or two about things that aren't supposed to make sense. And… we're gonna try to get him to see you again. Okay? I promise." Maeda cringed slightly; her smile faded. She hated making promises she might not keep.

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This seems to imply that "-" hasn't been a SCP for long (and the next foundation quote seems to indicate that she isn't in the system yet.)

"Well, it isn't like you're doing any better!" Reizei fired back. He was grinning devilishly. "Or do I have to remind you how half of your members ran off with Hanamura after he founded the Computer Club?"

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Hanamura, how dare you betray your freinds like that. Though interesting.

The effect was instantaneous. "Wait wait wait wait wait… what?" Mikado said, his jaw dropping. "What?! Yamigawa-kun, you and Shinohara - "

"What's the meaning of this?!" Kuroda shouted.

"Intimacy alert! Intimacy alert!" Rakuyama yelled.

"First names!!" Matsuoka screeched. "You two use first names!! There's a history there! I must know, now!"

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see they ship it (no they don't)

For the last time, Six, we don't have Site-01 operational yet!" one of the boys shot back. Silas recognized him as the Student Council Kaichou. "Until we get basic functionality, we can't enact proper procedures for -"

"Proper procedures?! All we need is a locked office or room or something! She's not Keter, for Christ's sake!"

"How do we know?! We don't take chances with these kind of things! You, of all people, should know that!"

"...Did someone leave the door unlocked?"

All eyes turned to Silas. "Um… hi," he said, lamely.

"THERE'S NO PRIVACY IN THIS SCHOOL, IS THERE?!" the Kaichou yelled exasperatedly. "GODS, I WANT THE OLD OFFICE BACK! SIX! AMNESTICS! NOW!"

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WELL WELL WELL, DISREGARD MY FULLY FUNDED THING, LOOKS LIKE THE FOUNDATION IS NEW AS HELL. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE SITE-01 UP YET.

Sorry. I like tacos a lot.

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You say that but you haven't had a taco in 4 weeks.

Matsuoka rolled her eyes. "Well, you ought to study, Sai-ku - err, I mean, Yamigawa-kun! But I'm sure you'll do alright regardless. Because Yamigawa-kun's so smart!"

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When I first red the Christmas Omake, I kinda wondered where the ship came from. Then I re-read this.

WEEK 3

"Y-Yes, yes! Passion! That's how I'd describe it!" Reizei nodded, a bit too enthusiastically.

Silas found he was chuckling softly. It was a nervous chuckle. "You guys are keeping something from me, aren't you?" His fellow clubmates tried their best to avert their eyes and hide their guilty faces.

"Hey, at least we aren't the Student Council," Matsuoka replied, smirking. She got a few chuckles in response.

"Oh, so I wasn't the only one to pick up on that?" Silas said, genuinely smiling.

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How much does the Drama club know about the SC?

Right? Omigod, did I ever tell you this time the Student Council president approached me around when school started? Ichiro-kun walked up to me, this weird, macabre expression on his face, and he said, 'Does the Black Moon howl?'

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Only to scare the sun

Six perfectly normal teenaged children... and two empty seats.

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One for Shinohara, who just left, and one for "-". We don't know that at this point in time, but we can guess based off of evidence later in week three.

"Oh… it's mostly the oppressive feeling. Shinohara looked like she was about to giggle, but then glanced in Silas's direction and steadied herself, coughing lightly. "It's… stimulating."

"...ah?"

"...yeah. Ah."

Silas was used enough to awkward silences to be able to take this one without much issue. "Do you… about that horror movie…"

"Don't."

"Right! Sorry!" Silas stuffed his face in his bento box and gobbled a few taco rice. "Overstepped my bounds again." He was so worried he'd do something again and make Shinohara genuinely hate him.

But Shinohara was giggling. "Oh, boy, what a strange breed of fear," she laughed. "Is that what scares you, Silas? Breaking minor social bounds?"

"W-Wha - "

"Or… now let me think here…" Shinohara seemed to be looking around in Silas's mind, bobbing her head to and fro. "...do you fear the abandonment of those you think of as friends?"

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This is where Shinohara starts acting like an emotion eater. Despite having an opportunity to do so earlier with Madea. Even if she was told that the SC is off limits, she had no obvious desire to do anything with the emotions.

"Yes, of course they would!" Shinohara breathed, sucking the air beneath her teeth. "Oh, isn't that just terrifying? Knowing that you're so close to irrelevance that if it weren't for people like Yumika-san you wouldn't even be noticeable in this school! Take this school, and take you out of it, and no one would even notice the difference! Can't say the same about some other people who don't exist, huh? Aw, look at that face! Hahah! Heheh… heh… wait… oh dear, um…" Shinohara's face suddenly seemed turned pale. Her eyes flitted between herself and Silas. "D-Did I… I didn't mean to… y-you know, that atmosphere! It's… doing this t-to me… you know?"

Wordlessly, Silas got up from his seat.

"...Yamigawa-kun?" Silas didn't hear her. "Dammit," she cursed under her breath.

He backed away, eyes down at his bento before reaching his seat. He ate in silence for the rest of the lunch bell.

His hand was shaking.

Shinohara scared him.

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Reminder for all future Shinohara actions. We passed this. we got a 17 out of roughly 54.

Nanami sighed. "Yeah… well, the whole not existing thing is kind of a downer for me." She chuckled darkly. "No one sees me or remembers me except Maeda, after all… and Maa-chan can't be around all the time... Argh." Nanami turned to face him. Silas looked into his friend's eyes and was quickly wrought with concern. She looked… broken, almost. "Why am I even doing this?" she shook her head. "It's not like you're actually even talking… to… me…?"

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This is why I will flip from Hana to Nanami if we ever get her to permanently appear.

The camera zoomed in on a giant insignia looming on one of the walls. It read in big, imposing words:

Antimemetics Division
Secure. Contain. Protect.​

There was a loud crash. Mikado had dropped someone's drink all over their lap. "Oh, oh, sorry, sorry… um… let me just get that… yeesh… uh… Yumika?"

"I'm coming!" Yumika came rushing over with a box of paper towels.

Neither Silas nor Nanami seemed to notice or care about the noise.

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Okay, why did YOU react Mikado? and how dare you do this to poor Silas and Nanami's date.

Something cold was coiled around his arm.

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Are- Are you alright Nanami? This isn't the first time you've been described as "cold"

Airi-san was standing behind her. He chuckled nervously. "Heheh… sorry, Kamasaki-sensei. I hate having to do that." He looked directly towards Silas. He was clutching another one of those pens. Silas froze up. "And you. Um… sorry again. You know I said I was gonna make it up to you some time for nearly knocking you out by the school entrance? I… yeah… well… you're gonna have to put this one on my tab, Yamigawa-kun."

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You're a butt Airi. (Does this count as a favor @LuciDreamer ?)

He was staring directly at Silas. Silas felt his heart skip a beat - but Ichiro was chuckling. "Don't know how you got out of there, S - Yamigawa-kun, but you should clear out as soon as possible. This place is going to be swarming with my people soon enough, you know?" Silas stared at him, dumbfounded. Ichiro chuckled again. "Well?"

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Still don't understand why he did this.

Oh wait, Didn't you get Madea to stab Silas? Yes you did.

"Saa-kun…" Nanami exhaled deeply. Her breath was shaky. "I'm sorry… I… I just wanted to talk with you a-again…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Silas raised an eyebrow. "Nanami - Nanami, what's wrong?"

Nanami shifted in place. "Let's, uh… let's walk some more, first? I can take you to the bullet train."

"Oh...kay…" Silas motioned for her to lead on.

"N-No, no, walk with me," Nanami insisted. "Err - beside me."

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Poor Nanami, this isn't your fault. If anything it's Silas'.

"Well, according to Maa-chan, at least, it is," Nanami mumbled. "She… she told me that it was real, and that she and a lot of the school were part of it. Err… used to be. I mean."

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This is interesting. It seems to indicate an "end of the veil" type event.

"...b-but I'm scared, Silas. What happens if you let go, and then you forget everything again? I-If you managed to live your life up to now with me not existing, then wouldn't you live just fine if you forgot me again?"

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HMMMMMMM

Take this school, and take you out of it, and no one would even notice the difference! Can't say the same about some other people who don't exist, huh?"

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Interesting parallel to what Shinohara had said previously.

He dug into his pockets. Nanami heard a small clank that Silas didn't. She bent down and picked it up - it was an old flip-phone. It was a curious-looking device with a warm surface. Something faint beeped from within.

"Here!" Silas fished out his MiiPhone. "I can give you - "

"- your phone?" Nanami asked. She was holding out the flip-phone.

"...my phone?" Silas looked at it. "I… don't remember… ever buying that… are you sure that's mine?"

Nanami gingerly opened it up and peered into contacts list. "...is this your phone number?"

"Yeah!" Silas said. "I… guess it is. Huh. You should… you should keep that! If I forget about you, you can call me. It… might help?"

"I'm not - "

"Please," Silas pleaded. "Take it. I'm not sure if this will work, but… it's something, right? It's the best I can do. I don't care if you stop existing - err - if I start thinking that you stop existing - the second I let go of your hand - we're still best friends, right? And… I've got to do what I can. As your best friend." Silas wasn't sure about many things, but he was certain that this was the right thing to do.

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Oh look its the phone that doesn't exist.

"We're just… two f-friends departing after a long party. It won't be too long till we see each other again!"

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Tears were falling, tiny droplets splashing against his uniform like a fine precipitation. "Where… where are these tears coming from?" he asked the wall in front of him. "I have nothing to be sad about. That was exhilarating. It was fun! We managed to escape the clutches of a Student Council filled with secret agents, why do I feel so… empty…?"

"Silas?" Big Sister repeated.

"I don't get it. I'm forgetting something, aren't I? I'm forgetting something…" Silas suddenly reached for his pockets. "My phone… where's my phone… I don't know where my phone is…"

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Hey Hanamura, can we borrow your mouth?

When Silas woke up, he felt water in his eyes. He blinked old tears away and wiped at his face. Briefly, snippets of his dream last night came to him - he was near a park by his apartment, playing tag with a girl his age whose face she didn't recognize; then he was somewhere far away, being coddled in the arms of a dark-haired girl as she read him a wordless children's book.

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Oh look the three 'verses have merged. If only transiently. We'll meet other big sister in week 4, still it's interesting.

"I have a lot of provisions like that. Things that prevent me from breaking certain human laws or fabricating currency for your sake... Father was very thorough in his precautionary measures."

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Who is this "Father"?

"Hey!" Yumika beamed. She peered behind Silas. "Sooo… this is where you live, huh?"

Silas's cheeks burned. He tried to put himself in between her and the interior of his living quarters. "...yeah."

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I had forgotten Yumika knew where we lived.

and Hana-san is…" she sighed. "She's… alright. Been peckish all weekend, need to keep bringing her food to keep her mood up. It's just… everyone's… all of a sudden really lethargic this week, you know?

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THAT'S NOT CONCERNING AT ALL.

maintain my backdoor into Mihoku's thermonuclear missile suite

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Oh right, because thats not worrisome in the slightest.

WEEK 4

"Now… I'm not exactly one for accusations, but you didn't know something like that would happen, right?"

He knows he knows he knows he knows "-W-What? No… I didn't…"

"No no, Silas-kun, you're fine!" Hanamura beamed at him. He had unnaturally white teeth. "I'm not talking about you. I'm talking to you." he jabbed his finger towards his chest - no, past his chest, and his eyes scrunched up and his mouth drooped low into a scowl. Silas tried backing even further against the wall, feeling against the rough surface. Hanamura want on talking, "I want to know if you planned something like this. 'Cause if you did, you and I might start having some problems… you know? I dislike it when people disrupt my peace."

"...e-eh… what…?" Hanamura wasn't looking at him. He was looking past him. But when he turned around, there was nothing there, save for a tiny, almost inconspicuous hole in the wall. A little light was shining through, bright and blinding, making Silas turn away quickly.. "...Hanamura-kun, are you…?"

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Gotcha Hanamura, no active attacks on the SC.

"It's unfulfilling. After the rush is gone, there's nothing left. There's no richness to the chocolate, and the cracker underneath doesn't have a lot of substance to it. It's like conflict without resolution. Leaves a… hollowness in your throat if you consume it. Unless you have it with something else." Shinohara paused. "...Still, I like Pocky. I like it a lot. But I also can't stand it. I want to turn it into something better, I want to eat something nicer… but I like it too much to stop. ...am I making any sense?"

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Oh look its Hara's confession a bit before we would get to it.

Silas felt a cold sweat trickle down the back of his head. That… didn't go as planned. And now he was standing in the middle of the room, with thirty-odd eyes burning into his back and oh god this was a horrible idea why did he think that this would ever pan out w -

"HEY, EVERYONE!" a female student suddenly shouted from across the room. "U-Uh… I have Dango! I-It's the cute green-and-pink varieties from the konbini across the street. I even had the clerk draw smileys on some of them! ...Anyone want a piece?"

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THANK YOU "-"!

His phone buzzed.

Big Sis: You're planning on following her, aren't you?

YamiOtako: Nn.

Big Sis: Why, exactly?

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HAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAH HE HAS A PHONE!
Seriously why though. He also has his direct transmission with BS.

"Hey…" he walked up to Dorima. "E-Err… is the girl in the back still giving out Dango?"

"Dango?" she raised an eyebrow - obviously not pleased that she had to talk to him. "What do you - bakayarou, you're holding one."

"I - what?!" Silas looked to his hand.

A small family of fluffy pink-and-green smiley faces were beaming back at him.

"...oh."

"And what's this about someone giving out Dango, anyway? I never heard about that," she grumbled.

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Thanks "-"

"Renji-kun and Riku-nee are hurting really bad. Kuroda-kun's act was less convincing today. I had to help Yoshi-kun into class this morning because he kept tripping and stumbling. And Hana-san…" Yumika paused. "Even me… Even I feel all woozy. It's been like this all morning. It took so much effort to get everyone to school… but we can't even last to the end of the day..."

She spun around. "But you? Sai-kun - you're perfectly fine. No sleepiness, or headaches - whatever hurt us didn't hurt you. No - whoever it was didn't hurt you. I don't understand. Or maybe I do. Maybe I do."

"Yumika…?"

She balled her hand into a fist; it trembled slightly. She clenched her teeth. And her eyes - they pierced him, full of pure, untempered rage. "You're not part of whatever this is, are you, Sai-kun? You're not… you didn't help start this, did you? Because if you did, you can just leave this club right now," she punctuated harshly. "And don't come back. I don't make friends with people who hurt the people I love."

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So Hana had a small part in this. Either way, these demons are scary.

There was a light thump against the Drama club room's door.

[] Hug.
[] (Sensitive) Silas isn't sure, but he thinks he understands why Yumika is so down. "Your friends will still be your friends after this, Yumika-chan. I-It's just one day, right?"
[] "Everything w-will be fine, Yumika-chan."
[] "The Student Council did something to make everyone forget about Friday. I-I think they're why everyone is hurting."
[] "There was something w-weird about the movie I picked that made strange things happen on Friday."
[] He nods his head and leaves quietly.

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Notice the light thump, and no option in the vote to see what it was. "-" says hi.

"Really, really. You're gonna make a great lead!" Yumika nodded, laughing to herself as Silas froze up and winced despite the fact that it was an obvious joke. Probably. "Aaaand there! You made me feel good, I made you feel good. It's a win-win!" she giggled.

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Oh Silas. You cannot escape this simple truth. You will be a lead.

"Anyway, we should probably get going! It's not right to just waste a whole day just moping around, amirite, Sai-kun?

Silas felt like he had just landed from a big fall, with all the fuzziness and disorientation that came with the feeling. "...eh? Chii-kun? Tetsuo-kun?" he looked around; an old, disused television screen sat on the other end of a wide room. It looked like a space for tables and chairs used to be in the middle of this place, though they had all been removed long ago. The lights were noticeable dim here. This wasn't Computer Club. "Reina-senpai? ...why... I s-swear, Chii-kun, if you're hiding somewhere to s-spook me again, it's not gonna work..."

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Silas steadied his breath. He must have gotten lost. Yeah. He'd just need to... find the door, and get back to the Computer Club room so they could finish their game of Dungeons and Dragons. He slid open the sliding door, letting a rush of cool air break the stale, drafty atmosphere of the room.

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Silas felt a light tugging at his arm, and looked behind him. A girl with brown twintails was there, standing at the threshold to the brightly-lit, warm Drama Club room. "...I was gonna say that we should probably get going, but I guess you beat me to it, huh, Sai-kun?" Yumika smirked.

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Hello realm collapsing into one, what we have here is the third verse, casually popping into existence. Not quoted is the vast blanks in between the above three quotes.

The two stepped outside, only to nearly trip on Shinohara, who was sitting against the wall, clutching some sort of bakery bag tightly with a comically wide grin on her face. She was speaking incoherently: "C-Conflict! Resolution! Heehee! Conflict-resolution! Coooonflict! Reeeeesoluuuution! It's a seven-course meal of happiness and fluff! Heeheehee..."

When she caught sight of the two of them, she started to breathe heavily, still grinning wildly. "You two! I can't believe… a single quarter of an hour… can be so… fulfilling!"

Yumika looked incredulous. "...Hana-san, I thought you had to go home early or something…"

"Had to find… something something to eat…" she said through heavy breaths.

Yumika glanced at Silas. "Err… I think I'm going to need to… help Hana-san to her bullet-train stop. You can go on without me!" Like it was the most normal thing in the world, Yumika took Shinohara by the hand and pulled her onto her shoulder.

"Conflict-resolution… you two… haaaa..." Shinohara looked like she was somewhere far, far away; there were stars in her eyes.

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YAY.

"...I think Kaichou has gone insane," Computer Club's vice president, a bespectacled, nymphish boy, said, face and voice completely monotone as he typed into his laptop. Next to him, Hanamura Chihiro had collapsed into a fit of giggles.

"Haha! Ahaahaahaahaha!" he laughed. "Check for bugs, they said! Check for bugs! Yeah, yeah, I left a bug, for sure! Wahaahaahaaaahaaaa~ Oh… I'm stealing someone's laugh. Oh well. Don't care. WAAHAAHAHAHAAAHAAHAAA~"

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You think?

"Um... h-hello?"

Was that... no. It can't be possible.

"Um... h-hello?" the voice came again. There was something... wrong about it.

"Saa-kun?!" she couldn't believe her ears. Silas didn't even have a phone anymore - he'd forgotten about the old one. Nanami snatched the old flipphone on her makeshift nightstand - a stack of cardboard boxes shakily holding up a RikuRiku-brand fluorescent light - and stared into the screen.

"Um... h-hello?" Nanami was confused. It sounded like Silas's voice, but... choppy. "Um... h-hello? My name is S-Silas Yamigawa. Who are you, h-human?"

Nanami had to suppress a laugh. This was absurd. She was dreaming, wasn't she? "Nai. Nanami Nai. What are you?"
She didn't expect a response. This must be some sort of cool computer program Saa-kun had come up with, but she doubted it could see or even hear her...

"U-Um... I am an... a-a-artificial intelligence unit, codenamed "Little Sister," much to Big S-Sis's chagrin," the screen responded. "I-I have been using the name "Silas Yamigawa" in order to maintain sufficient h-human-ness. What are you?"

Nanami widened her eyes. "I'm... I'm Saa-kun's best friend. Err - I'm Silas's best friend."

"I-Is that so?" the screen suddenly transformed; an 8-bit depiction of Silas popped into the centre from an outside corner. "T-Then, good to meet you. I am sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

The artificial intelligence paused. "I am s-sorry," it repeated. "The person whom I was instructed to analyze in order to d-determine my speech pattern had a number of o-odd proclivities, such as s-s-stuttering when unnecessary, and apologizing for e-even minute things. I am sorry."

"...why do you exist?" Nanami said, almost immediately regretting her choice of words. It sounded so unnecessarily harsh...

"I-I was created in order to r-reduce strain on Big Sister's memory," the bot explained. "And to be an extension of Big Sister's monitoring abilities."

"Who is Big Sister?"

The artificial intelligence seemed to hesitate. "I-I am not allowed to s-say. I'm sorry; please forgive me. I must be a pain, not being a-able to contribute this information..."

"Nonono!" Nanami insisted. "You're really helpful! Really really! Um..." she had to think here. Think! what could she do? "Can you... do anything special?"

"I can d-do lots of things!" the artificial intelligence responded. "Like p-play videogames, analyze my friends' emotional states, search the Internet, and spy on p-people! But... I can only do them if my host asks for it. I'm sorry."

Nanami thought for a moment. "...what if I am your host?

"Impossible," the artificial intelligence claimed. "Only Big Sister can determine a host."

"Do you... D-Do you know if Big Sister is real?" she felt horrible, taking advantage of her nonexistence like this, but... she remembered reading from somewhere that there were ways to convince really dumb AIs things that weren't true. It was worth a shot, right?

"...no."

"Um... I'm her, then." Is that how it's supposed to work? she wondered.

"...t-truly?"

"Yeah!" Nanami nodded.

The bot seemed to consider that for a moment. "O-Oh, forgive me, Big Sister."

"Call me Nai-chan," Nanami replied. "Um... please. If you can."

"O-Oh...! Sorry, Nai-chan!" the bot responded. 8-bit-Silas's face turned a shade pinker. "I w-won't make the mistake again! I promise!"

For the first time in a good four days, Nanami laughed - genuinely. Happily. She had to admit that 8bit!Silas was just... adorable. Like a little baby trying to emulate the real Saa-kun..."Now... um... can you do a... little, tiny thing for me?"

She had a chance. She had a chance! She could do things now, and maybe they'd even stay permanent, too! She just had to hope that 8bit!Silas didn't disappear, too... No. No. She had a sliver of hope. And she wasn't going to let it slip away from her. She couldn't afford to!

"Whatever you n-need!" the bot replied eagerly.

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This is quite possible the most important conversation in the entire four weeks of this story. AND WE CAN'T SEE A MAJORITY OF IT. Edit:
I did something stupid. I tried to predict the text, and then since I had messed up the formatting I was going to delete what I expected to be a bunch of tabs. And because I wanted to be Demi efficient I changed its color to keep writing. Turns out, Nanami just likes to talk in a very dark color. Use tabs next time Luci.

Ichiro: Sorry. I sneezed for a full minute and ended up with a nosebleed. All over my phone. Anyway, no, don't administer anything. Have Yuuko and Kei look after her for the day tomorrow, and tell me if she seems to get worse.

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Don't mess with Evil Yumika.

"Command never gets us our food on time, so for the evening rations we ended up with bacon onigiri and liberty eggs. Whatever those are." she rolled her eyes playfully.

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"Nn?" Yumika asked, quickly swallowing down a bite of… was that onigiri wrapped in slices of bacon? How had he never thought of that before? "What is it?"

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

"...so, you think Computer Club might be…?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying. They probably have people all over the school."

"...I dunno, Allen. This sounds like some sort of wacky conspiracy shit."

"C'mon. You have to trust me here. I… I-I'm pretty sure that there's at least one member in your Computer Club. I've been using my big bro to look into the school's Intranet, and there's this encryption code that-"

"Why do you care?"

"I just… I don't want anything bad to happen to you guys, alright? Didn't you hear what happened at Drama-"

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So Dormia is on the outside huh? Was her bother the guy harrasing her boyfriend's Friend's brother?

"I-It'll be worse than last time…

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thats a good sign

"Yeah, I'm…" Maeda sniffs. "Oh god, I'm so sorry, you guys, I-"

"No, senpai, don't apologize, we-"

"If we'd been better at following you we could have-"

"It was the movie and Ichiro's fault, not-"

"You're not at fault, really, Maeda-dono-"

"We don't mind, senpai, you were just hurting-"

"Guys, guys!" Maeda's body shakes as she giggles. "... I think I get it. Still, though, that doesn't excuse me… God, I've been delusional all week, haven't I?"

"Maybe a little… You gave a lot of us a scare, you know!" Kei insisted, "But you're not anymore! You're… you're you, now."

"Serves me right, I suppose…"

"A-Absolutely not!" Yuuko exclaimed.

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So, she's been deluded this past week? Hey "-" I think Maa-Chan just forgot about you.

"Please, don't be coy!" Kei insisted. "I don't believe in coincidences. I don't know why you sent us that text, or why you… perceive things you're not supposed to, but I just want to know that that Yuuko, Maeda-senpai and I owe you a great deal." He sniffed loudly.

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Cool. Don't stab him next time okay?

"Then say no more," she winked. "...Hey. Sai-kun. I don't know why, but I have... the strangest feeling that next week is going to be nice, calm, normal, and productive, don't you think?" An entire unsaid conversation passed between them. They giggled innocently.

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Does that mean it will be quicker to write?. Seriously though Yumika, have you seen this school?

Shinohara just tilted her head a tiny bit and gave him a crooked, thin, guilty grin. "Yumika-san has a lot of demons inside of her." Conscientiously, she changed the subject, glancing at the increasingly agitated - looking Mikado, burning crimson underneath whatever Yumika seemed to be teasing him about. Kuroda, Rakuyma and Reizei seemed to be jumping in. "...our friends really are interesting, aren't they?"

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Yeeeeeeeeeeee. Obviously the Demons comment is quite important.

"Silas." Shinohara held a finger to his lips. "...if I'm your friend, then you have to trust me to tell you that, whatever emotion it is that's keeping you from them, it's bad. I can feel it. I know. It's eating at you, almost worse than the thing that eats at Yumika." she whispered.

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... Uhm. Pay no head to the extradimentional hive mind directing your friends actions?

That was the primary thought going through Silas's mind as he noted that a few more of those clandestine Metropolitan Police vehicles were parked outside his school than usual - the more innocent-looking ones with the hidden emergency lights fit in subtly, but the large, ominous, and horribly-out-of-place white van with the sunglassed man in the driver's seat certainly didn't. The only thing that would have made the MetroPol more obvious would have been if they had decided to stick a giant satellite dish to roof of their vehicle.

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So either there's a investigation into the foundation by the Government, or by someone else. Either way, the Police are here, and they are going to be fun to deal with.

But, Dorima-himesama would probably flay me alive if I tried staying in-character indefinitely. It certainly gets on her nerves, this act of mine. Anyway; we're holding up everyone else."

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Princess Dorima? How oddly formal. And why should that matter, you have Kirno and Yumika on your side.


Sidenote: 5608 words.

 

[Karnewarrior]

Week 2 was so much longer than week one gosh.

 

[Halowed02]

Week 2 was so much longer than week one gosh.

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OHhohohohohoh
I had missed a post in week 2
So it got slightly longer

And midway through week 3 (and by midway I mean, run "-" and Silas) has 7 quotes, only three less then week two. APPERENTLY THE STORY's GETTING MORE INTERESTING

 

[Nevill]

We'll meet other big sister in week 4, still it's interesting.

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Do you mean that moment when Nanami briefly made Yumika disappear and Silas was talking to himself? I don't think we've met her in the flesh.

Huh, I completely forgot about that dream. I wonder if this outcome corresponds to a low ??? stat range...

 

[Halowed02]

Do you mean that moment when Nanami briefly made Yumika disappear and Silas was talking to himself? I don't think we've met her in the flesh.

Huh, I completely forgot about that dream. I wonder if this outcome corresponds to a low ??? stat range...

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I doubt that was Nanami, as we only got views of other big sis (an her name (as senpai))

 

[Nevill]

I don't understand what you are talking about...
What I meant was, we don't see the Universe with Big Sis Reina very often... why would that be?
I want to go to the Computer Club next time we have an AS action. Hell, I'd pose for talk with Hanamura if it gets me there.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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(Whenever Yumika tutors someone, that person gets a +2 COUR boost and a +10 ST to the action. In the incredibly unlikely event that Yumika is put in charge of a Saisei-era military regiment, +15% morale damage and +15% morale defense.)

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Goddammit. Should've known nothing here happens by coincidence.

Another thing I noticed is the use of 'forever'. Figure of speech, or a hint towards something?

Reina's been around forever, and even though she can't live with him, Silas wouldn't be able to count the number of times he could rely on her when he'd hit a low spot.

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Nanami chuckled. "I'm Nanami! You've known me, like, forever!"

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"No, I mean…" Big Sister's avatar was looking to the ground. Silas always wondered whether that was just something she did to simulate a real conversation for his sake, or if it was something she just did out of habit. "Are you fine with me… being around? Forever? Always?"

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While I can understand the first two cases - for Silas and Nanami things always were this way, Big Sister's use is slightly different, asking if Silas is okay if things will always be this way.

Now why would she say that?

Edit:

Hello realm collapsing into one, what we have here is the third verse, casually popping into existence.

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No, I think it's still a variation of our verse, just without Yumika. Like, I am pretty sure Silas wouldn't call his sister senpai.
I firmly believe that, unlike Big Sister and Nanami, Reina exists independently from them both.

Edit2:

HAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAH HE HAS A PHONE!
Seriously why though. He also has his direct transmission with BS.

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...that's not right.
A plothole, or 'just as planned'?

 

[Halowed02]

Silas needs a new phone. A few new options are available.

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...that's not right.
A plothole, or 'just as planned'?

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Honestly its probably just a mistake, or Nanami covertly slipping it back to him. (but does she know about big sis?)


OHOHOHOHOHOHOOHOHH I found something doing edits to the mass quotes.

@LuciDreamer

"Um... h-hello?"

Was that... no. It can't be possible.

"Um... h-hello?" the voice came again. There was something... wrong about it.

"Saa-kun?!" she couldn't believe her ears. Silas didn't even have a phone anymore - he'd forgotten about the old one. Nanami snatched the old flipphone on her makeshift nightstand - a stack of cardboard boxes shakily holding up a RikuRiku-brand fluorescent light - and stared into the screen.

"Um... h-hello?" Nanami was confused. It sounded like Silas's voice, but... choppy. "Um... h-hello? My name is S-Silas Yamigawa. Who are you, h-human?"

Nanami had to suppress a laugh. This was absurd. She was dreaming, wasn't she? "Nai. Nanami Nai. What are you?"
She didn't expect a response. This must be some sort of cool computer program Saa-kun had come up with, but she doubted it could see or even hear her...

"U-Um... I am an... a-a-artificial intelligence unit, codenamed "Little Sister," much to Big S-Sis's chagrin," the screen responded. "I-I have been using the name "Silas Yamigawa" in order to maintain sufficient h-human-ness. What are you?"

Nanami widened her eyes. "I'm... I'm Saa-kun's best friend. Err - I'm Silas's best friend."

"I-Is that so?" the screen suddenly transformed; an 8-bit depiction of Silas popped into the centre from an outside corner. "T-Then, good to meet you. I am sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

The artificial intelligence paused. "I am s-sorry," it repeated. "The person whom I was instructed to analyze in order to d-determine my speech pattern had a number of o-odd proclivities, such as s-s-stuttering when unnecessary, and apologizing for e-even minute things. I am sorry."

"...why do you exist?" Nanami said, almost immediately regretting her choice of words. It sounded so unnecessarily harsh...

"I-I was created in order to r-reduce strain on Big Sister's memory," the bot explained. "And to be an extension of Big Sister's monitoring abilities."

"Who is Big Sister?"

The artificial intelligence seemed to hesitate. "I-I am not allowed to s-say. I'm sorry; please forgive me. I must be a pain, not being a-able to contribute this information..."

"Nonono!" Nanami insisted. "You're really helpful! Really really! Um..." she had to think here. Think! what could she do? "Can you... do anything special?"

"I can d-do lots of things!" the artificial intelligence responded. "Like p-play videogames, analyze my friends' emotional states, search the Internet, and spy on p-people! But... I can only do them if my host asks for it. I'm sorry."

Nanami thought for a moment. "...what if I am your host?

"Impossible," the artificial intelligence claimed. "Only Big Sister can determine a host."

"Do you... D-Do you know if Big Sister is real?" she felt horrible, taking advantage of her nonexistence like this, but... she remembered reading from somewhere that there were ways to convince really dumb AIs things that weren't true. It was worth a shot, right?

"...no."

"Um... I'm her, then." Is that how it's supposed to work? she wondered.

"...t-truly?"

"Yeah!" Nanami nodded.

The bot seemed to consider that for a moment. "O-Oh, forgive me, Big Sister."

"Call me Nai-chan," Nanami replied. "Um... please. If you can."

"O-Oh...! Sorry, Nai-chan!" the bot responded. 8-bit-Silas's face turned a shade pinker. "I w-won't make the mistake again! I promise!"

For the first time in a good four days, Nanami laughed - genuinely. Happily. She had to admit that 8bit!Silas was just... adorable. Like a little baby trying to emulate the real Saa-kun..."Now... um... can you do a... little, tiny thing for me?"

She had a chance. She had a chance! She could do things now, and maybe they'd even stay permanent, too! She just had to hope that 8bit!Silas didn't disappear, too... No. No. She had a sliver of hope. And she wasn't going to let it slip away from her. She couldn't afford to!

"Whatever you n-need!" the bot replied eagerly.

Click to shrink...

This is quite possible the most important conversation in the entire four weeks of this story. AND WE CAN'T SEE A MAJORITY OF IT. Edit:
I did something stupid. I tried to predict the text, and then since I had messed up the formatting I was going to delete what I expected to be a bunch of tabs. And because I wanted to be Demi efficient I changed its color to keep writing. Turns out, Nanami just likes to talk in a very dark color. Use tabs next time Luci.

 

[Halowed02]

Silas felt like he had just landed from a big fall, with all the fuzziness and disorientation that came with the feeling. "...eh? Chii-kun? Tetsuo-kun?" he looked around; an old, disused television screen sat on the other end of a wide room. It looked like a space for tables and chairs used to be in the middle of this place, though they had all been removed long ago. The lights were noticeable dim here. This wasn't Computer Club. "Reina-senpai? ...why... I s-swear, Chii-kun, if you're hiding somewhere to s-spook me again, it's not gonna work..."

Yumika blinked. Glancing around, she tried to rationalize why Silas was suddenly ignoring him. Here eyes widened. "...where's Drama Club?"

"Oh god..."

"Nanami-chan?!" Yumika gasped, noticing the girl attached to her chest. "Nanami-chan, what... why doesn't Sai-kun..."

Silas steadied his breath. He must have gotten lost. Yeah. He'd just need to... find the door, and get back to the Computer Club room so they could finish their game of Dungeons and Dragons. He slid open the sliding door, letting a rush of cool air break the stale, drafty atmosphere of the room.

"Nanami-chan, what's going on?" Yumika started to panic.

"No...noononononononoo... NO!" Nanami shrieked.

Yumika was suddenly thrust forwards, as Nanami shoved her away. "Wait, Nanami, I want to help - !"

Silas felt a light tugging at his arm, and looked behind him. A girl with brown twintails was there, standing at the threshold to the brightly-lit, warm Drama Club room. "...I was gonna say that we should probably get going, but I guess you beat me to it, huh, Sai-kun?" Yumika smirked.

Click to shrink...

and here's the three I separated. Looks like Nevil was right.