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[strangerpeople]

[All is quiet on this day. There is nothing here on the islands that will torment or spook the new residents at least for now. But the Composer with them is bored out of her damn mind. She thinks to look at her non functioning cellphone for some source of entertainment but when she turns it on, her eyes widen.]

Kami forfend...!

[And she runs through the circus, at first heading towards where the Strangers, Seven and the weird clown is staying. However, she keeps spotting them during her path...cellphones. They too also seem to be on and when she looks at the screen, she grabs it and runs to grab more. When she arrives back to the group, Yotsuyu's arms were full with phones and she feels like her legs are about to give in.]

Hey! You may want to look at these! I don't know how they got here or what is going on but we may get something out of it! Seven, check your phone too!

[If the person grabs one of the cellphones, they will be able to see a video feed with sound. Of what exactly...it's something to grab their attention. Time to see what happens.]

Comments

[7_0_7]

Wish I knew. [to what the fuck is wrong with Rika, he means. Technically he could read her mind if he wanted to, but he's sure it wouldn't make him feel better, so.]

... a long time ago, I was in a murder shithole like the rest of you went through, designed to execute a lot of people to put them in The Reaper's Game. Long story short, I died and became an angel, which let me watch over my world as its protector. But a world is really composed of a bunch of parallel universes - calling it a timeline is really just kind of how I'm making sense of them. I'm good with data but it's a lot to keep track of and it's easier to follow them based on where things at the same time happen differently. Anyway, when it comes to the RFA, seems like the biggest differences always started when MC decided who she loved the most. It fascinates me how much she's able to change.

[But he's not sure what else to say about this while he's still focused on the phones. He'd kind of like to hear more about what she's doing, but the focus on Rika herself by the living is understandable here.]

[zackthekiller]

[... Zack is trying to understand, but the angel may as well be explaining Chaos Theory to a non-sentient dog.

At least he kind of gets alternate universes after being pulled through some of them.]

Ooookay...

[Looking at the phone sounds like a good idea...

... Is that shouting?]

Who the fuck...?

[7_0_7]

It's MC!

[Listen to the dokis coming forth from this man- but he tilts his head after that.]

Meatballs?

[...and now he's fretting. And yelling at the phone.]

Argh! This place is too dangerous for meatballs!! Get out of there, Chaesun!!

[dragonmouth]

[ ...when she starts going on about why they left, Tali feels just a little. Shall we say. Uncomfortable? ]

Do you think she's...

[7_0_7]

... The party was always important to her! She does her best. Ha ha ha!

[Sorry, he's trying to be in denial.

Although, now that he's looking closer.]

Wait... where are ... her eyes?

[dragonmouth]

...alright, but surely this wasn't the party you were talking about?!

[7_0_7]

[he just groans...]

You're right. I have no idea what's going on.

[or well. Brainwashing has come up so he has a guess. But THAT IS NOT WHAT HE WANTS TO THINK ABOUT talk about a way to send himself into a depression spiral.]

[dragonmouth]

...is there even anyone at that party, or.

Is there even a party?

[7_0_7]

Gghhhh!! There has to be someone! Even if it's just a vampire and a bowl of udon and the planet Pluto!!

[telecosmetic]

Wait, she's not supposed to look like that?

[zackthekiller]

Like wha?

[He leans in, squinting at MC's face.]

[7_0_7]

See, right here... [he's pointing at the bangs that completely cover her eyes.] She's hiding her pretty face.

... And I don't even want to ASK about THAT! [He's pointing at the TENTACLE in alarm]

[zackthekiller]

....

[That sure is a tentacle.

... AND THOSE SURE AREN'T EYES.]

JESUS TITFUCKING CHRIST!WHY IS THIS PLACE SO GODDAMNED FUCKED UP?!?

[icanhearscreams]

Eugh, it's like something out of one of those pictures Kanji would show me. That guy had no restraint.

[7_0_7]

[He just puts his chin in his hand like a doting schoolgirl]

She has the kind of eyes that you'd recognize right away even if it was the first time meeting her. They're beautiful... even the members who aren't aware of parallel worlds can tell!

Well! The bangs are cute too, but you can't see anything like that...

[telecosmetic]

[Aw, that's kind of cute to see.]

So...could she be from some very different universe? Or...or an imposter?

[7_0_7]

She's not from any universe I've seen. But an imposter... who would do that?

[7_0_7]

[ok excuse him now it is time for shouting in alarm]

[zackthekiller]

. . .

[Whelp, this just went in a whole different direction.]

Okay, can someone tell me what the fuck this crap's about?!

[7_0_7]

I have no idea... Perdurance isn't what our party was called.

[zackthekiller]

... YEAH, NO SHIT SHERLOCK.

[The state of Zack's brain as of this tag: E FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FU]

[dragonmouth]

...Kiita spoke of such things herself as well, during the few months I knew her. With us, it always seemed that the differences arose depending on which of the seven of us lived or died.

[7_0_7]

Ah... [this isn't a conversation he expected to have, honestly, so there's a slight pause before he leans into it.]

With us, that came after. Mint Eye sometimes had a bomb... [he gestures vaguely because there are a lot of other weird bad endings to try and explain but this one was the most common.]

What kind of situation made that the branch point, anyway? Russian roulette?

[he's fairly certain that isn't it, but.]

[dragonmouth]

...that's as good a question as any.

Those who knew the secrets of magic in my world often spoke of such branching points, but...unfortunately, I was never much of a mage.

[7_0_7]

That's fine. Some people are better off not knowing the secrets...