school: just 3 men

[shaft]

i am on my work laptop.... 8(

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[modissty]

[Grandpa......... He just gives Sieg a quiet look because he's unfortunately not enough of a punk to tease someone about this even though i aki wish he was.

He just fuckin sighs over these antics though. TIRING.]

Surely we would have hit a point where the one speaking to us grew tired of our failures... Though I would hate to see what that would mean.

[Imagine getting used to reviving and then one time you just don't, wow.]

[ercnerd]

It didn't happen, so don't worry about it.

[He's trying his best to recover from that jab.]

. . . If you ask me, though, trials like these are often designed to test your resolve.

[shaft]

I agree. [ He would cross his arms if he had both of them still functioning. ] Though I do have to wonder what the point was of giving you fake memories, Sakyou...

I wonder if that means the more we failed, the more we'd begin to believe we belonged there?

[modissty]

More than testing resolve, I wonder if it also had to do with testing where we fell in terms of pursuit of justice...

[Given what a huge theme it was. He'd be loathe to admit it, but honestly, even now, he agrees with the goal and motive of the terrorist group he'd been forcibly shoved into. Sometimes, vengeance!]

--That's possible. That, or it was a consequence of dying alone instead of dying as a group. Though I wonder why you- [Nodding to Sieghart.] -didn't experience the same when injecting yourself, and why we were all forced to start over when you did.

[ercnerd]

That was my mistake.

[He feels he should at least acknowledge that he got everyone killed.]

I thought, even if something were to happen to me, you guys would be able to go on without me.

[shaft]

It is strange... I can't say I understand the logic of when things reset and when they didn't. I feel like you were gone quite a while in comparison Sakyou.

And all your injuries from that death are gone too, right?

[modissty]

[Sweet Sieg...]

I'd have rather not had anyone at risk of dying... [But he doesn't say anything more about it, at least. As for the question, he nods! Good thing since wow that was so many bullets.]

Correct, yes. It was as though I was just - suddenly there, like I had always been there. No bullet wounds or anything. I don't know why I still had that heart vial with me, either...

[ercnerd]

. . . How are you feeling now? Are you yourself?

[shaft]

[ stares at sakyou, waiting for an answer ]

[modissty]

[He looks a little troubled, but after a pause, he nods.]

I feel the same as ever. Though I do still remember... that "life" I had.

[ercnerd]

Could you tell us more about it?

[shaft]

Specifically, do you recall and names or faces? I wonder if our culprit might've implanted himself into your memories.

[modissty]

...From what I recall, I was - a member of a terrorist organization. Their motive was to get revenge on the people who stole precious things from them, so that those people couldn't do harm to anyone else in the future.

[He became a member of Adonis help. Anyway, with a slow shake of his head:]

I don't recall any names or faces, no... But the man in the cloak feels a bit familiar. It's possible that the me of that place knew that person.

[ercnerd]

Is that why we were called sympathizers at the beginning? But I don't see how confronting illusions of those we know would have anything to do with a terrorist organization.

[shaft]

If the terrorist organization was about revenge for things that were stolen—that seems to fit the bill for what we were tasked to do. They probably wanted to test how far we would go.

What I want to know is what all this has to do with the school. Are they planning to attack Wiwaldi?

[modissty]

It's possible, yes. Though I don't understand the connection between the two either...

[His brow furrows, like he's trying to remember something, or straining to concentrate. He glances toward his sword and frowns.]

--I don't believe they are, though. Their operations were based in that place we were at.

[ercnerd]

Then that place was just a stage for our test.

[He sighs.]

Are you going to be all right, Sakyou? If you start experiencing problems with your memories, talk to someone right away.

[shaft]

Given how easily they can tamper with our minds and wills, I'd say we need to be careful.

[ alien... ]

By the way, those documents you two received. Can I see them?

[modissty]

It seems so, yes. [That it was a stage... Their TEST.] --And I will, if anything changes. For now, I'm fine.

[REPRESSION OLYMPICS!! Alien repression...]

Taking care is certainly important, though. I should like to warn the others of what they may be up against if this happens to them, too.

[While talking, he'll fish his paper out to hand to Claude, though!]

[ercnerd]

Good idea. I have a feeling something like this will happen again.

[Sieghart, too, fishes out the folded map piece and proffers it to Claude.]

Mine's the piece of a map.

[shaft]

[ He takes a look at both, thoughtful. ]

What do you two think about these?

[modissty]

[Pursing his lips...]

Aside from the fact that someone not the bear is clearly keeping an eye on us, which we had already mostly guessed? I'm not certain. Perhaps we should bring this one to Chad...

[ercnerd]

I agree.

He probably already knows about it, anyway. Touching bases wouldn't hurt to make more sense of these papers' significance.

[shaft]

Maybe we should ask him if this school has any known enemies—though it sounds ridiculous.

Why would anyone target a school?

[modissty]

To be fair, this is far from a normal school...

But I'll speak to him about it soon, then.

[He says with a sigh because he honestly doesn't think Chad likes him which is absolutely fair. God bless.]