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[aubins]

The information will be out there. It's just a case of finding it and filtering it all. Preferably before someone potentially resorts to indulgence by way of murder.

[dotcom]

Let's just hope we're not dealing with too many psychopaths.

[aubins]

Unfortunately you rarely know until they show their true colours. But that's not a bad wish.

[dotcom]

I already know we have some, so we'll see about the others.

[aubins]

Really, now.

[ do elaborate. ]

[dotcom]

The Aoi girl, for one, but I'm not sure if she's particularly violent.

[ just crazy ]

[aubins]

Oh.

[ right. ]

... Do you understand half of what she's saying because it flew right over my head, and then some. Something about... god and smutty stories?

[dotcom]

She seems to believe she's a character in a visual novel.

[ ... ]

Basically, she thinks she's fictional. Going by what you just said, probably something with mature content like sex.

[aubins]

And a visual novel is... like a picture book. [ he's saying it like that's what he's interpreted it as, at least. ]

A mature content picture book. Interesting.

week 0, monday

[aubins]

[ it's a new week, and some new locations to check out. exciting, right? but everything is made more exciting by the inclusion of snacks, so yuri is wandering into the command room with what looks like a pot of sorbet, and a spoon.

there's no rules against eating in the command room right? right. it's fine.

he kinda wants to see what all these buttons do anyway. ]

[dotcom]

[ sasazuka is also exploring, because what else do you do on a monday in a murdergame?

they walk in at about the same time. he pauses. ]

Exploring?

[aubins]

[ a good point well made. ]

Something like that. Looks like a few of those locked doors opened themselves up, I'd be foolish not to give them a once over.

[dotcom]

Similar, yes. The difference is that with visual novels, you get to control how the storyline goes with choices that you make.

She seems to think she's a heroine in one.

[dotcom]

[ his gaze lingers on yuri's snacc, and then he looks at the room. ]

This looks like a control room.

[aubins]

...

That sounds like real life. [ arguably, she's the heroine of her own life... right? ]

[dotcom]

That may depend on what your life is like.

[ but. anyway. ]

In visual novels, the options are limited though. It's impossible for the people who create the game to make an infinite number of scenarios, so you usually only get a few options to choose from.

[aubins]

[ it's his snacc because he is a snacc. ]

I'm going to go out on a limb and assuming it's a room full of controls.

[dotcom]

Amazing observation skills.

[ he'll walk further in. ]

Although I wonder if any of this actually does anything...?

[aubins]

[ under his breath: people have lives like that? ]

...

[ he just closes his eyes. game talk. he doesn't want this again. he's played overcooked and he's still recovering. ]

Is that why she keeps rotating back to talk about sex? Or... something along those lines. Or romance related topics?

[aubins]

I try my best.

[ don't be a bitch because he has sorbet and you dont, sasazuka. ]

You could press something and see. I'd take a wild guess and say they wouldn't leave anything important where we could easily access it though.

[dotcom]

I believe so. Whatever her "route" is, the focus is on that. She gets slightly easier to follow if you see it from that way.

But only slightly easier. It's still insane.

[aubins]

[ ....... he still doesn't get it. ]

Sounds like you know a lot more about it than I do. [ yuri, just... unintentionally calling sasazuka an otome loving nerd. ]

[dotcom]

Probably not, but I wonder if pressing anything might make things inconvenient for us.

[ like

if he touches a switch will they get shocked or something

he needs a guinea pig ]

[aubins]

[ they might just be here forever. ]

You could always find something a little less important looking and start from there.

[dotcom]

... things like games sometimes come up with my job. It's better to know as much as I can, even if it might not come up.