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[sengokus]

[ghkkh]

There's stuff in my head!! There has to be!

[dotcom]

You could sound more confident about that.

[ lmao ]

At least you seem to be in similar company here.

[sengokus]

.... I don't know what company you're talking about...

[the head empty kind???? that's RUDE, takeru

he pauses - like he wants to say something - before . . . shaking his head.]

But that was a vending machine, right? Let's go get some snacks.

[dotcom]

Why am I hanging out with you now...?

[ .... that said

even he can't deny it'll be more beneficial to stick together in this situation than not. sad. ]

[sengokus]

Probably 'cause Yanagi-senpai's not here and you don't have wi-fi?

[like

if he were to hazard a guess]

[dotcom]

[ HE JUST STARTS WALKING ]

[sengokus]

[okay he laughs a little and keeps up with his LONGER STRIDES]

Same old Takeru, at least.

[dotcom]

Who have you spoken to so far?

[ he just. immediately jumps back to business. ]

[sengokus]

[takeru the game has been open for three hours]

Uh.... lots of people?

[MINEO the PROFILES]

Met my roommate - I'm staying with a girl, though. How about you?

[dotcom]

... if you look through the phone we were given, you should be able to look up everyone here. Learn their names at least.

[ MINEO!!! ]

I'm also staying with a girl. Someone named Grace?

[sengokus]

Oh! You mean the ancient tech we got?

[but he'll at least pull up his phone and walk around, following takeru as they both are the type to walk and read. millennials.]

Grace... I'm with Endorsi. Do you think they'd be more comfortable staying with each other and we can swap?

[dotcom]

[ he just makes this face at the idea of rooming with mineo

that's it that's the tag ]

[sengokus]

It's not like I want to either but....!

[IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THAN STAYING WITH A GIRL!!!! HELLO????? eventually he'll realize he's in a sex game]

[dotcom]

Let's get a better idea of what's going on first. We should find out what will be more beneficial to us in the long run.

[sengokus]

[ . . . his expression continues to fluster as he thinks about sharing a room with a girl for more than a day]

I guess...

But we're all here because we want something, right?

[dotcom]

Yes.

So it's good to know who would actually be useful in helping us get what we want.

[sengokus]

What do you want? Solving X-Day?

[back to the vending machine.... takeru's cupcake was left behind. mineo's at least decent enough to order him another one]

[dotcom]

[ thank you, gopher ]

What else would I want at the moment?

[sengokus]

[he's been trained in food retrieval - but he'll take a bite out of the cupcake first since that's what takeru asked him to do

but hey it's not poisoned, and he'll offer it over to him]

I dunno... but you're making progress on your case, right? I guess I didn't expect you to be willing to accept outside help...

[dotcom]

It depends on the type of help.

[ ... ]

What about you?

[sengokus]

[ . . .

mineo's finger hovers over an order of pudding.

he settles for just getting an ice cream bar instead, letting it land in the vending machine with a kerthunk.]

... you need to ask?

[when takeru, more than anyone else, drilled in how little progress mineo was making]

[dotcom]

Well, between the two of us, as long as one of us wins...

[ he trails off, taking a bite out of the cupcake. ]

What do you think about the indulging aspect?

[sengokus]

[there's a pause as he bites into his ice cream bar and starts walking so they're not hogging up the space by the vending machines. i guess they're going on a tour.]

... uh, I don't know - kind of weird. Leaning into our bad traits, right? I think...

[he's been doing plenty of that already.

it's why he's quiet for a few more steps before slowly, eventually]

... I gotta win too, Takeru. I'll help you, of course - but... [apparently he can't afford to lose] I'll be taking things more seriously from now on.

[dotcom]

[ ...

he tilts his head as he takes mineo in-- his words, what he said. ]

You should have been taking things seriously in the first place.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he chomps into his ice cream some more and his gaze flicks up to the ceiling. it'd be easy to think he's got brain freeze, if not for the way he seems like he's thinking about something.]

... yeah.

I know.

[and he'll turn to him, bowing his head - once, and only once.]

Sorry for being dead weight this long.