Week 3

[airlockedmods]

[It takes a disturbingly short amount of time for the status quo to be restored. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

There's a new floor to explore, a perverse reward for a trial well done.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 2 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

and yet no mention of ICE-9

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani is making himself some morning rice when he spots Junpei's note. It sounds like the kind of weird shit you can't make up, especially considering where they're all at now. Damn.

But also he's making rice, so that's gonna have to wait. A few minutes later, he steps into the dining room with his bowl and sits down riight next to Junpei. Look, he doesn't really have any personal space. ]

Saw yer note, Tenmyouji-kun. Sounds like ya seen some real fuckin' shit. Guess it makes sense why ya know yer stuff.

How'dya get out? Ya solve the puzzle?

Well he and Church haven't decided what to tell the others about the corpse room...

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Junpei offers his underworld buddy a faint, wry smile.]

Yeah. I did. Well, it was a group effort. -Ish.

[He sips his cooling coffee.]

Get this. The last part was a sudoku.

the kingdom hearts/ICE-9 room

[buddyoldpal]

Fuck, ya serious? [ SUDOKU??? ] Sounds pretty damn sick, makin' people solve fuckin' number shit. I'd ask why the fuck anybody'd do that but I know better than anyone that there's a point where sick shits just like messin' with people.

[ Sound like someone we know? He shakes his head. ]

Damn, least we ain't solvin' math problems fer food or some bullshit.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Junpei cracks up and groans at once, covering his eyes.]

God, Nishitani-san, don't give them ideas. I've done enough high-stakes arithmetic for five lifetimes. I'm not even that good at math. Also, I will let you all die, sorry.

[buddyoldpal]

That's fuckin' rude, Tenmyouji-kun!

[ He laughs. Ah, it's so nice to have honest friends. ]

If it comes to that I'm pretty damn sure we're all fucked, cause I sure as shit ain't gonna be any help.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Maybe Church can do it. He's an A.I., right? Computers are supposed to be good at math.

[buddyoldpal]

I dunno, if he's a computer he's a pretty shit one. Strikes me as the kinda guy who turned down a fuckin' calculator and got a cellphone plugged into his head instead.

[ Nishitani has no clue how robots work, ok. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Snickering.]

Well, cell phones in the future usually have calculators in them. Still, if Church can't do it, there's always Rhys or Heart.

[buddyoldpal]

Shit, really?

[ Wow, okay, he's from the 80s!! Have you seen what cellphones looked like back then? ]

Yeah, Legs-kun is a fuckin' nerd, I bet he could figure it out.

[misanthropicprinciple]

"Legs"? You mean Rhys? Uh, why is he Legs?

[And does he even want to know?]

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, ain'tcha seen 'im? He's all fuckin' legs!

[ He is like 70% Leg, come on, Junpei. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Sure, but I would've thought the robot arm stood out more...

[buddyoldpal]

I ain't gonna make fun o' him cause he's missin' an arm. That'd be a low fuckin' blow, I got some honor, y'know?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Okay, true, true. Besides, last guy I knew with a prosthetic used it to cheat the Nonary Game and kill a man, so no sense calling it out, I guess.

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, at least Legs-kun punches harder with his fake arm than his real one, and even then he's pretty pathetic.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Whoa, Rhys tried to punch you?

[Junpei now know that Rhys is 1) probably volatile and 2) an idiot.]

That's ballsy. Didn't think he had it in him.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani laughs. He's definitely an idiot. ]

Nah, I almost had ta beg 'im ta punch me, it was back when I was tryin' ta get people ta fight me in the pillow room.

[misanthropicprinciple]

He still did it. I would've pegged him for a runner.

[buddyoldpal]

Ya got a point, Tenmyouji-kun. He can do as he's told, at the very fuckin' least.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Good to know. I wonder if he was afraid of what you'd do to him if he didn't.

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, that sounds more like 'im than anythin'. He's pretty fuckin' pathetic.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Hm. You know, you're the expert. How would you rate everyone here in terms of... not just strength, but fighting ability, I guess?

[After a pause, he adds, holding up one hand:]

Uh, and no need to spare my feelings. I know I can't compete with yakuza and magic soldiers.

[buddyoldpal]

Hmmm, hard ta say since I ain't fought everybody, but ya can usually tell by how they act, y'know? Tough guys got a vibe to 'em.

If it's just the guys, I'm guessin' Ardyn-san's the strongest. He's a million years old which makes me think he'd be tough ta kill. Next is probably Roland-san. Ya saw his badass demon form, he could definitely fuck me up. [ He just loves the sound of that. ] After him we got Heart-kun. He's a robot and he fights pretty damn well, me an' him sparred a bit. Oh, and Larimer-chan, he sure as fuck ain't human, dunno if he's tougher than Heart but I'd kill ta see that fight.

The rest o' you guys are weaker than me. Finn-kun's a soldier but he and Church-chan are both trained in guns so there ain't much point to that. Takumi-kun's an interestin' one cause he's obviously strong but he's a kid so he ain't too tough. Then there's you, Legs and lastly Choro-kun. That kid's more likely ta cry that fight if ya ask me.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Time to write this down and save it in the Files. The information is too important to preserve on a measly memo, even if it largely lines up with his own assumptions--though he's a little surprised Finn and Church are so low on the list.

Then again, they are human. Well, mostly. I mean, who knows with Church.]

And the girls? Come on, I already know Reno could wipe the floor with me.

[Which would be hot. If terrifying. ...Because terrifying.]

[buddyoldpal]

[ Finn and Church have different reasons for being so low: Church can't throw a punch and Finn is so pure he wouldn't want to. His muscles are wasted on him. Wasted!! ]

The girls, eh? Well, yeah, Nari-chan's at the top, ain't no doubt about that. Mosta the girls are a little too young fer my taste so I don't know 'em as well. Besides her, we got Queenie-chan of course, but I can't say fer sure where she'd fall on a scale. She's tougher than she looks, but she don't got her magic so she's just a normal girl. Clarith-chan's too sad ta fight half the time and Arianna-chan's so damn pure she'd probably apologize to anybody she threw a punch at. Yuuri-chan... she prolly can't fight. Lee-chan definitely can't fight. And Angel-chan... [ He chuckles. ] Get this-- Angel-chan's afraid o' me! She might be the sanest girl here.