THE FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[airlockedmods]

[As usual, the day begins at seven a.m.

Good morning, Champions.]

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[myocordial]

...Yes. [He practically breathes out the word. Today has been a... very tense experience.] It was.

I... almost might not have been. I'd considered... No matter. I'm glad I stayed.

[He'd thought about joining the others. Thought about giving in to Queenie and how worried she was. But his desire to be alone won out and thank god it did.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

You couldn't have known, man. We would've welcomed you. It's all just...fucked up coincidence.

[myocordial]

Hm... I wanted to be-- [He stops himself, because... no, it's not really that he wanted to be alone. It's just that he couldn't deal with being around people.] ...It really was just pure luck.

But it worked out for once.

[A Friday with no corpse. It almost seems like a miracle now.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Much as she doesn't really know how to really deal with people, we'd be lost without Nari. And...at least Queenie was here, too. We should've--maybe we should've checked up on everyone. And made sure.

[myocordial]

It's a good thing she was so worried about me. She was close-by exactly when it was helpful. And... hm. I'm grateful for Nari Reno as well.

[Even if he's had some issues with her. He can still appreciate her.]

Isn't that what all the gatherings were supposed to be for? In a way.

[motherfucking_ghost]

[Yeah, sounds about right.]

Junpei was saying, that it's not really helping us to have meetings and parties and shit if we aren't talking to each other. Like...not lying to each other. If we're not honest about how we're doing, this might happen again.

[myocordial]

True. However, you can't exactly force someone to be honest if they don't want to be. The meetings do still provide the opportunity. That's still important.

But it would be good to keep a closer eye on everyone. To make sure no one else is going... too far downhill.

[Said by the guy who kinda shut down all week.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Sometimes there's only so much you can do. That anyone can do.

[myocordial]

True enough.

...I do regret not being capable of doing much myself this week. [He wants to keep an eye on people as well.] Something to improve upon from now on...

[motherfucking_ghost]

You had a lot on your mind, man. Like, to put that as an understatement.

[myocordial]

I know. But I've been losing people at a steady rate for about a year already. It's something I've grown accustomed to handling.

[Which is both kind of depressing and really not the same thing at all.]

My focus right now should be to do what I can to make sure no one else is lost. It won't always come down to luck.