THE FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[airlockedmods]

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

Good morning, Champions.]

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[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani chortles. Just straight up. ]

Hah! Damn, well if he's listenin' in, I hope he knows I'm real sorry. Boy, I'm so fuckin' sorry i hurt 'is feelin's when he's been fuckin' killin' us off one by one. I'm just choked up about it, really.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Once more with feeling, Nishitani-san.

[But his smirk fades to thoughtfulness.]

Clarith made a good point about him, though. We still don't know just how much PAL's really the one pulling the strings here. He's a computer, for one thing, and at least to my twenty-first century understanding, that makes his free will an enormous question mark.

All we know for sure is he's the point of contact between us--all of us on the audience-facing side of this mess--and the people who put all of this in motion in the first place.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Ok, he hears what you're saying, but........ no? ]

Much as he might be followin' orders, he still fuckin' killed Larimer-chan, I ain't gonna feel sorry for 'im just cause he's programmed ta be an asshole. He's still a fuckin' asshole.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Believe me, I'm not suggesting he isn't.

[You know who else PAL vaporized? Like, fifteen percent of Junpei.]

I just don't want us to get complacent and forget that there's something else beyond the immediate threat. At worst, PAL's just the tip of the iceberg.

[buddyoldpal]

[ He nods. ]

Yeah, guess the producers and the fuckers runnin' around backstage are the real problem, ain't they? Yer sayin' PAL's a punk, and we gotta aim fer the head if we wanna stop this shit, that right?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Mmm... I think it's a 'yes, and.'

However we want to rank PAL, he's also our one still-active lead to the real assholes.