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[asymmetriphobic]

Kirika's gone home, it seems.

I do hope it's not too horrible. she didn't speak of it much. Though I have a sinking feeling that it would be nicer to have her here.

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[spectrophobic]

... I guess that rules out the possibility of her going out without telling anyway, huh? Then again, she wasn't much of the type to leave home in the first place.

Akira's gone home too. I don't know about Kirika, but... I've got no problem with hoping like that.

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

[spectrophobic]

That's creepy.

I don't think I've ever said that much about home before, and it's nuts that they would have pictures of us in gun form.

You know that's impossible, right? I've had this stupid chip inside of me preventing that from happening!

[asymmetriphobic]

Unfortunately, yeah. I noticed her frequency was missing this afternoon.

Akira? A friend of yours, Liz?

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

They're pictures from Shibusen. However they're getting their knowledge, they're either going into our thoughts or they're watching us from home.

Watching us is a more logical way of explaining their confusion. The page was riddled with hypotheses and question marks. Their stalking is absolutely unbelievable.

[spectrophobic]

I wonder how that works, anyway. Like disconnecting a line when your phone bill doesn't get paid off?

Yeah. You could say that. We talked a few times; he didn't seem like such a bad guy.

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

[Shudder] Ugh... I don't think that I like either possibility.

M-maybe we should try to ask the guys who found the binder about it, before we start jumping to any more conclusions. They could have found some kind of clue when they picked this up. Wh-... [Ahem] What do you think, Kid?

[asymmetriphobic]

They do that? [Spoiled rich boy has never seen that before.]

Ah... that's unfortunate. I hope his home was more peaceful than here.

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

Honestly, neither do I.

We could do that. They had a decent amount of people heading on the trip, we could always ask them.

[spectrophobic]

Same for water, electricity, heating... Everything costs money. [And the fact that he doesn't know about that irritates her a little.]

Dunno. Maybe I should have asked. [Sigh] There's no helping that now.

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

Well, good. [Otherwise, she'd be even more creeped out.]

It couldn't hurt. In the meantime, uh... you don't think we'll have to start watching our backs more carefully from now on, do you?

[asymmetriphobic]

Well, I knew it cost money... but they shut it off if you don't pay it? I guess that makes sense...

Yeah... [Siiigh.]

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

I'm... honestly not sure of that. But if they already knew so much... I doubt it'll change much despite how careful we are.

[spectrophobic]

Of course it does.

Well... it's not really a happy thing, but it's not such a bad thing either, right? I mean, for better or worse... this isn't really a world where we belong.

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

I... I guess you've got a point there.

[asymmetriphobic]

That's kind of harsh.

[Normally he's inclined to easily agree with that but the thought makes him sad. He hesitates.] Yeah...

[Shibusen Lock | 30% Hackable]

I just figure we should stay alert. But don't worry about it otherwise.