002. [video]

[rodeforthefall]

[The video feed flickers on. Ikutsuki's sitting at what appears to be his kitchen table, left sleeve of his turtleneck rolled up to display some mild scrapes; it looks as though somebody's had a bit of a tumble!]

It's still absolute chaos out there, even during the daytime. [He shakes his head.] Why, just coming home from work ... well, it wasn't

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[voice]

[implausibility]

Probably...into hiding? Or something like that. Outta sight, outta mind, that kinda thing.

[voice]

[rodeforthefall]

Yes, but to where? They're hardly like normal animals, which have to seek shelter to escape -- these monsters, well, what they do is more similar to simply disappearing!

[implausibility]

Huh! Beats me - can't find a hair of evidence during the day, past the damage they leave. Maybe they run off somewhere completely unexpected, like a portal into another world, or...or through a closet into a magical kingdom, or into a television screen into your late-night programming!

[rodeforthefall]

[Into a television screen, really. He almost scoffs. ... Except, not.]

Yes, but is it the Core that causes the monsters' disappearances, or is it the natures of the creatures themselves?

[implausibility]

That- ...Oh man, you're not another civvie who's just tryin' to get to the Core again, are you? I'm telling you guys, it's just bad news!

[rodeforthefall]

I'm not trying to take it by force.

[implausibility]

You're not supposed to be trying to take it by any means, pal.

[rodeforthefall]

Ah, I didn't mean to give the impression that I was trying to take it - such a task would be very dangerous indeed, with the danger only increasing once the Core was actually in one's hands. No, I just ... wish that something was being done to it, instead of the corporations' usual bickering. ...Things never seem to end well when big business becomes involved in matters of science.

It's a pity.

[implausibility]

Heheh, on the flip-side, I'm sure the big guns would tell you that science would never get anywhere without big business to back it. In the end, it's really money that keeps the world turning - call it an unfortunate fact of li-...

Whoa, but what am I blabbering about? Jeez - for everyone's sake, you just be sure to keep yourself away from the core, okay? And just a piece of friendly advice - going monster hunting's not really a great idea either.

[rodeforthefall]

[Oh, he knows how it's companies that keeps scientific research funded.]

I wouldn't go alone. Nor do I intend on hunting them.

[implausibility]

No, no, you got me wrong. It's more a matter of them hurting you.

[rodeforthefall]

As I said. I would not be going alone.

[implausibility]

Yeah, nooot so sure the buddy system works all that well in this case.

[rodeforthefall]

Well, I'm not planning on making hasty decisions. I'll give the matter some further thought.

[implausibility]

Who's your friend?

[Master of immediate segues, right here.]

[rodeforthefall]

...Friend?