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[After a long month spent gathering information, pouring over the guide to the Tower he found, and generally just trying to gather his bearings, Mello decides to turn to the network at long last. He never did like the idea of a completely solitary investigation.]

How's it going, Tower? Everyone been having fun? Great. Down to business.

First off, let me say that you're just about the craziest bunch of kidnapping victims I've ever had the displeasure of living with.

I mean, come on. Weddings? Birthday celebrations? I know that people have an innate need to try and make unmanageable situations as normal as possible, but surely there are better things you all could be doing with your time.

Now, this might come as a shock, but I'm not content to sit here and leave myself to the mercy of my kidnappers. I've already read that guide that some of you have put together, so don't bother explaining how dangerous the place is to me, or how there's no way out, or blah, blah, blah. However, if anyone has info on hand that hasn't yet been added to the guide, feel free to cough it up. If our hosts have allowed you to write up that guide in the first place, I'm sure they won't mind my asking for a little more elaboration, right?

Information is key, especially in a place where nothing seems to make sense. I fully intend to make use of it and find a way out. You're free to join me, if any of you are up for it.

All right, now time for a question.

I've heard that we all come from different worlds. That isn't normally something I'd believe, but since I've arrived here, I've seen a ton of strange things, so I'll bite. In the interest of finding out which "universe" I'm from, give me an answer: have any of you heard of a mass murderer named Kira? He kills people - criminals - with heart attacks. Just in case any of you are from one of those "alternate timelines" and Kira hasn't yet reared his ugly head, have any of you heard of a detective named L?

Regards.

-M

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["Anyone might show up here" sends another rush of emotion to Mello's chest, but he brushes it off quickly enough. He won't let himself buy into the idea that L might show up sometime, from somewhere, because L is dead. Holding onto some foolish hope like that will only disappoint him in the end.

But just in case someone from his world did show up, he can't very well blurt that truth where others can see it. As far as the public is aware, L is alive, and he'll be alive for years to come.]

Besides the fact that L is one of the most elusive people on my planet? Well, my planet's gone now, so that's a deciding factor in whether or not I'll find him here.

And as for Kira... It's not satisfying if he died through some random cosmic gamble. Hilarious as that would be, since he thinks he's a god and all, it's just not the same.

I want to be there to laugh in his face while he dies.

[Almost as importantly, he wants Near to be there, too. He wants his greatest rival to see that he beat him in the most important game of their lives.

Thinking about Near and Kira like this always makes his blood boil. He tears a chunk of chocolate off of the bar he's eating, grinding it between his teeth with a bit of a mad look on his face. It's a good thing they're communicating through text.]

ive been told my world was destroyed too but there are still people from there here

[As well as some from different timelines but lets not get into that.]

i cant say that im opposed to anyone killing a serial killer
they probably deserved it
but its another matter if you want to bring him back from death just so you can kill him yourself :(

I'll believe it when I see it. Anyway, there's no point dwelling about it now.

Kira definitely deserves it. He's killed thousands of people. Hell, killing him twice would be pretty damn kind.

i guess youre right
theres no excuse for killing so many

And there's definitely no excuse for pretending like you're a god. The irony of it is that he thinks he's so much better than all of the criminals he kills.

But I guess you can't expect much from a sociopath.

doesnt he see that all the killing makes him a criminal as well?
its not very godlike behavior :(

No, he's "above it all." Crazy people never realize they're crazy. I'd like to say I can't blame him because of that, but he's smart enough that he should realize how stupid he is.

[Yes, that's an oxymoron. No, he doesn't care. Kira is simultaneously intelligent and idiotic, as far as he's concerned.]

he doesnt sound like the kind of person he would
if he really things himself a god he probably believes he is above mortal things like being crazy or stupid

Ain't that the truth.

But enough about him. Not much more to say about Kira. My focus now is on getting out of here, and yours should be, too.

it is
but so far ive only heard about people leaving this place by disappearing no one has actually walked out the front door or something similar

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