animus_network | 3. Knowledge [Video]

[[OOC: This is backdated to the 16th, after the Nyx Avatar battle. I meant to make this post earlier, but so it goes. Better late than never!]]

The video opens up on Jade Curtiss, picking up and slipping on his glasses, then looking at the camera while smiling his usual unconcerned smile and wearing his usual military uniform.

"Forgive me my abruptness, but I'd like to conduct a little survey," he says pleasantly. "My name is Jade Curtiss, and I had the fascinating experience of my first death yesterday--at, apparently, the hands of Death itself, no less. When I awoke this morning, I couldn't help but wonder, what sorts of deaths have you all experienced thus far? If you wouldn't mind indulging my curiosity, please leave a response in whatever format you prefer with as much detail as you feel comfortable with giving.

"Please be aware that I will likely ask follow-up questions. This is, of course, completely optional. For those of you who do participate, thank you in advance for your cooperation."

He nods his head politely, then reaches forward for something off-screen. The video cuts there. ...Morbid much?

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[Ah, the man who aided them against Yukiko.]

Sorry that you died.

[Because it sucks. But anyway, the question...hm.]

I died roughly eleven times. [He thinks. Minato doesn't remember what happened on March 5th last year...] Some from being killed by others and some from participating in games.

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So it goes. It was going to happen sooner or later. Now that it has, I'm simply putting a priority on information I've meant to gather for a while now. I'm glad that you were able to neutralize Yukiko relatively peacefully, by the way. Death is such an inconvenience.

Eleven times, hm? Have you been in the Tower for a long time, or have you simply been unlucky? Also, how well do you remember these deaths, and could you please describe to me some of the effects when you came back, particularly with the later deaths?

The credit's on Chidori-san's timing and actions, but we wouldn't have done it without weakening her.

[Without Jade, it'd probably take longer...]

It comes from being here for a long time. Over two years for myself, actually. [He's surprised the number isn't higher.] As for my deaths, I remember most of them, mainly those I was conscious of and it's a not a fast death.

[Hmmmmm...] Other than the sleep paralysis, it feels like the temporary arm numbness was longer than before.

Ah, that would be the young woman who arrived after I left, correct? I caught a glimpse of her.

[Probably, but Jade sees no point in pointing that out.]

Is that all? I heard from Yukiko that there seem to be additional, more frightening effects after around the seventh death. If it is, could you tell me how long those effects are now, please?

"Frightening effects"... Did she say if they're before or after we wake up in our beds? If it's before, I have more to say.

[The arm numbness were all from after he woke up. While he's asleep--during the revival process?--there's some things he remembers.]

As for after I wake up and the sleep paralysis wears off, I didn't time myself, but it's around ten minutes or so at first for my numb arm. Kind of like I was sleeping on it for too long. For each death afterwards, it seems to take longer and longer for the numbness to fade.

She didn't specify. If you have more to say, I would like to hear it, please. Incidentally, my apologies, but I don't believe you mentioned your name?

I see. That matches what Yukiko said. Specifically, she mentioned that the time increases by about ten minutes. Have you experienced a cap on this, or does it take you close to two hours to be able to move again now?

No, I haven't. It's Minato Arisato.

[Now that he gave his name, he'll answer the questions. First off, the easy one.]

No, not quite yet. I started experiencing it around my eighth death. If what Yukiko-san said is true, my eleventh death would bring it up to about forty minutes of numbness.

[So no, he haven't reach the cap, if there's any.

He pause to recall what he remembers.]

Before I wake up, it's like I'm in a cage at first. The more I died, the more details I can see...

A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Minato, despite the morbidity of the subject matter.

It started at your eighth? I see. Yukiko said she'd only died four times, but she'd experienced the sleep paralysis... Perhaps it differs from person to person.

How detailed is this "cage" now, if I may ask? And did that also start as of your eighth death? You don't have to specify what exactly those details are if you prefer not to.

Perhaps. I started tracking it around my eighth. [Hm, he almost forgot what his earlier deaths was like, beside the first.]

As for the "cage", it's like a cage with bars. I remember there's blue lights, which seems to be the same colour as my collar.

[Given the connection between the collars and their souls, it's easy for him to see the connection.]

I see. Of course, we can't assume there's a correlation between the lights of the cage and the color of your collar without comparing and contrasting with other residents of the Tower.

[To do otherwise is just bad science.]

Do you know of anyone else who's seen their own cage or anything similar to it? Otherwise, I'll set it aside as a point of data to track if I can.

[He shake his head.]

No, not that I know off. [Did his roommates even die that many times to get there?] But I agree, it's something I'm interested in finding out. Even if it means disproving a connection between the cage's lights and our collars.

If you know of anyone who's met the required number of deaths, is willing to participate, and hasn't already responded, I would appreciate it if you'd point them this way. For now though, that's enough. Thank you for your cooperation, Minato.

I will. Good luck in gathering information, Curtiss-san.

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