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[slightlyoblivious]

Hi, everyone. It's me, Yukiko.

I wanted to check on everyone who was on the machine the other day. Are you all right? I hope the nightmares haven't been too bad.

If there's anything I can d--

[One second, Yukiko is there, talking into the terminal screen. The next second, she's gone. The terminal keeps recording, though all it catches is ambient background noise and video from the terminal bank in the dorms.

She'll eventually be back to answer any 'where the heck did you go?' inquiries, but it won't be before the terminal cuts off.]

Comments

[chainsawn]

[ .. Hmm, it's a mystery! But then again, this is Urotsuki, so if it's not going to go anywhere either way she'd prefer to talk about something more interesting.. ]

Did you have interesting powers? I mean.. powers that aren't teleporting.

[slightlyoblivious]

My powers are mostly around fire magic and healing, normally. I can summon something called a Persona that helps with that.

[chainsawn]

"Persona"..? That sounds.. sort of cool.

[ Better than "effects", either way. Maybe she should've thought up a better name for her powers when she still had the chance.. ]

How did you come up with it? [ Clearly she just needs inspiration now. ]

[slightlyoblivious]

It kind of does, doesn't it? Though that's just a general term for it. Mine is named Konohana-Sakuya, and she looks kind of like a phoenix.

[...it kind of named itself, to be honest.]

She kind of named herself. I didn't think of it, it was almost like she announced her name to me.

Are you looking to come up with a name for your own powers?

[chainsawn]

Well, they already have a name.. but it's not as cool.

.. I think.

[ But it's hard to beat something as cool as Persona or as fancy as Konohana-Sakuya, huh? ]

So I want to think up a better name...

[slightlyoblivious]

What are they like? Maybe we can think of something together that fits them better.

[That gets a smile.]

[chainsawn]

[ Oh, she's actually getting help? That makes it a lot better - Urotsuki really enjoys doing things with other people more than anything else, after all. ]

.. There's a lot of different ones. There's a cake and a chainsaw and glasses.. [ That makes it sound really normal and understandable, huh. Except not at all. ]

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[slightlyoblivious]

[Blink, blink, blink.]

Hmm...is there one thing they all have in common? They sound really different, but sometimes there's a thread that ties things together.

LMFAO it's so true

[chainsawn]

Not really. I mean, I found them all my dreams.. [ That's about the only thing they have in common. Then again, the different areas in her dream world don't have anything in common either at all, but luckily nobody has to see how crazy those are except for Urotsuki herself.. ]

.. Does that count?

[slightlyoblivious]

It counts! Let's see - oh, I know. The word 'reverie' means 'dream'. Something with that, maybe...

[chainsawn]

Reverie..

[ ... ]

It sounds pretty. Like something from anoter place or world. Somewhere far away.. like it's a word right from a dream. [ Her blank tone almost makes it sound like she's already daydreaming away. ]

[slightlyoblivious]

It does, doesn't it? Maybe that's it, then - just call your powers your Reverie. If they're from your dreams, a word that reminds you of a dream seems to fit them just right.

[chainsawn]

I'll make them that then. It's a cool name and a pretty name at the same time.. and maybe people won't immediately guess what it means, so they'll just think it's some random cool name too instead of a word.

[ She seems rather glad with it. Even though it's hard to tell since Urotsuki is.. well, Urotsuki. Permanently blank. ]

[slightlyoblivious]

[She's from the land of linefacing protags. It's close enough.]

Hey, maybe. You never know. Besides, cool and pretty names are the best ones.

[chainsawn]

.. Thank you for helping me. [ She nods a little. ] I don't think I could've come up with a name like that by myself, so it's thanks to you.

[slightlyoblivious]

I'm happy I could help you out.

...I remember seeing you around before, but I don't think I ever properly introduced myself. I'm Yukiko Amagi, and it's nice to meet you.

[chainsawn]

[ It's a good thing Yukiko introduces herself first, because with Urotsuki being the way she is, she never thinks of social customs nor introductions.. but she nods again when she hears this much. ]

My name is Urotsuki. It's nice to meet you too.. I guess. [ Her usual blank tone doesn't make it sound all that enthusiastic, huh. ]

I think I've seen you around before too.. a few times, maybe.

[slightlyoblivious]

I was here in the Tower for a while last year, but I got sent home for a while. It looks like I'm back until the end this time, Urotsuki-chan.

[Her laugh is a little sheepish.]

[chainsawn]

.. You're sure you'll be here until the end? [ She sounds almost sure in a way though - or, well, she does in Urotsuki's eyes. And it makes her blink. ]

How do you know you won't just be sent back again before it's over?

[slightlyoblivious]

I don't, but...I feel pretty certain about it. It feels like I was brought back for a reason, even if I don't know what that reason is.

[chainsawn]

Oh. [ .. ]

That must be nice, being brought here for a reason. I think it sounds nice. It means someone wants you.

[ Even if it's the admins, but that difference doesn't mean much in Urotsuki's mind. ]

[slightlyoblivious]

Mm. I suppose it does mean someone wants me, even if that someone is Jason or Ruana or one of the other admins. It's a lot less jarring, at least, than coming in here blind was.

[chainsawn]

I hope for you it wasn't Ruana then who wanted you.

Because.. I'm going to kill her. [ She says it very calmly and very blankly, much like how she says anything else. Like that statement isn't any different than discussing the weather or trying to think up a name for her powers. ]

[slightlyoblivious]

I don't think of her as a friend. I don't know what I think of her most of the time.

[It's strange, not immediately jumping to talk her out of trying to kill Ruana. She's one of the admins, and Yukiko isn't naive enough to think that they'll get to leave the Tower without at least one or two of them dying.]

...she's hurt a lot of people. I can see why people would want her dead.

[chainsawn]

She's keeping the people who aren't here in the tower anymore from us, right? So it's pretty simple.. if we want them back, then all we have to do is kill her.

[ So in the end, it all comes together pretty simply in her mind. It's just a simple solution. Nothing more, nothing less. ]