001 // Experiment

[doublechecks]

[Video;]

...Hm.

[There's a new face in the network apparently, as you can see him just gazing into the screen with an unreadable expression.]

Forgive me for interrupting your daily activities but I have a question I'd like to bring up to the table.

[Judging from the dark look that is slowly becoming present on his face, it's pretty clear that a friend of this new guy is currently stuck in an experiment.]

Is it possible for an experiment to be halted before its completion?

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[benigncancer]

I DO!
HE'S ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, AND ONE OF MY ROOMMATES.
YOU KNOW HIM?
FROM HOME, OR SINCE YOU CAME TO THE TOWER?

[doublechecks]

[...Oho. A comrade of Suzaku? Well, this is interesting.]

...He is a dear friend of mine from home.

[benigncancer]

OH WOW.
HANG ON.
I RECOGNIZE YOU!
FUCK, I ALMOST MANAGED TO FULLY EXCISE THAT ENTIRE EVENT FROM MY THINKING SPONGE.
BUT WE TOTALLY RESCUED YOU FROM THAT CASTLE!
UH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT EVENT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN ANY REAL SENSE.

[doublechecks]

[...Ah, he remembered Suzaku saying something like this, actually!]

I know of that event, yes. He told me about it.

[benigncancer]

OH YEAH?
I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE.

[doublechecks]

Hm, it does.

[There's a small bit of silence, before.]

I have a question. Was there anything that happened before the experiment begun?

[benigncancer]

THERE WAS.
BEFORE THE EXPERIMENT STARTED, I LOGGED ONTO THE NETWORK ONE DAY AND THERE WAS A SURVEY.
IT ASKED ME WHAT MY WORST FEAR WAS, AND I *HAD* TO ANSWER IT.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE.
AND THEN AFTER IT THANKED ME AND SAID THERE'D BE AN EXPERIMENT OR SOMETHING.

[doublechecks]

...I see.

[To be honest, he didn't answer it, as he doesn't feel like giving away too much about himself to the one running this hell.]

Are there anything else of note aside from that survey?