[Akihiko appears over the network, his face, arms, and chest covered in a variety of colorful bruises, scratches, and gaping wounds, accented with sweat and some dirt. He is also shirtless. He breathes heavily, but he's got the biggest grin on his face.

You can't even begin to understand the great things that happened.

Screw medical attention, he caught dinner.]

Hey, the Demi-Fiend and I need some help with something up by the staircase on floor thirty-two.

Hope you guys are hungry!

[Chihiro looks extremely excited because he's just found out that there is... there is a gym! Now he can train properly and soon be big and strong and manly! It's a dream come true~!!]

Good morning!
Is anyone here familiar with the use of the machinery in the gym and willing to teach me how to use them? I'd really, really like to make use of the gym as soon as possible!
Thank you very much for your kind attention!

Filtered away from Oowada Mondo & Kuwata Leon
Also, I'd like to thank everyone for their advice earlier. I'm more certain of my feelings now and I'll tell that person. I'm still a little scared but... I'll tell them! I'm sure I can do it!

[The feed turns on to show a young 'girl' blushing brightly. 'She' shyly averts her eyes and can't quite look at the camera at first then 'she' takes a deep breath and looks into the camera with renewed confidence. 'Her' filters should work after all. This programming prodigy has written the codes 'herself' after all and checked them numerous times. That doesn't stop 'her' from stammering though. This is so embarrassing! But it's been troubling 'her' for a while now and since 'she' has decided to be strong and not run away from anything anymore...]

A-ano... does... does anyone know how one can tell if... if a friendship is perhaps more than just a friendship? How do you tell if you perhaps like someone... more than a friend? How do you know if that person feels the same way or not? I...

[There's a pause... then a frantic...] T-Thank you very much for your kind attention!

((Edit: Forward dated to 1 Sept when filters don't fail... orz))