Hey. [ there's a grin, and he's holding the door open for her so they can order coffee. ] The good thing about this place is that they're fast, so we don't have to stick around for very long. And nobody can overhear stuff.
Aw, aren't you a sweetheart? [holding the door open for her... she smiles at him, grateful, and steps inside.] Well, let's get it to go and take a walk.
Works for me. [ this icon reminds me of vlr clover. anyway, he follows after her, shooing away a few mimes so they can go order. which they do! they can order and get in and out pretty fast, and by the time they step outside again he opens the door for her once more before falling into step with a to-go cup. ]
So. How chatty were they with you this time? [ our dead friends... ]
"It's a phone picture of a big screen on which Monika can see herself chowing down on an assortment of bugs in whatever she wore to the ice cream party on Sunday."]
Someone out there is really lucky I don't believe in capital punishment.
[ yeah he looks. but also he's immediately like "AUGH" and pulls his face back from the screen. WHY. ]
Jesus. So glad I don't trust random food anymore. [ ...but...he frowns a little. ]
That does put a lot of context to a message I got earlier today. "Lock your cameras because we're"...uh, eyes emoji. "Be-tee-dub, how was that"--ice cream emoji--"after taste?" From Shen Qingqiu. [ hm... ] Also puts a lot of context into the idea of being wary of our surroundings and things not being what they seem.
Awesome. So they're, like, watching us through our phone cameras. That's great.
To be honest, this one was unrelated to everything that's happening at large. But I thought you should know they can totally see what we're really up to.
Yeah. Yeah that makes sense. Just adds more to the theory they really aren't as far as we think they are. For all we know, they're on the same plane as the rest of the shadow people.
[ ... ]
Mostly because I got a letter from someone who called themselves "a shadow person of my word." Could mean nothing. Could just be somebody fucking around and making shirts with my face. But I thought that was interesting. Pretty sure it's Rang, actually.
[ thinking this over. ]
Nahida said she could see us when we were chasing Kazuki with mistletoe earlier. And Shenhe mentioned something I had on me in trial that she shouldn't know about. So we can at least guess they can see anything where a lot of us are gathered in the same area. It makes you wonder what they can actually see around us.
I think it's probably because they're still being careful. Even if they aren't censoring their letters anymore, the names still aren't theirs. Something in one of Rang's letters got censored, too. Uh.
[ he just shows her. ]
sorry jonas we all have like 100 usernames each and i can't remember all of mine to be fair we did that because ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ then the game overseers would erase us for real probably
[ there's apparently more to the message, but he clicks his phone closed before she can read it. ]
So. Definitely sounds like they're still being monitored somehow.
Yeah, I haven't seen any like this either. I've been wondering myself because it started with Rang saying he had no idea what name it would show up under, and I said it was a weird question and that's what I got back. I assume it has something to do with, like... "to be fair we did that because revealing our identities would reveal we're still around when we shouldn't be", considering some of the other messages we've received from the missions.
[ about how the erased should not be here, and yet. ]
Surprised it's worked this long though, but he's right. All of them have different names.
No, everything's been going through pretty okay. I thought that was a little interesting, too. Like we're closer to them now somehow? I can't quite figure it out.
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sounds good to me
still hate mimes but the clown coffee tastes the best
meet you there and we'll get it to go?
[ also it's better than mcd's and he's already outside. ]
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[she's running! hello.]
Hi, Jonas.
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So. How chatty were they with you this time? [ our dead friends... ]
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[a beat.]
By the way, have you received any pictures from them...? I got a super creepy photo on Monday, though I already dealt with it.
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Sixteen is still a lot. [ but he raises an eyebrow. ] Pictures? I don't think so...what kind of a super creepy photo are we talking about?
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I buried it in the ground, so...no? Is that going to change anything?
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[because she is
going to pull out her phone to show him this:
"It's a phone picture of a big screen on which Monika can see herself chowing down on an assortment of bugs in whatever she wore to the ice cream party on Sunday."]
Someone out there is really lucky I don't believe in capital punishment.
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Jesus. So glad I don't trust random food anymore. [ ...but...he frowns a little. ]
That does put a lot of context to a message I got earlier today. "Lock your cameras because we're"...uh, eyes emoji. "Be-tee-dub, how was that"--ice cream emoji--"after taste?" From Shen Qingqiu. [ hm... ] Also puts a lot of context into the idea of being wary of our surroundings and things not being what they seem.
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Awesome. So they're, like, watching us through our phone cameras. That's great.
To be honest, this one was unrelated to everything that's happening at large. But I thought you should know they can totally see what we're really up to.
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Yeah. Yeah that makes sense. Just adds more to the theory they really aren't as far as we think they are. For all we know, they're on the same plane as the rest of the shadow people.
[ ... ]
Mostly because I got a letter from someone who called themselves "a shadow person of my word." Could mean nothing. Could just be somebody fucking around and making shirts with my face. But I thought that was interesting. Pretty sure it's Rang, actually.
[ thinking this over. ]
Nahida said she could see us when we were chasing Kazuki with mistletoe earlier. And Shenhe mentioned something I had on me in trial that she shouldn't know about. So we can at least guess they can see anything where a lot of us are gathered in the same area. It makes you wonder what they can actually see around us.
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... It would make a scary amount of sense. But if that's the case, then I'm a little surprised the higher ups haven't discovered them yet.
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I think it's probably because they're still being careful. Even if they aren't censoring their letters anymore, the names still aren't theirs. Something in one of Rang's letters got censored, too. Uh.
[ he just shows her. ]
sorry jonas we all have like 100 usernames each and i can't remember all of mine
to be fair we did that because ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ then the game overseers would erase us for real probably
[ there's apparently more to the message, but he clicks his phone closed before she can read it. ]
So. Definitely sounds like they're still being monitored somehow.
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[she looks surprised.]
Weird. This is the first time I've seen something get censored in a message. Do you have any idea what he might have been trying to say?
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[ about how the erased should not be here, and yet. ]
Surprised it's worked this long though, but he's right. All of them have different names.
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[... a pause.]
By the way, lately, I haven't been getting a connection error when I send a reply. What about you?
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No, everything's been going through pretty okay. I thought that was a little interesting, too. Like we're closer to them now somehow? I can't quite figure it out.
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