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Anonymous text after the Taurus event

[No way is he showing his face to Hinoto-Ri: not now, not soon. Time heals all wounds, and time is exactly what he needs to work through the aftermath of the event.]

The government announcement and star sign "sickness" —

Will this happen to us a lot? Is this just how it works here? What can we do to... stop it?

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I'm sorry.

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Crazy scientists? What did they do. . . ?

From the way some people were acting during the breakout. . . it was like they didn't know what was going on or what to expect.

I will. I don't know when I will be able to talk to them again, but it's not like I've stopped caring about them. I need to work without them for a while and. . . sort out some things personally.

Being dead sounds an awful lot like... being alive. Just in a different place. Is it... the Christian heaven? Hell? Some sort of alternate dimension where everything is made of chocolate?

Right. See you soon.

If it's a part of the world, then all we have to do is change the workings of this world entirely. Don't worry though, I'll gather information first before doing something rash.

It was. . . It felt so normal that I thought people were lying to me about it. Except you can never die permanently. . .

Christian heaven or hell? Uhh... no, I don't think so. I'm not exactly well-versed on Christianity but I'm sure it wasn't like that. It was, uh

well

it looked like a private school ground.

" all you have to do? " I would try working smaller than that personally. . .

Well there's a lot of resources about Hinoto-Ri. I dont know about " changing the whole world, " but good luck learning about it.

[Changing the world seems a lot harder when you're bound by mortality, after all. But maybe she really won't act rashly? Any restraint on the part of the SSS is welcome.]

...Oh. So. ...Purgatory?

[Haha very funny etc. etc.]

Did you actually have to go to school?

Uh. . . I guess you could call it that yeah. Isn't that a harsh place though?

[Maybe he's wrong, but wasn't Purgatory a place of suffering? The afterlife had suffering, but not fire-and-brimstone style.]

No not exactly. We were supposed to go, but only one person heavily enforced it. The punishments for not going weren't that bad otherwise.

I know one of them is a robot who's kind of an asshole, and another is this guy named Dr. Orpheus, who I'm pretty sure is more of a mental patient than a doctor. (」゜ロ゜)」

Well, it's been a while since the last time it happened I guess. A lot of people left and new people cam I suppose, so maybe that's why? Or maybe everyone was just confused because of all this Zodiac effect crap.

I don't really know much about this stuff, so I wish I could help more. I hope everything works out for you and your friends, though.

No, you're actually being really helpful. I hadn't heard of these people before. A robot and a Dr. Orpheus. . . I'll search the network for their posts. If you know anything else about them, I'd be interested in hearing it!

Thank you-- uh

I'm not sure if I should ask for your name when I'm using the anonymous function. . .

You have to start big in order to get things done. ... And thanks.

They're visitors like us, only they were here before any of us were. That's kind of all I know about them besides that. I don't really have much to say when it comes to science stuff.

I don't mind, anon! My name's Daichi, so you can let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. We all have to look out for each other here, after all!

That's okay. You've given me something to work with already, so thank you, Daichi.

[Daichi sounds very much like a first name, not a family name, so did he prefer informal introductions? And frankly, if this person had been through an event like this already and knew about the world, the least Otonashi can do is be a little less introverted.

Maybe this would be okay, then? Daichi seems so kind and, well, harmless.]

It's, ah... Yuzuru. Sorry we're meeting after all of that, but... I figured I should say something.

S-So... Does dying mean anything? There's no change? You just sort of... keep going to school?

[Oh, suddenly voiced! Well, it would probably be rude not to return the same.]

Heh, nice to meet you, Yuzuru. [He definitely sounded harmless in addition, if a bit goofy sounding.] Don't worry about it; I've met people through weirder stuff than this. But I'm glad to at least get your name!

It does. I'm not explaining well

. . .

It was somewhere to fulfill your regrets from life and live normally if you didn't get a chance to when you were alive. If you lived a normal school life and felt fulfilled, then you disappeared from there.

[He'd be lying if he said it wasn't a surprise to hear his first name again. How long has it been?]

Oh... w-weirder. So it gets even more strange than zodiac monsters causing havoc, people panicking, and crazy scientists..? And I thought this was a mostly normal city... [WRONG.]

[He knew the guy was probably pretty weirded out, but Daichi couldn't resist a bit of a harmless chuckle.]

Well, there's always demons running around and shady gang wars. But some of the best friends I have I made during an alien invasion.

...Er, that was back home though, not here.

I think I see...

[Vaguely. It did seem vaguely purgatory-ish.]

Sorry to ask so many questions. ...I'm not sure if your afterlife will be the same as mine, but it might be good to know.

Ah.

But you're alive here now, right?

[And that's when he receives a drawn-out pause, followed by stammering.]

W-wait... Demons and... alien invasions? [For a second, it seems as though he's all but forgotten his distress about life in Hinoto-Ri. Funny how incredible situations will do that.]

At least gang wars sound more... possible. I... uh... You must be very flexible to make friends in a situation like that.

[It's complicated. He's sorry.]

It's OK. I asked a lot of questions when I was introduced to it too.

I'm alive here, though I'm not sure how that's even possible. I don't mind, mostly

Do you think you'd want to go back?

[From this guy's description, purg -- the Afterlife honestly didn't seem like such a bad deal. But... still. If you vanished after living a 'fulfilling life', it either meant the end of existence or it meant there was still something else after this private school.]

<font face="courier'>...You don't have to answer that if you don't want to.

[See, usually it's Daichi who's the one in Yuzuru's position-- so he totally understands where the guy's coming from!

...Buuuut, he can't help a bit of a snicker in amusement either.]

When aliens are invading, you kind of have to make friends with some other people if you don't wanna get your ass kicked when they try to destroy the world.

Don't worry, I don't think there are any aliens invading here, at least. And the demons, uh... [.....] Well, some of them aren't so bad! I mean, they're kinda dangerous, but mostly they kinda just keep to themselves, I think!

I. . . don't know. I wanted to when I showed up

Now I feel like I should make the best of it here, too. This is a second chance for me to live as myself. . . I didn't think I'd get that.

[... Even if it hasn't been so great lately.]

I have a question for you, too. . . It's sort of related.

Oh! Sure. ...It's probably only fair you get to ask me a few things, aha.

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