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compnetwork2013-05-18 08:14 pm
otakuro) wrote in compnetwork2013-05-18 08:14 pm
005 - Eclectic, with Minako
[May 16th, action, Aquarius Ward]
[Atsuro's job at Monoceros Community College wasn't exactly stimulating. 90% of the time, computer problems could be attributed to students trying to download things they weren't supposed to be downloading; the other 10 percent were generally students trying to play things they weren't supposed to be playing. Melted motherboards could be replaced, viruses and worms could be purged. This was all pretty run of the mill and he spent the majority of his hours at his job playing gamend s and programming apps for his own amusement. ...He had managed to make a very sleek Solitaire simulation, if he was allowed to brag a little bit.
As he awaits issues in the repair center, Atsuro boots up Solitaire and idly begins to play for no special reason other than to playtest his own creation. His left hand, idle, begins to tap against the tabletop.
...2 of Hearts. Ace of Diamonds, yesss. 2 of Diamonds, whoa. Q of Spades. ...F sharp major chord. 3 of Hearts. ...Didn't he already get the 3 of Hearts? D major 7th chord. Inverted 4th. A7 -- No, Ace of...]
...
What?
[He stares at his left hand for a few moments before abandoning the laptop and placing both hands square on the table top. ...CEGEGCGCECEG holy crap.
...Late that night, the sounds of tortuous piano playing can be heard wafting out of the open-access music room in the college. Anyone who investigates will find Atsuro staring at his fingers as if they're possessed while semi-competently playing what sounds vaguely like a polka.]
[May 20th, text, public]
[By the fifth day or so, it has become patently obvious that something is wrong. I like your hair! It really suits your style. Do you dye it that color? He is quite certain that his grandfather never featured terribly prominently in his life, despite that his parents were never around. Not that he would have minded having some expectations to live up to, but he liked to think he had done a pretty good job of raising himself with minimal assistance. Jet propulsion activate. ...Did he even have grandparents? They were dead, right? ...Pretty certain. ......Vaguely certain. No, there were two sets of grandparents, of course. His mother's had passed away in -- No. No, they were the ones who had ...I'm sorta like you. My dad died an accident when I was little... You're all alone too, right?
...
Persona...?]
Hey, everyone! I've got a question for you all. It's kind of hard to explain, but... anyone else just have this feeling that something's not quite right? I guess the best way to say it is, I'm pretty sure I didn't have three sets of grandparents. ...There's probably nothing to complain about, though! Free family members; there are much worse things that could happen. I'm pretty sure it has to do with those fortunes we got last week, heh; I got the highest one for 'family'! But... let me know if something similar has happened, OK? Don't worry, guys, I don't think it's anything serious! (≧ω≦)ｂ
Oh, and hey, Kazuya... I've gotta talk to you about something. ...I think there might've been something like Persona already in our world.
[May 22nd, private video to Minako Arisato]
Hey, Minako... I think we probably need to talk.
[Shinjiro-senpai...!]
I'm not sure if I have to explain or not, but... We should probably meet up in person.
[No way... why?]
Is that OK with you?
[Wait, please... we've been through too much together...]
Don't worry; we don't have to talk about any specifics or anything. Well. Let me know!
[Don't cry... Minako. This is how it should be...]
[Atsuro's job at Monoceros Community College wasn't exactly stimulating. 90% of the time, computer problems could be attributed to students trying to download things they weren't supposed to be downloading; the other 10 percent were generally students trying to play things they weren't supposed to be playing. Melted motherboards could be replaced, viruses and worms could be purged. This was all pretty run of the mill and he spent the majority of his hours at his job playing gamend s and programming apps for his own amusement. ...He had managed to make a very sleek Solitaire simulation, if he was allowed to brag a little bit.
As he awaits issues in the repair center, Atsuro boots up Solitaire and idly begins to play for no special reason other than to playtest his own creation. His left hand, idle, begins to tap against the tabletop.
...2 of Hearts. Ace of Diamonds, yesss. 2 of Diamonds, whoa. Q of Spades. ...F sharp major chord. 3 of Hearts. ...Didn't he already get the 3 of Hearts? D major 7th chord. Inverted 4th. A7 -- No, Ace of...]
...
What?
[He stares at his left hand for a few moments before abandoning the laptop and placing both hands square on the table top. ...CEGEGCGCECEG holy crap.
...Late that night, the sounds of tortuous piano playing can be heard wafting out of the open-access music room in the college. Anyone who investigates will find Atsuro staring at his fingers as if they're possessed while semi-competently playing what sounds vaguely like a polka.]
[May 20th, text, public]
[By the fifth day or so, it has become patently obvious that something is wrong. I like your hair! It really suits your style. Do you dye it that color? He is quite certain that his grandfather never featured terribly prominently in his life, despite that his parents were never around. Not that he would have minded having some expectations to live up to, but he liked to think he had done a pretty good job of raising himself with minimal assistance. Jet propulsion activate. ...Did he even have grandparents? They were dead, right? ...Pretty certain. ......Vaguely certain. No, there were two sets of grandparents, of course. His mother's had passed away in -- No. No, they were the ones who had ...I'm sorta like you. My dad died an accident when I was little... You're all alone too, right?
...
Persona...?]
Hey, everyone! I've got a question for you all. It's kind of hard to explain, but... anyone else just have this feeling that something's not quite right? I guess the best way to say it is, I'm pretty sure I didn't have three sets of grandparents. ...There's probably nothing to complain about, though! Free family members; there are much worse things that could happen. I'm pretty sure it has to do with those fortunes we got last week, heh; I got the highest one for 'family'! But... let me know if something similar has happened, OK? Don't worry, guys, I don't think it's anything serious! (≧ω≦)ｂ
Oh, and hey, Kazuya... I've gotta talk to you about something. ...I think there might've been something like Persona already in our world.
[May 22nd, private video to Minako Arisato]
Hey, Minako... I think we probably need to talk.
[Shinjiro-senpai...!]
I'm not sure if I have to explain or not, but... We should probably meet up in person.
[No way... why?]
Is that OK with you?
[Wait, please... we've been through too much together...]
Don't worry; we don't have to talk about any specifics or anything. Well. Let me know!
[Don't cry... Minako. This is how it should be...]
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[Atsuro gives a small shrug.]
It's not so bad, living on your own. You get away with all kinds of things.
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[Lonely. She stops herself. Memory swap or not... that's a little too personal.]
Well, I hope you'll get to see them soon whenever you get home.
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Yeah, they were planning to come back soon for a few weeks during the summer.
Oh -- Geez, I hope they didn't hear about the lockdown.
[That was probably impossible the whole world must have heard about the lockdown at this point.]
...Maybe they'll show up sooner than I think.
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You're right, they'd probably try. The question is whether they'd be able to get into the country. Airports could be affected too.
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[Solution: Kill Everything]
...Huh. I hadn't thought about how this would affect my parents at all. Thanks for bringing it up.
[Dear Mom and Dad: This week I took total control of a server that was flooding our world with demons and my best friend decided not to become the Messiah of the world. Hope all is well in America.]
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But at least he'll have an easier time explaining things than the Atsuro from Kazuya's timeline will.]no subject
Anyway, thanks for meeting up with me like this. ...I'm not sure when things're going back to normal, but there are worse people I could have swapped with.