007 [Video/Public]

[otakuro]

W-What happened to all of my saves?! I found a Legendary sword yesterday! A Legendary sword. Do you guys know the chances to proc a Legendary drop?! It's like, 1 in 8192 kajillion! Probably higher! I could go the rest of my life without ever getting another one!

This is totally not acceptable! I demand compensation! Whatever Hinoto-Ri is doing this time, I'm not gonna stand for it! Who's with me?! Do you hear the people sing singing the song of angry m --

[beep bloop beep sounds in the background]

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Uh.

Never mind, it dropped again from the same enemy and probably after the same number of RNG rolls or whatever. 'K, false alarm, everyone can go back to their daily business.

I've got a new sword to test; you guys'll have to figure this one out yourselves.

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[otakuro]

No I'm starting by messing around with you, actually.

[bondsofsuffering]

You're a terrible friend, you know that?

[otakuro]

Don't worry! There's plenty of time to mess with everyone else.

[bondsofsuffering]

So now you're using our unlimited time to screw around with everyone's heads? That's pretty horrible...!

[Why did he even help you out with your Shadow, dude.]

[otakuro]

Hey, I'm just teasing here! It's, uh. Bonding. Or something.

[bondsofsuffering]

If you're going to spend it like this, maybe I shouldn't have brought up our unlimited time...

[otakuro]

Just think of it as an unlimited amount of time to get to know everyone you really want to get to know!

Or people you used to want to get to know before you spent too much time with them.

[bondsofsuffering]

At least there isn't any worry about burning bridges entirely. Even if you found out something creepy about a person, time will reset anyway, so you can just continue on like nothing happened while maintaining a distance without them being any wiser!

[otakuro]

That's only for people native to the city, right?

...Do any of us actually have city friends?

[sadness]

[bondsofsuffering]

...You mean you don't?

[otakuro]

I mean, I guess there's the people at work. But it's just politeness, you know? I think they think I'm weird.

[bondsofsuffering]

Heeeh... The people at my work always seem to want to play with me.

Come to think of it, it's the same at school, too.

[otakuro]

...Play with you? Like, going on a playdate or something?

[bondsofsuffering]

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I work at the arcade. Remember?

[otakuro]

Oh.

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You have the fun job, though. That's not a fair comparison.

[bondsofsuffering]

School, then! There's lots of people there who talk to me all the time!

Integrating yourself with everyone else isn't too hard as long as you're willing to put in a little effort!

[He says it as if he actually tries, but that's where bullshit magic genetics get you.]

[otakuro]

I'm already out of school. I've been here a year and I was in my final year of school back home, so...

Man. Life sucks when you're old.

[bondsofsuffering]

Technically speaking, I don't really have to attend, but...

At least it's nice to have plenty of people to talk to.

[otakuro]

School isn't for talking, Hizumi! It's for learning! And studying! And doing well on exams. You're definitely wasting the city's money.

[originalblade]

My exam scores have made it into the top rankings! [And could be the very top if he weren't so determined to stay in the class that he is.]

As long as the results are good, it doesn't really matter what I do in the meantime, right?

[otakuro]

[......]

But if you're too old to be in school, aren't you just taking time and attention away from the students who need it more?

[originalblade]

I never said I was too old for school.

[otakuro]

Then what do you mean you don't need to attend? Didn't they institute a rule that it's based on age earlier with that town meeting?

[originalblade]

They did, but you can get a pass if you've already graduated. I just decided to give it a shot anyway.

[otakuro]

So... you've already learned everything already anyway.