[Video] || [Locked from Nanako] || [I regret nothing]

[linefacingforever]

[Yep. Most of you have seen this already, but that damn book appears on your screens this early morning, folks. After a moment, it pulls away to reveal Yu yet again, curled up on the couch in front of the TV in the living room of the Dojima house, about ready to take advantage of this horrible concoction of troll-ness.]

( This One is SFW-is )

[text]

[doesasordered]

It seems those of us who were taken to the tower have returned. Has everyone returned safely?

For those who were here in Hinoto-ri: did anything happen while we were gone? Did you know what had happened to the rest of us?

I just hope that, if and when this happens again, we can be a bit more prepared next time.

[video]

[destinedwaters]

[There's a (seemingly) nineteen-year-old woman on the feed again, holding up a copy of the latest book in the teens/young adults section just high enough for the watch on the table to capture it.]

For those who noticed I was gone for most of last month... I'm back.

[And somehow, all the horrors of Helltower did not prepare her for what she returned to. She reads a page, flips it, then tears the page out of the book.]

I'd say it's nice knowing not much changed, but-

[Suddenly, the page is on fire and not burning her as it's reduced to smoke and a fine ash that falls into a bucket at her feet.]

...I think some things--

[Reading, reading... Oh how she used to love reading and-- wait "Water" is the girlfriend of Earth!? And they're siblings?! NOOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOO. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE.]

...can go unsaid.

[Yeah. Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah. She glares at the book, still burning it page for page. Now she gets why her brother was on anon.

She places down the book, and calmly and maturely decides to say as follows:]

If you decide to burn your copies or want them reduced to ashes, please send them to me. I think I have an... appropriate use for them.

And if anyone starts calling me "Water...

[Oh, hello there venom in tone. (Where do they even get their information, anyway...?) Regardless, the feed ends soon after. Though the scent of burning pages can be smelled all throughout the Castle of Departure.]

first ♫ video

[seasidecherry]

[Nagisa's cheeks are a little bit red when she gets on the network - you can all blame the fact that she stumbled onto a certain livereading of a certain second book in a certain ~hawt smexy book trilogy~ and still hasn't quite gotten over the embarrassment - but she's putting on a smile for the network today.]

I didn't really get a chance to introduce myself to everyone before I got taken off to that awful tower, so I thought I should do that while I was thinking about it.

Hello, everyone! My name is Nagisa Motomiya, and I'm a 77th generation understudy for the idol group AKB0048! It's very nice to meet everyone.

That kind of brings me to my second and third questions. I know that I'm away from home, but being part of 0048 is still really important to me. I don't want to get behind in my music and dance lessons. Is there a place I can go to keep taking them?

Ah, and I guess that brings up the third question, since I'd want to pay for them myself if I can...I helped out in my friend Yuuka's parents' restaurant when they needed extra hands back at home, so I have some experience there. Mostly with helping wait tables, but I can cook a little bit, too. If there's any cafes or anything that need someone to help, I'd be interested.

Um, thank you all very much!

Data File 1 [Video]

[genkibot]

[The video displays a blue haired girl with a slightly confused, but mostly contemplative look on her face.]

So a lot of people have been talking about this new book both on the streets and the network and I thought it might be a good way of getting a better understanding of humans and the types of things they like to do.

I was able to get a digital copy so I could read it quickly, but it's a little confusing. I mean, I know it's suppose to be fiction, but sometimes it can show trends in reality.

So are relationships usually that complicated? Or with so many people?

Are rivalries actually just a cover for some deeper relationship between the rivals, or was that just wishful thinking on Mimini's part?

When people are in love, do they really hurt each other like that? Because I was under the impression humans don't like pain and try to avoid it, but it seemed that one character was really enjoying the pain...

Maybe I should read the first book, but I just got here and everyone was talking about this book, so I wanted to keep up with the current topic.

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[celebrity_commentator]

( Private Video to the Investigation Team )

[Some hours later]

[Video]

Hey, Hinoto-Ri! I've never been happier to be here, let me tell you. It's almost like going home, after the Tower...but anyway, that's not why I'm posting.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Rise Kujikawa. I'm an idol back home, which is a singer and an actor for people who aren't from Japan, and I got to thinking about something that my horoscope says I should bring up now - there's a lot of singers and performers in town! I've met plenty, and I know there's more hanging around, so I was wondering if anyone's ever thought of organizing a concert or something. After the last couple of months, I think people might need the kind of break some nice music can give...and I think most people have forgotten about that mess with the Jacks. I hope.

Anyway, I'm not a producer or anything, but I figure if enough of us got together we could figure something out! So...who wants to put on a concert?

[video]

[terra_nullius]

[Hey, that sure looks like one of the guys from the cover of the book. Or at least fairly similar to him.

He looks rather harried and unhappy, hair disheveled, a wild look to his eyes.]

This book is madness. What has overcome these people? They keep trying to grab me in the streets. I'm--

[A pause as he roughly manhandles someone squealing "OH EM GEE IT'S EARTH!!"] I am not the one you seek! Leave me alone!

[And back to the viewing public] To the others who actually are featured in that... waste of paper... it may be better to lay low.

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[bladedskies]

[Somebody's on the network today. Somebody looks both nauseated and pissed off. ... This somebody's also been absent thanks to Tower shenanigans. S'up guys, AU!Haseo's back from the Tower of Animus.]

So, any complaints I had about staying here? Revoked. This place is goddamn paradise, and I got a bone to pick with whoever thought dragging us over to that goddamn place was a brilliant idea.

Did I miss anything while I was out? Also, yeah, hi, I'm back.

[And that's that. Yep.]