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[otakuro]

[The screen flickers on to a boy wearing an amused grin.]

Everyone!

I've got good news!  You're forgiven!  The angel I summoned said so himself; God would definitely forgive you in a heartbeat because man's heart is weak, as is his mind, and we're all, uh, susceptible to the workings of the Evil One, and even as we wallow in our filth and sin, we -- You know what, forget God; I forgive you.

Seriously, no one could possibly blame you for what happened last week even if some of us were lucky enough to be scorpion magnets.  Misery has it right - the important thing is to make sure that it doesn't happen again.  If you all missed the announcements from the higher-ups, the people who were affected most severely were Scorpios.  ...If you don't know what that means, in modern times on Earth - that's the 2000s - they were born when the Sun was in the sector of the sky dominated by the constellation Scorpio.  This makes no sense if you were born outside Earth or in a time when we didn't go in for ridiculous things like pretending arbitrary sky-pictures meant anything about our lives, but the important thing is that the sun transitions into Scorpio beginning on October 23rd.

Guess what last week was.

The next sign is Sagittarius.  The sun will shift into its sector on November 22nd.

So let's clear a few things out of the way - Everyone who was afraid, can you report in with your sign?  Same thing if you were a scorpion magnet, though maybe that's more of a subjective thing.  And everyone who's a Sagittarius, do you mind if we tie you to your beds from November, oh, 18th-ish to the 23rd?  Your choices are (Yes/Of course/Definitely).  If your name is Jun, (That's kinda kinky) works, too.  If you don't know your sign, Sagittarius goes from late November into late December - so the end of a harvest season into winter in the Northern hemisphere, and the end of spring into summer in the South.

I'll keep track of the data.  It's kinda my thing.

Oh -- this has nothing to do with anything, but I'm working in the computer labs of the university now.  Drop by if you ever need anything fixed or if you just want to say hi.

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[otakuro]

Thanks, Ideo. Hey, maybe it was 'astrological signs that start with C' - I'm a Capricorn.

[Clearly the mystery is solved.]

There was one guy among you who was afraid, right? Going on about doom... Anyway, I can ask around later. How're you feeling now? Do you need anything?

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[notifwhen]

He'll be fine! He just needs some rest.

I don't think Brainstorm would be willing to tell you, and the others don't check the network much (well, Orpheus does, but I think he might still be a bit sore about us putting him on time-out), so I can give you their information.

Ciel - Virgo
Minerva - Libra
Q - Pisces
Brainstorm - Gemini
Ideo - Cancer
Orpheus - Scorpio (though you already knew those two)
Reiko - Pisces

Orpheus was acting strange and Ideo was swarmed by Scorpions, but other than that, the rest of us weren't affected by whatever was happening.

[otakuro]

Thanks, Reiko. You and your brother are really the only ones helping us out on a day-to-day basis, huh? I appreciate it.

Let's see... That all fits in with what I've heard so far. You sure Orpheus was a Scorpio? I thought he was acting more like he was afraid.

[notifwhen]

Don't mention it! Q and Minerva don't usually care to check the network, and Ciel's always busy working with Brainstorm. Orpheus will sometimes, but he's even more of an oddball than Ideo and I. (°◇°;)

It's odd, isn't it? Originally I thought he must have been a Leo or something too, but his records say he's a Scorpio. Though maybe that was just Orpheus' own brand of crazy. (。ヘ°)

[otakuro]

Looks like his idea of attacking was to use the Sonic element. Pretty good choice; not much armor resists something like that.

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How're you guys getting along in figuring this all out, do you think? Do the others have any clue?