[Voice]

[poweryetunknown]

Here's a question.

Do birthdays count if you're dead?

[It's an important question, okay.]

Comments

[poweryetunknown]

Well, we were invisible to most people, so not as much as you might think.

... Fought monsters, tried to survive. Typical stuff, right?

[He huffs a little in amusement.]

[emperor_penguin]

DeDeDe. Used to be a 'king' in front of that, but, well... that was another life.

[A rueful chuckle.]

[poweryetunknown]

It's your call whether you want it or not. You've got a chance to start over here.

[emperor_penguin]

A chance I intend to take. I'm gonna settle in and make myself nice and comfy.

[poweryetunknown]

Have fun.

[emperor_penguin]

I'm sure I will. And good luck to you too.

[poweryetunknown]

Thanks.

[spaztastic]

Yeah, when it first appeared. I've been going there ever since to check if they would still have the same merchandise.

[poweryetunknown]

Any pins?

[spaztastic]

Yeah, on the first night. Now it's just Hinoto-Ri stuff.

[acapriciousthing]

Well, that seems fair. There's an awful lot else to do than just school.

[poweryetunknown]

... Great. Then there could be some random person with those pins...

[Not the most encouraging thought.]

[eyewillprotect]

That still sounds much different from my world, as far as I know.

What kind of a game is it?

[poweryetunknown]

You have to fight off Noise - monsters, basically - and finish whatever stupid task the Game Master's set for the day. At the end of the week, you fight the Game Master. Usually it's not to the death. Sometimes it is, depending on the Game Master.

[eyewillprotect]

[There's a decent pause before she responds to his text. Even though she still doesn't really know the details...]

That sounds... horrible.

[poweryetunknown]

In a lot of ways, yeah. It was.

[islandshore]

Man, I wish it was typical. Sounds way more exciting than goofing off on an island day after day.

[A beat.]

Though I could do without the invisibility bit.

[poweryetunknown]

Well, I live on an island, but it's kind of a massive one.

[eyewillprotect]

Do you think you will be able to win? That must be how you come back, isn't it?

[poweryetunknown]

... I had to play three times but yeah. It's over.

[eyewillprotect]

So many...?

But if you aren't alive, then...

[This poor, poor boy.]

[poweryetunknown]

I didn't lose... I think. I just haven't gotten back yet.

[islandshore]

Hey, as long as it's busy, I'd put it above my world. It was way too peaceful for its own good.

[poweryetunknown]

Oh yeah. There's something like a hundred twenty million people on all the islands put together.

[eyewillprotect]

[That is... quite a relief to hear!]

I see. In that case, I am very glad for you.