On being picked up

[fearthenumbers]

I'm surprised that you actually went through with it and finished your icons in record time.

...

So now what? You're not exactly known for your planning skills, mun.

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[camgirl]

Kazuyaaaaaa! It's so great to see you!

It's been super boring for me. My mun is lame and never does anything with me. I wanna see some action, y'know?! [ a pause. ] Ooh, hey, speaking of action, what are you going to do now, Kazuya? Is your mun thinkin' about anywhere? [ SHINY EYES ] Somewhere cool and full of a bunch of baddies to punish?!

[fearthenumbers]

Knowing that he just decided to make this thing with just a few words from his friends? I'm preeetty sure he has no idea on what he's going to do with me just yet.

[Wow Midori slow down you're going to get a hoarse throat at this rate or something.]

[camgirl]

[ she's just really excited okay, and totally ignoring you ]

Ah! I can't wait! My mun's really, really weak too, so she'll probably follow you if you do anything. Isn't that exciting?! Then you'd get to see me everyday! Just make sure he picks an awesome place, okay? I don't want to end up anywhere with demons.. again..

[fearthenumbers]

...Ah-

[There she goes again...]

Pretty sure his most recent idea will involve something worse than demons.

[camgirl]

How could it get worse than demons?

[ it's rhetorical don't answer!! ]

[fearthenumbers]

...Well- I can answer that but it won't be pretty or awesome at all.

[He's half-answering anyways.]

[drakenguard]

Impulsiveness seems to be the main quality of many here. They rarely think things through before creating the journal and icons, and end up in a game before they have a firm grasp of you. [Sigh. Experience here.]

[fearthenumbers]

Tell me about it, I've seen him flail a lot of times before when he picks up a new muse.

[Beat.]

Actually I think he's doing that right now.

[drakenguard]

Isn't that all they do though? Mindless flailing?

[fearthenumbers]

Well, either that or putting us through the emotional wringer.

[drakenguard]

Ah yes, the 'feels', my mun calls it.

...I hate the feels.

[fearthenumbers]

Don't we all? It'd be great if they can do happy endings and all, but apparently it's more... satisfying for them to put us through enough troubles to last us through more than one lifetimes.

[drakenguard]

I understand that overcoming hurdles towards one's goals does build character and experience. However I believe that our canon backgrounds do that enough without them placing more difficulties on us. They're just sadistic.

[fearthenumbers]

Well, "it builds character" is the general answer he usually gives to me when I ask "why".

...And yeah, getting through the lockdown is pretty much something I wouldn't recommend anyone to do, let alone attempt.

[drakenguard]

Lock down-? Ah, yes, that's right. You're from the same canon as Amane Kuzuryu, aren't you?

[fearthenumbers]

...You know Amane-san?

[drakenguard]

I am well acquainted with her, yes. We've fought together, and spoken a few times.

[fearthenumbers]

...Heeh.

[>Come to think of it, he looks a lot like...]

Say, d'you know someone going by the name Naoya?

[drakenguard]

Naoya?

...I'm sorry, the name doesn't sound familiar.

[fearthenumbers]

Ah, he's a cousin of mine, looks a bit like you, too.

[drakenguard]

Is that so? I'll keep an eye out, then.

[eightofseven]

It seems yours and mine have that much in common.

[Hey I'm working on it.]

[fearthenumbers]

Yours too, huh? It's like a common problem everywhere we turn our heads to, really.

[eightofseven]

Although, there is a great deal to be said for spontaneity.

[fearthenumbers]

...Ah, yeah. That. The bane of all muses would be when they just decides to throw us somewhere willy-nilly.

[babel_hacker]

Yo, Kazuya!

[HAVE A BRO.]

[fearthenumbers]

Hey, Atsuro! How's it hanging?

[A bro is always welcome man.]

[babel_hacker]

Pretty well! There's been a few bumps, but nothing I can't handle.

[Well, in prison anyway. ROUTE IS BEING A CLUSTERFUCK WITH THAT OUTBREAK PLOT.]

[fearthenumbers]

Well, at the very least, it shouldn't be as hard as going up against Babel, right?

[Seriously that fight is something he doesn't want to go through again.]

[babel_hacker]

Yeah. It's tough enough when you and everyone covers for me and Naoya.

[He was busy working on that left right console, knowing that he's trusting his life to his friends and demons.]

But we won in the end!

[fearthenumbers]

Well, if we die, it wouldn't be much of a story, wouldn't it?

[babel_hacker]

Yep, until we try again from the last save point.

[Fatal kernel error.

Mind link to COMP deactivated._

...Or something.]

[alephbet]

There are plenty of icons for you out there.

[fearthenumbers]

...Well, I guess my story's pretty recent enough for there to be enough art about us.

[But hey, like he cares about that.]

Pretty sure that your mun's impressive enough that she's able to get two full pages of icons for you.

[alephbet]

She's trying. She actually bought a comic of me hoping to scan it.

[fearthenumbers]

...Man, she must be a really nice person, huh?

[alephbet]

I think she just doesn't have enough to spend her money on usefully... But sure, she's nice.