No. But I didn't think a lot of things would happen here either. [so he's being cautious now in his thinking. then again, as someone who's lost his powers before and has been threatened that they'd be gone forever...you know.]
...oh. [oh that's really bad.] Something happened with the connection? But I don't understand, how is that even possible? If you were split up...well. I guess the question is how did you find each other again? Where did Won and Xie Lian go?
Ah… it’s the same for me. There's a lot of things here that I would've never considered before.
[ then it’s something to keep in mind, she thinks. a reminder, perhaps, to not be so cavalier about everything. ]
We found a base, after we killed the monsters. They were inside, in a room down a hall from the entrance, and… [ she pauses, taking another unsteady breath, eyes squeezed shut as if that will make the memory go away. ] They were both dead, just like the monsters.
Well... Archer-san found some syringes, with a serum that was supposed to revive someone. The note said it would have some side effects, but thought it was worth the risk to bring them back alive. And it did work. It brought them back to life, it just...
It did something to them. They grew these horns, and when they woke up, they just... attacked. And they wouldn’t stop. They were - they were trying to kill us. Archer-san and I tried to stop them without hurting them, but we couldn’t. The only way we got them to stop was to… to kill them again, and I didn’t even -
[ her eyes look a little watery, but ochako grits her teeth, struggling to hold herself together. ]
I didn’t mean to hurt him, I didn’t want to, even though he asked. It just - it was an accident.
...of course it was just an accident. It wasn't like you had a choice, you wouldn't have done any of this on purpose. [that's so hecked up? excuse him?]
...it's weird. We found syringes in our area, too. Empty ones that were used to inject a serum into people to turn them into monsters. I wonder if it was the same somehow.
[ the. kidnapping or whatever it was. that seems like a bad sign. ]
We didn't see anything about a lab, but if you saw those syringes... it had to be related somehow, right? It's too much of a coincidence. Maybe what happened to our groups was connected.
It's weird. We left on Wednesday night, and our group split up, too. Alex and I were following our trail and it led us right to a lab were people were being experimented on...and a few months that escaped.
[ she's been all the more antsy for it, but at least there's an explanation. it's not like sora was avoiding her.
that's awful, though? human experimentation? though it does explain some things. ] Did... Did you find any notes, or anything? Those serums you found - was their only purpose to turn people into monsters?
I'm sorry. [it wasn't even his fault, but he feels like he should apologize anyway.] We didn't really find notes, except for the ones talking about subjects one through four failing and subject five being in containment. But we found this DVD? There was this guy in a lab coat and he was talking about the experiments. He said that it was a disappointment that none of the subjects who were injected with some serum survived in one piece. They either mutated, or they died. But he was talking to someone else because he was saying he had high hopes for them. But it didn't matter because the numbers were high.
I don't know what that means but...the video skipped, and I saw someone. She's really, really important to me. I know it probably wasn't real, but that was here, and in a few rooms over there were these containment tubes holding onto two of my friends. I couldn't figure out how to save them.
After that, the video skipped again and showed us footage of this huge monster with claws and fangs...except it sort of looked like a person. It was covered in this purple slime that Alex and I had been following...and then it broke out of the chamber next to our room. We had to get past it to get out of the lab, even if that wasn't the end of it.
I still don't know what was and wasn't real in there. I wish I did.
[ just like ochako's adventure wasn't hers, she wouldn't blame sora for it at all. she listens closely to his story, though, frowning. it just keeps getting worse, huh? ]
I know what you mean. I'm still not sure how much of what we saw was real, either. [ but some of it had to be, right? otherwise why would any of them be injured? ] Weird how they didn't say why they'd want to turn people into monsters. Like... what's the point of hurting people like that?
That's exactly it. I don't know why somebody would want to do that either. It's like they were doing it just because they could. That's not really a good reason at all either.
It makes me wonder if there's something we missed in there. But I don't think we have a way of going back.
But if it's too late... then we'll just have to keep it in mind in case something like this happens again. I took notes on what we found, since our memories won't be reliable here. Maybe you guys should, too?
[ oh, wait a second. ]
...And we should probably tell everyone else, too, huh? That way, we'll all be on the same page in case any of us forget, or if another group gets taken someplace else, like we were.
Yeah. I'll write down everything I remember in the PHS later just in case we forget somehow. And if it does happen again...maybe we can be more prepared this time.
[she raises a good point though.] I've been telling a few people but...not everybody believes it, I think. Guess we'll have to keep trying.
...I just wonder how well we can prepare for something like that. I wasn't prepared for a fight at all - we got lucky that there were weapons when we got there, and there isn't a lot around here that could help with that.
[ even just for self-defense purposes. ]
I can't blame them for being skeptical, though. It's a little hard to believe, if you didn't experience it yourself, huh? But maybe if we show them what we found, it'll be easier?
We got lucky at the last minute. Alex and I only found the one sword right before the bigger monster found us. It's a good thing we don't just have extra weapons laying around, but it also makes it way harder to be able to defend ourselves against whatever.
I guess maybe it's not so strange to me now. [after...everything in kingdom hearts.] But all we found was a bracelet and a sword. We didn't get anything else. Blanca and Shiro might've but I haven't asked.
I'm a little jealous you got to keep yours, honestly... I wouldn't have minded keeping a knife for self-defense, but it turned to ash when we left... But I guess you're right that it's a good thing.
[ so no one is getting needlessly hurt, except it's a mg and that's the whole point! still, she has to wonder. ]
Your sword and the bracelet... are they supposed to do anything special? Like the guns and the branch we found?
Mm, I'll do that. I was going to ask about my gun to be sure, too.
It's weird that there'd be things like that just set aside for us, though. It makes me wonder if there's a chance what happened to us was planned somehow - especially with that note we found.
Maybe it didn't matter exactly who went, as long as someone did?
...Oh. We found a note from one of the leaders with everything else. It seemed more like a diary entry than anything that was meant to be read by someone else, so it seemed a little weird to me that it would be out there with the other stuff, like we were meant to find it.
...we didn't find anything like that at all. All of the notes we found were by the scientist responsible for the monsters. Do you know which leader it was? Maybe we can ask.
No, but I wanted to ask them about it. I'm worried there's a chance that they'll keep forgetting things, like we are, but maybe seeing it will jog their memories.
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...oh. [oh that's really bad.] Something happened with the connection? But I don't understand, how is that even possible? If you were split up...well. I guess the question is how did you find each other again? Where did Won and Xie Lian go?
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[ then it’s something to keep in mind, she thinks. a reminder, perhaps, to not be so cavalier about everything. ]
We found a base, after we killed the monsters. They were inside, in a room down a hall from the entrance, and… [ she pauses, taking another unsteady breath, eyes squeezed shut as if that will make the memory go away. ] They were both dead, just like the monsters.
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But...[what do you even say to that? he just kind of looks horrified while also moving to lean against her a little more.] ...then what happened?
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It did something to them. They grew these horns, and when they woke up, they just... attacked. And they wouldn’t stop. They were - they were trying to kill us. Archer-san and I tried to stop them without hurting them, but we couldn’t. The only way we got them to stop was to… to kill them again, and I didn’t even -
[ her eyes look a little watery, but ochako grits her teeth, struggling to hold herself together. ]
I didn’t mean to hurt him, I didn’t want to, even though he asked. It just - it was an accident.
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...it's weird. We found syringes in our area, too. Empty ones that were used to inject a serum into people to turn them into monsters. I wonder if it was the same somehow.
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You... what?
[ she was dealing with injuries and missed the second group's return, lmao ]
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[ the. kidnapping or whatever it was. that seems like a bad sign. ]
We didn't see anything about a lab, but if you saw those syringes... it had to be related somehow, right? It's too much of a coincidence. Maybe what happened to our groups was connected.
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[ she's been all the more antsy for it, but at least there's an explanation. it's not like sora was avoiding her.
that's awful, though? human experimentation? though it does explain some things. ] Did... Did you find any notes, or anything? Those serums you found - was their only purpose to turn people into monsters?
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I'm sorry. [it wasn't even his fault, but he feels like he should apologize anyway.] We didn't really find notes, except for the ones talking about subjects one through four failing and subject five being in containment. But we found this DVD? There was this guy in a lab coat and he was talking about the experiments. He said that it was a disappointment that none of the subjects who were injected with some serum survived in one piece. They either mutated, or they died. But he was talking to someone else because he was saying he had high hopes for them. But it didn't matter because the numbers were high.
I don't know what that means but...the video skipped, and I saw someone. She's really, really important to me. I know it probably wasn't real, but that was here, and in a few rooms over there were these containment tubes holding onto two of my friends. I couldn't figure out how to save them.
After that, the video skipped again and showed us footage of this huge monster with claws and fangs...except it sort of looked like a person. It was covered in this purple slime that Alex and I had been following...and then it broke out of the chamber next to our room. We had to get past it to get out of the lab, even if that wasn't the end of it.
I still don't know what was and wasn't real in there. I wish I did.
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[ just like ochako's adventure wasn't hers, she wouldn't blame sora for it at all. she listens closely to his story, though, frowning. it just keeps getting worse, huh? ]
I know what you mean. I'm still not sure how much of what we saw was real, either. [ but some of it had to be, right? otherwise why would any of them be injured? ] Weird how they didn't say why they'd want to turn people into monsters. Like... what's the point of hurting people like that?
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It makes me wonder if there's something we missed in there. But I don't think we have a way of going back.
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But if it's too late... then we'll just have to keep it in mind in case something like this happens again. I took notes on what we found, since our memories won't be reliable here. Maybe you guys should, too?
[ oh, wait a second. ]
...And we should probably tell everyone else, too, huh? That way, we'll all be on the same page in case any of us forget, or if another group gets taken someplace else, like we were.
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[she raises a good point though.] I've been telling a few people but...not everybody believes it, I think. Guess we'll have to keep trying.
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[ even just for self-defense purposes. ]
I can't blame them for being skeptical, though. It's a little hard to believe, if you didn't experience it yourself, huh? But maybe if we show them what we found, it'll be easier?
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I guess maybe it's not so strange to me now. [after...everything in kingdom hearts.] But all we found was a bracelet and a sword. We didn't get anything else. Blanca and Shiro might've but I haven't asked.
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[ so no one is getting needlessly hurt, except it's a mg and that's the whole point! still, she has to wonder. ]
Your sword and the bracelet... are they supposed to do anything special? Like the guns and the branch we found?
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[he shakes his head.] Pretty sure the sword's just a sword, but I'm gonna ask my leader next time. You'd have to ask Alex about the bracelet though.
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It's weird that there'd be things like that just set aside for us, though. It makes me wonder if there's a chance what happened to us was planned somehow - especially with that note we found.
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Sorry, which note? [just in case he missed something here, which it is possible he did.]
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...Oh. We found a note from one of the leaders with everything else. It seemed more like a diary entry than anything that was meant to be read by someone else, so it seemed a little weird to me that it would be out there with the other stuff, like we were meant to find it.
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