[Video] un: foxtales

[byanyother_name]

[The initial video opening just displays a new sign on the wall of the common room. It looks like someone managed to find a piece of whiteboard and an erasable marker to incorporate into the sign. What does the sign say?

10 weeks without murder

Yes, you read that right. The whiteboard part is where the 10 is written with marker. It's clearly been made to be regularly updated. Kurama's voice when he speaks is...close to his usual calm tones but a little tense.]

Many of the people here will wonder why this sign is needed. The people who need it know why. I am one of the first group to fall through the Fissures, so this encompasses the entire history we know of of outsiders in this world.

I'm going to keep it updated appropriately, since...there might be more of us, apparently.

I would like to ask that no one tamper with the sign except for accurate updates. This is not a prank and it is not for pranks. It's for people that have suffered.

Comments

un:alibaba

[notjustahacker]

You're right. Why is it necessary to state how many weeks it's been without murder? I'm beginning to feel i'm missing something.

[ There's a frown on her face right now, giving Kurama a bit of a look. ]

[byanyother_name]

[No frills no details version it is, then, because Kurama isn't willing to be the one who tells Akira and Goro's little sister that he met them in a murdergame.]

Some of the people here now have been through a set of circumstances where a week without murder is not only not a given, it's the exception to the rule.

[fantasykiller]

Would you mind explaining the reason for the sign to the rest of us clueless people? I know you say it isn't a prank, but from the perspective of someone who doesn't understand the meaning behind the sign, it just kind of comes off as a bad attempt at dark humor.

[byanyother_name]

Some of the people here now have been through a set of circumstances where a week without murder is not only not a given, it's the exception to the rule.

[Stock explanation is go!]

text; elevencrows

[founderinglight]

Not a bad thought. Though I suppose it depends then on if they're willing to trust such signage at face value.

[Unlike the rest of the game, apparently, Izunia has a decent handle on what this is for and what it represents. It makes his heart ache that it's needed.]

[byanyother_name]

That isn't something I can control. But even if they don't, it might provide some assurance that someone understands.

[Kurama doesn't exactly love that it's needed, either. That he, Akira, and Goro aren't the only ones to suffer this particular strain of paranoia.]

video; darkwings

[thoroff]

[Like Izunia, Wren knows exactly what this is for, but...]

I don't know... I understand what you're trying to do, but is that truly wise?

[byanyother_name]

[What Wren does not know is that Kurama isn't seeing this from an outside perspective.]

I suppose only time will tell. But I am one of the people here with a right to try it.

un: masayoshi shido

[makejapangreat]

[Well. That's rather straight to the point, isn't it?

For people that have suffered... what the hell? And then he sees Kurama's response to Futaba and... that sounds like hell. (A hell he inflicted on someone. To see the lasting psychological effects, even if it's not his son, makes his stomach churn.]

Let us hope that number only continues to grow.

[... haaaaa so guess who's still half-expecting to get killed by his son]

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama is feeling pretty pointy right about now. He found out some things that didn't agree with him Thursday night.

Some other things he's found out that don't agree with him; this man is Masayoshi Shido. He thinks the likelihood of more than one person by that name having appeared here this particular Fissure trip is vanishingly small.]

I agree. So I would appreciate it if you didn't give Goro too many opportunities to try to kill you.

[It's definitely a lot cooler than the last time they spoke. But at least it's still polite?]

un: iondeluge (text)

[letsplayer]

fuck

[byanyother_name]

It's a long story. Some people have worse introductions to the multiverse than others.

[superstylishsquid]

This kinda makes it seem like a bunch of people here just walked out of a horror movie, you realize that.

[byanyother_name]

That's probably close enough to what actually happened.

username: Captain Undyne

[seafoamgreen]

Wait, what happened ten weeks ago?!

[At least it's a different question that the other ones?]

[byanyother_name]

Ten weeks ago is when people from other worlds started appearing here.

[It's also a much simpler question to answer.]

text; luciferskylight

[burninglight]

Appreciated.

Silly as it looks in concept, hopefully that'll help set anyone else at ease when and if they should follow us.

Though admittedly, some of us aren't the most trusting, so I imagine it'll still take some convincing in that situation. ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌

[byanyother_name]

No, we really aren't, with good reason. But even if they need more convincing, those who follow us will have something to tell them that they aren't the only ones.

At least, I don't really think people that haven't been through it would bother with a sign like this.

text: ariadne

[daughterofthemark]

I hope that it will not need updating more than once a week.

[byanyother_name]

As do I, quite fervently.

log?

[press_start]

[someone has already vandalised the whiteboard! … to decorate it it seems. Flowers and smiley faces have been scattered around the ‘10’, along with a comment: “good job everyone! let's keep this a killing-free station!” ]

log?

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama just looks at this for a long moment. You know what? It's fine. Perkier than he would have gone for but clearly someone else's handwriting and they didn't mess with the number.]

I suppose a little extra encouragement isn't such a bad thing...

video: clearwater2000

[nojohnyouare]

...Thank you. Helpful... Maybe. It's concerning. But we'd be thinking it anyway.

[byanyother_name]

I'm aware. It's sometimes difficult for me to accept that this place is different, and I have been here for all of those ten weeks.

TEXT; t_junpei

[misanthropicprinciple]

Might help to clarify that a murder DIDN'T happen ten weeks ago. Like:

"ARRIVAL DATE: XXXX/XX/XX

11 weeks without murder"

[byanyother_name]

That is an entirely fair suggestion, particularly as that confusion has already occurred with one person.

I'll make adjustments.

[video] un:kana

[cyclicalconcept]

[She can't help but look embarrassed, even as there is the ghost of a smile on her face.]

I'm glad...!

[byanyother_name]

[You did the best you could, Kana-chan.]

I'm hoping it can provide some grounding...

[text] un:2718-093molochst

[newlawtolight]

Oh, I must inquire about this story.

[byanyother_name]

Some of the people here now have been through a set of circumstances where a week without murder is not only not a given, it's the exception to the rule.

[Welcome to the copy/paste brigade, Letty, this is the stock explanation.]

They aren't stories people enjoy telling.

Private from: have_hat_will_travel

[have_hat_will_travel]

You've done a good thing. I will admit, I assumed that sign was meant to be more an admonition aimed at, well, the less-ethical among us, at first.

With fuller context, though... Sure beats a charm spell for soothing someone's emotions.

[byanyother_name]

Heh... I try not to be quite that much of a hypocrite, though I can understand how it would seem that way.

That is the hope... Obviously it won't suit everyone, nothing ever does, but if it helps even a few, it's worth it to me.