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[encoder]

"Use this"? How am I supposed to use this piece of trash...?

[groangroangroan whiiine. the kid looks displeased, as do 90% of the people who first arrive here. he taps the red light with a gloved finger, continues to glare into its camera.]

... Right. So there's obviously peopl—

[he breaks off mid-sentence, eyebrows furrowing. turning, the camera swivels with him to catch sight of a department store and then his apparent cause for alarm*. but mental berating aside for not noticing the thing before it's literally within meters of him, yukio smiles. glances at the camera and tucks it into a coat pocket. enjoy the view of darkness for a while. calmly:]

Invaders must die.

[nope. she continues to move strangely, her crying more audible, it's as if it's she that's yet to notice him.]

What the hell.. I said, 'invaders must die'!

[a thud. the scraping of claws against broken cement, yukio taking a few faltering steps backward.]

INVADERS MUST D—

[WHAM. the recording ends.]

Comments

[video]

[bauhinia]

That's cool, don't worry about it.

Okay, sure. I got here about a year ago. Well, it'll be a year on August 8th.

[video]

[encoder]

You think you're gonna make it?

[video]

[bauhinia]

Seems like it. Unless they decide they're sick of me and send me home.

[video]

[encoder]

Don't get cocky.

[video]

[bauhinia]

Yeah, I better not. [ ... too late. Probably. Possibly. ]

[video]

[encoder]

I'm guessing there's no prize for lasting a year here or anything.

[video]

[bauhinia]

There totally should be. Like some kinda badge. You could get a better one for lasting two years or something. Silver-plated if you don't die.

[video]

[encoder]

I'm sure they could do better than that.

Silver's not even worth that much.

[video]

[bauhinia]

Maybe not, but they have to save up the better stuff for when you last even longer.

[video]

[encoder]

People will lose interest too quickly.

[video]

[bauhinia]

You think? What if you get like, a littler badge for every month or something. Then you can trade them in after a year for a better one.

[video]

[encoder]

That's a little better. Do you know the record stay here? They can have the veteran badge.

[video]

[bauhinia]

I know someone was here for three years, but he eventually left. It's gotta be close to that now.

[video]

[encoder]

What was his name?

[video]

[bauhinia]

Shinjiro, I think. I only talked to him once.

[video]

[encoder]

Oh.

Did he leave anything behind? A game guide? Some tips? Cheats?

[video]

[bauhinia]

Would've been helpful if he did, yeah? But I dunno. You'd have to ask someone who knew him better.

[video]

[encoder]

Sounds like a pain...

[video]

[bauhinia]

Could be, but it's probably worth a level up.

[video] 1/2

[encoder]

[...]

[video]

[encoder]

I'll look into it.

[video]

[bauhinia]

[ Giving Yukio a solemn sort of salute. ] Hey, good luck.

[video]

[encoder]

["I DON'T NEED IT." is what he would bark back, but hey this guy was kind of patient with him, maybe he can spare him the snappiness for a minute or so.]

... Okay.

[video]

[bauhinia]

Hey, d'you think a map would help you out? I can send you one. [ Hong Kong is hard to yell at. He's so very chill. ]

[video]

[encoder]

A bonus.

[that's a 'yes'.]