week 2, thursday

[vipmix]

[it's thursday evening. emotions are running high as everyone hallucinates on and off and a murder is about to happen. and here joshua is, in neku's hut, looking at it critically. how did neku get to this point.

also nanashi is there somewhere idk you can have a private convo w/ someone in the room shut up]

It's amazing how empty these look without the piano.

["joshua stop being on that" NEVER]

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[soloremix]

[neku would probably be more bothered by the hallucinations if he wasn't questioning what went wrong in his life for him to end up in this very situation with joshua very possibly being on his bed or something because nanashi is doing his thing over on his side of the hut.

(probably dying back in shibuya, let's be real.)

his hallucinations are at least dampened by the fact that most of his memories are still missing; it's mostly been foods or the ambient chatter around the city. also, at least josh is not being too annoying right now. in fact, he might even feel sympathetic, because...]

Wait, she brought a freaking piano?

[vipmix]

It's inside the hut, Neku. I don't even know how it fit in there.

[he suffers? so much?]

I didn't sign up for gymnastics for a reason.

fuck it im tagging this so i dont ask you questions every five seconds

[soloremix]

[oh, right. he has definitely mentioned that before.]

Well, you've got a lot of space for the night.

(I'm pretty sure this goes without saying, but for clarification: everything but the bed, thank you.)

[vipmix]

What, no cuddling?

[this is why he's gonna die. this comment. he just walks around like he didn't just say that, looking in interest]

my first version of this header was 'love me binch' but now i regret

[soloremix]

I changed my mind. I'm kicking you out right now.

<3

[vipmix]

[THE GIGGLING]

Hee hee... Relax, Neku. You're always so on edge. [he brushes some hair out of his face as he looks critically at the bed like his is, in any way, better?] I'm not really planning to sleep anyway.

[that sounds worse.]

[soloremix]

[he was initially going to stay frustrated, but... well. that's enough of an interruption.]

Wait...what do you mean, not sleeping?

[vipmix]

[he puts his hand on neku's mattress and pushes because he needs to know if all mattresses are the same. yes. they are all terrible. so he answers a bit distractedly:]

I need to test out a theory.

[soloremix]

Why can't you ever answer questions like a normal person.

[vipmix]

[the longest most exasperated sigh]

If you'd just have a little patience... Have you noticed anything strange today, Neku?

[soloremix]

[deadeyes]

If you mean stuff like the bowl of ramen that's suddenly on my bed, gee, maybe.

[vipmix]

Ooh. What kind?

[he will absolutely judge neku when he hears its not shio even tho IT'S ON NEKU'S PROFILE]

1/2

[soloremix]

[excuse u he loves shoyu!! aka i tried to figure out neku's favorite using the chart on the twewy wiki and he has several ramen types that give him max food bonuses so i just picked the one that wasn't mystic ramen bc what even the fuck is it]

Shoyu. Pretty sure it's from Ramen Don.

(Man, I would kill for a real bowl at this point...)

[soloremix]

(...

Actually, I take back that thought.)

[vipmix]

Hmm. Lacking in imagination, but I suppose you can't control your hallucinations.

[can he ever not judge.]

Which brings me back to your original question-- it seems like everyone has been seeing things today. ... Except for me.

[soloremix]

[asshole]

Oh, lucky you. Brag about it.

[vipmix]

While I am eternally grateful to not be making a fool of myself in public like the rest of you [peasants], I'd like to know what it is that makes me "immune", if I even am. It might be a matter of time, in which case I'd rather not be asleep when it hits. If it isn't... well, like I said. I've got a few theories.

[soloremix]

[neku begins to move the bowl off the bed, knowing full well it doesn't actually exist but it's still too realistic to just ignore it... and then it suddenly disappears from his hands. he blinks a couple of times, then just shrugs and kicks back.]

Well, go for it. Not like we're gonna get anything else done tonight.

(And I want to save the rest of my batteries for when someone ACTUALLY completely unbearable starts trying to talk to me.)

[vipmix]

[... okay, he didn't actually expect that. also great now he's standing there awkwardly with his hands in his pocket looking a bit taken aback. hmm. are any of his theories workable with his neku narrative????]

... If you insist. It all depends on how the hallucinations are caused, of course. For example, if we've got our lovely Chiefs to thank, it might simply be that I wouldn't have an amusing enough reaction to seeing things to make it worth it. From what I experienced with Fie, it seemed like it was limited to personal things. Fears, dreams-- nothing was taken that didn't have a basis in her. [a pause] Not that I don't have those.

[is he going to have to admit he could see the dead before the game. hm. he didn't really want to... it doesn't quite fit his neku narrative.]

hey guess who 1/2

[soloremix]

[what, did he just expect to spend the night sitting here in awkward silence? they may as well use this time to shoot the shit. neku sighs when joshua starts getting introspective, though, and just gives him a tired glare.]

Look, I asked for your "theories," not your life story. (Spare me the details, please. I. Don't. Care.)

[he's getting out of that one easy, at least]

[soloremix]

[that aside, though, neku settles into a more...disgruntled state.]

...Mine not being completely awful must have something to do with my entry fee. You can't really use fear and dreams against an amnesiac.

[vipmix]

[thank god neku doesn't care about people enough to be curious. hahaha. josh is relieved enough to not address it]

My, my. Aren't you lucky? [what neku told him earlier :) ha ha] To summarize, the first theory I've got is that I'm simply not an entertaining enough target to bother. A bit flimsy, but considering the kind of character the Chiefs have, not completely out of the question. [hums] The second one assumes I'm simply immune to it because the Chiefs aren't causing it, and it's something on the island itself that is. I... don't think that's likely.

[then why bother saying it?? also, important, he's started pacing as he talks because LOOK]

[soloremix]

[fuck u neku's in bed and he's not getting up]

What, are you saying there's something like a higher power at work here? Give me a break with the crappy clichés.

[vipmix]

[he pauses his pacing to look critically at neku for a second. that's not what he was getting at, but...]

How much do you actually know about how the Game works?

[soloremix]

We're dead, we get paired up with other dead people, we do missions, we try to survive the week and hope that we're the ones who get to come back to life. Did I leave anything out?