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[petsthedog]

[It's been a long time since this username has been seen on the network. Shinjiro's rarely one for idle chitchat, but he does pay attention. He was at the diner the day that iteration debrief went around, and he's been quietly stewing in it since.]

so if all this shit is really a simulation, what's it supposed to mean when people disappear from here, anyway
if they could just delete us they wouldn't need to make us kill each other to end a round, would they

[Or maybe they're simply that twisted? He doesn't know. But Amada's gone, and until this latest development he would've thought that was for the best -- but now he's not so sure. It's been bothering him, despite himself.]

dunno if these are even our real bodies or if is this some matrix shit
or even if those documents were planted for us to find or any of it's true

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[petsthedog]

yeah, there's a few of us around here
when i first showed up i thought it might've been some kinda afterlife or shit like that

[yeah he is uh, very blase about this whole dead thing, sorry bro.]

[featheradrift]

It'd be the shittiest afterlife in that case.

[ It's alright. If he's going to be blase about it, then he's not going to stress over it either. ]

So do you plan on helping to find a way out, even if that means you'll go back to being dead after the simulation ends?

cw passive suicidality reference

[petsthedog]

eh
could be worse

[Ah, but that question, though. His answer to it was straightforward, a few months ago. Now, he's not as sure. Instead of getting into those weeds, though, he parrots what he said to Robby, back at the beginning:]

it's for the best if i stay outta people's way with all that

[Nonetheless, he is keeping an eye on it, to some extent because it's just his habit, but now, too, because Aki's fate is entangled in the situation. He doesn't care about going back to being dead himself--frankly, it'd be a relief--but he wants Aki to be able to get out and keep living his life, at least.]

[featheradrift]

[ So he's not going to help. Perhaps it's an apprehension to return to being dead that's stopping him. He's not sure. But given the man's unique situation, he can't blame him for not participating. ]

Alright. At least you know not to get in the way.

[ Because if he did get in the way... dead or not, the drifter will not stand for obstructions. ]

[petsthedog]

[He could say outright he's not that attached to being alive, certainly not enough to try to prolong it, but it'd be kind of shitty to say so where Aki can see. Instead, he just lets the conversation drop there. It's not as though he has anything further to contribute either right now, after all.]