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[poisonista]

[ He'll send both a text and voice message: ]

Miss Kurumi, this is Vil Schoenheit from team Lust.
I'm leaving some painkillers I found with Rollo Flamme, who is someone from my world.
Your team may need them after this game, so use them as necessary.
I hope you'll also ensure he takes them as well. He's being quite stubborn.
Thank you, and please look after yourselves.

[shoveltalks]

( he'll get a text back! )

Thank you! I'll be sure to check on him in a bit.
I'm not surprised about the stubborn part, he's really convicted. Unfortunately for him I am worse! ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ



Keep an eye on Ruby, please. She was my opponent in the first round, though I let her go on in the end. I won't repeat our conversation, as it's private for both of us, and we came to the decision amicably- or as much as it could be in the situation- but I'm worried about her. Thank you.

[poisonista]

Good to know. I wish you success.

I wasn't in the game myself, so I was able to handle looking after my teammates.

I don't know the details and no one seems able to tell me, but I've an idea from what I have heard.

I'm sorry you all had to go through it. Ruby is resting, but I doubt anyone is going to come out of this feeling right.

How far did you get, by the way?

[shoveltalks]

Just the first round. I think I would have tried harder if it had been someone willing to fight me, but

we just talked.

I didn't make it past the first round, but the winner told me more. Each round it was a 1v1 pair with the goal to be to kill the other before they could kill you, with different methods as to how.

[poisonista]

So I was right.

I'm sorry you had to make that choice at all, but I imagine I would have done the same in your place.

You said your world was just as harsh- but that doesn't mean you weren't likely as hurt by this situation.

Is there anything I can get you?

[shoveltalks]

( people keep asking that... )

I hate that I had to make the choice, but I don't regret letting her live. I won't.

Would you be willing to do me a favor? I can't walk currently, and it's hard to get a wheelchair out the front door.

I told Rollo I'd go to the library and get us some books. He's interested in continuing his studies to keep up routine, and offered to help me do the same since the girls and I did the same during the outbreak, but I can't like this. If you could get some, that'd be a great help for that, and it'd give us something to do! If you let me know when you're on your way back, I'll have tea or hot chocolate ready for you. :)

[poisonista]

I wouldn't either. Thank you for thinking of her. She's not from a place where things like this happen in the open. I still wish this hadn't happened to you.

I can get the books, though. Please don't strain yourself. Are there any subjects in particular he's looking for?

day 5

[counterclocked]

[a little while after the game]

you okay?
this is hunter

Re: day 5

[shoveltalks]

yeah
i wasn't part of it this time


which is REALLY funny (bad) since im the one with zombie experience lmao

Re: day 5

[counterclocked]

sounds to me like you've dealt with them more than enough

glad you missed it

Re: day 5

[shoveltalks]

oh for sure but its still??? weird. not being there when i'm p much the expert
none of greed got hurt though

i think we came in like
second?

kana's said something about meeting people iirc and that didnt happen sooooo

Re: day 5

[counterclocked]

oh yeah

envy came in first so we met them again

Re: day 5

[shoveltalks]

how'd that go
did they say anything?

day 11, post croc adventure

[goldencharms]

kurumi!!!!!!
i didnt chk on u aftr evrythng?
r u ok??

[MANY, MANY HOURS LATER.]

[shoveltalks]

Oh. Oh wow. Kalim, do me a favor and please type full words for a while! That stuff garbles text to speech so badly.
But, uh. I would like to say I had a nice day but that would be a lie.
Not long after we split up I got attacked. That bird guy with the machete.

:(

[goldencharms]

[ it's hard-- it takes him longer than he would like to send a message back ]

are you okay?! no, wait, where are you???

[shoveltalks]

Back home now.

I got unlucky, Kalim. And he's faster than me. I am temporarily blinded now.

[goldencharms]

i'll be right over

[ again, it takes a long time to send, because he struggles with t9 texting. ]

[shoveltalks]

( surely someone lets him in, and he'll find that her room is the one facing the "courtyard" of the circle of cabins. kurumi herself is curled up in her bed, hair loose from her twintails and just sort of staring at nothing. )

... Hey.

[giraffic]

Does it ever get less weird explaining the world ending thing?

[shoveltalks]

nope
some people roll with it and some people don't
but the way you feel having to explain it? it never changes. and i don't think i can fit in the same as people who haven't experienced it as well anymore either

[giraffic]

the things they worry about seem so silly

eating with your hands, make up, money not existing. meanwhile there's a building with unlimited food that just shows up, so they're not hungry. no one can get in the team houses, so they're safe. even the infected seem to just stay where they are instead of bringing this entire place down.

[shoveltalks]

some things i can't say anything about, me and the girls tried to live as normally as possible despite everything
i remember leaving money on counters when we went to stores for supplies
minding our manners

for us it was something to hold on to so we didn't lose our minds but it was all stuff i could give up in a heartbeat if it meant living another day

i can't fathom how that used to be my world sometimes.

[giraffic]

by the time i was born, it was all already gone. ive gone through the stores though. its so weird to think you could just walk in a store and get food or music for money. ive never even handled money...

joel said there used to be trucks that went around selling ice cream to kids in their houses. it sounds so easy.

[shoveltalks]

admittedly money feels like. super overrated. but it was "normal" so we kept it up as best we could.

(part of this is because yuki was dealing with active delusions so we played along for her sake.)

we didn't have that in japan but we did have food trucks! they'd park in good spots and sell food to passers-by. lots of vendors used little carts to push around too since streets were really narrow.