week one, lab

[digestif]

[ maybe ray is on the computer next to the one Mizuki is using. Or maybe he just happens to be in the lab at the same time as Mizuki. Either way, he'll hear them groan after spending a long time clicking - to no avail, apparently. ]

Ugh... Why'd they have to give us such old computers? No wonder I can't find anything...

Comments

[selfimmolates]

[... honestly, comments like those remind ray of what he's been missing out on, but—]

What are you looking for?

[don't mind the kid with sparkles and feathers stuck onto his skin (though thankfully fewer than he did before since everyone else has been filching them, intentionally or unintentionally, from him...).]

[digestif]

Anything. More detailed information about where we are, for starters, or--

[ it's at this point that Mizuki turns to look at him, and, catching sight of his current situation, stares for a second before laughing. ]

Look at you! Ha ha ha. Did you fall into a craft supply closet somewhere?

[selfimmolates]

I swear, I can't wait for this to wear off...

[UGH. he sighs. how many people are going to laugh at him this week!!]

No.

[digestif]

[ mizuki is laughing with you not at you rat boy ]

Just a fashion choice, then? You're looking very... striking, [ they murmur, with faux-seriousness. ] Oh, careful. If that glitter gets in my hair, I'll never get it out.

[selfimmolates]

There's an easy solution to that: stay far away from me.

[digestif]

How rude. I'm just teasing!

[ but Mizuki isn't actually all that bothered by the testy answer. Who could blame him for being tense in this situation? ]

Anyway... mm, I'm trying to figure out where we are, exactly.

[selfimmolates]

... Dunno how successful you're going to be with that. I mean, we're probably in another world entirely.

[which isn't weird to ray, since it wouldn't be the first time alternate dimensions have been a Thing, but.]

[digestif]

Ah, you figured that out already.

[ Mizuki thinks it's a virtual world, but still. ]

Even so, I think there should be a connection of some kind to the world we came from. They had to get us here somehow. Although I suppose there would have to be multiple all around the world, considering how spread out we all are.

[selfimmolates]

Possibly... though if there's any data related to that, I doubt it'd be in the computers they gave us. [a beat.] Then again, it wouldn't entirely surprise me if Justice didn't think that far ahead.

[digestif]

You met Justice? I haven't talked to that one yet.

[ sounding curious! ]

[selfimmolates]

I thanked him for the lab. He's a good kid. [a beat.] But the "kid" part is still relevant.

[read: almost definitely not the god with the uno braincell.]

[digestif]

... How "kid" do you mean? Around your age?

[ sounding... distressed!? ]

[selfimmolates]

Godhood stuff aside, ten years old.

[digestif]

The avatar of justice is a ten year old? Wait, no, the bigger question is why a ten year old is involved in this in the first place... That's troubling.

[selfimmolates]

[he shrugs.]

Who knows how godhood works? They can't say just yet.

[digestif]

I can't think of there being any good reason for it. You shouldn't be here, either. I'm worried about it.

[ all these kids... ]

[selfimmolates]

I had a wish I was willing to fight for, like everyone else. I'm prepared. That's all there is to it.

[digestif]

Mm, I'm aware.

[ that only makes them more concerned, honestly. These kids must all be fairly troubled to start with if this sounded like a good deal to them. ]

What are you wishing for?

[selfimmolates]

[what do you mean, mizuki, everyone's perfectly well adjusted here.]

That's a secret.

[digestif]

[ they shrug. ]

Really? My wish is to save a lot of people back home.

[selfimmolates]

Pretty altruistic of you.

[digestif]

I think most people don't want to see other people die. I'm sure you want to help, too. Is that why you were talking to Justice?

[selfimmolates]

I was just thanking him for the lab.

[digestif]

Oh, really? What a nice boy.

[ mizuki will revise their impression of you, ray ]

How many of the gods have you spoken to?

[selfimmolates]

[doublechecks timing of this pc]

About half?

[digestif]

Wow. You've been really busy. I've barely seen any of them!

[selfimmolates]

I like to stay productive.