we're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine

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--Shiro, are you still there? It's not a game. How can you think that?

[Dammit. Doesn't she remember... but nobody else did. Where did it even come from? It's a giant spider, why is it so hard to--?]

Be careful... hang on to something. I'll be there.

[And he's back to running around in the mist, chasing after that thing that's around here somewhere.]

[Confusion, heavy breathing, rising dread.

What-the-hell-is-going-on- What kind of experiment is this?]


Huh-? What did you do to--

[I... escaped? No, it's the same as before. This place...]

...

[Does that mean--] --Who's there?

( TEXT Private // Difficult to Hack )
( VOICE FILTERED // Senji, Minatsuki )

It... sounds like things are changing. I might have been wrong before, but I know it's coming. Be careful.

[Offhand, as if just realizing--]

Shiro, where did you go?

[The feed comes off and on a few times, like he's struggling to make himself calm enough to talk.]

I--

[He probably shouldn't be showing his face after that. But he's already responsible for enough because he was too afraid to say anything.]

That carnival you keep talking about... don't go to it. Something bad is going to happen there--

You don't have to trust me, but just listen. You need to stop it.

[He's a little too close to breaking down, and it cuts off.]

[He's panting, confused and mumbling, "A dream? Then why does my chest hurt..."]

Is there something inside...?

[There's a low agitated growl in the distance and he seems to focus.]

What is all this glass? Where did it come from? Isn't there someone who-- We can't just sit still, it could attack again.

[Deep breath. Slowing down.] ...Is... everyone alright? Shiro? Senji-san...

[He sounds weak and worn out. It's pretty obvious he hasn't rested for a while.]

I'm not sure if I need one, but... Do we have any doctors here? And doesn't the air seem harder to breathe?

[Maybe it's just him.]

...Um. About... that kidnapper. Please tell me if you hear anything.

( FILTERED Senji // Difficult to Hack )

[There's a lot of shuffling and movement coming through the static, and behind that an alarmed voice.]

Nagi-san, can you hear me? What's going on?

[Frustrated breath, "I don't have time to wait around for--" More movement. "Senji-san, where are you? I've got to--"]

Shiro? If you're still hiding, stay there. I'll come back for you.

They haven't caught him yet?

[A long, uncertain pause.]

...I haven't found anything either. He's probably still out there, so be careful.

( FILTERED Nagi // Difficult to Hack )
( FILTERED Senji // Difficult to Hack )

[Silence while he gathers himself, still debating, and then starts out in the middle of a thought.]

I should have said something. I don't know why, but--

[He sighs a little shakily, but he needs to.]

It's my fault that those people died. So, if you... lost someone...

I'm sorry.

[Sounding panicked and out of breath, like he's spent the past day or two running marathons around the city.]

Shiro? If you can hear me, answer. This isn't a good time to wander off.

If he thinks he'll... Dammit!

[His tone changes, and it's quiet, desperate, and almost threatening.]

I'll find you.

[the sound of shuffling and a throat being cleared]

--Um. Since we could go back at any moment...

I don't know where everyone came from, but it doesn't really matter as long as we're here, right? Everyone saw the monsters, or... whatever they are out there. So--


Shouldn't we do something to prepare if they come back? Like train for them...?

Maybe I can help next time.

( TEXT Private // Difficult to Hack )

[VOICE]

It's late to ask but...

Things like this shouldn't happen for no reason, should they? Is it... like a security system, or--? Was it something we did?


[uncomfortable pause]

Umm... Nagi-san, Karako-san, are you there? I... need to talk to you.

Haah... Am I--

[ his voice cuts off for a minute and when it comes back he immediately starts mumbling to himself ]

The candy, it's not here... Did I drop them? I... I know I had more.

Shiro--? Shiro, where are you?

[the voice comes through quiet at first, then rising in a shrill, panicked pace]

S-senji-san? Where did you... Where-is-this? This isn't--


[a fumbling clatter and a length of silence as he takes a closer look at his surroundings]

--Hello? Is someone there? Am I still...



I don't think I'm supposed to be here.