R1 FINISH

[lockdownmods]

When you finally get to the end of the path, there is... indeed... nothing there. But, waiting for you at the end, somehow, is Eve. She is shimmering a lot-- similar to the glitching she had done before, but she doesn't freeze when she does it. However, otherwise, she looks relatively unharmed? Still, this area is new for her... and for Chichi, who is meowing for you all to come closer.

"I know... there's nothing here. And I don't know what happened just yet. But," and here she pauses, trying to catch her breath that she didn't know she was holding. "Just... tell me what you want to create. And I'll create it."

To show that she means it, she looks next to her, and well, a giant willow tree appears. She's always wanted one, and well, now that she doesn't have the school as a backbone for her location simulation? The sky's the limit. At least, that's how it feels anyway.

"I'm very sorry for the disruption."

She folds her hands in front of herself-- and the shimmering... is just not stopping. But otherwise, things look fine? Enjoy the simulated breeze with that willow tree.

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[devotingly]

Holy shit.

[ waver wants to pass out? he's probably going to pass out at any moment. in fact he'll just sit down. ]

Can we do those sorts of things too? Or are you the only one allowed?

[photomode]

If you would like admin permissions, I can grant them.

[please consider how much bandwidth this takes for her, though. :(]

[machrophage]

[So, after putting Rebecca down where she can yell at people as she pleases, Viral occupies his usual spot at the edge of the group, looking upwards to the void in place of the sky.

He doesn't look pleased.]

Don't forget. That's still a ceiling.

[itwasfeyt]

Oh yeah. We still need to drill through it, don't we? I'd almost forgotten.

[Gonna need a big drill.]

[devotingly]

Nah, I don't...think I'd be good enough to have that kind of responsibility. I just thought that it must...be a lot for you, I guess.

[lovedanime]

[Man, Mitarai hasn't even spoken with Viral long enough that he doesn't need to think about this, but he does talk with Gogol about cages all the time, he gets the idea.]

They could set us on fire again at any second... Why didn't it spread this far, anyway?

[photomode]

Don't worry about it. This is a lot for everyone, not just me.

[devotingly]

I think...maybe there's a chance we can work through it. Somehow.

[throwabookatit]

[ Well, what if she wants to not-yell, at him? ]

We're not giving up. [ Fixing her fluffed up hair with one hand and gently touching his arm with the other. ] We'll...break through it, one way or another.

[machrophage]

[Or just a flying one.]

Exactly. It's not over until we have clear sky above our heads.

[starswink]

[The void disturbs him too, and he has no idea where to begin with architecture. But... this much is obvious.]

Eve... first, can you make another sky?

[He looks over at Mishima and hopes he will forgive him for this terribly cliche line. Because a hideously sappy couple is what he's always wanted to be and well. This is his chance to do that unforgettable romantic thing!!]

I want to give him the moon and stars...

[devotingly]

I think...and I don't know a lot about all this computer stuff besides what I read on the library but every program has some sort of backdoor, or something.

Maybe she just got us out of there. Maybe we're outside of the program.

[machrophage]

Why would something made of data blow up in the first place?

[Like you'd think it would more... glitch out of existence.]

[machrophage]

Sometimes even a chance approaching zero is as good as a hundred percent.

[throwabookatit]

Would...that mean we'd be disconnected, from the school? The real school. Away from...where that bawbag of a headmaster could find us?

[sendintheclown]

I know I won't be content to be stuck in another cage.

[His hats in the ring to break out of it, though in a way much unlike his earlier escape acts.]

[devotingly]

Well, I'm not gonna give up. Hell, if we just managed to survive...whatever the hell that was, then I'm pretty sure we can do anything now.

[lovedanime]

Strictly speaking, there's not really a reason it would disappear some other way. There's an elaborate visual filter over everything that happens in this program - like Eve shimmering and the skin of data transferring androids turning white. Our minds are probably filling in the blanks for how a time-sensitive disappearing environment should appear.

[lovedanime]

Let's just hope we can put barbed wire over that back door way.

[itwasfeyt]

Heck, I'd settle for rain, or any actual weather.

[itwasfeyt]

[in the background,]

Aww.

[supportrole]

[ Oh, jeez. Face bright red, he lightly elbows Yoosung in the side, with a laugh. ]

God, that was really corny.

[ But he looks happy about it, and once again, he seeks out his hand with his own. ]

[devotingly]

[ he's going to 100% ignore mitarai and focus on rebecca.

he shrugs. ]

Don't know. In the worst case scenario, he can still manage to find us somehow.

[lovedanime]

[Mitarai is just sitting there against that willow tree. He'd discarded the apron a while ago but still wears short sleeves and shorts, not usual for him at all, and... this is more than he's felt the breeze against his skin in so many years. There's a sketchpad in his lap and a pencil in his hand. And all around him, people; trustworthy comrades. Maybe this is more precisely how it was supposed to be that day.

The people who saw him draw - Osomatsu, Terra, Poe, Amami - are by coincidence all still alive, with one exception that was just a test. When Mitarai has a purpose in mind and is pushing his pencil towards it, the layers of anxiety gradually slough away from his face.

It's the recent explosion, as he promised Gogol.]

[throwabookatit]

Well, I can hope, can't I? [ A heavy sigh. ]