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junpei tenmyouji

CHAMPION CHALLENGER

"There's a Japanese saying: Assume everyone you meet is a thief. It means you should never trust strangers so easily."

W1: Got to know his fellow Champions. Mostly kept his shit on the down-low, although Ardyn learned some things. When he wasn't investigating, he spent a lot of time with Ardyn, Nishitani, Finn, Yuuri, and Clarith. Attacked Kip, but was prevented from doing damage by PAL.
W2: Got DRUNK AS A SKUNK and let several things slip, particularly to Mai and Finn. Hosted boys' night, helped fight a ghost. Missed the investigation into Mikaela's death, but did turn up to the trial. Bonded with Yuuri afterwards.
W3: Revealed some of his history re: the Nonary Game. Balled hard at bowling. Further cemented bonds with Church, Ardyn, and Yuuri. Trained with Nishitani, worked towards an understanding with Angel. Flirted the HELL with Yuuri at the King's Game. Helped investigate Finn's body and totally turned on Lee at the trial.
W4: Remembered C-End 1. Kissed Yuuri, did not define the relationship. Got Ardyn's powers and now 90% of his feelings are dead. Got knocked out by a demon and woke up after the trial.
W5: Remembered "Junpei's Plan." Finally came clean to everyone about the Nonary Game and SHIFTing in full, shared what he discussed with Takumi. Thinks they may all have had their consciousnesses transferred in by something like SHIFTing into 3-D printed bodies. Finally had sex with Yuuri. Tried to save Kip from "punishment" by PAL; lost an arm in the process. Now in possession of a cool robot arm. Blew a fucking gasket over Angel and Rhys's murder-suicide after the trial.
W6: Remembered getting into the Dcom experiment. Has started trying to put together the disjointed pieces of his memory fragments. So firmly bound to Yuuri, Church, and Ardyn now that he'll have a nuclear meltdown if any of them die. Very close to Nari as well and starting to feel protective of Choromatsu. Only has one shirt left. Steadily becoming less anti- and more hero. After Heart and the girls saved Choromatsu, he's left feeling relieved, but unsure and unsettled by the change in routine and PAL's silence.

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clarith

CHAMPION BYSTANDER

W1: Nervous and kind of helpless. Watch her.

Seems like a more accurate title for her would be Champion Victim instead of Champion Bystander. She's clearly suffered long-term, systematic abuse, so no wonder she's so constantly terrified of everyone. Didn't understand the gas range or what a pen is--could Lee be right? Have we really been brought from such disparate times and places?

W2: She's doing her best. Even though it's clear just about everything's overwhelming for her, she tries to be helpful and look after others. I ended up telling her about the rat experiment... I don't know how she took it.

Humongous crush on Mikaela.

W3: Mikaela's gone. She's handling the loss better than I ever could. I hope she's all right. Incredible singing voice.

W4: It's incredible after everything that happened in the first case, but I think Clarith's become one of our rocks. She's reliably kind, patient, and a reservoir of stability. It's... really something, to see her trying new things and finding reasons to smile.

W5: The strongest of us, bar none. If we lose her, I don't know what we'll do.

W6: She might be wearing down. Has plans to perform ceremonies for the dead, though, at least. It'll help us, but what about her? She's also gotten interested in PAL. She may be key in figuring him out.

W8: It was such a HUGE relief to realize the one I was angry with was PAL, not her. I was angry on her behalf--and maybe she can forgive him since it turned out okay (for a given definition of 'okay'), but I can't. Not entirely. I apologized to him, but I still don't trust him, and I don't understand how she can.

But I'm grateful she's here to do that. A problem this complex can never be solved from one viewpoint alone. The way she looks at PAL, the way the others do, and me--eventually, together, we're bound to discover the truth behind what--or who--he is.

I understand why she did what she did; if I'd been allowed more time to think, to run through every possible scenario, I might have done the same, if for very different reasons. (Again, not trusting Spider-Bot.) I forgive her, and I hope she keeps looking for the truth her way. And I really hope she and Arianna are happy together. She's grown a lot and she deserves something better than this.

Edited 2017-07-06 00:04 (UTC)

wisniewski

CHAMPION COMEBACK

W1: Show business? Need more information.

This girl's made a lot of assumptions about how and why she's here but she's not stupid. Not only did she notice the clarity of the stars, she caught onto my mind-wiping theory easily enough and took it to another level. I should catch up with her later and see what else she thinks.

Good thing Westerners generally prefer to go by first names, because I have no goddamn clue how to pronounce Wisniewski.

W2: So she's from about the same year I am. Wonder if it means anything?

W3: She was really desperate to believe this wasn't real. Still, she's sharp. Now that the grace period's over, I wonder what role she'll take? Might be the Clover of this group.

W4: What a bitch.

Edited 2017-06-05 22:35 (UTC)

kawasumi

CHAMPION SCAPEGOAT

W1: Very quiet, makes odd logical leaps. Young. Don't know what she's thinking, but she's got an open, flexible mind. Hah, I sound like a teacher or an old man...

W2: I vaguely remember talking to her while I was wasted. No idea what I said, but I feel... like she's a really, really good kid.

W3: God dammit...

Edited 2017-05-30 14:20 (UTC)

arianna

CHAMPION SOVEREIGN

W1: Is she real?????

She's exactly what I'd express a princess to be, and that cheerful attitude of hers might prove vital not only to her survival, but to everyone's. Almost painfully naive, though. Don't know how useful she'll be aside from keeping up morale.

W3: Thinks while we're stuck here, we should work on our skills. Seems to take that advice to heart herself as well.

W4: Rii-san's best friend, I think. Close with Clarith, too. I can't fault her her determination, but isn't it hard to stay so upbeat week after week?

W5: Five weeks and she remains able to smile. Losing people week after week is hard on her--we can all see it, how much she cries--but somehow she still manages to pick it back up. If anything happens to her, the world'll get a lot darker.

W6: She's the only one who gets me to smile without even thinking about it, this deep into the shit. A really good kid.

W8: You know what? Arianna's not a kid. It's not that the punches don't hit her, or that she doesn't get just as angry or betrayed or hurt as we do. It's that she knows how to get back up. She's a survivor, an adventurer, a real sovereign--someone who, like Dad, will pull out unconquerable strength for the people they're responsible for.

Without her, we could have lost Clarith. Maybe not like we almost lost Choromatsu, but in the way we would have fallen apart in the aftermath of Queenie's 'execution.'

As for me, I know I'm not the one Arianna goes to keep from being lost herself. Somehow, we always end up talking about... not things that don't matter, but things that don't quite matter here. But they do. It's like spelling out pipe in the belly of the Gigantic as we solve the final mysteries. We remind each other--we remind one another, all of us--that even at our gravest, human lives are ultimately strange, funny little things.

That's why we need to interrogate our mashed potatoes. Or play silly pun games. That's why we--or some of us, anyway--need to get married.

And if it does come to it, I hope she knows she can rely on me.

Edited 2017-07-06 00:31 (UTC)

nari

CHAMPION ELEMENTALIST

W1: Sharp, fatalistic college girl. Doesn't seem to think much of people. Great sense of humor. Might be a good drinking buddy, but don't trust her. She makes no secret of liking to keep secrets. Moved around a lot, doesn't have friends, really into science.

Worried enough about the "get away with murder" rule to take inventorying and group meetings on herself. The hell kind of experience has she had?

Might be a good idea to let her take the lead as far as group dynamics go. She's got the drive and charisma, and I'm not the hapless, charming boy I used to be.

W3: She's doing the callous, prickly thing. Far be it from me to judge, but does she actually think that works?

W4: Not doing well after the trial... or maybe after the memory recall. Told me more about how her powers are entwined with her feelings and her life. I should try to reach out to her more; she may be the most like me here.

W5: If Church is my best friend, Nari's like my bantering buddy cop--and my lifesaver, I guess. I don't know how she thinks I could ever hate her. I want to be here for her, just like she's been here for me.

W6: Freaked out bad about being called a puppet at the last trial. PTSD-trigger bad. Seems to be doing better now, but she changes moods so easily. Better look out for her. She's so sentimental. Definitely would've lost Choromatsu without her.

W8: She called me one of her best friends. Nonspecific family, even. And you know what? I feel the same. It's more than a work relationship, even more than a work friendship. I'd take a bullet for Nari. I'd take a bullet for anyone here. But I also know Nari would take the bullet out of me and vaporize whoever was shooting, because she's quick and mercurial and cares so much--she is the one here most like me.

I don't know what I'd do without her. Not as a detective--Nishitani-san proved I can at least manage--but as someone who gets me, someone I can toe that line between feelings and defense with without feeling like I'm failing someone either way. Church is my best friend, but that means we share everything eventually; Nari is my friend, and that means I can rely on her not to hide the body with me, if that makes sense. We can keep each other level in a way that isn't too codependent. Detective and medical examiner--we give one another information and perspective.

If we do end up going back to my Earth, Akane better let her join Crash Keys.

Edited 2017-07-06 02:38 (UTC)

queenie

CHAMPION PUKWUDGIE

W1: A witch. Magic is real, boys and girls! She can read minds and has a magic wand, hahaha, Christ, where did I go wrong in my life?

My worldview falling apart aside, she's bubbly and easily delighted or charmed. The kind of woman you might expect to see on some kind of high-class businessman's arm. It makes her too easy to underestimate.

W2: Holy SHIT, she can drink. Damn, girl!

W3: Honestly, one of the sweetest people here. Tells me I'm smart. Hooked up with Nishitani???? She needs to make it out of here and get back to her sister.

W4: Collapsed at Wisniewski's trial; took the whole thing really hard. I'm really worried she's going to wear herself out. She's too good for this. Still trying to promote fun things and love, despite Wisniewski's words.

W5: I think we're losing her. Queenie...

W6: I should give her more credit. Every loss hits her harder, but as long as she's got something to hold onto, she gets back up. She's doing better now that she knows her time's Big Bad's locked up--and gone right back to taking care of all of us. She's also got really high emotional intelligence; she knows how to work with people. It's occurred to me recently that we're actually the same age.

W8: I am so, so glad she's okay, it's unbelievable. I don't even care if I cried in front of God and everyone; I don't care if she tried to kill us for a stupid heroic gesture. (Okay, I care a little bit about that.) For every collapse, every failure, Queenie's given us ten more reasons to smile, to trust, to believe in something, and we, as a group, could not have stood to lose even one more person, no matter what we all said about fighting on. And we especially couldn't have weathered losing her. Not for long. The anger would've burned out eventually. You can't fight a war without hope, faith, and love on your side.

That said, what she tried to do... what she did to Nishitani-san... there's nothing I know more firmly than that that was wrong. Ten lives for billions--that's just numbers. It doesn't account for our memories, who we are, the lives we could lead. It's like I asked her before: Doesn't surviving have some kind of meaning?

I know she regrets what she did. I wonder if she'll come to the point where she can understand why it was the wrong path. I may not think humanity's so ugly anymore--in no small part thanks to her--but an act like that, that kind of balancing the scales--there's no scale for human lives.

So I don't mind hanging on to Clover's bookmark again until she understands. I believe she can.

Edited 2017-07-06 02:49 (UTC)

angel

CHAMPION TRAITOR

W1: Shy? Obviously not trusting her, but she doesn't seem to know what's up with her title herself, and I can't see it, either. What's up with her skin, though?

She's well-meaning, but I kind of snapped at her about heroes. Shit, she seemed really scared. I should apologize, but...

W3: Has powers, but I don't know the details. Definitely had a lonely life. We're on solid footing again as far as communication goes--she's the one who best understands how very little I'm about this life.

W4: Called me the hell out about my apparent lack of selfish assholery. I told her she could trust me. Ugh. What am I going to do if I'm really forced to live up to that trust?

W5: She really is a traitor. People died for her weakness. But she told us about it; and she'd never choose to do it again. I believe that. I believe in her.

W6: I didn't know how I felt. Now I do. I'm pissed. I understand every single part of why she gave up and fuck your tepid altruism, Angel. Do you know what you did to us?

W1: Intro Log | First meeting.

W1: Thurs. | Potato theories.

W2: Mon. | Can I trust you, Junpei?

W3: Mon. | Let me tell you about Borderlands.

W3: Thurs. | Greetings, Champion Traitor.

W3: Afterparty | Yes! Fine! I don't want to see more people die!

W4: Wed. | Karaoke: On my planet, sirens are supposed to sing.

W4: Afterparty | I promised you, didn't I? That you can rely on me.

W5: Sun. | It's Jack. Not my father.

W5: Investigation | Where angels fear to tread.

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-06-20 15:16 (UTC)

mary

CHAMPION TWIN

W1: Jesus, someone get this kid home. She's seriously just a kid. Superheroine or not, she shouldn't be here.

W4: Boiled Wisniewski's shit down to "There are good people and bad people." I wish it were that simple, kid.

W5: And now she knows. It's not that simple.

W1: Thurs. | Superheroine-for-hire?

W4: Investigation | Heroes never win.

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-06-15 18:01 (UTC)

yuuri

CHAMPION GREEN THUMB

W1: Seems like a nice, normal girl without being boring. Easy to talk to. Lives at her high school still despite apparently not taking classes? Huh.

...Nice hair. God, with the gentle teasing, she really does remind me too much of her.

W2: She was worrying about a scar she doesn't remember, but she seems to be doing better. Enough so that... she said I could call her Rii-san, like her friends. I know I shouldn't get attached...

Why... do I associate her with purple and frills...?

W3: Aagjkdlsre;lkf WELL I REMEMBER WHAT THE FRILLS ARE ABOUT NOW!

Is currently living through the zombie apocalypse, Christ. I thought she was so normal. And with everything that's going on, she still had patience with me. God... I want her and her friends to be safe. Smile. Do things like any other girls.

W4: We kissed. I kissed her. God help me, after everything that's happened... I don't know what to do. I don't know if I can do anything. But I need her to live. She has to live.

W5: Sometimes, it's like we're the only two people left in the world. She's not Kanny. But what I feel for her isn't the same, anyway. Yuuri more than anyone... I have to get her out of here.

W6: Survivor's trauma. She blocked out the memories of her own sister. This isn't like Kanny, throwing us all into the Nonary Game, pulling her own body out of the ashes like a phoenix. Yuuri's never reached out to anyone, never could. Whatever it takes. I'm going to save her.

W8: I love her.

I'll never not love Akane, too. We'll always be two parts of the same equation. She'll always be the person--the cause--the event that shaped me, the me I am in this history. She'll always be my childhood friend. The mastermind to my challenger. The mind that touched mine.

But Yuuri is someone I don't think of in metaphor or memory. She's here, with me--a real, living person, not a magnetic force I can't resist, a dramatic obsession. If Akane made me what I am, Yuuri brought me back to who I am, just by being there, by being human, by smiling and crying and loving me.

Yuuri Wakasa calls me things like precious, says she wants to protect me. And I look at her, this woman who's been through so much it's broken her, like Ardyn, like Church, and I feel like she really can. She's already saved me, has been saving me, ever since the first trial... no, since the moment we met. She makes me laugh even when I want the world to burn--she makes me laugh even when she does, when we both do, because I believe in her.

She didn't ask me to save Ruu-chan or her friends, but I'll do it. One: Because they deserve to be saved. And two: Because it'll make her happy.

Yuuri's made me happy, here.

Edited 2017-07-06 01:04 (UTC)

mikaela

CHAMPION OF THE MILLENNIUM TREE FOREST

Shit. Sorry, Mikaela. I hope, in some other history, you and Clarith had the chance to be happy.

W2: Investigation | Good-bye, Giving Tree.

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-05-30 15:09 (UTC)

roland

CHAMPION OF LOKAPALA

W1: Chill guy for a resistance fighter. No reason to believe he isn't a demon, though. Well-spoken.

WELL OKAY, FUCK ME, I GUESS HE IS A DEMON! MAZAL TOV, JUNPEI, SCIENCE IS BUNK!

For all that he's playing the cool older guy role, he's got a fiery temper when it comes to particular issues--you know, maybe he and Snake are cut from the same cloth. Deeply concerned about our younger members... which I think he's including me in.

Thanks to him, I'm now Tenmeowji. Great.

W3: Still one of the steadiest people here, despite his temper. Good support for Nari. Kind to everyone. Really fucked up about Mai. Admitted he's a recovering alcoholic; now I feel bad about boys' night.

W4: I haven't seen such stern, fatherly concern since... well, probably the last time I talked to my dad. Buzz off, Roland. I'm an adult, I can wreck myself if I want.

W5: Wasn't even there for his trial. I'll never know what he was thinking.

W1: Intro Log | First meeting.

W2: Mon. | Hangover king.

W3: Afterparty | You're not my REAL dad.

W4: Trial | Eat your heart out.

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-06-15 18:18 (UTC)

nishitani-san

CHAMPION CHAIRMAN OF THE KIJIN CLAN, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE OMI

W1: A high-ranking yakuza (has bodyguards) and a total asshole. We're gonna be friends.

Honestly, Nishitani's a simple guy to understand. Let him have his violence, his family, and some sexy people to feel up, and he's pretty happy-go-lucky. He likes me well enough--of course, it's good for mobsters to have a detective on their side. And he thinks I'm funny.

Maybe I'm more comfortable with him than I am with some of the others because I've been steeped in his world so long. What would she think if she could see me now...?

W2: I think he genuinely likes me. Like, not LIKE like; we've agreed we're out of each other's age brackets. But he's easy to get along with and sees some things in a clearer, simpler way than I can.

W3: Why do he and Queenie work so well together? Incredible. Get it, Nishitani-san. We've set a date to, uh, work on my fighting technique. Maybe soon I'll actually be able to win a fistfight, haha.

W4: Not much to update. Nishitani-san is the most consistent, unaffected Champion here, and thank God for that.

W5: Note to self: Don't ever underestimate Nishitani-san. He figured out Ardyn's deal long before we did. And after Roland's trial and remembering getting murdered--and someone he cares about, too, I think?--he's more dangerous than he used to be. Well, maybe not. But the edges are closer to the surface.

W6: He's in much better spirits. Weirdly, he and Arianna both are kind of... our bastions of good humor? I mean, there's Church, but I get more of a genuinely--happy isn't the right word in a place like this, but I'm glad Nishitani's here to cheer us up with his gangster shit.

W8: I miss him. We're still together, but honestly, without him, we're barely hanging on. We needed you, Nishitani-san. I know you did this for Queenie, for thousands of people, but did you really... think we weren't worth sticking around for?

Edited 2017-07-06 01:06 (UTC)

dad

CHAMPION OF THE INFERNIAN

W1: Nice enough guy, but maybe kind of unhinged? Claims to have "healing magic." Pretty ticked off about his profile. With reason, I guess.

Got more information on his powers, and they seem... well, I don't know. Either way, he's definitely got that kingly attitude--looks after the people, knows how to command. Ugh, if anything, he reminds me of Ace. Maybe it's the hair.

W2: The way his kingdom is set up is so fucking unfair. I hate it. Maybe that's why he's so oriented to look after the rest of us, though. Worried about the lack of change all this time. Me too.

W3: All this--it's wearing on him. Not just the deaths, but his missing memories and the lack of power. I gave him back his ring and he was very upset when it didn't work. But he's still got enough in him to look after Church and Clarith. ...And me.

W4: In retrospect, something was definitely off with him on Sunday. Check in with him ASAP.

W5: I understand now what was off with him. I understand... so much. Why he is like he is. What it feels like, to carry all that hate inside and not know anything else, to wait endless day after day to feel anything. It's incredible that even now, he still finds some dim ember of caring for me. For Church. For anyone.

He may have been kidding when he named me his royal advisor. But he did it when I was that. I'm not going to leave him behind now. I'm not going to leave him behind ever.

Someone who would take on the pains of all the world... no matter how it's turned out, that's someone I'm going to save.

W6: Something's changed again. I don't think it was me. If anyone, it was Church. But he's not as angry. I don't really believe in kings and crap, but... this one I choose to serve. To protect.

W8: I'm not sure if he adopted me or if I adopted him, but I am never, ever letting go of Tenmyouji Ardyn, no matter how many gods or planets or bullshit magical fate systems I have to destroy in the process. This whole game--his whole damn life has seriously kicked his ass, and watching him and Church splinter harder and harder makes me scared like nothing else.

But he's here. And he's really, really here. After all the brimstone and darkness, he's not just going through the motions or drowning under the weight of his history or suffering as the vengeful shade his ideals turned him into--all those things are still things that are part of him, but he's more than that. He's here. And he intends to stay with us. And that's all he needs to do it. Everything else, we can help him with. He's not alone, because he's keeping us not alone.

It's not like I need a dad. I wasn't lying when I told him I have one; I think I'm actually one of the less unfortunate people that've wound up here, all things considered. But I do need him. I need him for Church, for Yuuri. I need him for me. And he needs family. If Church and I can latch onto his joke promotions and make them real, he can latch onto my idiot slips and make them real. Because that's what makes us real.

I'm... proud, that he chose my name. I'm proud to be by his side, whatever form that takes. And I'll do him proud, too.

W1: Intro Log | First meeting.

W1: Thurs. | 7-8 bathroom.

W2: Sun. | BEEP BEEP.

W2: Mon. | A gentleman and a scholar (king).

W2: Wed. | Boys' night: Kweh kweh!

W2: Afterparty | "We were doing well." "Were we?"

W3: Sun. | The Ring of the Lucii.

W3: Mon. | Have you heard of morphogenetic field theory?

W3: Wed. | Rabbits and coeurls.

W4: Sun. | Having a rough morning, are we?

W4: Tues. | What the hell magic bullshit did you trade me.

W4: Wed. | Swear to me that you'll remember that.

W4: Thurs. | Share a Coke with Ardyn.

W4: Afterparty | Just let me be halfway relieved you're still alive.

W5: Sun. | Philomela.

W5: Mon.. | Humans really are selfish creatures.

W5: Wed. | I've tolerated worse.

W6: Mon. | Ten of spades. You're stuck with me now.

Edited 2017-07-06 01:44 (UTC)

church

CHAMPION GHOST

W1: TOTAL KID. Definitely isn't taking this seriously enough, but helps take the pressure off. Is he really in the military? Shit, I wish circumstances were different, because I like him a lot.

Who allowed him to be so large, though? Why are half the guys here so huge?

W2: When's the last time I had a friend and it felt so easy?

W3: Still by far the easiest person to talk to. Really upset about the deaths, particularly about not getting to bury them. Good rapport with the Overseers, or at least Diver. Came to me with information about the girls' bodies. Made me feel like part of a team.

W4: Can I call him my best friend? Is it weird for a grown man to find his first male best friend this late in life?

W5: Jesus, cut this guy a goddamned break. It's enough that he has to deal with our bullshit, but whatever happened with his girlfriend--damn. You know what? It's fine. I've got him. He's got Ardyn, I've got him. Whatever else this place throws at us, he's got enough to carry and he's already too good for it.

W6: Started to splinter a bit after Angel's suicide. Seems to be doing a little better this week, but I know it's not all out of his system. It can't be. God, though, it's so good to have a teammate, I don't--I don't know what I'll do if this gets him next. He's my best friend.

W8: He was tortured. They fractured him for an experiment. They did that to Church, the one who's... He's always looking out for people, checking in, letting us feel like part of something and inviting us back to his world whether we need a home or not, insisting that we're a team, family, supporting us and--how could they do that? I don't care if he's an AI, he's a person, he had a girlfriend and a best friend and he loves his team, you can tell in the way he says he hates them, and even though he's a soldier and a dudely dude, he's not afraid to hug people, he shoots the shit with me about comic book characters and they broke and killed him.

It's beyond what Akane did to me. Beyond what Delta did to all of us. I don't care why they did it, what their reasoning could possibly have been for treating him like--like material. Like equipment, when he's one of the most human of us here. When he feels so damn much.

He said, rather than getting somewhere (relatively) safe, he wants us all to stay together. I'll make that happen. I can't even imagine going anywhere without him, without everyone. But especially not without Church, Ardyn, and Yuuri. We're really... we really are a family. And like Nari said--family sticks together.

But in the meantime, I really want to go back to his world and kick a shitty old man in the face. I'm assuming this "Director" taint stain is a shitty old man. They usually are.

Until then, he's got me and Yuuri and Ardyn and everyone else who loves him in this mansion. Queenie. Heart. We've got his back. Everything he's remembered... it's all been in his past. The Church we know is the one who's always been with us. We can be the ones to carry him to safety, this time.

Edited 2017-07-06 02:27 (UTC)

falcon

CHAMPION OF RESISTANCE

~~How the HELL did Junpei win the roommate lottery this thoroughly?~~

W1: Finn seems like a good egg so far. Naive, maybe, but eager to help and just a little bit... ah, obedient. I may as well look out for him, since we're bunking together.

W2: He looked out for me while I was drunk. God, I... I must've been a wreck, but he stuck around.

W3: Falcon's like... a big, cuddly teddy bear. Is that weird for me to think? He should be a little more intimidating, as a space soldier, but he's even less imposing than Church. He had a hard time voting.

W4: Fuck. Falcon... you deserved better. I'll make sure Poe gets your letter. I hope he's hot. You never told me.

Edited 2017-06-05 23:42 (UTC)

rhys

CHAMPION HACKER

W1: Braggy, but kind of an awkward doofus. Doesn't seem that bad and could be very useful, if what he said about hacking with his robotic arm is true.

W3: Still don't know him that well. Reno calls him Reese's Pieces. Hilarious.

W4: Are he and Angel... dating?

W5: Really not a bad guy. Made some godawful decisions and killed a lot of people, but he really seems more like a normal guy thrown into bullshit circumstances. Or, well. A normal guy who threw himself into bullshit circumstances. He cares a lot about Angel.

W6: God dammit, Rhys. That was some bullshit you pulled.

...

May you and Angel find some peace out there.

W1: Thurs. | In-tater-rogation.

W2: Wed. | Cards.

W5: Wed. | Guess we match, haha...

W5: Trial | Hacker voice: I'm out.

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-06-20 15:51 (UTC)

heart

CHAMPION OF COMPASSION

W1: Almost cartoonishly idealistic and earnest. Rebellion leader. A kind of robot? Might explain that simplistic, heroic attitude. "Heart" is what he excels at.

He may have simple beliefs, but that doesn't mean he's simple. He helped think through the implications of my mind-wipe theory.

ALSO HE TURNS INTO A FRICKIN' POWER RANGERS MONSTER OF THE DAY Jesus Christ I want to go home.

W2: Nosy, but chill once he's satisfied.

W3: IMPORTANT SCIENCE UPDATE: Robots CAN get drunk! And he's a pretty hilarious drunk. Kind of deadpan and goofy.

W4: Looks like this is all starting to take its toll on him. Of course, you'd expect the Champion of Compassion to take all this loss and suspicion hard.

W5: Like Ardyn, also a supervillain. Unlike Ardyn, he's genocidal because he wants to protect his people. Very Magneto of him. Who am I to judge?

W6: God, he didn't take that horseshit well at all. I haven't seen him much since the trial. Hope he's all right. Or the closest any of us can get to that, anyway.

W8: Heart's been through so much--as much as Church, probably, as much as the worst any of us have gone through--I'm so glad Queenie's found him, has taken him into that boundless affection. I don't know how he does it, sticking with us, throwing the gauntlet in when everything else likely should have ruined his trust forever. He already had no reason to like humans; but I'm glad he's on our side. And if I understand the significance of becoming a Kamen Rider, I'm glad that, in his past, he's found that ability to be a hero. It destroyed Ardyn and it came close to ruining me--but in a situation like this, I think it'll be something that saves him. Something he can rely on even when it seems there's so little to fight for.

He's the most physically powerful of us left, I think. With Ardyn's powers limited, he may have to take point if it comes to a fight. Since Nishitani-san is gone... maybe I can learn more hand-to-hand from him. I think I can trust him not to hold back more than I need.

W1: Tues. | Tattoo parlor.

W2: Sun. | You're going to stab it.

W2: Wed. | Tonight, Heart, you are your own robot.

W4: Wed. | For me, that transformation is as easy as breathing.

W5: Mon. | Your goal... was to conquer humanity?

07/08/15 | Short description of the thread here.

Edited 2017-07-06 02:56 (UTC)

sketch

CHAMPION USELESS HETEROSEXUAL

W1: Possibly the most normal guy here, including me. Knows his anime tropes. BECAUSE HE'S FROM AN ANIME???

W3: Remains the most normal, decent dude, still including me. Offered painkillers ahead of boys' night, so he definitely cares for others. The trial really wrecked him.

W4: Wisniewski's little play really fucked him up, I think. He's not trusting what the girls cook anymore.

W5: He's gotten more suspicious and snappy. Not taking any of this well at all. Does he have anyone left to trust...?

W6: Whether or not he trusts any of us anymore, he still... he still cares. It's getting muted by all this crap and he's dissociating from everything something awful, but he still wants a place among us, I think. Still wants to be useful. I feel kind of... responsible for him, in a way. He lost Takumi and I'm at least familiar with his franchise, so... and we're both Japanese. Maybe that's it. It's the closest either of us can get to home.

W8: After that fucking scare, somehow Choromatsu's come back with more fire and determination than ever. Hearing the way he talks now wakes that back up in me. If he can do it, we all can. I'm glad to have him with us. Who knew the gag anime character could be such a shounen hero?

With Takumi gone, I don't mind stepping in a little, offering what support I can. He, Yuuri, and I... we're the last ones to come from something like the same culture. There are things only we can get about one another. Family traditions only we share.

I guess of everyone, he's the most likely not to want to come back to my Earth. He has his brothers he needs to get back to. I don't begrudge him that; maybe that's why I haven't asked him about it. But I'll miss him all the same.

Maybe I should watch his show. The anime's not that old, right...? I think I was ten or eleven when it was on the air...

Edited 2017-07-06 03:01 (UTC)

takumi

CHAMPION TACTICIAN

W1: Is he some kind of samurai? He's not actually as prickly as he put on at first; he seems to get along with the younger crowd especially and made friends easily enough with Nishitani. Might be in the same boat time-period-wise as Clarith (and Ardyn? I'm real confused about him.)

W2: He's curious, too. Good. Seems as eager to investigate this place as I am.

W3: Made good on his kitchen wine deal even after I forgot about it. Also, despite the attitude and the drive to investigate, he's still like any guy our age. Not a bad kid at all.

W4: Shit, and just when he and Finn were starting to discover something nice together. Definitely doesn't deserve this. Hard not to want to look after him. Is this what having a little brother is like?

W5: Probably the smartest guy here, and we had to lose him. God damn.

Edited 2017-06-15 19:07 (UTC)

kip

THE HOST

W1: Don't trust this guy to get you home by nine. Honestly, fuck him. And not even in the fun way. He's trying to be friendly, but he won't pull you out of the hole when you need it.

W2: Fuck him fuck him FUCK HIM. How the hell does he think we're just playing with our lives on the line like this?

W3: Pitiable. But I still don't like him.

W4: He... doesn't seem to have any concept of love. Explaining this is way above my pay grade...

W5: I was right there and I couldn't save him. Right there. And now... I never even told him we were friends. That he was more than just stuck with us. That he was one of us.

Do you think he got to know what love was?

W1: Intro Log | Meet the hosts.

W1: Fri. | I'm not doing this again!

W3: Tues. | I still don't like you. [LOCKED]

W3: Wed. | King's Game: How do you like your footrubs?

W3: Wed. | Thanks--thanks for the heads up. [LOCKED]

W4: Mon. | I'd like to unsee it, if possible.

W4: Afterparty | I've got a special delivery!

W5: Motive | And the winner is...

STATUS: DEAD

Edited 2017-06-15 19:17 (UTC)

cee

THE INTERN

W3: A nice enough girl who doesn't really deserve this. But you reap what you sow.

W4: A good sport and a good time, once she eases into the party. Her hair color is actually due to a... hard light projector? She said I could play around with it some time. Wonder if Kip's is the same deal?

W5: We need to keep her safe, now. It's up to us.

W6: Uh. Is now officially one of our Overseers? Hoo...ray? Poor Cee.

W8: Her alien form is awesome! Why'd you hold out on us, Cee?

She's coming with us when we get out of here. No question. PAL can promote her to Overseer all he likes, he can't change that she's one of us.

W2: Mon. | Can I ask you something?

W2: Motive | Cece chase: Enter the guesthouse.

W3: King's Game | The king demands your best impressions.

W5: Wed. | I'm so sorry.

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Edited 2017-07-06 03:05 (UTC)

p.a.l.

THE A.I.

W3: Controls the mansion. Controls the life support. Whee.

W5: PUT A ROBOT ARM ON ME????????

W8: Something's weird. Something's happening. But I feel like--maybe it was happening all along, and I just couldn't see it. 'Truth had gone, truth had gone, and truth had gone. Ah, now truth is asleep in the darkness of the sinister hand.'

What am I missing?

PAL... who is he?

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