one 王 text ○ handwriting; phone text

[controlsdesire]

[The author of this particular addition to the network seems to understand as much as any other newcomer at first. The numbers had been stuck in his head starting a few days after his arrival into the city, though the event that sparked it was something he had barely noticed. An emotion had pulled at him since then. However, it wasn't particularly jarring or life changing, aside from the fact that he rarely felt any sort of emotion in his every day life.

A carefully handwritten message appears on the network, entirely in Japanese.]

It's not going away.

What does it mean?

[About half an hour later, another message appears on the network. This time, it's a text. It's also in English.]

Nevermind. I found what I was looking for.

Comments

[controlsdesire]

I'm just taking advantage of what is, essentially, public knowledge.

Anything I want to know, I can find out on my own.

[ursoreckless]

It is easy to find things on here, but does that mean you know everything or you just know what we know?

Hate to break it to you but you're going to need to work with others in this.

[controlsdesire]

I know what has been posted. I have the resources to find what else I might need.

I'm not interested in being part of a team.

[ursoreckless]

So, I guess that means you're working in a government position, right? Better be careful with what you're going to look into.

You might not get a choice with that.

[controlsdesire]

I don't plan on making a show of it.

There's always a choice.

[ursoreckless]

Everything's a show; you just have to find the right way to do it.

I think the whole bit about 'waking up with a string of numbers' means that the choices are going to start to disappear.

[controlsdesire]

I didn't wake up with it. There was no precursor.

[ursoreckless]

You sure about that? It doesn't have to be a big event to make the numbers appear. It could have been a dream, a word, a simple look, or even love.

[controlsdesire]

None of that.

[ursoreckless]

I think you're just saying it's so or you forgot. But that's okay. We all have our issues.

[controlsdesire]

[He most certainly did NOT forget. He just... doesn't associate it with his numbers and figures it's a fluke.

Also, Shuji can't think of a response to the message that doesn't give more personal details away, so he doesn't reply.]

hover over the kanji~

[ursoreckless]

[one of the above then. Shou chews on his lip for a moment before typing out a couple lines of some poetry.]

全力でKeep on top走り続ける　君のスピード
抜き去ってしまう　黒い影が見えたら君はどうする？

[controlsdesire]

[That's vaguely familiar in the type of annoying it is, though it's been so long since he's had contact with that particular person that he won't make the association. It'd be far too strange for that connection.]

You're assuming a lot.

[That deadpan snark is something he's had his whole life, too.]

[ursoreckless]

But assuming is fun and it keeps me from getting too bored.

[because boredom is worse than anything ever and Shou has a very active imagination. unfortunately for everyone ever around him.

also, he's going to continue]

立ち止るなら
心に二度と火はつかないさ
右手に宿した運命抱いて

[controlsdesire]

Stop.

[Partially because it's starting to get annoying. Partially because those words are causing that strange feeling in his chest to ache even more.]

[ursoreckless]

That bad? I thought it was an okay attempt.

[controlsdesire]

Not that.

[ursoreckless]

Then what?

[controlsdesire]

[Guess who's not answering?]

[ursoreckless]

Don't make me try to finish that poem.

[controlsdesire]

[You can't see, but he's making this face.]

I'll say this once. I'm not sharing anything.

[ursoreckless]

Good for you, but I really don't think that this is the kind of problem that just one person can fix.

[controlsdesire]

I don't intend to fix it.

[ursoreckless]

Do you really think that whatever's out there looking for people with these numbers will leave you alone?

[controlsdesire]

I'm not like the rest of you.

If something happens, I'll handle it on my own.