[IC] Overlow @ recolle

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Because Captcha is ridiculous.

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FEB EVENT LOG ➤ 2017.02.03

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➤ Original Top-level

IRIS

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[ Yosuke exhales low through his nose as he crosses his arms, clearly looking unimpressed. ]

You wanna take bets that it's gonna be us noble volunteers?

YIN

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You know, I can't tell if you're actually being serious or not...and I'm not sure which is worse.

[ It's hilarious. This is clearly how you treat your savior. ]

[longwei2go]

[ she just gave a really, really big grin. ] Oh, I'm always dead serious. Can't you tell?

[youraffection]

[ ER... ]

Okay, I decided that option is definitely worse.

[longwei2go]

[ Yin laughs it off and gives him a strong whack on his back. ] I'm just messing with you, dumpster lord.

You gonna go clean up or should I see if there's a fire hose somewhere nearby? If the coast's clear I mean.

[youraffection]

Dumpster lord...

[ He's going to hear that after today, isn't he? ]

Y-Yeah...Yeah. I'm...gonna head home. I'm just gonna be smelling up the party now, anyway.

[longwei2go]

[ absolutely so.

Yin snorted. ] Aw yeah? Well look at it this way; at least no one took pictures, right?

[ one can only hope. ]

[youraffection]

[ Don't make him worry... ]

...You didn't, right?

[longwei2go]

[ Yin just grins. ] I think that's between me and Snapchat.

[ spoiler: she doesn't even USE that service. ]

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[ HE'S TOTALLY GOING TO TRY TO FIND HER ON SNAPCHAT NOW. ]

...I'm seriously hoping that's a joke.

ELEANOR

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Seriously? Yukiko too?

[ She's smart. They're both smart. That's good, he needs credible people around him to make his own suspicions feel validated. ]

There's no way they could just switch out every horse overnight. What would even be the point?

[notyourutopian]

Yeah. I was relieved, I was afraid she'd think I'd gone mad. [With her family not knowing what was going on, if Yukiko hadn't known either, well. Eleanor needed that support, really.]

I haven't any idea, though. No one seems to. Why giant birds? Why...beads with that logo from our phones? None of it makes sense.

[youraffection]

Like, I get phone charms more than giant birds suddenly appearing out of no where. I mean they give free shit away at festivals all the time, right?

[ It seems more rational. Frankly, the chocobos freak him out a lot more. ]

[notyourutopian]

Well, yes. But I was talking more about how you can't always take the beads off.

[She had thrown away the ones around her wrist several times so far.]

But yes, the birds are far strangers. And impossible. [She hesitated.]

...Awfully cute though.

[youraffection]

...Wait, what?

[ He...well, he hadn't really tried. Or cared to up until this point, what with the giant chickens and running for his life. ]

...At risk of repeating myself, what? Those are cute?

[notyourutopian]

The beads. If you throw them away they come back.

[Yes she knows she sounds crazy.]

You don't think they're cute? They're friendly? And soft? I mean, one of them stole my lunch which was odd but still.

Pretty cute.

[youraffection]

...Like a...that...that thingy from Australia?

[ The word is totally escaping him at the moment. ]

Pssh, no way! Birds aren't supposed to be that...big. And rideable.

[notyourutopian]

Ostriches.

And I guess not. But here they are.

And people are riding them.

[youraffection]

These are way bulkier than ostriches!

[ Wait, do people ride those? ]

Besides, it's like I said--to just have this many on hand and switch 'em out for every horse in town? And why update the posters? I even saw a record with a chocobo on it.

GABRIEL

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I did!

[ Now he's animated, waving his hands around. ]

I said, "What the hell, what happened to all the horses?" and they had no idea what I was talking about. Hell, I saw the single for Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and it was changed to "Dark Chocobo"!

[darthvaper]

...that name is terrible.

[LIKE HE'S ACTUALLY ANNOYED BY THAT ALONE. REALLY ANNOYED. If someone referred to something as "Dark Chocobo" he'd strongly consider punching them.

It's that bad.]

But you're right, the change is all over the place. If I hear "chocoboing around" or "hold your chocobo" one more time I'm going to lose my mind.

[youraffection]

Isn't it!?

[ Yosuke's upset on a matter of principle more than the name itself. Mostly because it's wrong. And things that are Wrong bother him. ]

...

[ Wait. ]

Chocoboing...around...

[ He cringes. ]

"You heard it right from the chocobo's mouth"? No, no I can't live in a world like this.

[darthvaper]

We shouldn't have to. There's something crazy going on and most people seem to think it's always been the norm. Sure it seems harmless now, but that means nothing if we have no idea what's going on.

[Maybe he should start doing some digging on his own.]

Best to keep your guard up and your eyes open. I don't want to scare you, but better to be observant than not.

[youraffection]

[ Don't scare him? It...it definitely feels a lot more real coming from someone else, especially an adult. But Yosuke's pretty sure he can be brave with this new budding conspiracy. Or at least he hopes so. ]

Y-Yeah...

[ Okay, it does worry him a bit. ]

So, like...should I try to talk to people about it? Or do you think that's gonna piss 'em off more?