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[Hello Vatheon! You might not have heard much from this guy (if at all), but he'd been staying relatively to himself since appearing here in Vatheon.

Now, he's finally got a reason to use the SFC.]

Some time has passed since my initial arrival here, and I was able to secure a good amount of information. However, I'm curious. Is there any one person, or group of people who have kept records of their stay here? The intervals between arriving and leaving and who stays and who goes, and these "curses" that I've heard about.

I'm not only looking for a pattern, but I am attempting to find this for my own personal records as well.

I appreciate your time, and I'm waiting for any insight you might have.

[aaand that's that.]

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[ do you know how rare it is that there's someone on the network actually inquiring about information that isn't a full-blown newcomer... IT NEVER HAPPENS. honestly, people get too comfortable around here unless there's a curse going on... so regardless to say, this catches his attention. ]

There is actually quite the pattern! Although I've noticed this primarily from observation than record— [ this guy must be relatively new here to have not noticed it himself. ]

I do have a collection of records you might be interested in, Mister—?

[Well Lelouch is a little...different, I guess you can say.

Just a little.]

Is there? [Yes, he's only been here for about a month, if he kept his own records up accurately (which he has, of course).] I'm very interested to hear about your findings, then.

Lelouch. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Yes, very— and by that I mean the "very" same to you, of course!

[ perfect, this was working out nicely already. the man was willing to overlook the oddity of a locked voice for the promise of some actual information being handed to him. however, break is a man that thrives from collecting information, not handing it out. ]

Right... How long have you been here, Mister Lelouch?

[Well then this would be interesting; Lelouch wouldn't give up any information he would've found without an equivalent exchange. And he was used to locked conversations and moments where it needed to be more private than it normally would.]

About a month. Not long enough to gather a large amount of information, however. May I ask the same of you?

Not long enough to catch the patterns, then, is it? I've been here nearly four months, to be exact. Allow me to send you a page here, since I'm sure it would be of more value to you than a spoken piece.

[ a momentary pause as break fiddles with his device; the sound of clicking and a few beeping buttons— he's gotten the hang of these things by now, and they're quite wonderful for storing "documents" in...non-physical ones, of course. he's never been blessed with this sort of convenience being in the past and all, and it's wonderful. he usually keeps all sensitive information locked away in his mind, but fickle things he notes— like the message he's just sent to lelouch: ]

On a monthly basis, nearing the 22nd in date, a large influx of newcomers appears to be the norm. I've questioned others concerning the fact, and they have all confirmed this to be the case.

The primary point of arrival seems to be the plaza, and all individuals arrive in the same state - very wet and all too curious. If the individual has by some anomaly been here before, a loss of all recollection concerning their prior stay is common. If they find people familiar to them from back home, inconsistencies in memories between them all is common.

Time is a fickle thing here.

[This wasn't all new to him, but it did help to get something to back what he already knew up. At the very least, he had a date that new arrivals would be coming in.

The inconsistencies in memories was really all too close to home, as he's already had to deal with that.]

Time is a fickle thing indeed. I suspected some of what you sent already. Your information just provides further background - and for that, I'm grateful for it.

[ it's a good thing lelouch isn't a dumbass!! well...kind of... because this was partially a test of sorts— since lelouch was actually aware of this knowledge, it meant he was at least a little more intelligent than your average vatheonite...an ant with wings amongst all the other little ants, but regardless, still an ant on the ground of his tea party. ]

I disagree, Mister Lelouch— time, while a fickle thing in this location, still runs alongside a clock. Tick-tock, Mister Lelouch, every man has his date with Hell. Some are simply a tad later than others.

Now let me ask you: What of a place where pain is so very real, and death were feasible, but a grave not!

[Rude, Break. Why do I always end up saying that in our threads at least once?

HM.]

Perhaps, unless time has stopped entirely for someone. Do you believe that's possible?

[Let him work on that if he wants.]

A riddle? [He works on it for a moment. Why would Break be telling him something about the world he came from? No, that would be much too obvious. And he definitely wasn't talking about Lelouch's own world; the chance for that was long past. They were on the subject after all; why would Break be randomly talking about anything else?] Are you implying that the dead doesn't stay that way here?

[ because you want me ]

Indefinitely? I do not. You'd have to be "God" for that sort of thing, and that would depend on whether or not you believe in "God"— in essence, "God" does not exist unless our minds acknowledge it to be so, in which case "God" is merely a collective of our minds.

The mind will deteriorate, Mister Lelouch— even the most reasonable man can fall mad. Therefore, we as reasonable men can say that "God" might go mad as well and commit suicide! Anything can be killed, and simply because it can be killed means that it cannot last an eternity. Now the question is whether or not you believe in that sort of thing.

[ even if he did, he would have to be "god" for it to work— do you fancy yourself a god, lelouch? break actually isn't even interested in this subject— he's simply speaking in a very elaborate riddle sense rather than literal terms; he's not speaking to educate. it's because he's interested in lelouch— his reactions, opinions, etcetera... ]

Mm-hm! Excellent, you've caught on rather quickly. [ 'so don't disappoint me.' ]

It's all in their choices, isn't it? Choices, and the environment that they're in on whether they choose to go "mad" or not. If someone were to choose to not let themself be killed and chooses not to go mad, will they live for eternity? If they didn't age, chose to live, and walked in a human form, would they be considered a God, or another human being?

I'm speaking hypothetically; whether I believe in it personally or not is another discussion, isn't it?

[Of course he doesn't fancy himself as a god. That would imply that he would live forever, wouldn't it? And since he has already plotted his own demise...]

It wasn't all that difficult, after all. That was our original subject, wasn't it? Somehow, it seems we got sidetracked.

[ an unintentional laugh on the other end of the feed; it's short, but clearly finds amusement— ]

Mister Lelouch, who in their right mind chooses to go mad—?

[ —but his tone changes immediately after: ] There is no straying from my path— only the road of conversation. [ said in a quite firm and serious manner given that break usually carries a playful tone to his voice.

'i don't sidetrack'— he believes himself in control of the conversation at all times; this was his forte, after all. ]

[...Haha.]

You have a point. [He'll just leave it at that.]

Then you had a point to it all, did you? Were you reading into my reactions, sir? [The 'sir' was almost mocking, in a way. He wants Break to know that he's not the only one who thinks he's running the conversation. He's been paying attention too.]

[ break is not intimidated, and wagers lelouch isn't either— but he can't help but notice how oddly serious things had gotten...that had elicited quite the curious reaction. this is much more interesting. ]

It would be ignorant not to, Mister Lelouch.

Still, it's something unexpected of the people here. You're different from the others I've spoken to.

[aka: you interest me.]

Myself and Lord Motochika are working on a history of this place since the arrival of first wave of foreigners. That was five months before he and I arrived; it will contain such information.

[Mitsuhide is almost getting exhausted, passing this information on, but he knows it is important to the rest of the Vatheonites.]

People leave at random, as far as I can tell. There have been patterns in arriving, however, though this was not always so.

I see. May I ask when the first wave of foreigners was?

[He's just curious, of course.]

So something happened to make that change, I assume.

Early February, in the year '2010' by the calendar they use here. We approach the second complete year of foreigners living in Vatheon.

[He makes a thoughtful hum.]

Yes; beforehand arrivals came more or less at random. In clusters, but in no discernable pattern. Since the coral was broken, however, all arrivals tend to come towards the end of each month. I assume this is because its power was affected, because in addition to the arrivals being affected the curses were too. They happened every other week before that time.

That's not a very long time, comparatively.

[In the time of "takeovers" - which he would only assume this would be like, seeing as how they were the ones intruding on the world. As far as he could tell, they were uninvited.]

How interesting - so there is a pattern in arrivals after all. It's also strange that one thing might be loosely regulated, when the people leaving isn't.

Edited 2012-01-28 03:58 (UTC)

_{[Oh hell no.]}

_{[What the fuck is this shit, Vatheon. What the fuck. There are--What. No. Why.]}

_{[SERIOUSLY. WHAT THE FUCK. WHY

THIS IS SO NOT FAIR.

No. No, you know what. He's not doing this. Nope. That overbearing urge to poke at the lion in the cage will not take over.]}

_{[Okay.

He should act like a normal person and just... Put the SFC down and walk away. Right. Okay. Totally normal. No suspicions here.]}

_{[Okay you know what, screw it.

There is no such thing as normal.]}

Lelouch.

Well, well, well! It's about time you showed up~

[PFFFF MAO r u mad?]

I've been here for quite a while - almost a month, in fact.

[A beat, as he smirks.]

You haven't noticed?

[trolololol.]

_{[NO. That was just a table being flipped because. Uh... FOR REASONS.]}

I've been busy, no thanks to you.

_{[He'll get you one of these days now, Lulu. He's got backup!]}

[Yeah, yeah, sure...]

Have you? Or are you just attempting to reverse the fact that you made a mistake?

[You're welcome. And yeah, come at him bro. I dare you.]

I've research about the curses. Perhaps we could arrange for an exchange of information? I would like to see what you have found, perhaps you might have noticed something I may have overlooked.

We could, but I have to admit I haven't found much. Combined with the short amount of time I've been here and the nature of this place makes it difficult to find answers.

But I will present my information if there's something you haven't mentioned, if that's preferable.

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