Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter1 (section)

===Aoe’s Board Mode: At DT Yard===

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Ogre Telyb is seated in front of you.

He is frowning somewhat. He looks serious.

Aoe: “Hm.”

Aoe: “This all sounds like a pain. So all of the data on the 2nd Godtact Experiment and Day of the Oracle is sealed?”

Telyb: “Everyone who was there at the time lost their memories in the explosion and all their personal information was blown away. The only people who remember everything are the 11 Demigods, not counting Suedomsa and Yuo, and some of the older NPC Bodies. If you really want to know…well, wait until 3 tomorrow afternoon.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Telyb’s expression has not changed in the slightest. He still looks serious.

Aoe: “I get the impression you wouldn’t tell me even if I punched you.”

Telyb: “Your impression is correct. I recommend going to the Royal Library’s genealogy room and doing your own research. We can discuss anything you discover there during any free time we have tomorrow morning.”

Telyb: “I don’t like it either, if I’m being honest. I need the other Demigods’ approval to simply tell old stories. Like I said in the Word Mail, tomorrow’s open release won’t go through until Suedomsa shows up at the castle at 10 and gives his approval. He has Words Warn and his day of destruction is tomorrow, so this will be his final duty.”

Telyb: “Your pardon will take place after that, so probably around 11.”

Aoe: “I thought my top secret investigation was important. Why make me wait so long?”

Aoe: “Anyway, how has your research gone? Like you mentioned in your Word Mail, Algo said he was going to see Sis’s – Kobayashi’s father and sister. Do you know who they are?”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mir. Telyb is frowning a bit and crossing his arms. He looks troubled.

Aoe: “No luck?”

Telyb: “None. Everyone who enters the city has their passports and such managed by the providers around the city, but the corporations, research labs, and government providers like to keep the identities behind the screennames secret, so I can’t tell who’s who. This is a constant problem, but we can’t get after them too much when they’re basically DT’s sponsors.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Telyb waves his hand and a window opens in front of you.

The dog on your shoulder waves its front paw and the window is absorbed into the paw.

Telyb: “I received what data I could from the cooperative providers. Use it for your investigation.”

Aoe: “Mh. I appreciate it.”

Telyb: “There’s no time for appreciation. The providers are outside the city, so for them, there are only 18 minutes until the Day of the Oracle. There is only time to ask them one or two questions now.”

Telyb: “Also, there were no providers restricting entrance to the city before the 2nd Godtact Experiment, so the personal information of anyone in the city then was resonance destroyed in the explosion when the experiment failed. Along with our own personal information. DT currently has a population of 4096, but around 2300 of those are the original residents or their descendants. Knowing someone’s ‘wild name’ from outside may not matter much.”

Telyb: “Still, perform your search. In the time of the bible, it’s said the wise men seeking the king arrived from the east following a star. You’re Japanese just like Suedomsa and Yuo, so I’m sure you can find who you’re looking for.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Ogre Telyb is seated in front of you.

His eyebrows are raised. He is smiling.

Telyb: “Personally, I’m curious to see the look on your face when you’re reunited with Yuo. Did you ask to meet with your ex because you Japanese people can never let go of the past?”

Aoe: “She’s not my ex. But…this is still a gamble.”

Aoe: “My work here will likely require me to fight eventually. Using the deadly power I once used to kill.”

Aoe: “If Yuo won’t accept that, then I will give up on martial arts entirely after this battle is complete.”

Telyb: “You’re letting someone else decide that for you?”

Aoe: “There is someone I cannot defeat and my power is steeped with killing. I don’t want her decision – I want an opportunity. I already made my own decision 6 years ago.”

Telyb: “Sounds like you get over things fast. Oh, and Over Reload more often.”

Telyb: “You can’t see people’s expression in Board Mode, so you need to Over Reload their expression to see their reactions.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Telyb is wrinkling his brow. He looks worried.

Telyb: “For example, if someone calls you an idiot, you can’t know if they mean it affectionately or as an insult from the text alone. That kind of thing has caused countless misunderstandings in this world of text. Take good care of your relationships, okay?”

Aoe: “Can’t we just do these things in Sight Mode instead?”

Telyb: “DT’s OS isn’t perfect even in Sight Mode. It can overlook subtle differences.”

Telyb: “Oh, and one thing about Yuo.”

Aoe: “Yes?”

Telyb: “I wouldn’t have assigned her to you if she had protested the assignment.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mr. Telyb’s eyebrows are bent and he has a smile on his lips. Unclear what this means.

Telyb: “Why are you staring at me like that? I’m flattered, but I’m a married man.”

Aoe: “It’s not that, idiot. It just sounds like you’ve known Yuo a long time.”

Aoe: “Why won’t you tell her what happened before the 2nd Godtact Experiment?”

Telyb: “She doesn’t need to know any of it, so the old memories would only weigh her down. And they’ve been overwritten by newer things anyway.”

Aoe: “But she was trying to remember what she had forgotten.”

Telyb: “Even so. Archon Suedomsa also lost his memories and he has returned to his role of running the amusement park and hospital in the south district after his rehabilitation was complete. Although for him it seems to be a way of facing the fact that his life will end tomorrow at 3.”

Aoe: <So even the immortal Demigods must accept their fate when faced with a disease that destroys their real Lives.>

Telyb: “Oh, we have visitors.”

'''<Two new people have entered this Page>

Two PC Bodies have arrived: Fooblicky Telyb Sys and Yuo Natas Wav.

Fooblicky: “Hi, how’s my hubby doing?”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mrs. Fooblicky is in her small high-performance mode. She is a blonde-haired, green-eyed woman in green office clothing.

Miss Yuo is in her even smaller high-performance mode. She is a girl with her brown hair worn in a ponytail.

Mrs. Fooblicky is carrying a plate of fries.

'''<Fooblicky: Settings Change: Display Name: Shortened_Form = Fooby: Run>

Aoe: “Mh? Where is Yuo?”

Fooby: “Maybe that was too sudden. Since you’re in Board Mode, try Over Reloading and looking more carefully.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Mrs. Fooblicky is carrying a plate of fries on her left hand. Three flavors of fries are piled high on a 50cm plate. From top to bottom, the flavors are layered salt, garlic, and vinegar.

A tiny Miss Yuo is sleeping hanging from Mrs. Fooblicky’s right hand.

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Aoe: “Why is she so small?”

Fooby: “She’s hungry, so she removed her inefficient programs and entered high-performance mode. She probably hasn’t eaten much because she was so busy preparing for a certain someone’s arrival.”

Telyb: “The same will happen to you if you don’t eat, Aoe. Is this not the reunion you had in mind?”

Aoe: <No, but this does make it easier.>

Aoe: “And there the city goes showing off my thoughts again. This place is creepy.”

Fooby: “That’s only because you have criminal settings applied. There are a lot of downsides, so make sure to get your pardon ASAP tomorrow. Anyway, I fried this with a x2 boost, so I’ll leave them on the desk for you.”

'''<Miss Yuo is restarting>

Yuo: “Hweh?”

'''<Warning: Miss Yuo’s restart action obstructed Mrs. Fooby’s action and the plate is falling. The plate cannot be caught in time in Board Mode. Someone must enter Sight Mode and catch the plate.>

'''<Aoe’s Board Mode has ended>