WEEK 5, DAY 1: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: Get with the Times.
Time Limit: Short
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key walls around the Times Square. Keywalls must be cleared by presence of a pact, or by fighting noise.
Wall Rewards: Blown Kiss
Reaped Rewards: Frantic
Mission Rewards: Rare Metal

[It looks like things are back to normal, but that seems to only raise as many questions as it solves. What happened to Tatsumi Port? Why did the phones all go dead like that? And why did nobody see the GM the entire last week...?

But it's no matter. It's the start of another week of the Reaper's Game - and the mission seems the same as ever for Day 1. Now just to figure out where the mission is pointing to.]

Comments

[emotionaldeath]

[Ryoji looks up from his fiddling with the phone when he spots Zecora. She seems a little upset, but he doesn't seem too bothered about it. He doesn't really call out her name, but he nods as she goes past, not really seeing the point in speaking.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[This... isn't exactly the pick-me-up anyone might hope for, because Zecora had strongly believed that once Ryoji had become Nyx, he would return to the Game if Nyx was defeated. She is glad to see him, but not eniirely surprised.]

Hello again, Ryoji. Do tell
If you are feeling, and doing, well?

[emotionaldeath]

I'm alright, Zecora. I feel a bit strange, but I guess that should be normal for a Player.

How are you, though? Did I hurt you last week?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[At this point, Zecora ascribes his general lack of affect to guilt or trauma in general. Not hard to understand how he might be feeling that.]

I get by, I suppose.
I am unhurt, goodness knows.

[emotionaldeath]

[It's a good excuse for why he's acting like this. Even if he hadn't been a Player, he'd be a lot quieter. It's just strange that his emotions are silenced on the inside as well.]

I'm glad you aren't hurt.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I'm unharmed in many ways
Aside from staying dead a few more days.

[emotionaldeath]

Are you sure you're okay, though? You're not physically hurt, but I would understand if you were hurt emotionally.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

It is a fact, I was prepared to act
I did what I must, had to trust
In your return through the Game, all the same.

[Though he's pretty spot on in diagnosing her, it isn't attacking Nyx that caused her pain.]

[emotionaldeath]

I understand. I didn't think it was fighting me that upset you though. You're missing your partner, right?

[Even if he wasn't too worried about it earlier, he did notice that Zecora wasn't with Sasuke. Ryoji knew they often split up, but he would have assumed that they would be meeting up with each other for at least the first day of a new week.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Yes. This is a dark, dark day
When he has been taken away.

[emotionaldeath]

Do you want help looking for him? I'm sure he's missing you as well.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

This city is far too large
To find him in a reckless charge.
Any help, I'd welcome
If he's not back where he came from.

[emotionaldeath]

Maybe if I see him, I can get a note to him. You need to meet him somewhere that has a decal, or else he'll never know that you've found him.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

It's true, but I just cannot see
How to arrange a meeting between him and me.
A note would go a long, long way
To seeing us reunite someday.

[emotionaldeath]

Then I'll be sure to get him a note if I see him. Try not to worry until then.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Thank you, Ryoji, for this and before.
Your aid is something I won't forget or ignore.