.:A September Intermission:.

[filialdeception]

Who: Meng Yao, Senku Ishigami, Shin Tsukimi & Sara Chidouin
What: Looking into USB business.
Where: Workshop
When: Beginning of September. 9/6 as a tentative IC date.
Warnings: N/A, probably?

So due to events of the previous month, some time to look into the matter had ended up post-poned. But Meng Yao's determined to go and get this over with. He pulls Senku aside and asks him to clear some time for the workshop so that they can look into this with one another. He also does end up bringing some snacks and drinks just in case it might take awhile, though he's not anticipating this to be quite an ordeal, necessarily.

((OOC: This can be considered kind of freeform, so jumping around is A-OK. ))

Comments

[notsosou]

[Broke, bound and saved... did this mysterious he make this person?]

It's just us here, sorry... Might help if we had a name to go off.

[But given the coverings... someone who wanted to be anonymous, it seems. They probably didn't give one. 'Senpai' does give a hint, though. His tone tips conversational.]

You're a first year, then, Student-san? Second year?

[filialdeception]

[ Could it be that this person may have some relation to Kazuki's binding? ]

...He who bound? Did he participate in a binding ritual, then?

[ ... ]

As to where he is, or if he is alive, I'm not sure just yet.

[ Maybe Shin is correct in that a name would also be helpful, so he'll wait on that as well. ]

[adsum]

First year
two months
Senpai promised to help

[ ...They don't offer a name. Perhaps they don't know it, if they were a first year student who'd only been around for two months before getting digitalized. ]

[kingofscience]

I can't say I know anyone at present who has done something like this before. Was there a reason you were bound like this?

[ If they can't give a name, maybe the circumstances of their binding might come easier. ]

[adsum]

To die
But not move on
To keep being me

[ To not be reincarnated after death, to keep a part of their essence bound to something in hopes that when they die— an inevitability in a place like this— the soul will not leave to bring about new life, but to return to their original one and give them a second chance.

Turns out, it's not so simple. ]

[filialdeception]

[ ... ]

...But this isn't ideal for you, correct?

[ Meng Yao can't imagine wanting to live in an object like this forever, but he's certain that the other person felt desperate and that they thought this was their only answer. ]

[adsum]

No

[ as if that needed asking ]

I want
to come back
to go to school
to see my friends
to see Him

[filialdeception]

[ Well he supposes he understands that. ]

I suppose in that case the only other way to fix your situation is ensure you're unbound...though the next problem would be finding your body, wouldn't it?

[notsosou]

It's been a long time...

[It took them a while to get around to this... rip. Who knows if there's one out there, either originally or at this point.]

Maybe... well, how about a substitute for now? Something that can move would be better, right?

[Shin's a software guy, not a hardware guy except for where one requires the other. They also don't have a lot of scrap to work with. But between him, Senku and... maybe Add... they could probably get something better than being stuck in a laptop, if not completely-lifelike-human-doll level advanced.]

[adsum]

[ Yeah, body's long gone, supposedly, since the school doesn't exactly keep a warehouse full of spare bodies anywhere on campus. That they know of. ]

And see
And hear
and touch

[ Those are the only request they have, even if it's just binary and pixels in the end, it's still loads better than their current situation ]

[notsosou]

[Shame the home ec. meat is all in pieces.

There's something a little amusing and a little sad about the speed with which the list appears.]

Ahaha... we'll see what we can do. Touch might be tricky, though...

[It'll be novel, having a client who's also the one being worked on. And isn't paying them, but the idea of extracting payment for this just... doesn't feel good.]

Guess I should welcome you to the Robotics and Programming club, huh, Student-san?

[filialdeception]

It sounds like it's doable, or at least for most of those things.

I'll do my best to assist as well, though of course it's not going to be with the robotics or technology side of things.

[ Just being there to ensure the spirit moving from one object to another would end up without a hitch. ]

That said, now that we have a plan...well, before we go ahead and enact it, is there anything else you would like to tell us about this school? Or rather, if there is anyone or anything you were wary about during your time here before you were bound to this piece of technology...?

[adsum]

[ ... ]

Counselor
Shopkeeper
Auditorium
Laboratory
3-B
Tree

[notsosou]

[It's like a little drop down menu of options... Cue things that are getting transferred onto Shin's own 'to be wary of' list, although several of them are there already which is strangely affirming. Some of them... well, he has to pick one, and the void's been on his mind lately after chatting with Rantaro within and about it. It's strange because, the only reason he can think to be wary of it...]

The Auditorium... you don't happen to be a transfer student, Student-san?

[adsum]

2nd year
Middle school

[filialdeception]

[ Middle school, eh?

He takes note of that but also, that sure is a list; most of the names and subjects present aren't of surprise to Meng Yao but one of them is notable in a sense that he's making some slight re-evaluations. Not due to any sense of disappointment, mind you, because of the way he views things here, but out of what he feels is a necessity. ]

The Shopkeeper, hm? I do wonder what's made you wary of them...?

[ Though, after that question he does direct his attention to the others. ]

Also, do those who are able to put together something for our friend here want to get started on that now? Or were there any other important questions we wanted to field first? I suppose I should've asked first in retrospect, but...

[kingofscience]

I think it's going to take a bit of planning first, not to mention quite a bit of time and resources, so I think it would be best to discuss everything our friend here has to tell us for now.

[ Building a robot body in 90's "Japan" is easier said than done, so it's best to get all other information out of the way, maybe. ]

That being said, maybe we should go down the list in order, just to keep track of things. Which would mean we start with information on the Counselor.

[filialdeception]

That's fair, may as well go at this in a relatively organized manner.

[ He knows nothing about robotics, so he'll go along with what Senku states as this sounds like it'll be easier this way.

He turns away from Senku back to the laptop. ]

Does that sound agreeable to you, 'new friend' for our next topic, and how we plan to go about this? Hmm, it'd be nice if we had a name to call you as well, now that I think about it.

[adsum]

Yes
What is
my Name?

[ this is your tulpa, guys, you get to choose the name ]

[notsosou]

[Shin would probably have continued to call them Student-san unto the end of time had this not come up, but now... this is a hefty responsibility on them all of a sudden. Pretending they know Student-san's original name would just be cruel but...]

You've forgotten it, huh... Then how about Rei?

[I have been informed this is a suitably nerdy reference.]

[filialdeception]

Rei...I've no idea what characters you are using for that name, but I trust you've picked a suitable one.

[ So he's in agreement, though... ]

However, as this is a person I imagine we'd want a full name. "Bao" can be the other half? Unless someone has a better suggestion.

[ People should have first and last names, after all. ]