→ 001; [voice]

[trashed]

What?!

[He's not really aware that he was being recorded - sure, he'd been messing with the journal, which is probably why it's recording right now. But he's more shocked about the fact that he's alive again.]

But why? [Silence again, for a few minutes as footsteps get farther and then nearer to the journal again.] I was supposed to be--

[Dead.]

This is so pointless!

[He pauses one last time, and then decides that kicking his book would do him good. There's the sound of his foot making contact with it, and then the sound cuts.]

Comments

[action]

[faterecanted]

Don't underestimate how useful the journals can be.

[Now, the normal 'Welcome to Luceti' tour involves getting possessions, maybe a bite to eat, concerns about the new arrival's wellbeing... But no matter how pleased he is to see Sync, this is still the Van-was-recently-experimented-on 'Oh, you're here, replica' tour.

So what Sync gets is a hand on his shoulder, pulling guiding him in the direction of Van's apartment.]

We'll discuss your living arrangements someplace warmer. [Someplace less likely to be overheard, more like.]

[action]

[trashed]

[Sync doesn't say anything to that. He doesn't doubt Van, really, but he can't really see much benefit in the journals at the moment anyway. All it's done so far is just give him a headache.

Then again, between appearing here and his fit, he probably very well could've given himself that headache.

He lets Van guide him, thinking it over.]

I don't want to live here.

[But at this point, after fighting with everyone else about it, he's getting tired of it. As much as he throws a tantrum, it isn't going to change the fact that he was alive, was it?]

But I guess I don't have a choice, do I?

[action]

[faterecanted]

You'll have to live here; you'll find dying quite impossible, at least for more than a week at a time. Or so they claim, I haven't tested it myself.

[Of course now that he has a suicidal replica, he certainly could test it... but perhaps Sync will be a bit less eager for death if all it makes him is even more disposable, with no chance of escape. Welcome to Luceti, there's a little bit of hell here for everyone.]

[action]

[trashed]

Tch.

[If it's only for a week, then why bother? It would be pointless.]

Figures it would be something like that. I am here, after all.

[action]

[faterecanted]

[What isn't pointless to Sync?

Van is content to walk in silence, leading Sync towards one of the community housing buildings. Once they get close enough, he holds out a hand to stop Sync.]

Asch and his replica live in this building. [Implied in the tone is 'And so do I.']

[action]

[trashed]

[True, very true.

Wait, what? He blinks once or twice, before looking at Van.]

Really? I guess I'll never get away from that stupid replica, then.

[Because being around Luke is way worse than being around Asch.]