NIER;

[goalsides]

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[goalsides]

The "why" is definitely a good question. [who. why. what?] I guess maybe if you're into acting or something, but it seems like a pain to have to change costumes all the time.

[amain]

Must be rich to have all these costumes, too.

[ Nier is just used to plays where they change their persona, not anything else. ]

[goalsides]

The school probably has a budget or something. Either that or they're using all the money they have that could be used to send us home instead.

[dumb.]

I was hoping that construction would be done on something we could use, but this'll have to do.

[amain]

[ He will trust Taichi on this budget shit because he's just like yeah. This man is right. ]

What else could be in a school?

[goalsides]

The principal's office for one thing. [annoyed.] Most schools also have classrooms for art or music though. This is close but it's not the same.

[amain]

I do wonder where Principal Bear and his husband go... [ Yeah. ] Thinking about your friend?

[goalsides]

...the otter's his husband? [no that's the vice principal. what the fuck. but there's a soft noise of agreement.]

But yeah. I know it'd make him happy. Ichiro, too. And some of the others, probably.

[amain]

Not sure.

[ He didn't press on the principal's marriage. Nier is thinking that... Maybe it's better that a favorite place doesn't become a crime scene, but. Mm. Gloomy. ]

I do also like music. It would be nice to see it be finished next.

[goalsides]

[the field keeps getting abused, so. you know what. everybody else can suffer. (no.) it's a thought he has, too, but likewise it's not worth saying right now.]

We've been here for a while. So it'd be cool to see what else this campus has to offer and make sure we know what's available.

[for relaxing...and for potential murder because people won't stop doing that, apparently.]

[amain]

[ taichi, your field ]

It's hard for me to imagine what else there could be. [ They have farm!! And it was instantly tainted! ] Is there a place like the stable, but for fish?

[ what are aquariums ]

[goalsides]

[every week you fuckers ruin the field.

anyway he's about to tell nier all about aquariums, but out of nowhere, he's greeted with a memory instead.

and at the end, as it fades out, taichi finds himself sort of staring off into space before he answers quite belatedly.]

...it's called an aquarium, yeah. [like that matters suddenly.]

[amain]

[ i'm just laughing that nier has to see this help me

Nier instantly goes pale at the memory. Like, in a millisecond he loses all the color on his face. ]

[goalsides]

[very glad i picked something terrible apparently.]

...are you okay?

[amain]

... Oh, yeah. Sorry. It's just... I didn't learn to swim till now.

[ So, of course, Nier has a fear of large bodies of water. ]

[goalsides]

[.........OUT OF ALL THE THINGS.]

...my bad. [he says, like he picked this on purpose.] That...probably wasn't the greatest experience then, was it?

[sometimes you almost drown in a digital ocean, it's fine.]

[amain]

... No, but I can't say I'm unfamiliar.

[ me: what will ty give me i see digigays in the ocean, well you can have this instead of something more serious. Pretend it's all the times that Nier somehow slips into water/sand and barely manages to drag his ass out. ]

[goalsides]

[i'm losing my mind. taichi's just...you know. YOU KNOW.

...you know. it eventually fades but he's giving nier the most incredulous look.]

...have you ever considered actually learning?

[amain]

[ ty....... maybe i will give you another thing later to pair any memshare you get from Kainé. Like-minded idiots trigger similar memories in each other. Also ara has told me that kainé and yamato vibe so i don't like the comparisons here ]

I learned here.

[ Please. ]

[goalsides]

[i'm crying i have to bully ara for a memshare also...yeah that tracks, actually.

meanwhile, taichi's just giving nier a dead-eyed stare.]

How well.

[if he pushes nier in a pool would he just float now...]

[amain]

[ Hello? Nier's eyebrows arch. ]

Are you planning to kill me?

[goalsides]

What? No! [jesus christ.] I'm just asking in case anything comes up. You know how weird this school is.

[amain]

[ Stop... That gets him to laugh. ]

I was kidding. [ Anyway. ] I do know how to swim now.

[goalsides]

[rude :( but he does grin slightly.]

Good to know. The more we can do to keep everybody a little safer, the better.

[seriously how has no one drowned someone in the pool yet. terrifying.]

[amain]

[ Yeah, how has no one drowned yet? Where is our pool death so no one will EVER USE IT? Because most people's corpse to water ratio is 1:1 pool. ]

Yeah, as safe as possible... Do you still think that these are involuntary?

[ The murders. It really is murder talk in seasonality's version of a closet. Nier pulls this out. ]

[goalsides]

[hateful. also i'm crying. taichi stares blankly at the costume before batting at one of the little arms with a shrug.]

I don't know if I would say it's involuntary, but I do think there's something pressuring them to do this and not talk about it. Blackmail, something. I haven't figured out what yet.