[010]

[ceiling_cat]

( private | text )

The Composer's Proxy has been brought back to Discedo after a brief disappearance. Presumably, he was returned home during that time: he now remembers the week immediately following the game. However, he seems to have lost all memory of his earlier stay in Discedo. It is possible that he is from a fractionally different world. However, I have not yet observed any differences in his demeanor and his memory of Shibuya and the Game. Memory modification is the most likely explanation.

The Composer...

...If they modify memories, I doubt I'll ever get any of these submitted.

I'm worried about the Composer. His emotional state has not improved during the past month. Although his Proxy's return may move him back towards stability, I have yet to observe any changes.

Mere stability is not the goal I am hoping he will achieve. It would provide no more than a short-term fix: the Composer's refusal to emotionally engage with the world led to increasing dissonance and stagnation in Shibuya prior to his Game with the Conductor. Unless that problem is dealt with, Shibuya's current renaissance will not last forever.

Neku Sakuraba's participation in the Game has come to an end. Nonetheless, the Composer's attachment to him provides an opportunity to induce the Composer to open up to at least one individual. Even if memories are erased in the transition between Discedo and our world, emotional states should be maintained. It is a slender chance, and yet the dangers of allowing the Composer to undergo this level of emotional distress while in his District are too great.
Unfair though it may be, I need to use Neku for this now.

( public | Japanese audio | text translation )

Hey Josh, bad news - looks like the library's lost everythin' except the fiction section and some how-to books. Not that the fiction isn't interestin' stuff. I could probably drop some by your place on my way back home.

That said... it has been way too long since I worked on a canvas that was the right size.

Anybody wanna point me at a boring wall with a good view?

Comments

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

A wall...?

[voice]

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Mmhm. I'm gonna touch it up a little.

[voice]

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Like a mural?

I think any of the walls around here could use some 'touching up', honestly.

[voice]

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Ain't that the truth! I'll need ta get more paint before I can do anythin' that extensive, though. Maybe I could just get one of the walls on that broken-down apartment next door.

[mercifulsmile.livejournal.com]

A boring wall with a good view? What do you mean?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Somethin' that'd look better with a mural on it!

[mercifulsmile.livejournal.com]

A mural? Are you an artist?

[oneenemyleft.livejournal.com]

What kind of how-to books?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Hey there, Sparky! - Ya know, I didn't look that closely at 'em. Anything in particular you're lookin' for?

[oneenemyleft.livejournal.com]

Hello... sorry, if I was a little abrupt just now...

Um, electrician's guides... that sort of thing.

[witchoftheweek.livejournal.com]

Mm...Most unfortunate about the library.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Isn't it, though? Hey there, you're the one who's collectin' info about the place, aren't you?

Sanae Hanekoma. It's a pleasure.

[witchoftheweek.livejournal.com]

I am. Information is a necessary thing.

Patchouli Knowledge.

[behindstoneeyes.livejournal.com]

You may not have been speaking to me, but what's this about a loss of books in the library?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Nothing new, I'd just been hopin' more of the place had survived.

You spend a lot of time over there?

[behindstoneeyes.livejournal.com]

I was there frequently.

What do you mean... survived?

[Voice | Japanese]

[whatthefactor.livejournal.com]

...



Did something else factor out?

[Voice | Japanese]

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Not a history book in sight, more's the pity.

[Voice | Japanese]

[whatthefactor.livejournal.com]

About this set? [cough cough] Not surprising in the least.

[audio; japanese] ...he doesn't like your request, Sanae.

[holyjesusbeams.livejournal.com]

......Hm. What kind of how-to books?

[audio; japanese] Don't worry, Hanekoma's not poaching ~

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

This an' that. I paid more attention to the fiction - lookin' to get a handle on the way people thought around here, an' so on.

Like I told Sparky, I can give 'em a look the next time I swing by there if you'd like.

How's it goin'?

[audio; japanese] Bullshit, Producer man.

[holyjesusbeams.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's alright. I'll take a look myself, once it suits my mood.

Well enough. Happy to be up and around?

[iamnotatunaroll.livejournal.com]

You're gonna paint something?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Yup. Got a set of paints and a leg I can run away from monsters with, so I'm all set.

[iamnotatunaroll.livejournal.com]

You found a wall yet?