[ AUDIENCE: YAMATO ISHIDA ]

[dormheads]

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[dormheads]

I know already. There's only so much I can do.

I'm trying.

[ghoststrums]

right. so none of this is normal or something you've experienced before, I guess?

[dormheads]

Sometimes kids die at school. Not like this. They're sick, or in an accident.

I guess murder isn't impossible, but I've never seen one.

The trial and expulsion must be a part of the tradition.

[ghoststrums]

and there's really no way to do anything about that tradition? since even the bear's hands are tied.
claws. whatever.

fine.
what about our files?
is there any way we can ask to see those?

[dormheads]

I don't think there's a way, no.

I can try to ask if you can look at your own, but I can't make any promises you'll be able to get them.

[ghoststrums]

please.
I'd really like to see what kind of application was written for me.

are you still feeling sick?

[dormheads]

Don't worry about it. It's mostly over. It's not something I can't handle.

[ghoststrums]

alright.
then are we still going to be able to see you face to face this week?

[dormheads]

Yeah. Things shoulder be slow enough for us to be there. You really want to see us that badly?

[ghoststrums]

sure. it's always nice to put a face to a mysterious person who knows more than you.

[dormheads]

[laughs about shoulder SHOULD]

I know less than you seem to think. But I wish I didn't.

[ghoststrums]

[ I DIDNT EVEN FUCKING NOTICE ]

about what's going on, or in general?

[dormheads]

About what's going on.

[ghoststrums]

yeah, I can see that.
but you can't blame me for doubting.
considering even your bear principal says the same thing.

why has no one given him a bigger keyboard touchscreen.

[dormheads]

I know you don't believe it, but he's not a bad person.

I guess we were meant to be there according to tradition, but we were sick. So it was last minute for him.

[ghoststrums]

you're right. I don't believe it.
even if you tell me it's tradition, there's no reason he couldn't have told us the truth from the start about what we were voting for, or anything like that.

how does he normally communicate with people then?

[dormheads]

He probably didn't want to scare you. Even if it wasn't a good call, it wasn't done with bad intentions.

He talks usually. But his accent is heavy, so he likes typing things out so people can understand him.

[ghoststrums]

I'm sure his accent isn't heavy enough to compare to his typing skills with that thing.

so he's a nice guy. sure. let's say I believe that. I'll entertain the possibility.
who's tying his
paws or whatever
when it comes to all this tradition stuff?

[dormheads]

Stop criticizing him. He's trying.

The school. This hasn't happened to us before. Even if you're the principal, you have your own rules to follow.

What if the same thing that happened to Hiyori and Kaoruko happens to him? You want him to just die trying some uncertain attempt to help us?

[ghoststrums]

I'm pretty sure he said magic wasn't real, so I'm trying to figure out how the hell the school forced that death match on all of us without anyone being able to do anything to stop it.

if people's lives are at stake, I can't understand anyone sitting back and not doing anything and excusing it with tradition. but now you're saying any attempt might have gotten him killed too?

[dormheads]

Why do you all keep trying to use magic to explain everything you don't understand?

I'm not saying that will happen. I'm saying I'm worried it COULD happen after everything. No one is sitting back and not doing anything.

[ghoststrums]

I'm not saying it is magic, I'm saying I want the actual explanation.
I don't know what it is. if anything happens like this at home, it's usually related to the digital world. I'm sure for other worlds it's different.
but you haven't given any explanation for why nothing could've been done to stop the literal game played outside today still.
some what ifs, some talks about tradition and having his hands tied by that, and that's it.
if you can't answer or don't know, just say that instead and save us both the trouble.

*PAWS

[dormheads]

I told you already, but you won't accept my answers. I don't know if any answer would be good enough for you.

It's part of the old school tradition the principal had to look back on. That's all I know. This hasn't happened to us before.

[ghoststrums]

if that's the only thing, then you're right. it isn't good enough for me.
I can't accept something like that.

[ it takes a while for the next set of texts to come ]

I understand there's nothing you can do about it.

[dormheads]

[luke is not a fan of this whiplash you always give him, yamato. maybe it's deserved.]

There's nothing I can do about it right now. But it doesn't mean I'm not trying to help.