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shiftybladesofcray ([personal profile] shiftybladesofcray) wrote in [community profile] e22021-08-16 07:38 pm

SENDER: @ nefelibata | RECIPIENT: @ All



To Whom it May Concern;

Let's assume anyone capable of receiving this message is, like myself, a captive on board this train. While nothing can be determined unequivocally, I've come to some conclusions that bear weight enough to consider.

Thus far, we are only permitted to advance upon the completion of objectives as set by an unknown puppeteer. This "clownductor" assumes an affable but absent persona, and so their true nature cannot be ascertained. The motives are paraphrased below:

1. Read the Instructions
2. Message another Passenger
3. Request Friendship with Another Passenger*
4. Assist a Dog
5. Retrieve Part of Your Person
6. Collect Seeds in Exchange for Personal Information


(*Meaningful connection is not required)

While each appears innocuous on first blush, they aspire to two functions: fostering connections and gaining intelligence. There could be strength in numbers if we come together as one, true, and sharing secrets can bolster such bonds, but let's not be fooled.

There's a strong possibility we are being set up for darker purpose. If on a future car, the motive becomes:

7. Murder a Fellow Passenger

Will it not be all the more devastating after we've bonded? Without hope, there cannot be despair. Despair can breed subjugation, a loss of self and morality, a weakness of character that's easily exploited by those in power. It can breed violence.

I've seen such games put into action myself. Anyone may turn on their fellow man if the correct pressure is applied. If there are sensible people among you, these notions may have struck you as they have me. I'm sending this now as a warning.

Do not play into their hands. They control our passage through the train. They may be watching us. We cannot assume they have our best interests at heart.

Conversely, even if you are able to stay your course? Never assume your neighbor can do the same. We are each uniquely strong and uniquely weak. A miscalculation may cost you your life.

I cannot say whether this is a dream, a simulation, or an alternate reality, though the latter requires tremendous suspension of disbelief. Regardless, we cannot assume that our actions on the train are without consequence. Act with caution, but most urgently, act with hope.

I appreciate your time in perusing this missive. I understand some find reading difficult. If you're so encumbered by your illiteracy, ask another passenger to read it for you. I will not be providing summation.

Thank you.

- Fukawa Toko


****ADDENDUM: Should anyone be approached by or glimpse a half white, half black bear, DO NOT ENGAGE. Contact me immediately and I shall deal with it.
maleviolent: (so you like to be stepped on)

@ fingerlickin

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-08-17 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[tl;dfr toko and it sure didn't concern him until he saw 'murder a fellow passenger.'

then there is a very interested, VERY ALOUD "oh?" so he goes back. ACTUALLY reads.]


What a clever girl.
maleviolent: (ganbare ganbare)

me, 2 weeks later:

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-08-26 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[he can still roast her alive

it'd probably be literally tho : )]


I've had enough of those annoying creatures. Don't mention them again.

I'm more interested in your thorough understanding of what it is truly like to lose hope. In breeding violence. Subjugation.

What sort of games have you seen?
maleviolent: (poses cooly)

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-08-27 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[he was probably annoyed she didn't give him a response right away how dare she make him wait

but he's curious and curiosity killed the curse cat. maybe he is a cat person. i'd say so. same attitudes.]


So you've played such a game to show your strength over others? Good. How many atrocities have you committed to have survived this long, I wonder. Tell me.

[bush? what bush?]
maleviolent: (fool)

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-02 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Humans have this useless thing called a guilty conscience. Most humans. There are a select few I've met who didn't and lacked hesitation in offering their blood sacrifices to save their own lives. It takes personal experience to come up with that sort of conclusion of our purpose here, at that level of detail. Or a vivid imagination. One I'd like to get into.

[nasty.]

I want to know how many of you humans are worth keeping around. So I'll ask once more, human.

How many have you killed?
maleviolent: (brat)

1/2

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-03 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Boring.

[Replied the psycho. Immediately. Wishes do come true.]

You didn't kill them yourself? And you made me wait so long for such a dumb answer. I should find you and kill you.
maleviolent: (so you like to be stepped on)

oh toko........

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-03 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[5 seconds later:]

Or you're lying to me and that's not all. You had so much to say before. Are you scared now to reveal yourself to me?
maleviolent: (the feast is on)

sweats

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-03 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's pretty much lying to him and --]

I don't like liars, Fukawa Toko. Is your hope that I'll leave you alone if you make it seem as though you've done nothing wrong? You are afraid, aren't you?
maleviolent: (fool)

1/2

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-03 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, Toko, it's Bad.

And yet the chuckling (that Toko can't hear) dies off and his maniacal smile wilts. Threats on hold. Play the elevator music.]


So you looked me up and you recognize the name. Although you are to call me King of Curses, fool of a human.
maleviolent: (ganbare ganbare)

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-03 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[But she knows the name. That's not all that common here. Irritated as he is to acknowledge that fact. She may not be so boring after all.]

Maybe not a complete fool. Go on then, Fukawa Toko. You know the name of Ryomen Sukuna. Tell me how. I know you like to talk.
maleviolent: (m e g u m i)

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Unmatched in strength and clever as could be sounds familiar.

[Yes. Stroke his ego more. Tell him how cool he is. He likes it.]

You know the important parts, anyway, so I'm fine with that being the Ryomen Sukuna you know of. Don't forget it. In fact, it would do you well to tell others of Ryomen Sukuna. I'll allow you to be my prophet, Fukawa Toko.
maleviolent: (lower your head)

[personal profile] maleviolent 2021-09-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[As she should be. I am, too. The silver lining is that his desire to see her blood on his hands isn't as strong!]

You're not, but you've caught my interest now.

I'll be keeping an eye on you.


[And he has four, he can spare one.]