testing central

[numbercrunching]

[ There is an abandoned laptop sitting atop a table inside of the academy. Though it looks like it's seen better days, what with a bent monitor and a crack in its keyboard, it is open, and its screen glows a dim green even with such damage. It's on. Those who are more attentive might notice that there is a person on the screen, and this person is staring ahead and watching people pass by. Is it a webcam feed? Who knows. Regardless, the image on screen bears a striking resemblance to a student already present at Smash Academy.

IF ANYONE DOES APPROACH THE LAPTOP, the person on the screen will appear to light up and anticipate communication. Care to interact with it? ]

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Thanks, ChiGoogle.

[forgetbeam]

[The longer he stares at the screen, the more his mind desperately grasps at anything that will fill in this apparent gap in his memory. The things coming to him most easily are also the most abstract: a vague longing and the desire to protect this machine above all else. It doesn't make sense.

But he doesn't want to let it down by admitting he can't remember.]

You were at Hope's Peak...

[He's not asking for confirmation; the decal is enough. But saying it aloud makes the picture a little clearer.]

In the... baths, is that right? ...My brother...

[ . . . his brother what? He doesn't even know where that utterance came from, much less there he was going with it. If anything, he should be associating a computer with Chihiro's image with Chihiro himself.]