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So... June already, eh? I never thought I would get to see this month again so soon.

[A pause, as he struggles about what to say next.]

There's still no trace of Haruki, right? ... Oi, Minato, do you have some time?

By the way, I was wondering, are there any festivals or something celebrated here during the summer?

I know we are all from different worlds and all, and that with the Malnosso it's not easy to have something like that, but I was thinking maybe we could try to organize something? Get our minds to have some fun and relax a bit, it could be something simple with small games or something. Anyone else up for it?

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[Keiichi will be seen in his daily routine around. Going to the forest in early morning and not returning to be seen until lunch time after which he will be around the village or at the SOS Headquarters, sorely missing a certain God complexed individual.

Also, if you're a small lying child that can throw people flying long distances afar... Keiichi is out to hunt you down. He has given you enough time to calm down, girl, it's time to talk.]

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[of course he does.] What's up?

[Give him a moment while he filters this. When he talks his voice sounds more depressed than before, as if holding down something.]

It's nothing important, but... I could do with some company and maybe a talk. But I can't do that with Rena and together with Haruki you're the only one to whom I could talk openly so...

[It's easy to see what he may end talking about. Thought still compared to Haruki Minato still doesn't know many details... At least he would understand, partially.]

It's okay if you don't want to. But if you do, maybe you could come over? Or we could meet somewhere.

[he nods, understanding.]

I can come over. Where do you live?

Community Building 3, room 13 at the third floor... Thank you.

I'll be there soon.

[and he closes the journal to head out.]

[And Keiichi will be at his place, busying himself with small talk with other people and writing down a list of festivals that could be proposed. You know, trying to focus on something to not think too much of something else.]

[knock knock on the apartment door.]

[Well, he was expecting Minato, still Keiichi opens carefully. Peeking at who it is before opening the door completely for him to enter.]

Thank you, Minato... I hope I'm not bothering you too much.

You aren't.

[and Minato saunters inside, hands in pockets.]

[Still Keiichi is rather self conscious at the moment. He really didn't expect to get depressed just for it being June again... Must be because of all the elements that come into play in Luceti.

He will follow Minato and sit again, before standing up immediately and going to get some tea.]

Eh, I hope you like tea. It's one of the few things I can do without burning the kitchen.

[A heartbeat.]

I think I may be developing higher levels of the syndrome...

Of course. [tea is one of the staples of house 21, these days.

but Keiichi almost immediately moves past easy conversation and into the serious. Minato's expression doesn't change, but he does seem more attentive.] Did something happen?

I have began to hallucinate... It's not constant but just this morning as I worked on a present for Rena, I heard the voices of my friends. Those that aren't here, it sounded as if they were behind me, talking about what I was doing but when I turned around there was no one, obviously.

[Keiichi frowns a bit, looking down as he thinks.]

There's something wrong thought. I'm sure I'm not stressed over anything to cause the syndrome to develop, and at the other times there were hallucinations... Those were almost impossible to tell from reality, but this one was obviously an hallucination. Besides it left me feeling nostalgic rather than nervous as it should have.

[he listens, but pauses for a moment after he finishes.]

So it's not the normal effect?

Not at all. The syndrome basically causes you to become extremely paranoid. The hallucinations start small but may grow to alter reality completely, but from the very beginning they feed paranoia. Like... Hearing an extra set of footsteps right behind you, like someone following you and taking an extra step when you stop, constantly, even in places where footsteps shouldn't be heard, not even your own. And the feeling of having someone watching you the whole time, right behind you, menacingly...

As the syndrome gets on higher levels... You can get to see someone where there's no one at all. The hallucinations even go to make a mere pen appear as a dangerous syringe full of poison... Even what people say gets altered, the tone, their expressions, everything until you feel you can't trust even yourself. That everyone is against you, out for you.

[He takes a deep breath, that world is one he remembers the most clearly. Specially the emotions he felt, and how his eyes deceived him. How he saw Rena's smile turn crazy, or talked to thin air thinking a psycho Rena was there...]

But this time, it didn't make me paranoid or anything. It didn't even scare me, on the contrary, it was nostalgic and peaceful...

[Still hallucinations are bad in his book.]

Keiichi-kun... [there's no easy way to say this.]

I've been hearing things, too.

[At first he'd dismissed it. Voices in his head were nothing new, though they usually didn't belong to his friends. But with this and piecing together other people's journal entries, there had to be something bigger happening.]

[Et tu Minato?

There's no easy way to take that. It's surprising he doesn't flip something, like the table, as he jumps to stand up.]

What?! But... But it's not supposed to be contagious like that!!

Damnit! We have to call the Malnosso! Get them get the medicine here before there's an outbreak or something, there are enough psychos here as it is! Where's my journal??

[He may... Need a bit of calming down. Brb, keyboard-smashing physically and verbally as he tries to find his journal... Which was right besides him, by the way, so much Minato's news have scared him.]

[Minato stands as well, but he quickly moves to hold Keiichi's shoulder.] Calm down. That's not what I meant.

[Just this face.]

What do you mean it's not what you meant?

You said this isn't how the syndrome works, and you're not the only one hallucinating.

[he picks up Keiichi's journal.] It's not just you. So there has to be another cause.

[saljdhaskj The hell you're saying? Hallucinations are the work of the syndrome, he just told you-]

[Wait, Minato's right, he said it's not how the syndrome works. The hallucinations are wrong and give off the wrong feeling.]

[And now that he mentions it... Brb, checking the journal and seeing that it's not just them both either. Either the whole village has had an outbreak, which is hard to imagine, specially as if it was possible it would have happened long before, or...]

An experiment? Again?

[They are on a roll, first flaming trees, then mean eater butterflies, then the gray zone, now this.... Keiichi wants a vacation.]

Probably.

[and better than them all being insane.]

[Much better. Tons better. It does take a big weight from his shoulders. But...]

Rena.

[He doesn't need to say how bad this could be if Rena gets those, right? Rena's clever, he knows she plays dumb most of the time, but still... She's already sensible to those things. What if she heard something that triggered her? Or that got her to start thinking and... Bad experiment is bad.]

[he can figure out what Keiichi is thinking. With Haruki missing, things could be even worse.]

We'll have to watch her.

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/sob late, sorry