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Could be...

[Hm.]

Ah- come to think of it, did you ever get any room upgrades?

[ Fully trying to think of how best to have him express 'I wouldn't tell you even if I knew anything, but only because of what happened the last time sIV and HSS were suspected of knowing anything,' but. ]

Did I ever — I mean...

[ He's supposed to put in for a private bathroom, it was kind of an agreement he reached with Zari, but his player hasn't done it yet. ]

What kind of upgrades?

Any at all. Although seeing what the default room looks like could be interesting, too.

I need to get a private bathroom.

[ One-shouldered shrug! ]

So I guess in the meantime it's as default as they get.

Can I see? Chrys' already had some additions by the time I ended up visiting him.

[ Lipquirk. ]

—Sure. Why not.

[ On over to his door! ] [ It is absolutely not only not upgraded at all but pretty barren in here. He's got a weapon mount on one wall, a little collection of keychains on the floor in a corner, and thaaaaat's it. ]

[Stroooooolling inside to peer up at the weapon mount.]

Wow, you weren't kidding.

[ One-shouldered shrug. ]

I've put in for a couple of shared upgrades?

You should get a personal bathroom, at least.

[Kind of waving at him - motioning for him to shut the door.]

[ Shutting the door! ]

It's on the list.

It's really useful!

Anyway, should I go ahead and cut to the chase?

[ The bed's the only piece of furniture in the room, so. Lupine's going to lean against the wall instead. ]

Go for it.

The things I'm about to get into... It's stuff that was made possible by a select number of idols who graduated from here and took the hell route. But even knowing that, I'm not actually sure if the auditions here have the freedom to keep information to themselves even if they wanted to.

In the end it's up to you what you share and what you keep to yourself. But... it's something I've been keeping in mind, at least.

[ ~~leaves izzy on read for days ASJLFKJ I'M SORRY work has been nuts~~ ] [ Lupine's mouth settles into a thin, unhappy line, but he pushes out a soft sigh. ]

—I hear you. Heh, Eichi's made it pretty clear he doesn't mind me keeping things like this from him.

[ And Lupine doesn't love it, but. ]

...This has something to do with sIV and HSS getting those, uh — lovely consolation prizes?

Yeah. To put it simply, it seems the hell graduates used the fan meet and greet as a smokescreen to cause some trouble behind the scenes, which allowed certain idols and former idols to escape.

Based on what was going on at that time, and some advice I received... it's likely it was achieved by manipulating the belief of the fans to be in those idols' favor.

[ ...good job, Izzy, he's actually following this just fine, instead of feeling like he needs to be doing something with his hands. You're breaking it down into small enough chunks. But Lupine pushes a hand through his hair anyway, tugging on a few strands of it thoughtfully. ]

Well. Sure, why not. [ Jeez. ] I mean, that's what let C do all of that freaky stuff, right? Fans believing in AlcheME in general and him in particular?

Yeah. He basically spent a long time making a campaign for himself as a literal God.

One of the graduates stopped to tell me that instead of pushing my unit into the spotlight, I should think about outshining them as an individual. I get the feeling they were trying to encourage more of us to do something similar. Buuuuuuut in the interest of not getting found out so quickly, I'm trying a more... subtle approach.

[ ~~oh look it's a tag i lost~~ ] [ ...leaning back against the wall more heavily while he processes. ]

Right, because — what keeps us, uh, on this plane is our connection to our units. Because the fans like the units. But if you could get them to like you...

[ It makes sense, if you accept the whole... basic metaphysical concept underpinning it all. ]

Subtler how?

...

According to some people, I have the ability to heal illnesses, unlike the rest of my unit.

[ —?! ]

...a reputation you're... cultivating with the fans?

That's what we're trying for, anyway. But that also means making sure whoever I visit who's sick actually agrees with me "onstage."

...so, they pretend to feel better? Until it actually starts working. And it has to be somewhere outside of the dorms.

That's right!

[And guess which sick LiliS he found today!!]

I don't think we'll get results too quickly, though. C had been forming a cult long before I got here and - well, you saw how long it took for that to pay off.

[ does this mean he'll seek you out specifically to practice looking like you can heal the illness of his post-game day 470 status ailments, stay tuned ]

You'd think he and that person who called themselves 'god' would've gotten along better.

They had... some kind of relationship. Then again, I don't think C ever really meant too much harm while one of the first things I saw of God was her doing a literal murder Live.

Non-consensual. If that wasn't already obvious.

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