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Weekend 5...?
Weather: Clear skies all weekend
On Saturday, there’s nothing new or unusual. It seems like the wish granting has been put on hold, and your efforts can continue to go towards progressing the island more. With the museum, Able Sisters, the entertainment area, the garden and more, the amount of development Isle Sonrisa has gone through is crystal clear when you compare it to your first week here.
All seems to be normal. That is, until you decide to fall asleep.
Whenever you begin to dream, your dreams are very vivid and reminiscent of the time you all dreamt about your homes. This time, however, you see your fellow islanders around you. Everyone may look confused, trying to figure out where they are. And that’s entirely fair, because where you are now is a little different from the island you’re used to.
That power you felt earlier in the week feels strong, too. It feels natural. And when you channel your energy…
Those of you who had powers originally will feel them start to manifest. Every ability you had is coming back. They seem a little...dampened, though, like they aren’t the full extent of what you could do before. Those who did not have abilities before will start to feel in tune with whatever’s on their person, whether it be a shovel, a bug net, even a stack of apples… You’ll be able to use them in ways you couldn’t have before.
And maybe you’ll learn how to use that new ability soon, because someone is waiting on top of one of the ledges, staring down at all of you. And he is staring very, very intensely at you. A moment passes, and then he hops down...and swings his net at the nearest person.
Strangely, if the target is you, it doesn’t hurt. You feel the boink land, but it doesn’t hurt at all. Should you choose to retaliate, no matter what you do, the boy does not seem to be in pain either. Now’s the time to experiment with your newfound (or returning) abilities. Mess around with the environment, or go ham on one another! The strangest thing is that you will feel your energy draining the more you use your powers -- which is to be expected -- but the pain never really settles in.
Furthermore, there are no injuries or blood. In fact, every punch, every kick, every impact looks cartoonish!
The last notable thing is for Joonghyuk. If he looks up at the sky at any given moment, he’ll specifically see a shooting star fly across the sky. The wish to have strength is going a little haywire, but it’s certainly something, isn’t it?
As for Sunday, well… It’s worth mentioning that those abilities aren’t just a dream after all. In fact, you feel as though you can use them in real life, too, with the same effect -- the environment can be altered (for instance: super strength means you might be able to lift a tree with your bare hands, with some work) but there are no injuries or pain when you use them on others! … But the strange boy from that dream is nowhere to be found. Huh. Wonder what that was about...
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[ Is it weird to be proud when she only knows Ren? Maybe, but she feels it anyway.
That last part catches her by surprise, though. ]
Wait... you were on probation?
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And then he realizes he let that part slip, oops. Still, it's been some time now, and he has the opportunity to explain it all.]
I, uh, yeah. It started when I kind of sort of got convicted of aggravated assault, but it was all an absolute lie. I saw a man drunkenly harassing a woman and stepped in to stop it. He tripped, got hurt, and proceeded to call the cops and say I attacked him. Got the woman to corroborate his story, too. It turned out that he was a pretty high ranking politician, so he used his connections to get me charged. Got expelled because of it, of course, so I got shipped off to Tokyo to go to the one school the courts said would take me. Probation was for a year.
[Ren shakes his head.]
Joke's on him in the end, though, since he ended up being one of the people whose hearts we changed. Not that I'll ever forgive him for what he did, not just to me but... [And he trails off.] He was scum.
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[ Ren being on probation is so far out of character from what she knows of him, that this isn't really all that surprising. But she does think he's even cooler now than she did before. ]
I mean, I knew you were a good guy but... you're really awesome, Ren. [ Kaede doesn't really have much else to say, honestly. ] I'm sorry that happened to you, but you totally did the right thing.
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Thanks, Kaede. I was pretty bitter for a while about it, and it's part of what got me caught up into the whole Metaverse business to begin with, but I was lucky enough to make some friends early on to help keep me steady.
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[ Optimism is in her nature, but that would have definitely gotten to her. ]
I'm glad you made friends. They really make everything better.
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Not to mention, I've met some pretty incredible people here, too.
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[ She fully believes it! ]
Me too. I'm really glad for everyone I've met, even the people no longer here.
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[And looking at Kaede, remembering their previous conversation, it's made him realize that there are still things that he needs to fight for. There's no sitting back and relaxing even though the Phantom Thieves have disbanded.]
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[ She probably wouldn't even leave her house. ]
I feel really lucky that I ended up here of all places.