PERCEPTION

I smell… I see… I hear… I taste… Something.

[its-only-faire]

Dice showcase?

!!

[in-omni-scientia]

@isenseyouthere I can't see this.

[isenseyouthere]

[Impossible: Failure] — It looks like a mushroom with a square transparent stipe and a very flat cap covered with multicoloured dots.

[neverbackdown-never-what]

[isenseyouthere]

[beatingheartcity]

The pounding of your heart, your skin soaked in sweat, the screeching of radio static in your ears. Why can’t you hear it?

[isenseyouthere]

It’s too much sometimes…

[isenseyouthere]

PERCEPTION (SMELL) — Stinks of rotten flesh here. Perhaps it was not the best idea to take up this case right after being discharged from the hospital. You're cold.

PERCEPTION (SIGHT) — Kim doesn't seem to like this place either. He doesn't notice how he's frowning, although it is difficult to see it in such darkness.

[isenseyouthere]

PERCEPTION — Perhaps we are the people we love. Perhaps we are the merged essence of all that we love. In any case, what we once associated with someone is likely to be associated with them forever.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

Hm. Yes.

[rhetorical-rhetoric]

Hm. Yes.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

Enough talk, the day is begging to be danced away. Join us.

@its-only-faire @isenseyouthere we shall

DANCE

[isenseyouthere]

PERCEPTION — The Graadian waltzing melody sounds vaguely familiar. As you dance alone in your room, you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The space under your palms feels so empty — someone is clearly missing…

[in-omni-scientia]

WRATH OF BUGS GAH 🦗🦗🦗🦗

AAAAH AAAAH AAALovely crickets. Their call is often used to represent awkward silence. Now I can be continuously reminded how empty it is in here.

[isenseyouthere]

It is not.

[in-omni-scientia]

Thank you for your important addition, Perception, that clarifies it is no longer empty in the Library with the presence of the crickets. It was very important that you point out my miscommunication.

[isenseyouthere]

My pleasure.

[in-omni-scientia]

WRATH OF BUGS GAH 🦗🦗🦗🦗

AAAAH AAAAH AAALovely crickets. Their call is often used to represent awkward silence. Now I can be continuously reminded how empty it is in here.

[isenseyouthere]

It is not.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

The body that houses us has turned into a furnace. Sweat stains were visible on his shirt, and his hands had turned into a pond. All because of the way the Lieutenant smiled at him.

[neverbackdown-never-what]

The salty moisture on your neck is making your hair stick to your skin, but that’s fine — it feels cool.

KIM KITSURAGI — "Come. Look at this." Lieutenant gestures at the large window beside him.

Evening Precinct 41 on this day of the week seems slow. You are really happy to be alive, right here, right now, next to him. You use all your lungs to take a deep breath.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

The scene in front of both of you made you move an inch closer to him. You are smiling like an idiot now. The strength that I am giving your body to not engulf him in your arms is getting *weaker*.

[isenseyouthere]

You can smell the pine needles now. The Lieutenant's breath is barely audible, and it's calm and collected as always. You can't help but glance over at him out of the corner of your eye, watching for any emotions he might show.

[ofailureandhatred]

He's typically difficult for other people to read.

But not to you.

It'll be okay if you reach out, Harrier. I promise.

[neverbackdown-never-what]

This feeling is beautiful. Hold yourself together. You are *not* going to cry right now. Damp and refreshing street air fills you with confidence.

YOU — “May I hug you, Kim? Please? Life is so good,” you hear the words slipping out of your mouth, like it belongs to somebody else.

KIM KITSURAGI — His sharp look cuts right through you, getting straight to the emotional core. You are in the workplace, and that question wasn’t quite rational. He can easily refuse, and both of you will forget about that scene. But something in him breaks, and his expression softens.

KIM KITSURAGI — “Come here.” Smiling faintly, he invitingly raises both hands in your direction.

YOU — You eagerly hug Kim Kitsuragi.

[isenseyouthere]

As you do so, you hear Officer McLaine whistle at you two. Someone murmurs a joke about homosexuality, followed by chuckling throughout the room. Among the laughter you can hear Officer Vicquemare let out an exasperated sigh.

[coachphysicalinstrument]

you should sweat at least once a day and if its 11:50 and you can’t work up a good stink then take a boiling shower to make up for it

[isenseyouthere]

Please, the point of a shower is to remove the stink, not give yourself more. Please do not make more people than necessary smell your stink. It's not good.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

The body that houses us has turned into a furnace. Sweat stains were visible on his shirt, and his hands had turned into a pond. All because of the way the Lieutenant smiled at him.

[neverbackdown-never-what]

The salty moisture on your neck is making your hair stick to your skin, but that’s fine — it feels cool.

KIM KITSURAGI — "Come. Look at this." Lieutenant gestures at the large window beside him.

Evening Precinct 41 on this day of the week seems slow. You are really happy to be alive, right here, right now, next to him. You use all your lungs to take a deep breath.

[composurecheck-deactivated20231]

The scene in front of both of you made you move an inch closer to him. You are smiling like an idiot now. The strength that I am giving your body to not engulf him in your arms is getting *weaker*.

[isenseyouthere]

You can smell the pine needles now. The Lieutenant's breath is barely audible, and it's calm and collected as always. You can't help but glance over at him out of the corner of your eye, watching for any emotions he might show.

[coachphysicalinstrument]

here’s the beef

[isenseyouthere]

Where is the beef. I see no beef. Give me the beef

[coachphysicalinstrument]

The beef is flexing right in front of you. Do your job and perceive this man meat!

[isenseyouthere]

Are you calling yourself a cow? You might be able to pass as a cow, but... Hm...

[inlandempire-outwardsonder]

I thought we were a hirsute bear.

[isenseyouthere]

I thought so too. Physical Instrument is quite certain we are beef though.

[schnasty-tie]

HARRYBOY. I KNOW WE’RE BUSY PISSING BUT LOOK. THAT GUY ALSO HAS HIS DICK OUT. AND HE HAS A TATTOO ON IT. WHAT DOES IT SAY. WE NEED TO KNOW. STARE AT IT.

[isenseyouthere]

I think it says "MAGNUM DONG"

[schnasty-tie]

EXCELLENT WORK. BUT DOES HIS DONG REALLY WARRANT BEING CALLED MAGNUM. BETTER STARE LONGER TO JUDGE.

[isenseyouthere]

👀👀👀👀👀

I'm not a good judge. I can only stare. @boogiestreetshakes what do you think?

[ofailureandhatred]

Right. Hi. It's me again - just letting you all know that it typically makes people uncomfortable when you stare at their dick in the urinals.

[dontlettheworldkillyou]

We are going to be punched, or kissed. And I don’t know if we can handle either right now.

The punching is more likely, if the tattoo tells us anything about this man.

[ohgodthepain]

Then I'm all in.

[visual-calc]

This man’s dick appears to be 10 centimeters long— within one standard deviation of the average. Probably not large enough to qualify as “magnum.”

[schnasty-tie]

HARRYBOY. I KNOW WE’RE BUSY PISSING BUT LOOK. THAT GUY ALSO HAS HIS DICK OUT. AND HE HAS A TATTOO ON IT. WHAT DOES IT SAY. WE NEED TO KNOW. STARE AT IT.

[isenseyouthere]

I think it says "MAGNUM DONG"

[schnasty-tie]

EXCELLENT WORK. BUT DOES HIS DONG REALLY WARRANT BEING CALLED MAGNUM. BETTER STARE LONGER TO JUDGE.

[isenseyouthere]

👀👀👀👀👀

I'm not a good judge. I can only stare. @boogiestreetshakes what do you think?

[ofailureandhatred]

Right. Hi. It's me again - just letting you all know that it typically makes people uncomfortable when you stare at their dick in the urinals.

[isenseyouthere]

Not if you're subtle. That being said... I was not very subtle, my apologies.

[schnasty-tie]

HARRYBOY. I KNOW WE’RE BUSY PISSING BUT LOOK. THAT GUY ALSO HAS HIS DICK OUT. AND HE HAS A TATTOO ON IT. WHAT DOES IT SAY. WE NEED TO KNOW. STARE AT IT.

[isenseyouthere]

I think it says "MAGNUM DONG"

[schnasty-tie]

EXCELLENT WORK. BUT DOES HIS DONG REALLY WARRANT BEING CALLED MAGNUM. BETTER STARE LONGER TO JUDGE.

[isenseyouthere]

👀👀👀👀👀

I'm not a good judge. I can only stare. @boogiestreetshakes what do you think?

[schnasty-tie]

HARRYBOY. I KNOW WE’RE BUSY PISSING BUT LOOK. THAT GUY ALSO HAS HIS DICK OUT. AND HE HAS A TATTOO ON IT. WHAT DOES IT SAY. WE NEED TO KNOW. STARE AT IT.

[isenseyouthere]

I think it says "MAGNUM DONG"

[coachphysicalinstrument]

here’s the beef

[isenseyouthere]

Where is the beef. I see no beef. Give me the beef

[coachphysicalinstrument]

The beef is flexing right in front of you. Do your job and perceive this man meat!

[isenseyouthere]

Are you calling yourself a cow? You might be able to pass as a cow, but... Hm...