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[ no pesky stairs getting in the way either! a miracle has happened. ]

Okay, I'll call you later.

[ and she hangs up.

so. time skip? time skip.

by now nanami had gone outside to explore the new surroundings, staying safe as she had been told to. and after she felt that she has the area somewhat mapped out, she heads back to her block, calling hinata in the process.

this should be around the afternoon and she's had a pretty good time talking about pyramid head with sonia so she's even more hyped up about all this. by the way, yeah sonia here!!? but she knows hinata already knows that. ]

Hinata-kun, I'm ready to meet up now. I'll be waiting for you so come quickly, okay? Hurry up!

[ so pumped. ]

[Dadadanaaaa time skip indeed-- Hinata goes fumbling his phone out when he's called, but is not quite prepared for her excitement. Dang but she must have something she really wants to share about the people here, huh??

Hinata will settle on cautious interest and go from there.]

R-right, I'm coming!

[AND HE WILL HANG UP and head on over posthaste! To a knock-knock-knock on her door...]

[ already on stand by, she opens the door rather quickly to greet hinata. deciding that this seemed quite familiar, nanami recalls the last time she had to tell him something important. it seems like such a long time ago already...

but, with another secret on hand, this time it's different. and it's one where they won't be staying in the rooms for. ]

... Let's go to the back of the building.

[ or just somewhere quiet. she can't afford anyone listening in on this, especially since it's such a big block! ]

[T-thump, what could it be...? What would be so important? Hinata nods at least, and moves to wander around the building in question. He peers left and right to see that no-one is hanging around before turning to Nanami.]

So? What is it, anyway?

[He's been in suspense for a while now!]

[ and down to business.

she'll start with the easiest example. ]

You know about Pyramid Head, right? Sonia-san told me you mentioned him. I've been noticing something strange about this place since the beginning, but it's still hard to explain.

Yeah-- I know about it.

[Is that what it's called? Hinata's been trying not to break copyright-- no, just kidding, he's probably not that aware of the 4th wall.

Probably.]

Well... It's okay if you try to figure out how to explain it, Nanami. I'll pay attention.

[ she nods in response, putting on a serious voice. so beware! if he accidentally gets distracted or something she'll get mad!!! ]

Silent Hill 2... survival horror video game published by Konami and released in September 2001. It's the second game from the Silent Hill series and also... the game he's from.

...

...

......huh?

[What. Are you saying that there's a monster from a video game running around Haven. Characters from video games?? What blasphemy is this.]

[ hold on tight, hinata. there's more. ]

That's not all... the invisible barrier we have surrounding us, isn't that just like the invisible wall in video games? When you want to go somewhere, but all you hit is the edge of the screen... It's just like that, isn't it?

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N-- Nanami...

[...she's right, is the thing. It is like that.]

Then, do you think this is some kind of other...program that we're in right now?

Such a thing is not impossible... but it might be too soon to draw conclusions. Some of the people we know or see around here... they're also from different games.

... It's strange. [ and she's sure she doesn't have to touch on the infinity lives part. ]

Wait-- the people are? From games? Video games?

[Just to be sure that's what she's saying here. He'll take her at her word because this is Nanami, but...still...]

Yes, that's correct.

[ she's getting really pumped up again. ]

Minato-kun is from The Journey Series... and he's the only one that I've told. Morgan-senpai is from Flame Emblem Saga and... if Hinata-kun wants to know about anyone else, I'll tell you about them. But it'll be a secret, okay?

[He thinks that his head is going to spin right off... But then. Even if they are all from a game, what difference does it make? It'd be like treating Nanami differently because she's an AI.]

I-- I'll keep it a secret. I think, er-- I'm not sure how the others would take it if I told them something like that, anyway.

[He shakes his head slowly. BETTER OFF NOT BREAKING THE 4TH WALL. Especially to people who don't even have video games where they're from.]

Yeah...

I'm really happy to be able to meet them, but this may further back-up our theory that this is a program. [ it's not everyday you meet a video game character, y'know! her classmates from monobear's version of twilight syndrome technically counts but this is different!!! ]

Father told me it's not but... [ ... she doesn't know how to think of this give her a moment. she was so happy to meet chihiro.

... ] Whatever it is, it doesn't matter. The hardships and pain you feel here is real and... we should find a way to make this place better or find a way to leave, like always. Not everyone who leaves this place will have a happy ending, so if it were possible, that's what I would want... I think.

[ she can't but feel there's nothing she can do though. in the stimulation, she was restricted by monobear. and here... there's the yao corporation. averting her gaze from hinata's face, she looks down, focusing on a lonely pebble on the ground.

suddenly this wasn't exciting anymore. maybe it never was. ]

[Hinata nods slowly, but his expression lightens a bit as he hears her call it real.] Aa. And the bonds we form with people are real, too, no matter where or what they might be from. [Maybe it's easier to accept because he feels so attached to Nanami, who he knows is an AI.]

It would be good if we can figure out that way. A way to get past that barrier, or shut it down, a way to fight that corporation... and do something for this whole place.

Even the people who live here outside, what kind of lives are they living? I wonder if it's anything like ours...

[But he reaches out as she looks down, placing his hand on her shoulder firmly.] We won't give up. I'm going to believe that there's still something that we can do, that we will be able to find out a solution.

[ feeling his hand placed on her shoulder, nanami looks back up to face hinata again. ah, yes. she knew that he would understand. ]

Having you say those words... puts me at ease. Thank you... And when the tunnels are cleared, we can go look around Haven North, right? [ which they are, but nanami doesn't know that yet.

and it's not to look for games or... anything! ] I want to... explore this whole place and know everything about Haven.

[ ok yes, and then there's the games. ]

[Of course it isn't to look for games... but Hinata will show her the fair games up there, at the very least!! They might not be the exact same but hey they're still games.]

Of course. There's a library up in the North... and a book in it where people've put various things that they've learned about Haven. It might be good to have a look at that again.

[And maybe add some things, this time around.] We can probably go to the East, too, just to cover all the places we can get to.

That sounds good...

[ a library should always have the necessary information to properly finish a quest! ]

What's in the East?

There're more buildings with supplies, and it has the hospital that the others had been held in by Yao once before... Though there's not much in the way of medical stuff.

[ hospital... ]

We can do that too. There are people here who will probably need more supplies... so it's best to try to help. [ ... ]

... The people... were they quarantined for a reason? [ that's the only conclusion she can come up with, from personal experience. although yao isn't exactly a good... guy...... ]

No... well, they'd been taken away so that Yao could perform experiments on them.

[Hinata frowns darkly as he remembers, remembers how everyone looked when they broke through to meet them, saw what had happened to them... it had been terrible.]

[ why this. ]

Morgan-senpai mentioned something like that... I think. This is why we'll have to stop it. Let's go as soon as we can.

[because Haven]

Aa... Got it. It's a promise.

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