Fifty-Seventh Theory [Written/Voice/Action]

[i_speak_softly]

[It's sunny and warm and spring, and Don can't wait to get outside. Or he wouldn't be able to wait, if he didn't have such impressive self-control.]

[He diligently starts the morning with his usual exercises, then sits down to leave a few messages in his journal before leaving the house.]

[Tutoring Beast in reading has made Don reconsider his own literacy skills, and after much thinking he's decided to do something to improve them. To that end, he easily constructs a filter, then labors through writing a brief message:]

Filtered from Housemates | Unhackable

[In translation-shielded kanji:] I WANT PLEASE: SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TEACH TO READ JAPANESE A SLOW STUDENT.

[There. Anyone who can't read that is automatically disqualifed as a teacher; anyone who can should immediately see the need for some teaching.]

[Reminding himself that lack of knowledge is not a cause for shame, but an opportunity to learn, Don closes that filter and opens another.]

Filtered to Leonardo | Unhackable

Hey, Padawan. If you ever take a break from mastering the Force, call your otouto and let him know you're okay.

[And finally:]

Filtered to SHELL members | Unhackable

The world visit experiment should be happening soon, if we can believe anything that blue man says. After that I'd like to have another meeting.

I'm taking nominations for other topics of discussion or club activities.

[Don will check for replies later - for now, he closes the journal, takes his gear, and quietly leaves the house. He'll be spending the next few hours meandering among the cherry trees, looking for early blooms.]

[Anyone who meets him may notice he now wears a silver chain around his wrist, half-visible where it laces through the leather wrappings.]

Comments

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[i_speak_softly]

But other people would rather go somewhere else. I think it fell out pretty evenly.

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[most_unwanted]

I think so too, they're well split up... and for those that can't go home, it's a potential new chance at life.

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[i_speak_softly]

[A pause, then:] Do you think there's any chance something useful will come of this? In terms of being able to send people to a different world permanently?

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[most_unwanted]

I really do think so, with this one. I question their motives most of the time, I question their experiments and the effects they have on us... but this one is the first one I've heard of that has any potential.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He appreciates your optimism.]

We'll talk more at the meeting?

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[most_unwanted]

[He's trying. He wants to believe.]

We will. I'll be looking forward to it.