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ARC 1: BEGIN!

hello everyone... I am now posting something I've been working on for a little over two years now. this fic and its premise is very dear to me, and I hope you'll like it too! :D

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heads up! the next post will be another comic (I'm very, very excited to share it :D), but it'll take me a while longer to share it :']

I fear a lot of my actual work (administrative, very tedious) has stacked up with december approaching... I will probably take a brief break for the remainder of this week to focus on that, and finish up the comic! as warm-ups, I will also prepare a few of the other smaller answers with it so I can catch up easier next week! 🫶

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thank you dearly to everyone who rbs the art with nice tags!!! you all really keep me going :']

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Who’s designing the floormaster outfits?

[ 🦋 ] I wonder what Hiyori will choose to be...

Transcript for Maple: I thought it'd be lovely to theme ourselves, and the Godfather liked it very, very much! I'm so happy! Miss Michiru & Dr. Harai said they'd go all-in! Even Dr. Satou asked me to make tiramisu in honor of his outfit!

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(Hands Koa a copy of Shadow The Hedgehog)

I think you’ll resonate with this

[ ☕️ ] ...It was fine.

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hii miss harai… whats ur fav part of the human body… i must know…

[ 🫀 ] But, you can do away with eyes. Who needs those silly little things anyway?

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hey hey how's Hinako?

[ ☕️ ] ...What? Don't look at me like that.

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fuck it *unwrinkles your chidouins*

+ this silly thought <3

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Miss Namida, what does a typical day at work look like for you?

[ 💉 ] I-Is that an alright answer?

[ ╮( ‾́ ◡ ‾́ )╭ ] I don't think you need to worry 'bout that.

Michiru: Meee?! Mr. Chidouin: You're not in trouble… (yet)

W-Well… I usually wake up here, s-so, work starts early. I check on Miss Maple… Miss Maple checks on me. (Maple: Have you eaten, Miss Michiru?) Rio usually finishes his tr-training early, so he waits in my office. If he d-doesn't need t-to be repaired, I head to the laboratory. AI adjustments, executions, personal projects… Th-Then, I update Dr. Gashu on our progress. Usually, he'll invite me to dinner… but, s-sometimes, lately, I've had other plans. All-in-all, my days are v-very productive. I'm thankful f-for the opportunities here, eheehee…

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Program initiated...

asks are now open! please refer to my pinned post for who is available to answer :]

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...EXPERIMENT: BEGIN ! I commend you for finding this file. In the chance of my death, I must ask you continue to document ASU-NARO agents. Do whatever you must to extract our desired results. Don't worry—they've already signed away their lives.

{ This is an interactive ask blog, set one year prior to the Death Game! Run by @faresong }

☕️ KOA MYOJIN ;; Adopted heir of the Hiyori/Myojin Branch. Japanese/Vietnamese; 11 years.

KOA MYOJIN is the replacement heir for Hinako Mishuku, Myojin's biological granddaughter. Being raised with this knowledge hanging over her head has resulted in a rather cynical mindset wherein she views those around her, up to and including herself, as pieces in a larger game. A mindset reinforced by Mr. Chidouin in Myojin's absence, for he had faith in her where Myojin did not—seeing her solely as a mandatory last-resort to continue his reign of power. But of course, even a pawn can become a queen.

🎃 RIO RANGER (LAIZER PROJECT) ;; Experiment of the Gotō Branch. Doll, Japanese model; 20 years.

RIO is an experimental project spearheaded by Gashu Satou simulating the deceased Yoshimoto heir. It was initiated with its basic personality, and to compensate its limited emotional range, this iteration of AI technology was granted a much more adaptive program compared to M4-P1. As such, he has taken to mimicry of the researchers which surround him in all their crudest forms. Despite denouncing humanity, his development has certainly been typical of one. The candidate AIs are proven promising.

🐉 SOU HIYORI ;; Heir of the Hiyori/Myojin Branch. Japanese; 22 years.

SOU HIYORI is the heir of the Family and inherently quite skilled at keeping appearances—only if it benefits him. He obeys Asunaro with the sneer of someone who thinks himself something above it, and has recently taken great lengths to abandon its ruling through the rejection of his individual humanity. It is a bastardization which requires admirable resolve, but implies him to be a much larger threat if left unchecked. Thus, Mrs. Hiyori arranged plans for his execution on the day Myojin and herself are simultaneously incapacitated or dead.

🦋 MAPLE (ITERATION M4-P1) ;; Experiment of the Gotō & Hiyori Branch. Obstructor, Japanese model; 26 years.

MAPLE was the first Obstructor to be granted emotional programming, and is the final Obstructor to be decommissioned. However, this fate has been put on standby due to the new researchers intrigue in her, insisting she exists as a base from which all other AI programs were spawned and must be archived properly. Until her execution, Maple tends to menial tasks within the laboratory she resides and spends her idle time pining for Hiyori and wishing to learn more about humanity through the researchers who care for her.

🩸 KAI SATOU ;; Patriarch of the Gotō Branch. Japanese/Wa Chinese; 26 years.

KAI is a reserved patriarch whose reputation precedes him. Though once thought denounced, he's rumored nonetheless a controversial figure in Asunaro's midst—however, all can agree him to be a vengeful, resolute person lent the power of God.

💉 MICHIRU NAMIDA ;; Lieutenant of the Satou Family, Gotō Branch. Korean; 28 years.

MICHIRU is a revered researcher within Asunaro's newer ranks, having quickly rose to a position of respect for her ruthless pursuit of seizing humanity's destiny with her own two hands. Without being absorbed by the superficial desire for power, many recognize her dedicated state of mind to be reminiscent of the natural way Mrs. Hiyori assumed her role under Asunaro's whispers of guidance. There is importance in the fact that the Godfather's right hand regards her as a peer, where he otherwise dismisses his own kind by blood, by culture.

🫀 EMIRI HARAI ;; Lieutenant of the Satou Family, Gotō Branch. Japanese; 29 years.

EMIRI is a new researcher and serves as the connecting point between Asunaro's primary facility and civilian life. For all her resentment buried inside one-off remarks and festering within herself, she throws herself to her work with the drive of a passionate someone who has lost all else. Someone who perhaps hungered for life.

(￣▽￣) MR. CHIDOUIN ;; Godfather. Japanese; 44 years.

MR. CHIDOUIN aligned himself with the Gotō Family's lost heir after his father's untimely death, uniting the two families in a manner he hoped would justify the suffering once inflicted upon them—but particularly his wife, who had been cast out by her own. Despite, or as he had claimed, for his being extremely capable of detaching to arrange the larger canvas upon which Asunaro's story is written, he takes a personal pride in being the one to groom and inevitably cull its important pieces.

⚰️ GASHU SATOU ;; Captain of the Satou Family, Gotō Branch. Japanese; 62 years.

GASHU is a remarkably candid researcher with a scrutinizing eye for detail. Despite regarding most with unrelenting cynicism, he places his remaining shreds of hope in a choice few. Whether they reinforce this worldview and finally break him is a decision entirely in their hands.