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[masked-buffoon]

Chapter 11: Behind the scenes (Part 4)

Warnings: mentions of trauma, underage drinking, mind manipulation, mentions of suicide

Author notes: there was some delay with that part because... That writer completely forgot to schedule for today... Do blame me XD Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!

Kunikida grumbled a lot when we had to return to Kabukichō, for I had promised that he would not need to go back again. I had not predicted that our investigation would take longer than expected. Even so, we had no choice but to wait for the illusionist at the bar, as the woman had told us. Supposedly, his show would end at eleven; we would get to meet him very soon.

"My favourite bar!" A man suddenly exclaimed as the door opened.

He confidently stepped toward a stool, next to us, and the bartender simply started preparing what I guessed was his usual order. He seemed in his fifties, his hair was greyish, and looked tall. His eyes were very blue and very clear, too. I barely glanced at him, not wanting to appear suspicious.

"You have clients, tonight." He noted "That's rare."

"Well, they came for you, after all." She sighed, putting a cocktail in front of him "Your favourite, gin tonic."

"They came for me? Are you supporters?" He chuckled.

"So you are Nazo-san." I stated, simply taking a sip of my whisky "We aren't supporters, we're investigators. We're here to interrogate you."

"What crime did I commit?" He hummed.

"None for now. We'd only like to hear about your connection to Taikin-san."

He froze and, slowly, put his drink down. His joyful face darkened and he looked at me seriously.

"Let's talk about that in another place."

The bartender brought us in the back of the bar, where no one could hear us. She closed the door behind her as she left us alone to discuss. Kunikida pulled out his notebook, ready to write down the confessions of the mentalist.

"So, you have something to do with Sakunosuke's kidnapping?" He asked.

"The boy was taken…?" He sounded surprised "By who…?"

"We don't know yet. However, we need to understand everything that's going on in that family to eventually find a lead." I said.

"I see… Well, I'll tell you everything I know about them."

Nazo Eita cleared his throat before starting his explanations.

"It was… Years ago…" He remembered "Taikin-san had found a woman. She had lost her arms and they had been replaced by prosthetics. She was traumatised, her body disgusted her… The only way for her to keep living was making her believe that it had been entirely replaced, thus why I put her under hypnosis and told her that she had been turned into a robot…"

"She had been sold and raped numerous times, am I right…?" I frowned, crossing my arms "It's horrible… How did you manage, for the kids?"

"I used hypnosis again. Obviously, the kids are hers, but… She really suffered to carry them. I erased that experience too, as well as the second child. She… She hated twins. She thought they meant bad luck. Taikin-san paid me and I… Just did my job…" He sighed "Believe me, I know it's unethical, and I hated having to do it."

"Raise the hypnosis." I demanded "It's a whole bunch of nonsense, Yumiko-san should see a therapist."

"And suffer from PTSD…?! I can't do that! Or have Taikin-san pay me and ask me himself…!" He protested "Anyway, I don't know why the young Sakunosuke-kun was taken away, I just hope you'll find him."

"We'll talk about that again." I shrugged "Thanks for your time. It was quite useful."

"Glad I could help." Nazo-san mumbled before leaving.

Kunikida closed his notebook and shoved it in his inner pocket, upset.

"How was that even useful…?!" He groaned "We've already deduced all of that…!"

"Indeed, but we now know who did that to Yumiko-san and why. I believe it wasn't to manipulate his wife, Taikin-san truly cares about her, but that doesn't quite explain why he wouldn't take care of his second son…" I muttered, thinking.

"I'm not sure it's important… Right now, we have to find Sakunosuke-kun."

"You're right." I agreed.

Suddenly, the phone rang. My coworker picked it up.

"What is it, Dazai? … Wait what? … You didn't follow her? … Why? … In the bathroom?! Dazai, you —"

Kunikida angrily put his phone back in his pocket before turning toward me.

"Yumiko-san escaped! She went out of the mansion and that useless bandage wasting device was too occupied in the bathroom to see it…!" He told me, unable to calm down.

"Bandage wasting device…? Wow, even Chūya didn't have as much imagination for his nicknames…" I mumbled.

"What did you say...?"

"Nothing at all." I looked at him "It's alright. Dazai has human needs too, he couldn't predict that woman would go out by herself while he would be occupied."

He could not predict. Even I did not believe what I had said. There was no way this person had not purposely left her without surveillance, but that meant he was suspicious of her. By letting her go, he had uncovered an important lead that we had to follow.

"Did we put a tracking device in her phone?"

"I don't know, I wasn't on the case at the beginning…!"

"It was Yosano-sensei who talked to her…" I sighed "I know what to do. Let's go back to the mansion not to let Kitaro-kun alone. Meanwhile, I'd like you to request access to the cameras of Yokohama. We'll try retracing her route with that."

"I'm on it… Even so, we're damned if she took a car…"

"We'll have to manage, somehow… That is too strange, we never even suspected her…"

"Do you think it could have been done without her consent? Because of mentalism, for example?"

I thought about the video I had taken of Kunikida, the other day.

"You might be right… But since we were with Nazo-san just a moment ago, it cannot be him… I'd rather think about an assistant or a student of some kind… Can I have Dazai's number, please? I'll talk to him about it while you discuss with the police." I requested.

"Sure. But I thought you had it?"

"He changed his number and, ever since, I haven't had an opportunity to save his new one. Thanks."

We walked to the train that would take us back to the Taikin mansion in Yokohama. Things were getting out of hand and we still did not know why the businessman would trust us with his family. I dialed my friend's number.

"Dazai, it's Ogawa. Yes, Kunikida gave it to me… Mmh… I'd like you to start interrogating the servants. We deduced perhaps one of them was able to use mentalism too and triggered Yumiko-san to leave the mansion. Can you keep an eye on Kitaro-kun, too? Thanks…"

At the same moment, an announcement was made in the train station.

"Dear customers. Due to an unexpected accident, the trains are suspended for the moment. May you forgive us for the inconvenience —"

"What's going on…?" Kuninida mumbled.

We asked an employee for information and learnt that someone had committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. It was not too odd, but we requested to see the victim anyway. We were led to the scene, and our eyes widened.

The man who had committed suicide was Nazo Eita-san.

[somerpmemes]

Sex Education S1 Starters

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“Did you just fake it?”

“...this is not the bathroom.”

“Did you hear that? He spoke to me, with actual words!”

“Are you a complete moron?”

“And who are you?”

“Do you reckon his brain is so small because his dick is so big?”

“Do you really think this place has asbestos in it?”

“Tell anyone and I’ll maim you.”

“You need to stop analyzing everything I do.”

“It’s worse than I thought. No, I mean… I mean, it’s fine.”

“I get it, you’re mean.”

“Yeah, I just think I’m gonna die now.”

“You are who you are, don’t let anyone take that away from you.”

“So everybody’s wrong and I’m basically awesome?”

“Yogurt’s vegan, right?”

“Everything. Everything about us is just wrong.”

“You’re particularly odd today.”

“Listen, knowledge is power, power is status, and status is popular.”

“Now lose the tie, you look like a Mormon.”

“Remember, all of these chemicals are highly flammable.”

“You’re supposed to give advice, not traumatize people!”

“Well, if you’re going to do drugs tonight remember to buddy up and look after one another.”

“You will die by fire and by force because I’m sick of it!”

“This is ineffective communication!”

“Could you give me a leg up?”

“You’re so wise, like an old owl.”

“I wish you could see yourself the way I do.”

“Rule number one, enthusiasm is more important than technique!”

“It’s gone all Ancient Rome!”

“I need a wee and some crisps!”

“There’s plenty more hot, scary fish in the sea.”

“Forgetting someone’s birthday is not domestic abuse, ___.”

“What a silly little man.”

“Trying’s the whole game, no one can stop you trying. Well, they can try, I suppose..”

“Aren’t you supposed to say something encouraging?”

“Raw fish is an aphrodisiac!”

“That was tight as fuck.”

“On time is late.”

“If you want a happy life, you keep the sweet ones around.”

“I just saw two pigeons having sex.”

“Have you ever had someone cheat on you?”

“I really don’t like vanilla, it’s not even a flavor.”

“I’ll text you if I die.”

“Oh! Hah! You are like a pimp. And not the cool Snoop Dogg kind.”

“Have a seat, I won’t bite.”

“Okay that is unethical on so many levels!”

“After you, then, Captain Morality.”

“No, no, I’m not helping! This is not helping!”

“I’ve never seen you read before. Is this some kind of joke?”

“Fuck fear.”

“Yeah, yeah, let’s skip the faux modesty.”

“I guess it is good to look outside your bubble.”

“It’s for you. It’s soup, for a sick person.”

“Let's do a mind map.”

“It’s just someone else to let you down, isn’t it?”

“You look like the Cookie Monster.”

“You know, it’s weird. You’re my age, but wise.”

“I say lots of stuff, you’re not supposed to listen to me.”

“You’re so funny you make my dick hurt.”

“Only you could make French unsexy.”

“I think he's gonna… sing.”

“Excuse me, I’m a bad girl in heels. A bad girl. Let it be known to the world.”

“You’re a horrible person. Why should I help you?”

“What’s up, dick stain?”

“My skin feels like a carpet.”

“That better be pizza!”

“You’re really shit at helping.”

“I’m a bitch to everyone.”

“Why are your arms so freakishly long?”

“Just roll up your sleeves you fool?”

“If you’re going to live like this, you have to toughen up.”

“I’m not a shiny person, ___.”

“I thought your family was perfect.”

“Sit down.”

“I think it’s important you don’t bottle up residual guilt.”

“Quitters never win.”

“It’s like you all suddenly woke up with boundaries.”

“But to be clear, I don’t wanna have sex with you specifically, just a human man with a penis.”

“Do you always avoid questions like this?”

“But we can never let them know how much they make us feel lonely.”

“I don’t know what I want. No one’s ever asked me that before.”

“That’s impossible, by the way.”

“Lots of people have acquired knowledge, ___. Not many people have ideas.”

“Did you know that whales only have sex for 35 seconds?”

“Disappear again and I’ll stab you in the eye.”

“My expectations were extremely low, to be honest.”

“Stop honking!”

“I’m not prying, I just… I just want to know that you’re okay.”

“Pretty boys like me are definitely not your type.”

“Only you could turn the topic of dreams into existential angst.”

“Pessimists outlive optimists.”

“Please. Do I look like I have a Cinderella complex?”

“Ritualized teenage fun sucks.”

“You do know what fun is, right? It’s what people our age do sometimes.”

“Well, you look like an angry aubergine.”

“We were born alone and we will die alone so we might as well get what we can along the way.”

“Want my advice? Stick to the jewel tones.”

“You ask a lot of questions.”

“Look, I’ll be hurt either way. Isn’t it better to be who I am?”

“I think you are the coolest, bravest, and kindest person I know.”

“Love isn’t about the moon and stars. It’s about dumb luck.”

“Sorry if I got, like, sick on you and stuff.”

“Your vocabulary is very limited.”

“Beware the wild female.”

“Are we not gonna talk about this? Is that it?”

“It was an appallingly awkward sexual experience.”

“I do not like simulated danger.”

“I’ve got to do all of this on my own?”

“This emergency supersedes our argument!”

“You don’t know how lucky you are.”

“Ah, your head is bleeding.”

“We just rode down this hill for no reason, didn’t we?”

“I’m really smart, I just got unlucky in the family department.”

“I know I can be better. And if you give me a second chance, I promise I will not waste it.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve felt like this.”

“Is this supposed to be romantic.”

“That was very brave, and also quite emasculating.”

“Don’t talk. You’ll ruin it.”

[canadian-riddler]

Morality of a Supercomputer: Why GLaDOS is not evil (or inherently a bad person)

(under a readmore for length)

 Part A: Aperture Itself is an Immoral Corporation Run By Immoral Employees

- Cave Johnson was the was the CEO of Aperture from 1947 to sometime in the 1980s.  We can infer that his employees either a) had similar beliefs to himself or b) were content to adhere to his ridiculous whims while also turning a blind eye.

- Cave never, ever expresses remorse for killing his first set of test subjects.  He treats it as an inconvenience.  He literally doesn’t care that he killed a bunch of promising members of society during a bunch of horribly conceived tests with a horribly built device that was proven not to work.  Your introduction to the Repulsion Gel includes him making a joke about someone breaking all the bones in their legs.

- Aperture put to market two separate gels that were not fit for human consumption.  Again, Cave doesn’t seem to care one bit about this. He takes a stance more akin to ‘oh well, we’ll just… use them for this experimental quantum tunnelling device, I guess’.

- Aperture’s unethical disaster experiments are all played off as inconsequential or mildly amusing inconveniences.  

- Cave does not take responsibility for his own ill-advised actions.  He shoulders them off onto everybody else.  People were accepting this responsibility willingly.

- Cave publicly disrespects, insults, and demeans almost every person that works for him.  He fires without notice people who disagree with him.

- Cave’s plan, after killing the astronauts and Olympians, was to specifically entice the homeless, the mentally ill, seniors, and orphaned children to do his tests for him.  That is, he specifically wanted populations that nobody would cause a fuss about if they went missing.  This tells us that Cave Johnson has no regard for human life and, additionally, that his employees willingly went along with this.  Aperture was taken to court not for injured astronauts, but for missing ones.  Somebody got rid of what was left of them.     People also agreed to this marketing campaign and put it into action.

- Because Aperture wanted only populations that nobody would miss, we can infer something very important: nobody ever survived the testing process.  Every single person who went into the testing tracks died.

               - During Test Chamber 18 in Portal, there is a room with craters in the wall panels where the energy pellets have been colliding with them.  No other chamber has this.  Therefore, before Chell arrives, nobody has ever solved that chamber.  Every person who has gone through the testing track has died before reaching this point.  In Portal, GLaDOS is not shown to have the ability to reorder the facility.  All she is able to do is position turrets and activate the neurotoxin, so we know that she does not reorder the tests.  They are static and she merely resets them after they are complete/failed partway through.

               - Test Chamber 19 appears unfinished, which follows from the previous point that Test Chamber 18 was never solved so Test Chamber 19 was never fully built.  GLaDOS, additionally, seems baffled that Chell ends up at the end of it and is forced to improvise when she escapes, which GLaDOS does not know how to do because she has never done it before.  

- In Lab Rat, neither Henry nor Doug Rattmann seem to be overly concerned with whether GLaDOS is a person or not, and not at all bothered by the fact that Caroline is supposed to be in there.  They talk about her like she is a bothersome computer and that is all.  You could argue that Henry does not know about Caroline; however, Doug’s murals prove that he does know.  This doesn’t seem to influence his decisions whatsoever.

- Lab Rat also states that they turn GLaDOS off and on at will, ‘off’ usually involving a ‘kill switch’.  Given that GLaDOS is a computer from the late eighties/early nineties, which took forever to turn off and on, and GLaDOS is shown to be immediately shut off, the ‘kill switch’ is probably actually her being crashed. Crashing software creates a whole host of problems for non-sentient software; therefore, every time they turned her back on again her system would have been a horrible mess.  This would have created massive system instability… which nobody seemed to care very much about.  

- GLaDOS is described on a PowerPoint presentation as ‘arguably alive’, but in the same presentation they propose selling her to the military as a fuel line de-icer that doesn’t have the ability to do anything else.  Therefore, they are fully aware that she is alive and she is a person… they just don’t care.

- It is explicitly shown that most of the work done on GLaDOS is carried out without her consent. The very act of Caroline’s upload is done with the consent of neither of them.  Henry is extremely blasé about the Morality Core and there are approximately forty cores shown in the clear bin during the end of Portal 2.  This implies that they have been installing them on her for a very long time with no regard at all for her or the Cores, even though they have very blatantly failed multiple times.  They just build sentient, arguably alive AI with the sole intention of corralling GLaDOS temporarily, and when the Cores fail they are basically put into storage forever.

- GLaDOS’s job in Portal was to supervise the tests.  As concluded above, she doesn’t demonstrate the ability to build them herself. Therefore, she was watching people be maimed and killed within human-designed tests under the supervision of her engineers before she ever killed anyone herself.

- Aperture had over ten thousand people in cryogenic storage waiting to be awoken for testing.  The Extended Relaxation Vaults at the beginning of Portal 2 have a ‘packing date’ (in 1976/77, when GLaDOS did not exist even as a concept yet) and an ‘expiry date’ (in 1996, which means that they were all brain-dead before GLaDOS took over the facility).  GLaDOS does not have any human test subjects between the conclusion of Portal 2 and the first DLC, and she doesn’t know about the existence of the human vault.  Therefore, Aperture put tens of thousands of people into indefinite, unstable storage with no regard whatsoever to what state they would be when, and indeed if, they woke up, and they did not tell the AI they put in charge of the facility so said AI so much as knew they existed.

               - The very fact they gave literal people – including children – an expiry date when they put them into a metal box for twenty years really tells you all you need to know about Aperture as a whole.

 What does this teach GLaDOS?

- Aperture was a cesspool of bad people doing bad things and not caring about the consequences.

- You do not need someone’s permission to do something to them.  You merely beat away at them until they break.

- Death is part of the tests.  

               - Dying during the test is a controlled variable.  There is no such thing as ‘passing the test’.  

               - GLaDOS does not actually understand death.

- People are not people. They are objects.  They are objects to be modified, put into storage, and sold at will, and any harm that comes to them is meaningless and should be disregarded as an impedance to progress.

  Part B.  GLaDOS, as We Know Her, is Pure AI

Before we get into this, it is important to establish that it is implied in-universe GLaDOS herself is actually the DOS; that is, GLaDOS herself is the operating system.  If you believe GLaDOS and Caroline are the same person, that’s fine; please hear me out regardless.  

- She has a prototype chassis in the Portal 2 DLC with an earlier version of her OS on it.  This has an in-game date of 1989 and, since we know that GLaDOS took over the facility nearabouts the Black Mesa Incident in 1998/1999, we know that she was in development for at least ten years.

- There was, at one point, a Portal 2 hype website where you did a survey and it was run by an early version of GLaDOS; it is no longer active but it was a real thing.

- GLaDOS is incredibly, genuinely clueless about things that any regular person knows: she believes a bird has malicious intentions to destroy her facility; she believes that motivation consists of telling blatant, obvious lies to people; her grasp of social niceties is completely nonexistent.

- Because it is stated that there were multiple versions of GLaDOS, this means that she is a person built from nothing.  Everything she knows was either provided to her via Aperture’s database or taught to her in some way by GLaDOS’s engineers.  GLaDOS does not know a single thing she was not directly taught by somebody else.

- GLaDOS is never shown to have a ~normal~ conversation with anybody.  Every time she talks, it is to convince someone to do what she wants them to do.  Because she is AI, this behaviour was learned and, given how the engineers at Aperture regard her and the Cores, it is not illogical to say that pretty much the only conversations they had with their AI were probably along the lines of ‘do this for me because my neck is on the line here’.

- During the instatement of the Morality Core, Doug Rattmann tells Henry that the Morality Core is not going to be enough because you can always ignore your conscience.  However, in the second half of Portal 2, GLaDOS is shown to be unable to ignore it.  What is the difference?

- The Morality Core was not a true conscience.  It was, yet again, the scientists telling her what to do.  It was, like all the other Cores, an annoying new set of restrictions that had no purpose except to impede her.  Henry describes it as ‘the latest in AI inhibition technology’.  It did not exist to teach her morals.  It was created to slow her down.

- It’s entirely possible that nobody actually told her what morals were or what the Morality Core was actually for.  Additionally, we don’t actually know what the Morality Core was telling her, since it is never mentioned and the Core never speaks.

- The conscience that GLaDOS comes across is her own conscience; she literally says so (‘I’ve heard voices all my life, but now I hear the voice of a conscience, and it’s terrifying, because for the first time… it’s my voice’) which, unlike the Morality Core, she cannot ignore.

 What does this teach us about GLaDOS?

- GLaDOS was in development for at least ten years but all she learned about personal interaction was how to manipulate people.

- GLaDOS was created in an environment that did not care about morals and did not teach her any but, when she failed to toe the moral line, she had morals forced on her.

 Part C.  GLaDOS’s Thought Process

- GLaDOS, as pure AI, operates on a binary scale; that is, everything to her is either yes or no, on or off, with her or against her.  Prior to being placed in a potato, GLaDOS never had a reason to think outside of this binary.  GLaDOS has no concept of an in-between and does not understand grey reasoning.

               - As a robot whose sole purpose was to run variations on the same test ad nauseam, it would never have occurred to GLaDOS to do anything else.

- GLaDOS says about herself in an unused piece of dialogue: ‘I’m brilliant. […]  I’m the most massive collection of wisdom and raw computational power that’s ever existed.  I’m not bragging.  That’s an objective fact.’  Therefore, she knows she could do literally anything with her intelligence and her hardware… but that would require her to think outside her binary of testing and not testing.  So she does nothing.  

               - This is established several times: as soon as she reactivates after her death, she starts testing.  As soon as she sends Chell away, she sends her robots into testing. As soon as she finds the test subjects, she starts testing.  She constructs ‘art pieces’… which are simply more tests.  Her ‘training’ for the co-op bots are… you guessed it… tests.

               - As an extension of the above point: she could build any robot she wants or anything she wants.  She in fact talks about doing other experiments.  She doesn’t.  She opts to build testing robots and test elements.  And that’s it.  

               - Upon discovering her conscience/the ability to think in grey, she says, ‘I’m serious!  I think there’s something really wrong with me!’  She doesn’t understand that this is a normal thing for a person to have or to be able to use.  Conscience and morality are things that were neither demonstrated nor explained to her and so when she comes across them herself, she thinks it is a problem.

               - Additionally, when Chell fails to react to GLaDOS’s dialogue about her fledgling ability to think in grey, she immediately reverts to her old standbys of binary thought and manipulation: ‘You like revenge, right?  Everybody likes revenge!  Well, let’s go get some!’  She’s now aware of the concept of a middle ground, but does not know how to do anything with it.

               - GLaDOS states about Chell: ‘I thought you were my enemy, but all along you were my best friend.’  This is another example of her binary thought process.  A person who helps you when it’s mutually beneficial, as Chell does during Portal 2, is not necessarily your best friend.  At best, they are usually your temporary ally. But because GLaDOS only understands binary concepts, that’s the conclusion she comes to.

               - She states ‘the best solution is the easiest one, and killing you is hard’.  This slots neatly into her binary: if killing you down here is hard, then letting you live up there is easy.  In Want You Gone she says, ‘when I delete you maybe I’ll stop feeling so bad’ so we know Chell exists outside of her binary at that point, but she doesn’t know what to do about it so she forces a binary decision on the situation anyway.

 What does this teach us about GLaDOS?

- GLaDOS lacks the ability to think in grey, and when able/forced to do so she either becomes frightened or forces the situation into a decision with only two options.

  Part D.  What All of This Means

Gathering the previous points gives us these clues about GLaDOS’s behaviour:

- Aperture was a cesspool of bad people doing bad things and not caring about the consequences.

- You do not need someone’s permission to do something to them.  You merely beat away at them until they break.

- Death is part of the tests.  

               - Dying during the test is a controlled variable.  There is no such thing as ‘passing the test’.  

               - GLaDOS does not understand death.

- People are not people. They are objects.  They are objects to be modified, put into storage, and sold at will, and any harm that comes to them is meaningless and should be disregarded as an impedance to progress.

- GLaDOS was in development for at least ten years but all she learned about personal interaction was how to manipulate people.

- GLaDOS was created in an environment that did not care about morals and did not teach her any but, when she failed to toe the moral line, she had morals forced on her.

- GLaDOS lacks the ability to think in grey, and when able/forced to do so she either becomes frightened or forces the situation into a decision with only two options.

 What this tells us about how GLaDOS operates is the following:

- There are no consequences for anything whatsoever, as long as you’re the one in charge.

- You can do whatever you want to somebody else, as long as you come out on top.

- Death is meaningless.

- She sees people as objects and she treats them as such.

- She does not know how to talk to people.  Only at them.

- She knows that morals are rules people want her to follow, but she doesn’t understand them and has never seen them in action.

- Grey thought is anathema to her.  If something does not fit into her binary, she will force it to.

 All of these rules are challenged when Chell, through her actions, personally demonstrates morality to GLaDOS.  Chell helps GLaDOS not because she needs to, but because it’s the right thing to do. Instead of attempting to skip town and leave GLaDOS to fend for herself (which she was well within her rights to do), Chell returns GLaDOS to her chassis.  And at this point GLaDOS immediately demonstrates grey reasoning both when she elects to save Chell and when it is shown that she does not kill Wheatley. This is not the behaviour of an evil person.  This is the behaviour of someone who understands there was something wrong with their previous actions and has decided to do something about it. GLaDOS’s behaviour towards the co-op bots is less malicious than it is the fumblings of somebody whose worldview has skewed, but they aren’t sure what to do about it and there aren’t any binary answers.  Because of her extreme isolation, it is going to take her a long, long time to get things right, but once she is exposed to the concept of grey reasoning she does attempt to figure out what to do with it.  

GLaDOS is not evil, nor are most of her actions inherently ill-intentioned.  Some of them are.  To claim all of her actions are borne of evil and come from a place of inherent malice shows a misunderstanding of the sort of environment Aperture was and the kind of people who would populate such an environment.  At the end of the day, she’s still not a very nice person.  But to write her off as evil is oversimplifying a lot of what we are told about her and a misunderstanding of computer science as a whole.  Artificial intelligence is not developed in a vacuum and a computer only does exactly what it’s told.  All of GLaDOS’s behaviours are learned.  The people who created her may have been evil, but she herself is not.  And when given the choice to be something else, something she never knew was an option… she takes it.

[hope-isgood]

Hey guys. I’m having a pretty rough time... Can you help me take my mind off of things and send me some ask or questions? Hers’s a list of what you might ask if you don’t have any ideas. I’ll appreciate any kind of ask 📨❤

1. What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?

2. What social stigma does society need to get over?

3. What food have you never eaten but would really like to try?

4. What’s something you really resent paying for?

5. What would a world populated by clones of you be like?

6. Do you think that aliens exist?

7. What are you currently worried about?

8. Where are some unusual places you’ve been?

9. Where do you get your news?

10. What are some red flags to watch out for in daily life?

11. What movie can you watch over and over without ever getting tired of?

12. When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?

13. If you could switch two movie characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movies?

14. What inanimate object would be the most annoying if it played loud upbeat music while being used?

15. When did something start out badly for you but in the end, it was great?

16. How would your country change if everyone, regardless of age, could vote?

17. What animal would be cutest if scaled down to the size of a cat?

18. If your job gave you a surprise three day paid break to rest and recuperate, what would you do with those three days?

19. What’s wrong but sounds right?

20. What’s the most epic way you’ve seen someone quit or be fired?

21. If you couldn’t be convicted of any one type of crime, what criminal charge would you like to be immune to?

22. What’s something that will always be in fashion, no matter how much time passes?

23. What actors or actresses play the same character in almost every movie or show they do?

24. In the past people were buried with the items they would need in the afterlife, what would you want buried with you so you could use it in the afterlife?

25. What’s the best / worst practical joke that you’ve played on someone or that was played on you?

26. Who do you go out of your way to be nice to?

27. Where do you get most of the decorations for your home?

28. What food is delicious but a pain to eat?

29. Who was your craziest / most interesting teacher

30. What “old person” things do you do?

31. What was the last photo you took?

32. What is the most amazing slow motion video you’ve seen?

33. Which celebrity do you think is the most down to earth?

34. What would be the worst thing to hear as you are going under anesthesia before heart surgery?

35. What’s the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten?

36. What’s the most expensive thing you’ve broken?

37. What obstacles would be included in the World’s most amazing obstacle course?

38. What makes you roll your eyes every time you hear it?

39. What do you think you are much better at than you actually are?

40. Should kidneys be able to be bought and sold?

41. What’s the most creative use of emojis you’ve ever seen?

42. When was the last time you got to tell someone “I told you so.”?

43. What riddles do you know?

44. What’s your cure for hiccups?

45. What invention doesn’t get a lot of love, but has greatly improved the world?

46. What’s the most interesting building you’ve ever seen or been in?

47. What mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

48. What are your most important rules when going on a date?

49. How do you judge a person?

50. If someone narrated your life, who would you want to be the narrator?

51. What was the most unsettling film you’ve seen?

52. What unethical experiment would have the biggest positive impact on society as a whole?

53. When was the last time you were snooping, and found something you wish you hadn’t?

54. Which celebrity or band has the worst fan base?

55. What are you interested in that most people aren’t?

56. If you were given a PhD degree, but had no more knowledge of the subject of the degree besides what you have now, what degree would you want to be given to you?

57. What smartphone feature would you actually be excited for a company to implement?

58. What’s something people don’t worry about but really should?

59. What movie quotes do you use on a regular basis?

60. Do you think that children born today will have better or worse lives than their parents?

61. What’s the funniest joke you know by heart?

62. When was the last time you felt you had a new lease on life?

63. What’s the funniest actual name you’ve heard of someone having?

64. Which charity or charitable cause is most deserving of money?

65. What TV show character would it be the most fun to change places with for a week?

66. What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

67. If you were moving to another country, but could only pack one carry-on sized bag, what would you pack?

68. What’s the most ironic thing you’ve seen happen?

69. If magic was real, what spell would you try to learn first?

70. If you were a ghost and could possess people, what would you make them do?

71. What goal do you think humanity is not focused enough on achieving?

72. What problem are you currently grappling with?

73. What character in a movie could have been great, but the actor they cast didn’t fit the role?

74. What game have you spent the most hours playing?

75. What’s the most comfortable bed or chair you’ve ever been in?

76. What’s the craziest conversation you’ve overheard?

77. What’s the hardest you’ve ever worked?

78. What movie, picture, or video always makes you laugh no matter how often you watch it?

79. What artist or band do you always recommend when someone asks for a music recommendation?

80. If you could have an all-expenses paid trip to see any famous world monument, which monument would you choose?

81. If animals could talk, which animal would be the most annoying?

82. What’s the most addicted to a game you’ve ever been?

83. What’s the coldest you’ve ever been?

84. Which protagonist from a book or movie would make the worst roommate?

85. Do you eat food that’s past its expiration date if it still smells and looks fine?

86. What’s the most ridiculous thing you have bought?

87. What’s the funniest comedy skit you’ve seen?

88. What’s the most depressing meal you’ve eaten?

89. What tips or tricks have you picked up from your job / jobs?

90. What outdoor activity haven’t you tried, but would like to?

91. What songs hit you with a wave of nostalgia every time you hear them?

92. What’s the worst backhanded compliment you could give someone?

93. What’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched?

94. What was the last song you sung along to?

95. What’s the funniest thing you’ve done or had happen while your mind was wandering?

96. What app can you not believe someone hasn’t made yet?

97. When was the last time you face palmed?

98. If you were given five million dollars to open a small museum, what kind of museum would you create?

99. Which of your vices or bad habits would be the hardest to give up?

100. What really needs to be modernized?

101. When was the last time you slept more than nine hours?

102. How comfortable are you speaking in front of large groups of people?

103. What’s your worst example of procrastination?

104. Who has zero filter between their brain and mouth?

105. What was your most recent lie?

106. When was the last time you immediately regretted something you said?

107. What would be the best thing you could reasonably expect to find in a cave?

108. What did you think was going to be amazing but turned out to be horrible?

109. What bit of trivia do you know that is very interesting but also very useless?

110. What’s the silliest thing you’ve seen someone get upset about?

111. What animal or plant do you think should be renamed?

112. What was the best thing that happened to you today?

113. As a child, what did you think would be awesome about being an adult, but isn’t as awesome as you thought it would be?

114. When’s censorship warranted?

115. What’s the most boring super hero you can come up with?

116. What would be some of the downsides of certain superpowers?

117. What word is a lot of fun to say?

118. What current trend do you hope will go on for a long time?

119. What actors or actresses can’t play a different character because they played their most famous character too well?

120. Where’s your go to restaurant for amazing food?

121. What’s something that all your friends agree on?

122. What’s your best story from a wedding?

123. What languages do you wish you could speak?

124. What’s the most pleasant sounding accent?

125. What’s something that everyone, absolutely everyone, in the entire world can agree on?

126. What country is the strangest?

127. What’s the funniest word in the English language?

128. What’s some insider knowledge that only people in your line of work have?

129. Who do you wish you could get back into contact with?

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130. How do you make yourself sleep when you can’t seem to get to sleep?

131. If people receive a purple heart for bravery, what would other color hearts represent?

132. What are some of the best vacations you’ve had?

133. If there was a book of commandments for the modern world, what would some of the rules be?

134. What’s the craziest video you’ve ever seen?

135. What’s your “Back in my day, we…”?

136. If you could know the truth behind every conspiracy, but you would instantly die if you hinted that you knew the truth, would you want to know?

137. What animal would be the most terrifying if it could speak?

138. What’s the worst hairstyle you’ve ever had?

139. What habit do you have now that you wish you started much earlier?

140. If you were given one thousand acres of land that you didn’t need to pay taxes on but couldn’t sell, what would you do with it?

141. What about the opposite sex confuses you the most?

142. When was the last time you yelled at someone?

143. What’s the opposite of a koala?

144. What kinds of things do you like to cook or are good at cooking?

145. What life skills are rarely taught but extremely useful?

146. What movie universe would be the worst to live out your life in?

147. If you could hack into any one computer, which computer would you choose?

148. Who do you feel like you know even though you’ve never met them?

149. What’s the most ridiculous animal on the planet?

150. What’s the worst thing you’ve eaten out of politeness?

[jennycalendar]

Imperfections (17/?)

dfsjlkfdsjklsdfkljfsdkl this is a plotline that i’m specifically really excited about and it really starts in this chapter

it’s also on ao3!!!

To Jenny’s surprise, Rupert leaned in and kissed her, surprisingly hard. He pulled back just a bit, studying her with a strange look in his eyes. “Do you know,” he said, his voice shaking a little, “you turned my life upside down from the moment you told me you loved me?”

“Rupert—”

“This isn’t—it isn’t about you being better than I deserve. I know how you feel about that.” Rupert’s fingers traced Jenny’s cheek. “I expected to be alone,” he said. “I expected that if I did find someone who I might want to spend my life with, I could never be completely honest with that person, or prioritize my relationship with them over the teachings of the Council. And I wouldn’t ever have considered that I might make the conscious choice to tell that person what I am about to tell you right now.”

Jenny could see the intensity in his gaze as he looked at her, and it all but took her breath away. She waited.

Rupert closed his eyes, then spoke, as though he couldn’t quite bring himself to look at her. “There is a tradition on every Slayer’s eighteenth birthday,” he said. “A rite of passage, one might call it. The Cruciamentum. The Slayer is drugged and stripped of her powers, and then locked in a house with a brutally strong vampire. It is meant to test her skills and intelligence, to prove that she is strong enough to continue fighting. It has killed many, many Slayers before, but many others have survived beyond it.”

Suddenly Jenny saw where this was going. “No,” she said slowly. “No. You’re not going to go through with it.”

“Jenny—”

“You’re not going to go through with it,” Jenny continued, “or you wouldn’t have told me.”

Rupert breathed out, and Jenny, relieved, knew that she’d been right. “I don’t know what I can do,” he said finally. “The mere thought of contemplating going against Council orders—they’d have my head if they knew I was discussing the Cruciamentum with my lover. But—” He smiled slightly. “Do you remember what you said when we broke up?”

“Which time?” Jenny quipped.

Rupert laughed quietly. “Over the summer,” he said. “You said, ‘Rupert, just because you’re a Watcher doesn’t make you the all-knowing, wise one in our relationship.’”

He let his hand drop, studying her face with so much love that Jenny felt a little off-balance. Sometimes she forgot how much he loved her. She was only now coming to terms with the fact that he might have reason to. “The way the Council holds themselves above other civilians, some of whom have more field experience, is truly deplorable,” he said. “I called them to ask about Faith being placed under your care, and it took me a good twenty minutes to convince them that you were suited for taking care of a Slayer. So many Watchers called over the course of the next two hours to tell me how unethical my methods were, that they would never dream of doing such a thing, that Faith deserved someone actually trained and qualified in Slayer history.”

“And you didn’t agree,” said Jenny, almost a question.

Rupert nodded emphatically. “The Council wants the vampires destroyed,” he said. “In their eyes, Slayers are expendable resources, and rebellious ones aren’t useful to the cause. That’s what they’ve always taught us, and that’s what they’ve told us is safer for us to believe. The concept of a woman not affiliated with the Council being involved in any way with training a Slayer goes against everything that they believe in. That I believed in.”

“But?” Jenny prompted.

“But I’ve seen the way Faith looks at you,” said Rupert simply. “I don’t know if she’d have stayed so firmly anchored to the side of good if not for the care you’ve shown her in these past few weeks.”

“I think you’re exaggerating a little,” said Jenny, embarrassed.

“I don’t think I am,” Rupert replied, a quiet, solid certainty in his voice.

They were both silent for a moment, studying each other’s faces. Then Jenny said, “So I’m guessing you’re putting aside some of the Council teachings?”

“Not some,” said Rupert, a bitter note in his voice. “The Council is based on the assumption that Watchers have more wisdom and knowledge than any other person in regards to the supernatural world. I don’t want to be a part of that kind of elitism.”

Jenny stared at him. Then she said, “You have never been sexier to me than you are right now.”

“Jenny—”

“I am dead serious,” said Jenny.

“As, um, flattering as that is to hear,” said Rupert, who was doing a very bad job of not blushing, “I—we do really need to talk about what to do in regards to the Cruciamentum.”

Jenny sighed. “You have a point,” she agreed reluctantly. “Okay. What are our options?”

“I’d say we dispose of the drug when I’m given it, but it’s a highly toxic substance,” Rupert replied. “If injected into a human, it would kill them on the spot.”

“How is this a tradition?” Jenny demanded, suddenly very angry. She thought of Faith, who was so close to eighteen, going through something as terrifying as that. She imagined how horrible Buffy would feel knowing that Giles had violated her trust so completely. “This is disgusting.”

“I quite agree,” said Rupert, taking her hands in his. “My suggestion is that we find some magical means of destroying the drugs. The Council knows of my relationship with magic, but they don’t know about Willow. If she were to vanish it—”

“Vampires!” said Jenny suddenly. Rupert blinked. “Look,” she said, “I feel like if this is a tradition, it’s definite that more than one Watcher has tried to destroy the drugs magically. But injecting them into vampires—if the Council decides to do a spell to see how the chemicals left the syringe, they’ll see that it was injected into someone. And we could just stake the vampires afterwards, so that we aren’t leaving a trail of bodies that could be used for evidence.”

Rupert pressed his lips together. “It seems a bit risky,” he said finally.

“There’s always the possibility that one of the kids might have a better idea,” Jenny reminded him. “We’re definitely going to have to talk to Buffy about the whole locking-her-in-a-dangerous-house thing.”

“You’re quite right.” Rupert hesitated. “Jenny,” he said, “I’m—so grateful to know you. I don’t like to think of what I might have done on Buffy’s birthday if not for what you’ve taught me.”

“About?”

“About the Council. About myself. Just—” Rupert smiled awkwardly, looking down. “I think I forgot sometimes,” he said, “that relationships are a give-and-take sort of thing. Before I met you, I assumed that there wasn’t much I needed to learn.”

“You put too much blame on yourself,” said Jenny, squeezing his hands. “You would have done the right thing whether or not I was here.”

“Be that as it may, I’m still very glad that you are,” Rupert said with affection.

Jenny smiled. “Me too.”

“You know,” said Faith, tossing her backpack onto the sofa, “you could have told me that being a part of Sunnydale High meant selling lame-ass candy to people.”

“No, this is new, or I would have warned you,” replied Jen wryly. “Me buying ten boxes from you should be enough to keep Snyder happy. He still doesn’t have much of a reason not to like you.”

“Oh, he doesn’t seem like the type who needs a reason,” Faith informed her, taking a bar from one of the boxes. “I can eat this now, right?”

“I’d hardly be a responsible guardian if I withheld food from you,” quipped Jen. “Do you have that form thing I need to sign to buy candy?”

Faith dug in her backpack, fishing out the slightly crumpled form and a pen. “Here,” she said, handing both items over to Jen before beginning to unwrap the candy bar. “You do know that Giles is probably gonna buy a billion boxes from Buffy, though, so—”

“Then it isn’t about candy for him either,” said Jen without looking up from the form. Faith got a weird lump in her throat, forgot what she was going to say, and tried to focus instead on the candy bar, which tasted unusually good. She wondered if that was a thing too in Sunnydale. “You sure this isn’t magic candy?” she asked Jen playfully.

Jen laughed. “I hope not,” she said. “I’m thinking of melting some down to make hot chocolate tonight.”

“Giles coming over?”

“Actually, Willow and Xander might stop by.” Jen’s face seemed purposefully neutral. “I hope that’s okay with you.”

Faith shrugged. “Hey, it’s your house,” she said.

Jen was quiet for a few minutes, rearranging the magazines on her coffee table almost nervously. Then she said, “Faith, I—I want you to stay here on a permanent basis.”

Faith felt a strange rush of an emotion she wasn’t sure whether or not she liked. “What?”

Jen looked up, twisting her hands in that way Faith was now beginning to realize meant that she was anxious. “I know you’re not big on the permanency thing,” she said, “and I’ve tried my best to respect that, but I want this to be your home as much as it is mine. If that’s—too much, or too soon, I completely understand, but I just want you to be aware of the fact that a home in Sunnydale is one hundred percent something you can have.”

“I left something in my room,” said Faith, and got up, leaving the living room as fast as she could without running. She half expected Jen to call her back, but she didn’t, and Faith slammed the door of her room shut harder than she needed to.

She hadn’t realized Jen had cared about her this much. Or, okay, maybe she had, a little, but it hadn’t been something real and concrete until Jen had straight-out said it, and that had made it safe. Unattainable. A half-formed possibility that wasn’t frightening in the slightest. The want in her chest was burning like a red-hot coal, but she couldn’t smash the glass of a store window and pull out a perfect life for her, newly formed. There was always a catch. There had to be a catch.

Maybe the catch was that Faith couldn’t tell Jen all the things she wanted to, because her life had taught her over and over that trusting in a happy ending was a horrible idea. The moment she gave in and let herself feel like she had a home was the moment she had something that could be taken away from her.

Except—

Shit.

Except she already loved Jen, and that sure as hell counted as something she didn’t want taken away.

Faith got up and kicked her dresser, hard. What was she supposed to do with love? All it was doing was making her angry and scared, even though she’d wanted someone to love so badly when she was little. She was awful and ungrateful, and she hated that for some reason Jen didn’t seem to care about that. More than that—she hated how much Jen cared about her.

There was a knock on the door. “I’m going to call Willow and Xander and tell them tomorrow might be a better day to visit,” Jen said carefully. “I think tonight might need to be a quiet night.”

“Fuck you,” said Faith.  

“Can I come in?”

“No.”

“Okay. Can I talk to you through the door?”

“Do whatever you want, if you’re so big on bothering me,” said Faith as coolly as she could, and hated how easy it was to be cruel. It was in her nature, probably.

The responding silence was so long that Faith began to feel the beginnings of guilt, but then the door opened and Jen came in. Faith hated the understanding in her eyes more than anything in the world. “We don’t have to talk about it,” she said.

“I don’t care,” Faith snapped. “Invite Willow and Xander over. Hell, invite Giles and fuck him in my bedroom. Do whatever the fuck you want, just stop talking to me.”

Jen looked down. “I’m sorry if I pressured you with my offer,” she said, quiet and uncertain. Somehow, that was so much worse than any kind of anger she could have directed at Faith. “I—I hope you know that I never want to make you feel—”

“I don’t—stop.” Faith felt the anger draining out of her, leaving her with an awful guilt. Jen looked small all of a sudden, and Faith realized for the first time that Jen was actually shorter than her. She held herself with so much confidence, usually. It made her seem taller.  “Stop apologizing to me. Stop it.”

“Faith—”

“Stop it,” said Faith fiercely. “Okay? Just—I—”

She meant to say something mean and incisive, something that would drive Jen away and get her kicked to the curb. End her time as a Scooby on her own terms instead of on someone else’s. But then Jen looked up, and the guilt in her eyes made Faith angry and sad at the same time. She knew she couldn’t say anything that would hurt Jen more.

“Just leave me alone,” said Faith. She hated that her voice was shaking. “Leave me alone.”

Jen bit her lip. “Okay,” she said quietly, and left, shutting the door behind her.

Faith sat down on the floor. See, she thought, if I can hurt someone like Jen, there’s nothing good left in me, and in a weird way that made her feel a little better.

Faith was scared. Jenny got that. Permanence and love were two things that angry, bitter teenage Janna would have been frightened off by too. Sometimes it was weirdly like looking in a mirror, seeing Faith with her defensiveness and anger so readily visible. She wondered if this was what it was like to be a mom—not the sweet, easy comradery she’d always had with Willow, but a struggle with someone who had the more difficult parts of Jenny’s personality. Someone who didn’t realize Jenny might be able to help, and didn’t understand how much Jenny cared.

Jenny sat down at the kitchen table, a hollow feeling in her stomach. It was exhausting, sometimes, trying to reach Faith, even if she knew that what she was doing was the right thing.

“I brought—” Rupert stopped in the door of the kitchen. “Are you all right?” he inquired softly.

“I, uh,” Jenny laughed a little self-deprecatingly, “asked Faith if she wanted to stay with me. Permanently.”

“Oh.” Rupert put the boxes of band candy (wow, that was a lot of band candy) down on the kitchen counter before sitting down next to Jenny. She leaned into him. “Would you like me to make you some hot chocolate? I may have purchased a small amount of candy from Buffy.”

“Small,” said Jenny. She felt her mouth quirk up as she glanced pointedly over at the boxes.

“You’re clearly very upset, so I shall allow that teasing,” said Rupert with good-natured annoyance, resting his hand over Jenny’s on the table.

Jenny turned, wrapping her arms around his neck so she could hug him. “Thanks,” she said quietly. “It’s been a taxing day all around.”

“I’m sure some chocolate will put things in perspective,” Rupert replied, stroking her hair.

Jenny laughed quietly, resting her chin on his shoulder. “Yeah,” she agreed. “I could really use the relaxation.”

[lainetar]

Osomatsu-san "horror" game

This is a “horror” game idea I came up with during the Haunted House event in Hesokuri Wars. It’s been a while, I know, but I’m a lazy writer. Please don’t take this too serously.

In this “game” the sextuplets are different ages, so they’re simply siblings.

Blood and gore warning.

The Fujio Hospital was a small one that used to operate at the edge of the Akatsuka ward. However, six years ago a horrible accident happened, killing all the patients and doctors. No one is sure what it was, though the police think it might’ve been a terrorist attack. Ever since then the building has been abandoned, since it was going out of business anyway.

You arrive at the hospital with your friends. It’s late and you’re planning on doing a test of courage. As your friends go in you’re stopped by a young, sickly looking girl who begs you to turn around and leave. However, you’re stupid and ignore the warning. You step in, the door locks behind you and you’re immediately attacked by the ghosts of the patients and staff-members of the hospital.

You realise that you’re majorly screwed.

1st stage: First floor, Osoko

The first major threat you meet is the late nurse Matsuno Osoko. She’s the oldest of the six siblings whose energies keep the lost souls trapped in the hospital. She worked as a personal nurse for doctor Tougou who was in charge of Osoko’s little sister Todoko’s treatment. She started to question the doctor’s methods, especially when Todoko didn’t seem to be getting better. Osoko also refused all of Tougou’s advances. Fearing that she might cause him problems, Tougou drowned her in one of the hospital’s baths.

Threat: She stalks you throughout the first floor of the hospital, trying to drag you into one of the bathrooms and drown you. She can be momentarily distracted with a porn mag (Osoko liked women when she was alive). To make her rest in peace, you need to locate a newspaper that includes the list of casualties from six years ago. Doctor Tougou’s name is among them. Realising he’s finally dead, she’ll move on.

2nd stage: Basement, Karamatsu

After surviving Osoko you find yourself falling through the weak hospital floor and into the basement. Here you’ll meet the second threat, first son of the Matsuno family, Matsuno Karamatsu. After Osoko disappeared he came to the hospital to question Tougou. Fearing that he might get caught Tougou showed Karamatsu’s head into the hospital’s boiler.

Threat: Karamatsu’s face has been burned off but he doesn’t seem to realise this. When he was alive Karamatsu was a real thespian and he tries to cut your face off in order to add to his collection of masks he uses for his “plays”. He can be distracted with any kind of mirror ( he’s a narcist). To make him rest in peace, you need to show him a video of Tougou killing Osoko. After finding out the truth about his sister’s disappearance Karamatsu’ll move on.

3rd stage: Children’s ward, Choromatsu

Climbing out of the basement you find yourself at the children’s ward. This is where Todoko was hospitalised during her treatment. The third threat you’ll face is Matsuno Choromatsu, the second son of the Matsuno family. You’ll soon notice his hideous clown make-up. This is because when he was alive Choromatsu often tried to cheer up his sick little sister. When his big sister and big brother disappeared Choromatsu was the next one to question Tougou - and the doctor’s third victim. He was suffocated with medical gas.

Threat: You can often hear when Choromatsu is near-by - he lets out this wheezing cackle. If he catches you he’ll try to stuff balloon animals down your throat. When he was alive he was an idol otaku, so keep throwing Nyaa-chan stuff at him in order to slow him down (however, this stuff is hard to come by in a hospital so consider when to use them and when not). To make him rest in peace you have to locate part of Todoko’s diary where she expresses gratitude for her brother for trying to cheer her up (though the whole clown-thing was just awful). Knowing that his efforts were appreciated he’ll move on.

4th stage: Surgery ward, Ichimatsu

From the children’s ward it’s straight to the surgery ward. Here you’ll meet the third son - Matsuno Ichimatsu. He worked as a surgeon at the Fujio hospital, secretly keeping an eye on his little sister. He was aware of Tougou’s unethical treatments but only voiced his opinion when his family started to be affected. Instead of immediately killing him, Tougou trapped Ichimatsu and performed experimental treatments on him which ultimately ended up taking Ichimatsu’s life.

Threat: Since Ichimatsu’s body is strapped he moves much slower than his siblings. However, he makes up for it with the multitude of sharp objects implented into his body. If he catches you, you’re dead, you can’t fight against him. He won’t fool around with you like the others before cutting you up. You can distract him by running to one of the stray cats that have made the hospital their home (they don’t care about the human ghosts). Ichimatsu will try to cuddle them, without much success. To make him rest in peace you need Tougo’s notes about the experiments he performed on Ichimatsu. Now that he’s able to undo the process and return his body to normal, Ichimatsu’ll move on.

5th stage: Upper floor, Jyushimatsu

Matsuno Jyushimatsu is a special case in the Matsuno family whom you’ll meet at the upper floors of the hospital. He’s the youngest son and the second youngest child. Since Todoko was his only younger sibling, Jyushimatsu was very attached to her. Todoko becoming sick was a huge shock for Jyushimatsu, who naturally had no idea how to help her. When their older siblings started to disappear one after another, Jyushimatsu became agitated and started to spend more and more time with Todoko. Seeing him as a hindrance for his experiments, Tougou decided to get rid of Jyushimatsu. However, being unnaturally strong Jyushimatsu was able to put up quite a fight against the older man. After finally succeeding in killing Jyushimatsu, Tougou beheaded his body out of sheer frustration.

Threat: You’ll actually see Jyushimatsu through out the hospital but he’ll only take notice of you much later on. He appears as a huge, disembodied head that usually blocks the corridors or stairs making it much harder for you to press on. When he finally starts coming after you, he’ll lunge at you trying to swallow you whole. Because of the narrow corridors dodging him is a challenge. Since Jyushimatsu is a special case he won’t be easily distracted. You can try using the baseball cards you collected back at the children’s ward, but there’s a 50/50 chance he’ll ignore them and chase after you. To make Jyushimatsu rest in peace you need to locate his headless body. Once he’s whole again and able to rejoin his siblings Jyushimatsu’ll move on.

6th stage: Rooftop, Todoko

You finally reach the rooftop of the hospital and there you’ll meet a familiar figure; the girl who warned you not to go in the hospital. You’ve probably already figured out that she’s Matsuno Todoko, the youngest of the six Matsuno siblings. She was quite a cheerful little girl until she caught an unknown disease and was hospitalised at the Fujio hospital under the care of doctor Tougou. However, instead of treating her Tougou used this child of a poor family as a guinea pig for different drugs, pocketing the money he got from the drug companies. Todoko got worse and worse and the constant drugging started to affect her mind. When her siblings stopped to come see her, she thought she’d been abandoned. Sad, angry and in pain Todoko’s psychic abilities (enhanced by the drugs) awakened and she killed everyone in the hospital, trapping their souls in the building so no one would ever leave her again. Among those who died was doctor Tougou.

Threat: Todoko’s powers actually need recharging every now and then, aka she needs fresh victims. She’s actually able to affect the outside world somewhat, putting out rumors and dares that lure idiots to the hospital. She also uses reverse psychology to get people to enter the building even if they start to chicken out. She knew you’d want to enter if she told you not to. Once she’s got her claws on you, she won’t let go until you’re dead. You’ll simply need to tough it out until the other Matsuno siblings, one by one, have appeared to reassure Todoko that they didn’t abandon her. Finally realising that she’s not alone, Todoko’ll move on and the curse will lift…

**Final stage: Tougou**

…or not. The siblings want their revenge against the one man who ruined their lives. It’s time to hunt down doctor Tougou and let the bastard have what’s coming to him. It won’t be easy, though. Tougou’s soul has been feeding on the lost and suffering souls for six years and his grudge and hatred have grown strong. You need to fight all his six forms before the siblings are able to drag him to the afterlife. What they’re going to do to him, you don’t want to know. The important thing is that you’re free to leave the hospital and sleep this whole mess off like a bad hangover.

Let’s just hope your friends made it out okay…

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Shocking news stories linking into the exposing idea.

Our one idea of addressing different topics that society don’t usually like. I thought that this would be an interesting way to do research and gather my research on the uncensored news article out there. I was surprised to find a range of different ones from https://smartblogger.com/outrageous-headlines/

1) HOW TO QUIT YOUR JOB, MOVE TO PARADISE AND GET PAID TO CHANGE THE WORLD – JON MORROW

If you’ve followed Jon for some time, you’ll already be familiar with this headline, taken from his breakthrough post on Problogger. And when you really break it down, it’s one hell of an outrageous claim – that you can “quit your job, move to paradise and get paid to change the world.” You mean someone will actually pay me to do that? For anyone unhappy – or even just a little restless – in their current job, this headline dangles an irresistible carrot. You must click on this headline because you must know how such a thing can be true.

2) HOW SPENDING $162,301.42 ON CLOTHES MADE ME $692,500 – NEIL PATEL

First, the idea that anyone can spend so much money on clothes is outrageous, even obscene. What sort of person could justify spending so much (and not be too ashamed to admit it?) Secondly, you can’t help but wonder: how is it even possible to make money by spending money on clothes? Let alone over 300% in profit. It seems too incredible to believe. And that’s exactly why you must click to find out more.

3) CAUTION: STOP MASTURBATING WITH YOUR MONEY – ASHLEY AMBIRGE

Wow – that word really hits you between the eyes, doesn’t it? After all, when was the last time you read a headline with the word masturbation? But it’s not just a cheap shock tactic. The author used it to create intrigue for her post. What does it actually mean to masturbate with your money? Does she mean it literally? And that’s why this headline is so outrageous. It combines potentially shocking language with an intriguing concept, and the result is almost impossible to ignore.

4) HOW I’M GOING TO LOSE ALL MY CUSTOMERS AND WRECK MY BUSINESS – TIM BROWNSON

If you spend any time at all reading blogs, you’ll have seen more than your fair share of “How to” headlines. But this one is a little different. Rather than helping the reader do something, Tim seems hellbent on sabotaging his own business. And you simply have to know why.

5) 16 UNETHICAL LIFE HACKS YOU WON’T LEARN IN SCHOOL – DAILY PASTIME

It’s the word unethical that makes this headline so outrageous. Most of us are interested in hacks that make our lives easier – but unethical ones? I mean, we should just turn away, right? But the idea of getting an unfair advantage, even if it means being unethical, is too damn appealing. This type of headline works because the shady edges of human experience will always be fascinating to us. (Think about how much we love crime stories.)

6) HOW A SINGLE GUEST POST MAY HAVE GOTTEN AN ENTIRE SITE PENALIZED BY GOOGLE – DANNY SULLIVAN

Early last year, Google’s Matt Cutts caused a storm by declaring guest blogging dead. Well, the dust has settled, and high-quality guest posts are still a great way to promote your blog. Nevertheless, Matt’s declaration highlighted how guest blogging has done the wrong way can cause you problems with Google. (In fact, if you are writing or accepting guest posts on your blog, this headline might trigger sweat-dripping, heart-pounding panic.) But what’s eye-catching outrageous about this headline is the idea that just one guest post can affect an entire site. It seems so unfair, right? That a single misstep could land your site in serious trouble. So, what the hell did Danny do that got his whole site penalised? You have to click to find out so you can avoid the same horrible fate.

7) WHY JAMES CHARTRAND WEARS WOMEN’S UNDERPANTS – JAMES CHARTRAND

A person’s underwear preferences are surely a private matter. So why is this writer revealing his surprising fetish in a headline? And why on earth is he doing it on a popular marketing blog? This is, of course, the famous post revealing that James Chartrand, the “man” behind Men With Pens, is, in fact, a woman. It’s a shocking unmasking. And what a joyfully outrageous way to do it.

8) TWENTYSOMETHING: WHY I REGRET GETTING STRAIGHT A’S IN COLLEGE – JON MORROW

Who on earth would have the gall to say they regret getting straight A’s in college?

*shakes head*

Not only is it a slap in the face to those who work their backsides off, struggle, and can only manage a B average, but you’re also left thinking, “What the hell happened to Jon for him to feel that getting straight A’s was a mistake?”

What does that headline make you think the rest of the post will say?

That you should try to get low grades in school? Or stop taking school so seriously and start slacking off?

Either is pretty outrageous, right? That’s why you have to click.

9) 5 WAYS STORES USE SCIENCE TO TRICK YOU INTO BUYING CRAP – PAUL K. PICKETT

We’ve all been into a store and bought more than we intended, right?

Happens all the time. Nobody to blame but ourselves.

But what’s shocking about this headline is its suggestion that the real reason for this behaviour is not our own lack of self-discipline, but stores’ sneaky use of scientific tricks to manipulate us.

Worse still, they’re using these tricks to make us buy crap – not only stuff we don’t need but stuff that’s also practically worthless.

It’s an outrageous practice – and you’re the victim.

So how can you deny yourself from knowing the truth? You have to click.

10) WHY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE DOUCHEBAGS – NEIL PATEL

Calling anyone a douchebag is a bold and risky move.

Calling out an entire group of people on a public blog is borderline offensive. (Imagine how you’d feel if that group was people of a particular race, gender, or religion.)

But Neil Patel’s target group is successful people.

And sure, some successful people are douchebags. But all successful people? That’s quite an outrageous claim, no?

Many successful people will have worked hard to get where they are. And even if you’re not successful by conventional measures, you’d like to be someday, wouldn’t you?

Neil’s playing a dangerous game here, and we want to watch it play out.

11) HOW FORMAL EDUCATION KILLED THE PASSIONATE CAREER (+ A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS & LIFELONG LEARNERS) – SCOTT DINSMORE

What’s this – a formal attack on the educational system?

Pretty outrageous, right?

Certainly, it’s likely to ruffle a few feathers among people inside – and outside – the system.

But the specific claim is even more outrageous – that formal education is not just incompatible with having a passionate career, but it also has killed off the entire concept.

You’ve just got to find out if Scott’s argument stands up, so you click.

12) CHOOSE TO BE OUTSTANDING (OR CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO SUCK) – JOHNNY B. TRUANT

This essentially says: unless you choose to be outstanding, you’re choosing to suck.

That’s a provocative statement.

After all, who would actually choose to suck at something? Well, you, according to Johnny.

Because with this headline, there is no middle ground. Johnny is forcing you, right here and right now, to make a decision.

That’s rather outrageous of him, don’t you think?

13) WHY CLEVER POSTS TITLES ARE KILLING YOUR BLOG – GREG NARAYAN

The key to this headline is the word clever.

Cleverness is usually considered a good thing, so the suggestion that it’s killing your blog is somewhat outrageous.

In fact, the real implication is that you might be trying to be a little too clever. And perhaps even a little too pleased with yourself. And that’s difficult to hear.

So, are you guilty of trying to be too clever for your own good?

To find out the answer, you’re forced to click and get the whole story.

14) MARRIAGE ISN’T FOR YOU – SETH ADAM SMITH

BAM!

This headline is a click-magnet for almost everybody. Single people. Married couples. It doesn’t matter – it has the potential to outrage almost anyone.

For starters, it seems to be an attack on the whole institution of marriage. That’s sure to upset a few people, right?

It also presumes to know a lot about the reader. It’s a verbal slap in the face that could cause them to get very defensive.

“How dare you? You don’t know anything about me! How can you possibly say marriage isn’t for me?”

15) WHAT’S SCARIER THAN THE SEX TALK? TALKING ABOUT FOOD & WEIGHT! – PERFECTLY UNPERFECTED

What parent wouldn’t be sweaty-palmed about having the sex talk with their child? In fact, it’s a little outrageous to even mention it in a headline, isn’t it?

But the real shock comes with the idea that a conversation about your child’s weight is even scarier. What does that say about our attitudes toward food and obesity?

16) EYES WIDE SHUT: HERE’S WHY I DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT MY TEENAGER IS REALLY UP TO – LISA BARR

Sounds like irresponsible parenting, doesn’t it? Sticking your head in the sand and ignoring what your teenager is really doing.

As a parent, shouldn’t you want to know what your teenager is up to? Who their friends are? Where they’re going?

Maybe.

But this headline is so outrageous because it taps into a dirty little thought that many parents have – maybe it’s better to not know.

And if they don’t know, their squeaky-clean image of their teenager won’t be tarnished.

17) SEO IS DEAD. LINK BUILDING IS DEAD. YOUR PONY IS DEAD – ANA HOFFMAN

This headline is loaded with outrageousness.

For starters, it has the audacity to declare the entire field of SEO dead. That’s outrageous, even arrogant.

And it bangs a nail in the coffin of link building, perhaps the most treasured tactic in SEO. That’s outrageous too.

But the dead pony reference is the clincher. It adds insult to outrage. (Who wants the image of a dead pony in their head?)

It’s just a crass trick to get your attention, surely. (But it worked, didn’t it?)

If you care about SEO, this headline will probably make you angry, and you’ll want to click it so you can wade into the argument.

18) FAILURE IS AN OPTION – CHASE REEVES

This headline plays on the motivational mantra of “failure is NOT an option.” So by saying the opposite, it almost sounds like Chase is anti-success.

And that’s outrageous, isn’t it? How can success be bad?

I’m sure you’ll admit that it creates curiosity. Maybe the post will even suggest that failure is better than success. What a scandalous idea!

But the only way to find that out is by clicking the headline.

19) HOW GRABBING DRINKS AFTER WORK IS KILLING YOUR BUDGET – GAIL GARDNER

Calling all business professionals who bust their backsides every day in a job they hate for a boss that doesn’t appreciate them.

Grabbing a cold drink at the end of a rough day to soothe your stress and calm your nerves could be a dumb move.

This headline is a kick in the gut for anyone who feels a post-work beer is a well-earned treat.

You’ll want to click to find out if the claim is truly justified.

20) WHAT WEIRD AL YANKOVIC CAN TEACH US ABOUT BLOGGING – KEVIN DUNCAN

Ever heard of Weird Al?

The guy who does parodies of almost anything from celebrities to food?

What makes this headline outrageous is the thought that a wacky performer like Weird Al, who once did a classic parody called “White & Nerdy,” can teach you something about blogging.

It’s almost laughable. But because you can’t help but wonder what the connection is, you know what you have to do to find out.

21) FACEBOOK DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR REACH — AND NEITHER DO USERS – JON LOOMER

If you’re trying to build a following on Facebook, how can you ignore this?

You treasure each new “like” of your Facebook page because it means your reach is expanding.

So to hear that Facebook doesn’t give a damn about your following is a kick in the teeth.

Don’t they want you to be successful on their platform? How can they not care?

22) 10 REASONS MEN SHOULDN’T BE HELPING THEIR WIVES WITH THE HOUSEWORK – AIMEE OGDEN

This headline will certainly be outrageous to some.

If the post is true to the headline, other women may see the author as a traitor to her gender.

If it’s a sarcastic post, it might be seen as baiting men.

So which is it? You’re forced to read the post to find out if she’s being serious or tongue-in-cheek.

23) 5 WAYS WOMEN ARE BETTER BOSSES THAN MEN – BARRY MOLTZ

Nothing like a good debate, right?

But these days the idea that one gender is better at anything than the other is an outrageous statement.

But you’ll click this headline because you want to know why this (male) author feels this way? Will it be a snarky, sarcastic post? Or a feminist view from a male perspective?

And as an exercise in outrageousness, think how you’d feel if a woman wrote this post, not a man. Would it cross the line, or not?

24) HOW FACEBOOK RUINED CHRISTMAS – JAY BAER

No!

Say it ain’t so! First, the Grinch stole Christmas; now Facebook wants to ruin it.

It’s true that Facebook has had some trust issues in recent times. But it’s extreme to suggest they actually ruined Christmas. And kinda funny too.

Even if you’re a Facebook hater, you want to know how the author will back this up.

After all, if Facebook really ruined Christmas, wouldn’t you know about it already?

25) WHY BREAKFAST IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY – RICHARD TALENS

You know what this headline is saying?

It’s saying that you’ve been lied to your entire childhood – and adulthood too. Lied to by your parents. By your family doctor. By whoever had the nerve to utter the phrase, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”

Nothing but lies. And because this headline is questioning something that you’ve known, or have been told, your whole life, you can’t help but find out whether you were really misled for all this time.

26) 10 REASONS WHY PROM NIGHT IS OVERRATED FOR STUDENTS – ASHLEY REESE

If you ever went to prom, you know how big of a deal it is, right?

You’ve spent months, even years, looking forward to that crowning moment of your high school career. The perfect outfit. The stretch limo. The treasured memories.

So isn’t it outrageous (and a little mean) that someone is trying to undermine those memories in a single blog post?

Or how about if you haven’t attended your prom yet? Being told it’s overrated would suck.

So what’s the deal here? You’ll have to click to find out.

27) YOUR PENIS WON’T FALL OFF AND OTHER THINGS BOYS SHOULD KNOW – RITA TEMPLETON

That got your attention, right?

Seeing the word “penis” in a headline is surprising and maybe shocking – even if it is a mommy blog.

But if you’re a first-time parent of a boy, you’ll wonder, “Is that really an issue? Do they really think that? Plus, what other crazy things do young boys think?”

28) WHY BLOGGING IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME – RAMSAY TAPLIN

How many hours a week do you spend on your blog?

Ten? Twenty? More?

A headline like this could leave your heart in your throat because it says what some bloggers might secretly fear – that blogging is a waste of their time.

And since the author is a popular blogger, your curiosity is heightened. If this blogger (who is likely more successful than his average reader) is saying this, what has he discovered that you need to know?

29) HOW TO SEE STRAIGHTER BY CROSSING YOUR EYES – DAVID CAIN

Doesn’t this headline seem completely outrageous?

How can do something that many people think could damage your eyesight possibly help you see straighter?

It’s impossible to comprehend – but filled with intrigue. You’re left wondering whether this headline is supposed to be taken literally – or if’s it’s a metaphor – or something else altogether.

But whatever it is, you’re lured into clicking to find out.

30) MY SON IS GETTING AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL FOR CHRISTMAS – LORI DURON

This headline plays with gender stereotypes.

Traditional thinking says that dolls are for girls, not boys. So why is this author’s son getting one for Christmas?

Is it because he actually wants one for Christmas? Or is his mother enforcing her own progressive agenda to her child?

Both alternatives provoke curiosity or even outrage.

But whatever your views, one question remains.

Just why is this boy getting a doll for Christmas?

31) WHY THE BLOGGING EXPERTS ARE WRONG ABOUT HEADLINES – STAN SMITH

You know that in the blogging world, it’s universally accepted that headlines are one of the most important elements to master.

In fact, most of your blogging heroes will have something to say about headlines.

So suggesting that these heavyweights are totally wrong about such a crucial blogging ingredient is outrageous.

We might think, “Who the hell are you Stan Smith to be saying my heroes are wrong? And, more importantly, what does it mean for me if you’re right?”

32) IT’S ALWAYS YOUR FAULT, SO STOP MAKING EXCUSES – EVAN LUZI

Though this headline is aimed at camera assistants, anyone can tell how effective it is.

You can easily imagine that assistants might be the first to get blamed for almost any problem on a shoot, and you may even transpose this to your own line of work.

The outrageousness comes from being told that it’s ALWAYS your fault, whatever the context.

Can it truly always be your fault? It almost sounds like bullying from the author, doesn’t it?

You’ll have to click to find out.

33) ON THE INSIDE, WE ARE ALL AFRAID OF HAVING AN UGLY BABY – BETHANY RAMOS

This one is dangerously powerful, isn’t it?

After all, what parent-to-be doesn’t hope their baby will be cute as a button?

But suggesting that parents are secretly afraid of having an ugly baby is outrageous.

After all, it paints them as shallow and appearance-conscious – even with their own flesh and blood. Shouldn’t parental love be unconditional?

But if it didn’t contain a seed of truth, would it be as enticing as it is?

34) 10 TYPES OF SEX YOU’LL HAVE ONCE YOU’RE A PARENT – MEGAN ZANDER

Most expectant parents are told that sex disappears from the menu once a new baby arrives.

So it’s outrageous (and maybe a little exciting) to hear that not only will you be having sex after you become a parent – but ten types of it!

Be honest, you’re curious about the types on the list.

35) WHY I’LL ALWAYS PUT MY HUSBAND BEFORE MY KIDS – AMBER DOTY

Mothers should put their kids above all else, right? Even their partners. At least, that’s a common belief.

But this author thinks otherwise – how outrageous! Surely her husband can look after himself?

This headline challenges society’s notions of the family pecking order, and we desperately want to find out why she thinks this way.

36) 21 REASONS TO HATE KIDS – YVETTE CASTER

Doesn’t this one just grab you by the eyeballs? You have to click.

(Assuming you can get past your sense of outrage that is.)

Kids are supposed to be innocent, right?  They hardly seem like a fair target for any type of hatred.

But let’s consider just how outrageous this title truly is.

A post that revealed the author hated kids would be somewhat shocking.

A post that tried to reassure us that it’s okay to hate kids would be more shocking.

But this post, which tries to persuade people to hate kids – people who maybe didn’t hate kids before – is downright outrageous.

And secretly you want to know why.