8 . VIDEO

[onset]

Of course it wasn't enough to keep me locked up in my own apartment for an entire weekend while my - double went around making me seem like a total fool. Someone had to go ahead and expose me even further with those ridiculous photographs, isn't that right?

I should get a bloody phone. Then I won't have to randomly yell for help at people who can't hear me from my window.

[Someone isn't happy. Which is a stark contrast to the last network post made by the Other Peter. Go figure.]

If I said anything to you, or if you've - seen something, please keep it to yourself. I really don't want to know. At all. For once I actually want to believe that ignorance is bliss.

[HUFF. Pause. One more thing:]

Where the hell has everyone gone?

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[monochrome_mirror]

It is tame compared to the prison, certainly.

What do you do here in the City? What is your work or other such role here?

[onset]

I haven't really been able to find work just yet. I used to be a journalist in my homeworld, but that doesn't - seem like a viable career option here.

[monochrome_mirror]

Ah, a journalist. We have a number of those -- the tengu tend to have a monopoly on the local news, although a few humans try to shoulder into that market.

Yes, it seems like my work is also...a bit inapplicable given the structure of the City. I am Gensokyo's judge of souls, but it seems as if no one dies here...and the legal system is utterly absent.

[onset]

I'm not familiar with the term. 'Tengu'?

[monochrome_mirror]

The tengu are a subcategory of youkai -- ah, sentient non-humans who live alongside humans in my world. They are experts in flight, clever of wit and mind, and tend to keep track of the information flow in Gensokyo.

[onset]

[... Ah.]

Sounds like hard work.