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[The feed flickers, and then the newly-calm (or perhaps... too calm) Barge is treated to a close-up of half a nose and part of an eye. The close-up is muttering in Japanese, the image occassionally moving]

Should I just say it...? Ah, I should have read it more carefully...

[suddenly the face moves back, revealing a frowning young man. He's lit by a lantern that sits in a corner, just visible in the background. He looks tired, a little bit too skinny and too pale, but he starts beaming when he apparently notices that the camera is already on. He speaks in English from now on]

I did it, huh? [he sits back and waves cheerfully, tucking some of his long hair behind his ear with the other hand]

I guess everyone's been pretty busy the last few weeks, so I hope I'm not disturbing you. My name is Souji Okita, and I'm new here! I'll work hard to fit in, but I'm still getting used to everything, so go easy on this old man... Oh! I walked around a little bit, and it seems pretty dark! If anyone needs them, I found a lantern and some candles in my room. Please ask me if you need help!

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I suppose for most people that shouldn't be a problem, right...? To stay here for a long time.

Hey, don't look at me on that one. I was dead when I showed up here. Being alive is fuckloads better.

Exactly. It may be a little darker than you'd like, but at least you're not dead! [He sounds very chipper about this!]

Holy crap. Someone had their morning coffee this morning.

You are...way more excited than I can even handle.

I'm sure I didn't mean to be that bad. I'll tone it down! [scrapes his throat with the intention of lowering his voice to a more threatening timbre, but unfortunately it triggers a coughing fit. It lasts for almost a full minute, but if Chris is willing to stick around Souji's voice emerges from the fit sounding hoarse and (at least slightly) less chipper.]

Ah... That's one way to do it. [gives a hoarse laugh]

Just. Just be cool. I've got a massive hangover right now.

Christ.

You've got pneumonia over there or what?

[laughs. But very softly.]

Well, at least the light isn't making things worse.

Hm, 'or what'! I'll be fine.

Okay. I mean, I don't want you dying on me, is the thing. Too much of that going around.

It'd be pretty embarrassing to die so soon! I'll try to prevent it.

Good plan. Because otherwise you're knocked out of commission for like two weeks and nothing's worse than getting killed your first month in.

It's still better than actual death, but I guess I understand! What happens, exactly...? If you 'die', I mean.

Yeah, considering that I'm one of the guys who actually died, I'm with you on that one.

You go into this weird sickness where you're tired and in pain all over and everything sucks. I guess if we were chicks it'd feel like getting our period, but, whatever.