This place is really creepy in the dark...

Misaki keeps jumping on my keyboard! I think she wants me to play with her...

I had a really great time at the festival! It was nice to actually go to one without being at work... well, technically we're still supposed to be working, but I'm stuck! Whatever!
I managed to a get a few fish! But... in retrospect, I'm not sure that was the best idea... Misaki keeps dipping her paw in the bowl. She hasn't gotten any of them yet, but... I guess I'm going to have to keep a close eye on them now.

I ran away from home on Christmas when I was 17. I don't want to talk about why, I just couldn't handle it there.
I nearly froze to death in the snow a few hours later. If it hadn't been for Rikuo... I don't even know. It was stupid of me. I didn't plan anything, I just left. Looking at it now, I don't know how I was even expecting myself to survive. I mean... with the exception of my ability... what survival skills did I even have then? I've never gone to school, I had never had any work experience, I couldn't even cook.
I just got really lucky.
I guess that's why I get so annoyed when Rikuo calls me an idiot, or points out how useless I am. Because I know it's true.

And...I like Rikuo. He said he cares for me too, but I'm not sure whether or not to believe him.

Why am I still typing?

We're changing rooms? Awww... well, it was nice rooming with you Ace!

Hopefully I'll get someone else who's friendly...

That was... really... awkward. Um... I'm sorry for some of the things I said, and um... I guess I just wasn't myself at all...

I suppose it could have been much worse, but.... wow, that was weird.

Rikuo, I need to talk to you.

MOTHERFUCKER.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I CHANGED MY FUCKING MIND. I CAN STAY HERE.
FUCK KAKEI AND HIS STUPID JOBS.
At least if I stay here, I don't have to pay a motherfucking penalty fee! HA, BET THE MOTHERFUCKER DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.

Besides, what is there for me at home anyway? Having to be Kakei's slave while Saiga's always pawing me? Always being broke and having to degrade myself to keep living? Pretty much not knowing a soul outside of Rikuo, Saiga, and Kakei? I mean, there's still Kei, but no way in fuck I'm going to see her.

Fuck that.

You can finish the fucking job on your own if you want to Rikuo, I don't give a fuck anymore. I'm staying here. Even if this room is shit, it's still better than what I got going for me at home.

kladgh;akglasjh'ahhjt

RIKUO. YOU DON'T THINK KAKEI DID THAT ON PURPOSE DO YOU?!?!

I want to scream.

This is awesome, a visit home! Granted, there's only two people to go home to, but still~ Maybe we can finally figure it all out, Rikuo! I'm sure Kakei wouldn't leave us hanging this long. He's not that mean.

( [Private -- Hackable] )

Oooh, you don't think we're going to have to work at home, do you?

Anyone working at Artemis Pet World... if you see a girl (I don't really know how to describe her, but I know she'll stand out considering her behavior!) trying to buy any dogs, don't sell them to her. She's... odd, and will probably be insisting that they're edible and want to eat them, and... just don't sell them to her. Don't sell anything to her. She should be going to the grocery store, instead of trying to eat dogs and straw hats.

But that aside, I haven't updated this since the body switch... wow. Hm, I guess that the latest thing I did was go to the amusement park the other day. The rides were pretty cool, though there were some awkward moments...

I really want to smoke, for some reason.
I don't get it! I've never smoked in my life, but I just... I just want to right now! Ugh!
I can't afford to go get anything, and... THIS SUCKS.

How... how did?! RIKUO WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!

I was on the Olympus deck with you one minute, and then... I don't know, I must of passed out, but right before I did I saw a face...

AND WHEN I WOKE UP I WAS HIM.
I'm the guy I saw! What the hell is this!? And... I haven't had any more visions! I don't know if it's the fact that it's this body (oh man that sounds so weird!) or if they're gone for good this time!

( [Private to Rikuo - Hackable] )

But none of my clothes fit anymore, and my voice sounds all weird, and UGH. I've gotten so much older, and my hair is kinda crazy looking (and blond!) and WHY. I didn't even do anything during this chaotic mess!

...Now I have go go buy clothing and hope no one laughs at me because of how tight everything fits.

Seriously, what the hell happened?!

Thanks for helping me out there, Volkner! I feel a lot better now!

Work has been keeping me busy lately... especially the kittens, they're really a handful! They really like just wandering around, and there's this white one that keeps crawling into my hoodie pocket, and it won't listen to me when I try to put it back...

( [Private] )

I missed out on the party... that sucks!
I kinda fell asleep. I meant to take a short nap because I was really tired, but somehow I slept through the whole thing. I wonder what I missed out on...

Ugh, is it me, or has it gotten even colder in here?

So what's this Halloween that everyone's getting so worked up about?

Damnit Rikuo! I was enjoying myself too, and you had to go and ruin it!

Let it go. It's in the past, it's old, let it die.

Asshole.

I went with Volkner to get a job today, and it totally worked out! I was kinda afraid since I don't exactly have much work experience, but we both got jobs at a place called Artemis Pet World!
Some of the animals there were pretty cute, and really friendly!

I mean, I didn't really want to get an extra (extra?) job, but I kinda do need the credits...

( [Screened to Rikuo] )

So uh... does anyone know where I could find a cheap heater? All the ones I've found are really expensive...
If there isn't, I guess I'm going to have to get a job here too...

So tomorrow I got to hit the job agency so I can get some credits for a better heater. That is, assuming I'm here that long... I don't want to have to get a job for my job! But I guess I'm going to have to...

Oh, um... has anyone lost their... pink... fuzzy catishtype thing but not really? Yeah, that sounds weird, I know, but I don't know exactly what this thing is! I found it when I was on the Olympus Deck earlier... I thought it was a cell phone charm, but then it got all huge! And it won't leave me alone now...

( Pink thing? )

Is this what I'm supposed to be looking for?

SONOFABITCH RIKUO.
I am not an animal, you damn brute!

Would've yelled at your ass yesterday, but this stupid computer hates me, it just shut down for the entire night last night!

I want to find whatever it is we're looking for now.

It's always been frustrating to go into a job without having all the details, but seeing as it's Kakei, I guess I'm used to it by now.
But I'm really confused now... He said we would know what we have to do once we got here, but I haven't gotten so much as a hint. And I don't see how I'm supposed to get a hint without my ability...

I don't know whether to be relieved or worried that Kakei said there was no time limit for this job.