[Journal Post]

[danse_etoile]

...

I could say so many things on this, but I got a package with a black box with gold leaf. I think it's wood or ivory. It has a lock. And a post card.

"La porte est la porte."

With the address listed as: Z

No key.

Comments

[i_like_red]

Huh.

Do you think it's from Fujiwara, at all?

[danse_etoile]

That's what I'm hoping it isn't.

But I'm gonna have to start inventorying Sakana to see if there's a key because I suspect it is him.

... Which is going to make me spiral.

Drag me away from his personal effects or library at a certain point.

[i_like_red]

Will do. I don't think any of us should look at or through his stuff for too long.

What does the writing on the postcard mean? Maybe it's a clue?

[danse_etoile]

"The door is the door".

In French.

Incidentally, Fujiwara has a book of essays, called "L'Avenir", but I've not inventoried or read through it.

[i_like_red]

Yeaaah, that doesn't seem like much of a clue, does it.

What the hell could 'The door is the door' even mean?
What a headache.

[danse_etoile]

I think the better question to focus on is finding a key or a way to pick the lock.

You ever pick up lock picking for any discernable reason?

[i_like_red]

No lock picking abilities on my end, though knowing Fujiwara, he's probably cursed it to not be able to be opened other than by the key that's needed or something.

I can help you search through Fujiwara's stuff for a bit and see if we can find it though.

[danse_etoile]

Of course.

Just. Drag me out at a reasonable time and if I start rambling, spray me with a water bottle.

[i_like_red]

Will do!

[thefrozenstorm]

"The door is the door"?

Seems a little... recursive.

[danse_etoile]

I know, right?

What the hell does it mean...

And if it is him, how is he mailing me from places that don't exist...

[thefrozenstorm]

...

I bet he's in town, and just dropped off the postcard and package directly. That's why the address is "off".

[danse_etoile]

Z is the name of a supposed lost city in the jungles of the Mato Grosso state of Brazil.

That's some address off-ness.

But if he's in town, and if it is from him, I should try to find him, but I might be spiraling...

[thefrozenstorm]

I think it goes without saying.

But nothing good'll likely come of getting involved with whatever he's hinting at.

[danse_etoile]

And what if I said I think I'm already ankle to shin deep?

By accident.

[thefrozenstorm]

"Sunken cost fallacy".

[danse_etoile]

I'd normally agree, Professor Kantai, but.

I think. I feel. I've seen something, and I can't walk away.

Especially when I essentially got threatened over something of his.

Maybe I should, but.

[thefrozenstorm]

Kantei.

And you got threatened over it?

[danse_etoile]

Yes, I did. It was a polite threat but there's only one thing that happens when negotiations break down.

Like. I would at least like to know why I'm being attacked and maybe learn how to defend myself.

I feel incredibly left behind on a certain level.