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sorry for the tl;dr infodump

[tfy]

The distractions are what we need distracting from! ♪

[He does not like the games around here. Or the drugged food. Or so many other things. His complaints are numerous!]

What happens at night? The ghosts come out?

[As for the virtual reality thing, he frowns to himself in thought.]

It would explain a lot, but I just don't know. Most people here have powers, and they all believe in "magic" and not "technology." You wouldn't be one of those people yourself, would you?

[Like the ones he talked about on this page of his romance novel.

Hiyori's smile doesn't go anywhere, but it does become tighter when Xingqiu comments on how long he's been trapped here. Somewhat dully, he chirps back:]

You could say that. It was February when I first got here, so I'll hit the one-year mark before too long. Which means I have all sorts of knowledge saved up...♪

[He's under no illusion that he'll get home anytime soon. After what happened to Rinne, he's under no illusion that he'll get out, period. They may all be doomed: doomed to turn into statues, doomed never to leave this place. But he has to have hope, and by comparing notes with other people, there's always the chance he'll find some new breakthrough. So he lowers his voice and says:]

Go ahead and look all you want. The cover's just a ruse, so you don't need to focus on that too much. It's clever, though, isn't it? Plus it looks cute~♪

[But as for what's really inside the binder...

It's part-case file, part-diary. In the first few pages, he describes waking up at the resort and getting the lay of the land: learning about the House, the card suits, the rank system, and the fact there's no escape. He writes about the rules of Game 52 (with frequent disclaimers that of course he and the other ES idols aren't participating in anything scandalous like that), and then describes his trip to the Roost to meet with with J. He describes what happened to everyone during the Springtime game (or what he heard happened after the fact; he and Jun hid in his room during that event), what the Iron Net is like, and all about the time Rinne disappeared and woke up one month later with no clue he'd been gone. He also talks about the people he's met, the worlds they come from, and all the strange powers that they have, before reaching his ultimate conclusion: the resort is run by gods!

Or at least that was his conclusion almost a year ago.

A lot has happened since I bothered to update that page, so the notes continue on and on past there. He describes the Hearts game and the Spades game. He talks about the time he hosted the Magic Showcase, and all the powerful displays of sorcery he saw. He writes about Jin Mingming, the time he did a quest for her, what he learned, and about the special birthday gift she gave him. His notes will reveal that the Clinic revives people who've died, that disappeared guests turn into statues, that J and Jin Mingming used to be players in Game 52, and that J keeps severed body parts inside his office (and also, apparently, that he had a twin brother).

And then, most recently, Hiyori writes about Rinne's disappearance: about finding his statue in the casino and his possessions inside the storage room; about what J and Jin Mingming said when he asked why Rinne disappeared; about how he simply vanished with no warning. He doesn't talk about how he cried, or how worried he still is, but that probably comes through in his writing nevertheless.

Xingqiu is welcome to read for as long or as little as he wants. Hiyori will sip cocoa while he does, and be there to answer questions.]