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[ HELLo, buddy. You sure don't beat around the bush, huh? Akechi likes that. ]

The first three quests seem like simple tests of courage or wits to prove our worth, and their correlation to their respective color requirements seem fairly straightforward: yellow for golden, and red for the blood of a hunt.

The final quest, however, is the one that truly caught my attention. We have restored enough of this town in the past week, but I'm under the impression this isn't about the old books some people seem to have found. In this case, I believe "restoring the written word" means sharing stories of our own.

[ And Ryo likes that Akechi is someone around his own age he might actually have a stimulating conversation with. The problem with being a teenage genius is that your peers tend to be normal teenagers, and normal teenagers are stupid and prone to doing stupid things. ]

That's the one that caught my attention as well. I think your interpretion is right (and it looks like people on the forum have similar ideas) but the quest is vaguely worded and can be interpreted in a number of ways. "Understand the worth of a story" - do they want us to tell stories we think are worth telling, or do they want the audience to decipher and understand the meaning of the story?

[ Yes. Very unlike these two brilliant teenagers and their inclination for shooting people, that is not stupid at all. ]

They are both valid possibilities. However, there's also one other I have been considering: "worth" is a subjective matter, so perhaps that means these stories must hold a level of importance to the people sharing them. Formative childhood memories, personal secrets or even their ambitions and dreams... These are all very meaningful. And possibly filed under important information to be used against us, if the latest furniture incident is anything to go by.

Your theory is sound as well. Sharing things such as childhood memories or dreams sounds harmless enough, but it's wise to exercise caution with sharing personal information after the furniture incident.

How do you suppose the furniture knew our secrets? I know the answer is in likelihood "magic" but I find that frustrating. Logic goes out the window when magic is involved.

I agree. However, because the quest information is so ambiguous, any groups wishing to complete it might have to do it through trial and error. And if it's true people have been receiving rewards upon quest completion, I wonder if the possible benefits will be worth the risk.

As for the furniture, it could simply be that our captors did their research prior to bringing us here, and used tricks to make it look as though our entire surroundings could talk - hidden bugs and cameras, mostly. But at the same time, it sounds too elaborate if all they wanted was for us to clean and fix things, so I can't disregard something as vague as "magic" as a very real possibility.

That particular request appears to require multiple groups before it's considered done, too. Trial and error will definitely be necessary, and one group's mistake could cost everyone their reward. I don't think I'm going to attempt that particular quest myself, but I'm definitely interested in seeing if the payoff is worth the hassle.

I've considered that theory as well, but as you said - it's far too elaborate for something as inane as getting us to start cleaning the town. But maybe it's part of the social experiment we're in, assuming that theory holds true; they could be testing how we react to bizarre situations.

Yes, I feel the same way. There seem to be plenty of people interested in taking it on, and just as many willing to publicly share their results. It will make for a good source of information, so we can make our own educated decisions on a future occasion.

Ah, you are correct about that, though-- it does make sense, from a social experiment point of view. But speaking of which, I'm sure you must have noticed some color has been restored after that particular incident? Even some taste, as well.

Yes, I noticed. I doubt it's a coincidence; our hard work somehow resulted in color returning to the world. Of course, one instance doesn't make a pattern, so we can't jump to conclusions just yet.

This does open up the possibility that our reason for being here is to bring color back, though.

Of course, but that's all the more reason for us to keep a close eye on any more occurrences. If we can figure out a pattern, we might get closer to the truth.

Also, that is one hypothesis I had been working with from the moment we arrived. The fact that we were the only ones able to keep any color, the hexadecimal codes... And now some color has been restored, seemingly due to our combined efforts. But there has to be a method behind this, don't you agree?

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