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Oh yeah? Bet they were glad when they came back and everything was clean.

Probably half and half. They didn't exactly know I was crashing there since Kiyotaka doesn't really bother to explain these things.

[Aaaaaand... all done! He'll dry off his hands.]

Ready to go?

Yeah, all set.

Thanks for doing the dishes.

No problem!

[To sIV! And to his bedroom, which is extremely tidy this time; he wasn't kidding about cleaning up. He'll walk over to one of the coffin-shaped cabinets, pausing in front of the sets of pull-open compartments.]

Actually I'm going to need your help with the start of this, too.

Sure. Whatcha need?

I put the apple from heaven on the right-handed side and the apple from hell's copy on the left. But if I know I'm eating the one from heaven, I'll have certain expectations, see?

So it would be better for the test if I was looking away while you handed me one without telling me which one it was. You can keep a closer eye on me if you know you just handed me the hell apple of course, but as long as I can't see how you're reacting, it should be good enough.

Oh - right. Yeah, that makes sense.

I can do that.

Thanks! I'll leave the kit right here so you can grab it if you need it.

[Setting it on his bed as close to the cabinet as can be before moving to the side of the bed facing the window, settling there.]

Alright, ready when you are.

Okay - good to go. You wanna close your eyes?

[Closing his eyes!]

Ready!

[Which will be first? Heaven or hell apple?]

[Heaven apple first]

[He presses it into Izanagi's hand, and stands so he can't see the remaining apple]

Ready.

[Taking a bite, eyes still closed. A thoughtful hum as he chews, and then swallows.]

Crisp, light, refreshing... actually, literally refreshing, I feel a little more energized now.

[Handing it back for the other?]

[Taking notes, more so Izanagi can't hear that he isn't taking notes and tell which apple it is]

[He takes the first apple back and hands over the second]

Give it a go, dude.

[Raising this one to his lips and taking a bite, chewing...

Pausing.

Slowly beginning to chew again, swallowing... and taking another bite, chewing and swallowing this one normally.

He opens his eyes.]

It doesn't taste like anything.

Nothing?

[Taking notes]

There's texture, but otherwise I might as well be eating air. On the bright side, I don't think it's poisonous or anything.

No? How do you feel?

Like I'm chomping on air. We can wait it out twenty minutes to make sure it's not a delayed response.

I'm guessing this one's the fake?

Good guess.

You think it's just, like... an illusion or whatever?

[Handing him over the notes]

[Checking the notes over! How's your writing Hurricane.]

It might be something similar to an empty shell...

If you're trying to imitate something, most of the time it's only surface-deep, right? Because all you need is for it to look convincing even if it isn't real. So my guess is, they got the surface appearance figured out, but they don't know what the "insides" are supposed to be, or even if they do, they can't actually produce the genuine deal. So their copy just looks the part with some filler substance inside that doesn't amount to anything.

[Sloppy, honestly, but at least he was thorough]

But that means they had to've seen the real deal sometime, right?

Whoever made it, at least. We can't assume the hosts of that particular game are the ones who have that knowledge, even if it's a definite possibility.

Ah... yeah. Guess that's true.

[A pause, considering]

Who did host that one?

Biiiiig snake lady, people got in a fight with her afterwards.

Oh yeah, her.

S'been a while since she's been around.

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