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Route 1, Chapter 2: Aquatics Anonymous

So! We're trapped underwater in a crippled building.

You is determined to remain in high spirits, despite the bleak situation!

Also that is one holy hell of a name. I can't brain it, so it's back to calling her You.

Another gloom destroyer appears!

Apparently Coco is a ninth-grader? Crazy.

You, too intimidated to approach her directly, tries to get Mysterion's info out of me, who doesn't know it!

Fortunately, she finally gives her name, as TSUGUMI. That's everyone!

It's cool that she saved my ass back there and all, but... why are you so cranky?

>What are you mad about?

Apparently she's just an abrasive asshole! We're just an unfortunate collection of strangers, and she doesn't give a shit.

Minus five cute points.

You plays mediator! Tsugumi eventually gets bored of staring daggers and lurks back in the corner.

Sora's up next! She's some kind of hardcore computer science person.

This person sounds important!

>Assistant chief, huh?

Coco just now makes the connection that this is the Boring Explanation Lady! Apparently they are understaffed.

And with me, we're all introduced!

OH WAIT WE FORGOT SOMEONE

Oh right, amnesia.

Awkward.

A long spiel about amnesia occurs.

Enough introductions, time to start surviving!

We have free beverages here.

Sora doesn't seem very keen on joining us. Come on, it's a party!

Okay, seriously, partytime over. Let's sort things out.

Points of discussion: What fucked up, what we do now.

Sora gives us the down low on point 1, complete with holographic support images thanks to her crazy remote link to LeMU's computer system!

The timeline goes like this:
12:45: Blackout. Emergency alarms. Cause unknown.
12:54: Evacuation order. Large-scale panic.
01:03: Due to mass evacuation, emergency corridor was left open for several minutes. Air pressure balance disrupted. Internal air pressure reduced to 1 atmosphere.
02:39: Computer system LeMMIH comes back online, and begins damage control process.
03:55: External partitions begin to collapse under water pressure. Emergency watertight doors start sealing areas of the complex.

And that brings us to now.

Short story, we're trapped underwater with no way of getting out, and nobody knows there are people down here.

Despite our grim situation, You keeps being little miss flowers and sunshine! It's how she deals with stress, apparently.

Operation Be Cool And Strike Up a Casual Conversation With Tsugumi is going poorly.

NEXT POINT OF ORDER:

Scope out the complex. LET'S SPLIT UP, GANG.

Sora doesn't have a perfect view of the situation due to a number of monitors being down, so she'll keep working on contacting the outside world while we get the lay of the land.

Without waiting for a consensus on an action plan from the group, Tsugumi heads off for the second floor!

This is the first time she's shown any interest in anything.

Sora gives in and accepts this as a halfway decent plan.

LET'S GO

There are about a jillion corridors in LeMU, so might as well start checking them all out!

Also looking for more surivors.

We find none of them, and no escape routes, either.

And reconvene!

Except for Tsugumi, where the hell.

To Central Control!

They have a system here that can detect life signs.

There she is! One dot on the second floor, a bunch in this room. Everything's under control.

Life Readings: 6, as expected.

Kid seems to think something is wrong, which is why he's the first to notice...

To be continued

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