seimeinotaka

Last time, we found out the Internet exists, Kent is an idiot and we had to cram months of working in a job in approximately 5 hours!

Unless developments take place in a long stretch of the day like, let's say Shin's detective escapade, I'll probably split updates in between days. Some are busier than others. At the point of this writing, I am at day 10 but I will keep shut for future developments that are still unknown-ish at this time, except the logical ones you could deduce from tidbits and just paying attention. Furthermore, I'll assume the reader already knows about the stories of Shin, Ikki and Trash, so spoilers for those routes are abundant. With that out of the way, let us begin.

08/03

Orion and Ari get some message from Kent, awkwardly inviting her to spend some quality ignore time in Kent's research lab, because I didn't know Maths could have a research lab. I suppose they play some Find x tag games or hypothetically calculate the amount of explosives you'd need to blow up a building of X size, but I'm not a Maths student. Orion is annoyed at this invitation because being ignored is always very fun plus

As Orion unfortunately deduced, Kent is not Ari's teacher but her tutor. I know a tutor doesn't elicit the same degree of forbidden passion as a teacher, I'm sad to add, and this has crushed Orion's desire but preserved the integrity of the education system and profesionalism.

Making use of the Internet again (SHOCKING!), Ari gets the name of Kent's University from the message and then just follows Google Maps. This is actually the first time that she goes there so Kent gives fairly easy-to-follow directions for those who know what the shit is going on, but amnesia makes us use the uncommon methods. He also advices that if Ari gets lost, she can just phone him. Of course, his comments are on the sarcastic snide side of remarks, so they think that if that is the case, Ari will get mocked by getting lost.

However, that happens. As soon as she gets to the University (which is a different one from where she studies), she has no clue where Kent's lab is. Ari and Orion could either phone him and get mocked OR they could ask around and save Ari's reputation and dignity. But I have none so we phoned him expecting a mocking reply. Interestingly, Kent assumed Ari got lost and he was just out on his way to find her. Ari tells him where she is and OFC he is like "YOU GOT LOST SO FAR ALREADY!"

But he got so giddy and excited that Ari decided to, for once, rely on him and ask him for help. I MEAN LOOK AT THOSE PUPPY EYES AND EMBARRASSED FACE. (Actually, this is a common trend in the routes. Usually Ari is very independent or perhaps stubborn and rarely lets others in to what she does, like Ikki. So they take it very seriously and are very happy when she asks them for help).

After that, our cute big-ass puppy takes Ari to his research lab. It's a room for Undergraduates but it's Wednesday so it's just him atm. Ari is on the verge of ignore quality time so she tries to talk with Kent, which goes anywhere. As anyone could have assumed, Kent is just not good at small talk or talking about anything that seems to be "pointless", but he says that if Ari is okay with whatever the topic, he can just talk about his research. Of course.

There's a long talk about Maths and theories and LOL, and after that, Kent is back to his business and Ari is back at studying for cafe work tomorrow. She is about to leave but Kent wonders about her personality change because usually Ari would have just flipped the fuck out of ignore time. Then, someone barges in and threatens Kent. There's only one person in the big world of <10 portrait characters of Amnesia that could do this.

Hello Ikki.
Kent presents them for the first time, thankfully to avoid somke awkward amnesia-like embarrassing situations that are faintly reminiscent to those when you just forget someone's name but it's too late to ask a second time. Kent introduces Ari as his girlfriend and Ikki is so flabbergasted that he thinks that Kent is pulling his leg because Kent can't obviously have a girlfriend. After the sudden shock, he becomes incredibly interested in Ari, as what kind of woman would fall for big gruffy Kent.

Now, Ikki gets very close and even takes off his glasses, looking straight in the eye at Ari. Kent immediately freezes.

Brief reminder that Ikki has magical eyes that make any woman looking at him to fall in love with him. Now, the serious part is well, I am not exactly sure which events are repeated over the different worlds, but there was something interesting in how these two guys became friends. In the Spades world, Kent's girlfriend fell prey to Ikki's eyes and broke up with Kent. Ikki actually mentioned his eyes and Kent thought of sticking around because he couldn't believe such magical BS when Ikki could have made up a much believable excuse. With this in mind, Kent's line becomes 200 times harsher.

Ikki does actually look at Ari but Ari is like "I still prefer Kent" and Ikki is so surprised that his eyes aren't working. I'm assuming it's plot armor because stealing your friend's GF is bad taste but it did make me feel bad at this situation because the starting point for Ikki to be interested in Ari in his route was exactly that she didn't fall for his eyes.

Fortunately, Ikki seems to think that Ari isn't the only exception and maybe he can find love in the future (EXCEPT he has to get rid of his psychotic stalker sooo). Kent explains that Ikki is his bad excuse of a friend who claims to have magical eyes but right now they are bogus. Ikki defends his eye honor by stating that the reason they don't work is because Ari is deeply in love with Kent, which IDK if it's legit but I can't find another reason, since in Ikki's route it was sheer stubborn power. However, Kent quickly says that is not possible because he is sure Ari hates him.

This of course triggers memories. Ari recalls a talk they had where Kent says exactly the same thing. Also, just so everyone knows, Ari and Kent have been dating for only a week and this thing is ready to sink. I assume that Ari was just never that loving and the constant arguing is just that bad. Kent has the idea that any time they will "talk" it will end up with them discussing.

Ikki offers to discuss these matters with Kent, and while Ari would also want to go there to get information so she can recover memories, like the one just right now, she is sent home, especially because men talk, she is a minor and she was dizzy from the memory retrival. I wonder if my PC gets dizzy when I retrieve data too.

08/04

This is work day and Ari has been preparing for this but unlike Shin's training method, things don't go quite like that. First, Ari meets Mine, who is out for her blood. Mine mocks Ari if she's going to work and Ari has to follow her to get to the employee area to where she can hear Mine mocking Ari about her standing in front of the cafe. This will go just wonderful. Actually it's only in Shin's route and the end of Ikki's that she's not an annoying clingy jealous bastard. God, what did I do?

This day is honestly a bit uneventful. Ari meets Mine and Sawa, and sees again Trash, but hopefully his contribution will be minor. Waka is this time a very quiet and scary owner, as opposed to the other hilarious Wakas from other worlds. Unfortunately, this is bad because for some reason, Ari sucks at self-studying and messes up BIG TIME, so much that Waka scares the shit out of her and scolds her. Of course, Mine is a gleeful shit and laughs at Ari. I swear to shit :U

With this threat, Ari goes back home and Orion and she are determined to learn the goddamned book so that Waka doesn't murder them. It's in this that Ari gets some message from Kent, congratulating her on her job of the day.
(If only you knew :''''') )

However, this makes Orion and Ari very happy, especially after a stressful day. Ari congratulates Kent on his work and he is a little surprised but happy at this gesture.

Finally they seem to be a couple :Y

I'd like to point out that Sawa is the klutz here and somehow the owner got angry at Ari so that's how bad our performance was.

08/05
It's another day at the good ol' cafe and Ari is working her ass off. By working her ass off I mean she is trying hard to not sink and be in for another casual death-threat. She manages to do okay-ish but Waka is still not pleased :'D
At least Sawa is kind enough to cheer us up.

I love Sawa, she's so cute and nice and a good friend unlike Mine.

Ari talks a little to Sawa, seeing she's the consistent University BFF. This actually has benefits. We can relearn about Kent's life, tastes, our relationship and

...
What.

Turns out Kent might go overseas to study for a whole year. :'''''D
I SWEAR TO FUCK. All the good men are either taken, gay, or they live a bazillion miles away from home. God damn, life is so not fair.

In any case, Sawa assumes Ari has been distant in her job because she's thinking about Kent going away. She tells Ari to make the best of the month they have. However, Kent has a big conference on the 25 so it might make things difficult for the green tea lovers to see each other.

You are the best, Sawa.

After this enlightening and slightly distressful talk, Ari goes home. She gets a message from Kent, inviting her for a "date" on the 7th, to which Ari agrees. I'd like to point out that except the lost kid time in the University, Ari and Kent have not phoned each other and talk through SMS. Make that as you will.

08/06
Well, Ari might be a bad learner but with dedication, she finally gets it right. After probably eating the fucking manual, Ari does her job with a goddamned great performance. She makes no mistakes and does everything flawlessly, even realizing when customers are requiring of others. It is so good that Waka and Toma compliment her efforts and they assume that her previous bad performance was her trying something new for work.

I hope you have some BURN HEAL.

Mine obviously does not take this well. First Ari does great, now the manager scolds her, of course she won't have any bad blood with Ari. Nope sir not.

After work, Ari meets Mine.
Now, Ari hasn't talked much to her but it's clear she's her dismissive jealous self for something Ari can't recall doing. But soon enough we'll find that answer.

(Reminder that Toma is NOT A NICE GUY unless you mean that kind of "Nice guy")

...
Oh dear.
Once more, Ari is stuck in some goddamned stupid Pythagoras plot. Seeing Ari has no psychopaths after her, whether it's Rika after Ikki's bones or Toma after her bones, she needs some love rival to spice up things. Sawa can't be because Sawa is great and loyal so it's Mine.
I laugh how she refers to Kent, nice compliments lady :/

This is some sad inverse variant of "I never thought anyone would notice me".

Mine asks what Ari likes of Kent and I think I picked a bad end answer but I hope to Jesus this doesn't screw me up. Mine just wants Ari off Kent's booty but unfortunately I can't flip Mine off. She does leave with a threat that she is the better of the two since she has looks, cooks and personality. I might not be sure about the last one, though.

08/07
It's date time and Kent is as punctual as a Swiss machine clock. His idea of a date is a leisurely stroll. But it's Kent, so he will walk at his usual PLEASE GOD STOP FOR A MOMENT pace and Ari has to honestly run behind him to try to keep up. Obviously, this isn't something good for dating. Kent does ask if she's not going to talk at all. Kent has no "small-talk" topics so Ari tries telling him that she got complimented yesterday only to receive a "Good for you" response. Then, she tries to inform Kent of Mine.

My bet is that Ari tried to warn Kent of Mine's probably advances since Mine almost vowed on her non-existent sweet personality that she would steal Kent. Kent, however, takes it the bad way. He assumes that she is telling him about this because Ari intends to break up, because why else would she mention a possible love rival. Ari naturally goes WTF? but Kent gets surprisingly upset about it. This triggers another memory. (BTW they are near a grave because cemeteries are clearly the most romantic places ever)

Ari recalls that they had been arguing about a similar topic in the past. Kent said that he believed that the best someone could do was to have mulitple partners to rank up life EXP and level up to follow up Darwin's selection. This also includes ditching partners when someone gets bored of them, though he does not condone cheating. Ari got visibly pissed so she slapped him and Kent was surprised at her reaction, demanding to know the reason. :'''''''D

Ikki needs to have a long talk with Kent about this dating thing, though then again, Ikki is the worst guy to give this kind of faithful advice.

Ari gets dizzy and she asks if Kent will discard her as soon as he is tired but Kent is obviously angry though this fades when Ari almost falls from the shock of the memory. With that, Kent wonders if she was always this frail and takes her home. Orion doesn't think they were a loving couple and has a bad opinion of Kent (though Orion had a good opinion of Toma so that puts things in perspective) but he thinks Kent is a key for Ari's memories because good or bad, they all are about him.

For a fortnight couple, they have more than enough problems to last a lifetime.

08/08
It's been a week, where the fuck is my bloody GC?

As a result of yesterday's fight, Kent messages Ari to meet back at the cemetery. They "walk" for a moment but then Kent asks Ari why she is so quiet. Ari then asks if he wanted to talk about something and for once he does. Kent spent a lot of time wondering about something. The place they walk by is frequently visited by couples because apparently graves do improve the romantic vibe.

Kent wonders if there's an actual reason for them to hold hands. I SWEAR.

You need no reason, just do it!

DO IT.

NO, D O I T.

DOITDOITDOITDOIT

HAND HERE, TAKE IT, TAKE IT GOD DAMN LET'S HOLD FUCKING HANDS.
TOUCH IT, IT'S HERE

T A K E M Y F U C K I N G H A N- Oh that explains things, NOW TAKE MY HAND.

For once, we get a decision: "Maybe we should hold hands" or "Tell me why you are so belligerent" and WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU ASK THAT, FUCKING HOLD HANDSÑKDASLKDSAJLKFAJLA

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
HHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN
(this isn't first base but beggars can't be choosers)

(I'll be honest, I cracked so much at this statement)

That would be EXCELLENT.

GOOD GOOD.

Kent talks about Ari mentioning Mine and asks if Ari wants to hear him and of course we all do. Kent thought a lot about this Mine deal. He mistook Ari's intention and he has a hard time putting his feelings into words so he'll just quote what Ikki helped him translate from Nerd to actual words: Kent has no interest in someone like Mine, he is only interested in Ari, he likes Ari and Mine's feelings wouldn't change that. The one he loves is Ari.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(Ikki may you find a good not-psychotic woman to make you happy and live happily together with nightful daily intercouse, BLESS YOU MAN)

Ari thanks him and they go back to her house.

How cute.
Now, wait for it.

(I actually took a photo and not a screencap but it works either way)
AND YES KENT GAVE HER A MATH BOOK, OF COURSE HE WOULD.
Wait for Ikki to hear about this one, I can hear him facepalming already!

Now Ari can be the biggest douchebag in the fucking universe because Kent put his nerdy heart and soul into making this and well, you can actually refuse this. But no, I mean, Maths are important to him and it's the thought that counts :')
So we'll take it.

HE LOOKS SO HAPPY WHY WOULD YOU REJECT HIS FUCKING BOOK, LOOK AT HIS BIG PUPPY SMILE HE IS TOO CUTE
I'M SOLD ALREADY AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN KISSED

After Kent goes home, Ari and Orion talk about how they finally resemble a couple.