sorry for your loss

[cuteandinnocentpet]

[When people are returned to the main floor, they will find a trail of cupcakes from the elevator to the dining room. There is a table of drinks, pills, and cupcakes and cakes from the automat.

And on the table, in the center, is this asshole, with a party horn in its mouth. Despite that, it talks into everyone's mind.]

As you strangers tend to have a tradition of parties after an execution, I took the liberty. The plates and cups are over there.

[. . .

be merry I guess]

Comments

[relieable]

[oh. he doesn't like that word]

Okay, yeah. There's a disease being spread, and... even with all that knowledge stretched out over several universes, the disease can't be stopped?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

That's correct. Even if you managed to find a way out of this game, the damage has already been done.

What we call the Meme can't be contained again.

[relieable]

[oh. that is... that would be funny if it weren't so tragic. Osomatsu feels his knees grow weak. he feels completely powerless at this knowledge. it's probably a bad idea to trust Kyuubey, of all people, but Osomatsu doesn't believe it is lying. it might be hiding different parts of the truth, but at least he knows that]

...And that's why you're concerned with salvaging what you can...

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Survival of the fittest, unfortunately. The Meme combined with the Noise invasion has been quite devastating, so it's only natural that many of these multiverses will either be Erased or simply subsumed and turned into the darkness.

You could consider it an understanding between us and the ones responsible. I'm certain some among you will find that reprehensible. But I suppose that can't be helped.

[relieable]

[now he's following even less! but he's trying]

I... don't understand... do you know how the Meme got started, then?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Of course! We had to try and trace its origin in order to understand its nature.

[relieable]

...

[he crouches down, getting closer to Kyuubey]

Can you tell me who is responsible? Even if it won't help us?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

The person ultimately responsible for the Meme spreading in the first place is dead. You're more than welcome to ask Eric about that, of course.

[relieable]

[oh. hm]

Eric, huh? Would he know why the Meme was spread, too?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Probably not. But it's a good start, don't you think?

[relieable]

[is this all he's going to get out of Kyuubey?]

I guess... Though, why are you telling me all this?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

You're one of the few people who would even have an idea of what a meme was. Isn't it obvious?

[relieable]

[oh]

...I guess, if it's beneficial to you, you don't mind talkin', huh?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Doesn't everyone?

[relieable]

I like to talk just for fun.

[not that this is... really a fun situation]

But, uh. If we can't stop the meme-disease, and we can't contain it, what do we do next?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

Isn't it obvious?

What do you usually do for a disease?

[relieable]

...Con... tain it?

[cuteandinnocentpet]

That's right.

[relieable]

[okay. okay. he's slowly trying to figure things out]

How do we do that with something... so huge?