Entry 005 - Written

[breakfastmetaphors]

To those who've swapped bodies:

If this condition isn't permanent, you need to pay attention to your condition after you return to your body. If there are any differences in your mental capacity, memory, physical ability or regenerative ability, use this post to report what you've observed.

L11

[He may be cut off from the ongoing research at home, but that doesn't mean he can't continue it here. The conditions that brought about the transfer of consciousness are completely different, but still something worth monitoring.]

Comments

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

[He never has and never will understand women.]

I don't see why that's an issue.

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

... When I married the prince, I made vows. Sacred vows. This comes dangerously close to violating them, violating the sanctity of my union to him. -That same union allowed the Prince to have other consorts and wives, but eh, another lecture for another time.-

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Your world has a lot of needless superstition.

[This is just moderately ridiculous, but he's still grumpy about the whole grave robbing business with Futo.]

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

This isn't superstition! It's marriage!

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Was there a stipulation in your marriage contract saying your consciousness couldn't possess someone else's body?

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

N-... N-no, not that exactly...

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Then whatever the issue is, just refer them to the extenuating circumstances.

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

-A long sigh.- Sometimes... I envy your coldness.

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

I'm just addressing the situation rationally.

[It's how he's been trained to be and how it's become necessary for him to act when surrounded by so many irrational people.]

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

Yes. Not unlike an unfeeling shikigami.

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Hm. Except no one is controlling me.

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

Doesn't that just make it worse?

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Why would it? I'm free to work towards my own ends.

[Making glacial progress, but free nevertheless.]

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

A shikigami has no choice but to embrace the lonely existence that comes from their coldness...

[voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

That won't be an issue.

[Not because he's doomed to be lonely or that he doesn't mind it, not either. When his plans are realized, none of that will matter. It's ironic that she seems to be trying to use this as a cautionary tale when his greatest frustration back in his own world is his inability to become a monster when doing so would allow him to move up his timeframe even farther.]

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

Mm... Well I suppose if you were any different, it would just be weird. At the very least, I know I can trust you to always be honest with me.