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Tokyo Testing Site [12:00]
A Tokyo testing site. Students relieved from the exam stress chat amongst themselves...
A student enters the classroom and approaches with a smile...

???: Hey, there you are! How were things in here? I didn't know anyone in my room.
???: So, how'd the exam go for you?

> Okay, I guess.

???: C'mon, don't be like that! I'm done for six ways to Sunday, and you don't see my moaning!

> Perfectly.

???: Ooh, someone's confident. Well, so am I-- confident that I'm utterly screwed!

A proctor who seems to be looking for the boy calls out to him...

Proctor: Shijima? Daichi Shijima? Oh, there you are...!
Proctor: You forgot your things!

Daichi: Oh, crap! I forgot all about my stuff!

Daichi goes over to the entrance to pick up his forgotten belongings...

Proctor: You left your exam slip and cell phone at your seat. I was looking everywhere for you.

Daichi: I'm really sorry about that! Thank you!

[Daichi returns.]

Daichi: That was close... I definitely would've been chewed out later.
Daichi: Oh yeah... There's something I wanted to show you! Wanna see?

> Of course.

Daichi: Heheheh, I knew you would. Here, give me your cell.

> What is it?

Daichi: Haha, don't be so suspicious! Lemme see your cell.

Daichi takes your cell phone...

Daichi: I'm sending you the link now... There it goes. Here.

Your phone is now displaying a website called "Nicaea"...

Daichi: Ta-da! Cool, huh? You heard of this Nicaea thing yet?
Daichi: It's that "images of death" website that's been catching on lately.

> "Images of death"?

Daichi: You don't know? Sign up for this thing and you get to see the scene if a friend dies!

> You're saying it wrong.

Daichi: Am I? Oh. Anyway, sign up for this thing and you get to see the scene if a friend dies!

Daichi: Remember the guy who died in a car wreck last week? I forget his name...
Daichi: Well, his friend who signed up for this site saw it happen!
Daichi: Guess it's more like a "cause of death" site than an "images of death" one, heh.
Daichi: Give it a try! You just need to enter your name to get started.

> All right.

Click here to register.

[If you decide on a username that is the same as another playable character.]
The name [Last name] is already being used in a different file. Continue?
> Yes.
> No.

Name enter: Hiro Kageyama

[If you choose the male character.]
???: ...I've been waiting for you. Welcome to Nicaea, your home for images of death.
???: My name is Tico, and I will be your curator. It's an honor to meet you.

You sense a rather odd presence from the screen...

Tico: On this website, those you are bonded to by fate...
Tico: Meaning those you not only encounter, but become deeply connected to in the future...
Tico: This website will reveal to you how and under what circumstances they will die.
Tico: The manner of their passing will be reported to you as a movie clip viewable onsite.
Tico: We will notify you when new clips are uploaded. Please have patience until then.
Tico: Now then, haVE a nICE daY...

[If you choose the female character.]
???: Welcome to Nicaea, your source for streaming images of death!
???: I'm your guide, Tico-Tico!

The presence on your screen is almost insufferable...

Tico: On this website, the friends you're tied to by fate...
Tico: Like, not just random schmoes you mean, but people you get to know rilly rilly well...
Tico: We'll, like, show you ahead of time when they'll end up dead and stuff!
Tico: Oh, and you'll get to see how they croak from the movie clips we upload to the site.
Tico: I'll keep you in the loop on when new clips are uploaded, so be sure to check 'em out!
Tico: Okay, then! Have a nice wheeee!

Daichi: You see that? Amazing, huh? Is your mind blown or what?

> It's pretty scary.

Daichi: Haha, isn't it, though!? I signed up yesterday too. I hope we see something soon!

> Not at all.

Daichi: Whoa, seriously? Well, I singed up yesterday too. I hope we see something soon!

> In a way.

Daichi: Haha, same here. I signed up yesterday myself. I hope we see something soon!

Daichi: Okay, so... you don't have any afternoon exams, right? Are you free now?
Daichi: Let's go to Shibuya! There's this store I want to check out.

> Okay.

Daichi: Cool! Let's go!

> I'm busy.

Daichi: Come on, what's up with that? Are we best buds or aren't we? I'm begging you here!
Daichi: Let's go to Shibuya! I really want to check out that store!
> Okay.
> I'm busy.
> I dunno...

> I dunno...

Daichi: No time to hesitate! Let's go, bro!

1st Day - Sunday's Melancholy

Q-TRONT [12:30]
You finish shopping with Daichi and arrive at the station entrance...

Daichi: Man oh man, we bought a lot of stuff.

> "We"?

Daichi: Okay, so it was mostly me, but... you didn't have to point that out!

> We sure did.

Daichi: Haha! It's true what they say, you should never go shopping without a list.

Daichi: Hey, did you see the Aberzombie shirt I got!?
Daichi: I've got my driver's license now, so I'll be wearing that shirt for spring break fun!
Daichi: ...Though I gotta pass my entrance exams before I can think about that. Hmm...

> What's wrong?

Daichi: Uhh, well... it just occurred to me that even if I do pass the exams...

> Think you'll pass?

Daichi: Urgh... I don't want to think about it. It just occurred to me that even if I do pass...

Daichi: I'll be a college student, graduate eventually, and then...

> We start work.

Daichi: What do I do the, just slave away for a paycheck?

> Find a nice job.

Daichi: That's easy to say, but you think it's that easy to find something I'll like doing?

> Jobs are for suckers!

Daichi: Whoa, don't hold back or anything! Haha! But... won't that cause problems later?

Daichi: I feel like there's this cloud over me. And there's nothing I can do about it.

> How very childish.

Daichi: Yeah, I get that a lot. You, at least, seem like the kind of guy who takes it in stride.

> Yeah...

Daichi: You know? But I'm just your average high school student...

Daichi: Well, no sense in brooding over it!
Daichi: Come on, let's go home!

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