Page Thirteen || Month of my life [Video]

[finalarbiter.livejournal.com]

[When Light wakes up this morning, he feels, for once, well rested. Stretching as he rolls out of bed, he grabs his phone to check the time. However, it's not the time that alarms him, it's the date. The thirtieth of May? He rubs his eyes furiously, suddenly very awake. Had he really spent a month sleeping? He had heard of people falling asleep for a week at the Manor, but surely not an entire month. He certainly didn't feel any differently- his hair for one, didn't seem to have grown any longer, nor had his fingernails for that matter. Bolting up right, he quickly gets himself dressed. A few minutes later, the feed clicks on to show Light Yagami looking somewhat bemused.]

I don't suppose someone might be willing to fill me in on what happened? I...[He clears his throat.] seem to have been knocked unconscious for an extended period of time. Thank you.

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[stalking_horse]

Bad slasher-movie plot, trip to Hawaii, week's vacation before Hawaii was attacked by monsters...

Business as usual here, really. [Ah, jaded sarcasm.]

[finalarbiter.livejournal.com]

[Yep. Definitely not complaining about missing almost a month of time if that's the nonsense he would have had to put up with.]

...I see. I'm glad to see you well, then. [Kind of.] Does anyone have any idea what the plot is this week, then?

[stalking_horse]

Quiet so far - it looks like the barrier has expanded; there's a good bit more territory outside. No telling yet if it's a long-term change or a temporary one; I imagine we'll know come next week. [Honestly he is glad to see you - he much prefers dealing with you to Belphegor and Mukuro.]

[finalarbiter.livejournal.com]

[More territory. Almost pleasant if it weren't for the fact that all this translates to in Light's mind is the fact that there were now more hiding places for the Author's usual monsters. A sigh.]

Considering the Author, I'm not sure that a permanent change is necessarily a blessing. Has anyone explored the new areas yet? It might be a good idea to go in groups, in case there is more to this than a simple expansion.

[stalking_horse]

To my knowledge, some of the more adventurous sorts have already gone out to have a look; there hasn't been much of interest heard back yet - at least the more independent ones that've gone out on their own are also the ones most used to such stunts in the face of danger. I was thinking of going out myself, with some form of backup, to at least get an idea where the boundaries are now, unless one of the more intrepid explorers beats me to it with a public report.

Depending on how much area's been added, it may take some time to ferret out any surprises; I do think it's likely to be a permanent addition - there's nothing consistent with any given genre or specific sort of story to what she's added, and while I've seen environments like this in some radioactive-giant-monster movies, it'd be a break in the usual pattern of introducing an environment and then the more intense plot to go with it, or continuing a plot from a "trip" without any interruptions or lull.

[finalarbiter.livejournal.com]

[ Quiet on Light's end as he considers this for a moment. ]

It would make sense if the changes were permanent. In addition to what you've mentioned, usually the Author prefers to change the environment entirely by sending us all to a pre-existing location, rather than actually using the brain cells to come up with an idea that's uniquely her own.

Honestly, I can't help but wonder what the point to this is. While I won't complain about having more breathing space, it's not as though either of these additions- beach, desert, if I'm hearing correctly- would provide her with much entertainment from her end. Watching people build sand castles, or whatever it may be can't possibly be as amusing as say, setting dinosaurs loose and watching the aftermath.

[stalking_horse]

Well, she never has exactly planned so much as thrown things around to see what happened...

Perhaps she's experimenting around with ideas to change how she's handling this place.