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To: Haseo

From: Zelkova

Hello Haseo! I've added a new event shop in Netslum. I think you'll like it, so please come check it out.

//A new event shop, hm?// Haseo thought to himself after he had read the email.

He had to admit, it sounded intriguing. Nothing much had happened since the festival event and he was starting to get a little bored.

*** Netslum Taranga ***

"Hey Haseo!" Zelkova called out, waving, as Haseo warped in. "I was hoping you'd show up."

"What's this new event that you emailed me about?"

"It's a mystery booth!" Zelkova said, beaming in his usual cute childish manner. Who could say no to that? It was on par with Endrance's pouting.

"Uh...." Haseo hesitated to ask what exactly a mystery booth was.

“Mystery is still a mystery! It makes it curious, doesn’t it?” Zelkova said, and seeing the confusion on Haseo’s face continued on with the explanation. “It’s actually just a comment box.”

"Is that the same as a suggestion box?” Haseo queried.

"Here, let me show you how it works." Zelkova said as he enthusiastically pushed a reluctant Haseo over to one of the lesser broken houses lining the area.

They stopped in front of a plain house that’s only noticeable feature was that it displayed two doors in an oddly confessional booth manner.

"The one who wishes to make the comment or confession in secret about someone will enter here." Zelkova said as he motioned to the farther of the two doors in a showy way.

"...Then what?" Haseo questioned, a bad feeling stirring in his gut.

"You answer the questions and then come out feeling refreshed, having cleared your soul!!" Zelkova explained a bit too cheerfully.

"That's... a little weird."

"It was Atoli's idea, so you can thank her later!"

"Who’s on the other side?" Haseo once again questioned, glaring at the small building as if it had just offended him in some way.

"The one asking the questions of course."

Of course... but that didn’t answer his question. "Is it… an AI?"

"You will just have to see! Try it and be amazed at the results!" Zelkova announced as if he were trying to sell something.

"...I guess I could." Haseo began.

"Great!" Zelkova said and without waiting for Haseo to finish his sentence, pushed him into the closed doorway.

The silver haired duel-gunner stumbled inside, almost tripping over himself in the process. He now found himself in a small room whose decor reminded him of the Shinto Shrine dungeon. A deep, booming voice spoke up, startling him.

"You have done well by coming here. In this room you may confess what is in your heart without worry. I shall ask you three questions. Are you ready?"

Despite the voice trying to sounding commanding, it came out like a familiar monotone. "Yata?"

"Yes, Haseo?" Yata replied evenly, as if he wasn't even surprised.

"Why are you here?"

"I needed something to do with my free time..." Yata monotonously confessed. Whenever Yata said something, it always sounded like one of those teachers in school, the kind that tended to drone on, sucking the life out of everyone in the room, turning them all into mindless zombies.

"...." Apparently Haseo was close to joining the Zombie Club.

"Now... would you secretly inform me about anyone who you think is causing any problems?"

Haseo thought for a moment. "Endrance... and Kuhn while I’m thinking about it. " He paused. "Atoli to, though she hasn't been as annoying lately."

Yata was quiet for a moment.

Taking the silence as a clue that he should confess more he added, "Alkaid to... She tried to PK me the other day, I couldn’t believe that, never thought she’d fall so low."

After a few more moments of silence Haseo was about to speak up to make sure Yata hadn't ninja afk'd to the bathroom or something. Why would he anyways, didn’t he want to know Haseo's inner most secrets? Maybe he already knew them, Yata was his invisible stalker.

“Endrance is my visible stalker.” Haseo admitted out loud, though he hadn’t meant to.

It almost sounded as if Yata chuckled but he quickly spoke up to hide it. "Now... will you tell me what you think about Endrance?”

"I just told you." Haseo admitted, never mind that the answer came before the question.

"That’s not what I meant. Let me ask again. How do you feel about Ovan?”

"Wait, you just asked about Endrance a moment ago. That’s not the same question.”

"Alright, how about Bo?"

"Are you just randomly picking names out of your ass?" Haseo spat.

"It wouldn't be fun if I asked a question I already knew the answer to."

"Next question!" Haseo said not liking where this was going.

"Confess the things you wish to atone for, or all of the things you are thankful for."

"Pass." As if Haseo had to answer that.

"Is it because it’s me Haseo?" Yata asked.

"I thought you said three questions? That's four." Okay, five including the two previous ones but he wasn’t counting those.

"No one else minded."

"Can I go now?" Haseo said impatiently.

"Only if your soul is cleared from worry and doubt."

"No, I’m even more disturbed then when I came in." Haseo said honestly.

"Alright, the exit is below you."

And the floor suddenly disappeared.

"WUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAHHHH!!" Haseo screamed as he fell though the floor and...

THUD!

...Landed, face first on the ground next to Zelkova.

"So, what did you think?" Zelkova asked as Haseo got up and dusted himself off, looking as if he was going to shoot someone.

"Its sick just like all of the rest of her ideas, and why the hell did I fall from the sky?"

"I thought it would be more fun that way.”

"...."

It was shaping up to be quite an interesting day indeed.

- The end