A tape...the man in that tape looked like...What exactly could this be about? Looks like I have some work to do for this one...

*Yu walks away not looking at anyone else in the area. They appear to be determined to find the truth of the tape's origins.*

a slim built man with a yellow coat walks through the door.


"Jesus was gay man." he says.


He immediately turns around and leaves.

*Makoto steps back after watching the tape and quietly thinks to herself*

734....so theres more tapes? Or is there something else to this number.

*Makoto takes out a small notebook and writes down the number*

I wonder who this man is, what is this cycle?

*another tape appearing to be on an old cassette is found by this tape labeled 734. The cassette is labeled 482.*

*Honoka examines the tape, his appearance the same as usual. The only difference is the dark sunglasses that hide his eyes from view. Almost makes you wonder how he sees with them on.*

Looks like he didn't make it. I wonder what the hell he was up to. By the way he was talking, it seems as if this was far from his first attempt, I wonder if it was his last.

*He picks up #482 and decides to play it, eager to see what secrets are hidden inside.*

*Yu returns to the scene, a look of curiosity crosses their face.*

Another tape? I wonder what's on this one?

Should we play it to find out?

*He nods to Yu, pushing it into the cassette player the last tape was on.*

*a voice not dissimilar to the one of the man in tape number 734 is heard rasping what sounds like a dying message.*
"I... failed... they didn't accept... my th-theories... a-are we damned to repeat everything f-for all... eternity?"
* he coughs violently*
"Whoever finds this... y-you ... MUST find the truth... b-break this damn..able cycle... I c-couldn't do it... but m-maybe you can"
*the recording ends*

*Yu's eyes widen as the tape plays.*

The truth? What truth could they be talking about? Seems this mystery is just getting deeper.

*The young man sighs, and ejects the tape. A scene such as this would have caused him to lose it before, likely fainting. However, he seems to have matured a bit.*

I've no interest in watching someone's life end.

*He turns to Yu, with a serious expression.*

Do you make anything of this? You seem to have more knowledge of the supernatural than I do, so you must have some idea.

*Makoto is taken back by this recording*

W-What happened to them...*She covers her mouth while stepping back*

They repeated this cycle...but what is it?

*she writes down the words the person spoke, the closes the notebook*

Whatever is happening, if we can get closer to whatever this is. Will our questions be answered? Can we break this...cycle?

*a film reel lays on the shelf where the other tapes were. a film projector is also on this shelf. the reel reads has no number save for a piece of masking tape with the words Primus on it*

*Yu puts his hand to his chin as he ponders the meaning behind the tape.*

He was talking about things repeating, could this have to do with the cycle he was talking about? If so then what exactly is repeating?

*The man chuckles, and blows the dust off the projector's glass screen.*

Man, this hasn't been used in a while, has it?

*He turns to the others in the room.*

Well, shall we?

*Yu walks up to the projector, staring at it.*

Well, I guess we've already come this far.

We might as well see this through to the end.

*He presses play on the projector.*

Here we go.

*after being turned on the projector flickers a bit before shining brightly on the opposite wall a still slideshow of a blue crystal, an elaborate laboratory setup, and a scene of destruction with blue crystalline structures protruding from the ground can be seen. A voice plays over this permeating the air with a confident speech*
I have done it! This wretched place has been destroyed! After many long days this location has been completely eradicated! This fractured and meshed reality has long been the source of pain and suffering, but now we go free! Overloading the core seems to have been the only way to completely wipe this plane of existence! The spatial gap still exists, but now lacking mass and energy it seems to have stopped expanding! Truly today we have made a great stride in science and morals!
*the tape ends but a single frame before it cuts out reads: "It was for naught"*

*Makoto is in awe after watching the tape*

T-Thats crazy! They destroyed something like that!? and that blue crystal...its surely something. Its quite nice looking...so was this person hoping to end the cycle with this power?

Fractured mess of reality? Destroyed?

*He pinches his chin, his lips tightening as he thinks deeply.*

It...was for naught?

*Yu looks over to Honoka.*

It seems that whatever they were trying to do didn't succeed though I can't even imagine what they were trying to accomplish by destroying this core...

Yeah, neither can I. We're being handed all these puzzle pieces, but no way to put 'em together.

*He rubs the back of his head, sighing*