3rd Social Link ▫ [Video]

[jivitadana]

[Slight backdate. The screen on the communication device was a dark, reddish color. Minato had ended up converting a room near his own into a darkroom. The sixth room on the Third Floor was free, and he went ahead and made use of it. He hoped no one would mind. Besides, the Gallery was also next to it in the fourth room, and if anyone did protest, he could always change another room close by.

Inside said darkroom, Minato wasn't alone. While Minato used film clips to hang up a few photographs to have them dry off, Souji used his bamboo photo tongs to place more photo paper into the chemicals in the development trays he had prepped per Minato's instructions.]

Why scenery?

[Souji looked up at the pictures hung on the line, and at some of the ones that were off to the dry side of the room. Minato smiled a little as he answered.]

... I had a request to take color photographs of outside since the other side of the mirrors is black and white. Is that spoiling them?

[Especially after everything that's happened? Souji shook his head, returning the smile, and continued to monitor the photos and their development.]

Comments

[eatsyourscience]

No. I haven't had the chance to look into it much.

[jivitadana]

I wonder if it's because the Queen wants them to long for something, like completion.

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji's silent for a minute, giving that the consideration it merits.]

It wouldn't surprise me.

[jivitadana]

Even after this long too, no one really knows much more than we do now about them?

[eatsyourscience]

No. It seems like there are some things we can't figure out no matter how much time passes.

[jivitadana]

But that would mean there are things they can't figure out about us either?

[eatsyourscience]

...Maybe. Probably. It might depend on the individual cases.

[jivitadana]

I would think that people are too complex to understand completely.

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nods.] That's true for them, too. Individually and as a group.

[jivitadana]

The only thing they really have to worry about is disappearing because their creator wishes it?

[eatsyourscience]

And each other. They can be pretty dangerous. [So could regular humans though.]

[jivitadana]

But that can be said for anyone. Even someone who... you wouldn't think would do something like that.

[Certain moments colliding, emotions, feelings, could change someone right away for just a fraction of a second too.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nods. He definitely knows that.]

They're really just like anyone, except each of them looks like someone over here.

[jivitadana]

Sometimes I think that it isn't fair for them.

[eatsyourscience]

I think that, too. Even when it's a Mirror like mine.

[jivitadana]

[Minato nodded, agreeing with that.]

It's why I don't really mind doing things like this for them. [Like putting up color photographs.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nods, in complete agreement.]

[jivitadana]

[Minato smiled at that.]

Here, I'll show you how to start a new batch then.

[And the developing photographs lesson continued. When they were finished, they taped the photos up at Minato's mirror in his room. Then they could monitor if they were going to disappear off the glass or not.]