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I tried contacting Haruto today. I do that on a fairly regular basis: our conversations are rarely important, but always a relief from the stress of the day. ...I digress.

I couldn't reach him. Then I had a look at the member list of the community - he wasn't on it.

...I've lost friends to the whims of the community before. I should be used to this... and yet it never stops being painful.

[RL with Birkin - technically the island probably has its own legal drinking age.]

Issei hovered near the door to the island's building. He knew Birkin was in there. He also knew Annette was in there, and Stein, and Wesker. He did not want to meet any of them. On the other hand, he had no idea where Birkin was in there.

With a sigh, he opened the door and took a tentative step inside. If this all went badly, he would blame Birkin for it. It would be his fault anyway.